User manual ALESIS MMT-8

[. . . ] ALESIS MMT-8 Multi track MIDI recorder Alesis MMT-8 Instruction Manual Alesis MMT-8 Instruction Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i 1 2 2. 1 2. 2 2. 3 2. 4 2. 5 2. 6 3 3. 1 3. 2 4 5 5. 1 5. 2 5. 3 5. 4 6 6. 1 6. 2 6. 3 6. 4 6. 5 6. 6 6. 7 6. 8 7 7. 1 7. 2 7. 3 8 8. 1 9 9. 1 9. 2 9. 3 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 PART Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Selecting and Playing a PART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 PART button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Selecting a PART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Selecting TRACKs for playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 FAST-FORWARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 REWIND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Recording a PART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Selecting the RECORD TRACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Entering RECORD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 LENGTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ERASE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Erasing a PART. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Erasing a single TRACK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Erasing selected information (notes, pitchbend, individual MIDI channel, etc. ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Erasing a SONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 COPY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Copying a PART to itself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Copying a PART to another PART. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Copying a TRACK to itself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Copying a TRACK to another TRACK of the same PART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Copying a TRACK to another TRACK of a different PART. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Copying selected information (notes, pitchbend, individual MIDI channels, etc. ) . . . . . . . . . . 10 Copying a SONG to itself. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] When the end of a track is reached, or if a track is empty, the display will read END OF TRACK. Playing a part while in part edit will play the part while continuing to display the events as they happen on the display. - Page 14 - 8 Editing and Creating a SONG When in SONG mode, the EDIT button is used to enter the song edit mode. This mode is used for creating or editing a song, which is a list of parts. The display appears as follows: The step number can be moved forwards or backwards with the fast forward and rewind buttons. The part number is underlined, indicating that it can be changed with the keypad or +/- buttons. The displayed step will be erased, and all parts from the steps past the erased step will shift down one step. The display will read: The keypad or +/- buttons can be used to change the part number. Pressing RECORD inserts the part at the displayed step, and moves the previously displayed step and all subsequent steps one step back. When the buttons are released, the display reverts back to the song edit display. 8. 1 Automatic TRACK selection and muting at each step of a SONG You can select which tracks will playback at each step of a song by turning off the tracks you don't want to hear (LED's off) and leaving on the tracks you wish to hear (LED's on). The MMT-8 will store in memory which tracks were selected for playback at each step. - Page 15 - 9 9. 1 SONG Mode SONG button Press the SONG button to enter song mode. The display will read as follows, with the last song entered being indicated in the number portion of the display: 9. 2 Selecting a SONG The 00 is underlined to indicate that it will be changed if a new number is selected with the keypad or the +/- buttons. The second line of the display shows the name of the currently selected song (up to 14 characters). If the current song number is empty, the second line will read EMPTY SONG. Pressing the +/- buttons immediately selects the next song number, with the numbers looping past 99 to 00 and looping down from 00 to 99. If a single digit on the keypad is pressed (2, for example), the display will change to: The display is now indicating that the second digit of the song should be entered. After entering the second digit, the new song is selected, and its name will appear. If the second digit is not entered within 2 seconds, the display will revert back to the previous song number, and no new song will have been selected. The page up and page down buttons have no function when selecting parts or songs. A SONG is a list of parts (sequences) in a specific order, with each entry into the list being a STEP which contains a part number. Each step also contains which of the eight tracks should be on for that step. 9. 3 Manual TRACK selection and muting in SONG mode While in SONG mode, the eight TRACK select LEDs will display the tracks that are turned on, on the first part of the selected song. These buttons can be turned on or off to change the selected tracks to be played, although these changes will be temporary and not stored with the song. Pressing PLAY will start playing the selected song from its beginning, and the PLAY LED will light. [. . . ] You must select a tempo for the song on the MMT-8 at this time as it cannot be changed later. Allow the MMT-8 to play through its entire song before stopping the recording. When the song has ended, stop the recording and rewind the tape machine. You are now ready to trigger the MMT-8 from the sync tone that you just recorded. Note: · · There is no TAPE SYNC OUT switch as this is always active. [. . . ]