Editing Songs; Erasing - Alesis X2 Reference Manual

Editing Songs

Erasing

The X2's Mute Automation provides several editing tools. The ERASE FWD button
lets you remove all mute events on any channel from a particular time event to the
end of the Song. This requires that you first locate your tape machine providing the
sync source to the X2, so that the tape's position is exactly at the location you wish
to begin deleting mute events from.
J The following erase commands are not undo-able. Once something is erased, it's really gone.
So... be careful when using these functions.
Tip: Every so often, copy your song to another song location in memory. This way, if
you erase something accidentally, you have a back-up copy to refer to. Keep notes
about each Song in memory that you use. If you run out of Songs, use the Sys Ex
function to store them in a MIDI storage device (i.e., a librarian, sequencer, etc.).
Refer to page 56 for more information.
To erase all events AFTER a particular point in the Song on one or more
channels:
1 While the X2 is online, locate your tape source (the one that provides the sync
source for the X2) to the location where you wish to begin erasing.
Be sure to stop the tape machine or sequencer from PLAY, so the X2 has received the
current time location.
2 Press the ERASE FWD button. The ERASE FWD LED will flash.
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Select channels to erase by pressing a MUTE or MUTE GROUP button.
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The selected MUTE and/or MUTE GROUP buttons' LEDs will flash.
Tip: To select all channels, press the ALL button; then, use the MUTE buttons to de-
select channels you don't want to erase.
Press UPDATE to execute the erase, or press UNDO to abort erase mode.
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All mute events on this channel from the current tape position to the end of the song
(the last mute event recorded) will be deleted.
To erase all events BEFORE a particular point in the Song on one or more
channels:
1 While the X2 is online, locate your tape source (the one that provides the sync
source for the X2) to the location where you wish to begin erasing.
Be sure to stop the tape machine or sequencer from PLAY, so the X2 has received the
current time location.
Press the ERASE BWD button. The ERASE BWD LED will flash.
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3 Select channels to erase by pressing any MUTE or MUTE GROUP button.
The selected MUTE and/or MUTE GROUP buttons' LEDs will flash.
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