ALESIS QS8.1 - Manual (Page 21)

Part 2: Overview
20 QS7.1/QS8.1 Reference Manual
THE EDIT MODE BUTTONS
There are 6 buttons grouped together at the immediate left of the display:
• [▲ VALUE]. When you are editing, this button increments the selected value. At
all other times it steps you forward through the available Programs or Mixes,
depending on which mode you’ve selected.
• [VALUE ▼]. Same as [▲ VALUE], except that it decrements values and steps
backward through Programs and Mixes.
• [EDIT SELECT]. This button takes you into Edit Mode. To get back out, press
either [MIX] or [PROGRAM].
• [STORE]. A true multi-purpose control. It is involved in making MIDI sys-ex
transfers, in saving and loading both User and Card Banks, in copying Effects
patches, and when initializing individual Sounds within a Program. When
editing, this is the button you’d press to store an altered Program or Mix to a
selected location in the QS’s memory. In normal performance it gives you a quick
way to copy the current Program or Mix to a new location.
• [ PAGE]. When editing, this button cycles you backward through the
available “pages” for the current parameter (there’s an indicator in the upper
right of the LCD that tells you what page you are on). In Program Mode, this
button changes your QS’s basic MIDI channel. In Mix Mode, it is used to display
the Programs assigned to different MIDI channels, so that you can change these
assignments on the fly.
• [PAGE ]. Same as just above, except that it cycles you forward instead of
backward.