Alesis QS7, QS8 manual Time Tracking On or Off, Name

Chapter 6: Editing Programs

Time Tracking (On or Off) Page 8

This determines whether or not keyboard position will affect the cycle speed of the envelope. When turned on, playing toward the higher end of the keyboard will result in a faster envelope cycle; playing toward the lower end of the keyboard will result in a slower envelope cycle. However, this does not effect the attack time, but only the decay, sustain, sustain decay and release segments. This feature will result in only a subtle change. The envelope’s timing doubles or halves over a range of two octaves.

Sustain Pedal (On or Off) Page 9

This determines whether or not the Sustain Pedal will have an effect on the envelope. When turned on, holding down the Sustain Pedal while playing short notes is virtually the equivalent to holding down those notes on the keyboard with some subtle but important differences. If the Delay and Attack are set to 0 and either the Decay is 0 or the Sustain is 99, the envelope will immediately jump to the release stage (if not already there) when the note is released and the sustain pedal is held down. If a long attack is set, and the envelope does not reach the end of the attack segment when the note is released, it will be skipped and the envelope will jump immediately to the sustain decay segment. If a long delay is set, and the envelope has not reached the attack segment before the note is released, the envelope will remain at 0. However, if Freerun is turned on, the envelope will continue through the delay, attack, decay and sustain segments and remain at the sustain decay segment. This is exactly the same as holding down the note on the keyboard. When the Sustain Pedal parameter is turned off, the Sustain Pedal will have no effect on the envelope.

Level (00 to 99) Page 10

This is the overall output level of the envelope. If this is set to 00, the Amp Envelope will have no output and will have no effect, while at 99 it will have a maximum effect on whatever it is being routed to.

TIP: When selecting Amp Envelope Level as a modulation destination, set the Amp Envelope level to 00 if the Modulation Level is above 0 (or, set the Amp Envelope level to 99 if the Modulation Amount is below 0).

NAME

The Name Function (press [120]) allows you to change the Program’s name. The Program name can be up to 10 characters long. Use the [ PAGE] and [PAGE] buttons to position the cursor. The [s VALUE]/[VALUE t] buttons and the CONTROLLER [D] slider let you change the character. Here is a chart of available characters:

!

"

#

$

%

&

’

(

)

*

+

,

-

.

/

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

:

;

<

=

>

?

@

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

[

¥

]

^

_

`

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

p

q

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

y

z

{

}

Æ

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