Add/Remove Beats From Pattern Beginning ('Start); Offset A Pattern Or Drum Part - Alesis Performance Pad Reference Manual

2.6 PAGE 6: ADD/REMOVE BEATS FROM PATTERN BEGINNING ('START)
This option either adds beats to, or subtracts beats from, the beginning of the Pattern.
The Pattern length can be set prior to, or after, recording. Shortening a Pattern's start
point erases any drum events that fall outside the remaining part of the Pattern;
lengthening a Pattern's start point adds silence at the beginning of a Pattern.
The display says ### BEAT
and 'START. This indicates a
Pattern's
(quarter
desired
INC/DEC or number buttons
(this must be a three digit
number; enter leading zeroes if
necessary). A smaller value
compared to the original length
will remove the difference, in
beats, from the beginning of the
Pattern. A larger value will add
the difference, in beats, to the beginning of the Pattern.
Background An example will help clarify how beats are added to or removed from
the beginning. Assume an original length of 008 beats. Changing 'START to 007 will
delete 1 beat from the Pattern beginning. Therefore, what had been beats 002-008 will
now be beats 001-007. Because a beat was removed, the Pattern will be 7 beats long.
Changing 'START to 009 will add a beat to the beginning of the Pattern. What had
been beats 001-008 will now be beats 002-009. Because a beat was added to the
beginning, the Pattern will be 9 beats long and the beat added at the beginning will be
silent.
2.7 PAGE 7: OFFSET A PATTERN OR DRUM PART
Offset shifts a Pattern or individual drum parts ahead of or behind the beat in 1/384th
note increments to allow for altering the "feel" of a piece. This only affects already-
recorded parts.
1. The Performance Pad should be in Pattern mode and stopped. The display says
OFFSET, which will be 00/384 (no offset).
2. Press the pad to be offset (as confirmed by the display). If you don't select a pad,
offset affects the entire Pattern.
3. Enter the two-digit offset value with the INC/DEC or number buttons. Positive
numbers shift events ahead of the beat (lead), negative numbers shift events behind
the beat (lag).
The default is positive numbers; to enter a negative number with the number buttons,
press DEC first. Example: To offset a part 1/16th note later, enter -24 as the offset
value since 24 sub-beats equals a 1/16th note.
Press PLAY to enter this number into the Performance Pad. To apply the same
amount of offset to additional pads, press the next pad then press PLAY.
Notes: The display counter resets after you exit the function. Therefore, it does not
keep track of the total amount of offset, but only changes in offset.
Drums offset to before the first beat "wrap around" to the end of the Pattern; drums
offset past the end of the last beat "wrap around" to the beginning of the Pattern.
length in beats
notes). Enter the
length with the
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