Alesis HR-16:B Drums User Manual


 
ths lasl
displaygd
beat.
The fast torward
and rewind
button can
be held
down
simullaneously
to
"frseze"
the
display on the
curront boat.
LOOP
The LOOP
button is a simole
on/ofJ switch
with an LED indicalor.
Whsn LOOP
is on, a
part
or song
will loop back to
its beginning when
it has
reached
its end and
continue
playing
indefinitely.
lf LOOP is otf
,
a
part
or song will stop when
it reaches its end.
MIDI ECHO
ThsMlDl
ECHObuttonisanon/oltswitchwithanLEDindicator.
WhenMlDl ECHoison,
whatever
information
is
present
at th6 MlDl
INPUT
jack
will be sent to
lhe MlDl oUTPUT
jack.
When not in RECOBD
or RECORD
READY
(RECORD
LED
lit), the MlDl
data is
lransmitted out unchangod.
Whan in RECORD
or RECORD READY,
and the lrack selected has
been assigned
1o a
specific MlDl channel
(see
MlDl CHANNEL below),lhen
all MlDl intormation
rseivod will be
transmitted
out on the setected MlDl channel.
This feature allows the
user to hear a
part
playing
on tho dssired synthssizsr
wh;le it is being recorded.
System exclusive
information and
polyphonic pressufe
are not
echoed, and MlDl clocking information
will be
echoed only
it MlDl clock is being used
lor clocking the MMT-8.
NAME
Th6 NAME button is used to
change the namo of a
part
or song. The name
ol a
part
or
song is 14 characters long.
An
empty
part
or song will
always
have
lhe name
"EMPry
PARI or'EMPTY
SONG", and cannot be
changed. When a
part
or song is
lksl
used,
its
name is changed from
"EMPTY
PART"
or
"EMPTY
SONG" to
"NO
PART
NAME" or
"NO
SONG NAME."
To change the nams of a
parl
or song,
press
and hold
the NAME button.
The display
will rsad:
PART
NAME
"
The cursor
is
now
under the {irst character of ths
part
or
song name. Using the + and
-
butlons,
any alphanumeric
character
can
be selected, and the keypad
can be used to
snter numbsrs direclly.
The
pago
up and
page
down
buttons are used
to move'the
cursor
lsft and right on the display. When
the desired name
has been entersd,
pressing
RECORD stores
lhe name for that
part
or song. lf RECORD is not
pressed
belore
reloasing ths NAME
button, any changes to
the name will not be saved.
MERGE
Ths MERGE
mode is
provided
so that two
tracks can be merged together
(overlapped)
onto one lrack.
In
part
mode, when MERGE
is held down, the
display reads:
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