Offset; Swing - Alesis HR-16 Instruction Manual

OFFSET
The
OFFSET
button
is
used
to
add
or subtract a
number
of
clock pulses (384th
notes)
to
a
drum
or pattern.
If
OFFSET
is
held
down,
the display
will
show:
OFFSET
Q0/384th
The
keypad can be used
to
enter a
two-digit
number
(00-99), or the +/-
arrow
buttons
can be used
to
increment
or
decrement
the
amount.
The
range
of
the
offset
is
±99. Entering a value with the
keypad
will
remain the current display
sign (+ or
-).
To change
the sign, the +/-
buttons
must be used
to
"pass
through"
zero.
Pressing
the
RECORD
button
executes
the
offset
command
for
all
drums
in
a
pattern, resuiting
in
the following display:
OFFSET
03/384th
PATT OFFSET
This display
remains
until
RECORD
is
released.
The
offset
function
moves drum
events
ahead
(+)
or
behind
(-)
the
beat
in
384th note
steps.
This
is
used
to
change
the
"feel" of
the pattern.
If
an event
is
moved
past the
end
of
a
pattern,
it
is
put
at
the beginning. Likewise,
if
an event
is
moved
to
before the beginning,
it
is
put
at
the end. Like the
ERASE
function, individual
drums can be
offset
as
well.
If,
for
example,
TOM
1 is
pressed, the display
will
read:
OFFSET
03/384th
TOM
1
OFFSET
TOM
1
is
now
offset
ahead
of
its
previous location
by 3 384th
notes. Unlike
quantize,
this
feature modifies the
already
existing
drum
events
in
a
pattern,
and
does
not effect
any newly
recorded events
in
the
pattern.
Because
of
this,
it
is
suggested
that
a copy
of
a
pattern
be
made
before
changing
the offset
so
that the
original
will
be
easily retrievable
if
the
results
are undesirable.
The
OFFSET
button
does
not function while playing
a
pattern, or while
in
song
mode.
SWING
The
SWING
button
is
used
to
change
the
ratio
between two equal
rhythmic
values
(such as
1/1
6th
notes)
in
order
to
achieve a
shuffle
feel.
If
SWING
is
held
down,
the display
will
show:
SWING
IN
RECORD
0.0=50.0%
The
display
above shows
the current
swing
value.
The
+/-
arrow buttons
can be
used
to
increment
or
decrement
the
swing number,
with the
percentage
of
swing
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