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Question posted by mrmike53724 on June 12th, 2021

Preset Patterns

all if the present patterns have bass guitar on them . How do I turn off the bass guitar and use the presets as a simple drum machine Thank you

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Answer #1: Posted by Odin on June 12th, 2021 1:23 PM

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See the second answer by OzzyGreg at https://homerecording.com/bbs/threads/is-there-a-way-to-turn-the-bass-and-percussion-sounds-off-on-my-sr18.365018/.

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Related Alesis PerformancePad Pro Manual Pages

Quick Start Guide - Page 4

...PerformancePad Pro allows you to quickly and easily program drum, percussion and bass sounds into rhythm Patterns and to divide a song into Songs. SONGS PATTERNS - When recording with a drum machine, it's often easier to turn these Patterns into shorter individual Patterns and work on these rather than record an entire song. Think of Patterns as their respective buttons). PRESET Patterns...

Quick Start Guide - Page 6

... save . Note that Patterns can be used to transition from the moment the pad is pressed until either the pad or the ERASE button is the chorus). 8. These two buttons are used to increment and decrement through values and settings on the PerformancePad Pro. 13. These sub-patterns allow you want to Patterns of two Main sub-patterns - Select the...

Quick Start Guide - Page 7

... and will indicate STEP EDIT while in Drum Set Mode. REC - See "Playing Patterns With the Pads" section. You can select different drum/percussion sounds, bass sounds, change individual pad sounds and modify parameters such as you can move between the different pages in order to be displayed on the PerformancePad Pro. Press and hold this button calls...

Quick Start Guide - Page 9

... exit the edit screen and continue performing. 9 STEP 3 Press the FILL button again. Now use the VALUE dial, INC / DEC, or number buttons to select the Pattern to be triggered with the pad will indicate PATTERN PLAY. You'll hear a drum fill that leads right into the A Pattern. PLAYING PATTERNS WITH THE PADS The PerformancePad Pro allows you would continue playing...

Quick Start Guide - Page 11

... You can mute the drum track by holding down the pad corresponding to the sound for the duration which you would like to the beat. MUTING INSTRUMENT LAYERS The PerformancePad Pro allows you can layer sounds from any of its three instrument layers (drums, percussion, bass) in real-time. STEP 13 To hear the Pattern, press the PLAY button...

User Manual - Page 2

... recording these rather than recording a Pattern. If the memory fills up with a drum machine, it twice when assembling a Song. INTRODUCTION WELCOME TO THE PerformancePad Pro MULTI-PAD INSTRUMENT The PerformancePad Pro includes high-fidelity drum, percussion and bass sounds, and is turned off. You can play back your playing. The PerformancePad Pro also includes a library of your...

User Manual - Page 3

... A and B Patterns together is 16 beats). The PerformancePad Pro excels at live performance or while improvising. Added to the pad will often change as their respective buttons). ƒ A pair of Pattern, numbered 00-99. The reason for more realistic drum parts. Example: Suppose you hit the pad, the louder the sound assigned to the Preset Patterns, 800 total Patterns are independent...

User Manual - Page 6

... held down . These buttons are used to trigger the Patterns in a sequence, using the pads to increment and decrement through values and settings on the PerformancePad Pro. 13. NUMBER BUTTONS - A Song is selected. PRESET / USER - In this mode, you wish to input values directly. 15. 8. transition from verse to mute the corresponding instrument layer. Hold this button enters...

User Manual - Page 7

...drum/percussion sounds, bass sounds, change the settings on the selected page with the VALUE dial or the INC / DEC buttons. If the PerformancePad Pro is pending), or start of the PerformancePad Pro and to change individual pad sounds and modify parameters such as Quantization, Swing, Pattern...to the internal voices of the Pattern or Song. You can use presets. Press and hold this button ...

User Manual - Page 9

... number will be present when there is a reminder that you need to save your changes if you know which function is currently selected (i.e. Pattern Play indicator - Shows which Pad Play Mode is currently selected: Drum Set, System Setup, Record Setup, etc. Pattern/Song readout (also Drum Set edit and drum pad readout) - If you monitor the PerformancePad Pro's status, and...

User Manual - Page 11

... the next higher-numbered Preset Pattern. It will illuminate. The smaller plug inserts in Preset Patterns, enter a two-digit number between 00-99 using the number keys, then press PLAY. ƒ Press the INC button to play the pads. 8. Try pressing one of the PerformancePad Pro. To stop the PerformancePad Pro and press the PRESET / USER button to a musical instrument amplifier, PA, or...

User Manual - Page 12

...the PerformancePad Pro. ƒ Preset Patterns provide a variety of sounds with the pads. To play the Pattern or Song from the location where it was paused. ƒ Preset and User Patterns There are Patterns you can also enter a two-digit Pattern number followed by pressing the corresponding button on the pads. If a B Pattern is in several ways: 1. These are DRUM, PERC and BASS and...

User Manual - Page 14

... out of the A Main Pattern. ƒ The MUTE Button The MUTE button can be muted. 4. To Mute Parts: 1. To un-mute the instrument layer, press the corresponding button (DRUM, PERC, BASS) while holding down until after B Fill has played, the PerformancePad Pro will be used to mute the different instrument layers while the PerformancePad Pro is playing. Select the Song...

User Manual - Page 15

... the Drum Set to contain a different bass instrument. STEPS TO RECORDING A PATTERN 1. To stop recording, press STOP. 7. First, begin recording. 4. Press the RECORD and PLAY buttons simultaneously. RECORDING PATTERNS Note: An empty Pattern defaults to an 8 beat length (2 Bars), with a metronome (the PerformancePad Pro only plays the metronome when recording) you can use for example...

User Manual - Page 17

.... ƒ BASS SOUNDS - To select the drum and percussion sounds to the "programs" or "patches" found in a User Drum Set location. Enter the desired Drum Set number (from the Preset Pattern, the PerformancePad Pro will forget any Pattern using that A and B User Pattern share Drum Set assignment. Adjust values on pages, if necessary, as equivalent to be thought of pad parameters is...

User Manual - Page 28

... REC (ENTER) to erase all instrument events (for example, all events in Pattern mode and stopped. 2. The PerformancePad Pro must be in a Pattern played by a specific pad. While continuing to allow erasing a Pattern. 2. Release both Main and Fill Patterns associated with a numbered Pattern, or you erase a Pattern, hold ERASE. 3. This erases the drum events assigned to that coincide...

User Manual - Page 35

For example, to be in Step Edit Mode. 2. Enter the two-digit Pattern number to be deleted. 3. The PerformancePad Pro should be in Step Edit Mode. 2. You should be in Step Edit Mode. 2. The PerformancePad Pro should see the screen shown on the right. 4. Use the PAGE UP / DOWN buttons to select the step number to be...

User Manual - Page 38

... PerformancePad Pro output MIDI note data from pad hits or when playing a Pattern/Song, use this feature to append all needed changes, press SYSTEM SETUP again to exit, or choose another Song. APPEND A SONG You can use the INC/DEC buttons or the VALUE dial to an empty destination will show on pages, if necessary, as a drum machine...

User Manual - Page 39

... device (sequencer, drum machine, etc.) can generate MIDI Clock timing signals to which instrument layer you to specify which MIDI Note Number is associated with the number buttons, INC/DEC buttons or the VALUE dial. Enter the note number/name with a given pad. These are preset to inhibit MIDI timing signals from the PerformancePad Pro's MIDI OUT...

User Manual - Page 40

... stored with a Pattern. This is useful if you choose PERPAT, the PerformancePad Pro will ignore any tempo data associated with each Pattern uses its assigned Drum Set) or MANUAL (the PerformancePad Pro will use tempo data when playing back Patterns. Page 8 / LEDs (LEDS OFF) On this page, you can tell the PerformancePad Pro to 120, the PerformancePad Pro will be lit or turned off the...