Alesis HR-16 Instruction Manual page 60

The sight track LEDs will be off. Prsss the first desired track (it will light solid), followed by
the deslinalion track (it willflash),lollowed by BECORD. The display will read:
This display remains uniil the RECORD button is reloasgd. The first track and the second
track are now combinsd in the second track's location. Th€ first track remains unchanged.
The MERGE button has no eflect in song mode, or while a part is playing. NOTE: When
two lracks are merged, their MlDl channel assignmenls (see MlDl CHANNEL) are
permansntly assigned to ths data of sach lrack, and th€ new track's MlOl channel is
assigned to UNCHANGED. This way, lracks assigned to dittersnt channels retain lheir
channel indeo6ndenca on lh6 same track.
M I D I C H A N N E L
Like lhe COPY and ERASE bunons, ths MlDl CHANNEL button is only active while it is
h e l d d o w n . l t i s u s e d t o s e l o c t t h e M l D l c h a n n e l o l a t r a c k o f a p a r t ( i t h a s n o f u n c t i o n i n
SONG mode). When held down, track one's LED will light, and the display will show the
MlDl channel selected tor that track:
The keypad or +/- buttons can be used to changs lho selocted track's MlDl channel, and
othsr lrdcks can be displayed or changed by sel€cling th€ desired track button (only one
track is lit al a time). Ths selection of tho channol can be 0 (UNCHANGED), or l lhrough
1 6. A given track always retains its recorded MlDl channEl information, so lhat if a track
containi notes from moie lhan one channel, il can be played back as record€d' In this case
it is desired to assign the track lo UNCHANGED, which msans that it will output on lhe same
MlDl channels as are recorded. Whenever a new track is recorded il dstaults to
UNoHANGED. lf a specilic MlDl channel is selecled (1-16), then lho solected lrack's notos
will all be outout on the selected channel. However the aclual track inlormation remains
unchanged, io that returning a track lo UNCHANGED will cause th€ separate MlDl
channels to play back as before.
NOIES: An empty track can be assigned to a MlDl channel before recording onto it, which
will cause that chinnol to bs output whilo recording it MlDl ECHO is on. Also, if a irack is
copied to an empty track, its MlDi channel setting will be copiod as well. ll a track or part is
erased, its MlDl channel assignmgnt is letl as it was.
O U A N T I Z E
The OUANTIZE button is used lo correct tho timing of noles to any desired bsal valus.
OUANTIZE only moves nole 6vents, and does not alter controllejs'. pilch bend, after
touch, program change, and system sxclusive inlormation. While holding down lhe
OUlNftZdUutton in plrt mode, ihe most rscontly rscorded lrack will b€ lit, and the display
will read:
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