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Alesis QS7 User Manual (141 pages)

Brand: Alesis | Category: Musical Instruments | Size: 0.90 MB |

English

Table of contents

Introduction

2

How To Use This Manual

2

2 QS7/QS8 Reference Manual

3

CONTENTS

4

SETTING UP

8

ABOUT AUDIO CABLES

9

BASIC AUDIO HOOKUP

10

YOUR FIRST SESSION

11

WHAT’S A MIX?

12

WHAT'S A BANK?

12

PLAYING THE QS KEYBOARD

12

AUDITIONING INTERNAL PROGRAMS

14

SELECTING PROGRAM BANKS

14

THE CONTROLLER A–D SLIDERS

15

AUDITIONING MIX PLAY MODE

16

SELECTING MIX BANKS

16

CHOOSING PROGRAMS IN A MIX

17

ENABLING GENERAL MIDI MODE

18

A WORD ABOUT THE QS CD-ROM

20

CONNECTIONS

21

USING AN EXTERNAL SEQUENCER

22

USING A COMPUTER

22

PCS AND COMPATIBLES

23

MACINTOSH

23

PEDAL AND FOOTSWITCH HOOKUP

24

DIGITAL AUDIO/OPTICAL HOOKUP

25

48 KHZ IN

25

OVERVIEW

27

PROGRAM PLAY MODE

28

MIX PLAY MODE

28

PROGRAM EDIT MODE

28

MIX EDIT MODE

28

EFFECTS EDIT MODE

29

GLOBAL EDIT MODE

29

STORE MODE

29

COMPARE MODE

29

PARAMETERS

30

PARAMETER

31

PAGE BUTTONS

32

EDITING VALUES

32

RESETTING A PARAMETER VALUE

32

PARAMETER EDITING OVERVIEW

32

√ Change the parameter value

33

PRESET MEMORY AND USER MEMORY

35

STORE A PROGRAM OR MIX

36

COPY SOUND 1”

37

COPY EFFECT”

37

ED:MIX” appears

38

EDITING MIXES

40

NDERSTANDING THE EDIT BUFFERS

41

EVEL SETTING FOR EACH PROGRAM

42

Chapter 5: Editing Mixes

43

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43

KEYBOARD/MIDI

44

CONTROLLERS

45

AMING A MIX

46

POLYPHONY IN MIX PLAY MODE

47

GLOBAL MODE

47

EDITING PROGRAMS

49

HOW THE QS GENERATES SOUND

50

PROGRAM SOUND LAYERS

50

QS SIGNAL FLOW

51

LOWPASS FILTER

52

ABOUT MODULATION

53

ABOUT SIGNAL PROCESSING

54

DRUM MODE

55

PROGRAM EDIT FUNCTIONS

56

Sound Page 4

57

Group Voice

57

Chapter 6: Editing Programs

58

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58

Velocity (-99 to +99) Page 3

62

AMP/RANGE

64

PITCH ENVELOPE

67

Delay (00 to 99, Hold) Page 5

68

Level (00 to 99) Page 10

69

FILTER ENVELOPE

70

Delay (00 to 99) Page 5

71

AMP ENVELOPE

72

Release (00 to 99) Page 4

73

MOD 1 – MOD 6

75

Modulation Destination Page 2

77

Gate Mode (Off or On) Page 4

77

Quantize Mode (Off or On)

77

SINE TRIANGLE SQUARE UP SA W

78

Level (00 to 99) Page 5

79

FILTER LFO

80

TRACKING GENERATOR

82

Tracking Input Page 1

83

PROGRAMMING DRUM SOUNDS

84

COPYING SOUNDS

87

COPYING EFFECTS

87

INITIALIZING PROGRAMS

88

EDITING EFFECTS

89

SETTING EFFECTS SEND LEVELS

90

NAVIGATING

91

COPYING EFFECT PATCHES

92

CONFIGURATIONS

93

CONFIGURATION #1: 1 REVERB

94

CONFIGURATION #2: 2 REVERBS

96

SELECTING THE MODULATOR

100

Pitch Type Page 1

103

Delay Type (3 types) Page 1

107

INPUT LEVELS

108

REVERB PARAMETERS

110

OVERDRIVE

112

GLOBAL SETTINGS

114

KEYBOARD SCALING Page 4

115

KEYBOARD TRANSPOSE Page 5

115

KEYBOARD MODE Page 6

115

GENERAL MIDI MODE Page 7

116

INPUT/OUTPUT Page 15

118

MIDI OUT Page 16

119

RESET CONTROLLERS PAGE 17

119

CONTROLLER MODE PAGE 18

119

CLOCK PAGE 19

120

Global Settings: Chapter 8

121

MIDI TRANSFER AND STORAGE

122

OPERATIONS

122

CARD STORAGE RAMIFICATIONS

124

TROUBLE-SHOOTING

127

MAINTENANCE/SERVICE

128

MIDI SUPPLEMENT

131

MIDI MESSAGE BASICS

132

GENERAL MIDI

134

MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART

136

PARAMETERS INDEX

137

Parameter Function Page

138

MIX EDIT PARAMETERS

139

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