ALESIS HR-16:B - Manual (Page 60)

The eight track LEDs will be off. Press the first desired track (it will light solid), followed by
the destination track (it will flash), followed by RECORD. The display will read:
TRACKS MERGED TO
SECOND TRACK
This display remains until the RECORD button is released. The first track and the second
track are now combined in the second track's location. The first track remains unchanged.
The MERGE button has no effect in song mode, or while a part is playing. NOTE: When
two tracks are merged, their MIDI channel assignments (see MIDI CHANNEL) are
permanently assigned to the data of each track, and the new track's MIDI channel is
assigned to UNCHANGED. This way, tracks assigned to different channels retain their
channel independence on the same track.
MIDI CHANNEL
Like the COPY and ERASE buttons, the MIDI CHANNEL button is only active while it is
held down. It is used to select the MIDI channel of a track of a part (it has no function in
SONG mode). When held down, track one's LED will light, and the display will show the
MIDI channel selected for that track:
SET MIDI CHANNEL
UNCHANGED_______
The keypad or +/- buttons can be used to change the selected track's MIDI channel, and
other tracks can be displayed or changed by selecting the desired track button (only one
track is lit at a time). The selection of the channel can be 0 (UNCHANGED), or 1 through
16. A given track always retains its recorded MIDI channel information, so that if a track
contains notes from more than one channel, it can be played back as recorded. In this case
it is desired to assign the track to UNCHANGED, which means that it will output on the same
MIDI channels as are recorded. Whenever a new track is recorded it defaults to
UNCHANGED. If a specific MIDI channel is selected (1-16), then the selected track's notes
will all be output on the selected channel. However the actual track information remains
unchanged, so that returning a track to UNCHANGED will cause the separate MIDI
channels to play back as before.
NOTES: An empty track can be assigned to a MIDI channel before recording onto it, which
will cause that channel to be output while recording if MIDI ECHO is on. Also, if a track is
copied to an empty track, its MIDI channel setting will be copied as well. If a track or part is
erased, its MIDI channel assignment is left as it was.
QUANTIZE
The QUANTIZE button is used to correct the timing of notes to any desired beat value.
QUANTIZE only moves note events, and does not alter controllers, pitch bend, after
touch, program change, and system exclusive information. While holding down the
QUANTIZE button in part mode, the most recently recorded track will be lit, and the display
will read:
QUANTIZE TO 1/J.6
NOTE START________
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