ALESIS QSR 64 - Manual (Page 5)

Table of Contents
QSR Reference Manual 4
MIDI CH Buttons ............................................................................................................. 32
Editing Values .................................................................................................................. 32
Parameter Editing Overview ......................................................................................... 32
Comparing Edited and Stored Versions..................................................................................... 33
Preset Memory and User Memory .............................................................................................. 33
Storing ............................................................................................................................................... 34
Store a Program or Mix................................................................................................... 34
To Audition Programs Before Storing ......................................................................... 35
Copying Sounds Between Programs............................................................................ 37
Copying Effects Between Programs ............................................................................. 37
Initializing the Program/Mix Buffers ......................................................................................... 38
Initializing Sounds........................................................................................................... 38
5: Editing Mixes ...............................................................................39
What is a Mix? ................................................................................................................................. 39
Program Assign for each MIDI Channel .................................................................................... 39
Mix Edit Mode................................................................................................................................. 39
Understanding the Edit Buffers ................................................................................................... 40
Level Setting for Each Program.................................................................................................... 41
Pitch ................................................................................................................................................... 42
Effect.................................................................................................................................................. 42
Keyboard/MIDI .............................................................................................................................. 42
Controllers........................................................................................................................................ 43
Transmitting MIDI Volume and Panning ................................................................... 43
Setting the Range and MIDI Switches......................................................................................... 44
Naming a Mix .................................................................................................................................. 44
Polyphony in Mix Play Mode....................................................................................................... 45
Playing a Group of Channels in a Mix........................................................................................ 45
6: Editing Programs ........................................................................47
Overview .......................................................................................................................................... 47
The “Normalized” Synth Voice.................................................................................................... 47
How the QSR Generates Sound ................................................................................................... 48
Program Sound Layers .................................................................................................................. 48
QSR Signal Flow.............................................................................................................................. 49
The Four Sounds of a Program...................................................................................... 49
Voice ................................................................................................................................... 50
Lowpass Filter .................................................................................................................. 50
Amp .................................................................................................................................... 51
About Modulation .......................................................................................................................... 51
LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator)................................................................................... 52
Envelopes .......................................................................................................................... 52
About Signal Processing ................................................................................................................ 52
Drum Mode...................................................................................................................................... 53
Program Edit Functions................................................................................................................. 54
Voice ................................................................................................................................... 54
Level ................................................................................................................................... 57
Pitch .................................................................................................................................... 58
Filter.................................................................................................................................... 60
Amp/Range ...................................................................................................................... 62
Pitch Envelope .................................................................................................................. 65
Filter Envelope.................................................................................................................. 68
Amp Envelope.................................................................................................................. 70
Name .................................................................................................................................. 72
Mod 1 - Mod 6 .................................................................................................................. 73
Pitch LFO ........................................................................................................................... 76
Filter LFO........................................................................................................................... 78
Amp LFO........................................................................................................................... 79
Tracking Generator.......................................................................................................... 80