Alesis QS7, QS8 manual

ALESIS

QS7 and QS8

Reference Manual

Contents

Main Introduction J How To Use This Manual Conventions Page C Page 9: MIDI TRANSFER AND STORAGE OPERATIONS................................................. 121 A C S ETTING U U NPACKING AND I J AC P OWER H J A BOUT A UDIO C B ASIC A UDIO H J C Y OUR F IRST S P OWERING U P LAYING THE D EMO S W HAT S A P W HAT S A M W HAT ' S A B A BOUT S OUND G P LAYING THE QS K P ROGRAM M ODE AND M IX M J S ELECTING THE MIDI C HANNEL IN P ROGRAM M J A UDITIONING I NTERNAL P S ELECTING P ROGRAM B R EALTIME P ERFORMANCE F T HE C ONTROLLER AD S A UDITIONING M IX P LAY M J S ELECTING M IX B C HOOSING P ROGRAMS IN A M J S TORING AN E DITED M E NABLING G ENERAL MIDI M U SING THE PCMCIA E XPANSION C ARD S Page J A WORD ABOUT THE QS CD-ROM S OUND B C C B ASIC MIDI H U SING AN E XTERNAL S A BOUT THE K EYBOARD M U SING A C IBM PC M M ASTER C ONTROLLER FOR L IVE U J P EDAL AND F OOTSWITCH H J D IGITAL A UDIO /O PTICAL H R ECORDING D IGITAL A 48 KH Z I Page C O B ASIC A QS P M P ROGRAM P LAY M M IX P LAY M P ROGRAM E DIT M M IX E DIT M E FFECTS E DIT M G LOBAL E DIT M S TORE M C OMPARE M T HE U SER I NTERFACE : D ISPLAY , F UNCTIONS , P AGES , P A BOUT THE D Page P AGE B E DITING V R ESETTING A P ARAMETER V P ARAMETER E DITING O S ELECTING F UNCTIONS AND P Page C OMPARING E DITED AND S TORED V J P RESET M EMORY AND U SER M S J S TORE A P ROGRAM OR M J C OPYING S OUNDS B ETWEEN P C OPYING E FFECTS B ETWEEN P T O A UDITION P ROGRAMS B EFORE S J Page C EDITING MIXES W P ROGRAM A SSIGN FOR EACH MIDI C M IX E DIT M U NDERSTANDING THE E DIT B L EVEL S ETTING FOR E ACH P TIP: Enable (On or Off) Page 1 Volume (00 to 99) Page 2 Pan (<3 to 3>, or PROG ) Page 3 Output (L/R, Aux, Off, or PROG) Page 4 Page P Tune Octave (-2 to +2 octaves) Page 1 Semitone (-12 to +12 semitones) Page 2 E FX Program Change (On or Off) Page 1 C Pitch-bend and Modulation Wheels (On or Off) Page 1 Aftertouch (On or Off) Page 2 Sustain Pedals (On or Off) Page 3 Controllers (On or Off) Page 4 S ETTING THE R ANGE AND MIDI S Lower Limit (MIDI note 000 to 127/ C-2 to G8) Page 1 Program Sound Range High Limit (MIDI note 000 to 127/ C-2 to G8) Page 2 QS8 Keyboard Range P OLYPHONY IN M IX P LAY M U SING THE QS AS A M ASTER K S ETTING THE MIDI O UT C HANNELS FOR A M G LOBAL M U SING K EYBOARD M ODE WITH THE S ERIAL J C E DITING P O T HE N ORMALIZED S YNTH V H OW THE QS G ENERATES S P ROGRAM S OUND L QS S IGNAL F T HE F OUR S OUNDS OF A P L OWPASS F A A BOUT M LFO (L OW F REQUENCY O E A BOUT S IGNAL P D RUM M P ROGRAM E DIT F Sound Enable Page 1 TIP: Sound Type Page 2 Editing Programs: Chapter 6 Sound Group (17 options) Page 3 QS7/QS8 Reference Manual 55 Choose from among 16 different sample groups (see chart below). Sound Page 4 Group Voice Chapter 6: Editing Programs Wave 56 QS7/QS8 Reference Manual Noise Voice TIP: P Portamento (Exponential, Linear, 1 Speed) Page 8 Portamento Rate (0 to 99) Page 9 Keyboard Mode (Mono, Poly, 1-Pitch or 1-PMono) Page 10 TIP: F Filter Frequency (00 to 99) Page 1 TIP: Filter Track (On or Off) Page 2 Velocity (-99 to +99) Page 3 TIP: Modulation Wheel Depth (-99 to +99) Page 4 Aftertouch Depth (-99 to +99) Page 5 TIP: Filter LFO Depth (-99 to +99) Page 6 TIP: Filter Envelope Depth (-99 to +99) Page 7 A MP /R Velocity Curve (13 choices) Page 1 Aftertouch Depth (-99 to +99) Page 2 TIP: Amp LFO Depth (-99 to +99) Page 3 TIP: Lower Limit (MIDI note 000 to 127/ C-2 to G8) Page 4 High Limit (MIDI note 000 to 127/ C-2 to G8) Page 5 TIP: Sound Overlap (00 to 99) Page 6 J PITCH ENVELOPE J Release (00 to 99, Hold) Page 4 Delay (00 to 99, Hold) Page 5 TIP: Velocity Modulation (00 to 99) Page 11 F ILTER E J Release (00 to 99) Page 4 Delay (00 to 99) Page 5 TIP: Velocity Modulation (00 to 99) Page 11 A MP E Release (00 to 99) Page 4 Delay (00 to 99) Page 5 TIP: N M OD 1 M About General Purpose Modulation Selecting the Modulator (1 to 6) Modulation Source Page 1 Page Modulation Destination Page 2 Modulation Level (-99 to +99) Page 3 Gate Mode (Off or On) Page 4 Quantize Mode (Off or On) P J Trigger (Mono, Poly, Key Mono, or Key Poly) Page 4 Mod Wheel Depth (-99 to 99) Page 6 Aftertouch Depth (-99 to 99) Page 7 F J Wave (8 choices) Page 1 Speed (00 to 99) Page 2 Delay (00 to 99) Page 3 Trigger (Mono, Poly, Key Mono, or Key Poly) Page 4 J Mod Wheel Depth (-99 to 99) Page 6 Aftertouch Depth (-99 to 99) Page 7 T RACKING G TIP: Tracking Input Page 1 Tracking Points 0 10 (00100) Pages 212 Chapter 6: Editing Programs P ROGRAMMING D RUM S 82 QS7/QS8 Reference Manual Group Voice Kick Snare TIP: P Tune (-12.00 to +12.00) Page 1 Velocity>Pitch (0 to 7) Page 2 F J Note # Range (0 to +3) Page 3 A MP E Decay (0 to 99, Gate00 to Gate99) Page 1 C OPYING S J I NITIALIZING P C E DITING E A BOUT S IGNAL P TIP: S ELECTING AN E FFECTS P ATCH IN M IX M S ETTING E FFECTS S END L C E DITING E N S TORING E FFECT P ATCHES I N P ROGRAM M S TORING E FFECT P ATCHES IN M IX M C OPYING E FFECT P C C ONFIGURATION #1: 1 R Page C ONFIGURATION #2: 2 R C ONFIGURATION #3: L EZLIE AND R C ONFIGURATION #4: R J C ONFIGURATION #5: O VERDRIVE AND L EQ Lo EQ Frequency (30Hz to 180Hz) Page 1 Lo EQ Gain (0dB to +12dB) Page 2 Hi EQ Frequency (3kHz to 10kHz) Page 3 Hi EQ Gain (0dB to +9dB) Page 4 Mod Source Page 1 (Mod 1) & Page 4 (Mod 2) Mod Destination Page 2 (Mod 1) & Page 5 (Mod 2) Mod Level Page 3 (Mod 1) & Page 6 (Mod 2) L Motor (On/Off) Page 1 (Config. 3) or Page 4 (Config. 5) Speed (Slow/Fast) Page 2 (Config. 3) or Page 5 (Config. 5) Horn Level (-6 to +6 dB) Page 3 (Config. 3) or Page 6 (Config. 5) Input 1 & 2 Pages 1 & 2 (Config. 5 only) P Pitch Type Page 1 Page Delay Input (<99 to <0> to 99>) Page 2 (Config. 2 Only) Page D Delay Type (3 types) Page 1 Input (<99 to <0> to 99>) Page 2 Time (0 to 799ms total) Pages 3 & 4 (and 6 & 7 in Stereo Delay) Feedback (00 to 99) Page 5 (and Page 8 in Stereo Delay) R I NPUT L Input 1 Page 1 (Config 1, 3, 4 and 5) Input 2 Page 2 (Config 1, 3, 4 and 5) Input Balance (<99 to <0> to 99>) Page 3 (Config 1, 3, 4 and 5) Chorus Input Level (00 to 99) Page 1 (Config 2 Only) Send Input Levels (<99 to <0> to 99>) Page 1 (Sends 2 through 4) R EVERB P Reverb Type (7 types) Page 5 Pre-Delay Time (0 to 299ms) Pages 6 & 7 Pre-Delay Mix (<99 to <0> to 99>) Page 8 Input Filter (00 to 99) Page 9 Decay (00 to 99) Page 10 Low Decay and High Decay (00 to -99) Pages 11 & 12 Density (00 to 99) Page 13 (Page 12 if Gated or Reverse type) O Overdrive Type (Hard or Soft) Page 1 Overdrive Threshold (00 to 99) Page 2 Overdrive Brightness (00 to 99) Page 3 Overdrive Balance (<99 to <0> to 99>) Page 4 M Pitch Level (00 to 99)Page 1(Config 1 and 4); Page 2 (Config 2 & 5) Delay Level (00 to 99) Reverb Level (00 to 99) Page 3 (Config. 1 4); Page 4 (Config. 5) Lezlie Level (00 to 99) Page 1 (Config. 3); Page 5 (Config. 5) GLOBAL SETTINGS E DITING GLOBAL P M ASTER P MASTER TUNE Page 2 KEYBOARD SCALING Page 4 KEYBOARD TRANSPOSE Page 5 KEYBOARD MODE Page 6 GENERAL MIDI MODE Page 7 CONTROLLERS A D ASSIGNMENT Page 8 11 PEDALS 1 AND 2 ASSIGNMENT Page 12 & 13 MIDI RECEIVING/TRANSMITTING BANK CHANGE MESSAGES I NPUT /OUTPUT MIDI O RESET CONTROLLERS PAGE 17 CONTROLLER MODE PAGE 18 C Page C MIDI T RANSFER A ND S O U SING PCMCIA E XPANSION C S AVING THE U SER B ANK TO A PCMCIA C Use the CONTROLLER [D] slider to select a bank location on the card to store to L OADING A B ANK FROM AN E XTERNAL C S TORING AN I NDIVIDUAL P ROGRAM OR M L OADING AN I NDIVIDUAL P ROGRAM OR M C ARD S TORAGE RAM S AVING P ROGRAMS VIA MIDI S YS E Page A T ROUBLE -S T ROUBLE -S HOOTING I Symptom Cause Solution R E - C HECKING S OFTWARE V M AINTENANCE /S C M R EFER A LL S ERVICING TO A O BTAINING R EPAIR S Page Page A MIDI S MIDI B MIDI H MIDI M ESSAGE B C HANNEL M ESSAGES : M ODE M C HANNEL M ESSAGES : V OICE M Page S YSTEM C OMMON M G Page MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * APPENDIX C: P ARAMETERS I Page Page in Parameter Function Display P ROGRAM E DIT P Page Parameter Function Page Page in M IX E DIT P Page Page in Parameter Function Display INDEX