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