Alesis QS7, QS8 manual Auditioning MIX Play Mode, Selecting MIX Banks

Chapter 2: Your First Session

sliders (unless the “Controller Mode” function is turned on in page 17 of Global mode; see page 115 for more information).

When in Program Edit Mode or Mix Edit Mode, the CONTROLLER [D] slider is used to edit the parameter that appears in the display, and the other three CONTROLLER sliders are disabled. The lower line of the display will show the parameter’s name and current setting, which will have an underline below it. At this point, you can now use the CONTROLLER [D] slider to adjust the parameter’s setting; or use the [ VALUE] and [VALUE ] buttons to raise or lower the parameter’s setting one step at a time.

AUDITIONING MIX PLAY MODE

Mix Play Mode allows you to assign a Program to each of the 16 MIDI channels. This makes it easy to create multitimbral setups for use with an external MIDI sequencer. Additionally, a MIX can be used to “layer” 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 connecting the QS to a MIDI sequencer, see Chapter 3.

¿ Press the [MIX] button.

		The display will change to Mix Play Mode.
	¡	Select a Mix from 00–99 using one of these methods:
		• Use the [00] – [120] buttons to select a Mix Group, then use the [0] – [9]
		buttons to select a Mix within the Group.
		• Use the [s VALUE] and [VALUE t] buttons to step forwards and backwards
		through all the Mixes one at a time.
J	When in Mix Play Mode, the [100], [110] and [120] buttons will not function, Mixes
	only go from 00 to 99.
	SELECTING MIX BANKS
	The QS provides five internal Banks containing 100 Mixes in each. The currently
	selected Bank will be shown in the display just to the left of the currently selected
	Mix’s name.
			Current Bank
			Ø
			MIX PRESET1 ºº
			Piano&Pad ‹
	•	Use the [ BANK] and [BANK ] buttons to select a Bank (User, Preset 1 – 3,
		GenMIDI).
		User and Preset Banks are described in detail in Chapter 4.

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