Alesis MMT-8 Manuale delle Istruzioni

ALESIS MMT-8Multi track MIDI recorder

- Page 6 -4 LENGTHThe LENGTH button is used to set the length of a part to a specified number of beats. While holding theLENGTH button, the display w

- Page 7 -5 ERASE5.1 Erasing a PARTThe erase button is used to erase a single track, part or song. When in PART mode, pressing and holdingthe ERASE

- Page 8 -thruThis feature makes it possible to erase specific data, such as the after touch on one track, withoutaffecting the other data on that tra

- Page 9 -6 COPYThe copy button is used to copy or append a track, part or song, to another track, part or song. It onlyfunctions while the COPY butt

- Page 10 -6.4 Copying a TRACK to another TRACK of the same PARTTo copy a single track to another track of the same part number, press and hold COPY,

- Page 11 -6.7 Copying a SONG to itselfIn SONG mode, pressing and holding the COPY button will result in the following display:The 01 display will ac

- Page 12 -7 EDITThe EDIT button is an on/off switch with an associated LED. All operations as discussed so far assumethat EDIT is off. When edit is

- Page 13 -Pitch bend amounts can be entered with the keypad, but the only way to achieve negative numbers is touse the `-' button until negative

- Page 14 -7.2 Erasing an eventAny event being displayed can be erased by holding ERASE and pressing RECORD. Erasing an eventremoves it from the trac

- Page 15 -8 Editing and Creating a SONGWhen in SONG mode, the EDIT button is used to enter the song edit mode. This mode is used forcreating or edit

- Page 16 -9 SONG Mode9.1 SONG buttonPress the SONG button to enter song mode. The display will read as follows, with the last song enteredbeing ind

- Page 17 -Pressing STOP/CONTINUE will stop playing the song, and the display will return to the select songdisplay. Pressing STOP/CONTINUE again will

- Page 18 -10 LOOPThe LOOP button is a simple on/off switch with an LED indicator. When LOOP is on, a part or song willloop back to its beginning whe

- Page 19 -11 MIDI ECHOThe MIDI ECHO button is an on/off switch with an LED indicator. When MIDI ECHO is on, whateverinformation is present at the MI

- Page 20 -12 NAMEThe NAME button is used to change the name of a part or song. The name of a part or song is 14characters long. An empty part or son

- Page 21 -13 MERGEThe MERGE mode is provided so that two tracks can be merged together (overlapped) onto one track. Inpart mode, when MERGE is held

- Page 22 -14 MIDI CHANNELLike the COPY and ERASE buttons, the MIDI CHANNEL button is only active while it is held down. It isused to select the MIDI

- Page 23 -15 QUANTIZEThe QUANTIZE button is used to correct the timing of notes to any desired beat value. QUANTIZE onlymoves note events, and does

- Page 24 -When entering a value with the keypad, the sign remains unchanged (except when entering 00, which isalways positive). To change the sign, t

- Page 25 -16 TRANSPOSEThe TRANSPOSE function allows for a track or part to be transposed by a user specified number ofsemitones. When TRANSPOSE is h

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- Page 26 -17 TEMPOThe TEMPO button is used to change the tempo of a part or song. The tempo is stored with a song, andnot with a part. While in part

- Page 27 -18 MIDI FILTERThe MIDI FILTER button is used to select what type of MIDI information will be recorded by the MMT-8.While holding down the

- Page 28 -19 CLOCKThe CLOCK button is used to set the clock input and output functions of the MMT-8. Pressing and holdingCLOCK button allows access

- Page 29 -3. Enter play mode, but don't start playing until tape sync clock occurs.4. If in play mode, start playing, otherwise ignore sync.5.

- Page 30 -20 CLICKThe CLICK button is used to set the rhythmic value that the metronome will have. Holding the CLICKbutton results in the following

- Page 31 -21 TAPEThe TAPE button is used to access the tape interface features of the MMT-8. This allows the user to saveand retrieve sequence data

- Page 32 -For sending data to the MIDI OUT port, pressing RECORD from the SEND ALL PARTS & SONGS OUTMIDI page results in the display showing:Agai

- Page 33 -22 Storing to disk using MIDIsystem exclusive data dumpThe MMT-8 send to MIDI function is provided so that the data can be stored on a com

- Page 34 -23 Syncing the MMT-8 to tapeIt is possible to sync the MMT-8 to a tape recorder with the help of the TAPE SYNC mode. In this mode,the MMT-

- Page 35 -23.2 To clock the MMT-8 from tape sync1. Connect the output of the track of the tape machine that has the sync tone to theTAPE IN jack of

- Page ii -10 LOOP... 1811 MIDI ECHO

- Page 36 -24 START/STOP footswitchThe START/STOP footswitch jack is provided for a momentary normally open footswitch that connectsthe jack's t

- Page 37 -25 Memory25.1 Remaining memoryHolding RECORD and pressing LENGTH causes the following display:This shows the amount of memory that has no

- Page 38 -26 Auto LocateThe MMT-8 has Auto Locate ability that allows you to go directly to a specific beat of a part withoutplaying through the bea

- Page 39 -27 MIDI Implementation ChartFunction Transmitted Recognized Remarks Channel Default 1-16 1-16 User changeableChanged 1-16 1-16Mode Default

- Page 40 -28 Troubleshooting ChartSymptom What's Probably Wrong What To DoDidn't record. Check MIDI connections.MIDI channels not properly

- Page 1 -1 IntroductionThe Alesis MMT-8 Multi-Track MIDI Recorder is a user friendly, yet extremely powerful MIDI sequencer.It is able to record any

- Page 2 -2 PART Mode2.1 Selecting and Playing a PARTWhen power is first turned on, the sequencer will be in SONG or PART mode (SONG or PART LED lit

- Page 3 -part is selected, all eight tracks are turned on. At any time, the track selection can be changed with thetrack select buttons. Pressing PLA

- Page 4 -3 Recording a PART3.1 Selecting the RECORD TRACKTo record on a part, press the RECORD button. The RECORD LED will light. The track to be r

- Page 5 -Pressing the PLAY button is also the same as punching out, except that the part will immediately startplaying from the beginning. The rewind