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