ALESIS QSR Reference Manual
Introduction
How To Use This Manual
Conventions
Page
1 Setting Up
CONTENTS
2 Your First Session
3 Connections
6 Editing Programs
5 Editing Mixes
7 Editing Effects
8 Global Settings
9 MIDI Transfer And Storage Operations
AC POWER HOOKUP
SETTING UP
UNPACKING AND INSPECTION
CHAPTER
PHONES
BASIC AUDIO HOOKUP
ABOUT AUDIO CABLES
YOUR FIRST SESSION
POWERING UP
WHAT’S A PROGRAM?
CHAPTER
WHATS A BANK?
WHAT’S A MIX?
PRESET1
PRESET3
MIDI Input Indicator
PLAYING THE QSR
PROGRAM MODE AND MIX MODE
Program Number
SELECTING THE MIDI CHANNEL IN PROGRAM MODE
SELECTING PROGRAM BANKS
REALTIME PERFORMANCE FUNCTIONS
SELECTING MIX BANKS
AUDITIONING MIX PLAY MODE
Mix Number
CHOOSING PROGRAMS IN A MIX
Program Name and Number
Play Mode
STORING AN EDITED MIX
ENABLING GENERAL MIDI MODE
USING THE PCMCIA EXPANSION CARD SLOTS
SOUND BRIDGE
A WORD ABOUT THE QSR CD-ROM
BASIC MIDI HOOKUP
CONNECTIONS
USING AN EXTERNAL SEQUENCER
MIDI
USING A COMPUTER
PC 38.4Kbd
PC31.25Kbd
MACINTOSH
IBM PCS AND COMPATIBLES
RECORDING DIGITAL AUDIO
DIGITAL AUDIO/OPTICAL HOOKUP
48 KHZ IN
BASIC ARCHITECTURE
OVERVIEW
QSR POLYPHONY
CHAPTER
PROGRAM PLAY MODE
MODES
MIX PLAY MODE
PROGRAM EDIT MODE
EFFECTS EDIT MODE
MIX EDIT MODE
GLOBAL EDIT MODE
STORE MODE
MIDI Input Indicator
THE USER INTERFACE DISPLAY, FUNCTIONS, PAGES AND PARAMETERS
ABOUT THE DISPLAY
Program Number
SND1VOICE πå Snd EnableON
EDITING VALUES
MIDI CH BUTTONS
PARAMETER EDITING OVERVIEW
COMPARING EDITED AND STORED VERSIONS
PRESET MEMORY AND USER MEMORY
STORE A PROGRAM OR MIX
STORING
TO AUDITION PROGRAMS BEFORE STORING
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COPYING EFFECTS BETWEEN PROGRAMS
COPYING SOUNDS BETWEEN PROGRAMS
SOUND 2 STR
PROG
INITIALIZING SOUNDS
INITIALIZING THE PROGRAM/MIX BUFFERS
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EDITING MIXES
WHAT IS A MIX?
PROGRAM ASSIGN FOR EACH MIDI CHANNEL
MIX EDIT MODE
UNDERSTANDING THE EDIT BUFFERS
Program Enable On or Off
LEVEL SETTING FOR EACH PROGRAM
Program Volume 00 to
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EFFECT
PITCH
KEYBOARD/MIDI
Tune Octave -2 to +2 octaves
Pitch-bend and Modulation Wheels On or Off
CONTROLLERS
Aftertouch On or Off
Sustain Pedals On or Off
NAMING A MIX
SETTING THE RANGE AND MIDI SWITCHES
QS8 Keyboard Range
Program Sound Range
PLAYING A GROUP OF CHANNELS IN A MIX
POLYPHONY IN MIX PLAY MODE
You will see MixGroupCH in the middle of the display
You will see MIDI Group in the middle of the display
OVERVIEW
EDITING PROGRAMS
THE “NORMALIZED” SYNTH VOICE
CHAPTER
PROGRAM SOUND LAYERS
HOW THE QSR GENERATES SOUND
THE FOUR SOUNDS OF A PROGRAM
QSR SIGNAL FLOW
LOWPASS FILTER
VOICE
Cutoff Frequency
Filter Amplitude Frequency
ABOUT MODULATION
LFO LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR
ABOUT SIGNAL PROCESSING
ENVELOPES
Sound Sound Sound Sound
DRUM MODE
PROGRAM EDIT FUNCTIONS
Sound Enable
Sound Type
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Sound
Sound Group 17 options
Group
Voice
Voice
Noise
Ethnic
Drums
Sound Pan 3 to
Sound Volume 00 to
Sound Output Main, Aux, or Off
Effect Level 00 to
Detune -99 to +99 cents
Semitone -24 to +24 semitones
Detune Type Normal or Equal
Pitch Wheel Range 0 to 12 semitones
Portamento Rate 0 to
Portamento Exponential, Linear, 1 Speed
Keyboard Mode Mono, Poly, 1-Pitch or 1-PMono
Page
Keyboad Track On or Off
Filter Frequency 00 to
Velocity -99 to +99
Page
Filter LFO Depth -99 to +99
Modulation Wheel Depth -99 to +99
Filter Envelope Depth -99 to +99
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Page
Velocity Curve 13 choices
Aftertouch Depth -99 to +99
Page
QS8 Keyboard Range
Amp LFO Depth -99 to +99
Program Sound Range
Page
Page
Sound Overlap 00 to
Attack 00 to
PITCH ENVELOPE
Decay & Sustain 00 to
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Trigger Normal, Freerun, Reset, Reset-Freerun
Delay 00 to 99, Hold
Sustain Decay 00 to
Time Tracking On or Off
Level 00 to
Sustain Pedal On or Off
Velocity Modulation 00 to
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Attack 00 to
Release 00 to
Page
Decay & Sustain 00 to
Trigger Normal, Freerun, Reset, Reset-Freerun
Delay 00 to
Page
Sustain Decay 00 to
Page
Level 00 to
Velocity Modulation 00 to
Page
Trigger Normal, Freerun, Reset, Reset-Freerun
Delay 00 to
Release 00 to
Page
Page
Time Tracking On or Off
Sustain Pedal On or Off
Page
About General Purpose Modulation
MOD 1 - MOD
Selecting the Modulator 1 to
Modulation Source
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Modulation Level -99 to +99
Modulation Destination
Gate Mode Off or On
Page 4 Mods 1 - 3 Only
Speed 00 to
Shape 8 choices
Delay 00 to
Page
Mod Wheel Depth -99 to
Trigger Mono, Poly, Key Mono, or Key Poly
Page
Level 00 to
Wave 8 choices
Aftertouch Depth -99 to
Delay 00 to
Page
Trigger Mono, Poly, Key Mono, Key Poly
AMP LFO
Delay 00 to
Mod Wheel Depth -99 to
Page
Level 00 to
Mod Wheel Depth -99 to
Page
Tracking Points 0 - 10
Tracking Input
Pages
Page
Group
PROGRAMMING DRUM SOUNDS
Voice
VOICE
VelocityPitch 0 to
Tune -12.00 to +12.00
Page
Page
Note # 000 to 127/C-2 to G8
VelocityFilter 0 to
Note # Range 0 to +3
Decay 0 to 99, Gate00 to Gate99
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Mute Group Off, 1, 2, or
COPYING SOUNDS
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COPYING EFFECTS
ABOUT SIGNAL PROCESSING
EDITING EFFECTS
CHAPTER
Main Left
SELECTING AN EFFECTS PATCH IN MIX MODE
SETTING EFFECTS SEND LEVELS
EFFECT πß MIDI Chan
EFFECT
EDITING EFFECTS
CLIP
NAVIGATING
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Editing Effects Chapter
STORING EFFECT PATCHES IN MIX MODE
STORING EFFECT PATCHES IN PROGRAM MODE
COPYING EFFECT PATCHES
CONFIGURATIONS
Delay
CONFIGURATION #1 1 REVERB
Delay
Delay
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Delay
CONFIGURATION #2 2 REVERBS
Pitch
Reverb
Delay
CONFIGURATION #3 LEZLIE AND REVERB
Delay
Delay
Delay
CONFIGURATION #4 REVERB AND EQ
Delay
Pitch
Delay
CONFIGURATION #5 OVERDRIVE AND LEZLIE
Pitch
Reverb
Lo EQ Gain 0dB to +12dB
Lo EQ Frequency 30Hz to 180Hz
Hi EQ Frequency 3kHz to 10kHz
Hi EQ Gain 0dB to +9dB
Page 1 Mod 1 & Page 4 Mod
Mod Source
Mod Destination
Page 2 Mod 1 & Page 5 Mod
Page 2 Config. 3 or Page 5 Config
Page 1 Config. 3 or Page 4 Config
Page 3 Config. 3 or Page 6 Config
Pages 1 & 2 Config. 5 only
DELAY DRY SIGNAL
Pitch Type
DRY SIGNAL
PITCH
SIGNAL
DELAY
FLANGED
FEEDBACK
Page 2 Config. 2 Only
Delay Input 99 to 0 to
Waveform Shape Sine or Square
Resonator Tuning 00 to
Depth 00 to
Feedback 00 to
Delay Type 3 types
DELAY
Pages 3 & 4 and 6 & 7 in Stereo Delay
Page 5 and Page 8 in Stereo Delay
Page 2 Config 1, 3, 4 and
Page 1 Config 1, 3, 4 and
Page 3 Config 1, 3, 4 and
Page 4 Config 1 and
Chorus Input Level 00 to
Page 1 Config 2 Only
Send Input Levels 99 to 0 to
Page 1 Sends 2 through
Reverb Type 7 types
Pre-Delay Time 0 to 299ms
Pages 6
Page
Input Filter 00 to
Pre-Delay Mix 99 to 0 to
Decay 00 to
Low Decay and High Decay 00 to
Overdrive Type Hard or Soft
OVERDRIVE
Overdrive Threshold 00 to
Overdrive Brightness 00 to
Reverb Level 00 to 99 Page 3 Config. 1 - 4 Page 4 Config
Pitch Level 00 to 99 Page 1Config 1 and 4 Page 2 Config 2
Page 1 Config. 3 Page 5 Config
Page 1 Config. 5 Only
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EDITING GLOBAL PARAMETERS
GLOBAL SETTINGS
MASTER PITCH
MASTER TUNE
PEDALS 1 AND 2 ASSIGNMENT
CONTROLLERS A - D ASSIGNMENT
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Global Settings Chapter
MIDI PROGRAM SELECT
Page
RECEIVING/TRANSMITTING BANK CHANGE MESSAGES
Page
INPUT/OUTPUT MODE
MIDI , PC 38.4kbaud and PC31.25kb
MIDI and MAC 1MHz
MIX GROUP CHANNEL
MIDI OUT
➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ ➅ ➆
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CLOCK
MIDI TRANSFER AND STORAGE OPERATIONS
USING PCMCIA EXPANSION CARDS
SAVING THE USER BANK TO A PCMCIA CARD
STORING AN INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM OR MIX
LOADING A BANK FROM AN EXTERNAL CARD
➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄
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CARD STORAGE RAMIFICATIONS
LOADING AN INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM OR MIX
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To send the entire User bank via MIDI
SAVING PROGRAMS VIA MIDI SYS EX
To send a single Program via MIDI
To send a single Program via MIDI to a different Program number
SEQUENCE PLAYBACK
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Chapter 9 MIDI Transfer and Storage Operations
TROUBLE-SHOOTING INDEX
TROUBLE-SHOOTING
Symptom
Solution
CHECKING SOFTWARE VERSION
MAINTENANCE/SERVICE
CLEANING
OBTAINING REPAIR SERVICE
Customers outside the USA
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MIDI BASICS
MIDI SUPPLEMENT
MIDI HARDWARE
APPENDIX B
CHANNEL MESSAGES MODE MESSAGES
MIDI MESSAGE BASICS
CHANNEL MESSAGES VOICE MESSAGES
92 Tremolo Depth 93 Chorus Depth 94 Celeste Depth 95 Phase Depth
6 Data Slider 7 Main Volume 8 Balance 10 Pan 11 Expression
121 Reset All Controllers 122 Local Control On/Off 0 or
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SYSTEM COMMON MESSAGES
GENERAL MIDI
MIDI Supplement Appendix B
the Channel is selected using the MIDI CH buttons, the word
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Function
MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART
Transmitted
Recognized
APPENDIX C
PARAMETERS INDEX
PROGRAM EDIT PARAMETERS
Display
Parameter
Page in
Page
Function
Page in
MIX EDIT PARAMETERS
Parameter
Page
INDEX