First session, Playing the demos, Playing programs – ALESIS QS6.2 User Manual

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First Session

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Playing the Demos

The QS has five built-in demo sequences. To play a demo, hold down

[MIX] and press a number button from [0] through [4]. Playback will

start with the specified demo and continue through the remaining demos.

To stop the demo, press [MIX].

Playing Programs

The sounds in your QS are called Programs. Programs contain all of

the parameters that are needed to define a sound. For example, “True

Stereo” is a grand piano Program.

To select a Program, press the [PROGRAM] button. The display should

look something like this:

Press the [BANK] buttons to choose a Program Bank. Available choices

are USER, PRESET1, PRESET2, PRESET3, and GenMIDI. More

Banks are available if you have an expansion card.

To call up an individual Program, press the numbered buttons for the

Program you want to recall.

For example, if you want to hear a grand piano Program, press the

[BANK >] button until you are in the PRESET1 Bank, then press the [00

PIANO] button and then the [0] button. This will select Program 00,

“True Stereo”.

You can also use the [VALUE UP] and [VALUE DOWN] buttons step

through the Programs.

Finding Programs

To make Programs easier to find, we’ve organized them into eleven

categories marked on the “tens” buttons:

00-09 Pianos

10-19: Chromatic

20-29: Organ

30-39 Guitar

40-49 Bass

50-59: Strings

60-69: Brass

70-79 Winds

80-109 Synth

110-119: Rhythm/FX

120-127: Drums/Percussion

For example, Programs 20 through 29 are all Organ sounds.

NOTE: The General MIDI (GenMIDI) Bank

doesn’t follow this convention; it is

organized to match the General MIDI

standard, which puts Programs in a different

order.

Demos:

0. “Jinx” by James Reynolds

1. “Bang!” by Taiho Yamada

2. ”Dreamcurrents” by Erik Norlander

3. “Iron Man” by Keith Emerson

4. “Camera Obscura” by David Bryce

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