Global Settings: Chapter 8

MIDI mode will be enabled, and Mix 00 of Preset Bank 4 will automatically be selected.

Master Pitch and Master Tuning

In Page 1 of Global Edit Mode, Quad Knob [3] adjusts the QuadraSynth Plus’s overall pitch (-12 to +12/up or down an octave). Adjust this parameter when you wish to globally transpose all sounds. Quad Knob [4] adjusts the QuadraSynth Plus’s overall Master Tuning (-99 to +99/up or down 1/2 step). Adjust this parameter when tuning the QuadraSynth Plus to other instruments. These parameters have no effect on drum sounds, the Range settings, or MIDI Out.

Keyboard Sensitivity

In Page 2 of Global Edit mode, Quad Knob [1] adjusts how sensitive the keyboard’s velocity will be (00 to 99). When set to 0, the keyboard will not transmit any velocity, no matter how hard or soft the keys are played; all notes will be treated as having a velocity of 64 (right in the middle). When set to 99, the keyboard will have maximum sensitivity, allowing the greatest difference between soft and loud notes in terms of velocity control. Adjust this value to create the ideal sensitivity for your playing style. By lowering this value from 99, you limit how loud and soft notes may be played.

Keyboard Curve

In Page 2 of Global Edit mode, Quad Knob [2] selects the Keyboard Velocity Curve. There are three options: Weighted, Plastic and Maximum. When set to weighted, the keyboard will have the velocity response of a weighted keyboard. This means you will really have to play hard to get the loudest notes. When set to plastic, the keyboard will have the velocity response of a typical plastic keyboard. Plastic is not as sensitive as Weighted, therefore playing soft will not result in the same soft notes as Weighted mode produces. When set to Maximum, no velocity response is available, and all notes are given a maximum velocity value of 127. This parameter only affects the keyboard’s output to the sounds in the QuadraSynth Plus and MIDI Out. This is different from the Velocity Curve parameter in Program Edit, which determines how a sound will respond to incoming velocity information, either from the keyboard or from MIDI In.

Keyboard Transpose

In Page 2 of Global Edit mode, Quad Knob [3] controls Keyboard Transposition (-12 to +12/up or down 1 octave). This determines the note number that the keyboard will transmit to the QuadraSynth Plus’s sounds and to MIDI Out. If you are using a MIDI sequencer, use this function when you wish to record notes outside of the keyboard’s normal note range (note numbers 28 – 103). When set to -12, the keyboard range is note numbers 16 – 91. Likewise, if set to +12, the range would be 40 – 115.

Keyboard Mode

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Alesis QuadraSynth Plus manual Master Pitch and Master Tuning, Keyboard Sensitivity, Keyboard Curve, Keyboard Transpose