Alesis SR-18 Instruction manual

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from

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ampririer,

mixer,

orspeaker

system.

For

sound,

you

can

connect

only

one

output.

Alternatively,you

can

connect

apair

of%"

TFts

headphones

tothe

pHoNES

ourprur.

Connect

your

instrument

tothe

INSTRUMENT

lNpUT.

lfyouhave

%"TSfootswitches,

connect

them

tothesrARTi srop and

couNT / A/ B,

iacks.

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p:y^ul"orl"r iltemarivery, you maychoose

to power

rheunituy ins6rting

o ee u:rtteiiEs

intotr

Press

thePOWER

switch

toturn

onthe

unit.

Tap

the

pads

rohear

sounds'

y..ou

gal swr.lc!

qrgngthe

three

ditferent

sound

categories

tor

pads

pressing

the

corresponding

button(DRUMS,

FenC,SASS;.

Adiust

thevolume

control

the

rear

panel

toasuitable

listening

level.

bottom

compartment.

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Welcome

tothe

SR18Professional

Drum

Machine.

The

SRl8allows

you

toquickly

andeasily

program

drum,

percussion

andbasssounds

into

rhghm

patterns

and

loturnthese

patterns

into

songs.

Lets

heginwith

aquick

explanation

ofsome

ofthe

keyelemqnts:

|4LTFRtitg: whenrecording

with

adrummachine,

i!'soften

easiertodivideasong

into

shorter

indMduaf

Patems

and

work

onthese

rather

thanrecorll

anentire

song.Atypical

Patt-em

might

lt'ltt' or32bgatslong,

and

correspond

averse,chorps,

bridge,instrumental,

intrar,

etc.Think

lPatterns

asthe

building

blocksforyour

songs.The

sht e holds

1oo

preset

1ii.e.,

can,t

beedited)

Fatterns

and1

user-programmable

patterns,

each

ofwhich

canbefrom

I to129l)eats

long.

SONGS are collectionsof Patternswhich are

sequenced

together. Withthe SR18,

youcan either

program

yourpatterns

theorder

inwhich

they

shoulp

heplayed,

oryoucan

selectPatterns

in real-time

and

theSR18willrememberyourperformance.

The SR18 introduces

exciting

new Song constructionr

techniques.

The

performance--€omething

usually

not

associated

with

drumrhachines.

The

kev

leatures

istounderstand

the

ditferent

types

available

pattems.

' PRESET Pattems provide a variety of tock, iazz,rpop, and other rhythms programmed

professional

drummers.

usERPattems

arePatterns

you

can

program,

edit,

andsavo.

ThePRESET/USEF

button

selec

betweenthese

two

masterbanks

patterns.

Theonlyway

tomodity

a preset

pattBrn

isto

copy

SR18 excels at

tousingthese

adv€

to a UserPattem,

whereit can be edhed.

Therg

ar9100of each

gpe of Pattern,

numbered

oo-g9.iHowever,

eachnumbered

Faftern

containsfour

different

"sub-Patterns":

' Apair

otindependent

ltlAlN

Patterns

andB,

selecte;d

theirrespective

buttons).

A pair

ofassociated

FILLPatterns(AFill

andB Fill,

selectedbypressing

theFlL.L

button

eitherA orBisselected).

The

Fills

primarily

provide

tiansitional

Fitterns

between

Main

whichmakes

for more

realistic

drum

parts.

the assqciated

Fillpatterns

thesame

Drum

set,andname

astheir

Main

patterns

(e.g.,

itAis16beats,

A Fiilis 16

beerts).

theyareindependent.

Thereason

lorpairing

thetwo

different

AandBPatterns

togetherissimply

sothat

you

canswitch

andforth

between

themrapidly

inlive

performance

orwhilei-hprovising.

' -

Nowthatwe haveintroduced

youto the inlrastructure

of the SR18, let'sdivein andtake a closerlookat

someof theconlrols.

ffiffS$****-,

n(o po

10.

TEMPoLED

- ThisLED

will

blink

ata rate

equaltothetempo

displayedon

thescreen's

bottom

right

corner.

RECLED

- ThisLED

willlight

when

the

SR18isrecording.

ltwill

blinkwhen

you

arerequired

confirm

orcancelan

action.

A &B- EachPattern

consists

oftwo

Main

sub-patterns

- A&B. youcanselecteach

ofthetwo

sub-patterns

by pressing

its corresponding

button. These

sub-patterns

allow

youto program

variation

your

Pattems(i.e.

sub-pattem

Aistheverse,

sub-pattern

Bis

thechorus).

FILL

- EachPattern

also

includes

two

Fills

associatedwith

eachofthe

twosub-patterns.

TheFills

areusedtotransition

from

one

sub-pattem

toanother

(i.e.

transitionfrom

versetochorus).

sAvE/ coPY- This

button

allows

you

tosave,copy

orappendthe

selected

pattem

orsongro

specificlocation,

inaddition

tovarious

other

save/ copy{unctions.

Thedifferent

functions

canoe

accessed

pressing

thePAGE

buttonwhileholding

down

SAVE/ COpy.

12. MUTE- This buftonallowsyou to mute a selectedinstrument

layer. Holddown the button

pressDRUM, PERC or BASSto mutethe corresponding

instrument

layer. To ,n-,rutu th" l,

press

thecorresponding

button

again

while

MUTEisbeingheld

down.

NAI/IIGATION

BUTTONS:

13' INC/ DEC- These buttonsare usedto increment

and decrement

throughvalues and settings

the

SR18.

11.

14.

15.

16.

VALUE DIAL- This dialcan alsobe used

to incremenr

anddecrement

valuesand settings.

NUMBERBUTToNS - Arternativery,

youmayusethe number

bufionsto inDutvarues.

PAGE UP / DOWN- These two buttons

are usedto go betweenpagesof optionswhen

menus

andsettings.

SavesthBselected

Pattern,

alongwithall

patlems,

to a specific

location,

overuriting

any

datawhichmayalready

exist.

l. Press

andhold

SAVE/COpy.

2. Selectlh€ dsslination

withths DATAdial

or INC

/ DECbuttons.

Saves the selected Song to memory,

ovenflriting

anydatawhich

mayexist.

1. Press

and holdSAVE/ COPY.

2. Selectthe d€stination

wilh the DATAdial

or INC

/ DECbuttons.

3. Press

RECtosave.

Copies only the selecte

destination's

sub-Dattern.

1. Press

and hold

theSAVE

/ copy button.

2. PTe$ PAGERIGHT

3. Select tho destinationpattem with ths

DATA

dialor INC/ DECbuttons.

4. Press A, B or FILL to select the

destination

sub-pattern.

panems to a selecled Patern. Note that

Pattemscan only be appended

to pattemsol

thesametimesignalute,

1. Press

andholdtheSAVE

/ copy button.

2. Press

PAGERIGHT

twice.

3. Seleclthedestination

with

the DATA

dial.

Appends the current Song to another Song.

Note that the combined Song length cannot

exceedmore

lhan254steDs.

1. Press

and hold

theSAVE

/ COpy button.

2. Press

PAGERIGHT.

3. Select

thedestinationwiththe DATA

dial.

4. PressREC

to append.

MODE

BUTTONS:.

SETUP

BUTTONS:

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17. PATTERN

/SONG -This button

toggles

between

the two ditferentmodeson the SRl8. In Pattern

Mode,

you can play, record and edit individual patterns. Patterns are short (i.e. 8-beat, 16-beat, etc) rhythm

sequenceswhich are assembled

together

to createSongs. A Song is a sequenceof Patterns. In Song

Mode, you can perform or program your Patterns lo create a Song. The cu(ently-selected mode will be

indicated

onthe display.

18. PRESET / USER - This button loggles between Preset and User Patterns. The selected mode will be

indicated in the upper right corner ot the display.

Preset Patterns provide a variety ot rock, jazz, pop and other rhythms programmed lcy professional

drummers and cannot be overwriften or edited (the only way a Preset Pattern can be edited is to copy it lo

a User Pattern).

User Patterns are Patterns you can program, edit and save as you wish.

19. STEP EDIT

- Pressing

thisbuttonenters

Step EditMode

for Pattern

or Songediting,depending

onwhich

ot the two modes is selected. This mode allows

you to "step"

through

your Pattern

or Song sequence

correctany mistakes. The display

will indicate

STEP EDITwhilein Step Edit Mode,and llhe

current

step

willbe displayed

on the top line. To movethroughthesteps

ofthe sequence,

use the PAGE UP / DOWN

buttons.

20- PTN PLAY - This button enables Pattern Play Mode. In this mode, you can play pre-selected Patterns in

a sequence,using the pads to triggerthe Patternsin reaFtime. See "PlayingPatterns

With the pads',

section.

lfthe

displafs

upperright

window

shows

SONG,

pressthe PATTERN

/ SONG

button

once

selectPattem

Mode.

i*ffi rl;iHilWiffii[txlir;ril;llii!{;tr{a{iiffi,4,

lfthedisplay's

upper

right

window

shows

USER,

press

the PRESET

/ USER

button

onceuntil

USER disappears;

this selects the preset

pattems.

Wilfi iffiig,}liliirf i#iiiftllffiifrfl*i'#fii#'iltltlWiiiiliffiiil',ii'fi

uil

,l!l, Press

thelNC./

DEO-buttons

oruse

theVALUE

dialtoselecta Pattern.

You

can

also

,-, a Pattern.number

(00-99)

with

thenumber

buttons.

Usea ,leading

zero"

(i.e.

01,

02,0g)

llil the

firstninePatrems.

|ffi| Press

PLAYtostartthepattern.

|E]| Press

STOP

tosrop

thePattern.

|ffi| Begin

byselecting

apittern

and

pressing

pLAy.

E].tr}

lf anA Pattem

is playing,

press

theB button

altematePattem

will

begin

playing

assoonas

the

pressAifaBrattern

isplaying).

Pattern

reaches

its

gYou

can

callupa different

Pattern

number

while

tle sRlg isplaying.

press

theING

buttons

oruse

theVALUE

dial

toselect

a patterh.

you may

aliolnter a llattern

withthe numberbuttons.

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| ,:!g, I Begin

byselecting

aPattern

and

pressing

PLAY.

l,o,r I PresstheF|LLbuttonagain.

Adifferentfillwill

transitionfromtheBPatterntrackintotheA

LLJ Pattern.

STEP4.

| "* | Fillsdo not alwayshaveto be hansitional

Patterns. Supposean A Pattern

is playing. lf you

[-, pressthe FILLbutton,

afillwillstart

- butthistime,keep

the FILLbutton

heldclown

untilafter

the fill has finished playing. This cancels the tiansition to the alternate pattern (in this

example,theApattern

would

continue

playing).

The SRl8 allowsyou to play sequences

of Pattern

by triggering

Patternswiththe pads. This mode

calledPatternPlayMode.

Press

thePTNPLAY

button

- thiswill

enterPattern

play

Mode.

Thedisplay

willindicate

PATTERN

pLAy.

S"IHF,3

STE:P

F;- | Trytapping

a pad. Thepattern

associated

withthe

I ' I pad

will

begin

playing.

Asthe

Patternreaches

itsend,

Er itwill

continue

toloopfrom

thebeginning.

Now try hittinganother pad. The pattern associated

with the pad will begin playing as soon as the

previously

selected

Pattern

reachesitsend.

STEP4

tlg:, To change the Pattern assigned to a

PAGE

UPbutton. pad,press

the

m. Press

the

pad

which

you

woutd

tike

tomodiry.

l4l *q* usethe

VALUE

diat,tNC

/ DEC,

or number

buttonsto

Y selectthePattern

tobetriggered

with

thepad. you nlay

arso

lgl specify

A,BorFill

forthe

selected

pattern.

e{,

1,F,jS,l Finally,

press

PTN

PLAY

again

exitthe

editscreen

andconrinue

pertorming.

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'|lliillllii;iii'i,i

i,,',",,,,,,;';,:.;;rrltlii:,.i,r

lf the display's upper right window shows SONG;

pressthe PAfiERN / SONG buttononceto select

PattemMode (PATTERN

willbedisplayed).

lf the display'supper right window does not show

USER, press the PRESET/ USER buttononce to

selectUser Patterns

(USERwillbe displayedinthe

upperrightcorner).

CTtrD "

l$l Press

theINC

/ DEC

buttons

orusetheVALUE

dialornumber

buttonsto sdectanempty

= Pattern.

lfthePattern

isempty,

thedisplaywill

readEMPTy

pATT.

lvl

STEP4

Press

the RECORD

SETUPbutton

to entertheRqcord

SetupMenu. Thismenu

allows

tocustomize

recording

seftings,

suchasQuantization

and

Swing,which

willaffect

thew

that

your

pattems

arerecorded.

Alternatively,you

maychoose

tousethe

delault

settings

whlchcaseyoushouldskipto Step8.

s]'E.P5

oFF,54%, 58/o,627".

b ilF b

s'rHF'7

Once you haveselecledyour Swingand euantizdtionsettings,

exitthe RecordSetup

by pressing

the REcoRD sETUp button

again.

|;l f.-_;:l Now

youareready

to startrecording

your

pattern.press

andholdtheREC

l'*Il I .*' I then

press

PLAY

tobeginrecording.

TheRFcLED

willilluminate

tolet

you

know

you

arerecording.

You will heara metronome

soundandthe top

line of the screen will display the Pattern's

current Beat Number. Play the pads to the

beat. As the Pattemloops,

you canadd more

layers until you are satisfied. Note that the

Quantization and Swing settings will affect

howyour pattern

isrecorded.

Gil

@l.@li@l X::jtl

li'"",H:'il'i"f,T.l:lfl

playing

outa sequence

onthe pads.

lf youmake

a mistake

while

recording,

you

looping

byholding

downERASE

rhen

holding

for

thedurationwhich

you

wouldlike

toerase.

Once you are salisfiedwith the Pattern

you have

the recording.

m]| Tohearthe

Pattern,

press

the

pLAy

button.

Torecord

Patterns,

select

another

pattern

andrepeat

the

procedure

above.

The

SR18allows

you

tomute

anyofits

threeinstrumenl (drums,

percussion,

bass)in real-time.

El go 5nmg"g:p:iil':?JR:;t*:t:

holdingdown MUTE and then

button

againwhile

MUTEis

threecategories

(Drums,

Percussion,

(DRUMS,

PEBC,B,ASS)

and

then

erasethe soundwhilethe Patternis

the pad correspondinlgto the sound

press

theSTOP

buttonto

the

ING

/ DEC

buttons

orVALUE

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