Alesis; Introduction - Alesis HR-16 Instruction Manual

INTRODUCTION
The
Alesis
HR-16
(High
sample
Rate
/
16
bit
drum machine)
is
a user
friendly, yet
extremely powerful MIDI drum sequencer
/
sound
generator.
The sound
generation
capabilities of
the
HR-16
include
16 independent
drum
'Voices",
each
of
which
can
be
assigned
to
any one
of
49
digital
samples, and can be routed
with
a 7
position
pan
to
one
of
two
sets of
stereo outputs.
Each
voice
can
also
be tuned
independently
in
32
seperate increments over an octave an a
half.
The
sequencing
of
the
drums
is
accomplished by
entering record,
and
then playing
on
the touch-sensitive
drum
buttons
on
the
front
panel,
which
is
then stored
into
a
"pattern."
There can be up
to
100
patterns
in
the
HR-16's
memory
(00-99).
These
patterns
can be
anywhere
from
1
to
682
beats
long.
The
patterns
can be combined
into
lists
of
patterns,
which
are called "songs."
There can be up
to
100 songs
in
the
HR-16's memory(00-99),
and each can
contain a
list
of
patterns
up
to
255
steps
long.
The
1
6
drum pads
at
the
front of
the
HR-1 6
are velocity-sensitive.
How
hard the
pad
is hit
determines
the
volume
of
the
drum on
8
levels.
12
of
the
pads
(all
pads
except Closed
Hat,
Mid
Hat,
Open
Hat,
and Crash)
are
each
directly
assigned
to
a
voice.
This
means
that
playing a
pad
repeatedly
will
retrigger the
same
voice,
and no
other
pad
will
effect that
voice.
Any sounds
assigned
to
the three
Hi
Hat pads
will all
be assigned
to
the
same
voice.
This
is
so
that
playing the
Closed Hat
will
cut
off
the
Open
or
Mid
Hat, for
a
more
realistic hi
hat
sound.
The Crash pad
is
assigned
to
two
voices that alternate. This
means
that
repeatedly
hitting
the crash
pad
results
in
two independent crashes
(of
the
same
sound)
that
can
overlap
as
they decay.
More sounds can be
made
to
overlap by assigning the
same
sound
to
two
different
pads
and
alternating
which
pad
is
pressed each
time the
sound
is
to
be
played.
Only 15
voices
have been used
(1
2 normal pads,
1
voice
for
Hi Hats,
2
for
Crash).
The
1
6th
voice
is
used
for
the Click,
which can
also
be assigned
to
be any
of the
49
available
sounds.
Alesis
HR-
16
Instructions
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