ALESIS HR-16:B - Manual (Page 58)

Selecting a SONG
The 00 is underlined to indicate that it will be changed if a new number is selected with the
keypad or the +/- buttons. The second line of the display shows the name of the currently
selected song (up to 14 characters). If the current song number is empty, the second line
will read EMPTY SONG. Pressing the +/- buttons immediately selects the next song
number, with the numbers looping past 99 to 00 and looping down from 00 to 99. If a
single digit on the keypad is pressed (2, for example), the display will change to:
SELECT SONG 2
SONG TITLE " ■
The display is now indicating that the second digit of the song should be entered. After
entering the second digit, the new song Is selected, and its name will appear. If the
second digit Is not entered within 2 seconds, the display will revert back to the previous
song number, and no new song will have been selected. The page up and page down
buttons have no function when selecting parts or songs.
A SONG is a list of parts (sequences) in a specific order, with each entry Into the list being a
STEP which contains a part number. Each step also contains which of the eight tracks
should be on for that step.
Manual TRACK selection and muting In SONG mode
While in SONG mode, the eight TRACK SELECT LEDs will display the tracks that are
turned on on the first part of the selected song. These buttons can be turned on or off to
change the selected tracks to be played, although these changes will be temporary and
not stored with the song. Pressing PLAY will start playing the selected song from its
beginning, and the PLAY LED will light. The display will read, for example:
SONG 00 STEP 001
PART 27 BEAT 001
The first line of the display is now showing the current song number being played, and
the current beat number of the part being played. The second line of the display is
showing the step number and the part assigned to the step that is playing at the
moment. When the song advances to the next step, the display will show the part for step
2, etc. The track select LEDs will change to show which tracks are turned on for the
current part. Again, the track selection can be changed by turning on or off 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 from the
beat 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 LOOP Is on, which will cause the song to loop back to step one and continue
playing.
The « and » buttons (rewind and fast forward) can be used to advance or retreat through
the beats and steps of a song. If the song is playing, pressing the fast forward will cause
sustaining notes to stop, and the beat display to advance at a gradually increasing rate (up
to the maximum possible tempo) until the fast forward button is released, after which the
song continues playing from the beginning of the displayed beat. If the end of the current
step is reached, the next step is started.
The rewind button works similarly, but in reverse. In either direction, if the 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, these buttons can be
used for the same function, and by pressing STOP/CONTINUE the song will continue from
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