Разделяне клавиатурата на Alesis QS6, QS7 и QS8

[misterj]

Тъй като преди седмица си смених стария и вярно служещ ми Korg M1 и на негово място купих Alesis QS7, се сблъсках с един проблем. Как да разделя клавиатурата (т.н. split)? Свалил цялото ръководство, но колкото и да се опитвах, не успях да разбера процедурата. Трябва да кажа, че упътването не е на нивото на упътванията на Корг или Роланд от същите години.

След като официалният представител на Алесис в България не успя да ми помогне ("....ъъъ ами ние не сме имали такъв в магазина от 3-4 години и не знаем как....) се свързах с представителят на Алесис в .... Обединеното кралство.

След 24 часа имах нужната информация, която ще споделя с вас. Надявам се това да спести много изгубено време на колеги с такива синтезатори.

 

 

Setting the lower and upper note ranges for the first Program

sound

 

1. Press MIX.

 

2. Press 00 PIANO in the SOUND GROUP selection buttons.

 

3. Press 0 in the PROGRAM/MIX selection buttons. You should now be in the

Program “Zen Piano”.

 

4. Look at the PAGE buttons to the left of the LCD. You will see the words MIX

CHANNEL PROGAM SELECT below them. These buttons let you choose a

MIDI channel 1-16 and assign and edit the Program on that channel. The MIDI

channel numbers can be seen along the bottom of the LCD and will flash when a

channel has been selected for editing.

 

5. Press MIX CHANNEL PROGRAM SELECT- RIGHT until you see “PnoStrVox”

#009 BANK: PRESET3 and MIDI channel 1 flashing on the LCD. This is the piano

Program that plays through channel 1 and makes up one half of the “Zen Piano” mix.

We’re now going to set the range for this sound.

 

6. Press EDIT SELELCT.

 

7. Press 110 RHYTHM/FX (Range) in the SOUND GROUP selection buttons.

 

8. The LCD should read “RANGE LoLim:". If it doesn’t, press the PAGE RIGHT

button repeatedly until it does.

 

9. We’re now going to set the lowest note on the keyboard that the “PnoStrVox” sound

will play. Press and hold 110 RHYTHM/FX (Range) in the SOUND GROUP

selection buttons. While holding this button down, press the lowest note on your

keyboard. The LCD shows you the note name and number you’ve set the lowest limit

to.

 

10. Now we want to set the highest note limit “PnoStrVox” will play. Press PAGE

RIGHT. The LCD shows “RANGE HiLim”.

 

11. Press and hold 110 RHYTHM/FX (Range) in the SOUND GROUP selection

buttons. While holding this button down, press the highest note you want the

“PnoStrVox” sound to play, in this case the note “B” below middle “C”. The LCD

should read “HiLim: B2 059”. If it doesn’t, you can use the VALUE UP or DOWN

buttons until it does.

 

12. Now play the keyboard. You’ll hear that the piano sound stops at the middle “C”

(C3) and only the string sound plays on the right-hand side of the keyboard.

 

Setting the lower and upper note ranges for the Second Program

sound

 

13. Press MIX to get out of EDIT MODE.

 

14. Press MIX CHANNEL PROGRAM SELECT- RIGHT until the LCD reads

“String Vox” #052 BANK: PRESET 1 and MIDI channel 2 is flashing in the LCD.

This is the string Program that plays through channel 2 and makes up the other half of

the “Zen Piano” mix. We’re now going to set the range for this sound.

 

15. Press EDIT SELECT.

 

16. Press 110 RHYTHM/FX (Range) in the SOUND GROUP selection buttons.

 

17. The LCD should read “RANGE LoLim:”. If it doesn’t, press the PAGE RIGHT

button repeatedly until it does.

 

18. We’re now going to set the lowest note on the keyboard that the “String Vox” sound

will play. Press and hold 110 RHYTHM/FX (Range) in the SOUND GROUP

selection buttons. While holding this button down, press the lowest note you want the

string sound to play, in this case Middle “C” (C3) on your keyboard. The LCD

should read “LoLim: C3 060”. If it doesn’t, you can use the VALUE UP and DOWN

buttons until it does.

 

19. Now we want to set the highest note limit “String Vox” will play. Press PAGE

RIGHT. The LCD shows “Range HiLim:”.

 

20. Press and hold 110 RHYTHM/FX (Range) in the SOUND GROUP selection

buttons. While holding this button down, press the highest note you want the “String

Vox” sound to play, e.g. the highest note on your keyboard. The LCD shows you the

note name and number you’ve set the highest limit to.

 

21. Now play the keyboard. You’ll hear that the “String Vox” sound stops at the Middle

“C” (C3) and only “PnoStrVox” plays on the left-hand side of the keyboard.

 

22. If you like the way your split keyboard Mix sounds, press STORE.

 

23. Use the SOUND GROUP and PROGRAM/MIX selection buttons to choose a

number to save your Mix to in the User Bank.

 

24. Press STORE again and you’re done!

 

If you want to set up zones for more than 2 sounds just follow the procedure above to set

the lower and upper note limits to your desired settings for each Program and Mix.

 

Split Keyboard: Changing the Programs

1. Press MIX.

 

2. Press BANK RIGHT or BANK LEFT until the LCD shows “BANK: PRESET 1”.

 

3. Press “20” in the SOUND GROUP selection buttons. This puts you in the ORGAN

mixes.

 

4. Press ”2” in the PROGRAM/MIX selection buttons. You should now be in ”PercN

Ped 1”.

 

5. Play the keyboard. The left hand is an organ foot pedal, while the right is a

percussive organ sound.

 

6. Press the PAGE RIGHT button repeatedly until you see “KiknPedals” #027 BANK:

PRESET 3 and MIDI channel 1 is blinking along the bottom of the LCD. This is the

bass pedal Program used for the left-hand of the keyboard. We are going to change

this to a sound in the Preset 1 Bank called “KINGSCOURT #026”.

 

7. Press the BANK LEFT button until you see “BANK: PRESET 1”.

 

8. Press the DOWN VALUE button until you see “KINGSCOURT #026” (or use the

VALUE buttons to select a sound of your choice). Play the lower end of the

keyboard to hear.

Now that you’ve found the bass sound you want, let’s change the way the right-hand side

of the keyboard sounds.

 

9. Press the PAGE RIGHT button until you see “Real Prc B” #020 BANK: PRESET 1

and MIDI channel 2 blinking along the bottom of the LCD. This is the percussive

organ Program used for the right-hand of the keyboard. We are going to change this

to a sound in the Preset 2 Bank called “High Mass” #025.

 

10. Press the BANK RIGHT button until you see “BANK: PRESET 2”.

 

11. Press the UP VALUE button until you see “High Mass” #025 (or use the VALUE

buttons to select a sound of your choice). Play the upper end of the keyboard to hear.

 

12. Now play both ends of the keyboard to try out your new Mix.

 

13. If you like the way your new Mix sounds press STORE.

 

14. Use the SOUND GROUP and PROGRAM/MIX selection buttons to choose a

number to save your Mix to in the User Bank.

15. Press STORE again and you’re done!

Редактирано Май 24, 2011 от misterj