Song Mode; Erasing A Drum From A Step; Selecting And Playing A Song/Song Button - Alesis HR-16 Instruction Manual

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singls steps of the current quanlize value (you cannot movg backwards). lf quantize is set
to i/16, each step will equal 24196 (lf swing is set to 50%).
lf a drum existed on a slep in between the current quantize value, it will play as it is
stepped pasl, but tho display will not stop on that drum. The lower.display shows the
drum thai was triggered lollowed by lhe volume of that drum. Since only one drum can be
displayed at a time, if more than one drum occurred on the samo beat, the + arrow button
wili advance lhrough each drum one at a time belore advancing to the nexl step. lf a
quantize slep does not have any drum recorded on it, the display will read EMPW in place
of the drum name. The 16 possible drums are displayed with 7 charactors each as follows:
1
3
T O M 4
KICK
T
OPN HAT CLAPS
PERC
Thsse same displays appear elsewhere in this manual when lhs 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 dIUm button. That drum, along with its volume (how hard the pad was
hit), will be recorded onto tha displayed step.
lf there w6re other drums already recorded on thal beat, thoy aro not etfected. lf the drum
played already sxisted on the current beat, it will be replacsd with the new volume P|ayed.
Eraslng a drum ffom a step
To erass a drum from a step, hold ERASE, and prsss RECORD, lhe drum that was being
displayed will be erased. To edit the volume of a drum, ths 1-8 buttons on tho keypad are
used, or the displayed drum is replayed. Step mode is exited by pressing STOP or
PATTERN. lf PLAY is presssd, step mode will be exited, and the patlern will begin
playing from the beginning. lf swing is on, STEP mode will step in "swinged' increments.
S O N G M O D E
Selecting and Playing a SONG / SONG Button
Prsss the SONG button to enler song mode. The display will fead as follows, with the last
song entered being indicated in the number portion of the display.
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S e l e c t i n g a S O N G
A SONG is a list ol patterns in a specilic order, with each entry into the list being a STEP
which contains a panern number. The O0 is underlined to indicale that it will b€ cianged if
a new number is selectsd with ths keypad . lf a single digit on the keypad is pfsssed (2,
for example), the display will chango to:
The display is now indicating that the second digit of the song should be entered. Atter
sntering tho second digit, the new song is selecled. lf tho second digit is not entered
within 2 seconds, the display will levert back to ths previous song number, and no new
song will have been selected. The +/- arrow buttons are used to scroll foruards and
backwards through the steps within a song. Pressing PLAY will start playing the selectsd
song from its beginning, and the PLAY LED will light. The display will read, for example:
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