Editing Patterns - Erase Functions - Alesis Performance Pad Pro Reference Manual

EDITING PATTERNS – ERASE FUNCTIONS
ERASING DRUM EVENTS WHILE RECORDING
While the PerformancePad Pro is recording, you can erase any individual drum event or series of events
in real time to fix up errors. Erasure occurs only on those beats that coincide with the current
quantization and swing values; turn quantization off to erase a drum wherever it occurs.
1. The PerformancePad Pro should be in Record Mode.
2. Press and hold ERASE.
3. While holding down ERASE, press the pad corresponding to the sound to be erased just before the first
event to be erased, and release just after the last event to be erased. To erase a single event, tap the pad
on that single event.
ERASING AN ENTIRE PATTERN
If you erase both Main and Fill Patterns associated with a numbered Pattern, or you erase a Main or Fill
Pattern and the other is empty, the Drum Set assignment (but not its Drum Set parameters), name, and
length will revert to the default settings (i.e., the Drum Set with the same number as the Pattern, EMPTY
PATTERN as the name, and a length of 8 beats). However, as long as either a Main or Fill Pattern
contains previously-programmed data, the numbered Pattern will remember the Drum Set assignment,
name, and length.
1. The PerformancePad Pro must be in Pattern mode and stopped
to allow erasing a Pattern.
2. Enter the two-digit Pattern number to be erased with the number
or INC/DEC buttons.
3. Press and hold the ERASE button. The display says PATTERN
ERASE?.
4. While continuing to hold the ERASE button, press REC (ENTER).
The display says PATTERN ERASED, followed by FILL
ERASE?.
5. While continuing to hold the ERASE button, press REC (ENTER)
again. The display will read FILL ERASED.
6. Release both buttons.
Tip: To retain the Drum Set assignment, length, and name when you erase a
Pattern, hold ERASE and tap each drum pad. This erases the drum events
assigned to that pad, but retains all other Pattern parameters.
ERASE ALL EVENTS PLAYED BY A PARTICULAR DRUM PAD
This erases all events in a Pattern played by a specific pad. The
Drum Set's parameters will not be affected.
1. The PerformancePad Pro should be in Pattern mode and
stopped.
2. Press and hold ERASE.
3. While holding down ERASE, tap a pad to erase all events played
by that pad. The display shows the drum pad number whose
events were erased. You can continue to erase more drum sounds while ERASE is held down.
ERASE ALL INSTRUMENT EVENTS IN SUB-PATTERN
This operation allows you to erase all instrument events (for example, all Drum events) in the selected
sub-pattern. The Drum Set's parameters will not be affected.
1. The PerformancePad Pro should be in Pattern mode and
stopped.
2. Press and hold ERASE.
3. While holding down ERASE, press and hold the button
corresponding to the layer which you would like to erase
(DRUMS, BASS, PERC).
4. While holding down the 2 buttons, press REC (ENTER) to erase
all instrument events in the selected sub-pattern.
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