Alesis HR-16:B Drums User Manual


 
COPY
Copylng
a
PATTern
to ltsetf
Tho
copy
button
is used
to- app€nd
a
patt€rn
or song
to
anoth€r
panern
or song.
lt
only functions
while
th€ coPY
button
is held
down.
-lf
the
copy
button
is
releised
(eilher
befor€
or afler
the copy
is
execut€d),
th€
previous
mode will
show
up on
the display,
and copy
mode is
€xited.
When
in PATT
mode,
and COpy
is
preised
and held:
EqE I[E^tlR-1Q
-
Pressing
RECORD
completes the operation and the
display
reads
COPY COMPLETE.
FOR THE
HR-16:8
-
At
this
point
you
may either
enter
the
pattern's
two-digit
number
with
the keypad
or
press
the +
br
-
key
to set the copy assignment to-the same
pattern
number. Pressing
RECORD
completes the operation ahd the
display
reads
COPY COMPLETE.
This
display
remains
until the RECORD
button
is released.
which
then relurns
the display
to its
previous
state. Tho above
example
demonstrated
copying
a
pattern
lo
ilself, which
will
double lh€ length
of that
pattern.
Copylng
a PATTern
to
another
PATTern
To
copy a
pattern
to
anolher
pattern, press
and hold
COPY, then
ent€r lhe
two
digit
patlem
number
with the keypad.
The display
will show the
selected
pattern
number.
Pressing
RECORD
initiates
lhe copy, and appends
lhe source
pattern
(lhe
current
pattern
before
COPY
was
pressed)
to the
destination
pattern
(the
pattern
enlered
with
the ksypad).
lf the destination
patt€rn
was empty,
lh€n the
destination
now
contains
an exact copy of the
source
pattern.
lf the destination
was
not empty, lh€n
the destinalion's length
is increased by
the
length
ot the source
pattern,
and
the sourc€
pattern
is
app€nd€d to the €nd
of the
d€stination
patl€rn.
All
voice, mix, and tuning
assignments made
on th€ source
pattern
will be ovenidden
by the
destination
palt€rn's
assignments.
ll the length
of the
destinalion
pattern
would
result in mor€ than 682
beats after copying,
the
copy will
not be ex€cul€d,
and the
display will read:
IN PATTERN
Copylng a
slngle drum
pad's
rhythm to
another drum
pad
Single drum
pads
can also
be copied to other
pads.
lf a drum
pad (CLOSED
HAT,
for sxample) is
pressed
while holding
th€ COPY button, the display will read:
FROM PATT
CLS
HAT > ?
Alesis
HR-16 lnstuctims
Both displayed
pattern
numbers
will
aclually
display
lhe current
pafiern
number
(00-99).