Alesis DG8 User Manual

9. Using the Cursor and the 

▲ 

▼ 

When interacting with the display, the sound that is underlined by the
cursor

 is the one that will be affected by the 

▲ 

and 

▼ 

arrows. You can always

keep track of where the cursor is because during normal operation, the last
sound that you select

 has the cursor. But if necessary, you can move the

cursor to another active segment of the display by pressing the 

 button.

Repeated pressing of the 

 button moves the cursor among the active

fields in the display. Just keep in mind that you can’t move the cursor to a
blank

 field. For example, in a Layer, the cursor will only move between the

 and the 

 sounds. In a Split, the cursor will only move between

the 

 and the 

 sounds. In a Split-with-Layer, the cursor will move

among all three 

, 

 and 

 sounds.

: You can perform a quick reset when certain parameters are being displayed.

Pressing the 

▲ 

and 

▼ 

arrows together will reset the following parameters:

split point resets to C2

transpose value resets to Middle C

Master Tune resets to 

00

 

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: 

Keyboard

 

Scaling

resets to 

50

When the display is in its normal mode of displaying selected Sound Programs,
pressing the 

▲ 

and 

▼ 

arrows together will reset Keyboard Bank and Bass Bank

programs to “

A

”. Card Bank programs reset to 

000

.

10. Level Controls

Raise or lower the 

 slider to adjust the output level to a comfortable

listening volume. The 

 slider adjusts the overall level for everything:

Primary sounds, Layers, Splits and Effects. But you can also use the 

sliders to make further adjustments to the sound balance:

•

 

Adjusting the 

 slider changes the output of the Layer sound

relative to the Primary sound. The output level of the Primary Sound
stays constant when playing a Layer.

•

 

Adjusting the 

 slider changes the output of the Bass Program or the

Card Program assigned to the lower keyboard range relative to the
Primary. The output level of the Primary Sound stays constant when
playing a Split.

•

 

Reverb and Chorus have been pre-programmed in nearly all of the
sounds. You can raise or lower the amount of effects with the 

and 

 sliders.

The exception to this is the 

 Bank which substitutes a

rotating speaker effect instead of chorus. The 

 slider acts as

a speed control for the rotating speaker.

•

 

Remember also that the DG8’s built-in speakers can be turned off by
using the 

 switch on the back panel.