Alesis HR-16 Instruction Manual page 22

MODE / DATA ENTRY BUTTONS
All MoDE bunons funcrion as on/otf swilches. This means that th6y are pressed
once to enl€r the mode, and pr€ss€d again ro €xit rhe mod€. when any of th6 modes
!ql1!g.n
ent€red, lhe associared LED wiil b€ tir. For simpti6iry, an/ iir"
PATTERN or SONG is pressed, any previousty selected mod€ will be tuh€d 6ft.
The VOICE, TUNE, and MIX settingscan be stored with €ach pattern by holding rhe
RECORD button and pressing VOICE, TUNE, or MlX, respeitively. Any cha'nges
made to th€se paramstsrs without storing them ar€ temiorary edits that will-be
lost if a n€w patt€rn is selected. Copying a pailsrn to an empty pattern will also
copy thes€ seflings. Copying.a pattern to a nol €mpty patternwili not copy these
sellings, but will inst€ad r€tain th€ seltings of th€ pati€rn being copied io. An
€mply pattorn defaults lo a standard voice assignmenl with no pil;h shift, and
nominal mix levels.
fMPORTANT NOTE: VOICE, TUNE, AND'UIX ASSTCNMENTS CANNOT BE
STORED IN AN EilPTY
PATrENN U'TESS
THE LENGTH HAS BEEN
CHANGED TO A LENGTH OTHER THAN S BEATS.
V O I C E
Sclectlng a VOICE
To chang€ th€ sound of any of th€ drum pads, the d€sire pad is pressed. tf KICK is
pressed, for example, th€ display will show:
= O 1
Th€ slider, k€ypad, or +l- arow bunons can be used to change th6 s€l€ct€d
sound, and lh€ low€r display will show the name ot th€ cun€ntly s€l€cled sound.
There are a tolal of 49 sounds to chooso from. Any changes made to any of the
drum pads are temporary until stor€d and will be lost as soon as a new patt€rn is
selected, or the currenl pattern is reselocted (unless Manual Voice/Tune/Mix is
off, see below) .
Storlng VOICE settlngr
To store lh€ VOICE sottings, press and hold RECORD, and then press VOICE. When
lhis is done, th€ voice seltings will be permanently stored with the current
pallern.
IMPORTANT NoTE: VOICE, TUNE, AND UIX ASSIGNMENTS cANNoT BE
STONED 'N AN EMPTY PATTENN U'VLESS THE LENGTH HAS BEEN
CHANCED TO A LENGTH O1HEN THAN 8 BEATS.
Alesls HR.15 Insruc{ons
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