Manuali utente per Alesis QS8

Sommario

• 1: SETTING UP

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• Unpacking and Inspection

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• AC Power

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• Line Conditioners and Protectors

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• About Audio Cables

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• Basic Audio Hookup

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• 2: YOUR FIRST SESSION

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• Powering Up

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• Playing the Demo Sequences

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• What’s a Program?

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• What’s a Mix?

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• What's a Bank?

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• About Sound Groups

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• Playing the QS Keyboard

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• Program Mode and Mix Mode

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• Selecting the MIDI Channel in Program Mode

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• Auditioning Internal Programs

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• Selecting Program Banks

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• Realtime Performance Functions

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• The Controller A–D Sliders

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• Auditioning Mix Play Mode

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• Selecting Mix Banks

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• Choosing Programs in a Mix

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• Storing an Edited Mix

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• Enabling General MIDI Mode

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• Using the PCMCIA Expansion Card Slots

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• A Word About the QS CD-ROM

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• Sound Bridge ™

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• 3: CONNECTIONS

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• Basic MIDI Hookup

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• Using an External Sequencer

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• About the Keyboard Mode

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• Using a Computer

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• IBM® PCs and compatibles

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• Macintosh ™

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• Master Controller for Live Use

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• Pedal and Footswitch Hookup

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• Digital Audio/Optical Hookup

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• Recording Digital Audio

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• 48 KHz In

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• 4: OVERVIEW

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• Basic Architecture

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• QS Polyphony

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• Modes

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• Program Play Mode

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• Mix Play Mode

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• Program Edit Mode

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• Mix Edit Mode

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• Effects Edit Mode

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• Global Edit Mode

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• Store Mode

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• Compare Mode

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• The User Interface: Display, Functions, Pages, and Parameters

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• About the Display

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• Page Buttons

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• Editing Values

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• Resetting a Parameter Value

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• Parameter Editing Overview

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• Selecting Functions and Parameters

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• Comparing Edited and Stored Versions

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• Preset Memory and User Memory

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• Storing

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• Store a Program or Mix

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• Copying Sounds Between Programs

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• Copying Effects Between Programs

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• To Audition Programs Before Storing

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• 5: EDITING MIXES

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• What is a Mix?

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• Program Assign for each MIDI Channel

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• Mix Edit Mode

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• Understanding the Edit Buffers

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• Level Setting for Each Program

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• Pitch

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• Effect

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• Keyboard/MIDI

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• Controllers

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• Transmitting MIDI Volume and Panning

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• Setting the Range and MIDI Switches

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• Naming a Mix

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• Polyphony in Mix Play Mode

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• Using the QS as a Master Keyboard

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• Setting the MIDI Out Channels for a Mix in Global Mode

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• Using Keyboard Mode with the Serial Jack

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• 6: EDITING PROGRAMS

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• Overview

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• The “Normalized” Synth Voice

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• How the QS Generates Sound

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• Program Sound Layers

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• QS Signal Flow

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• The Four Sounds of a Program

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• Voice

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• Lowpass Filter

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• Amp

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• About Modulation

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• LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator)

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• Envelopes

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• About Signal Processing

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• Drum Mode

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• Program Edit Functions

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• Voice

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• Level

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• Pitch

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• Filter

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• Amp/Range

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• Pitch Envelope

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• Filter Envelope

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• Amp Envelope

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• Name

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• Mod 1 - Mod 6

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• Pitch LFO

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• Filter LFO

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• Amp LFO

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• Tracking Generator

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• Programming Drum Sounds

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• Voice

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• Level

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• Pitch

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• Filter

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• Amp/Range

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• Amp Envelope

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• Copying Sounds

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• Copying Effects

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• Initializing Programs

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• 7: EDITING EFFECTS

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• About Signal Processing

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• Selecting an Effects Patch in Mix Mode

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• Setting Effects Send Levels

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• Clip

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• Editing Effects

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• Navigating

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• Storing Effect Patches In Program Mode

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• Storing Effect Patches in Mix Mode

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• Copying Effect Patches

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• Configurations

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• EQ

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• Mod

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• Delay

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• Reverb

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• Input Levels

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• Overdrive

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• Mix

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• 8: GLOBAL SETTINGS

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• Editing Global Parameters

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• Master Pitch

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• Master Tune

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• Keyboard Curve

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• Keyboard Scaling

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• Keyboard Transpose

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• Keyboard Mode

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• General MIDI

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• Enabling General MIDI Mode via MIDI

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• Controllers A – D Assignment

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• Pedals 1 and 2 Assignment

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• Using a Pedal to Control Volume or Modulation

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• MIDI Program Select

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• Receiving/Transmitting Bank Change Messages

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• Input/Output

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• MIDI Out

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• Reset Controllers

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• Controller Mode

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• Clock

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• 9: MIDI TRANSFER AND STORAGE OPERATIONS

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• Using PCMCIA Expansion Cards

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• Saving the User Bank to a PCMCIA Card

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• Loading a Bank from an External Card

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• Storing an Individual Program or Mix

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• Loading an Individual Program or Mix

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• Card Storage RAMifications

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• Saving Programs via MIDI Sys Ex

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• APPENDIX A: TROUBLE-SHOOTING

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• Trouble-Shooting Index

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• Re-initializing

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• Checking Software Version

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• Maintenance/Service

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• Cleaning

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• Maintenance

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• Refer All Servicing to Alesis

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• Obtaining Repair Service

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• APPENDIX B: MIDI SUPPLEMENT

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• MIDI Basics

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• MIDI Hardware

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• MIDI Message Basics

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• Channel Messages: Mode Messages

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• Channel Messages: Voice Messages

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• System Common Messages

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• General MIDI

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• APPENDIX C: MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART

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• APPENDIX D: PARAMETERS INDEX

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• Program Edit Parameters

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• Mix Edit Parameters

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• INDEX

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