ALESIS QSR 64 - Manual (Page 46)

Editing Mixes: Chapter 5
QSR Reference Manual 7
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The QSR has 64-note polyphony. In Mix Play Mode, if you have all 16 MIDI channels
assigned to the same keyboard range, and each channel’s Program has only one
active Program Sound, you’ll have 4-note polyphony as you play the keyboard (but a
really thick layer...). This is extreme, of course, but should tell you what you can
expect when you really pile on the layers from the keyboard.
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LAYING A
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In Program Play Mode, you can use the [
▲
MIDI CH
▲
] buttons to set the MIDI
IN channel for the whole instrument. But when using the QSR in Mix Play Mode,
you may need to be able to transmit on several MIDI channels from your MIDI
keyboard, in order to play the different channels within a Mix. However, there is a
way to “group” any number of channels in a Mix to all play simultaneously from a
single MIDI channel (in addition to responding to MIDI information on their
individual channels). This can be done by combining the Group parameter (found in
Mix Edit Mode, Keyboard/MIDI Function, Page 3) and the Mix Group Channel
function (found in Global Edit Mode, Page 13).
➀
From Mix Play Mode, press [EDIT] followed by BANK SELECT [UP] (also labeled
[GLOBAL]).
➁
Turn the [VALUE] knob to get to Page 13.
You will see "MixGroupCH: " in the middle of the display.
➂
Press the [CURSOR
▲
] button once to advance the cursor in the display, and
turn the [VALUE] knob to set the Mix Group Channel between 1 and 16, or Off.
1–16. When the Group Mix Channel parameter is set between 1 and 16, the number it
is set to determines the single MIDI channel which, when MIDI information is
received on it, will play the channels in the selected Mix which have their Group
parameter turned on.
OFF. In this mode, the individual channels used by the selected Mix will only be
triggered by MIDI information received on its designated MIDI channel (Example: the
sound on channel 1 will only respond to information received on MIDI channel 1, the
sound on channel 2 will only respond to information received on MIDI channel 2,
etc.), regardless of whether each channel’s Group parameter has been turned on or
off. However, the MIDI In parameter for each channel must be turned on in order for
that channel to respond to incoming MIDI information on its own channel.