Song Mode - Alesis HR-16 Instruction Manual

single steps
of
the current quantize value (you cannot
move
backwards).
If
quantize
is
set
to 1/16,
each
step
will
equal 24/96
(If
swing
is
set to 50%).
If
a
drum
existed
on a step
in
between
the current quantize
value,
it
will
play
as
it
is
stepped
past,
but the display
will
not stop
on
that
drum.
The
lower display
shows
the
drum
that
was
triggered followed by the
volume
of
that
drum. Since only
one drum can be
displayed
at
a
time,
if
more
than
one drum
occurred
on
the
same
beat,
the
+ arrow
button
will
advance
through each
drum one
at
a time before advancing
to
the next
step.
If
a
quantize step
does
not
have any drum
recorded on
it,
the display
will
read
EMPTY
in
place
of
the
drum name. The
1
6 possible
drums
are displayed
with
7 characters
each as
follows:
TOM
1
TOM
2
TOM
3
TOM
4 RIDE
CRASH PERC3
PERC
4
KICK
SNARE
CLS HAT
MID
HAT
OPN
HAT CLAPS PERC1 PERC2
These
same
displays
appear elsewhere
in
this
manual
when
the
drum
buttons are
displayed.
The
volume
is
shown
as one
of
eight possible
volumes.
To add
a
new
drum
to
a
beat, just
press a
drum
button.
That drum, along
with
its
volume (how
hard the pad
was
hit), will
be
recorded onto the displayed
step.
If
there
were
other
drums
already recorded
on
that beat, they are not
effected.
If
the
drum
played already
existed
on
the current
beat,
it
will
be
replaced with the
new
volume
played.
Erasing
a
drum
from
a
step
To
erase a
drum
from a
step, hold
ERASE,
and
press
RECORD,
the
drum
that
was
being
displayed
will
be
erased.
To
edit
the
volume
of
a drum,
the
1
-8
buttons
on
the
keypad
are
used, or the displayed
drum
is
replayed. Step
mode
is
exited
by pressing
STOP
or
PATTERN.
If
PLAY
is
pressed, step
mode
will
be
exited,
and
the pattern
will
begin
playing from the beginning.
If
swing
is
on,
STEP
mode
will
step
in
"swinged" increments.
SONG MODE
Selecting
and
Playing
a
SONG
/
SONG
Button
Press
the
SONG
button
to
enter
song mode. The
display
will
read as
follows, with
the
last
song
entered being
indicated
in
the
number
portion
of
the
display.
SELECT
SONG
Q0
STEP
01
P
ATT
27
Selecting a
SONG
A
SONG
is
a
list
of
patterns
in
a
specific order, with
each
entry
into
the
list
being
a
STEP
which
contains
a
pattern
number.
The
00
is
underlined
to indicate that
it
will
be changed
if
a
new number
is
selected
with
the
keypad
.
If
a
single
digit
on
the
keypad
is
pressed
(2,
for
example), the
display
will
change
to:
SELECT
SONG
2_
STEP
01
PA7T27
The
display
is
now
indicating that
the
second
digit
of
the
song
should
be
entered. After
entering the
second
digit,
the
new
song
is
selected.
If
the
second
digit
is
not entered
within
2 seconds,
the display
will
revert
back
to
the previous
song number, and no new
song
will
have been
selected.
The
+/- arrow buttons are used
to
scroll
forwards
and
backwards
through
the steps within
a song. Pressing
PLAY
will
start
playing the selected
song from
its
beginning,
and
the
PLAY LED
will light.
The
display
will
read,
tor
example:
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