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INTRODUCTION
The Alesis
HR-16
(High
sample
Rate
/ 15 bit
drum machine)
iq a user
{riendly,.yet
exlremely
powerful
MlDl drum
sequencer
/ sound
goneralor.
The
sound.
generation
caoabiliti-es
ot the
HR-16
include 16
independent
drum
"voicss"'
6ach
of which
can bo
assigned
to any ons
of 49 digital
samples (47
in the
HR-1 6:B)
,
and can be
routed with a 7
position
pan
lo one of
two iets of
stereb outputs'
Each
voics can also bs
tunsd
independentty
in
32
incremgnts
ovor an
oclave
and a
hal{.
The ssquencing
of lhe
drums is accomplished
by €ntering
record, and.thon
playing
on
the
touch-sensiiive
drum buttons
on ths
lront
panel,
which is
thsn stored
inlo a'pallern."
There
can be up to
1 OO
patlerns
in the
HR-1 6's memory
(00'99). Th€ss
patterns
can
be
anywher€
lrom 1
to 682 beats
long. The
patterns
can be
combined
inio lisls
of
pattsrns'
which
are called
"songs.'
There cin bs
up to 1oo
songs in the
HR'16's memory(00-99)'
and each can
contain a
list of
palterns
up to 255 steps
long.
The 16
drum
pads
at
the front of
the HR-16 ar€
vslocity'sensitive'
How
hard lho
pad.
is hit
determines
tlie volume
ot the
drum on 8 levels.
12 of the
pads (all
pads
sxcept Closod
Hat, Mid
Hat, Open Hat,
and Crash)
aro €ach direcfly
assigned
to a voice.
This means
thai
playing
a
pad
iepeatedly
will retriiger
the same
vo'ce, and
no other
pad
will effect
that
voice.
Any sounds
assigned
to the three
Hi Hat
pads
will
all b€ assigned 10
tho same voice.
This
is io tnat
playing
thE
Closed Hal will
cut ott the Opon
or Mkl Hal,
for a mors realistic
hi hat
sound. The
Ciash
pad
is assigned lo
two voicEs that
alternate. This
means that
repealedly
hitting the
crash
pad
r-sults
in lwo independent
crashes
(of
lhs same sound)
that
can ovorlap as
lhoy dscay.
More sounds
can bs made to
overlap by assigning
the same
sound to two diffErent
pads
and altsrnding
which
pad
is
pressed
each time
lho sound is to
be
playsd'
Only 1s.voices
have been used
(12
ndrmal
iads,
I voice lor Hi Hats, 2
lor Crash).
Tho 1 6th voica
is ussd
for the Click, which
can also be assignsd
to b€ any
of ihs available
sounds.
PLEASE
NOTE THESE FEATURES
PROGRAM
CHANGE
THROUGH MIDI
This
allows
MlDl
program
solection
of
patterns
to work while a
part
is
playing.
lf
a
new
program
number is received
over
MlDl, lhis
program
number will be selected
to be
iheI.IEXT
pattern
number to
play
when the cune-nt
pattern
is finished. This functions
exactly as
if
the new
pattern
irurirber had
been selecled
with the
keypad. ll
a
song
is
playing,
MlDl
program
commands
will be ignored.
SONG CHANGE THROUGH MIDI
MlDl
program
changes
will select songs it the
HR-16 is in Song
mode,
and
not
prayrng.
SPOT ERASING
This
allows soot erasino while
in
record mode
whEn
Quantize
is OFF.
The erase
button
and a drum buttoi can be
held
down
while recording with
quantize
off
in order
to erase all drum events
(quantized
or not) that occur during
the
time
that the buttons
are held
down.