Pattern Mode - Alesis HR-16 Instruction Manual

PATTERN
MODE
When
power
is first
turned
on,
the HR-1
6
will
be
in
SONG
or
PATT mode (SONG
or
PATT
LED
lit),
depending on
the
mode
that
was
selected before
power was
turned
off.
The
song
or pattern
number
will
also
be
the
same
as
when
power
was
turned
off.
PATT
(pattern)
Button
Press the
PATT
button
to
enter pattern
mode.
PATT LED
will light.
Now,
the display
reads:
SELECT PATT
QO
Selecting
a
PATTern
The
00
is
underlined
to indicate that
it
will
be changed
if
a
new number
is
selected
with the
keypad
or
the
+/-
arrow
buttons.
Pressing the
+/- arrow buttons immediately selects the
next pattern
number,
with
the
numbers
looping past
99
to
00 and
looping
down
from
00
to
99.
If
a
single
digit
on
the
keypad
is
pressed
(3,
for
example), the
display
will
change
to:
SELECT PATT
3.
The
display
is
now
indicating that
the
second
digit
of
the pattern should be
entered. After
entering the
second
digit,
the
new
pattern
is
selected.
If
the
second
digit
is
not
entered
within
2
seconds,
the display
will
revert
back
to
the previous
pattern
number, and no
new
pattern
will
have been
selected. This type
of
keypad
entry
is
consistent
with
all
entries
made
with
the keypad described
in
this
manual. Pressing
PLAY
will
start
playing the
selected
pattern
from
its
beginning,
and
the
PLAY LED
will light.
The
display
will
read, for
example:
PLAYING PATT
00
BEAT
001
The
display
is
now
showing
the current beat
number
and
the pattern
number
that
is
being
played.
As each
beat occurs, the display
will
advance
the beat count. While
the pattern
is
playing,
the
keypad and
+/-
arrow buttons
can be used
to
select
a
new
pattern
number.
The
display
will
read:
PATT
00
NEXT
21
BEAT
001
Selecting
new
PATTerns
in
PLAY
At the
end
of
the current
pattern,
the newly selected pattern
number
will
play, with the
beat count
starting
again
at
001
.
The
NEXT
pattern
to
play
can be
changed
up
until
the
end
of
the current pattern
is
reached,
after
which
the
new
pattern
will
begin
playing,
and
the display
will
revert
back
to
PLAYING
PATT.
STOP/CONTINUE
Buttons
Pressing
STOP/CONTINUE
will
stop playing a
pattern,
and
the display
will
return to the
select pattern display.
Pressing
STOP/CONTINUE
again
will
begin playing a pattern from
the beginning
of
the
beat
it
was
on
when
it
was
stopped. Pressing
PLAY
will
always
start
a
pattern
from the
beginning.
When
a
pattern
reaches
its
end,
it
will
loop
back and
continue
playing
from the beginning.
Alesis
HR-16
Instructions
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