Alesis HR-16:B Drums User Manual


 
Th€
+/-
anows
and
the
SELECT
slider
can
be
used to
selecr
a new
rempo,
or a
lT?:..9T_T :lrered
direcrty
wirh
rhr€€
digirs
on th€
keypad.
Tempo
cna,ig€s-ar"
enecflve
as
soon
as th€y
ar€ €ntered,
and the
REcoRD
button
does
not
hav;
to
be
pressed.
In
SONG
mod€,
th€
t€mpo
is
disllayed
as a relativ€
amount
of
change
from
lh€
pre_
programm€d
song
tempo.
The
display
reads:
The.
current
tempo (th€
on€
most
recently
recalled
within
a song)
will
be
displayed
in the
low€r
display,.and.the
upp6r
display
shows
the
perjentage
of
programmed
tempos
to
be.used.
The
k€ypad
can
be used
to enter
a
thr€€:digit
numb€r,
or
th€
+/' arrow
burtons
can be used
ro
increment
or decrement
tre
amount.
Th€
range
ot the
shift
is 50%
.(half
i€mpo)
to
2ooolo
(doubl6
tempo).
This
change
is shown
as
a
p€rcentag€
so that
any tempo
changes
ihat
occur
in'thl
song
will
keep their
tim€
ratios constant.
MIDI
/
UTIL
The
MlDl /
urll button
is used
to access
a numb€r
of miscellaneous
functions
lhat
usually
do not ne€d
to b€ accessed
very oflen.
The lunctions
are scrolled
through
with
the SELECT
slider,
with
th€
display showing
th6 current
funclion,
and
eaih
function
being
numb€r€d
for easy
reference.
Th-e
keypad
and +/-
arrow buflons
are us€d
lo change
lh€
param€tor.
All of
lh€se
parameters
are
global
paramet€rs,
e.9.,
th6y are
set once
for lhe entire
machine
and are
not
programmable
for
each
pattern
or song.
Th€
pag€s
are as follows:
MIDI CHANNEL
The first
MlDl UTIL
page
is MlDl
CHANNEL.
The disptay
tooks tik6
rhis:
0r sET
CHANNEL:
The keypad
and +/-
buttons can
be used to change
the MlDl
channel
from 01
to i6.
This sets
lhe MlDl
channel that
the
HR-i6 will transmit
and rEceive
on.
lf OO is
s€lecl€d,
lh€ display
will read
OMNI. ln
OMNI mode,
the HR-16
will lransmit
on
channel
1, and will
receive on
all channels.
The default is
OMNI.
RECEIVE MIDI
DRUMS
The RECEIVE
MlDl
DRUMS function
is used
to determine whether
or not incoming
MlDl notes
from a sequencer,
keyboard, or MlDl drum
pad
controlter
should
trigger the
drums. The
display looks
lik€ this:
AlesisHR-l6lnsrucdms
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