Alesis QS7, Reference Manual

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Chapter 2: Your First Session
J If an internal Program uses one or more Sounds that reside on a sound card, the
sound card must be inserted into the same PCMCIA EXPANSION CARD slot, [A] or
[B], as when the Program was stored. In other words, if a Program uses a Sound
found on the card currently inserted in slot [A], then the same card must be inserted
into slot [A] for that sound to be used when this Program is recalled. Although the
card can physically be used in either slot, once a Program is stored using a Sound on
a card it expects to find that card in the identical slot it was in when the Program was
stored. The same is true when a Program residing on the card in slot [A] uses a
Sound stored on card [B], or vice-versa.
J If an internal Mix uses one or more Programs that reside on a sound card, the sound
card must be inserted into the same PCMCIA EXPANSION CARD slot, [A] or [B], as
when the Mix was stored. The same is true when a Mix residing on the card in slot
[A]uses a Program stored on card [B], or vice-versa.
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ORD
A
BOUT THE
QS CD-ROM
Included with the QS is a CD-ROM containing various useful software programs to
use with your QS. These include various Alesis and third-party programs, QS sounds
and samples, sequences stored in the MIDI Song File (SMF) format, plus
demonstration software we thought you would find interesting. Most of these
programs are provided in both Macintosh
™
and IBM
®
PC formats.
S
OUND
B
RIDGE
™
Among the files contained on the CD-ROM is a software program called Sound
Bridge
™
. Sound Bridge is a sound development utility which compiles custom
samples from a variety of sources into the QS Synthesis Voice format, and
downloads the compiled data to an Alesis PCMCIA Flash RAM Sound Card via MIDI
Sysex to a QS, QuadraSynth Plus Piano or S4 Plus. Sound Bridge allows individuals
and sound developers to make their own Sound Cards, using whatever samples they
want. Sound Bridge makes this possible without having a PCMCIA card burner
attached to your computer. All you need is a QS-series synth, QuadraSynth Plus
Piano or S4 Plus.
Sound Bridge creates a QS Voice (multi-sample) by loading Digidesign Sample Cell I
or Sample Cell™ II format Instrument files. Using this format, Sound Bridge is able to
determine key group and velocity group split points, root notes, sample playback
rates, tunings, start points, loop points, and loop tunings. Sound Bridge can also
create QS Voices without Sample Cell Instruments by loading single AIFF, Sound
Designer, or Sound Designer™ II files.
Sound Bridge does NOT require Sample Cell hardware. The Sample Cell Instrument
file, or sample file, may be loaded directly into Sound Bridge from any disk (i.e. CD-
ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, etc.). For example, a user may load data from a Sample
Cell CD-ROM, and send this data to the QuadraSynth PCMCIA Card, without ever
using Sample Cell!
The Sound Bridge folder on the CD-ROM contains the Sound Bridge application, and
an electronic manual which will give you all the information you need to know to run
Sound Bridge.
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