ALESIS HR-16:B - Manual (Page 12)

SONG 00 BEAT 001
STEP 01 PATT27
The first line of the display is now showing the current song number being played and
the current beat number of the pattern being played. The second line of the display is
showing the step number and the pattern assigned to the step that is playing at the
moment. When the song advances to the next step, the display will show the pattern for
step 2, etc. 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 from the point at which it was stopped. Pressing PLAY will always start the song
from the beginning of the first step. When a song reaches its end, it will stop and the
PLAY LED will turn off, unless SONG LOOP (see MIDI/UTIL) is on, which will cause the
song to loop back to step one and continue playing.
SONG EDIT
A song is edited by using the DELETE, INSERT, and OFFSET buttons, along with the +/-
arrow buttons. The arrow buttons are used to move fonivard and backward through the list
of steps in a song. If a song is empty, the display will read:
SELECT SONG fiO
STEP 01 END
Inserting a Step / INSERT Button
To insert a step into a song at the currently displayed step, press and hold INSERT. The
display will read:
INSERT INTO
STEP 01 PATTaO
While holding the INSERT button, the keypad or +/- buttons can be used to change the
pattern number displayed. To complete the insertion, the RECORD button must be
pressed while still holding the INSERT button. The display will read:
INSERT COMPLETED
STEP 01 PATTOO
This display will remain until RECORD is released, after which the display will revert to the
first INSERT display. If It is desired to insert the same pattern many times, the RECORD
button can be pressed repeatedly while holding the INSERT button. Each time a pattern
is inserted, the previous pattern at the displayed step is moved to step +1, and all other
steps after it are also stepped +1. If a tempo change is desired, pressing TEMPO while
holding INSERT causes the following display:
INSERT INTO
STEP 01 TEMJ.20
The keypad can now be used to change the desired tempo to be inserted into the song.
Again, pressing RECORD completes the insertion. Pressing the TEMPO button again
will change the display to PATT again. The programmable tempo range of a step in a song
is from 46 to 200 beats per minute.
Deleting a step / DELETE Button
Alesis HR-16 Instructions ...................................................... Page 10