Alesis QS8 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
Chapter 2: Your First Session
STORING AN EDITED MIX
Once you have made changes to a Mix, you will need to store the Mix into the User
Bank; that is, if you want to keep the changes you have made. The User Bank is
designed to hold up to 100 (00 – 99) of your custom-made Mixes. Whenever you
store an edited Mix, the User Bank is automatically selected. All you have to do is
select a Program location (00 – 127) within the User Bank to store the edited Mix into.
However, if an SRAM Sound Card is inserted into the Sound Card Slot on the rear
panel of the QS, you may select any of the available Banks on the Sound Card to
save the edited Mix into.
¿ Press [STORE].
This selects Store Mode. The display will look like this:
SaveMix? (STORE)
to USER 12
(Mix Bank) (Mix Number)
The Mix Number will be the identical to the last Mix number selected.
¡ Optional: If a Sound Card is inserted, Use the [s VALUE] button to select a Bank
on the Sound Card.
¬ Use the [0] – [9] and [00] – [120] buttons to select a Mix location (00 – 99) within
the selected Bank.
The selected Bank and Mix number location will appear in the display.
Press [STORE] to save the Mix into the selected location.
The Mix has now been stored, and the display will revert back to whatever was
shown before [STORE] was pressed the first time.
ENABLING GENERAL MIDI MODE
If you are using a General MIDI sequencer, and/or playing a sequence that is
programmed to take advantage of General MIDI, turn the “General MIDI” function in
the QS on.
¿ Press [EDIT SELECT], then press [GLOBAL].
The display will now be in Global Edit Mode.
¡ Press [PAGE ] 6 times to advance to page 7.
This selects the General MIDI parameter in the display.
¬ Press the [s VALUE] button.
This turns on General MIDI mode, and automatically puts you into Mix Play Mode
with Mix 00 of Preset Bank 4 selected. This display should look like this:
MIX GenMIDI ºº
GM Multi ´´´´
For more information about General MIDI, refer to the MIDI Supplement in Appendix
B.
USING THE PCMCIA EXPANSION CARD SLOTS
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