Part 9: Extras
PART 9
EXTRAS
A WORD ABOUT THE QS CD-ROM
Included with the QS7.1/8.1 is a CD-ROM containing various useful software programs to use with your QS. These include various Alesis and third-party programs, QS sounds and samples, sequences stored in the MIDI Song File (SMF) format, plus demonstration software we thought you would find interesting. Most of these programs are provided in both Macintosh™ and IBM® PC formats.
SOUND BRIDGE™
Among the files contained on the CD-ROM is a software program called Sound Bridge™. Sound Bridge is a sound development utility which compiles custom samples from a variety of sources into the QS Synthesis Voice format, and downloads the compiled data to an Alesis PCMCIA Flash RAM Sound Card via MIDI Sysex to a QS-series synth, DM Pro Drum Module, QuadraSynth Plus Piano or S4 Plus. Sound Bridge allows individuals and sound developers to make their own Sound Cards, using whatever samples they want. Sound Bridge makes this possible without having a PCMCIA card burner attached to your computer. All you need is one of the aforementioned synthesizers or rack units.
Sound Bridge creates a QS Voice (multi-sample) by loading Digidesign Sample Cell I or Sample Cell™ II format Instrument files. Using this format, Sound Bridge is able to determine key group and velocity group split points, root notes, sample playback rates, tunings, start points, loop points, and loop tunings. Sound Bridge can also create QS Voices without Sample Cell Instruments by loading single sound files in a variety of formats.
Sound Bridge does NOT require Sample Cell™ hardware. The Sample Cell Instrument file, or sample file, may be loaded directly into Sound Bridge from any disk (i.e. your QS CD-ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, etc.). For example, a user may load data from a Sample Cell-compatible CD-ROM and send this data to one of the aforementioned Alesis unit’s PCMCIA Card without using Sample Cell inbetween.
NOTE: If you are interested in creating and/or editing your own custom Sample Cell Instruments, you will need Digidesign's Sample Cell™ hardware and software.
The Sound Bridge folder on the CD-ROM contains the Sound Bridge application, and an electronic manual which will give you all the information you need to know to run Sound Bridge.
Make sure you pay attention to how to set things up on your Mac or PC so that you can transfer files at up to four times the speed of MIDI! This will lop a lot of time off of transmitting huge files to your synth. Again, the CD-ROM tells you all about this.
