Alesis QS8, QS7 manual Controllers, Pitch-bend and Modulation Wheels On or Off

Chapter 5: Editing Mixes

CONTROLLERS

The Controllers function (press [100]) lets you turn on and off the various MIDI controllers that can effect the selected MIDI channel. The following four parameters determine whether or not specific types of MIDI information will be received or transmitted, and are set separately for each Channel in the Mix. These, however, are dependent on how each Channel has its MIDI parameters set (see page 38).

Pitch-bend and Modulation Wheels (On or Off) Page 1

This determines whether or not the selected channel will transmit and receive pitch- bend and modulation (controller 1) MIDI information.

Aftertouch (On or Off) Page 2

This determines whether or not the selected channel will transmit and receive aftertouch MIDI information.

Sustain Pedals (On or Off) Page 3

This determines whether or not the selected channel will transmit and receive sustain pedal (controller 64) MIDI information.

Controllers (On or Off) Page 4

This determines whether or not the selected channel will transmit and receive MIDI controller information which the Controllers A–D and Pedals 1 & 2 are assigned to (these are assigned to MIDI controllers in Global Mode, Page 3 and 5).

TRANSMITTING MIDI VOLUME AND PANNING

Each Channel in a Mix can transmit its volume and panning settings via MIDI, if the “MIDI Program Select” parameter is set to ON (Global Edit Mode, Page 14). Volume level is sent as MIDI controller #7, and panning is sent as controller #10. If the “MIDI Program Select” Global parameter is set to ON:

•whenever a Mix is recalled (via the front panel or via MIDI), volume and panning information will be transmitted;

•whenever a Channel’s “Level” parameter is edited, volume information will be transmitted as controller #7 on that Channel;

•whenever a Channel’s “Pan” parameter is edited, panning information will be transmitted as controller #10 on that Channel (except when set to “PROG”).

Note: Panning information will not be transmitted if the Channel’s “Pan“ parameter is set to PROG (using the selected Program’s stored Pan setting).

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