Alesis QS6.1 Reference Manual - Cyborgstudio.com

PART 3
FIRST SESSION
POWERING UP
First Session: Part 3
Once your QS6.1 is connected to an audio system of some kind, you are ready to play.
HereÕs how to begin.
1) Make sure that all connections have been made correctly, and that the volume
controls in your amplification system and QS6.1 are set to zero.
2) Throw the QS6.1Õs rear-panel [ON/OFF] switch to ON (the up position). The
display should light up and look something like this:
If this isnÕt the first time your QS6.1 has been used, it may not say PROG in the
bottom left of the display. Press the [PROGRAM] button once to change that.
3) Push the [VOLUME] slider all the way up.
4) Turn on your amplifier or mixer, and gradually raise its volume while playing
your QS6.1. When the sound is as loud as you want, stop.
PLAYING THE DEMO SEQUENCES
The QS6.1 has five built-in sequences designed to demonstrate its rich variety of
sounds and signal-processing effects. To hear these at their best, make sure to run
your QS6.1 in stereo (or else listen on headphones).
Please note: Your QS6.1 doesnÕt send out MIDI messages during demo playback. In
addition, the keyboard is disabled. You can listen to the demos, but you canÕt play
along with them.
· To play all five sequences in order, hold down the [MIX] button and press [0].
When all five have played, your QS6.1 will exit DEMO mode on its own.
· To stop the demos at any point during playback, press [MIX] again.
· To play a specific demo, hold down [MIX] and press any of the five number
buttons from [0] through [4]. After a brief pause playback will start with the
demo youÕve selected, then continue through the remaining demos until done.
Note: After any of the demos stop playing, the QS6.1 will automatically return
itself to Program Mode. The next time you enter Mix Mode you will probably see the
name of the demo which was last played. This is because the Mix which was used
for the demo sequence remained in the Mix Mode edit buffers, which is normal. To
clear this, call up another Mix.
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