Alesis Performance Pad Reference Manual - Page 27

3.3 COPY FUNCTIONS The following Copy functions assume that you are copying a Main Pattern to a Main Pattern (remember, copying a Main Pattern to another Main Pattern copies the Fill along with it). Other combinations take the following rules into account. • Copying a Main Pattern to a non-empty Pattern or to itself appends the Fill to the existing Fill, as well as appends the Main Pattern to the existing Main Pattern. • If you copy from Main to Fill (or vice-versa) within a particular numbered Pattern, the destination will be erased and replaced with the source Pattern since Main and Fill Patterns must have the same length. This is useful if you want the Fill to contain variations on the Main Pattern-just copy the Main to Fill and make your additions/changes. • Copying a Fill to a Fill follows the same rules as copying a Main Pattern to a Fill. • The only copy technique that appends a Pattern to another Pattern is copying a Main Pattern to another Main Pattern. 3.3A Copy, Append, and Double Patterns 1. The Performance Pad should be in Pattern mode and stopped. 2. Select the Pattern to be copied. 3. Press and hold the COPY button, and keep holding it down until step (6). The display says COPY TO PATT. 4. Enter the destination Pattern number into which the current Pattern will be copied with the INC/DEC or number buttons. • Copying a Pattern to a blank destination Pattern replaces the blank Pattern with the original Pattern data. • Copying to a Pattern that already contains data appends the original data to the end of the data in the destination Pattern. If this would result in a Pattern with more than 128 beats, the display will say TOO MANY BEATS. • Copying a Pattern to itself doubles the length. • The Drum Set assignment and Pattern name are copied along with the drum data only if the destination Pattern is empty. 5. Press PLAY. The display says COPY DONE. 6. Release the COPY and PLAY buttons. 23