Alesis DG8 Manual Do Utilizador

Page 2: Local Control
It is possible to use the DG8 as a MIDI controller in a MIDI system without playing
its own internal or card sounds

 by turning Local Control off. In this situation, the

DG8’s keyboard becomes a MIDI transmitter only and does not affect the voices.

This feature is particularly useful when playing the DG8 with a sequencer. The
sequencer controls the DG8 while the DG8’s keyboard can be used to play another
MIDI instrument. Just be sure that the sequencer (or any device controlling the DG8)
is not “echoing” MIDI notes from the DG8’s keyboard back into the DG8 (unless
that’s what you want to do).

When this display is shown, pressing the 

▲ 

and 

▼ 

arrows turns Local Control 

ON

 (the

default setting: the keyboard plays the DG8 normally) or 

OFF

 (the DG8’s keyboard

plays to 

 only).

Page 3: AUX Pedal Assignment
This page allows you to determine how the rear panel 

 jack responds

to a pedal input, either modulation – rotating speaker for the 

 Bank –

or volume control. This means that you can tell the DG8 that if a pedal is plugged
into the 

 jack, it be either a modulation pedal or a volume control pedal.

When this display is shown, pressing the 

▲ 

and 

▼ 

arrows toggles between

Modulation

 and 

Volume

. The default setting is 

Volume

.

Page 4: Keyboard Scaling
This function is a sensitivity control for the DG8’s velocity response. This function
tells the DG8 how to respond to changes in how hard or how soft you play the keys.

When this page is displayed, you will have a choice of values between 

00

 and 

99

with the default setting at 

50

. It’s harder to play loudly and easy to play softly when

Keyboard Scaling is set to 

00

.

At the other extreme, a setting of 

99

 makes it very easy to play loudly and difficult to

play softly.

Use the 

▲ 

and 

▼ 

arrows to scroll through the range until the desired scaling value is

displayed. Pressing 

▲ 

and 

▼

 together resets the display to the default value of 

50

.

Page 5: Bass Sustain
When using the sustain pedal in Split mode, it is usually not desirable to have the
left-hand bass sustain when the pedal is stepped on. This parameter defaults to 

OFF

so that only the sound on the upper key range sustains. Use the 

▲ 

and 

▼ 

arrows to

turn this function 

ON

 if you want the Bass Programs to sustain with the pedal.

Page 6: Sustain Catching
There may be circumstances where the DG8’s Sustain Pedal Catching function is not
especially useful for what you’re playing. Use the 

▲ 

and 

▼ 

arrows on this page to

turn the Sustain Catching feature of the DG8 

ON

 or 

OFF

. For details on what this

function does, see the description on the next page. Its default setting is 

ON

.