ALESIS QSR 64 - Manual (Page 20)

Your First Session: Chapter 2
QSR Reference Manual 10
If an internal Program uses one or more Sounds that reside on a sound card, the sound card
must be inserted into the same PCMCIA EXPANSION CARD slot, [A] or [B], as when the
Program was stored. In other words, if a Program uses a Sound found on the card currently
inserted in slot [A], then the same card must be inserted into slot [A] for that sound to be
used when this Program is recalled. Although the card can physically be used in either slot,
once a Program is stored using a Sound on a card it expects to find that card in the identical
slot it was in when the Program was stored. The same is true when a Program residing on the
card in slot [A] uses a Sound stored on card [B], or vice-versa.
If an internal Mix uses one or more Programs that reside on a sound card, the sound card
must be inserted into the same PCMCIA EXPANSION CARD slot, [A] or [B], as when the
Mix was stored. The same is true when a Mix residing on the card in slot [A]uses a Program
stored on card [B], or vice-versa.
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BOUT THE
QSR CD-ROM
Included with the QSR is a CD-ROM containing various useful software programs to
use with your QSR. These include various Alesis and third-party programs, QSR
sounds and samples, sequences stored in the MIDI Song File (SMF) format, plus
demonstration software we thought you would find interesting. Most of these
programs are provided in both Macintosh
™ and IBM ® PC formats.
S
OUND
B
RIDGE
™
Among the files contained on the CD-ROM is a software program called Sound
Bridge
™ . Sound Bridge is a sound development utility which compiles custom
samples from a variety of sources into the QS Synthesis Voice format, and downloads
the compiled data to an Alesis PCMCIA Flash RAM Sound Card via MIDI Sysex to a
QSR, QS8, QS7 or QS6. Sound Bridge allows individuals and sound developers to
make their own Sound Cards, using whatever samples they want. Sound Bridge
makes this possible without having a PCMCIA card burner attached to your
computer. All you need is at least one QS-series synth (such as the QSR, QS7 or QS8).
Sound Bridge creates a QS Voice (multi-sample) by loading Digidesign Sample Cell I
or Sample Cell™ II format Instrument files. Using this format, Sound Bridge is able
to determine key group and velocity group split points, root notes, sample playback
rates, tunings, start points, loop points, and loop tunings. Sound Bridge can also
create QS Voices without Sample Cell Instruments by loading single AIFF, Sound
Designer™ and Sound Designer II files, MacOS™ System Sounds and PC WAV files.
Sound Bridge does NOT require Sample Cell hardware. The Sample Cell Instrument
file, or sample file, may be loaded directly into Sound Bridge from any disk (i.e. CD-
ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, etc.). For example, a user may load data from a Sample
Cell CD-ROM, and send this data to the QuadraSynth PCMCIA Card, without ever
using Sample Cell!
The Sound Bridge folder on the CD-ROM contains the Sound Bridge application, and
an electronic manual which will give you all the information you need to know to
run Sound Bridge.
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