Alesis HR-16 Instruction Manual page 12

SONG
00
BEAT
001
STEP
01
P
ATT
27
The
first
line of
the display
is
now showing
the current
song number
being played,
and
the current
beat
number
of
the pattern being played.
The
second
line of
the display
is
showing
the step
number
and
the pattern
assigned
to
the step that
is
playing
at
the
moment.
When
the
song advances
to
the next
step,
the display
will
show
the pattern
for
step
2, etc.
Pressing
STOP/CONTINUE
will
stop
playing
the song,
and
the display
will
return to
the
select
song
display.
Pressing
STOP/CONTINUE
again
will
begin playing the
song from
the point
at
which
it
was
stopped. Pressing
PLAY
will
always
start
the
song
from the beginning
of
the
first
step.
When
a song reaches
its
end,
it
will
stop
and
the
PLAY LED
will
turn
off,
unless
SONG
LOOP
(see MIDI/UTIL)
is
on,
which
will
cause
the
song
to
loop
back
to
step
one and
continue
playing.
SONG
EDIT
A
song
is
edited
by
using the
DELETE,
INSERT, and
OFFSET
buttons, along with the +/-
arrow
buttons.
The
arrow
buttons are
used
to
move
forward
and backward
through the
list
of
steps
in
a song.
If
a song
is
empty, the display
will
read:
SELECT
SONG
Q0
STEP
01
END
Inserting a
Step
/
INSERT
Button
To
insert
a step
into
a song
at
the
currently
displayed
step,
press and
hold
INSERT. The
display
will
read:
INSERT INTO
STEP
01
PATTQO
While
holding the
INSERT
button,
the
keypad
or
+/-
buttons
can be used
to
change
the
pattern
number
displayed.
To complete
the
insertion,
the
RECORD
button
must be
pressed
while
still
holding the
INSERT
button.
The
display
will
read:
INSERT
COMPLETED
STEP
01
PATT00
This display
will
remain
until
RECORD
is
released,
after
which the display
will
revert to
the
first
INSERT
display.
If
it
is
desired
to insert
the
same
pattern
many
times, the
RECORD
button
can
be pressed repeatedly while holding the
INSERT
button.
Each
time a
pattern
is
inserted, the
previous pattern
at
the displayed step
is
moved
to
step
+1,
and
all
other
steps
after
it
are also
stepped +1.
If
a
tempo change
is
desired,
pressing
TEMPO
while
holding
INSERT
causes
the following display:
INSERT INTO
STEP
01
TEM
120
The keypad can
now
be used
to
change
the desired
tempo
to
be
inserted
into
the song.
Again, pressing
RECORD
completes
the insertion.
Pressing the
TEMPO
button again
will
change
the display
to
PATT
again.
The programmable tempo range
of
a
step
in
a song
is
from
46
to
200 beats per
minute.
Deleting
a step
/
DELETE
Button
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