Alesis MMT-8 CD Player User Manual


 
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7 EDIT
The EDIT button is an on/off switch with an associated LED. All operations as discussed so far assume
that EDIT is off. When edit is on, individual note editing can be achieved in part mode, and the list of
parts in a song can be edited in song mode. To exit EDIT mode, press EDIT again (the LED will turn off),
or select PART or SONG, which automatically turns EDIT off.
7.1 Editing a PART
When EDIT is pressed while in PART mode (PART LED lit), individual MIDI events can be edited. The
eight track buttons are used to select which track is being edited. Only one track can be edited at a time
(only one track is lit at a time). The display now shows the MIDI information of the selected track as
follows:
The first three digits are the beat number, followed by the sub-beat count (00-95), followed by the note
value, followed by the note velocity (01-127), followed by the note's duration (in beats and sub-beats),
followed by the note's MIDI channel (1-16). The cursor is under the beat number, indicating that it can
be changed with the keypad or the +/- buttons. To access the other parameters, the page up and page
down buttons are used. They move the cursor as shown in the following displays:
The cursor moves to the next parameter, and will "loop around" past the last parameter back to the first.
The MIDI channel is the channel that the note is output on if the track's MIDI channel is assigned to
UNCHANGED. If the track is assigned to a specific channel, the original channel number will be shown in
parenthesis. The note's MIDI channel can still be changed, but no effect will be heard unless the track's
MIDI channel is assigned to UNCHANGED (see "MIDI CHANNEL").
Other MIDI information is displayed as follows: (This information will only be displayed if it has been
entered into the sequence beforehand. See "Adding An Event".) For pitch bend, the display includes the
beat, the sub-beat, MIDI channel, and pitch bend amount. The pitch bend range is from -8191 to +8192.
The page up and page down displays scroll as follows: