Offset Button; Swing Button - Alesis HR-16 Instruction Manual

OFFSET
The oFFSET button is used to add or subtract a number of crock purses (384th
notes) to a drum or pattern. lf OFFSET is held down, th6 display wili show:'
The keypad can be used to enter a two-diglt number (OO_99), or the +/_ arrow
buftons can be used lo increment or decrehent the amount.
'The
range oi the
offset,is 199. Entoring a value with th€ keypad will remain th€ curre;l dispi;y
:JSl {1.
or -). To change rhe sign, the +/- buttons must be used to ,jasi
through" zero, Pressing the REcoRD button €xecutes the offset command for arl
drums in a pattern, resulting in the following display:
o0/384rh
OFFSET
03/384rh
TOM 1
S W I N G . I N
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This display remains until RECORD is released. The offset lunction moves drum
svents ahead (+) or behind C) the b€at in 3841h note sleps. This is used lo
change lh€ "feel" of.the paltern. lf an event is moved past ltie end of a patt€rn, il
is put al th€ beginning. Likewiso, if an event is moved to before the belinning, it
is put at th6 end. Like the ERASE function, individual drums can be offse-t as iell.
lf, tor example, TOM 1 is pressed, the display will read:
TOM 1 is now offset ahead of its pr€vious location by 3 g84th notes. Unlik€
quanliz€, lhis t€ature modifies the already existing drum evenls in a pattern, and
do€s no1 eflect any n€wly recorded evonts in the pattern. B€cause 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 funclion while playing a pattern, or while in song
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S W I N G
The SWING butlon is used to change the ratio b€tweon two equal rhythmic values
(such as 1/l6th not€s) in order to achieve a shuftle feol. lf SWING is held down.
the display will show:
The display above shows the current swing value. The +/- arrow buitons can be
used lo incremonl or decremenl the swing number, wiih the percentage of swing
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