Alesis K2661 specifications Special Button Functions, Button Mode or Editor

Editing Conventions

Special Button Functions

Special Button Functions

The Mode buttons and the Chan/Bank Down button have additional functions, depending on the mode or editor you’re in. When you’re in the Program or Setup Editor, they function according to the orange labeling under each button. They also work as track mutes on the MIX page of Song mode.

When you’re in the Sample Editor, the Program, Setup, Q Access, MIDI, Master, and Song mode buttons function according to the orange labeling near each button. The table below describes all of the special button functions.

Button		Mode or Editor
White
Orange	Program Editor (Orange)	Setup Editor (Orange)	Song Mode	Sample Editor (Light Grey)
Light Grey
Program	Mutes Layer 1 of current program, or	Mutes Zone 1 of current setup if 3	On MIX page,	On TRIM and LOOP pages,
Mute 1	mutes current layer of current drum	or fewer zones; mutes current zone	mutes Track 1 or 9	decreases horizontal
Zoom-	program	of current setup if more than 3		dimension of current sample
		zones		in display
Setup	Mutes Layer 2 of current program, or solos	Mutes Zone 2 of current setup if 3	On MIX page,	On TRIM and LOOP pages,
Mute 2	current layer of current drum program	or fewer zones; solos current zone	mutes Track 2 or	increases horizontal
Zoom+		of current setup if more than 3	10	dimension of current sample
		zones		in display
Q Access	Mutes Layer 3 of current program, or solos	Mutes Zone 3 of current setup if 3	On MIX page,	Toggles between units used
Mute 3	current layer of current drum program	or fewer zones; solos current zone	mutes Track 3 or	to identify location within
Samp / Sec		of current setup if more than 3	11	sample— either number of
		zones		samples from start, or time
				in seconds from start
Effects	Bypasses (mutes) current program’s FX	Bypasses (mutes) current setup’s	On MIX page,
FX Bypass	preset (plays program dry)	studio (plays studio dry)	mutes Track 4 or
			12
MIDI	Successive presses take you back to four	Successive presses take you back	On MIX page,	On TRIM and LOOP pages,
Previous Pg	most recent editor pages; 5th press takes	to four most recent editor pages;	mutes Track 5 or	decreases vertical
Gain -	you to ALG page	5th press takes you to CH/PRG	13	dimension of current sample
		page		in display
Master	“Remembers” current editor page, so you	Same as for Program Editor; pages	On MIX page,	On TRIM and LOOP pages,
Mark	can recall multiple pages with Jump button;	common to both editors are	mutes Track 6 or	increases vertical dimension
Gain +	asterisk appears before page name to	marked or unmarked for both	14	of current sample in display
	indicate that it’s marked; unmark pages by	editors
	pressing Mark when page is visible
Song	Jumps to marked pages in order they were	Jumps to marked pages in order	On MIX page,	Preserves interval between
Jump	marked	they were marked	mutes Track 7 or	Start, Alt, Loop, and End
Link			15	points of current sample;
				press again to unlink
Disk	Negates effect of unsaved edits and plays	Same as for Program mode;	On MIX page,
Compare	last-saved (unedited) version of object	display reminds you that you’re	mutes Track 8 or
	being edited	comparing; press any button to	16
		return to edited version
Chan / Bank	In Program Editor, these two buttons scroll through layers of current program; in		Change recording
Layer / Zone	Effects Editor, scroll through FX presets; in Keymap Editor, scroll through key		track
	ranges of current keymap; in Setup Editor, scroll through zones of current setup;
	in Quick Access mode, scroll through entries in current Quick Access bank
Edit	Whenever cursor is highlighting an editable object or parameter, takes you to corresponding editor or programming page

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