Alesis QSR 64 Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
Table of Contents
QSR Reference Manual 4
MIDI CH Buttons............................................................................................................. 32
Editing Values ..................................................................................................................32
Parameter Editing Overview......................................................................................... 32
Comparing Edited and Stored Versions..................................................................................... 33
Preset Memory and User Memory .............................................................................................. 33
Storing............................................................................................................................................... 34
Store a Program or Mix................................................................................................... 34
To Audition Programs Before Storing ......................................................................... 35
Copying Sounds Between Programs............................................................................ 37
Copying Effects Between Programs............................................................................. 37
Initializing the Program/Mix Buffers......................................................................................... 38
Initializing Sounds........................................................................................................... 38
5: Editing Mixes ...............................................................................39
What is a Mix? ................................................................................................................................. 39
Program Assign for each MIDI Channel.................................................................................... 39
Mix Edit Mode................................................................................................................................. 39
Understanding the Edit Buffers ................................................................................................... 40
Level Setting for Each Program.................................................................................................... 41
Pitch................................................................................................................................................... 42
Effect.................................................................................................................................................. 42
Keyboard/MIDI.............................................................................................................................. 42
Controllers........................................................................................................................................ 43
Transmitting MIDI Volume and Panning................................................................... 43
Setting the Range and MIDI Switches......................................................................................... 44
Naming a Mix.................................................................................................................................. 44
Polyphony in Mix Play Mode....................................................................................................... 45
Playing a Group of Channels in a Mix........................................................................................ 45
6: Editing Programs ........................................................................47
Overview .......................................................................................................................................... 47
The “Normalized” Synth Voice....................................................................................................47
How the QSR Generates Sound ................................................................................................... 48
Program Sound Layers .................................................................................................................. 48
QSR Signal Flow.............................................................................................................................. 49
The Four Sounds of a Program...................................................................................... 49
Voice................................................................................................................................... 50
Lowpass Filter ..................................................................................................................50
Amp....................................................................................................................................51
About Modulation.......................................................................................................................... 51
LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator)................................................................................... 52
Envelopes .......................................................................................................................... 52
About Signal Processing................................................................................................................ 52
Drum Mode...................................................................................................................................... 53
Program Edit Functions................................................................................................................. 54
Voice................................................................................................................................... 54
Level ................................................................................................................................... 57
Pitch.................................................................................................................................... 58
Filter.................................................................................................................................... 60
Amp/Range...................................................................................................................... 62
Pitch Envelope..................................................................................................................65
Filter Envelope.................................................................................................................. 68
Amp Envelope.................................................................................................................. 70
Name.................................................................................................................................. 72
Mod 1 - Mod 6 .................................................................................................................. 73
Pitch LFO........................................................................................................................... 76
Filter LFO........................................................................................................................... 78
Amp LFO........................................................................................................................... 79
Tracking Generator..........................................................................................................80