Alesis Drums NITRO MAX - (3.3) Playing Along with Beats, Rhythms, and Patterns

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(3.3) Playing Along With Beats, Rhythms, and Patterns
Important: To play along with Beats, Rhythms, or Patterns, you must be in Learning
Mode.
1. Press one of these Learning Mode buttons to select how you want to play:
• B
eat (BEA): Snare drum only
• R
hythm (RHM): Full kit
• P
attern (PTN): Full kit plus musical accompaniment
2. Use the –
and + buttons to select the beat, rhythm, or pattern you want to
practice.
3. T
o practice without being scored, press Play/Practice (PRA will appear on the
display). After a count-in, the beat, rhythm, or pattern will repeat so you can
practice it.
T
o play and be scored, press Start/Stop. After a count-in (EXM will appear on
the display), the beat, rhythm, or pattern will play once without the drum part.
Play the drum part as accurately as possible. At the end, you will receive a score
(S
CO) based your accuracy. To improve your score, Practice the beat, rhythm, or
pattern without being scored (see above) and try again!
Every played and scored attempt is automatically recorded. Press and hold
P
lay/Practice for 2 seconds to hear the playback of your practice (PLY). Press
P
lay/Practice again to stop playback.
N
otes:
• If E
PY appears on the display, it means the memory is empty because no
recording was made. Play while scoring your performance (as described above)
to record.
• If F
UL appears on the display, it means the module's memory became full while
recording. You can clear/overwrite the memory by simply making a new
recording.
T
o adjust the Learning Mode settings:
Each Learning Mode has dierent adjustable settings. Press the desired Learning
Mode button (R
hythm, Beat, or Pattern) to cycle through the additional settings,
and use the –
and +
buttons to adjust their values:
• B
eat (BEA): (DRM) Drum volume
• R
hythm (RHM): (LEV) Diculty level; (DRM) Drum volume
• P
attern (PTN): (LEV) Diculty level; (ACC) Accompaniment; (DRM) Drum
volume