Ontents – ALESIS QSR 64 User Manual
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QSR Reference Manual
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1: Setting Up.....................................................................................7
Unpacking and Inspection ............................................................................................................ 7
AC Power ......................................................................................................................................... 7
Line Conditioners and Protectors ................................................................................. 7
Basic Audio Hookup ...................................................................................................................... 8
About Audio Cables ....................................................................................................................... 9
2: Your First Session .......................................................................11
Powering Up .................................................................................................................................... 11
Playing the Demo Sequences......................................................................................... 11
What’s a Program?.......................................................................................................................... 11
What’s a Mix? .................................................................................................................................. 12
What's a Bank?................................................................................................................................. 12
About Sound Groups ...................................................................................................... 13
Playing the QSR............................................................................................................................... 13
Program Mode and Mix Mode...................................................................................... 13
Auditioning Internal Programs..................................................................................... 14
Selecting Program Banks ................................................................................................ 14
Selecting the MIDI Channel in Program Mode .......................................................... 14
Realtime Performance Functions .................................................................................. 15
Auditioning Mix Play Mode .......................................................................................... 16
Selecting Mix Banks......................................................................................................... 16
Choosing Programs in a Mix ......................................................................................... 17
Storing an Edited Mix ..................................................................................................... 18
Enabling General MIDI Mode ...................................................................................................... 18
Using the PCMCIA Expansion Card Slots ................................................................................. 19
A Word About the QS CD-ROM.................................................................................................. 20
Sound Bridge
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................................................................................................................. 20
3: Connections ..................................................................................21
Basic MIDI Hookup ........................................................................................................................ 21
Using an External Sequencer ........................................................................................................ 22
Using a Computer........................................................................................................................... 23
IBM
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PCs and compatibles............................................................................................ 24
Macintosh
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....................................................................................................................... 24
Digital Audio/Optical Hookup ................................................................................................... 25
Recording Digital Audio ................................................................................................ 25
48 KHz In.......................................................................................................................................... 26
4: Overview ......................................................................................27
Basic Architecture ........................................................................................................................... 27
QS Polyphony.................................................................................................................................. 27
Modes................................................................................................................................................ 28
Program Play Mode......................................................................................................... 28
Mix Play Mode ................................................................................................................. 28
Program Edit Mode ......................................................................................................... 28
Mix Edit Mode.................................................................................................................. 29
Effects Edit Mode ............................................................................................................. 29
Global Edit Mode ............................................................................................................. 29
Store Mode ........................................................................................................................ 29
Compare Mode................................................................................................................. 29
The User Interface: Display, Functions, Pages and Parameters............................................. 30
About the Display............................................................................................................ 30