ALESIS QS8.1 - Manual (Page 172)

Part 8: Editing Programs
160 QS7.1/QS8.1 Reference Manual
To audition Programs before overwriting them with STORE
…when editing a Program from within Mix Mode:
❿ While in Mix Program Edit mode, press [PROGRAM].
This selects Program Play Mode, retaining your edits to the Program in Mix Edit.
❡ Use the [ BANK] and [BANK ] buttons select the User Bank (or a Card bank).
① 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.
➃ Press [MIX].
This recalls the edit buffer in Mix Mode, which contains your edited Program.
➄ Press [EDIT SELECT] twice, until “MIXPROG EDIT” appears in the lower-left
corner of the display.
➅ Press [STORE].
The display will show you the “Save Program” screen, with the current bank and
number of the Program you want to store on the botttom line (unless you started from a
Preset program).
➆ 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 3.
♠ Press [STORE] again.
The Program is now stored.
At this point your edited Program is stored, but the Mix you were inside before
storing the Program still has the Program’s original location stored in memory. If the
edited Program was saved to a different Program number, you’ll need to store the
Mix as well. So:
❻ Press [MIX].
This selects Mix Play Mode.
⑩ Press [STORE] twice.
The Mix is now stored.