Alesis K2661 specifications Alphanumeric Pad, Double Button Presses

User Interface Basics

Data Entry

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	…pressing these buttons
mode or		…does this:
	simultaneously…
editor…
	Octav-, Octav+	Reset MIDI transposition to 0 semitones. Double-press again to
Program		go to previous transposition.
mode	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.
	Left/Right cursor buttons	Toggle between Play and Stop.
Song mode	Up/Down cursor buttons	Toggle between Play and Pause.
	Chan/Bank	Select all tracks on any TRACK page in Song Editor.
	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.
Disk mode
	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	Chan/Bank	Select Layer 1.
Editor

Table 3-1 Double Button Presses

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