The alphanumeric pad, Double button presses – ALESIS K2661 User Manual

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User Interface Basics

Data Entry

3-5

The Alphanumeric Pad

As its name implies, this set of 14 buttons lets you enter numeric values, and to enter names one
character at a time. Depending on where you are, the K2661 automatically enters letters or
numerals as appropriate (you don’t have to select between alphabetic or numeric entry).

When you’re entering numeric values, press the corresponding numeric buttons, ignoring
decimal places if any (to enter 1.16, for example, press 1, 1, 6, Enter). The display will reflect
your entries, but the value won’t actually change until you press Enter. Before pressing Enter,
you can return to the original value by pressing Cancel. Pressing Clear is the same as pressing 0
without pressing Enter.

When entering names, you can use the Left/Right cursor buttons or the <<< / >>> soft
buttons to move the cursor to the character you want to change. Use the labels under the
alphanumeric buttons as a guide to character entry. Press the corresponding button one or more
times to insert the desired character above the cursor. The Cancel button is equivalent to the

>>> soft button, and Enter is the same as OK. The Clear button replaces the currently selected
character with a space. The +/- button toggles between uppercase and lowercase letters.

There’s also a convenient feature called keyboard naming, which lets you use the keyboard to
enter characters in names. See page 5-5.

Double Button Presses

Pressing two or more related buttons simultaneously executes a number of special functions
depending on the currently selected mode. Make sure to press them at exactly the same time.

In this

mode or

editor…

…pressing these buttons

simultaneously…

…does this:

Program
mode

Octav-, Octav+

Reset MIDI transposition to 0 semitones. Double-press again to
go to previous transposition.

Chan–, Chan+

Set current MIDI channel to 1.

Plus/Minus

Step to next Program bank (100, 200, etc.)

Master mode

Chan/Bank

Enables Guitar/Wind Controller mode.

Song mode

Left/Right cursor buttons

Toggle between Play and Stop.

Up/Down cursor buttons

Toggle between Play and Pause.

Chan/Bank

Select all tracks on any TRACK page in Song Editor.

Disk mode

2 leftmost soft buttons

Issue SCSI Eject command to currently selected SCSI device.

Chan/Bank

Hard format SCSI device. List selected objects when saving
objects.

Left/Right cursor buttons

Select all items in a list. Move cursor to end of name in naming
dialog.

up/down cursor buttons

Clear all selections in a list. Move cursor to beginning of name
in naming dialog.

Program
Editor

Chan/Bank

Select Layer 1.

Table 3-1

Double Button Presses

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