Midi/Util Button; Midi Channel; Receive Midi Drums - Alesis HR-16 Instruction Manual

The +/- arrows and the SELECT slider can be used to selecr a new lempo,
or a
lTlL.:T_T-:lrer€d
dir€crty wilh rhre€ digirs on
-rh keypad. Tempo "hiig;,
;r;
€TTecilv€ as soon as th€y are €ntered, and th€ REcoRD bunon does not hav;
to be
presssd.
In SONG mod€, the t€mpo is displayed as a relative amount of change from
th€ pr€-
programm€d song t€mpo. The display reads:
The. current t€mpo (thE one most recenlly recalled within a song) will be
displayed in the lower display,.and.the upper display shows rtre peri6niale J
programmed l€mpos lo be used. The keypad can be used to €nt€r a three--dioit
numb€r, or lhe +/- arrow buttons can b6 us6d ro incremenr or decrement tie
llgrlt:
Th: range of rhe shifr is 50% (hatf r6mpo) ro 2OO% (doubte tempo)r
I nrs cnange ts shown as a p€rcsntago so thal any tempo changes that occur in the
song will keep their 1im€ ratios conitant.
M I D I / U T I L
The MlDl / urlL button is used to access a number of miscellaneous functions that
usually do not ne€d to b€ accessed very often. The functions are scrolled through
with the SELECT slider, with the display showing the curr€nt tunction, and ealh
function.b€ing numbered for easy reierence. Thi keypad and +/- anow buflons
are used to change the param€t€rs. All of these paramelers are global parameters,
e.9., they are set once for the entire machine and are not progrimmable for each
pall€rn or song. Th€ pag€s are as follows:
M I D I C H A N N E L
The first MlDl UTIL page is MlDt CHANNEL. The disptay looks like rhis:
C H A N N E L : 0 1
The keypad and +/- buttons can be ussd to change tho MlDl channel from 01 to .16.
This sets the MlDl channel that the HR-16 will transmit and receive on. lf Oo is
selected, the display will r€ad OMNI. In OMNI mode, th€ HR-l6 will lransmit on
channel 1, and will receive on all channels. Th€ default is OMNI.
R E C E I V E M I D I D R U M S
The RECEIVE MlDl DRUMS function is used to detormins wh€lher or not incomino
MlDl notes from a sequencer, keyboard, or MlDl drum pad controller shouli
trigger the drums. The display looks like this:
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