Sr18 Quik guide to Starting up.
1. Conect the power supply to the rear panel of the SR18.
2. Turn on the rear panel ON and OFF switch.
When the switch is in the in position, the unit is on.
3. Turn on the connected sound speaker system or connect a set of headphone to
the earphones jack.
4. Turn up the volume control on the rear panel of the SR18.
The LCD will illuminate. The upper right of the display should say PATTERN and
not SONG.
If it shows SONG, press the PATTERN SONG button so the display shows PATTERN.
However, the patern should be the default when switched on.
5. Start playing the pads.
6. Adjust the volume control for a comfortable listening level, and check out
the sounds.
7. Try pressing one of the Pad Play Mode buttons (DRUMS, PERC, BASS) to access
the different instrument layers and play the pads.
8. To hear the built-in demo, hold down the PATTERN/SONG button and press the
PLAY button.
To stop the demo, press the STOP button.
Note, song patern button location, left button top row of the 9 button section.
Play button location, row 4, second button from the left , in the numeric
number pad section.
Stop button location, row 4, third button from the left , in the numeric number
pad section.
9. To hear a Preset Pattern, stop the SR18 and
press the PRESET and USER button to select Preset Patterns
The display should show PRESET). Then, press PLAY to hear the Preset Pattern.
10. Try the following, While in Preset Patterns, Using the numeric number pad,
enter a two digit number between 00 through 99, then press PLAY.
Press the increase plus button to select the next higher numbered Preset
Pattern.
It will play at the end of the current Pattern.
. Press the DECREASE minus button to select the next lower numbered Preset
Pattern.
Use the A, and B, buttons to switch between the two variations of the patern.
Listen to the differences between the two variations of the patern.
Now, lets play a fill, press the fill button.
The fill patern will automatically take over and play a fill patern.
Once the fill patern has finished, one of the A, or B, variation paterns will
take over.
To sum it up, you are playing an A, variation of a patern.
Press fill, fill A, will take over.
After fill A, has finished, variation B, will play.
Press the fill button again, fill B, will take over.
After fill B, has finished, variation A, will play.
If you want to add a fill but you don't want the variation to change, continue
to hold the fill button passed the begining of the variation.
Press FILL and hold it down until after the Fill has played. If the FILL button
is held down past the next downbeat,
the Fill's associated Main Pattern (A or B) continues to play rather than
switch from patern A, to patern B, or patern B, to patern A.
Changing the tempo.
Hold down TAP TEMPO and use the data dial (or plus minus buttons) to change the
tempo.
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