ALESIS QS8.1 - Manual (Page 20)

Overview: Part 2
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THE WHEELS
At the far left of the front panel you will find two powerful controllers:
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The [PITCH] wheel. Move this control up or down to expressively bend the pitch
of the synth.
• The [MODULATION] wheel. Move this control to cause interesting sonic changes
in the current Program or Mix.
Sometimes you won’t hear anything happen when you use the [MODULATION]
wheel. In these cases, either (A) the current Program or Mix isn’t programmed
to respond to modulation, or (B) modulation is tied to a function that is currently
off. Here’s an example of the latter: if the [MODULATION] wheel is
programmed to control chorus speed, but chorus d e p t h is currently set at zero,
then moving the [MODULATION] wheel won’t do anything audible.
THE SLIDERS
Moving to the right, you will see 5 different sliders:
• The [VOLUME] slider. This fader raises and lowers the QS7.1/QS8.1’s audio
output level.
• [CONTROLLERS A, B, C, and D]. These faders are programmable and can be
used to give you hands-on control of many different parameters. What they do
will vary depending on how the Program or Mix has been designed. As you move
them, the LCD gives you visual feedback in the form of small vertical bar-
graphs. Please note: this only happens if a control function is assigned to the
slider being moved. That means the quickest way to find out which sliders are
working in a given Program is to push all four sliders up while watching the
display.
During editing, the [CONTROLLER D] slider serves as a data entry control.