Alesis HR-16:B Drums User Manual


 
Enlerlng
RECORD
Afler
rele_asing
REcoRD,
the REcoRD
LED
will remain
lit to indicate
that
it
is readv
to
record
if.PLAY
is
plesssd,
unless
no track,was
s€lecred
(no
track
LED
lit Jliai,
;h;h;;ui;
cause
lhe RECORD
LED
to turn
ofl
atter releaiing
ihe
BECORtj'button.
-lt
llgllggllrlltuE
is
pressed.white.the
RECoBD
LED is
onine necono'lEo
*iiii"li,
"ri,
Indrcalrng
that record
is
disabled,
bul
lhe s€lecled
record
track
will be
remembered.
To
begin
recording-,_preFl_Uy,
lf alrack
had been
selected
(RECORD
LED
on), then
the
RECORD
and PLAY
LEDs will
be lit,
and tho
selected
track will
begin recoraini'
trom ihe
beginning
ol the
part,
aftor counting
down
four beats
(thE
@untdown
can
bs
changsd;
soo CLICK),
during which
time
the disdai
will rsad:
HIX;3il:*t
o*t,
the
disPlav will chanse
to 3, then
2, lhen 1, arter
which
lhe display
will
The
part
number is
not underlined,
indicating
that a
nsw
part
cannot
be
s€l€cled while
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While
recording,
the eight
tracks
can still b€ rurnod
on or
off.
pressing
the
RECORD button
stlectiv€ly
"punch€s
out" the r€cord
track, lh€
RECORD
LED turni
off.
and the
part
continues
to
play
from
where it was.
Pressing
the
pLAy
button is also
the
same
as
punching
out, excspt that
ths
part
will
immediately
start
playing
trom the
lgSllning..__If,9_
rewind
and fast lorward
buttons
will also
punch
olt.-
pressing
STOP/CONTINUE
also
punches
out, but stops lhe
pan
from
playin!
as well.
-
!Vlr91
rqcold]ng
lor
the
lkst tims on an
Empty
part,
lhe track will
continue recording
until
STOP, FAST
FORWARD,
REWIND,
or PLAY is
pressed.
Whsn on€
is
pressed,
rhis
determines
the length ol
the
part,
rounded
to the nsarest beat.
When recording
on any
other
track, the
part
will
automatically
stop whon the end
of ths
part (as
d€terminsd
by tha
lirst record
lrack) is rsached.
lf LOOP
is on, ihe RECORD
LED witt turn off
("punch
6ur"),
and
the
part
will begin
playing
from
the start. lt is
possible
to set thg
length befor'e
recording
the ikst
track, or to change
the length after
rEcording the tkst
track
(sC
LENGTH
below).
While holding the
RECORD button,
pressing
and hotding
the LENGTH button
will show on
the display
the
porcentage
ot momory still
available for recording.
LENGTH
The LENGTH butlon
is used to set
lhe l€ngth of a
part
to
a
specified
numb€r
ol beats.
While holding
th€ LENGTH bufion, the
display will show
the current lsngth
of ths current
part.
It it is an smpty
part,
th6 display will rsad:
BEATS
This
indicates that no length
has
yst
beon sst.
ll
RECORD
mode is entersd
without setting
this length,
lhe
lsngth
of ths
part
will
be determined by the numbsr
ot beats rscordod
bsfore
pressing
STOP/CONTINUE,
RECORD, or PLAY. ll it is desired
to set the tength
before recording,
th€
+/-
buttons can
be used to move the length up
or down
in
single
beat incremsnts
(OOO
minimum, 682
maximum), or
a
thrg€
digit numbor can
be
ent€r€d
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