B)Kgep the Syncsignal at abut OVIJin oder to avoid dtopouts. fi the HR-16does not see the sync tone lor 1,/2seand, it will assume that the sy;c tone hasenAedana iti go into STOPmode.
p, tt m.s-shU,do tnt .useany noisereductbn , Ee, or signalprocessingon the sync tone. u) Avotdrccgrcilngh'gheneryy,hoh-lrequencytrad<snext to thesync track.
TO CLOCK THE HR.16 FROII TAPE SYNC
lf ot rhetrackof thetaps machinelhat hasthe synctonoto rheTAPE J.l.qnnegt -e_oytput
lNiackofrheHR-l6.
2) Pressandholdthe CLOCKbunon.Thedisplaywillread:
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3)Usethe keypador + and- buttonsto selsctTAPESYNClN. Thedisplaywiilread:
4)Put the tape machineinto PLAY. The HR-16will automaticallystari as soon as it receiveslhs synctone,causingany olherssquencersconnectedto it lo play. Be carcfut to retum to thp bellinningol the sync tone sincetheHR-l6 will automatballybgin playing any time thatit receivesthesync tone.
USING THE HR . 16 AS A SOUND SOURCE
llis possibl€to triggerthe HR-l6 trom an €xternalcontrollersuch as a sequencor, keyboard,or drumpadcontrollerthroughMlDl.TheHR-16buihin sequencerremainsidle whilsths sxlsrnalcontollsrtriggsrslhe voices,Besursto activateMlDl/ UTIL#2 RECEIVE MlDlDRUMSON. lf thisis s€tto OFF,itwillnotbe possibletotriggerany voicesonthe HR- 16 lromthe controller.
MlDl programchangecommandssentlo the HR-l6 can accesspatterns.MlDt/UTIL#6 MlDl PROGRAMPATTSELECTmustbe set to ON to ac,tivatethislunction. Thisfsature wasdesignedto giveexternalMlDlcontrollersaccossto dittersntsoundsElupsstoredin anyot the 100 availablepatterns.
IMPORTANT NOTE: VOICE, TUNE, AND MIX ASSICNMENTS CANNOT BE STORED IN AN EMPTV PATTERN U'VLESSTHE LENGTH HAS BEEN CHANGED TO A LENGTH OTHER THAN 8 BEATS.
START/STOPFOOTSWITCH
The START/STOPfoolswitchjack is providedfor a momentarynormallyopen foolswitchlhat conn€ctsth6 jack'stip lo its sleev€ (ground). While in stop, the footswitch will function like the play button and slart a pattern or song from the b€ginning. While in play, tho footswitch acts like th6 stop button, and stops playing .