ALESIS QS7 - Manual (Page 5)

Table of Contents
The User Interface: Display, Functions, Pages, and Parameters ..................................30
About the Display..............................................................................................30
Page Buttons.....................................................................................................32
Editing Values ...................................................................................................32
Resetting a Parameter Value............................................................................32
Parameter Editing Overview..............................................................................32
Selecting Functions and Parameters ................................................................33
Comparing Edited and Stored Versions.........................................................................34
Preset Memory and User Memory .................................................................................34
Storing............................................................................................................................35
Store a Program or Mix.....................................................................................35
Copying Sounds Between Programs ................................................................36
Copying Effects Between Programs .................................................................36
To Audition Programs Before Storing................................................................37
5: E DITING M IXES ............................................................................................... 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
Using the QS as a Master Keyboard..............................................................................45
Setting the MIDI Out Channels for a Mix in Global Mode ..............................................45
Using Keyboard Mode with the Serial Jack.......................................................46
6: E DITING P ROGRAMS ....................................................................................... 47
Overview ........................................................................................................................47
The “Normalized” Synth Voice .......................................................................................47
How the QS Generates Sound.......................................................................................48
Program Sound Layers ..................................................................................................48
QS 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
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