Alesis DG8 Manuel D’Utilisation

5. Single Mode

The DG8 is in Single mode when a Keyboard or Card Program is played alone
– the DG8 is not in a Layer or Split. The Program’s name and label appears in
the top line of the display under the 

 heading. The Keyboard

or Card Program that is displayed here will be appropriately called the
Primary sound or simply “the Primary” throughout the manual.

With this principle in mind, you can think of a Layer as “adding another
Keyboard or Card Program to be played on top of the current Primary”.
Likewise, a Split is created when “a Bass or Card Program is played on the
lower range of keys with the Primary on the upper range”. The Layer and
Split play modes are described in the following two topics:

6. Layers

A Layer is simply two Keyboard or Card Programs (or one of each) stacked
one on top of the other. Selecting a Layer causes the keys to play the two
Programs simultaneously. There are two methods you can use to create a
Layer:

•

 

Press and hold the 

 button then press a Keyboard Bank button

or the 

 button. The current Program in the 

 display will be

layered with a second Keyboard Program (or a Card Program) that
appears in the 

 segment of the display.

•

 

Press a Keyboard Bank button to select the Primary sound. While you
are still pressing the Keyboard Bank button

, press another Keyboard

Bank or the 

 button to select the Layer sound.

•

 

In either case, use the 

▲ 

and 

▼ 

arrows, if necessary, to select the desired

Keyboard Program or Card Program of the 

 sound.

•

 

You can layer two Programs from the same Keyboard Bank. After
selecting the desired Primary program, press and hold the 

button and press the same Keyboard Bank button. Use the 

▲ 

and 

▼

arrows to select the desired Keyboard Program in that Bank. Please note
that this method is the only way you can layer two Keyboard Programs
from the same Bank.

•

 

If a Card Program is the Primary, pressing and holding 

 then

pressing 

 causes two Card Programs to be layered. Please note that

this method – using the 

 button to create the Layer – is the only

way you can layer two Card Programs.

•

 

Use the 

 slider to adjust the volume of the 

 sound

 to the 

.

•

 

To exit this mode, press the 

 button.