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Alesis S4 Plus User Manual (156 pages)

Brand: Alesis | Category: Digital pianos | Size: 1.82 MB |

English

Table of contents

Introduction

2

How To Use This Manual

2

CONTENTS

4

SETTING UP

8

Stereo Amp

9

Stereo Headphones

9

AC Receptacle

9

1/4" Audio Cables

9

MIDI Keyboard

9

About Audio Cables

10

Basic Audio Hookup

10

A Word About Sound Bridge

11

YOUR FIRST SESSION WITH THE

12

Enabling General MIDI Mode

13

Playing the S4 Plus

14

Auditioning Internal Programs

15

Selecting Banks

15

Selecting the MIDI Channel

15

The Quad Knobs

16

Auditioning Mix Play Mode

17

Editing a Mix

18

Setting the Effects Level

19

CONNECTIONS

20

Using an External Sequencer

22

Digital Audio/Optical Hookup

23

48 kHz Clock In

23

OVERVIEW

24

Program Edit Mode

25

Mix Edit Mode

25

Effects Edit Mode

26

Compare Mode

26

About the Display

27

MIDI Buttons

28

Quad Knob Editing

28

Parameter Editing

29

Editing Program Parameters

30

Resetting a Parameter Value

31

Edit 4 and Edit 1 Modes

31

Preset Memory and User Memory

32

Store a Program

33

Store an Effect

34

Store a Mix

34

The Program is now stored

36

Chapter 4: Overview

37

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37

EDITING MIXES

38

Range (Page 1)

41

Range (Page 2)

42

Range (Page 3)

42

Effects in Mix Play Mode

43

Naming a Mix

44

Polyphony in Mix Play Mode

44

EDITING PROGRAMS

46

Program Sound Layers

47

The Four Sounds of a Program

48

Frequency Response Curve

49

About Modulation

50

About Signal Processing

51

Drum Mode

52

Program Edit Functions

53

Editing Programs: Chapter 6

54

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54

Effect Level

55

Rate (0 to 99)

57

Filter (Page 1)

58

Frequency (00 to 99)

58

Keyboard Track (On or Off)

58

Velocity (-99 to +99)

58

Filter (Page 2)

59

Aftertouch Depth (-99 to +99)

59

Filter LFO Depth (-99 to +99)

59

Velocity Curve (13 choices)

60

Program Sound Range

61

Sound Overlap (00 to 99)

62

Modulation Source

63

Modulation Destination

65

Modulation Level (-99 to +99)

65

Gate Mode (Off or On)

65

Quantize Mode (Off or On)

65

Pitch LFO (Page 1)

66

Wave (8 choices)

66

Speed (00 to 99)

66

Delay (00 to 99)

66

Pitch LFO (Page 2)

67

Level (00 to 99)

67

Mod Wheel (-99 to 99)

67

Aftertouch (-99 to 99)

67

Filter LFO

68

Pitch Envelope

70

Pitch Envelope (Page 3)

72

Time Tracking (On or Off)

72

Sustain Pedal (On or Off)

72

Filter Envelope

73

Amp Envelope

75

NON-LINEAR

78

NON-LINEAR STEPPED

78

Points 0 — 10 (00—100)

79

Sound Enable

80

Programming Drum Sounds

81

Effects Level

82

Copying Sounds

84

Copying Effects

84

Initializing Programs

84

¡ Turn the unit off

85

EDITING EFFECTS

86

Selecting Effects in Mix Mode

87

Setting Effects Send Levels

87

Editing Effects

88

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89

Copying Effect Patches

90

Configurations

90

Reverb (Page 1)

97

Input level

98

Chorus Input Level

98

Send Input Levels

98

Reverb (Page 2)

99

Reverb (Page 3)

100

Reverb (Page 4)

101

Delay (Page 1)

102

Delay (Pages 2 and 3)

102

Pitch (Page 1)

103

Delay Input

105

Pitch (Page 2)

106

Selecting the Modulator

107

Mod Source

107

Mod Destination

107

Mod Level

107

Pitch Level

108

Delay Level

108

Reverb Level

108

Overdrive

109

Overdrive Threshold

110

Overdrive Brightness

110

Overdrive Balance

110

Chapter 7: Editing Effects

111

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111

GLOBAL SETTINGS

112

Mix Group Channel

113

Controllers A – D Assignment

113

Reset Controllers A – D

114

MIDI Program Select

115

Edit Mode

116

48 KHz Clock Input

116

Chapter 8: Global Settings

117

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117

MIDI TRANSFER AND STORAGE

118

OPERATIONS

118

External Card

119

Card Storage RAMifications

120

TROUBLE-SHOOTING

122

Checking Software Version

123

Maintenance/Service

123

Appendix A: Troubleshooting

125

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125

MIDI SUPPLEMENT

126

General MIDI

129

MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART

131

PARAMETERS INDEX

132

Parameter Function Page

133

Mix Parameters

134

Appendix C: Parameters Index

135

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135

WHAT’S NEW IN THE 2.0 “PLUS”

136

Selecting Programs and Mixes

137

Program Grouping

137

New Samples

137

New Voice Groups

138

New Front Panel Functions

139

Example:

140

Global Edit Mode

141

Program Play Mode

142

LFO Waveforms

143

Pitch Envelope Gated Release

143

Non-Retrigger Legato

143

Tracking Generator

143

Drum Voices

144

Effects Mode

145

Flanger Shape

146

Mix Play Mode

147

Receiving Controllers

148

Receiving Controller Messages

150

Store Mode

152

Saving Banks to a Sound Card

153

Sound Bridge

154

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155

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