Quick Start Manual
GETTING
STARTED
WITH
TTIE SR.16
The SR-15
can
be
used on
many levels,
from simply
playing
preset
Pattems to cr€atint
your
own
complex
polyrhythms
in
odd
time signatureg'
As a
restrlt, thele are
two
rumuals.
This
mini-manual
will
acquaint
you with a
few of the SR-16
s
most important
functions. Many
musicians
will only
need b
know as
much about
the SR-16
as
is presenbd
in
this-
manual. Tte
Refermce
Manualis
a complete
self-teaching
couNe
that
explains every
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 basic
facts about the
SR-16.
BUTTONS
AND
WINDOWS
The UplDown
arrow butbns
(to
tlre
right of the 0
and 5
number buttons)
incnease or decase
values
rrspectively.
Press only one
button at
a time.
The display
has several
"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,
check the
window
to see which
is the case befor,e
proceeding.
WHAT
THE
THREE MODE
BUTTONS
DO
There are three
mode buttons
that select
basic operational
modes.
These buttons
toggle between
the two options
(press
for
one option,
press again
for
the
other option)'
PRESET/USER:
This selects
between
two banks of
drum sets
and rhythm
Patterru,
herct ald
User.
Preset drum
sets and
rhythm
Patterns are
pernunently etched
into the
SR-16 s
little
sllicon
brain
and cannot
be
altered. User drum
sets and
rhythm
Patterns can be
programrrcd,
eras€d,
and otherwise edited
by
the
user.
PATTERN/SONG:
ln Pattem Mode,
you
can
play
back
(and
with User
Pattens, reclDrd)
individual
rhythm
Pafterns.
These are
uzually fairly short---say,
4 to
16
beab-and
form
the
basic elemmts
of
a Song.
In Song
mode you create
a'Plaflist" of
Patterns, which
plays
various
Patbrns
in
the
desired
order.
PERFORM/COMI€sE:
In the case
of either
Pattem or Song
mode,
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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