Alesis HR-16:B Drums User Manual


 
RECORDING
A
PATTern (Atso
see
LENGTH
and
QUANT|ZE)
]o-reco!
ou.lg1teLll press
and
hold rhe
RECORD
button,
and
rhen
prsss
the
pLAy
button.
Ihe
HR-16
wirr immsdiat.ry
bsgin
praying
back any
existing
drums
in ths
currontrv
s9l99lgq
pattsrn
from
rhe
bsginning,
and
will iad
any new
drums
piayed
on rhe
Uutton.
o',
via MlDlto
the
pattern.
The
pLAy
and RECoRD
LEDs
wiil b€
rit, a;d
ihe dispray
wirr read:
T
Th€
pattern
number
is noi underlined,
indicaling
that a new
pattern
cannot be
selected
whilo
recording.
When
a drum button
is
pressed,
it is recorded
along
with its dynamics
on
eighl levels.
The drums
ar€ always
rocorded
quantized
to the nearest
currenily
selec{ed
quantizo
beat.
Pressing
STOP
exits record
mod6, and
both the
RECORD
ind
pLAy
LEDs will iurn
otf. lf
PLAY is
pressod
while
in RECORD,
the RECORD
LED will turn
off.
and
the
patlern
will immediately
begin
playing
irom
the start.
LENGTH
When recording
tor ths
lirst time on
an empty
pattern,
lhe length will
dstault to
g
beats,
unlsss it was
set
prsviously
with the
LENGTH button .
The LENGTH
button is used
to set the longth
of a
pattarn
to a specilied
number
of beats.
While
hoiding ihe
LENGTH button,
the display
will show the
cuirent length ol rhe
cuilent
pattern.
lf it is
an empty
panern,
the display will
r6ad:
LENGTH
OO8
BEATS
8 beats is the
default length ol an
smpty
pattern.
ll it is
desired to chang€
the length, ths
+/- arrow buttons
can bs used lo
move the length up or down in
single b6at incrsments
(001
minimum,
682 milimum),
or a lhree digit number
can bo onter€d
with the keypad. In
either case,
tho new length is not
sntored into ths
pattsrn
until th6 RECORD
button is
presssd.
Wh6n
RECORD is
pressed
the display chang€s
to:
This display
remains until RECORD
is released. lf LENGTH
is released before RECORD
is
pressed,
no
change to
the
length
will bo made, regardless
of what was
pressed
on the
keypad. lf
RECORD is
prssssd
afler entering a
parlial
length
(1
or 2 digits), nothing witl
happen. When entering
in digits, the lirst digit
sntered
(1,
fof example)
results in ths
following display:
PATTOO
LENGTH 1 BEATS
The display is now waiting tor th€ entry ot the
second digit. lf tho second digit is not
entered wiihin
2
seconds, the
display $,ill revert lo its
previous
value. lf
RECORD is
prsssed
atler
enlering an incomplets lsngth
(l
or 2 digits), ths display
will
revsrt
to its
orevious value.
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