Alesis HR-16 Instruction Manual page 38

I N T R O D U C T I O N
The Alesis MMT-g Mufti Track MlDl Recorder
is a user fdsndlv
sequencer.
rr is abre io re6ia any.inrormaiion
rele-ivJo;i,fi,id,il?iiFliffLr8y:jJJg,?j
pressure and note olt vetmirv), arid.sro-re
it inro non-*Lrii"'riror' d;,;;\;A"i:
fii;
|$S,'$."'ji:f$?Jl"llje
notdi, conrrorrers,
;i6[ dfi;ff;uch,
prosram chanses, and
The^MMT-8 can pray back 8 tracks_sinnrlraneolsry
and ir tuncrions in many ways rike
an 8lrack tape recorder. Th€ MMT_8,S ,;",otca6ty
i. "pp.rir"r"ry
9,OOO to
11'000 nores. variabre MrDr conrrcrers rirJ irt'errJucn'pirctr'6eno,
""0'"n.iii-rtJ.
witl rake up more memory. so the actual imoJni-Jt-n6i"
.,or"g" capacity wi'vary
depending on how nuchihese contoilers are used. gacn set
of 8 tracks is cailed
a 'part'. The.re c€rn be up to 1OO parts in the MMT€,S ,e",ory
tOo_ge). iii-e;ffi;
can be comtined into lists of pa,is, which are catteO;songs,.' 'Th;,6
ca;;6i;
100 songs in the MMr€'s mdmoryi, t"d ilt;;;c;;iin
a lisr of parts up ro zss
steps long.
By constructing songs in this fashion, the MMT-8 makes it very easy to arrange
songs by
rscording one vsrse into one part, and a chorus_inio
anoiher:,ana i Uriage iito an;ti,si
and then making a list ol the parts into a song with as ,"ni i"'r""., cf,oruil,
anO-UriOqeJ
as dostred.
rne
{.ur'p has many sditing capabilities, which atow the usor ro anEr any dara attor
recording it. Notes can belraniposeC, iiming correcteO, copied,
anC t;;d.-MlDi
channels can be reassigned, contr6llefs ian Ue-moJitieO-,
eicl elso, ttre MMT€ has an
Autorocare fedure which wil aflow you to
irnp to any desired beat nurber within a
p.art
9l song. See Page 29 . Despire rh6 flelibitiry, ihe MMT_8 is "",y ""ry to us",
since thess l€atures do not qet in the way of the moie basic operations,
like recording
and playing back.