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GETTING STARTED WITH TTIE SR.16 TheSR-15canbeusedon many levels,from simply playing presetPattemsto 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-16asis presenbd in this-manual. Tte RefermceManualis a completeself-teachingcouNethat explainsevery aspectof the sR-16. Pleasereadthe referencemanual at sornepoint to urderstand iust how much power thele is ln this deceptively simplelooking liftle box. First, herearea few basicfactsabout the SR-16. BUTTONS AND WINDOWS 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. WHATTHE THREEMODEBUTTONSDO Therearethreemodebuttons that selectbasicoperationalmodes. Thesebuttons togglebetween the two options (pressfor oneoption, pressagainfor the other option)' PRESET/USER:This selectsbetweentwo 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 otherwise edited by the user. PATTERN/SONG: ln PattemMode, you canplay back (and with UserPattens, 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 Composefor recordlng. DONT PANICT lf you're stuck in a situation and you don't know how b 8et out of it, Pressthe STOPbutton. 3

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GETTING
STARTED WITH TTIE SR.16
The SR-15
can be used on many levels,from simply playing presetPattemsto cr€atint your own
complex polyrhythms in odd time signatureg' As a restrlt, thele are two rumuals.
This mini-manual will acquaintyou with a few of the SR-16
s most important functions. Many
musicianswill only need b know as much about the SR-16
as
is presenbd in this-
manual. Tte
RefermceManualis a completeself-teaching
couNe that explainsevery aspect
of the sR-16.
Please
read the reference
manual at sorne
point to urderstand
iust
how much power thele is ln
this deceptively simplelooking liftle box.
First, here are a few basicfactsabout the SR-16.
BUTTONS AND WINDOWS
The UplDown arrow butbns
(to
tlre right of the 0 and 5 number buttons) incnease
or decase
valuesrrspectively. Press
only one button at a time.
The display hasseveral
"windows"
that inforrn you of the SR-16
s status. If the instructions
mmtion that a particular word should or should not show up in a particular window, checkthe
window to see
which is the case
befor,e
proceeding.
WHAT THE THREE
MODE BUTTONS
DO
Thereare three mode buttons that select
basicoperationalmodes. These
buttons togglebetween
the two options
(press
for one option, press
again for the other option)'
PRESET/USER:
This selects
betweentwo banksof drum sets
and rhythm Patterru, herct ald
User. Preset
drum sets
and rhythm Patterns
are pernunently etchedinto the SR-16
s little sllicon
brain and cannot be altered. User drum sets
and rhythm Patterns
canbe programrrcd, eras€d,
and otherwise edited by the user.
PATTERN/SONG: ln Pattem Mode, you canplay back
(and
with User Pattens, reclDrd)
individual rhythm Pafterns. These
are uzually fairly short---say,
4 to 16beab-and form the
basicelemmts of a Song. In Songmode you create
a'Plaflist" of Patterns,
which plays various
Patbrns in the desiredorder.
PERFORM/COMI€sE: In the case
of either Pattem or Songmode, Perform mode is 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 STOP
button.
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