Alesis QS8.1, QS7.1 manual Recovering from a Crash, Re-Initializing

Appendix A — Trouble-Shooting

Notes played from QS	MIDI echo/Thru enabled	Put QS into Out 01 mode
have a “doubled” or	on external MIDI device	(Global Edit Mode, page 6)
“flanged” sound	or computer
Mod Wheel not working	Unit was re-initialized	Put Mod Wheel all the way
well (or at all)	with Mod Wheel up	down and re-initialize
QS behaving erratically	Serial port enabled, no	Set I/O parameter to MIDI
	computer or other QS	(Global Edit Mode, page
	hooked to it	15)
		Re-initialize (see below)
LCD shows “ADDRESS	Bad Sys-ex data sent to	Re-initialize. If it persists,
ERROR”	QS via MIDI input	load in known good bank.

RECOVERING FROM A “CRASH”

If your QS behaves erratically or “freezes” on you, the first thing to try is to switch between Mix and Program modes once. If that doesn’t do anything, turn it off, wait for a moment, and then turn it on again. WARNING — make sure you turn off any amplification first!

If your instrument still isn’t working after that, then disconnect the [MIDI IN] cable and repeat the power on/off trick. This ought to work if your problem is being caused by strange MIDI data coming from an external MIDI device.

If neither of these work, you will have to re-initializethe instrument.

RE-INITIALIZING

Re-initializing your QS’s software is strong medicine. It is guaranteed to return the instrument to operational status.

Unfortunately, it will also reset all Global parameters to their factory default settings and empty out the edit buffers, thus losing any unsaved changes you may have made to a Program or Mix. So it isn’t something to be done unless you really need to. (The User Bank will remain untouched, though — all the Programs, Mixes, and Effects stored there will come through the re-initialization just fine.)

Here’s how to do it:

1)Turn down the volume on your QS, your mixer, and your amplifier. If you ever forget to do this while re-initializing, you’ll know why we said this first.

2)Make sure the [MODULATION] wheel is all the way down. (If it isn’t, then its current position will become what the QS recognizes as “zero” after re- initialization is complete, and you’ll no longer have the full range of possible modulation control.)

3)Turn off the power on your QS.

4)Hold down buttons [0] and [3] at the same time.

5)While holding them down, turn the power back on. You’ll know you were successful if A) there is no name in the LCD display on the top line, and B) the problem is gone!

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