Selecting A Voice; Storing Voice Settings; Mode / Data Entry Buttons - Alesis HR-16 Instruction Manual

MODE / DATA ENTRY BUTTONS
All MoDE buttons function as on/off switch€s. This means that they are pressed
once to ent€r lhe mode, and pressed again to exit the mode. When any of th6 modes
hav€ b€en entered, the associat€d LED will b€ lit. For slmpli6ity, any lim€
PATTERN or SONG is pressed, any previously sel€cted mode will be urneO 6tt.
The VOICE, TUNE, and MIX settings can bo stored with oach pattern by holding the
RECORD button and pressing VOICE, TUNE, or MlX, respeitively. Any chaiges
made lo th€ss paramelers wilhout storing them are temiorary 6dits that witt-Ue
lost it a n€w pattern is selected. Copying a pattern to an €mpty pattern will also
copy lhos€ s€ttings. Copying a pattern lo a not €mply panern wili not copy these
s€ttings, but will instead r€tain th€ sottings of th€ pattern being copied io. An
empty pan€rn defaults to a standard voice assignment with no pitch shift, and
nominal mix levels.
IHPORTANT NOTE: VOICF, IUNE, AND'MIX ASSiG,NTIENTS CANNOT BE
STORED 'N AN EMPTY PATIERN UN'LESS THE LENCTH HAS BEEN
CHANGED TO A LENGTH OTHER IHAN 8 BEATS.
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Seloctlng a VOICE
To chango th6 sound of any of th€ drum pads, the d€sire pad is pressed. lf KICK is
pr€ss€d, tor €xample, lh6 display will show:
KICK PAD = 01
The sfider, keypad, or +l- afiow butlons can be used to chang€ the s€lecl€d
sound, and the lou/sr display will show th€ nam6 of the curently s€lect€d sound.
Thsr€ are a tolal ol 49 sounds to choos€ from, Any changes mads to any of th€
drum pads ar€ temporary unlil storod and will bs lost as soon as a new patt€rn is
sglected, or the curr€nt pattern is r€s€l€cled (unless Manual Voice/Tune/Mix is
off, soe b6low) .
Storlng VOICE settlngs
To stor€ lh6 VOICE setlings, press and hold RECORD, and then press VOICE. When
this is done, th€ voic€ settings will be permanently stor€d with lhe curr€nl
Dattern.
]MPORTANT NOTE: VOICE, TUNE, AND MtX AS96NMENTS CANNOT BE
STONED 'N AN EMPTY PATTERN U'VLESS THE LENGTH HAS EEEN
CHANGED TO A LENGTH OTHER THAN 8 BEATS.
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