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...SR-16 DRUM MACHINE 1 1.1A If You Just Can't Wait 1 1.1B SR-16 Quick Description 1 1.1C About this Manual 1 1.1D Return Your Warranty Card Now 2 1.2 GROUND RULES...2 1.2A The Pattern/Song Recording Method 2 1.2B The Four Different Types of Patterns 3 1.2C How "Looping" Simplifies Recording ...4 1.2D What's a Voice 4 1.2E About Defaults 4 1.2F Physical Layout 5 1.2G Display Layout 6 1.2H Text Protocols 6 1.3 IMPORTANT HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE SR-16 7 1.3A Entering Numbers 7 1.3B The Cursor...7 1.3C ...
...SR-16 DRUM MACHINE 1 1.1A If You Just Can't Wait 1 1.1B SR-16 Quick Description 1 1.1C About this Manual 1 1.1D Return Your Warranty Card Now 2 1.2 GROUND RULES...2 1.2A The Pattern/Song Recording Method 2 1.2B The Four Different Types of Patterns 3 1.2C How "Looping" Simplifies Recording ...4 1.2D What's a Voice 4 1.2E About Defaults 4 1.2F Physical Layout 5 1.2G Display Layout 6 1.2H Text Protocols 6 1.3 IMPORTANT HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE SR-16 7 1.3A Entering Numbers 7 1.3B The Cursor...7 1.3C ...
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...Fill to Create Repetitive Drum Hits 23 3.2 ERASE FUNCTIONS...24 3.2A Erase Mistakes While Recording 24 3.2B Erase an Entire Pattern 24 3.2C Erase All Events Played by a Particular...1E Start from the Middle of a Song 36 5.1F Name a Song (NAME 36 5.1G Change Song Tempo as the SR-16 Plays 37 5.2 REAL TIME SONG CREATION 37 5.2A Real Time Song Editing 37 5.3 MANUAL SONG CREATION 38 5.3A Enter...Song (or to the End of Another Song If That Song is Not Empty 39 5.4J Copy a Song to Another SR-16 Via MIDI 40 CHAPTER 6: MIDI SETUP 41 6.1 PAGE 1: SELECT MIDI CHANNEL (MIDI CH 41 6.2 PAGE 2: RECEIVE...
...Fill to Create Repetitive Drum Hits 23 3.2 ERASE FUNCTIONS...24 3.2A Erase Mistakes While Recording 24 3.2B Erase an Entire Pattern 24 3.2C Erase All Events Played by a Particular...1E Start from the Middle of a Song 36 5.1F Name a Song (NAME 36 5.1G Change Song Tempo as the SR-16 Plays 37 5.2 REAL TIME SONG CREATION 37 5.2A Real Time Song Editing 37 5.3 MANUAL SONG CREATION 38 5.3A Enter...Song (or to the End of Another Song If That Song is Not Empty 39 5.4J Copy a Song to Another SR-16 Via MIDI 40 CHAPTER 6: MIDI SETUP 41 6.1 PAGE 1: SELECT MIDI CHANNEL (MIDI CH 41 6.2 PAGE 2: RECEIVE...
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...49 7.4 RECEIVE DATA DIRECTLY FROM ANOTHER MIDI DEVICE 50 7.5 PAGE 2: SAVE ALL MEMORY CONTENTS TO TAPE (STORE TO TAPE 51 7.6 PAGE 3: VERIFY DATA RECORDED ON TAPE (VERIFY TAPE 51 7.7 PAGE 4: LOAD DATA FROM TAPE (LOAD IN TAPE 52 7.8 PAGE 5: LOAD ONE PATTERN FROM TAPE (LOAD IN PATT... CLEAR MEMORY/RE-INITIALIZE PARAMETERS 55 7.12 CHECK SOFTWARE VERSION 55 CHAPTER 8: APPLICATIONS 56 8.1 MIDI SYNC APPLICATIONS 56 8.1A SR-16 As MIDI Timing Master 56 8.1B SR-16 as MIDI Timing Slave 57 8.1C Synching to Synthesizer Sequencers 57 8.2 STRATEGIES FOR ASSEMBLING PATTERNS AND SONGS 58 8.2A Create ...
...49 7.4 RECEIVE DATA DIRECTLY FROM ANOTHER MIDI DEVICE 50 7.5 PAGE 2: SAVE ALL MEMORY CONTENTS TO TAPE (STORE TO TAPE 51 7.6 PAGE 3: VERIFY DATA RECORDED ON TAPE (VERIFY TAPE 51 7.7 PAGE 4: LOAD DATA FROM TAPE (LOAD IN TAPE 52 7.8 PAGE 5: LOAD ONE PATTERN FROM TAPE (LOAD IN PATT... CLEAR MEMORY/RE-INITIALIZE PARAMETERS 55 7.12 CHECK SOFTWARE VERSION 55 CHAPTER 8: APPLICATIONS 56 8.1 MIDI SYNC APPLICATIONS 56 8.1A SR-16 As MIDI Timing Master 56 8.1B SR-16 as MIDI Timing Slave 57 8.1C Synching to Synthesizer Sequencers 57 8.2 STRATEGIES FOR ASSEMBLING PATTERNS AND SONGS 58 8.2A Create ...
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...the terms in that stimulates your creativity (and tickles your confidence in memory even if the power is easy to use the SR-16 as part of your own. Record Setup: Tells how to set up with particular choices of preset rhythm Patterns prepared by professional drummers for your fancy). 1.1B... into practice and come up with some drum parts. Some of Patterns, string them to learn SR-16 basics. Backup: Now that you 're ready to learn more, return to the beginning to a cassette recorder or MIDI system exclusive storage device. 1 When you have its own associated Drum Set . 5....
...the terms in that stimulates your creativity (and tickles your confidence in memory even if the power is easy to use the SR-16 as part of your own. Record Setup: Tells how to set up with particular choices of preset rhythm Patterns prepared by professional drummers for your fancy). 1.1B... into practice and come up with some drum parts. Some of Patterns, string them to learn SR-16 basics. Backup: Now that you 're ready to learn more, return to the beginning to a cassette recorder or MIDI system exclusive storage device. 1 When you have its own associated Drum Set . 5....
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...and correspond to control and trigger the sounds. For additional realism, many sounds use the SR-16 as quantization and output assignments, will receive product update information only if you start recording. If you only want to use advanced "dynamic articulation" techniques so that you read ..., skip ahead to 128 beats long. 2 While recording these sounds, when hit loudly, have a different timbre than record an entire song. The SR-16 holds 50 Preset (i.e., can't be edited) Patterns and 50 user-programmable Patterns, each of the SR-16. 9. See the back page of the manual for...
...and correspond to control and trigger the sounds. For additional realism, many sounds use the SR-16 as quantization and output assignments, will receive product update information only if you start recording. If you only want to use advanced "dynamic articulation" techniques so that you read ..., skip ahead to 128 beats long. 2 While recording these sounds, when hit loudly, have a different timbre than record an entire song. The SR-16 holds 50 Preset (i.e., can't be edited) Patterns and 50 user-programmable Patterns, each of the SR-16. 9. See the back page of the manual for...
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...-something usually not associated with it. For example, if you can program, edit, and save. The SR-16 stores up much less memory than record the same Pattern twice, simply record one Pattern, then list it twice when assembling a Song. Breaking a song into Patterns saves time since...The associated Fill Patterns share the same length, Drum Set, and name as the first verse. Rather than recording a Pattern. 1.2B The Four Different Types of Patterns The SR-16 introduces exciting new Song construction techniques. After perfecting these Patterns, Song mode offers two ways to create a ...
...-something usually not associated with it. For example, if you can program, edit, and save. The SR-16 stores up much less memory than record the same Pattern twice, simply record one Pattern, then list it twice when assembling a Song. Breaking a song into Patterns saves time since...The associated Fill Patterns share the same length, Drum Set, and name as the first verse. Rather than recording a Pattern. 1.2B The Four Different Types of Patterns The SR-16 introduces exciting new Song construction techniques. After perfecting these Patterns, Song mode offers two ways to create a ...
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...'s instantly ready to go to either one of two sets of the chosen set " you record new parts. Thanks to the dynamic articulation techniques mentioned earlier, the timbre will play. The SR-16 includes a default setup that is a sound-generating element with any previously-played parts as a... mode. 1.2C How "Looping" Simplifies Recording To simplify recording in Compose mode, a Pattern will remain in record mode, and continue to record an 8-beat pattern. Example: Suppose you want to loop, until you turned off the SR-16, the next time the SR-16 powers up it will hear any type of...
...'s instantly ready to go to either one of two sets of the chosen set " you record new parts. Thanks to the dynamic articulation techniques mentioned earlier, the timbre will play. The SR-16 includes a default setup that is a sound-generating element with any previously-played parts as a... mode. 1.2C How "Looping" Simplifies Recording To simplify recording in Compose mode, a Pattern will remain in record mode, and continue to record an 8-beat pattern. Example: Suppose you want to loop, until you turned off the SR-16, the next time the SR-16 powers up it will hear any type of...
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...(see diagram) are: • Pads (play buttons) 5 Tapping each button triggers an SR-16 voice. • Function buttons. These alter the tempo and also select different "pages" present in the Drum Set, Record Setup, MIDI Setup, and Backup functions. • Pattern select buttons. If you're used..., or DEC). 1.2F Physical Layout The SR-16 includes seven main types of controls, along with a group of connectors (located on step at a time. • Huge volume knob. These choose between Pattern and Song modes, Perform (playback) and Compose (record) modes, and the Preset and User patterns...
...(see diagram) are: • Pads (play buttons) 5 Tapping each button triggers an SR-16 voice. • Function buttons. These alter the tempo and also select different "pages" present in the Drum Set, Record Setup, MIDI Setup, and Backup functions. • Pattern select buttons. If you're used..., or DEC). 1.2F Physical Layout The SR-16 includes seven main types of controls, along with a group of connectors (located on step at a time. • Huge volume knob. These choose between Pattern and Song modes, Perform (playback) and Compose (record) modes, and the Preset and User patterns...
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...shown in a set edit) Selected Function Play/ Press Play Swing Quantize Record Page number Compose and Tempo Click Perform display 1.2H Text Protocols Throughout the text, button names are also shown. If you monitor the SR-16's status, and/or indicates what type of the display will say... RECORDING. This shows the selected Song or Pattern number; For functions that helps you have multiple "pages" of...
...shown in a set edit) Selected Function Play/ Press Play Swing Quantize Record Page number Compose and Tempo Click Perform display 1.2H Text Protocols Throughout the text, button names are also shown. If you monitor the SR-16's status, and/or indicates what type of the display will say... RECORDING. This shows the selected Song or Pattern number; For functions that helps you have multiple "pages" of...
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... show a sign-on message. press again to change from Song to Song; EMPTY PATT PATTERN A USER PRESS PLAY TEMPO PERFORM 6. Plug the SR-16's AC adapter into the wall. if it shows SONG, press the PATTERN/SONG button and the display will either left or right for a mono... system, or both for now. 3. These buttons, and the TEMPO/PAGE buttons, also have a "scroll" feature. Example: Press RECORD SETUP to its alternate state. The amp and SR-16 volume controls should say PATTERN and not SONG; Example: Press the PATTERN/SONG button once to change from Pattern to Pattern...
... show a sign-on message. press again to change from Song to Song; EMPTY PATT PATTERN A USER PRESS PLAY TEMPO PERFORM 6. Plug the SR-16's AC adapter into the wall. if it shows SONG, press the PATTERN/SONG button and the display will either left or right for a mono... system, or both for now. 3. These buttons, and the TEMPO/PAGE buttons, also have a "scroll" feature. Example: Press RECORD SETUP to its alternate state. The amp and SR-16 volume controls should say PATTERN and not SONG; Example: Press the PATTERN/SONG button once to change from Pattern to Pattern...
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... on pages, if necessary, as metronome, Pattern length, etc. These pages are : 1. QUANTIZE SELECT SETUP RECORD QUANTIZE PAGE The note icon displays the quantization value in the lower left Quantize window. KEYPAD NOTE VALUE DISPLAY 1 = 1/4 = = 2 = 1/6 = 3 = 3 = 1/8 = = 4 = 1/12 = 3 = 5 = 1/16 = = 6 = 1/24 = 3 = 7 = 1/32 = = 8 = 1/48 = 3 = 9, 0 = 1/384 = off = 10 NOTE NAME QUARTER NOTE QUARTER NOTE TRIPLET EIGHTH NOTE...
... on pages, if necessary, as metronome, Pattern length, etc. These pages are : 1. QUANTIZE SELECT SETUP RECORD QUANTIZE PAGE The note icon displays the quantization value in the lower left Quantize window. KEYPAD NOTE VALUE DISPLAY 1 = 1/4 = = 2 = 1/6 = 3 = 3 = 1/8 = = 4 = 1/12 = 3 = 5 = 1/16 = = 6 = 1/24 = 3 = 7 = 1/32 = = 8 = 1/48 = 3 = 9, 0 = 1/384 = off = 10 NOTE NAME QUARTER NOTE QUARTER NOTE TRIPLET EIGHTH NOTE...
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...2.2 PAGE 2: SELECT THE SWING VALUE (SWING SELECT) The display shows SWING SELECT; Another trick is to combine both notes; Sometimes what you record, so choose the desired value before tapping out your rhythms. Background Swing affects the timing of pairs of both quantized and non-quantized parts. ... hi-hat, and record the snare in real time). A good way to simulate this effect (yet still have a rock-solid rhythm) is most effective when used sparingly. Example: With a quantize value of feel found in Step Edit mode (section 2.9). This imparts the kind of 1/16, all drum events...
...2.2 PAGE 2: SELECT THE SWING VALUE (SWING SELECT) The display shows SWING SELECT; Another trick is to combine both notes; Sometimes what you record, so choose the desired value before tapping out your rhythms. Background Swing affects the timing of pairs of both quantized and non-quantized parts. ... hi-hat, and record the snare in real time). A good way to simulate this effect (yet still have a rock-solid rhythm) is most effective when used sparingly. Example: With a quantize value of feel found in Step Edit mode (section 2.9). This imparts the kind of 1/16, all drum events...
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... 3: ENABLE CLICK (METRONOME) AND SET RHYTHM (CLICK SELECT) The display shows CLICK SELECT; the Click window shows the click's rhythmic value. CLICK VOL 70 SETUP RECORD PAGE CLICK PERFORM 12 Enter the desired click level with the INC/DEC or number buttons (1 = quarter note, 2 = quarter note triplet, 3 = 8th note, 4 = 8th note...
... 3: ENABLE CLICK (METRONOME) AND SET RHYTHM (CLICK SELECT) The display shows CLICK SELECT; the Click window shows the click's rhythmic value. CLICK VOL 70 SETUP RECORD PAGE CLICK PERFORM 12 Enter the desired click level with the INC/DEC or number buttons (1 = quarter note, 2 = quarter note triplet, 3 = 8th note, 4 = 8th note...
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... is directly proportional to the diagram, soft response weights the response toward louder sounds. Referring to how hard you tap the pads. VELOCITY LOUD SETUP RECORD PAGE PERFORM The display says VELOCITY. loud response weights the response toward softer sounds; With Fixed Volume 1, all drums assume the level of the loudest...
... is directly proportional to the diagram, soft response weights the response toward louder sounds. Referring to how hard you tap the pads. VELOCITY LOUD SETUP RECORD PAGE PERFORM The display says VELOCITY. loud response weights the response toward softer sounds; With Fixed Volume 1, all drums assume the level of the loudest...
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.../DEC or number buttons (this must press PLAY before the SR-16 will store the new Pattern length. Shortening a Pattern's start point adds silence at the end of a Pattern. 008 BEAT PATTERN A ¨START SETUP RECORD PAGE PERFORM 14 lengthening a Pattern's start point erases any ...-beat Pattern and a 5-beat Pattern. 2.7 PAGE 7: ADD/REMOVE BEATS FROM PATTERN BEGINNING ( START) This option either adds beats to , or after , recording. The Pattern length can be a three digit number; 2.6 PAGE 6: ADD/REMOVE BEATS FROM PATTERN END (LENGTH) This option either adds beats to note that...
.../DEC or number buttons (this must press PLAY before the SR-16 will store the new Pattern length. Shortening a Pattern's start point adds silence at the end of a Pattern. 008 BEAT PATTERN A ¨START SETUP RECORD PAGE PERFORM 14 lengthening a Pattern's start point erases any ...-beat Pattern and a 5-beat Pattern. 2.7 PAGE 7: ADD/REMOVE BEATS FROM PATTERN BEGINNING ( START) This option either adds beats to , or after , recording. The Pattern length can be a three digit number; 2.6 PAGE 6: ADD/REMOVE BEATS FROM PATTERN END (LENGTH) This option either adds beats to note that...
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...pad then press PLAY. Changing START to 009 will be 7 beats long. This only affects already-recorded parts. 1. Enter the two-digit offset value with the INC/DEC or number buttons (this number into the SR-16. Changing START to enter a negative number with the number buttons, press DEC first. The default ...the event and the event volume. This is positive numbers; The display now shows the beat and sub-beat. If you exit the function. The SR-16 should be in 1/384th note increments to be a three digit number; Enter the desired length with the INC/DEC or number buttons. enter leading...
...pad then press PLAY. Changing START to 009 will be 7 beats long. This only affects already-recorded parts. 1. Enter the two-digit offset value with the INC/DEC or number buttons (this number into the SR-16. Changing START to enter a negative number with the number buttons, press DEC first. The default ...the event and the event volume. This is positive numbers; The display now shows the beat and sub-beat. If you exit the function. The SR-16 should be in 1/384th note increments to be a three digit number; Enter the desired length with the INC/DEC or number buttons. enter leading...
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...If no drum event exists on this beat/sub-beat, the display will sound as set by the quantization value (which the Pattern was recorded). If a drum exists between those beats that hold drum events.) You can step through a Pattern one step at a time, stop ... a quarter note. Each step (also called a sub-beat) is why it's preferable to the steps in a Pattern that fall on that drum. NOTE VALUE 1/4 = 1/6 = 1/8 = 1/12 = 1/16 = 1/24 = 1/32 = 1/48 = NOTE NAME SUB-BEATS = QUARTER NOTE = 96 3 = QUARTER NOTE TRIPLET= 64 = EIGHTH NOTE = 48 3 = EIGHTH NOTE TRIPLET = 32 = 16th NOTE...
...If no drum event exists on this beat/sub-beat, the display will sound as set by the quantization value (which the Pattern was recorded). If a drum exists between those beats that hold drum events.) You can step through a Pattern one step at a time, stop ... a quarter note. Each step (also called a sub-beat) is why it's preferable to the steps in a Pattern that fall on that drum. NOTE VALUE 1/4 = 1/6 = 1/8 = 1/12 = 1/16 = 1/24 = 1/32 = 1/48 = NOTE NAME SUB-BEATS = QUARTER NOTE = 96 3 = QUARTER NOTE TRIPLET= 64 = EIGHTH NOTE = 48 3 = EIGHTH NOTE TRIPLET = 32 = 16th NOTE...
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...holding down the ERASE button, press PLAY. Either press a number button from the beginning). 2.10 PAGE 10: NAME THE PATTERN (NAME) NO NAME NAME SETUP RECORD PATTERN A PAGE PERFORM The display shows NAME and the current name (or NO NAME if the Pattern has not yet been named). Lower case and... to be added. If you will begin playing the Pattern from 1-8 (1=softest, 8=loudest), use the PAGE UP/DOWN buttons to select the character to be recorded into the displayed step. Press the pad that was hit), will be erased. 2.9C Change a Drum Sound's Volume in a Given Step Use the PAGE ...
...holding down the ERASE button, press PLAY. Either press a number button from the beginning). 2.10 PAGE 10: NAME THE PATTERN (NAME) NO NAME NAME SETUP RECORD PATTERN A PAGE PERFORM The display shows NAME and the current name (or NO NAME if the Pattern has not yet been named). Lower case and... to be added. If you will begin playing the Pattern from 1-8 (1=softest, 8=loudest), use the PAGE UP/DOWN buttons to select the character to be recorded into the displayed step. Press the pad that was hit), will be erased. 2.9C Change a Drum Sound's Volume in a Given Step Use the PAGE ...
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... selected, as shown in section 3.1K. 3.1B Perform/Compose Modes The SR-16 doesn't have a record button. The PATTERN/SONG button chooses between these Pattern types. BEAT 001 PATTERN A USER QUANTIZE SWINGOFF CLICK RECORDING COMPOSE TEMPO 19 CHAPTER 3: PLAYING BACK/RECORDING PATTERNS 3.1 PLAYBACK/RECORD BASICS Please make sure you've read section 1.2B, which explains the...
... selected, as shown in section 3.1K. 3.1B Perform/Compose Modes The SR-16 doesn't have a record button. The PATTERN/SONG button chooses between these Pattern types. BEAT 001 PATTERN A USER QUANTIZE SWINGOFF CLICK RECORDING COMPOSE TEMPO 19 CHAPTER 3: PLAYING BACK/RECORDING PATTERNS 3.1 PLAYBACK/RECORD BASICS Please make sure you've read section 1.2B, which explains the...