Alesis HR-16:B Drums User Manual


 
01
Pressing
ths RECORD button will srase lhe currently selec-ted song number.
The eight
track buttons aro inac{ive when erasing songs. The
page
up
and
pags
down buttons are
also inactivs wh€n srasing songs.
In
all cas6s,
the
erase is
not
executsd unlil RECORD is
pressed,
and will be
aborted if
ERASE is released before
pressing
RECORD. The
ERASE
butlon
has no
effect
while a
song or
part
is
playing.
COPY
The copy butlon
is
used to copy
or append a track,
pan,
or song, to another track,
part,
or
song. lt only functions while
the COPY
button
is
held
down. lf
the
COPY
button is
rolsassd
(either
befor€
or aftsr the copy is sxecut6d), tho
previous
mode will show up on
the display, and
copy mode is exited.
Copylng a PABT to ltselt
When in PART
mode, and COPY
is
pressed
and held, all 8 track LEDs will lighl, and the
d'rsday will
read:
01 TO PART
Both
displayed
parl
numbors
will actually display
ths currsnt
part
number
(00-99).
Pr€ssing
RECORD completos the
op€ration, and tho display
rsads:
This display
rEmains until the
RECORD buton
is
rsleased,
which then rsturns
the
s€quencer to
the
previous
copy
display
(unless
COPY is released as well). The above
oxample d€monstrated
copying
a
part
(all
I tracks)
to ilselt, whbh will double the length
ol
lhat oan.
Copylng a PART
to another
PART
To
copy a
part
to another
part, press
and hold COPY,
th€n enter the two digit
part
numbsr
with ths keypad.
The display
will show the selscted
part
number.
Pressing
RECORD
initiatss
lhe
copy,
and appends
the source
parl
(the
current
part
belore COPY was
pr€ssed)
to the deslination
pan
(the
part
enlsred
with
ths
keypad). Again, all 8 track LEDs
are lit, so all 8lracks
are copied.
lf tho dsstination
part
was empty, thsn ths
destination now contains an sxact copy of the
sourcE
part.
lf lhe dsstination
was not €mpty, then the destination's length
is
increased by
the length of lhe
sourc€
part,
and lhe source
part
is app€nded to the €nd of the
destinalion
part.
Any MlDlassignments made
on ths source
part's
tracks will be overrldden
by
lhs
dsstinalion
part's
MlDlassignments.
Copylng
a TRACK to ltsell
To copy a single track lo itsell
(us€tul
for erasing all but one type of MlDl inlormation, see
below),
press
and hold the COPY
b!fion, seleci the dssirod track
(its
LED will remain lit and
lh€ others
willturn
otl), then
press
RECORD.
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