Alesis SR-16 midi problem

[Nige78]

Looking for some help introducing an SR-16 drum machine to PR21 on Windows 10. All running fine generally.

I can get a l/r signal from the main left and and main right, but the tempo is out of sync with the PT tempo, despite both being set to 87bmp.

I am assuming using MIDI will fix this, and I want to let PT set the tempo as I have several songs recorded to which I wish to add the SR16 tracks.

I have connected the midi out to midi in and vice versa but that's about as far as my knowledge goes so any help, in a very basic form, would be greatly appreciated. Assume I know nothing about Midi and you won' be too wrong.

Thanks in advance.

P.S. I have searched on here, and google/youtube but not found anything that has helped.

[daeron80]

Wow, that's a very old unit. I used to use one with Studio Vision back in the mid 1990s.

I believe it responds to MIDI clock. In PT, Setup/MIDI/MIDI Beat Clock. Make sure it's turned on for the SR16. You may need to create it as a device in MIDI Studio first. Then make sure the SR16 is set to respond to MIDI Beat Clock. I don't remember how to do that - it's been nearly 3 decades since I used one.

[albee1952]

Things to consider:
1-what is the purpose of using the SR-16?
2-send MIDI back to the Alesis and slave it to PT, which should lock them together(you'll need to dig into the SR-16 manual to figure this out). Alternately, it might also be possible to have PT follow the SR-16's MTC(Midi Time Clock) but I've never tried it(I did get my Motif to follow PT so the arpeggiated sound locked to the session tempo).
3-If you just want to record drums from the Alesis, mute your click track>record the Alesis>nudge the printed audio to the grid(unmute the click and fine-tune the timing).

More ideas:
Record the midi from the Alesis(skip the audio) and use the midi to trigger a modern drum VI plugin like EZDrummer, Addictive Drums, etc. The sounds will(should) be much better than the old drum machine.

[Top Jimmy]

Originally Posted by daeron80

Wow, that's a very old unit. I used to use one with Studio Vision back in the mid 1990s.

I believe it responds to MIDI clock. In PT, Setup/MIDI/MIDI Beat Clock. Make sure it's turned on for the SR16. You may need to create it as a device in MIDI Studio first. Then make sure the SR16 is set to respond to MIDI Beat Clock. I don't remember how to do that - it's been nearly 3 decades since I used one.

+1 for MIDI Beat Clock

[daeron80]

Another workflow would be to forget the SR16's internal patterns, and use it as a drum sound module. Record the notes onto a MIDI track in PT.