Alesis SR 18 how to program drum tracks and create a full song!!

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@PanyingPilot 5 ай бұрын

Your instruction at 6:47 regarding toggling between user and pre-set patterns was very helpful. I have a count in as a user pattern, but I wished to use a pre-set pattern for the drum beats. I was looking in the upper right portion of the screen and I could not toggle User on and off. Fortunately, you showed me that there is another place on the screen to look at next to the pattern number itself. I also discovered another interesting thing. If I am in record mode and press STOP , it rewinds to step 00. When I press PLAY, it plays out all my steps, but it also keeps recording the last step as new steps until I press STOP again. I made use of this my playing the song in my head while the SR18 kept adding step after step of drum beats. Appreciated

@Rocktalk101 5 ай бұрын

thanks fo rthe great comment and I am glad the video helped as that was the point of me making it. I always like getting commetns like yours letting meknow one of my videos ahs helped someone out so thanks ver much appreciated.

@Nat_Paul Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this, this is how i want to work with a drum machine also so you have answered my questions 😊.. I have a similar 16 track and also want to look at how to sync via midi instead of recording onto the multitrack just to have flexibility when mixing but maybe it will get too complicated and it's better to go the same route that you have shown 😅👍

@Rocktalk101 Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching the video I am glad it could help and ya I try to keep it as simple as possible when I record.

@lumberpilot Жыл бұрын

When you program your own patterns from scratch, I am still not sure how the fills work. Sometimes I will get a gap where the fill should be. But nothing plays for that short amount of time. I know the fills are automatic when using the presets. It's different when you are programming the patterns yourself. This is the one thing I keep not getting right.

@Rocktalk101 Жыл бұрын

So I am also still learnng more about how to use my SR-18 for me I will program my own beat and patterns but I will still use a pre programmed pattern with a fill that is pre done when needing those fills as I too am still sturggling to figure out how that works as well.

@lumberpilot Жыл бұрын

@@Rocktalk101 In step edit mode, I think you press the fill button and then you can pinpoint where in the beat you want the fill to start. I tried this but sometimes I end up with dead air for how long I made the fill for. It is definitely weird and I have yet to figure it all out.

@pluriversus Жыл бұрын

Nice, thank you for the video! Would you comment the proccess of recording on the multitracker? Do you record mono or stereo? How do you sync the two? Do you start recording on the multitracker and then press play on the Sr18? Simples as that?

@Rocktalk101 Жыл бұрын

I run the sr-18 into line in channel of the multi track which is mono on the recorder get all my settings and volumes set and then yes just hit the record button and start the drum machine. But that is after I have programmed all my tracks and fills for the song in the SR-18 first. I do several pre test to get all the levels right and then when it sounds good to me I let it rip.

@pluriversus Жыл бұрын

@@Rocktalk101 Thank you! I am buying a Tascam DP-03 SD and a SR-18 to record my songs the same way. So much better than sitting in front a notebook clicking a mouse!

@Rocktalk101 Жыл бұрын

@@pluriversus awsome let me know how it goes once you get set up and do some recording. hope you like it as much as I do.

@michaelduke2026 11 ай бұрын

@@pluriversus I have the same recorder and am planning to get an DR-18 for the same reason, as well as live use. I would love to hear how the combination of the Tascam and the Alesis are working out for you.

@epic2416 5 ай бұрын

On preset pattern 47A, there's a subtle vibrato that you can hear on the bass. I've read the manual and nothing mentions anything about vibrato or pitch bends and im a little confused how they got it. Thank you for the video. 👍

@Rocktalk101 4 ай бұрын

Well I never use the bass I always turn that off I only use the drums so I can't really tell you what that would be.

@Fezzler61 3 ай бұрын

So you let the tempo of the recorded Alesis SR18 serve as your tempo map? Or, are able to start the recording and drum machine so the click track on your digital recording matches/sync's with tempo of Alesis drum part?

@Rocktalk101 3 ай бұрын

no click track just the tempo of the drum machine.

@atypicallavender77 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. That helps out a lot.

@Rocktalk101 Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching and glad I could help in some way.

@bryanlopez1965 Ай бұрын

I have one of these lying around at my house that i don't remember how i ended up with it. Since i play drums, is this worth me even keeping? I plan on getting those drum pad triggers and dont know if i can use them both together or if i should just get rid of it

@Rocktalk101 Ай бұрын

Well if it was me I woudl keep it as you never know when it might come in handy one day. It is a great drum machine I also play the drums well I try to play the drums anyway but this has been a great way for me to record drums cutting out the hassle of having to mic up my drum kit moving pics back and for to get the position and sound this is a great plug in and play salution for me and has been a great tool.

@bryanlopez1965 Ай бұрын

@Rocktalk101 Hmm I guess I'll play around with it some more. Thanks for the video instructions and the response!

@Rocktalk101 Ай бұрын

@@bryanlopez1965 Thanks for watching the video and I hope you decide to keep it as it is a great drum machine. Takes a little to figure out but once you get the hang of it, it will serve you well.

@andrescen7577 7 ай бұрын

Can the beat be started off with the fill? It would be great for recording drum tracks since there is no count-in.

@Rocktalk101 7 ай бұрын

yes it sure can yo can program and type if fill crash drum roll what ever you want to start your song off. how ever you want smash crash kick snare it does not matter. good question though for sure kno wone has ever asked me that one yet. thanks fo rwatching the video and for the comment.

@michaelduke2026 11 ай бұрын

When you transfer the drums to the recorder, do all of the drums end up as a single track or is there a way to assign individual drums to separate tracks as you would with a live drummer? How about for the percussion and bass? Can they be assigned to separate tracks?

@Rocktalk101 11 ай бұрын

ok so to answer your question if you are programming a full song and then saving it in the machine then everything is all on one track and then it will all go on o track when you put it in your DAW or multi track recorder, Now if you use the touch pads and want to play each individual drum part on a seperate track then yes you can do that but it is a lot of work to do it that way. For me I just creat my full drum track save it in the machine and then record the whole thing on one track and that sounds great and works great for me. Hope that helps

@michaelduke2026 11 ай бұрын

@@Rocktalk101 this is super helpful. I record into an 8 track Tascam, so there's something to be said for having all of the drums on one track!

@Rocktalk101 11 ай бұрын

@@michaelduke2026 ya I use a 16 track fostex and with this drum machine it just make it very easy for me to do my drum tracks I have recorded several songs with it that are all out and can be foudn at any streaming service pretty much as well as music videos that I have released that are on this channel as well.

@cottoneyejoe1able 11 ай бұрын

thank you 🤠

@garyclements318 3 ай бұрын

Can you pick a pattern some way and then just add or take away a piece of drums like say a tom or hiatus? That would be super cool. Basically saving to user and then editing.

@Rocktalk101 3 ай бұрын

Unfortunately I do no tthink you can do that when usin gthe pre selected /pre programmed patterns and yes that would be super cool and save a lot of editing time for sure. BUt what it does do is all you to set a click tempo and creat those patterns and you can add in one thing at a time till you get what you want which is basically what you are talking about just takes a little bit longer to create is all but it is possible. Hope that helps answer your question.

@garyclements318 3 ай бұрын

@Rocktalk101 yes that answers my question. Thank you for responding. And if they ever incorporate a guitar loop, they will kill the market because I love changing pattern and drum rolls, and this thing has lots of good beats. Thanks again.

@TheAndyland1 2 ай бұрын

can you you program bass on the alesis 18 aswell

@Rocktalk101 2 ай бұрын

it does have a bass section in it but I am not sure if you can program it or not as I have never tried. I prefer to play and record my own bass lines with a real bass guitar over programming them but that is a good question I guess I will have to see if that is possible but I do not think it is as I have never seen anyone say you could with it.

@marcoagius6926 4 ай бұрын

Hi! I already own the SR16, does it make sense if I’ll upgrade to the SR18?🤔

@Rocktalk101 4 ай бұрын

No Not really there is not that much difference in the 2 in m y opinion. Mabe a few more bells and whistle's but not enough to really make a difference if I had to buy one again I probably would have just got the SR16 myself. Not that I do not like my SR18 because I do but those few extra features that it comes with I do not even use. Hope that helps.

@PanyingPilot 5 ай бұрын

looking for a pdf form for song creation

@Rocktalk101 5 ай бұрын

Are you asking me if I am looking or are you telling me you are looking? If you are looking I would have no clue about anything in a PDF form for song creation but there ae many programs out there that do song creation so I am sure you can find one. Me personally I do not want some AI type program writing my songs and music for me because then what is the point of being a musician or song writer when you are not the one actually writing the songs or lyrics. But hey that is just me and what do I know not much.

@PanyingPilot 5 ай бұрын

@@Rocktalk101 Thanks for the prompt reply and the candor. Imagree that creativity does not need to be constrained by a form, but in my case I crawl before I walk. Appreciated.

@HoodHandyman 3 ай бұрын

nice song

@Rocktalk101 3 ай бұрын

thanks song is called dear MR. president yo cna find it on my play music video play list in my videos as well as it has been released on itunes spotify and all streaming platforms as well and you can find it on my band site SilverFlow as well which is on youtube.

@MrGenarogutierrez77 Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@truthfinder4973 Жыл бұрын

Sick this is even faster then daw

@Rocktalk101 Жыл бұрын

yes it is way faster then using a DAW in my opinion and no crashing of your computer to worry about as well as once you have those drum tracks recorded you can actually use the drum machine live and create a whole set list as well with it so you always have a drummer on hand when your drummer does not show up for practice or a gig! thanks for watching the video and the great comment.

@juanemilioalberghini2051 6 ай бұрын

I like your song did you finish it?

@Rocktalk101 6 ай бұрын

Thanks and yes I did finish the song it is called Dear MR. President, Here is a link to my band pagekzbin.info/door/THD536N_HxhY5fOwsnfwkg were you can find the full music video and check out some more of my songs as well as link straight to the Dear Mr. President video right here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKSko3ikmb6EfZIsi=P-BPoKBKvgzVq5vd And if you really like it and want to down load it you can find the song on spotify or pretty much any streaming platform under the band name silverflow. thanks for watching the channel and glad you liked the song so far hopefully you will like the finished vesrion with the lyrics.

@t-bone3657 Жыл бұрын

Waaaaaaayyy too complicated. The songs should already be programmed in. 👎👎 Two thumbs down

@Rocktalk101 Жыл бұрын

what are you talking about what songs its a drum machine and has hundreds of pre programmed drum beats in it as well as being able to create your own? And this video is about how to create drum tracks and how to program a full drum track for a song so not sure were you are going with your comment but hey if it does not work for you or is to complicated then I guess you won't need to worry about owning this drum machine.