ALESIS QS8.1 - Manual (Page 171)

Editing Programs: Part 8
QS7.1/QS8.1 Reference Manual
T O A UDITION P ROGRAMS B EFORE S TORING
To look for available memory locations to permanently store your Program into, you
can move between Program Mode and Mix Mode without losing your changes. This
is because Program Mode uses a Program edit buffer, and Mix Mode uses its own
Mix edit buffer along with 16 additional Program edit buffers. These buffers are
retained when moving between Program Mode and Mix Mode, making it easy to
search for a suitable location to store your newly created Program. Example: While in
Program Edit mode, go to Mix Mode and scroll through the Program list on one of
the Channels; while editing a Program from within Mix Mode, go to Program Mode
to scroll through the Program list.
The way to tell the difference between a program edited in Program Mode and one
edited from Mix Mode is by looking at the display: in Program Edit Mode, “
PROG
EDIT ” appears in the lower-left corner of the display, while in Mix Program Edit
Mode, “ MIXPROG EDIT ” appears.
You will lose your changes if you remain in the same mode and recall a different
Mix/Program by pressing the [0] – [9] or [00] – [120] buttons.
To audition Programs before overwriting them with [ STORE ]
…when editing a Program in Program Mode:
❿ While in Program Edit mode, press [MIX].
This selects Mix Play Mode, retaining your edits to the Program in an edit buffer.
❡ Use the [ BANK] and [BANK ] buttons to select Preset Bank 4; then press
[00] and [0] to select the “GM Multi“ Mix 00. This is a good “generic” Mix for our
auditioning purposes.
① Press both [PAGE] buttons simultaneously to select Channel 1.
➃ Use the [ BANK] and [BANK ] buttons select the User Bank (or a Card bank).
➄ Use the [0] – [9] or [00] – [120] buttons to go through the Programs in the
selected Bank until you find one you wish to overwrite with the new edited
Program. Take a note of the number.
➅ Press [PROGRAM] to enter Program Play Mode.
This recalls the edit buffer in Program Mode, which still contains your edited Program.
➆ Press [STORE].
The display will show you the “Save Program” screen, with the current bank and
number of the Program you are editing on the botttom line (unless you started from a
Preset program).
♠ Use a combination of the [CONTROLLER D] slider, the [BANK] buttons, the
[VALUE] buttons, and the 23 [SELECTION] buttons to select the Program
Number you noted in step 5.
❻ Press [STORE] again.
The Program is now stored.
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