Manual Instruction
DearAlesisCuston€r: Youhave.iust purchaseda_powedulrnusic.producliodcomprehensive eledronicpercussionsystem. of the ope;ationot the ll9":9 l?k".?.Aomentto glancellroughthismanualto gaiira betterundeFtanding HR-16,the MMT-8,andtheHR-16:8. The operating systems of the Atesls HR-16and the HR.16|Bare tdentlcat wlth a few exceptlons.All Instrucilons and descrlpilons ot HR-16 funcilons h thls manual wllt apply to the operatlon of the HR-16:g except for those exceptlons whlch ars noted throughout the manual.
ALESIS HR.16 HIGH SAMPLERATE 1 6 B I T DIGITAL DRUMMACHINE TABLEOFCONTENTS PACE INTRODUCTION H R . 1 6Q U I C K PATTERNMODE RECOFIDINIGAPATTERN 3 4 6 6 OUAITIZE... STEPEDITMODE........ schGh/bDE SONGEDrr. coPY......... 8 1 0 1 2 DYNAM|CS............................... zuTTON F@TSWITCH....... START/STOP . . . , . . . .
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INTRODUCTION The AlesisHR-16(HighsampleRate/ 15 bit drum machine)iq a user{riendly,.yet The sound.generation exlremelypowerfulMlDl drum sequencer/ soundgoneralor. drum"voicss"'6achof whichcan bo ot the HR-16include16 independent caoabiliti-es and canbe routedwitha 7 (47in the HR-16:B), to anyons of 49 digitalsamples assigned positionpanlo one of two iets of stereb outputs' Each voics can also bs tunsd ovoran oclave and a hal{.
HR.16QUICK BASIC SETUP '1. Connecl output 1 (eitherleft , rightor both)to a suitablemonitorinq system. I outDut2 is connscted,the desireddrumpads mustbe assignedro oup"i i rii"iltrl i,,rix;iffi". (SeeMlX.) ro the MtDlOUTjackof a sequencer, an external ?: .9llg1ltt: YlDt tNiackof rhe.HR-16 pao conlrolsr, orum or a keyboard. OUTjackof rhe HR-.t6ro orherMtDtsoundsourceswhendaisey ll^?:g*lEIlDl cnarnrng MtUtdevicosor lo an onernaldrumsource.TheMlDlOUTjackalsodoublesis a l,!!PlII.
PATTERN MODE Whenpoweris tirstturnsdon, the HR-l6 will be in SONGor PATTmode(SONGor PATT LED lii), dependingon ths modethat was selectodbeforepowerwas turnedoff. The songoi patternnumberwillalsob€ the sameas whsn powerwasturnedoft. PATT (pattern) Button Pressttib PATT'buttonlo 6nter pattsrn mode. PATT LED will light. Now, the display Selectlng a PATTern The 00 is underlinedto indicatethat it will be changedif a newnumberis selectedwiththe keypadorthe +/- arrow buttons.
RECORDING A PATTern (Atso see LENGTH and QUANT|ZE) ou.lg1teLll pressand holdrhe RECORDbutton,and rhenprsssthe pLAy ]o-reco! button. Ihe HR-16wirrimmsdiat.ry bsginpraying backanyexisting drumsin ths currontrv s9l99lgqpattsrnfromrhe bsginning,and will iad any newdrumspiayedon rhe Uutton.o', via MlDlto the pattern.ThepLAy and RECoRDLEDswiilb€ rit,a;d ihe dispraywirrread: T Th€ patternnumberis noi underlined,indicalingthat a new patterncannotbe selected whilorecording.
When a new lenqthis ontsred(RECORD),any drum evsntslhat were beyondlh€..new prev'ousone' tns aoolpnal sel lenoth ";iil will be;rased. It the new lengthis bnger thanths 6elirf"J "ittr "ir"n"e. lf it is disired to iEmoveor add lsngth1oihe beginningof ffiih i oitr"rn, first set the desiredlength(as describedabove),and then prossand reloase th; PATTbutton. The displaywill changeto: LENGTH BEATS PressinqthePATTbuttonagainwi||togg|ebackiotheoriginaldisp|ay.|l-RECoRD.
01 TOM 1 is now complet^ely_eJased from pattern1. When erasinga singledrum, it is not nec€ssaryto pressRECORD. In SOI'IGmods,holdingthe ERASEbuttonwillcausethafollowing display: 01 Pressingthe RECORDbuttonwill erasethe currentlyselectedsongnumber. Whenerasinga patternor song,the erassis notexecuted untilRECORDis oressed. and will be aborledif ERASEis releasedbeforepressingBECORD. Wtrenerjsinga d'r;m, ths eraseoccursas soonas the drumbuttbnis piessed.
singls steps of the current quanlize value (you cannot movg backwards). lf quantize is set to i/16, each step will equal 24196(lf swing is set to 50%). lf a drum existed on a slep in between the current quantize value, it will play as it is stepped pasl, but tho display will not stop on that drum. The lower.display shows the drum thai was triggeredlollowed by lhe volume of that drum.
00 STEP01 T-hEfhst lins ol.thsdisplay. is now.showing the.current songnumberbeingplayed,and lhe curent bear numberof the pattsrnbeing prayed. The iecond rineof ihe disoiauii showingrh.e_ srep numberand ihe patrerniisigneo ro ttre iief triid ptir"riiiiiri" momenr..wh_enrhe songadv_al:i.s.io_rhe nextsGp, rhe dispravifli[ "no*lrtJfJn"inioi stsp 2, src. Pressingsrop/coNTrNUE wiil stop prayingthe sons, and the ciisoravwirl rerurn.rothe selectsongdisplay.
To del€te a slep lrom a song, press and hold lhe DELETE button, and the display will read: STEP 01 PATT 27 To completethe del€tion,the RECORDbutton must be pressedwhile still holding the DELETE button. This shifts all patlernsafter the bisplayedstep down on6 step. After all steps have b€€n deleted, the display will show step 1 being END (emptysong). The END step cannot be deleted (RECORDwill be ignored).
COPY Copylng a PATTern to ltsetf Tho copy button is used to-app€nd a patt€rn or song -lfto anoth€r panern or song. lt only functionswhile th€ coPY button is held down. the copy button is releised (eilher befor€ or afler the copy is execut€d),th€ previous mode will show up on the display, and copy mode is €xited. When in PATT mode, and COpy is preised and held: EqE I[E^tlR-1Q Pressing RECORDcompletesthe operationand the displayreads COPY COMPLETE.
Th€ display is now waitingfor a seconddrum pad lo b€ Press€d(pressingRECORD at lhis point will .do nothing). lf for example,TOM 1 was pressed,lhe display would read: COPYFROMPATT CLSHAT> IOM 1 The displayof th€ s€cond pad pressedremainsunderlined,indicalingthat it can still be changed by selectinganolh€r drum pad. As in copying pallerns, once 'COPY RECORDis pressed,the copy will be compl€te,and tho displaywill read COMPLETE.
OFFSET The oFFSET button is used to add or subtracta numberof crockpurses(384th notes)to a drum or pattern. lf OFFSETis held down,th6 displaywili show:' o0/384rh The keypad can be used to enter a two-digltnumber (OO_99), or the +/_ arrow 'The buftons can be used lo incrementor decrehent the amount. range oi the offset,is 199. Entoring a value with th€ keypad will remain th€ curre;l dispi;y or -). To change rhe sign, the +/- buttons must be used to ,jasi {1.
shown beside it. O swing = 5A% = no swing. Tho range of the swing is determinedby tho current quantize value. The swing amount will only effect newly recordeddrum events, like in quantize. The swing amounls are shown below: OUANT 1t6 1ts 1t12 1r24 1/32 1/48 1t64 OFF SWING PERCENTAGE oo-24 50.0- 68.8% 50.0- 66.7% 50.0- 68.8% 50.0- 66.7% 50.0- 68.8% 50.0- 66.7% 50.0- 62.s"/" 50.0- 58.3% 50.
MODE/ DATA ENTRYBUTTONS All MoDE buttons function as on/off switch€s. This means that they are pressed once to ent€r lhe mode, and pressedagainto exit the mode. When any of th6 modes hav€ b€en entered, the associat€dLED will b€ lit. For slmpli6ity,any lim€ PATTERNor SONG is pressed,any previouslysel€ctedmode will be urneO 6tt. The VOICE, TUNE, and MIX settingscan bo stored with oach patternby holdingthe RECORDbutton and pressing VOICE, TUNE, or MlX, respeitively.
The TUNE mode is used to sslect the desired pitch for each drum pad, and the click. When it is pressed,ils LED will llght,and the displaywill read: =0 This display app€ars when TUNE is first pressed, and the display was not pr€viouslyin MIX or VOICE mode for a drum pad. lt is used to s€l€ct the pitch of the click (melronom€). The pitch amount can be changed wilh th€ slider,or the +l- anow buttons. The range is from -16 to +15.
The +/- arrows and the SELECT slider can be used to selecr a new lempo, or a dir€crtywilh rhre€ digirs on lTlL.:T_T-:lrer€d -rh keypad. Tempo "hiig;, ;r; €TTecilv€ as soon as th€y are €ntered, and th€ REcoRD bunon does not hav; to be presssd. In SONG mod€, the t€mpo is displayedas a relativeamount of change from th€ pr€programm€dsong t€mpo. The displayreads: The. current t€mpo (thE one most recenlly recalled within a song) will be displayedin the lower display,.and.
shown beside it. O swing = 5O'/o= no swing. The range ot lh€ swing is determinedby the current quantizevalue. The swing amount will only eff€ct newly recordeddrum events, liko in quantize. The swing amounts are shown below: OUANT SWING PERCENTAGE 1t6 1t8 1t12 1t16 1t24 1€,2 1t4S 1t64 OFF 0 0- 2 4 00- 16 00-12 00-08 00-06 00-04 00-02 00-01 00 50.0- 68.8% 50.0- 66.7% 50.0- 68.8% 50.0- 66.7% 50.0- 68.8e/o 50.0- 66.7% 50.0- 62.5% 50.0- 58.3% 50.
MODE/ DATA ENTRYBUTTONS All MoDE bunons funcrion as on/otf swilches. This means that th6y are pressed once to enl€r the mode, and pr€ss€dagainro €xit rhe mod€. when any of th6 modes ent€red, lhe associaredLED wiil b€ tir. For simpti6iry,an/ iir" !ql1!g.n PATTERNor SONG is pressed,any previoustyselectedmod€ will be tuh€d 6ft. The VOICE, TUNE, and MIX settingscan be stored with €ach patternby holdingrhe RECORDbutton and pressingVOICE, TUNE, or MlX, respeitively.
TUNE The TUNE mode ls used to selectlhe desiredpjtch for €ach drum pad, and th€ click. When it is pressed, its LED will light, and the display will read: CLICK This display app€ars wh6n TUNE is first pressed, and the display was nol pr€viouslyin MIX or VOICE mode for a drum pad. lt is used to sel€ct the pitch of the click (m6tronome). The pitch amounl can be changed with the slider,or th€ +l- anow buttons. Th€ range is from -16 to +15.
Th€ +/- anows and the SELECT slider can be used to selecr a new rempo, or a direcrtywirh rhr€€ digirs on th€ keypad. Tempo cna,ig€s-ar" lT?:..9T_T :lrered enecflve as soon as th€y ar€ €ntered, and the REcoRD button does not hav; to be pressed. In SONG mod€, th€ t€mpo is disllayed as a relativ€amount of change from lh€ pre_ programm€dsong tempo. The display reads: The. current tempo (th€ on€ most recently recalled within a song) will be displayedin the low€r display,.and.
02 DRUMNOTES: The +/- buttonsare used to turn this functionon or off. The defaultis OFF. TRANSMIT MIDI DRUMS The TRANSMITMlDl DRUMStunctionis used to delerminewhetheror not the HR16 drum eventsshouldbe lransmittedout MlDl. The displaylooks like this: 0 3 T R A N S M I TM I D I DRUMI{OTES: Th€ +/- arrow bultons are us€d to lurn this function on or off' The delault is OFF. MIDI NOTE ASSIGNMENT lunctionis us€dto assigna specilicMlDl notslo each The MlDl NOTEASSIGNMENT drum button.
MIDI ECHO The MlDl EcHo functionis used lo echo any MrDr informationlhat is receivedat rh€ MlDl input to th€ MlDl output. The displiy looks lik€ this: TOMIDIOTJT: The +/- arrow buttons are used to turn rhis function on or off. The defaurt is oN. The HB-l6 will not echo system exclusiv€data. MIDI PROGRAM CHANGE Tho MlDl PROGRAMCHANGE function is used to allow MlDl program change commands,to-select patt€rn numbers. MlDl programs oo throuih d9 wiil sele-ct patterns 00-99, and MlDl .
MIDI CLOCK OUT The MlDl CLOCK OUT functionis usod to turn on or off the transmissionof MlDl clocks. The display is as follows: 08 MtDl CLOCK OUTENABLE: The +/- arrow bultons are used to turn this function on or off. The default is ON. AUTO START Th€ AUTO START lunction is used to turn on or off th€ capability of starting a patt€rn or song automaticallyif a MlDl slart or tape sync signal occurs. The display is as follows: 09 The +/- arrow buttons ar€ used to turn this function on or off. Th€ default is ON.
CLICK VALUE The click valu€ functionis us6d to set ths metricvalue of the click (metronom€). The displaylooks like this: 1 T h e p o s s i b l ev a l u e s a r e t h € s a m s a s i n q u a n t i z e : 1 / 4 , 1 1 6 ,1 t g , 1 t 1 2 , 1 / 1 6 , '1124, 1/32, 1/48, 1t64, and OFF. The keypad and +/- arrow buttons are used to change the value. The defaultis 1/8. lf the CLICK value is set to OFF. it will not click in eitherRECORDor PLAY.
hit. Th€se curves will also €ffect MlDl input trigg€ring of lh6 drums. In addition, MlDl input velocity ssnsitivity allows 32 st€ps of volume control per drum when us€d wilh gxl6rnal controll€rs such as drum pads or sequencers. Nol€, howevsr, that recordingMlDl input information on the HR-16 will only slore I steps of velocity inside tha HR-16's internal record memory. SONGLOOP The SONG LOOP functionturns on or off song looping. The display is as follows: 14 EI.
TAPE: MIDI ln all five ot th€se pag€s, pressing RECORD initiatos the oporation. The verify tunction is us€d lo insure that the data just recorded to tap€ is good. Load from tape.loads th€ enlire memorywith lh6 data on lape. Load palt and load song allow a singlo paltern or song to be loaded from a tap€. The keypad can b€ used io select the d€sired number.
STORINGTO DISK USING MIDI SYSTEM EXCLUSIVEBULK DATA DUMP The HR.16 send to MlDl function is orovided so lhat lh€ data can b€ slored on a computer,a YamahaMDF-1 (MlDl FileQor a YamahaDX-7llFD. The data is senl out as one block of systemexclusivedata,with the lengthbeing determinedby the amount of memory b€ing us6d. No more than 507" of memory should be full when saving to a DX-7llFD or its buff€r will be filled.
B) Kgep the Syncsignal at abut OVIJin oder to avoid dtopouts. fi the HR-16 does not see the sync tone lor 1,/2seand, it will assume that the sy;c tone has enAedana iti go into STOPmode. p, tt m.s-shU,do tnt .useany noisereductbn , Ee, or signalprocessingon the sync tone. u) Avotd rccgrcilngh'gh eneryy, hoh-lrequency trad
REMAININGMEMORY HoldingRECORD andpressing LENGTH causesthefollowing display: 1 This shows the amount of memory lhat has not b€en used. Note that some op€rationsmay not be possibleeven though it s€ems that th€re is still a small amounl of memory available. This is due to the tact that th€ HR-16 requires enough memory to duplicale a pattern befor€ it can be record€d on, or length changed, or otfset, €tc.
HR-16MIDIIMPLEMENTATION CHART :unctlon :HAIINEL Default dODE Transrnited Recognlzed r-l 6 t - l6 Changed t-16 t-t 6 Default M$sage3 Atered M o d e3 NOTE NUMBERTrueYoice Notcon YELOCITY NotcOff Keys roucH 0G127 M o d eI 00-t27 o o I I I I PITCHBENDER I x x CONTROL CHA},IGE x I Chan's PROGRAvI CHAI.IGE I S o n oP o ! 'YSTEM :OMMON SongSel Tunc SYSTEM {.
HR.16 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART SYMPTOM WHAT'SPROBABLYWRONG WHATTODO No pow€r. Powersupplynot properlyconnected. Powerswilchnot lurnedon. Powersupplymalfunction. Checkpowersupplyconnection. Pushin oowerswitch. Checkwithdealerto testthe powsrsupplyon a differentunit. No sound- Audiocableshortsd. Outpul s€lgction. Volumesliderdown. Wrong output connected, Check cable. Check MIX oarameter. Baise volume slider. Connect proper output.
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INTRODUCTION TheAlesis MMT-gMuftiTrackMlDlRecorder is a userfdsndlv sequencer. rrisabre iore6iaany.inrormaiion rele-ivJo;i,fi,id,il?iiFliffLr8y:jJJg,?j pressure andnoteoltvetmirv), arid.sro-re it inronon-*Lrii"'riror' d;,;;\;A"i: fii; notdi,conrrorrers, prosram ;i6[ dfi;ff;uch, chanses, and |$S,'$."'ji:f$?Jl"llje The^MMT-8 canprayback8 tracks_sinnrlraneolsry andir tuncrions in manywaysrike an 8lrack taperecorder.Th€MMT_8,S ,;",otca6ty i. "pp.rir"r"ry 9,OOO to 11'000nores.
MMT.8 OUICK BASIC SETUP 1. connectthe MlDlouT of thekeyboadto the MlDllN of he MMT-8' to theMlDlOUTof the MMT-8' i. Conneaitre MlDllN of thekeybirard system to the audioinputof a suitablemonitoring g: Cffi;a ih; audiooutputot tfrekeyboard (amplifier, mixer,stereosystem). to the MMT-8' ln.fig'2.and3 the Thesearethreebasicsetups.A singlekeyboardis connssted master 'ririieareleiup wiitr i singiekeyloardard th€ MMT-8is prgygiqg.
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PART MODE Selectlng and Ptaytng a PART Wlrglpolq"r is fifst iurnod on, the sequencerwill be in SONGor pART mode (SONGor PART LED lit),.depending..on the modethat was selectedbeforepowerwas ti.,rnea-ott. I he songor partnumbsrwill alsobe the samgas whenDowerwastrjrnedolf. PART Button Press lhe PARTbunon to enter PART modeif lhe sequanc€r is not currentlvin this modo.
partls reached,atlerwhichths newpartwillbeginplaying,andthe displaywill revedbackto PLAYINGPART. will stopplayinga part,andths displaywill returnto the select PressingSTOP/CONTINUE again partdisplay.Any noteslhat weresustaining willturnoff. PressingSTOP/CONTINUE playing part lrom a the beginningol the beat it was on when il was stopped, will begin replayingall previouslysustainingAoles. Prosshg PLAYwill alwaysstart a partlrom lho beginning.
Enlerlng RECORD Afler rele_asing REcoRD, the REcoRD LED will remainlit to indicatethat it is readvto recordif.PLAYis plesssd,unlessno track,wass€lecred(notrackLEDlit Jliai, ;h;h;;ui; -lt cause lhe RECORD LED to turn ofl atter releaiing ihe BECORtj'button. ispressed.white.the RECoBD LEDisoninenecono'lEo*iiii"li, "ri, llgllggllrlltuE Indrcalrng that recordis disabled,bul lhe s€lecledrecordtrack will be remembered.
with the ksypad. In eilher case,the new leng'this not enteredinto ths part untilthe is pressedthedisplaychangesto: RECORD button is or€ssed. WhsnRECORD This display romains until REC,oRD is released. lf LENGTH is releasedbstors RECORD is pressed, no change lo the length will be made, regardless of what was Pressed on lhe keypad. lf RECORD is pressed alter entering a partial length (1 or 2 digits), nothing will happen.
The.displaywill remainthb way until the RECORD button is released,after which the displaywill returnto its previousitate. Eraslng ! rlngle TRACK Io erase a singletrack, prossandfiold the ERASEbu.on (all rrack LEDswill light),and :elqcl.tr9 d€siredrrack humber. The setea;d irack;iEb'-rniti'i"r",n rn, and rhe orher track LED-s_wirr rurn ofr. Addirionarrrats "in b. ";Lc'i;-dl"ni in"i, LED. wir come on. PressingRECORDvyill€ras€arryselsctedt?acks. Eraslng ..lect€d Intormaflon (nota!, pltchb.
01 song number. The eight Pressingths RECORDbuttonwill srase lhe currentlyselec-ted track buttonsaro inac{ivewhen erasingsongs. The page up and pags down buttonsare alsoinactivswh€nsrasingsongs. In all cas6s,the erase is not executsdunlil RECORDis pressed,and will be abortedif ERASEis releasedbeforepressingRECORD. The ERASEbutlonhas no effectwhilea songor partis playing. COPY The copy butlonis usedto copy or appenda track,pan,or song,to anothertrack,part,or song.
Copylng r TRACK to another TRACK of the lemc PART To.copya singletrad( to anothertrackof the samepartnumber,pressand holdCOpy, and solsctthe sercq rne source sourcerrafi. track. The I ne seroded selocledtracl('s track'sLELI LEDwill will remain remainlit, lit,and dnd alllhs alllhs other othertrack trackLEDS LEDS will lurn off . Now select the destination track, This track! LED will now llash. tlash,indicatino indicatinglhat lhat it is ths trackto be copiedto.
By scrolling through the list, any sslscted data can be copied lrom one track or part to another. For example, if a track contained notes on many MlDl channsls that had been prsviously combined together, copying only one MlDl channei to a new lrack would allow the parts to be separated out again. Also, copying NOTES ONLY Jrom a track to itself will etfectivoly erass all pitchbend, controller, program change, after touch, and system exclusive data trom that track.
1ne991.nuq!er, indicatinglhat ir can be changedwiththe keypadof th€ +/- buttons. To paseupand-pase down buttinsareussd.nCy movt 1T:1:I_"_:tlg.t11Tl!1glhg rne cursoras shownin lhe followingdisplays: 01 002/00 i Ql-z 01 : a#-2 CHAN01 t 002/00 CHAN The cursor movesto the nexl parameter,and will'loop around"pasl the last pa€meter backlo the first. The MlDl channelis the chann€lthat the note is outputon it ihe track,s MlDl cfiannelig assignedl,oUNCHANGED.
127 0t CHAN01 127 CHAN For controllers,lhe displayshows the beat, sub-beat,controllernumber.controller amount,and MlDlchannel.Thecontroller rangeis lrom Oto j21. Theconlrolleramount rangeis from0 to 127. The pageup andpagedowndisptaysscrollas follows: 121: 1/Q0: : 1 2 7C H A N0 1 00 : 1 2 7C H A N0 l 1 2 1 : 1 2C 7 H A N0 1 1 2 1 : 1 2C7H A N For.ry.o.gl"T change::the displayincludesthe b6at,sub-beat, programchange number, -page and.MlDl channe.l... The programrangeis f rom O to 127.
to scrollthe datathroughthe displayuntilthe 6nd is reached.The displayincludesthe beat,sub-bsat,and any systemexclusivsdata,as follows: 126 125 1 1/00: 125 124> 126 125 124> 126 125 /00:S\ 23 122 121> <123 722 121> elc. Eraslng an ovent evsnt being Any displayedcan be erasodby holdingERASEand pressingRECORD. Erasingan 6vsnt removesit tromthe track,but does not alterthe timingof tho lrack. For example,removinga quarternote at the beginningof a lrack doss not move overything elsefoMard a ouartornots.
By scrollingthroughths list,any selecleddala can bs copiedlrom one trackor partto another.For example,ff a trackcontainsdnoteson manyMlDlchannelsthat had been previously combinedtogethsr,copyingonlyona MlDlchannelto a newtrackwouldallow ths pansto be soparatedout again. Also,copyingNOTESONLYfrom a trackto iisel{will elfectivelyerase all pitchbend,controller,programchange,after louch, and system exclusivedatafromthatlrack.
lh€ b€al.number,indicalingthal h can be changedwith the keypador the +/- buttons. To p.r.aTdeJl: lhe page up and page down bui6ns are u3od. Th€y move 1T::_T_"_9tlpl rnecursora3 shownin the tollouring displays: I /00: I /00: Cf -2 CHAN01 1/00: Ct YOOCHAN01 CHAN The cursor mov€s to the next parameter,and will "loop around' past the last parameter backlo lhe first. The MlOl channelis the channsllhat th€ note is outputon il the track's MlDlchann€lb a$igned to UiICHANGED.
127 CHAN01 127 CHAN0l CHAN01 127 CHAN For controllers,the displayshows the bsat, sub-beat,controllernumber,controller amount,and MlDlchannel.Thecontrollsr rangeis lrom Oto 121. The conlroller amounl rangeis tromo io 127. The pagoup andpagedowndisplaysscrollas iollows: 'tl00: CHAN01 1/90: 111?', 01 1 : 1 2 7C H A N0 1 121:127CHAN01 1 2 1 : 1 2C7 H A NQ 1 For.programchangeg,the displayincludsslhe boat,sub-b€at,programchango number, -page and MlDl channe.l.The programrangs is from o to 127.
to scroll. the datathroughthe displayuntilthe end is reachsd.The displayincludesthe bgat,sub-beat,and any systsmsxclusivedata,as follows: /00: 126 125 'l 1/00: 125 124> 126 I25 124> u t / o u :s 126 125 122 121> <123122 121> elc' EraslnE an event event Any being displayed can be erased by holding ERASE and prossing RECORD. Erasing an svsnt removss it from the track, but does not altsr ths timing of the track.
AT ev€ntat the currentbeat In th6 abovechoices,prossingRECORDwillinsertthe displayed andwhhvaluesof 0. Whilein part EDIT,the tast totwardand rewindbuttonsare ussd to advanceand retreat, respoc'tiv'ely, throughths listof MlDl evsnlson the sel€ctadlrack. Whentho end oJa track is rLached,or if a tirck is empty,the displaywill readENDOF TRACK. Playinga partwhile to displaythe sventsas theyhappenon the in parteditwillplaythe partwhitecontinuing display.
Selecling a SONG The 00 is underlinedto indi€te that it will be changedif a newnumberis selectedwirhthe keypador the +/- buttons. The secondlin€of ths displayshowsthe nameof tho currently s s l e c t e d . s o n g , ( u p t o l 4 c h a r a c t lef rt h s )e.c u n e n t s d n g ' n u m b e r i s e m p t y , t h e s e c o n d l i n 6 will read EMPW SONG. Pressingthe +/- buttonsimmediately selbits the nsxt song number,with the numbersloopingpast99 to OOand loopingd6wnfrom 0O.to99.
ths lasl displaygdbeat. The fast torward and rewind button can be held down to "frseze"the displayon the currontboat. simullaneously LOOP The LOOPbuttonis a simoleon/ofJswitchwithan LED indicalor.Whsn LOOPis on, a part whenit has reachedits end and continueplaying or songwill loopbackto its beginning indefinitely.lf LOOPis otf, a partor songwillstopwhenit reachesits end. MIDI ECHO c ahteonr M .
The sighttrackLEDswill be off. Prsssthe first desiredtrack(it will lightsolid),followedby the deslinaliontrack(it willflash),lollowed by BECORD.Thedisplaywill read: This displayremainsuniilthe RECORDbuttonis reloasgd.The first trackand the second trackare nowcombinsdin the secondtrack'slocation.Th€first trackremainsunchanged. The MERGEbuttonhas no eflectin songmode,or whilea part is playing.
The 10 quanlize choices are 112,114,116,1lg, 1112,1/16, 1n4, 1132,1148,1164. The +/buttons of ths keypad can be ussd to scroll through lho choicos. The keypad builons 0-9 can also be us6d lo select lhs quantize value dkeclly, with O=1/2 and 9=l/64. The track sslec{ buttons can be used to solect tho desirod track(s) to be quantizod. When quantize is tirst pIessed, all eight lrack LEDs will be lit, indicating that all lracks will bs quantizsd if RECORD is pressed.
TRANSPOSE The TRANSPoSEfunctionalrox,-s.for_1!1ck or part to be rransposedby a userspecified numberof semitones.WhenTRANSPOSE is heiddownin partrinode, th'edisplayleads: The keypagcan be usedto entera twodigit numb€rof semitoneslo transposeup trom the originalpitch (00-99),or ths +/- buttonscan be usedto incremsntor decrem6ntthe amount. Like in ERASEmode,all eighttrackselsct LEDSars lit, indicatingthat the transposition will sffectalltracks.
ThisremainsuntiltheRECORDbuttonis releassd.ln bothsongandpartmode,thetempo canbe changedwhileplaying. MID] FILTER The MlDl FILTERbuttonis usedlo selectwhattype ol MlDl in{ormation will bs r€cordedby lhe MMT-8. Whiloholdingdownthe MlDl FILTERbutton,the pageup and pagedown buttonscan be usadto scrollthroughthe possiblechoices,whilethe + and - buttonscan be usedlo turn eachf unctionon or off.
ONLY SYNC By usingthe keypador +/- buttons,one of the three clockingsourc€scan be sslectsd. Tttedefaultllting-is lrllDl & INTERNAL(1),wirhrheolherchoiLs beingTNTERNAL ONLi (2), and TAPE SYNC (g). The page up and page down buttonscai be used to scroil thrcughthe nextlwo clock pagos: The + and - buttonscan b€ ussdto turn eachfunctionon or otf, respeclively.The default settingis MlDl & INTERNALctocksource,MtDtCLOCKOUT ON, a;d AUTOSTARTON. Thereis no TAPESYNCout switch,sincothis functionis alwaysactive.
Th6 1o cfick value choices arg 112,114,1/6,'llS, 1112,1116,1/24, 1132,1148,1/64. The +/- bunons of the keypad can be used to scroll through lhe choices. The ksypad buttons 0-9 can also be used to select the click value directly, with 0=112and 9-t/64. Additional clic* pages can be accesssd with the page up and page down buttons.
FROMTAPE In all five of these pages, pressing RECORD initiatesthe operation. The verity function is used to insure thal the dala just record€dto tape is good. Load f rom taps loads the entire sequenc€ msmory with the data on tape. Load part and load song allow a single part or song to be loaded from a tape. The keypad can be used to seleit the desired number.
data will be 1oo largs for the MlDl f iler's buffer. No more than 257" ot memory should be lull when saving lo a DX-7llFD or its buffsr will b€ lillsd as well. The MMT-8 will automatically receivs MlDl system exclusivesequence data trom any of these devices without having to select a spscif ic pags. lf the system exclusive data starts to come in, the display will read: This display will remain until the data has bsen completely loaded, atterwhichthe MMT-8 will return to song 99.
2) Pressand holdth6 CLOCKbuton. Thedisplaywill read: MIDI& 3) Use the keypad or + and - buttons to select TAPE SYNC lN. The display will read: 4) Put the tape machine into PLAY. The MMT-8 will automatically start as soon as il receives the ryngton9, causing any olher ssquencers connected lo it to play. Be careful to. rcturn to the b.eginning ol the sync tone since the MMT-B will aut6mhticaily begin playing any time that it receives the sync tone.
AUTOLOCATE The MMT€ has Aulo Lmte ability which a,bws you to go directly b a speifrc b€at of a part wihout playing through the beatspriorto ths dssiredbeat number. PARTMODE: A. Whenthe MMT-8is in PLAY1. PressandholdeithertheFast-FoMafd TFl orBewind f?l button. 2. Enterthenumberof thedesiredbeat(3 digits)usingthekeypadbuftonsFl through 3. Releasethe Fast-FoMardE or Rewind l.:] button. 4. The Part will continueplayingfrom the selectedbeat number. B. When the MMT-8 is in STOP l.
MMT-8MIDIIMPLEMENTATION CHART Function CHAI.INEL Default Chonge( vIODE Default Messages Atered Transmited Recognizad l-t 6 l-l 6 t-l6 l-tD x x 00-l27 00-127 Noteon YELOCITY NoteOff o x o roucH I NOTE NUMBERTfueVoice i'yl I x 0-127 0-t 27 ;YSTEMEXCLUSIVE o o sonoPo! ;YsrEM )OMMON SongSel Tune SYSTEM Clock REALTIMEM c a s a g e : o o I x I I o o o o AIJX I I x x x PITCHBENDER CONTROL 0-63 cHAl{cEff;lii; PROGRAIVI CHAI.IGE Truei Loca.
MMT-8TROUBLESHOOTING CHART SYMPTOM WHAT'SPROBABLY WBONG WHATTODO No soundduring playbackof recorded Dans. Didn'trecord. MlDlchannels notproperly corresponding withsoundsources. Tracksaremuted CheckMlDl connection. CheckMlDl channel assignments. Checktrack muteselection. Won't record after touch MlDl filtersfor aftertouch or systemexclusivedata. and systemexclusiveare enabled. In MlDl filtersmode,set after touchand sys ex recordto on. Won'tsave or loadto tape Bad connections. Bad tape.
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