Alesis QuadraSynth Plus manual Naming a Mix, FX Midi On or Off

Editing Mixes: Chapter 5

The Effect Channel determines which channel’s Program’s Effect Patch will be used for the entire Mix. In other words, when the Effect Channel is set to 3, the Mix will use the Effect Patch used by the Program assigned to channel 3.

FX MIDI (On or Off)

This determines whether the Effects settings will change along with its Program, if a MIDI program change is received on the Effect Channel. If on, and a MIDI program change is received, a new Program will be recalled along with its associated Effect Patch. This, however, can change the way the other Programs in the Mix sound, since they all share the same Effects Patch. If you want to recall Programs via MIDI program changes, but want to continue using the same Effects Patch, leave this parameter turned off.

If a program change is received on the Effects Channel and the FX-MIDI parameter is off, the Program will change to the new number (as determined by the program change number that was received) and the Effects Patch will also change to a new number. However, the previous Effects Program will be copied into the Mix’s Effects buffer and the word “EDITED” will appear next to the Effects Patch number. This indicates that, although the Effects Patch number coincides with the Program number on the Effects Channel, the Mix is still using the Effects Program connected to the original Program on the Effects Channel that is stored in the Mix. If you store the Mix, the newly selected Program on the Effects Channel will be stored with it. The next time this Mix is recalled the new Program on the Effects Channel will be recalled along with its Effects (which will be different, in most cases, from the Effects originally used with this Mix). If this occurs, and you wish to keep the new Program in the Mix, you could copy the Effects from the old Program into the new Program (see the Store Mode section, later in this chapter). Or, you could adjust the Effects Send level and Effects Bus parameter for the remaining Channels so that their associated Programs sound good with the new Effects. Or, you could modify the new Program's Effects.

Naming a Mix

The Name function allows you to change the name of the Mix. The Mix name can be up to 10 characters long. Use the PAGE [♦] and [∅] buttons to position the cursor. Quad Knob [1] selects the character. Here is a chart of available characters:

!

"

#

$

%

&

’

(

)

*

+

,

-

.

/

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

:

;

<

=

>

?

@

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

[

¥

]

^

_

`

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

p

q

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

y

z

{

}

∅

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