ALESIS HR-16:B - Manual (Page 6)

HR-16 QUICK BASIC SETUP
1. Connect output 1 (either left, right or both) to a suitable monitoring system. If output 2
IS conn^ed. the desired drum pads must be assigned to output 2 using the MIX button
(See MIX.)
2. Connect the MIDI IN jack of the HR-16 to the MIDI OUT jack of a sequencer an external
drum pad controller, or a keyboard.
3. Connect the MIDI OUT jack of the HR-16 to other MIDI sound sources when daisey
chining MIDI devices or to an external drum source. The MIDI OUT jack also doubles as a
MIDI THRU jack and both MIDI IN data and data produced on the HR-16 are present at the
MIDI OUT jack if desired.
AUDIO
For stand alone operation the MIDI jacks need not be connected.
MIDI allows rhythm triggering and programming of the HR-16 from external MIDI devices,
such as keyboards or drum pads that are equipped with MIDI. Also, MIDI can be used to
sync different devices to the HR-16, save and recall the memory using an external disk
drive via MIDI system exclusive data dump, and receive program change commands which
will call up patterns.
The program change command is useful for accessing different sets of sounds when
triggering sounds from drum pads or sequencers.
If a new program change command is received while the HR-16 is in PLAY mode,
the program number will select the next pattern to play after the current pattern is
finished.
The HR-16 has two stereo outputs (four Individual outputs). The volume slider is active on
only the first stereo output (output 1). In addition, if only one side of an output is
connected, the stereo mix assigned on that stereo output becomes a mono mix on that
single output. This saves having to reconstruct a mono mix from a stereo mix, when only a
single output is being used.
Using Four outputs, assign the kick to output 2 panned hard left and the snare to output 2
panned hard right. This leaves all other drums on output 1 panned in stereo as desired
and the kick and snare assigned to their own output.
For more information on setting up drum machines and sequencers, see MMT-8 BASIC
SET UP in the MMT-8 Instruction Manual.
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