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OFFSET
The
oFFSET
button
is used
to
add
or subtract
a number
of crock purses
(384th
notes)
to a drum
or
pattern.
lf OFFSET
is
held down,
th6 display
wili
show:'
The
keypad
can
be used
to
enter
a two-diglt
number (OO_99),
or
the
+/_ arrow
buftons
can
be used
lo increment
or decrehent
the amount.
'The
range
oi the
offset,is
199.
Entoring
a value
with th€
keypad
will remain
th€ curre;l
dispi;y
:JSl
{1.
or
-).
To
change
rhe
sign,
the
+/-
buttons
must
be used
to
,jasi
through"
zero,
Pressing
the REcoRD
button
€xecutes
the offset
command
for arl
drums
in a
pattern,
resulting
in
the
following
display:
o0/384rh
OFFSET
03/384rh
TOM 1
SWING.IN
=5O.Oo/"
This display
remains
until
RECORD
is released.
The
offset
lunction
moves drum
svents
ahead (+)
or behind
C)
the b€at
in 3841h
note
sleps.
This is
used lo
change
lh€
"feel"
of.the paltern.
lf an event
is
moved
past
ltie end
of a
patt€rn,
il
is
put
al th€ beginning.
Likewiso,
if an event
is moved
to before
the
belinning,
it
is
put
at th6 end.
Like
the ERASE
function,
individual
drums
can
be
offse-t as iell.
lf, tor
example,
TOM
1 is
pressed,
the display
will read:
TOM
1 is now
offset
ahead of
its
pr€vious
location
by
3
g84th
notes.
Unlik€
quanliz€,
lhis t€ature
modifies the
already
existing
drum evenls
in a
pattern,
and
do€s no1
eflect any
n€wly recorded
evonts in
the
pattern.
B€cause
of this,
it is
suggested
that a copy
of a
pattern
be made
before
changing the
offset so
that the
original will
be easily
retrievable
if
the
results
are
undesirable.
The OFFSET
button
does not
funclion
while
playing
a
pattern,
or while
in song
mod€-
SWING
The
SWING butlon
is used
to change
the ratio b€tweon
two
equal rhythmic
values
(such
as 1/l6th
not€s)
in order to achieve
a shuftle
feol. lf SWING
is held
down.
the display
will show:
The display
above
shows the current
swing
value. The +/-
arrow buitons
can be
used lo
incremonl
or decremenl
the swing number,
wiih the
percentage
of swing
Alesis
HR-16 Inslructions
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