Entering Record; Length Button - Alesis HR-16 Instruction Manual

E n l e r l n g R E C O R D
Afler rele_asing REcoRD, the REcoRD LED will remain lit to indicate that it is readv to
record if.PLAY is plesssd, unless no track,was s€lecred (no track LED lit Jliai, ;h;h;;ui;
cause lhe RECORD LED to turn ofl atter releaiing ihe BECORtj'button.
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llgllggllrlltuE is pressed.white.the
RECoBD LED is onine necono'lEo *iiii"li, "ri,
Indrcalrng that record is disabled, bul lhe s€lecled record track will be remembered. To
begin recording-,_preFl_Uy, lf alrack had been selected (RECORD LED on), then the
RECORD and PLAY LEDs will be lit, and tho selected track will begin recoraini' trom ihe
beginning ol the part, aftor counting down four beats (thE @untdown can
bs changsd; soo CLICK), during which time the disdai will rsad:
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o*t, the disPlav will chanse to 3, then 2, lhen 1, arter which lhe display will
The part number is not underlined, indicating that a nsw part cannot be s€l€cled while
pg9r![9.. While recording, the eight tracks can still b€ rurnod on or off. pressing the
RECORD button stlectiv€ly "punch€s out" the r€cord track, lh€ RECORD LED turni off.
and the part continues to play from where it was. Pressing the pLAy button is also the
same as punching out, excspt that ths part will immediately start playing trom the
lgSllning..__If,9_ rewind and fast lorward buttons will also punch olt.- pressing
STOP/CONTINUE also punches out, but stops lhe pan from playin! as well.
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!Vlr91 rqcold]ng lor the lkst tims on an Empty part, lhe track will continue recording until
STOP, FAST FORWARD, REWIND, or PLAY is pressed. Whsn on€ is pressed, rhis
determines the length ol the part, rounded to the nsarest beat. When recording on any
other track, the part will automatically stop whon the end of ths part (as d€terminsd by tha
lirst record lrack) is rsached. lf LOOP is on, ihe RECORD LED witt turn off ("punch 6ur"),
and the part will begin playing from the start. lt is possible to set thg length befor'e
recording the ikst track, or to change the length after rEcording the tkst track (sC LENGTH
below).
While holding the RECORD button, pressing and hotding the LENGTH button will show on
the display the porcentage ot momory still available for recording.
L E N G T H
The LENGTH butlon is used to set lhe l€ngth of a part to a specified numb€r ol beats.
While holding th€ LENGTH bufion, the display will show the current lsngth of ths current
part. It it is an smpty part, th6 display will rsad:
BEATS
This indicates that no length has yst beon sst. ll RECORD mode is entersd without setting
this length, lhe lsngth of ths part will be determined by the numbsr ot beats rscordod
bsfore pressing STOP/CONTINUE, RECORD, or PLAY. ll it is desired to set the tength
before recording, th€ +/- buttons can be used to move the length up or down in single
beat incremsnts (OOO minimum, 682 maximum), or a thrg€ digit numbor can be ent€r€d
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