Alesis QSR 64 Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
Your First Session: Chapter 2
QSR Reference Manual 4
Press the [PROG] button to select Program Play Mode.
The [PROG] button and the PROG indicator in the display will light. You can now play
the QSR from an external MIDI keyboard; the Program will be whatever was selected
when last in Program mode (Program number 00127).
Select a Program using the [VALUE] knob.
The large number in the upper-left section of the display will indicate the currently
selected Program number. When you scroll past 127, the counter will “roll-over” to
Program 00 of the following Bank. Likewise, if you scroll back before 00, it will roll back
to Program 127 of the preceeding Bank.
SELECTING PROGRAM BANKS
The QSR provides five internal Banks containing 128 Programs in each (and 100
Mixes each, but we’ll get to Mixes in a moment). The currently selected Bank will be
shown in the upper line of the display, just above the currently selected Program’s
name.
Use the BANK SELECT [DOWN] and [UP] buttons to select a Bank (User, Preset 1
– 3, GenMIDI or any Card Banks, if present).
User and Preset Banks are described in detail in Chapter 4.
SELECTING THE MIDI CHANNEL IN PROGRAM MODE
While in Program Play Mode (press [PROG]), the QSR can receive information on
any single MIDI channel of the 16 available channels. The currently selected channel
appears in the bottom-right section of the display (take a look at the first display
example on the previous page).
Use the [
MIDI CH
] buttons to select a MIDI channel from 1 – 16.
The display will change to indicate the currently selected MIDI channel.