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Overview: Part 2

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PART 2

OVERVIEW

A QUICK TOUR OF THE FRONT PANEL

THE WHEELS

At the far left of the front panel you will find two powerful controllers:

• The [PITCH] wheel. Move this control up or down to expressively bend the pitch

of the synth.

• The [MODULATION] wheel. Move this control to cause interesting sonic changes

in the current Program or Mix.

Sometimes you won’t hear anything happen when you use the [MODULATION]

wheel. In these cases, either (A) the current Program or Mix isn’t programmed

to respond to modulation, or (B) modulation is tied to a function that is currently

off. Here’s an example of the latter: if the [MODULATION] wheel is

programmed to control chorus speed, but chorus depth is currently set at zero,

then moving the [MODULATION] wheel won’t do anything audible.

THE SLIDERS

Moving to the right, you will see 5 different sliders:

• The [VOLUME] slider. This fader raises and lowers the QS7.1/QS8.1’s audio

output level.

• [CONTROLLERS A, B, C, and D]. These faders are programmable and can be

used to give you hands-on control of many different parameters. What they do

will vary depending on how the Program or Mix has been designed. As you move

them, the LCD gives you visual feedback in the form of small vertical bar-

graphs. Please note: this only happens if a control function is assigned to the

slider being moved. That means the quickest way to find out which sliders are

working in a given Program is to push all four sliders up while watching the

display.

During editing, the [CONTROLLER D] slider serves as a data entry control.

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