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Chapter 1: Getting Started
24 DG8 REFERENCE MANUAL
The Bass Bank buttons are used in conjunction with the ▲ and ▼ arrows to
access the Bass Programs in each Bank:
• Press a Bass Bank button to select a Bass category. Bass Programs are
always played as the Split sounds on the lower range of the keyboard,
and the selected Bass Program’s label will appear in the
SPLIT segment
of the display.
• Use the ▲ arrow on the right side of the display to scroll forward through
the four Bass Programs in the Bank. If you continue to scroll forward
with the
▲ arrow, when the last Program in the bank is reached, the
display will “wrap” to the first Program.
• Use the ▼ arrow to scroll backward through the four Bass Programs in
each Bank. If you continue to scroll backward with the
▼ arrow, when
the first Program in the Bank is reached, the display will wrap to the last
Program.
4. The Card Bank
You can take advantage of the DG8’s expandability by acquiring an Alesis
QCard or other compatible PCMCIA Type I sound card. This card provides
an additional library of new sounds you can play on the DG8 and is inserted
into the
EXPANSION CARD slot on the DG8’s back panel.
• Once selected, these external sounds act just like the internal DG8
programs, except that there are 128 of them on a QCard. Press the
CARD
button: the last card sound that was selected will load and its name will
appear in the display.
Tip: Card sounds can be used in Layers and Splits. They can be combined with the
DG8’s internal sounds or can be layered and split among the other programs in
the Card Bank. See topics 6 and 7 in the following pages.
• Use the ▲ arrow on the right side of the display to scroll forward through
the Card Programs. If you continue to forward scroll with the
▲ arrow,
when the last Program in the bank is reached, the display will “wrap” to
the first Program.
• Use the ▼ arrow to scroll backward through the card programs. If you
continue to scroll backward with the
▼ arrow, when the first Program in
the Bank is reached, the display will wrap to the last Program.
Tip: If you press and hold either arrow button, the display will accelerate its
scrolling through the available programs. Also, pressing both arrows together
resets the Card Program to 000.
Do not physically remove the card from the rear slot while any Card
Program is active. This holds true for Primary, Layer or Split sounds.
If a Card Program is the Primary Sound, simply switch the Card
Program to an internal Keyboard Program. If a Card Program is the
Layer or Split Sound, simply turn off the Layer or Split.
Also note that the effects programmed into QCard sounds may act
unpredictably when used with the DG8.