Alesis MMT-8, HR-16:B instruction manual Part Mode

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PART MODE

PART MODE

Selectlng and Ptaytng a PART

Wlrglpolq"r is fifst iurnodon, the sequencerwill be in SONGor pART mode(SONGor PARTLED lit),.depending..onthe modethat was selectedbeforepowerwas ti.,rnea-ott.I he songor partnumbsrwillalsobethesamgas whenDowerwastrjrnedolf.

PART Button

Press lhe PARTbunon to enter PART modeif lhe sequanc€isr notcurrentlvin this modo. Th€ LEDnextto lhe PARTbuttonwilllightandthedisplaywillread:

" PART

Selecting a PART

The 00 is underlinedto indicatethatit willbe changedif a newnumberis selectedwiththo keypador ths +/- buttons.Thesecondlineof the displayshowsths namoot the part. lf a part is emply,ths display reads.EMPTYPART. pressingths +/- builons imrirediately selscls-th6n-extpart_number,withlhe numbersloopingpast99 to 0Oandloopingdow-n lrom00 to 99. lf a singledigiton the keypadis pressed(3,lor example),thedisplaywill changelo:

PART

Thedisplayis nowindicatingthatthe seconddigitof th6 partshouldbe sntered.Aftsr snteringlh€ seconddigit,ths new part is solecled,and its nameis displayed.lf the soconddigit is not entersdwhhin2 seconds,the displaywill revertbacklo the previous part number,.and no.new part will have been selectsd.This type of ksypad entry is consistentwithallentriesmadewiththekeypaddescribedinihis manual.ThepageupLnd pagedown buttonshaveno functionwhensslectingpartsor songs.

Selectlng TRACKS for playback

While in PART mode,the eightTRACKSELECTLEDswill displaythe trac*s that are turnedon (not muted)on the seleclsdpart. Thsse buttonscan bs turnedon or ofl to changelhe selectedtracksto be played.Whenevera partis playing,the oighttrackssloct LEDswillshowwhichtracksareplaying.Whsna n6wpan is soloctsd,alleighttracksare turnedon. At any time,thetrackselsctioncanb€ changedwiththetracksoloctbuttons.

PressingPLAYwillstadplayingtheselec,todpartfromitsbeginning,andthe PLAYLEDwill lighl. Thedisplaywillread,lorexample:

T

The displayis now showingthe currentbeat numberand the part numb€rlhat is being played. As eachbeat(quartgrnot€)occurs,thedisplaywilladvanceths beatoount.While the part is playing,the keypadand +/- butlonscan bs usedto s€l€ct a n€w part number, whichwillthenbe displayedinthedisplayasfollows:

Al lhe end ol the current parl, ths n6wly selectod pan number will play, with th6 beat count startiflg again al 001. The NEXT part !o play can be changed up until the end of ths current

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Alesis MMT-8, HR-16:B instruction manual Part Mode