SR18 Count-In When Recording?

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Hello, I just got a new SR18 Drum machine, and I can create my own patterns and drum kits ok.
 
The problem is that when I go to record the Bass part, using the internal Bass sounds, it's very hard to get the first note exactly on the first beat of the bar.
I checked out the Step Edit function, BUT the first note still won't "shift" to the desired spot eg; on Bar 1 Beat 000, and I also can't delete that note. After each attempt I do the Save process, but it reverts to the state it was before trying the Step Edit.

Is there some way to have a Count-In when recording (either Drums/Percussion/or Bass). In a DAW there's alway a Count-In function, but I can't see one in the SR18.
All help and suggestions greatly appreciated.

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Hello, I just got a new SR18 Drum machine, and I can create my own patterns and drum kits ok.
 
The problem is that when I go to record the Bass part, using the internal Bass sounds, it's very hard to get the first note exactly on the first beat of the bar.
I checked out the Step Edit function, BUT the first note still won't "shift" to the desired spot eg; on Bar 1 Beat 000, and I also can't delete that note. After each attempt I do the Save process, but it reverts to the state it was before trying the Step Edit.

Is there some way to have a Count-In when recording (either Drums/Percussion/or Bass). In a DAW there's alway a Count-In function, but I can't see one in the SR18.
All help and suggestions greatly appreciated.

Welcome to the Forum !

Check these Video Tutorials and see if they help you out.

They are more recent and more intuitive than anything at the time when I had a SR-18 then eventually sold ... over 10 years ago.

Alesis SR18  How to write your own basic pattern

Alesis SR18  Programming the bass

Alesis SR18  Song Mode

Alesis SR18  Step Edit & Quantize

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Thanks for the links.
I'd seen this guy's videos before, and although he's very good at explaining things, it still doesn't address the issue of a Pre-Record Count-In.
I tend to write my own patterns, with an entire verse as 1 long pattern, instead of using the A/B/Fill setup...it's just how I like to work.
After erasing the bum note (Bar-1/Beat-1) in Step Edit, I have to put the machine into Record mode, let it play through the 16 Bar Verse, and when it cycles back to the start of that Vrs Pattern, Bar-1, Beat-1, I play in that first note which was out of sync.
I hope you get what I mean. It's a work around, but very time consuming and tedious. I can't understand why there is no count-in for recording.
Most of the time I play the Bass part into SR18 from my MidiKeyboard, instead of on the pads. It appears that when in Step Edit mode, I can't change the individual Note Length either, which is a bit of a bummer.

Any further suggestions welcome...Thanks