ALESIS HR-16:B - Manual (Page 43)

part Is reached, after which the new part will begin playing, and the display will revert back to
PLAYING PART.
Pressing STOP/CONTINUE will stop playing a part, and the display will return to the select
part display. Any notes that were sustaining will turn off. Pressing STOP/CONTINUE again
will begin playing a part from the beginning of the beat it was on when it was stopped,
replaying all previously sustaining notes. Pressing PLAY will always start a part from the
beginning. When a part reaches its end, the PLAY LED will turn off and the part will stop,
unless LOOP is on, which will cause the part to continue playing from the beginning.
FAST FORWARD
The « and » buttons (rewind and fast forward) can be used to advance or retreat through
the beats of a part. If a part is playing, pressing the fast forward button will cause sustaining
notes to stop, and the display to advance quickly one beat at a time until the fast forward
button is released, after which the part continues playing from the beginning of the
displayed beat.
REWIND
The rewind button works similarly, but in reverse. In either direction, if the end or
beginning of a part is reached, the display remains on the last beat, unless loop is on,
which results in the beat "wrapping around." When a part is not playing, these buttons can
be used for the same function, and by pressing STOP/CONTINUE the song will continue
from the last displayed beat. The fast forward and rewind button can be held down
simultaneously to "freeze" the display on the current beat.
It is also possible to Autolocate with the fast-forward and rewind buttons.
This function allows you to go directly to any desired beat. See page 29
Recording a PART
Selecting the RECORD TRACK
To record on a part, press the RECORD button. The RECORD LED will light. The track to
be recorded always defaults to the lowest numbered empty track. For an empty part, track
1 will be selected. If a part has all eight tracks used, no track will be selected, and the
RECORD LED will not light.
Every time a track is recorded onto, the next empty track will automatically be selected the
next time RECORD is pressed. If a track other than the selected one is desired, pressing
another track select button while holding down the RECORD button will select the new
track to be recorded on. Like on a tape recorder, if a track wKh something on it is recorded
over, the old information is erased.
Once the user has selected a track manually, the automatic track selection of the next
empty track is turned off. This way, if the user wants to redo a track many times, he can
select it once, and that track will remain selected until he selects another track. When a
new part is selected, the automatic track selection is turned back on. If the track that is
selected is reselected, it will stop flashing (and return to its previous state, flashing or off),
and no track will be selected lor record (causing the RECORD LED to turn off when the
RECORD button is released). While the RECORD button is held down, the display reads:
SELECT THE TRACKI
TO RECORD ON __ I
While holding RECORD, the track that is lit indicates the currently selected track to be
recorded on. Any tracks that are flashing are currently empty, and any tracks that are not lit
currently have something recorded in them. Any tradt (flashing, on, or off) can be selected
to be recorded onto.
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