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Chapter 7: Editing Effects

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EVERB

Pitch 1

Delay 1

Reverb 1

Mono chorus

Mono delay

Plate 1

Stereo chorus

Stereo delay

Plate 2

Mono flange

Ping-pong delay

Room

Stereo flange

Hall

Pitch detune

Large

Resonator

Gate
Reverse

Pitch 2

Delay 2

Reverb 2

Mono chorus

Mono delay

Balance and level to Reverb 1

Stereo chorus

Stereo delay

Mono flange

Ping-pong delay

Stereo flange
Pitch detune
Resonator

Pitch 3

Delay 3

Reverb 3

Resonator

Mono delay

Balance and level to Reverb 1

Delay 4

Reverb 4

Mono delay

Send/delay mix and level to
Reverb 1

QS7/QS8 Reference Manual

Summary of Contents for QS7

Page 1: ...ALESIS QS7 and QS8 Reference Manual...

Page 2: ...to read and navigate through the LCD display pages how to edit parameters and how to store edited Programs and Mixes Chapter 5 Editing Mixes Explains how to create and edit Mixes Chapter 6 Editing Pro...

Page 3: ...2 QS7 QS8 Reference Manual...

Page 4: ...Mix Play Mode 16 Selecting Mix Banks 16 Choosing Programs in a Mix 17 Storing an Edited Mix 18 Enabling General MIDI Mode 18 Using the PCMCIA Expansion Card Slots 19 A Word About the QS CD ROM 20 Soun...

Page 5: ...ram 41 Pitch 42 Effect 42 Keyboard MIDI 42 Controllers 43 Transmitting MIDI Volume and Panning 43 Setting the Range and MIDI Switches 44 Naming a Mix 44 Polyphony in Mix Play Mode 45 Using the QS as a...

Page 6: ...elay 105 Reverb 106 Input Levels 106 Overdrive 110 Mix 111 8 GLOBAL SETTINGS 113 Editing Global Parameters 113 Master Pitch 113 Master Tune 113 Keyboard Curve 113 Keyboard Scaling 114 Keyboard Transpo...

Page 7: ...ntenance Service 128 Cleaning 128 Maintenance 128 Refer All Servicing to Alesis 128 Obtaining Repair Service 128 APPENDIX B MIDI SUPPLEMENT 131 MIDI Basics 131 MIDI Hardware 131 MIDI Message Basics 13...

Page 8: ...to which the keyboard is shipped With the QS off plug the female jack end of the power cable into the QS s power socket and the male plug end into a source of AC power It s good practice to not turn t...

Page 9: ...es acting somewhat like fuses in that they need to be replaced if they ve been hit by an extremely strong spike Line filters These generally combine spike surge protection with filters that remove som...

Page 10: ...ng the body of the plug and pulling directly outward BASIC AUDIO HOOKUP J When connecting audio cables and or turning power on and off make sure that all devices in your system are turned off and the...

Page 11: ...er and adjust the volume PLAYING THE DEMO SEQUENCES The QS has built in demo sequences which demonstrate the wide variety of sounds this amazing instrument is capable of generating In order to get the...

Page 12: ...overlap in the middle WHAT S A BANK A Bank is a collection of 128 Programs and 100 Mixes There are five internal banks available at any time with more if a card is in the Sound Card slot The current...

Page 13: ...nt Bank PRESET1 and the current Program number The Program s name GrandPiano appears on the lower line of the display and the current MIDI channel appears to its right Press the MIX button to select M...

Page 14: ...the 0 9 buttons to select a Program within the Sound Group The selected Sound Group determines the tens digit of the selected Program s number Example Selecting the 60 Sound Group lets you select Prog...

Page 15: ...l see page 25 By connecting a pedal switch to the SUSTAIN jack on the rear panel you can have the sound sustain even after you release the keys By connecting an expression pedal to the PEDAL 1 jack yo...

Page 16: ...r sounds together or split the keyboard in a number of ways or any combination of these There are many different ways to program a Mix For more about Mix Play Mode refer to Chapter 5 For more about co...

Page 17: ...GM Multi Press PAGE The display will look like this Channel Bank Program Number CH GenMIDI GrandPiano Program Name The PAGE and PAGE buttons are used to select one of the 16 channels in the Mix The a...

Page 18: ...ect a Bank on the Sound Card Use the 0 9 and 00 120 buttons to select a Mix location 00 99 within the selected Bank The selected Bank and Mix number location will appear in the display Press STORE to...

Page 19: ...rd will not go any further To remove the card press the eject button adjacent to the card slot and gently slide the card out of the slot The QS s two PCMCIA EXPANSION CARD slots can accommodate any co...

Page 20: ...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 Synth...

Page 21: ...setups the THRU port is used to connect additional devices that will all be listening to the same source To play the QS from a MIDI control device keyboard drum pad guitar or bass controller sequence...

Page 22: ...determine which way is best for your application The Keyboard Mode parameter determines how the keyboard will function with regard to MIDI The keyboard sends on only one MIDI channel and the sequence...

Page 23: ...nnect the DIN8 end of the cable to the QS s SERIAL PORT connector and the other end to the serial port of your computer If your computer has more than one serial port refer to the setup of your MIDI s...

Page 24: ...nectors as this may impede the MIDI data flow to the connected devices Instead insert a MIDI patch bay to the QS s MIDI OUT so that all devices receive its MIDI information simultaneously In Program M...

Page 25: ...mit a soft red light it is not dangerous to look directly at this light RECORDING DIGITAL AUDIO Once the fiber optic connection is made between the QS and ADAT or an AI 1 the QS will output audio on t...

Page 26: ...C is set to 48kHz or Ext 44 1k if the BRC is set to 44 1kHz For more information about the Clock function see page 119 in Chapter 8 Tip With this type of connection the ADAT tracks will remain in tune...

Page 27: ...ront panel programs 00 09 are pianos 50 59 are basses and so on The GenMIDI bank however does not follow this arrangement it follows the program list of the General MIDI standard A Mix consists of up...

Page 28: ...et Mixes and 100 User Mixes A Mix can combine up to 16 different Programs and the keyboard can generate up to 16 channels of MIDI data at once Therefore much thicker and richly textured sounds can be...

Page 29: ...ch effect the entire instrument such as overall master tuning display contrast MIDI controller settings keyboard sensitivity and how the unit will respond to or generate messages in Mix Mode STORE MOD...

Page 30: ...example above Preset 1 Bank is selected Number The upper right section of the display will indicate which Program or Mix number is currently selected in Program Mode in Mix Mode In the example above P...

Page 31: ...of the 00 30 buttons the display will indicate the channel like this ED PRG SOUND1 In the example above Sound 1 is selected for editing Page In many cases when a Function is selected for editing ther...

Page 32: ...h as stepping through a parameters value one at a time You will find that using a combination of these two controls will make editing fast and easy RESETTING A PARAMETER VALUE It s often convenient wh...

Page 33: ...quickly get to the Function Sound Channel you want to edit The Functions available for direct selection are printed on the front panel adjacent to each button Many Functions provide more than one para...

Page 34: ...15 CONFIGURATIO N 50 LEVEL LEVEL SELECT CHANNEL 16 EQ 60 PITCH PITCH LEVEL MOD 70 FILTER FILTER PITCH LEZLIE 80 AMP RANGE AMP RANGE EFFECT PITCH 90 PITCH ENVELOPE KEYBOARD MID I DELAY 100 FILTER ENVE...

Page 35: ...Compare mode after pressing one of these buttons you must first press EDIT and then press COMPARE J While Compare mode is selected you can move around to view the various functions and parameters but...

Page 36: ...hin their respective Programs If you select a different Mix while in Mix Edit mode or a different Program in Program Edit mode you will lose all changes you have made unless you perform a store first...

Page 37: ...ogram Number in the User Bank you wish to copy the Sound to 000 127 Or you may copy into any of the four Sounds of the source Program Sound 1 4 Press STORE to complete the copy function COPYING EFFECT...

Page 38: ...same mode and recall a different Mix Program by pressing the 0 9 or 00 120 buttons To audition Programs before overwriting them with STORE when editing a Program in Program Mode While in Program Edit...

Page 39: ...EDITING PROGRAM appears under the MIX number in the display Press STORE The top line of the display will read SavePrg STORE to USERxxx where XXX is a User Program number from 000 127 Optional If the...

Page 40: ...Ch 2 drums on Ch 10 trumpet on Ch 16 Mix Play Mode is the multitimbral mode of the QS Set the level panning transpositions and effect send of each MIDI channel PROGRAM ASSIGN FOR EACH MIDI CHANNEL Onc...

Page 41: ...ffects Buss Main R Aux L Aux R Effects Processor reverb delay chorus etc Pitch MIDI Output Keyboard Mode NORMAL MIDI Out MIDI In Keyboard Sound 1 Sound 2 Sound 3 Sound 4 Pedals Pedals UNDERSTANDING TH...

Page 42: ...igning the channel s panning between the left and right outputs Output L R Aux Off or PROG Page 4 This determines the audio output assignment for the selected channel When set to PROG the channel will...

Page 43: ...Chapter 5 Editing Mixes 42 QS7 QS8 Reference Manual...

Page 44: ...am change is received a new Program will be recalled along with its associated Effect Patch This however can change the way the other Programs in the Mix sound since they all share the same Effects Pa...

Page 45: ...MIDI information Controllers On or Off Page 4 This determines whether or not the selected channel will transmit and receive MIDI controller information which the Controllers A D and Pedals 1 2 are ass...

Page 46: ...d range You can set the lower limit by holding the 110 button and tapping the key on the keyboard you want to set as the lowest note in the range High Limit MIDI note 000 to 127 C 2 to G8 Page 2 Speci...

Page 47: ...ons to set the MIDI OUT channel for the whole instrument But when using the QS in Mix Play Mode you may want to transmit on several MIDI channels at once and to temporarily isolate certain channels wi...

Page 48: ...d PAGE buttons to hear each channel in turn OUT 1 OUT 16 The QS will generate MIDI messages from the keyboard regardless of the Range settings for that channel in the Mix but it will not play the inte...

Page 49: ...players treated them as musical instruments Therefore patch cords connected the inputs and outputs of the various signal generating and processing modules which is why particular synth sounds were ca...

Page 50: ...er and amp sections and if desired add some effect to it However more elaborate Programs usually consist of 2 to 4 layers with each layer making its own distinct contribution to the sound for example...

Page 51: ...Each Program is made up of at least one to four sounds A sound is made up of several components including a voice the original sound material which passes through a low pass filter and an amplifier T...

Page 52: ...ect settings it won t decay after it is hit as you might expect This gives you the freedom to create the timbre and dynamics you want instead of being chained to the parameters of the original sample...

Page 53: ...controls such as key velocity footpedals aftertouch mod wheel etc affect it are important parameters in every Program The QS provides the modulation flexibility of patch cord based instruments but wi...

Page 54: ...fferent effects on different modules Example The Amp Envelope creates level changes Amplitude that decays over time creates percussive effects plucked strings drums etc Amplitude that increases over t...

Page 55: ...oose from pre sequenced drum grooves You can map any of these samples to any note on the keyboard that does not already have a drum assigned to it in that layer When a sound is in Drum Mode you can as...

Page 56: ...member there are 8 megabytes of sounds in here sounds are divided into groups After selecting the group you then select the sound within the group Sound Enable Page 1 This is the master on off switch...

Page 57: ...ncipale Positive Guitar SteelStrng NylonGuitr Nylon Harm Nylon Harp JazzGuitar SingleCoil Sngle Mute DoubleCoil DCoil Harm DCoil Jazz D S Coil MicroGuitr PwrH MGtr1 PwrH MGtr2 MuteGuitar Mute Velo Met...

Page 58: ...1 Clave 2 Conga Hit1 Conga Hit2 CongaSlap1 CongaSlap2 Rap Conga Rap Rim Cowbell RapCowbell Cuica Djembe Hi Djembe Low Drumstix FingerSnap GuiroLong1 GuiroLong2 GuiroShort Maracas SmbaWhstl1 SmbaWhstl2...

Page 59: ...s output set this parameter to Off Note however that the sound may still feed an Effect Send TIP To send a sound to an individual output use Output in conjunction with Pan Example Panning a sound full...

Page 60: ...ing aftertouch by pressing harder on the keyboard or via MIDI messages with this parameter set to a positive value raises the pitch conversely applying aftertouch through a negative value lowers the p...

Page 61: ...nstruments Poly mode allows you to play polyphonically Note that portamento behavior is more predictable in mono mode TIP With a feedback guitar patch that uses one sound for the guitar and one sound...

Page 62: ...et to 00 and no other parameters are set to raise it dynamically no sound will pass through the filter at all there will be silence If the Amp settings are wide open and you can t hear anything check...

Page 63: ...99 to 99 Page 6 At 00 the filter LFO has no effect Higher positive values increase the amount of filter LFO modulation Negative values give the same apparent effect but with reversed LFO phase i e if...

Page 64: ...ly more than one sample per note which can be selected by how hard or soft each note is played However the velocity point at which these sounds change is fixed and cannot be altered If you want to cre...

Page 65: ...upper octave The Lower Limit specifies the lowest note of the sound s keyboard range You can set the lower limit by holding 80 and tapping the key on the keyboard you want to set as the lowest note in...

Page 66: ...lyphony if the value is 00 you are always in reassign mode conserving voices Set the value anywhere between 00 and 99 and you will get a combination of both with partiality toward whichever mode the v...

Page 67: ...gment is bypassed Whatever level the sustain is set to is the level that the decay section of the envelope will head for Depending on the setting of the Sustain Decay control see below the envelope wi...

Page 68: ...lope will function You may select either Freerun or Reset or both Reset Freerun or neither Normal When set to Normal the envelope will always start at its current level i e if another note had been pl...

Page 69: ...run is turned on the envelope will continue through the delay attack decay and sustain segments and remain at the sustain decay segment This is exactly the same as holding down the note on the keyboar...

Page 70: ...level it reaches is set by the Sustain control how long it takes to get there is set by the Decay control In the special case where the Sustain level is all the way up 99 then there is no decrease and...

Page 71: ...nvelope will always start at its current level i e if another note had been played which triggered the envelope s cycle playing another note in the middle would not interrupt the cycle Also in Normal...

Page 72: ...velocity controls the envelope s output notes played hard will deliver a higher envelope output than notes played soft When set to 0 note velocity will have no effect on the envelope s output level AM...

Page 73: ...efinitely until the key is released before continuing on to the remaining envelope stages Attack Decay etc This requires that the Amp Envelope s Trigger parameter see next page is set to Freerun Howev...

Page 74: ...ed and the envelope will jump immediately to the sustain decay segment If a long delay is set and the envelope has not reached the attack segment before the note is released the envelope will remain a...

Page 75: ...ick releases of the keys cut off the end of the sound while slow key releases allow the sound to fade away gradually The MOD functions give you the freedom to go beyond the standard modulation sources...

Page 76: ...he filter cutoff as the destination and you can have the signal become less bright as it becomes lower in volume Sustain Pedal The sustain switch plugged into the sustain pedal jack provides this modu...

Page 77: ...Amp Envelope Amp Portamento Rate Modulation Level 99 to 99 Page 3 At 00 the modulation source has no effect on the destination Higher positive values increase the amount of modulation Negative values...

Page 78: ...re Up Saw Down Saw Random Noise or Random Note that the two Sawtooth waves and the Random wave are unipolar and the rest are bipolar SINE TRIANGLE SQUARE UP SA W DOWN SA W RANDOM NOISE RANDOM Speed 00...

Page 79: ...modulated by one of the envelopes for example the LFO s of each voice may be running at different speeds Key Mono This is identical to MONO but whenever a new note is played the LFO is retriggered in...

Page 80: ...trols the speed or rate of the LFO For fast modulation increase this value For slower modulation decrease this value Delay 00 to 99 Page 3 This is the amount of time that is to occur before the LFO fa...

Page 81: ...The Amp LFO function press 8 is usually used to add tremolo to a sound J The Amp LFO variables will have an effect only if the AMP LFO DEPTH in the AMP function page 3 is set to a value other than 0...

Page 82: ...ertouch is applied TRACKING GENERATOR The Tracking Generator function press 9 is used to scale a modulation source For example normally you could modulate the Amp volume of a sound using velocity the...

Page 83: ...ever the Tracking Generator interpolates between steps this is sort of like playing connect the dots In other words the Tracking Generator does not step directly from one point to the next but ramps f...

Page 84: ...tClsd RapHatHalf RapHatOpen CricktHat1 CricktHat2 FilterHat1 FilterHat2 FilterHat3 Ride Cym Ride Cym 2 RideCym V1 RideCym V2 RideBell 1 RideBell 2 RideBell V Crash Cym1 Crash Cym2 SplashCym1 SplashCym...

Page 85: ...r Lp1 Shaker Lp2 SleighLoop Tabla Ga Lp Tabla Ka Lp Tabla Na Lp Tabla Te Lp TablaTin Lp Taiko Loop PercBeat1 PercBeat2 PercBeat3 PercBeat4 VoiceLoop1 VoiceLoop2 Phonic Loop SpinalLoop Tri Loop Tri Loo...

Page 86: ...n page 62 Note 000 to 127 C 2 to G8 Page 2 Each drum can be assigned to a single note which will trigger the drum sound when played You can also set the note assignment by holding 80 and tapping the k...

Page 87: ...ding a split or layered Program This can be done very easily from within the Store function To copy a Sound to another sound in the same Program or to the same sound in a different Program From Progra...

Page 88: ...ers to their default settings by re initializing the software Make sure your mod wheel is all the way down before re initializing otherwise the zero position of the mod wheel will be incorrect To re i...

Page 89: ...fect send Example In one configuration effect send 3 has its own separate reverb while in another configuration it has its own delay and a level control feeding a reverb shared with send 1 When you re...

Page 90: ...ff or if the Effects of the newly selected Program should be recalled as well On This can be set on or off Usually you would want this off so that the Effects in a Mix do not change even though you ma...

Page 91: ...s more than one page the display will indicate the current page number in the upper right corner Use the PAGE and PAGE buttons to scroll through a function s pages Use the 00 30 buttons to select whic...

Page 92: ...E t buttons to select a different Bank When you re ready press STORE to save your Program STORING EFFECT PATCHES IN MIX MODE When in Mix Play Mode or Mix Edit Mode the Effect Program number shown in t...

Page 93: ...ams on the next six pages provide a crucial road map you ll need to guide you through the many paths that are possible in each configuration Refer to them as you program the effect The five Effect Con...

Page 94: ...e Hall Pitch detune Large Resonator Gate Reverse Pitch 2 Delay 2 Reverb 2 Mono chorus Mono delay Balance and level to Reverb 1 Stereo chorus Stereo delay Mono flange Ping pong delay Stereo flange Pitc...

Page 95: ...reverb itself such as high and low decay reverb type predelay etc are found only when SND1 is displayed However each of the 4 effect sends has controls for how much dry signal and how much effected si...

Page 96: ...two Pitch effects and two Reverb effects Effect send 1 is routed through the mono Delay then a stereo Pitch effect and finally a stereo Reverb effect Send 2 has no effects of its own but can be route...

Page 97: ...onator Mono delay Balance and level to Reverb 1 Delay 4 Reverb 4 Mono delay Mix and level to Reverb 1 This Configuration is similar to Configuration 1 except it provides a stereo Lezlie effect on send...

Page 98: ...onator In this Configuration note that Sends 1 and 2 are identical to that of Configuration 1 However Sends 3 and 4 have been removed In their place we have added a shelving EQ module to the main outp...

Page 99: ...h effect s output The second input can come from either Sends 1 2 3 or 4 or the Overdrive effect s output or Pitch effects input The Reverb effect has two inputs which can be mixed together The first...

Page 100: ...one selected by the Hi EQ Frequency parameter will be affected Hi EQ Gain 0dB to 9dB Page 4 This controls how much boost will be applied to frequencies above and including the one selected by the Hi...

Page 101: ...b Diffusion Reverb Level Overdrive Threshold Overdrive Bright Overdrive Balance Overdrive Level Lezlie Balance Lezlie Level Lezlie Speed Lezlie Motor If the selected Configuration has a particular eff...

Page 102: ...l is at 100 set the Motor to OFF so that the footswitch turns on the motor when pressed and turns off the motor when released Speed Slow Fast Page 2 Config 3 or Page 5 Config 5 This determines the spe...

Page 103: ...ieved by the actual difference between the normal uneffected signal and the effected signal ED MIX FX SND1 PITCH MN CHORUS So that you can better understand the differences between the Pitch type effe...

Page 104: ...achine and then the other different phase cancellations would occur Since the slowing down of the tape machines was done by hand pressure against the flanges of the tape supply reels the term Flanging...

Page 105: ...signal the popular 12 string guitar effect is produced Resonator This can be thought of as a highly resonant filter or a filter that is tuned to a specific frequency with a lot of emphasis which will...

Page 106: ...ted to produce the desired effect Feedback 00 to 99 Page 5 This parameter adjusts the LFO Feedback of all Pitch types with the exception of Pitch Detune and Resonator A portion of the output of the Pi...

Page 107: ...an use PAGE to advance through pages 6 8 This is because the Stereo Delay type has parameters for both the Left and Right channels Input 99 to 0 to 99 Page 2 This parameter is used to balance the Dela...

Page 108: ...an overall input level on page 4 INPUT LEVELS Input 1 Page 1 Config 1 3 4 and 5 In Configurations 1 and 3 there are two inputs to the Reverb Both Inputs 1 and 2 can select a signal from several locat...

Page 109: ...rameters are found back on effect send 1 Press 20 to select send 3 and the display will still look the same but now the parameters adjust the signal levels on send 3 going into the Reverb If you press...

Page 110: ...h hard surfaces This reverb type can easily simulate both examples and many many more Hall Much larger than a room Halls are characterized by their high ceilings irregular shapes and generally uniform...

Page 111: ...ll with softer surfaces absorbing more high frequencies and smaller rooms having faster low frequency decay If the selected Reverb type is Gate the Low Decay parameter is unavailable Density 00 to 99...

Page 112: ...drive effect must be reach before the Overdrive effect will begin distorting It can be set between 00 and 99 If this number is very low the Overdrive effect will start to distort almost right away Whe...

Page 113: ...elay Level 00 to 99 Page 2 Config 1 3 4 Page 1 Config 2 Page 3 Config 5 Adjusting this value will cause the Delay Output Level to increase or decrease The Delay Output level is the level for the Delay...

Page 114: ...Range settings or MIDI Out MASTER TUNE Page 2 Page 2 of Global Edit Mode lets you adjust the QS s overall Master Tuning 99 to 99 up or down 1 2 step Adjust this parameter when tuning the QS to other i...

Page 115: ...nnel In Mix Mode the MIDI channels the keyboard transmits on will correspond to whatever layers or splits the Mix is set up for Note that certain controllers such as pitch bend and aftertouch may tran...

Page 116: ...oose which MIDI controllers 0 to 120 to assign as Controllers A B C and D For a listing of all MIDI controllers and their designations see page 127 in the Appendix B MIDI Supplement PEDALS 1 AND 2 ASS...

Page 117: ...Mode when MIDI Program select is set to On Program Changes received on any of the 16 MIDI channels will be received by the same numbered MIDI channels in the current Mix The Mix itself will not respo...

Page 118: ...31 25kb MAC MIDI and MAC 1MHz If you are using a PC compatible computer consult the software you are using to determine which PC setting to set the I O parameter to When this parameter is switched to...

Page 119: ...using the A D Controllers only for modulating parameters in the QuadraSynth Plus you will probably want this parameter turned ON so that new Programs or Mixes are recalled with their stored settings...

Page 120: ...al setting the QS uses its own internal sample clock as a reference for playing back the sampled sounds that make up a Program or Mix However if you are recording the QS to ADAT using the QS s DIGITAL...

Page 121: ...Global Settings Chapter 8 QS7 QS8 Reference Manual 119 119...

Page 122: ...contents of the QS s User memory 100 Mixes and 128 Programs can be stored to an Alesis QCard PCMCIA RAM card inserted into either PCMCIA EXPANSION CARD slot A or B on the QS Depending on the amount of...

Page 123: ...Bank format you will not be able to store individual Mixes or Programs onto it until you store an entire QS Bank onto it first Insert a card into the Sound Card slot on the back of the QS Select the...

Page 124: ...rograms already on the Card Example Let s say Mix 00 in Preset Bank 1 uses a Program that s located in Card Bank 1 If the Preset Bank 1 is transferred to the Card Bank 1 the result will be that Mix 00...

Page 125: ...apable of receiving the data a MIDI sequencer another QS etc Press STORE Press PAGE four times to select Page 3 of the Store function The display will look like this SEND ALL DATA TO MIDI STORE Press...

Page 126: ...NTROLLER D slider to select a Program number to send the Program to Press STORE to transmit the data out the MIDI Out connector The procedure is similar for sending Mixes Page 5 of the Store function...

Page 127: ...Turn off power and turn on again RE INITIALIZING If your unit behaves erratically or freezes the first step is to power down the unit and power it back up again Disconnect any cables connected to the...

Page 128: ...RE NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE OBTAINING REPAIR SERVICE Before contacting Alesis check over all your connections and make sure you ve read the manual Customers in the USA If the problem persists...

Page 129: ...nty assistance The Alesis Limited Warranty applies only to products sold to users in the USA and Canada Customers outside of the USA and Canada are not covered by this Limited Warranty and may or may...

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Page 131: ...written into sheet music but other parameters as well such as amount of pitch bend or degree of vibrato MIDI HARDWARE MIDI compatible devices usually include both MIDI In and MIDI Out jacks which ter...

Page 132: ...ange from 000 lowest note to 127 highest note Middle C is 60 Note Off Corresponds to a key being released values are the same as note on Velocity Corresponds to dynamics values range from 001 minimum...

Page 133: ...0 127 19 General Purpose 4 0 127 32 63 Least Significant Bits Controllers 0 31 0 127 64 Sustain Pedal 0 or 127 65 Portamento On Off 0 or 127 66 Sustenuto Pedal 0 or 127 67 Soft Pedal 0 or 127 69 Hold...

Page 134: ...ically based units when to start playing Stop Signals all rhythmically based units when to stop playing Continue Unlike a Start command which re starts a sequencer or drum machine from the beginning o...

Page 135: ...3 If the Channel is selected using the PAGE and PAGE buttons the symbol will appear between the Mode name and the Bank name in the upper part of the display if this parameter is received However if y...

Page 136: ...After Touch Key s Ch s X O O O Pitch Bender O O Control Change 0 120 O O Prog Change True O1 0 127 O1 0 127 0 127 System Exclusive O O System Common Song Pos Song Sel Tune X X X X X X System Realtime...

Page 137: ...tack Filter Filter ENV 1 64 Attack Pitch Pitch ENV 2 61 Decay Amp Amp ENV 2 66 Decay Filter Filter ENV 2 64 Decay Pitch Pitch ENV 2 61 Effect Bus Level 5 53 Effect Level Level 4 53 Filter ENV Depth Fi...

Page 138: ...tamento Type Pitch 8 55 Portamento Rate Pitch 9 55 Range Lower limit Amp Range 4 59 Range Upper Limit Amp Range 5 59 Release Amp Amp ENV 4 67 Release Filter Filter ENV 4 64 Release Pitch Pitch ENV 4 6...

Page 139: ...annel Effect 2 38 Effect MIDI Effect 1 38 Keyboard Keyboard MIDI 3 38 MIDI In Keyboard MIDI 1 38 MIDI Out Keyboard MIDI 2 38 Name Name 1 10 40 Pitchbend and Mod Wheels Controllers 1 39 Program Effect...

Page 140: ...n 41 Pitch 42 Octave 42 Semitone 42 Range 44 Mix Mode 13 16 28 39 Modulation Wheel 15 Name Mix 44 Program 72 Outputs 9 PCMCIA 19 Pedals 24 115 Pitch Bend 15 Polyphony 27 45 64 Power 7 11 Preset Bank 2...

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