Alesis MMT-8, HR-16:B instruction manual Copylng a SONG to ltselt

By scrollingthroughths list,any selecleddalacan bs copiedlrom one trackor partto another.Forexample,ff a trackcontainsdnoteson manyMlDlchannelsthathadbeen previouslycombinedtogethsr,copyingonlyonaMlDlchannelto a newtrackwouldallow ths pansto be soparatedout again. Also,copyingNOTESONLYfroma trackto iisel{will elfectivelyeraseall pitchbend,controller,programchange,afterlouch, and system exclusivedatafromthatlrack.

Copylng a SONG to ltselt

InSONGmode,pressingandholdingtheCOPYbuttonwillresultinths followingdisplay:

01TO SONG

The01 displaywillactuallyshowthecurrentlyselectedsongnumber.Likein PARTmode, pressingRECORDwillappendths currentsongto itself, makingittwiceas long.

Copying a SONG to another SONG

lf a newsongnumberis selecled,thedisplaywillshowth6 newlyselectedsongnumber, andpressingRECORDwillappendthesourcesongnumbor(th€numberselectedbefore pressingCOPY),to the destinationsongnumber(thenumberselectedwhileholding COPY).This modeis very useful,sincea verseconsistingof morethanonepartcouldbe sntersdintoa song,andthsnappendedintoanothsrsongwhennsedodwithoulhaving 1ore -enterlho partsfor ths verse. Noneof thg eighltrackbuttonswill haveany eftect whencopyingsongs. The pageup and pagedownbuttonsalsohaveno effectwhen copyrngsongs.

Inallcases,thecopyis notexecuieduntilBECORDis pressed,andwillbe abortedif COpy is rsleasedbeforepressingRECORD.TheCOPYbuttonhasno slfectwhilea songor part is playing.

E D I T

The EDITbuttonis anon/offswitchwithan associatedLED-Allooerationsas discussedso tar assumethat EDITis otf. Whenedilis on, individualnoteediting€n be achievedin pad mode,andths listol partsin a songcanbe editedin songmode. To exitEDITmode,press EDITagain(theLEDwillturnoll),or seleclPARTor SONG,whichautomaticallyturnsEDIT off .

Editing a PART

WhenEDITis prsssedwhilein PARTmode(PARTLEDlit),individualMlDlevsntscanbe edited.TheEightlrackbuttonsars usedio selectwhichtrackis beingedited.Onlyone trackcanbe editedata time(onlyonetrackis litat a time).Thedisplaynowshowsthe MlDl informationof the selectedtrackas lollows:

Th€ lirst thrss digits are ths boat number, followod by ths sub-beat 6unt (00-95), lollowed by the note value, followed by the nole velocity (01-127), followed by the nols'sduration (in beats and sub-bsats),followed by the noi6'sMlDl channel (1-16). Ths cursor is under

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