Alesis SR-16 Video Manual - Part 2 of 2
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- The two-part SR-16 Video Manual is a detailed 102 minute seminar covering all functions and features of this classic drum machine. It also provides a walkthrough of pattern recording and song construction. Hosted by by Craig Anderton, featuring Steve Smythe.
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PART 1: 57 minutes - • Alesis SR-16 Video Man...
PART 2: 45 minutes - • Alesis SR-16 Video Man...
PART 2 CONTENTS:
0:02 Step Edit Mode
2:09 Add an Event-Change Volume
5:29 Erase Event
6:50 Copy Event
7:49 Cop a Pad
8:53 Copy A Pad to Another Pad
10:14 Copy a Pattern To Itself
12:13 Drum Setup
12:23 Drumset Select
13:00 Voice Select
15:04 Volume
15:25 Panning
15:50 Tuning
16:30 Assign Voices
18:12 Output
18:26 Assign Kick & Snare to Separate Outputs
19:30 Save Drum Set
20:55 The SR-16 as a Drum Module
22:14 MIDI Setup
22:33 MIDI Channel
23:35 Drum In
24:48 Drum Out
25:43 MIDI Note Assignment
27:31 Clock In
28:26 Clock Out
28:56 MIDI Thru
29:30 Program Change
30:33 Note Map
33:34 Set Mode
35:22 Backup
36:13 Tape Interface
38:09 SysEx Dump with DataDisk (note the DataDisk is discontinued and no longer available)
45:32 Alesis Introduces "New" Products
I've had this drum machine sitting around for about 8 years now and have never really learned how to use it. Somebody traded it to me for some work and I didn't really have a need at the time. I have since decided that it is easier to learn to program my own drums than to consistently get my drummer over to record. This 2 part video has been great! I can now program songs, sounds, patterns, and fills to my liking...without having to wait on a drummer! Thank you for being so thorough in your presentation. Great video!!
We recorded so much great music with this back in the 90s!
I sold my original unit in 1997. Recently acquired a second-hand one for $50AUD. It's like coming home.. Stoked!
imagine being filmed for two hours straight while this dude passionately explains how easy it is to midi map a multi pattern data dump in preset mode and trying to act like you understood everything
what a champ
my thoughts
Thank you Craig Anderton wherever you are!
To record audio from your SR-16 to your computer, you need to connect the SR-16's 1/4" analog outputs to the analog inputs on your computer. A USB to MIDI cable will transmit MIDI note data only. MIDI is like printed notes on a page. It does not contain or transmit sound. To record the sound of your SR-16, could use the 1/8" analog audio input on your computer or purchase a USB Audio interface like the Alesis IO2 Express. I hope that this helps!
It’s great that this guy did this tutorial and someone has uploaded it to UA-cam. But, the manual is very easy to follow for quick reference. If you want more detail, then watch the video. But if your just wanting to do something basic, the manual is a quicker reference.
great thing, i've got two of them... wonder if is it possible to connect them together to record four tracks separately.. to adjust levels and other things later on mixing
Great video and the device is really great for a beginner’s. I am just starting to get into music and hope the device works with logic pro
Great resource thanks for putting this video up.
Hello, nice video. However the image is not too clear. Have you written a book about how to use this machine? If so I would like to purchase it. Thanks
I just got mine. Looking forward to using it.😎
If you want to do a verse chorus and a middle part
I know banks a and b can be verse and chorus
Where do you program the middle part ?
What bank?
Next pattern. Or a fill but they're tricky. Just make a new pattern. Or change pattern length.
@@svenjansen2134 thank you so much ..
I am trying to figure out how to separate the kick and snare from the rest of the kit. This blurry video showing button pushing does nothing. As for the instruction manual, it says...To change the output assignment: 1. Press the pad. Well,,,what pad??????? If fact, how do you even get to the main output screen???
Set pad output kick and snare to AUX output and pan them left and right. Use the aux outputs for isolated kick and snare to mix console and use main outputs for the rest. You need at least a 4 channel mixer. It's in the manual as example and for me the main reason to buy the sr16. It sounds awesome if you mix it out like that. Almost pro.
Page 33-34 in the manual: CHOOSE OUTPUT JACKS. When I read that paragraph I took one more look at the price and immediately bought it.
Paragraph 'stereo with individual outputs'. The example given is very clear.
which pad? well maybe the pad corresponding with the drum you want to separate from the rest of the kit dumbass.
I got one yesterday and found that was pretty easy to set up its in the manual. You press drumset to give you options over the drum sounds. Then you press the menu up and down buttons to get to the right option, press it five times and you'll end up on on page 6 where you will find the options for output, The "main output screen", then just adjust these here with the other arrows.
The only problem I'm having is that when I try to find out why it won't output midi once audio cables are plugged into it, I can't find any info anywhere online cos its full up with noobs struggling with the fact that midi and audio are different.
i have one aux input is that stereo my old sr 16 had 4 outs 2 main 2 aux
This is what I have been looking for.. Except, the video quality is poor.. Unable to read the screen clearly at all.. Is there a better quality video out there???
svp comment mettre les pads au meme niveau le volume et comment faire pour que les pads soit fort lorsque on tape pour ne pas taper fort que le son soit fort
Record setup=>Velocity Fixed 1-8 (8 maximum velocity)
I'd really like to see a demonstration of the tape backup. I tried it a few times and every time was a failure. I imagine using a computer as a backup would be even better.
Can you programme a tempo change in the middle of a song without using footswitch?
wish they would of show the midi control in action I have a mpd
Craig: "so that's the drum set menu..."
Mr. Liar Pants on Fire: "simple to do."
I guess I'm quite off topic but do anyone know of a good place to stream newly released tv shows online ?
@Rey Cassius i use FlixZone. Just search on google for it =)
Why this drum machime is still in production after 30 years but the Andromeda is discontinued?
It would help to have the time where you can find the major parts. I cant figure out how to do anything to get a drum sound from youtube to be now on my sr16. I have a usb to midi
cable but cant figure out how to do it. Neither this or the manual cant help me.
You mentioned that, "I cant figure out how to do anything to get a drum sound from youtube to be now on my sr16. I have a usb to midi." Are you trying to load a new drum sound onto your SR-16? If so, this cannot be done. The sounds on the SR-16 are fixed, and cannot be updated or changed.
They can be tuned.
as someone who uses this machine for live gigs only using just the presets , how do I just store the chosen pattern and tempo to speed thinks up on stage
@Nick12395 As long as there's MIDI coming from the pads I don't see why not...
@ctguy1955 You probably got rid of it already but you can midi out to computer and have something like Battery play the samples. That's my setup now. I find drum machines much easier to program than doing beats on the computer.
same
My Zoom RT-124 broke through years of use. The guy at the music shop suggested this as a replacement...I bought it. What the heck,..this is so difficult to programme. The Zoom was an absolute breeze to programme...This video kinda proves how convoluted and tricky this Alesis machine is.
I shouldn't have listened to that music shop salesman.
The Zoom sort of mended itself...so I carried on using it.
I've struggled many times to get my head round the SR-16...but alas no...I just can't.
I now just play the drums manually to a click track from my Yamaha keyboard. It's much quicker, easier and actually, they sound better.
I hope that Alesis have learned over the years and that the newer and up-graded version of this machine is easier to programme.
Zoom is easier but Alesis sounds better and programming is in a way always the same. Make patterns and put them in order. The sr16 is just a little more menu flashing. Once you know the paths to set volumes panning tuning pads etc it's easy. I really like the sr16 for the sound quality of the samples. Had the zoom rt123 and wish I recorded all that with the sr16. It's more versatile.
@@svenjansen2134: Perhaps you should do a tutorial, using an actual song such as Pretty Woman or something with a rather easy beat.
There must be many more, including myself, who need a lot more information just to produce a simple song.
Can i use midi in ang out to save to pc my files and add new drum loop to save in sr16 instead of tape.
Should be possible with MIDI knowledge which I don't have. But it should be possible the sr16 is midi.
@@svenjansen2134 any suggestion where can i buy baterry of sr16? ?
Thank you! This really really helped
I dont get one thing. Presets have A and B pattern options. Can I create the same setup through record setup? Or it has to be only through step mode?
A & B pattern presets are just slight variations. Create a basic pattern, copy it, then modify the copy. Call one A and the other B and you've accomplished the same thing. .
The Sr-16 make a handy door stop for my bedroom. #🗑
what is a sequencer?? in the midi section
+Olivia McShane Its a way to organize your musical data and enable time-based communications between different instruments
So there is no way to take an audio sound
from a pc and install it on the sr16 ?
Well thank you for letting me know this,
so now its just a paper weight I paid 70
bucks for. The audio sound I mentioned
was of drums, by the way.
You are looking for a sampler.
Iam using my SR-16, as a door stopper. #🗑
Edwin please use a rock and sell your sr16. It must make beats. Instructions on the back.
Actually, the MIDI out does only send just data, all you have to do is turn on MIDI out. If you mean how to assign note numbers, I can get back to you on that. I've done that too...
actually you can you just need a daw or a digital audio workstation on your computer. i use reason and i use the sr-16 with a single midi cable going into the midi of my m audio keyboard, and into my laptop via usb interface. but ive got a $5 midi to usb adapter and used it for the same purposes with reason. more simply put you need a program, it wont just make sounds. ive heard there are free programs that will work but idk them because i use reason by propellerhead
video is so blurry whats the use ??? geeez !!
OK granted... it's a little bit complicated. But hey, at least it doesn't hit on your ol' lady every time you step out of the studio!
And better yet... It only speeds up when you tell it to!
Johnny Mac this was a really deep comment, I hope you and your wife worked things out.
Felt that
Women are more complicated than the sr16. And more expensive. Plus the sr16 can be extremely satisfying if you catch my drift nudge nudge wink wink.
I guess this is good if you know all about drum notation, but the picture is not clear, and he is talking to a drummer, so he know all the geek talk.
"That's what MIDI is all about." The more things change...
I love mine....works good enuff me....
Yes I love it
I just run a basic midi file into the 16 and save it.
15:50 Gave me a good laugh
This might not help anyone work the wall with Michael.
All of this is not useful if you can write songs which I still don't know the most important thing to do.????
sampleland
11;00 so dissapointed
Too bad this video is so old (and blurry) that you can't ask questions of the authors.
You have to be a scientist to use the Sr -16 " wayyyyy to many step Edits just to make a beat . The Manual is just as confusing as Reading the Dead Sea Scrolls. Currently iam using my SR-16 as a door stopper. #🗑
i will take that SR-16 off your hands and pay shipping
I just got mine for $60 (!!!) on eBay and just after a couple of nights of learning and making some patterns I love this thing.
Everything EXCEPT how to program a waltz beat. People are selling their units because of this deficiency and because the factory PDF instructions are poorly written/don't work. Thanks for nothing fellows.
Iam currently using my SR-16 as a door stopper " works great .#🗑