Selecting A Song; Manual Track Selection And Muting In Song Mode - Alesis HR-16 Instruction Manual

Selecling a SONG
The 00 is underlined to indi€te that it will be changed if a new number is selected wirh the
keypad or the +/- buttons. The second lin€ of ths display shows the name of tho currently
s s l e c t e d . s o n g , ( u p t o l 4 c h a r a c t e r s ) .
l f t h e c u n e n t s d n g ' n u m b e r i s e m p t y , t h e s e c o n d l i n 6
will read EMPW SONG. Pressing the +/- buttons immediately selbits the nsxt song
number, with the numbers looping past 99 to OO and looping d6wn from 0O .to 99. lf i
single digit on lhe keypad is pressed (2, tor oxample), tho display will change to:
The display is now indicating that ths second digit of tho song should be entered. After
entering the second digit, ths now song is selected, and its name will appear. lf the
second digit is not enlered within 2 seconds, th6 display will revert back to the previous
song numbsr, and no new song will have been selscled. The pago up and pags down
buttons have no function when selecting parts or songs.
A SONG is a list of parts (sequences) in a specif ic order, with each entry into the list being a
STEP which conlains a part number. Each step also contains which ol the eight tracks
should bs on tor that slep.
Manual TRACK selocllon and mutlng In SONG mode
While in SONG mods, tho eight TRACK SELECT LEDs will display the lracks that are
turned on on tho first part of the s6lected song. ThesE buttons can be turned on or otl to
change the sslected tracks to be played, atthough thsso changes will be temporary and
not stored with the song. Pressing PLAY will start playing lhe sslected song Jrom its
beginning, and the PLAY LED will light. The display will read,lor example:
0 0 0 0 1
PAR'I 27 BEAT OO1
The lirst line of the display is now showing the current song number being played, and
the curr6nl beat number of the part being played. The second line of the display is
showing the step number and the part assign€d to the slep that is playing at th6
moment. When the song advances lo ths next step, the display will show lhe part lor step
2, etc. The track select LEDs will change to show which tracks ars turned on tor lhe
current part. Again, the track seleclion can be changed by turning on or olf the track
buttons.
Pressing STOP/CONTINUE will stop playing the song, and the display will return to the
select song display. Pressing STOP/CONTINUE again will begin playing the song lrom the
beat at which it was stopp€d. Pressing PIAY will always start the song {rom the bgginning
of the tirst step. when a song reaches its end, it will stop and ths PLAY LED will turn ofl,
unless LOOP is on, which will cause the song lo loop back to step one and continue
playing.
The . and " buttons (rewind and last lomard) can be ussd 10 advance or retreat through
lhe beats and st€ps of a song. if lhs song is playing, prsssing the tast forward will cause
sustaining notss to stop, and th6 bsal display to advance at a gradually increasing rate (up
to the maximum possiblo tempo) until ths last forward button is rsleased, after which the
song continues playing trom the beginning ot the displayed beat. lf tho end of the current
step is reached, the next slep is starled.
The rewind button works similarly, but in reverse. In eithor direction, il ths end or
beginning of a song is reached, the display remains on that step, unless loop is on, which
results in the step "wrapping around". When a song is not Playing, thess buttons can be
used for the same funclion, and by pressing STOP/CONTINUE the song will continuo from
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