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Chapter 2: Your First Session
S ELECTING THE MIDI C HANNEL IN P ROGRAM M ODE
While in Program Play Mode (press [PROGRAM]), the QS can transmit and receive
information on any single MIDI channel of the 16 available channels. The currently
selected channel appears in the bottom-right corner of the display.
PROG PRESET1 ºº
GrandPiano Ch01
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Current MIDI Channel
¿ Use the [ PAGE] and [PAGE ] buttons to select a MIDI channel from 1 – 16.
The display will change to indicate the currently selected MIDI channel.
A UDITIONING I NTERNAL P ROGRAMS
¿ Press the [PROGRAM] button to select Program Play Mode.
You can now play the QS keyboard; the Program will be whatever was selected
when last in Program mode (Program number 00 –127).
¡ Select a Program using either of these methods:
• Use the [00] – [120] buttons to select a Sound Group, then use the [0] – [9]
buttons to select a Program within the Sound Group.
The selected Sound Group determines the tens digit of the selected
Program’s number. Example: Selecting the [60] Sound Group lets you select
Programs 60 through 69. The [100] Sound Group lets you select Programs
100 through 109.
• Use the [s VALUE] and [VALUE t] buttons to step forwards and backwards
through all the Programs one at a time.
J When in Program Play Mode and the [120] Group is selected, the [8] and [9] buttons
will not function, since Programs only go from 00 to 127.
S ELECTING P ROGRAM B ANKS
The QS provides five internal Banks containing 128 Programs in each (and 100
Mixes each, but we’ll get to Mixes in a moment). The currently selected Bank will be
shown in the upper line of the display, just above the currently selected Program’s
name.
Current Bank
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PROG PRESET1 ºº
GrandPiano Ch01
• Use the [ BANK] and [BANK ] buttons to select a Bank (User, Preset 1 – 3,
GenMIDI).
User and Preset Banks are described in detail in Chapter 4.
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