ALESIS QS8.1 User Manual

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Index

QS7.1/QS8.1 Reference Manual

180

Button [80] ‘Pitch’.......................83–88

mono chorus..................................84
mono flange..................................85
pitch detune.................................86
resonator......................................86
stereo chorus................................84
stereo flange................................85

Button [90] ‘Delay’......................89–90
Button [100] ‘Reverb’...................90–95

reverb parameters...................93–95

Button [110] ‘Overdrive’...................96
Button [120] ‘Effect Mix’..............97–98
changing effects via MIDI................64
copying effects between Programs.....66
display changes during editing........65
Effect Sends

selecting..................76, 102, 119, 153
setting levels................102, 119, 153

getting into Effects Edit Mode..........62
navigating the edit functions...........63
routing through Effects only.............75
selecting a configuration..................67
selecting effects in a Mix..................63
storing effects in Mix Mode...............65
storing effects in Program Mode........65

overview............................................67

Envelope, defined.................................112
EQ (equalization)..................................77
Expansion cards

compatible types...............................160
important user information.................163
loading a Bank..................................161
loading one Program or Mix................162
saving one Program or Mix..................162
saving the User Bank.........................160
using Alesis QCards......................28, 160
using Flash RAM...................28, 159, 160
using RAM cards................................160
using SRAM cards..................28, 160, 164

Expression pedal....................................27

F

Filters

cutoff frequency...........................110, 123
envelopes.......................112, 125, 133–35
LFOs..........................................112, 146
modulating..........................111, 123, 124

Flash RAM.................. see Expansion cards

G

General MIDI (described)......................172

turning GM on/off................................44

Global Settings

chart..................................................40

Clock Source/Clock Rate.....................48
CONTROLLER A-D sliders

assigning MIDI controller numbers....44
mode...............................................47
reset................................................47

editing...............................................41
General MIDI.....................................44
Input/Output mode.............................46
Keyboard Mode..................................43
Keyboard Velocity Curve....................42
Keyboard Velocity Scaling.................42
Master Pitch.......................................41
Master Tune........................................42
MIDI Out mode...................................47
MIDI Program Select mode..................46
Pedal 1 MIDI control number assign......45
Pedal 2 MIDI control number assign......45
Transpose...........................................43

H

Headphones jack....................................10
How to Use This Manual..........................1

Manual conventions...............................2

K

Keyboard Velocity Curve.......................42
Keyboard Velocity Scaling.....................42

L

LCD Display.........................................21
Lezlie effect......................................81–82
LFO, defined.........................................112

M

Macintosh

, using QS with.....................15

MAIN outputs........................................10
Maintenance

cleaning.............................................167
preventative measures.......................167

MIDI

advanced hookup

QS as controller (master)............54–57
transmitting card sequence data.......57
transmitting MIDI Panning..............56
transmitting MIDI Volume...............56
transposing MIDI Note Numbers......57

assigning MIDI controller numbers..44, 45
Bank Select messages..........................52
basic hookup.......................................12

QS as controller (master).................13
QS as link in a chain........................13
QS as slave.....................................12
QS in computer network...................13

changing the MIDI Channel................30

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