ALESIS QS8.1 - Manual (Page 63)

MIDI: Part 5
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TRANSPOSING MIDI NOTE NUMBERS PER ZONE
You can transpose different zones on the QS’s keyboard so they send higher or lower
MIDI note numbers to external MIDI devices than you are actually playing.
Here’s how: Once the initial conditions are met (MIDI Out set to ON, Keyboard and
MIDI In set to OFF), all you have to do from within Mix Edit mode is press the Pitch
function button [70] and “tune” the external MIDI devices as if they were internal
Programs using pages 1 and 2. That’s it!
Between the Octave and Semitone parameters (pages 1 and 2, respectively), this gives
you a +/- 3 octave control over your other gear in any zone! And even if your
external MIDI devices are being transposed in this manner by the QS, they will
follow the [TRANSPOSE] button even further up or down.
Combine this with the multi-octave range of your QS and that means there isn’t any
note you can’t reach in the entire MIDI specification of 128 possible notes! Now you
see why we think the QS is such a powerful controller.
SENDING CARD SEQUENCE DATA TO EXTERNAL
DEVICES
There is an option box in Sound Bridge which allows you to set up the sequences on
a given card so they will be transmitted from the QS’s MIDI Output jack. Basically
what it does is toggle the QS’s MIDI Out parameter between Out and Thru (Global
Edit Mode, page 16).
A setting of OUT causes Card sequence data to play QS Programs only, while
allowing the MIDI Out jack to function relatively normally (so you can play your
MIDI gear from the keyboard while the sequence is playing).
A setting of THRU passes sequence data on to external MIDI devices from the MIDI
Output jack of your QS, allowing both QS Programs and sounds from other MIDI
devices to be played from a Card sequence. You will be able to play QS Programs
from its keyboard, but you will not be able to play external MIDI devices while the
sequence is running.
Note: It is highly inadvisable to enter Global Edit mode and toggle between these two settings
while a sequence is running. If this happens, the QS could inadvertently send large bursts of
data to your external MIDI devices.