Alesis QS7, QS8 manual What is a MIX?, Program Assign for Each Midi Channel, MIX Edit Mode

Editing Mixes: Chapter 5

CHAPTER 5

EDITING MIXES

WHAT IS A MIX?

Mix Mode is one of the most powerful features of the QS. Although in Program Mode you can play only one Program at a time, in Mix Mode you can play up to 16 Programs at once, either from the keyboard (as layers or splits) or from an external sequencer (via 16 MIDI channels) or a combination of both.

With Mix Mode, you can do the following:

•Combine (“stack” or “layer”) different Programs so they can be played simultaneously from the keyboard. For example, stack a piano on top of a brass sound and a string sound , adjusting the volume of each for a desirable mix. (Note that the stacking of Programs in Mix Play Mode is in addition to any sounds that may be stacked in the four sound layers of each Program.)

•Split the keyboard into different zones--for example, the classic bass guitar on the left-hand side of the keyboard, and synth or piano on the right. You can split the keyboard into as many as 16 zones, which may overlap.

•Transmit on as many as 16 different MIDI channels simultaneously.

•Receive up to 16 MIDI channels from an external sequencer, with each channel representing a different instrument--piano on Ch. 1, bass on Ch. 2, drums on Ch. 10, trumpet on Ch. 16. Mix Play Mode is the multitimbral mode of the QS.

•Set the level, panning, transpositions and effect send of each MIDI channel.

PROGRAM ASSIGN FOR EACH MIDI CHANNEL

Once a Mix is recalled, you will likely want to choose different Programs than the ones the Mix has stored with it. This does not require that you be in Mix Edit Mode. Assigning Programs to the 16 channels of a Mix is done by first using the [ ▲ PAGE] and [PAGE ▲] buttons (which are also labeled [PROGRAM CHANNEL SELECT]) to select a channel and then using the [0] – [9] and [00] – [120] buttons to select a Program. If desired, you can use the [▲ BANK] and [BANK ▲] buttons to select a Program from any of the internal or card banks.

MIX EDIT MODE

Editing a Mix begins with using the [ ▲ PAGE] and [PAGE] buttons to select the MIDI channel you want, and selecting a Program number for each of the channels you want to use (as described above). Beyond Program selection, you may control many other aspects of a Mix by accessing Mix Edit Mode. This is done by pressing the [EDIT SELECT] button while Mix Play Mode; “ED:MIX ” should appear in the upper left section of the display:

	EDIT MODE	PAGE
MODE	BANK	NUMBER

ED:MIX CHAN 01„
PROG ENABLE:		ON
_______________________ ____ ___________
NAME	ABCD1	2 3 4 5 6 7 8
	9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

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