Alesis QS7, QS8 manual To Audition Programs Before Storing, Program is now stored

Chapter 4: Overview

TO AUDITION PROGRAMS BEFORE STORING

To look for available memory locations to permanently store your Program into, you can move between Program Mode and Mix Mode without losing your changes. This is because Program Mode uses a Program edit buffer, and Mix Mode uses its own Mix edit buffer along with 16 additional Program edit buffers. These buffers are retained when moving between Program Mode and Mix Mode, making it easy to search for a suitable location to store your newly created Program. Example: While in Program Edit mode, go to Mix Mode and scroll through the Program list on one of the Channels; while editing a Program from Mix Mode, go to Program Mode to scroll through the Program list.

The way to tell the difference between a program edited in Program Mode and one edited from Mix Mode is by looking at the display: in Program Edit Mode, “ED:PRG” appears in the display, while in Mix Edit Mode, “ED:MIX” appears.

J	You will lose your changes if you remain in the same mode and recall a different
	Mix/Program by pressing the [0] – [9] or [00] – [120] buttons.
	To audition Programs before overwriting them with STORE
		…when editing a Program in Program Mode:
	¿	While in Program Edit mode, press [MIX].
		This selects Mix Play Mode, retaining your edits to the Program in an edit buffer.
	¡	Use the [	BANK] and [BANK ] buttons select Preset Bank 1; then press [90]
		and [9] to select Mix 99.
	¬	Press both [	PAGE] and [PAGE ] buttons simultaneously to select Channel
		1.

√Use the [ BANK] and [BANK] buttons select the User Bank.

ƒUse the [0] – [9] and [00] – [120] buttons to go through the Programs in the User Bank until you find one you wish to overwrite with the new edited Program. Take a note of the number.

≈Press [PROGRAM] to enter Program Play Mode.

This recalls the edit buffer in Program Mode, which is your edited Program.

ΔPress [STORE].

The upper section of the display will read “SavePrg? (STORE) to USERxxx” where XXX is a User Program number from 000 – 127.

«Press [PAGE] to advance the cursor to the Program Number field in the display.

»Use the [s VALUE] and [VALUE t] buttons or move the CONTROLLER [D] slider to select the Program Number you noted in step 5.

…Press [STORE] again.

The Program is now stored.

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