Alesis QS7.1, QS8.1 manual Special Programming Functions, Copying Sounds

Editing Programs: Part 8

SPECIAL PROGRAMMING FUNCTIONS

COPYING SOUNDS

While editing a Program, it is helpful to be able to copy a Sound to another Sound in either the same Program or a different Program, especially if you are building a split or layered Program

There are three types of Sound Copying operations. You can:

• Copy from one Sound to another Sound in the Edit Buffer.

You can use this to quickly double and detune a Program. For example, if you’re creating a synth brass program from scratch, once you get the first Sound the way you like it, use this feature to copy Sound 1 to Sound 2. Then detune Sound 2 and you’re done!

•Copy a Sound from a Program in the User Bank into a Sound in the Edit Buffer. This is useful, for example, to pull in a string Sound you liked on a given Program in the User bank for quick layering in the current Program.

•Copy a Sound from the Edit Buffer into a Program in the User bank.

The opposite of the above example. With this operation, you would first know where you wanted that string Sound to be (the Program number in the User bank and the Sound number inside the Program). Then you would call up the Program with the string Sound in it and send it to the other Program. The advantage here is that the Source Sound can be from a Preset Program!

These things can be done very easily from within Store Mode. Here’s how:

❿From Program Edit mode, press [STORE].

❡Press [PAGE] once to select the Copy Sound function.

①Use the [▲ VALUE] and [VALUE ▼] buttons to select what it is that you wish to copy to another location. There are two different types of choices you can make:

a.Select one of the current Program’s four Sounds

b.Select a Program in the User bank. This becomes the source Program for a Sound you would like to pull into the Edit Buffer.

➃Press [PAGE ] again to advance the cursor to the lower line of the display.

➄Use the [VALUE] buttons to choose a destination on the bottom line. Depending on the choice you made in step 3, you may only have one choice available to you:

a.If you selected a Program number in the top line, you’ll only be able to select Sounds 1-4 as the destination Sound. Keep in mind that your choice here will also determine which Sound will be copied from the Program number you chose in the top line.

b.If you selected one of the current Program’s four Sounds in the top line, you’ll be able to select any of the other three Sounds in the current Program or one of the Programs in the User bank (000-127). The Sound number in the top line determines the target Sound within the User Program you chose.

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