Alesis HR-16:B Drums User Manual


 
The sight track LEDs
will be off. Prsss the
first
desired track
(it
will light
solid), followed by
the deslinalion track
(it
willflash),lollowed by BECORD.
The display
will
read:
This display remains
uniil the RECORD button is reloasgd. The first track and the second
track are now combinsd in
the
second
track's
location. Th€ first track remains unchanged.
The MERGE button has no eflect in
song
mode, or while a
part
is
playing.
NOTE: When
two lracks are merged, their MlDl channel assignmenls
(see
MlDl
CHANNEL) are
permansntly
assigned
to ths
data
of sach lrack,
and th€ new track's MlOl channel is
assigned
to UNCHANGED. This
way, lracks
assigned to dittersnt channels retain lheir
channel indeo6ndenca
on lh6 same track.
MIDI
CHANNEL
Like
lhe COPY and ERASE bunons, ths MlDl CHANNEL
button
is
only
active while it is
helddown.
ltisusedtoselocttheMlDl channel
olatrackof apart(ithasnofunctionin
SONG mode).
When held down, track one's LED
will light, and the
display will show the
MlDl channel selected tor that
track:
The keypad or +/-
buttons can be used
to changs lho
selocted track's
MlDl channel, and
othsr lrdcks
can
be
displayed or changed
by sel€cling
th€ desired
track button
(only
one
track is lit
al a time). Ths selection
of tho channol
can be 0
(UNCHANGED), or l lhrough
1 6. A
given
track
always retains
its recorded
MlDl channEl information,
so lhat
if a track
containi
notes from moie lhan
one channel,
il can
be
played
back
as record€d' In this case
it is desired
to assign the track
lo UNCHANGED,
which msans
that it will output
on lhe same
MlDl channels
as are recorded.
Whenever
a new track
is recorded
il dstaults to
UNoHANGED.
lf a
specilic MlDl channel
is selecled
(1-16),
then
lho solected
lrack's notos
will all be
outout on the selected
channel.
However the
aclual track
inlormation remains
unchanged,
io that returning a
track lo UNCHANGED
will cause th€
separate MlDl
channels
to
play
back as
before.
NOIES:
An empty
track can
be assigned to a
MlDl channel
before recording
onto it, which
will cause that
chinnol to bs
output whilo
recording
it MlDl ECHO
is on. Also,
if a irack is
copied to
an empty track,
its MlDi channel
setting
will be copiod
as well. ll
a track or
part
is
erased,
its MlDl channel
assignmgnt
is letl as it was.
OUANTIZE
The OUANTIZE
button
is
used
lo
correct
tho
timing of noles
to any
desired bsal
valus.
OUANTIZE
only moves
nole 6vents,
and does
not alter
controllejs'.
pilch
bend,
after
touch,
program
change,
and system
sxclusive
inlormation.
While
holding
down lhe
OUlNftZdUutton
in
plrt
mode,
ihe most
rscontly
rscorded
lrack will b€
lit, and the
display
will read:
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