Alesis sr16 gettingstarted

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TTIE SR.16
GETTING
TheSR-15canbeusedon
many levels,from simply playing preset
Pattemsto cr€atint your own
complexpolyrhythms
in
odd
time signatureg' As a restrlt,thele are
two rumuals.
This
mini-manual will acquaintyou with a
few of the SR-16s most important
functions. Many
musicianswill only
needb know asmuch about the SR-16
asis presenbd in this-manual. Tte
Refermce
Manualis a completeself-teachingcouNe
that explainsevery aspectof the sR-16.
Pleaseread the
referencemanual at sornepoint to
urderstand
iust
how much power thele is
ln
this deceptively
simplelooking liftle box.
First, herearea few basic
factsabout the SR-16.
AND
WINDOWS
BUTTONS
The UplDown arrow butbns
(to
tlre right of the 0
and 5 numberbuttons) incneaseor decase
valuesrrspectively. Pressonly onebutton at
a time.
The display hasseveral
"windows"
that
inforrn you of the SR-16s status. If the instructions
mmtion that
a particular word should or should
not
show
up in a particular window, checkthe
window
to seewhich is the casebefor,eproceeding.
WHAT
THETHREEMODEBUTTONSDO
Therearethreemodebuttons that selectbasicoperational
modes. Thesebuttons togglebetween
the two options
(press
for oneoption,
pressagainfor the other option)'
PRESET/USER:This selectsbetween
two banksof drum setsand rhythm Patterru, herct ald
User. Presetdrum setsand
rhythm Patternsarepernunently etchedinto the
SR-16s little sllicon
brain and cannotbe
altered. Userdrum setsand rhythm Patternscanbe programrrcd,
eras€d,
and otherwiseedited by the
user.
PATTERN/SONG:
ln PattemMode, you canplay back
(and
with User
Pattens, reclDrd)
individual
rhythm Pafterns.Theseareuzually fairly short---say,
4 to 16beab-and form the
basicelemmts of a Song.
In Songmodeyou createa'Plaflist" of Patterns,which
plays various
Patbrns in the desiredorder.
PERFORM/COMI€sE: In the caseof either
Pattemor Songmode,Perform modeis designed
for playback,and Compose
for recordlng.
DONT
PANICT
lf
you're
stuck
in a situation and you don't know how b
8et
out of
it,
Press
the STOPbutton.
3
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Hook
It Up!
As
you hook up the
SR-16the rrclurneconurol
on
)lour
power amp ard
the SR-16should be dl the
waydown,ard ponm
toboth unitsshould
beoff.
3 nugthe
ACadapercord
inb the9VAClrckand
the adapEr itseu
into a
convenientwall socket.
1 Phgr/4"rmno
cordsfrom the
rnainoutputs to a
ste!€oamp. For
rnono
amPs,use
either
rnain outpul
2lflouhaveacoupleof
footawitclres,
plug
tlreminb the
Start/Stop ard
Count/A/B/Ftll
Fcks.
4
n"ott*
on/off switdr -.
so that
the
\
switch latches
in t}te"in"
position.
...adiust
thevolunr
cpntrolfua
comfortable
lishdng
level.
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5 Tapthepads
to heardrum
soundsasyou...
(to
step
6)
4
Check Out Some Patterns
The SR-16hasa
library of presetpa.ttemsfor all kinds of mwia-rock,
blues,
reggae,fusiory
R&8, rap, country, evenpolka. Many musicians
will find the
groovesthey
needhereand will not haveto worry about
programming their
own
programs until they becomemore familiar with the SR-16'
1 f tn" airpt"ys upperrightwindowshowsSong
Pressthe PATTERN/SOiIG button
once
to selectPatternmode.
(Pr€ssing
this button
"toggle 'between
Songand Pattem rnodes.)
2 If tn" airpt"y's upper right window shows
USER,pressthe PRESET/USERbutton
-
to selectPrset Pattems. Ttres€arc selecd
if
the display's upper right window doesnot
stow USERandthedisplay's upper le{t shows
a pattem narne
(Rock
1,Blu6, etc.).
3 fo.u" tt " UPIDOIVNI
arrowbuttons
bselectaPatterrL You
can also enter a pattern
number(@49) with the
Numberbuttons.
Singledigit
Patterns
require a
'leading
zero"
(e.9.,07,A,03,
etc.l
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4
PressPLAY to start a
pattern,STOPto stopit.
Whma Pattem
reaches
ibmd,itwill loopback
to thebeginningand
play again uzlessyou
stopit or chooseanother
pattem
(described
later).
5 Speeaup ttrebmpo by pressingthe
TEMITO/UParow button
(press
onceto speedup by one
BPM,press
and hold to s@
up rapidly). Usethe
TEMI''O/DOWN anow button
in the sam€
rnannerto slow down the tempo.
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