Alesis CompactKit 7 User Guide - Page 7

Saving, Songs

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To set the MIDI note of a pad or footswitch: 1. Press Note. A dot will appear in the display above Voice to indicate you are adjusting a voice setting. 2. Hit a pad or press a footswitch to select it. 3. Use the Value Down/Up buttons to adjust the note (n00-n99) for the pad or footswitch. To set the note of another pad, repeat Steps 2-3. Saving After making changes to a kit, remember to save it. This prevents your changes from being lost when you select a different kit or when you power CompactKit 7 off. To save a kit: 1. Select the kit you want to save by pressing Kit and then using the Value Down/Up buttons to select the kit number. 2. Press Save. The kit number will flash in the display. 3. Use the Value Down/Up buttons to select a User Kit (046-050). The current kit will overwrite this User Kit. 4. Press Save. The kit number will stop flashing, and that kit will be selected. Songs CompactKit 7 has several songs consisting of drum parts and accompaniment. You can play the song with or without the accompaniment. Each song has its own default tempo and default kit. You can change either. To select a song, press Song and then use the Value Down/Up buttons to select the song number (001-100). A dot will appear in the display above Song to indicate you are selecting the song. To play or stop the song, press Start/Stop. (Songs 001-080 will loop until you stop them. Songs 081-100 will stop when they are finished.) To play or stop the demo song, press Demo. To adjust the master volume, use the Master Volume Down/Up buttons (L00-L16). To adjust the volume of the accompaniment, use the Acc. Volume Down/Up buttons (A00- A16). 7

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To set the MIDI note of a pad or footswitch:
1.
Press
Note
. A dot will appear in the display above
Voice
to indicate you are adjusting a
voice setting.
2.
Hit a
pad
or press a
footswitch
to select it.
3.
Use the
Value Down
/
Up
buttons to adjust the note (
n00
n99
) for the pad or footswitch.
To set the note of another pad, repeat Steps 2–3.
Saving
After making changes to a kit, remember to save it. This prevents your changes from being
lost when you select a different kit or when you power CompactKit 7 off.
To save a kit:
1.
Select the kit you want to save by pressing
Kit
and then using the
Value Down
/
Up
buttons to select the kit number.
2.
Press
Save
. The kit number will flash in the display.
3.
Use the
Value Down
/
Up
buttons to select a User Kit (
046
050
). The current kit will
overwrite this User Kit.
4.
Press
Save
. The kit number will stop flashing, and that kit will be selected.
Songs
CompactKit 7 has several songs consisting of drum parts and accompaniment. You can play
the song with or without the accompaniment. Each song has its own default tempo and
default kit. You can change either.
To select a song,
press
Song
and then use the
Value Down
/
Up
buttons to select the song
number (001–100). A dot will appear in the display above
Song
to indicate you are selecting
the song.
To play or stop the song,
press
Start
/
Stop
. (Songs 001–080 will loop until you stop them.
Songs 081–100 will stop when they are finished.)
To play or stop the demo song,
press
Demo
.
To adjust the master volume,
use the
Master Volume
Down
/
Up
buttons (
L00
L16
).
To adjust the volume of the accompaniment,
use the
Acc. Volume
Down
/
Up
buttons (
A00
A16
).