Alesis SR18 User Manual - Page 3

TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 5 WELCOME TO THE SR18 DRUM MACHINE!.....5 GROUND RULES 5 CONNECTION DIAGRAM 8 TOP PANEL PHYSICAL LAYOUT 9 GENERAL CONTROLS 9 NAVIGATION BUTTONS 10 MODE BUTTONS 10 SETUP BUTTONS 11 TRANSPORT CONTROL BUTTONS 11 REAR PANEL PHYSICAL LAYOUT 12 DISPLAY LAYOUT 13 BASICS 14 HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE SR18 .......14 10 STEPS TO INSTANT GRATIFICATION (SETUP AND CHECKOUT 15 THE INSTRUMENT LAYERS 16 PLAYBACK / RECORD BASICS 16 RECORDING PATTERNS 21 STEPS TO RECORDING A PATTERN 21 PRACTICE MODE 21 RECORDING OTHER PARTS (PERCUSSION AND BASS 21 PATTERN PLAY MODE 22 PLAYING PATTERN SEQUENCES WITH THE PADS 22 RECORDING PATTERN SEQUENCES INTO A SONG 22 ASSIGNING PATTERNS TO THE PADS 22 SELECTING, EDITING AND CREATING DRUM SETS 23 SELECTING A DRUM SET 23 CREATING AND EDITING DRUM SETS 23 EFFECTS 29 SAVING YOUR DRUM SETS 29 RECORD SETUP 30 PAGE 1: SELECT THE QUANTIZATION VALUE (QUANTIZE SELECT 30 PAGE 2: GATE 31 PAGE 3: SELECT THE SWING VALUE (SWING SELECT 31 PAGE 4: ENABLE CLICK AND SET RHYTHM (CLICK SELECT 31 PAGE 5: SET CLICK VOLUME (CLICK VOL) .....31 PAGE 6: VELOCITY SENSITIVITY 32 PAGE 7: BEAT VALUE 32 PAGE 8: NOTE VALUE 32 PAGE 9: PATTERN LENGTH 33 PAGE 10: OFFSET A PATTERN OR DRUM PART 33 PAGE 11: NAME THE PATTERN (NAME) ..........33 EDITING PATTERNS - ERASE FUNCTIONS 34 ERASING DRUM EVENTS WHILE RECORDING 34 ERASING AN ENTIRE PATTERN 34 ERASE ALL EVENTS PLAYED BY A PARTICULAR DRUM PAD 34 ERASE ALL INSTRUMENT EVENTS IN SUBPATTERN 34 EDITING PATTERNS - COPY/SAVE FUNCTIONS 35 SAVING A PATTERN 35 COPYING A PATTERN 35 APPENDING A PATTERN 35 EDITING PATTERNS - TRANSPOSITION 36 PATTERN STEP EDITING (STEP EDIT MODE 36 ADDING A NEW DRUM TO A STEP 37 ERASE A DRUM SOUND FROM A STEP ...........37 CHANGE A DRUM SOUND'S VOLUME IN A GIVEN STEP 37 EXIT STEP EDIT MODE 37 SONG MODE 38 PLAYING SONGS 38 RECORDING A SONG IN REAL-TIME 39 MANUAL SONG CREATION (SONG STEP EDIT MODE 40 SETTING SONG TEMPO 42 INSERTING A TEMPO CHANGE IN A SONG .....42 CONTROLLING PLAYBACK POSITION 43 LOOP A PATTERN INDEFINITELY 43 START FROM THE MIDDLE OF A SONG...........43 ERASING AN ENTIRE SONG 44 SAVING YOUR SONG 44 APPEND A SONG 44 NAME A SONG (NAME 44 SYSTEM SETUP 45 Page 1 / MIDI CHANNEL (MIDI CH 45 Page 2 / RECEIVE MIDI NOTES (DRUM IN, PERC IN, BASS IN 45 Page 3 / TRANSMIT MIDI NOTES (DRUM OUT, PERC OUT, BASS OUT 46 Page 4 / ASSIGN MIDI NOTE NUMBERS TO DRUM PADS (NOTE 46 Page 5 / ACCEPT EXTERNAL CLOCK VALUE (CLOCK IN 47 Page 6 / SEND CLOCK VALUE TO OTHER DEVICES (CLOCKOUT 47 Page 7 / MERGE MIDI IN WITH MIDI OUT (MIDITHRU 48 Page 8 / SELECT DRUM SETS VIA MIDI PROGRAM CHANGES (PRG CHNG 48 Page 9 / TEMPO SELECTION (TEMPO 49 Page 10 / MAP DRUM NOTES (NOTE MAP) .....49 PAGE 11 / MANUAL DRUMSET OVERRIDE (SET MODE 51 Page 12 / LEDs (LEDS OFF 51 Page 13 / BACKLIGHT BRIGHTNESS (BACKLITE 51 Page 14 / BATTERY LEVEL (BATT LVL) ..........51 Page 15 / LOW BATTERY WARNING (LO BATT 52 Page 16 / CHECK AVAILABLE MEMORY (MEM FREE 52 Page 17 / SEND SONG AND PATTERN DATA TO MIDI SYS EX STORAGE DEVICE (SEND OUT MIDI 52 SENDING MIDI SYSEX SONG AND PATTERN DATA TO THE SR18 53 APPLICATIONS 54 MIDI SYNC APPLICATIONS 54 STRATEGIES FOR ASSEMBLING PATTERNS AND SONGS 55 UNDERSTANDING RHYTHMIC NOTATION .......56 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART 57 FACTORY RESET 58 KEY FEATURES 58 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 58 f