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EDITING GLOBAL PARAMETERS
Basic Operation: Part 4
To enter Global Edit Mode:
1) Press [EDIT SELECT].
2) Press the [BANK ] button (thatÕs the one that has GLOBAL written beneath
it). The display will look like this:
Now look in the upper right corner of the display. There you will see an indicator
that says P1. This stands for Page One, and it tells you where you are among the 18
possible Global parameters. (Naturally enough, since there are 18 parameters
there are also 18 separate pages.)
· To move around inside Global Edit Mode, youÕll use the [ PAGE] and [PAGE ]
·
buttons. These cycle you through all the available pages and their associated
parameters. (Try it and youÕll see that the page indicator changes as you go.)
To change the settings you see in the Global Edit pages, use either the [D] slider
(the one with EDIT VALUE written under it) or the two [VALUE] buttons.
· To leave Global Edit Mode, press either [MIX] (to return to Mix Mode) or
[PROGRAM] (to return to Program Mode).
You can also shift directly from setting Global parameters to editing either
Programs or Mixes by pressing one of the 23 [SELECTION] buttons. But thatÕs for
later in this manual. Right now, we want to stick to Global changes only.
PAGE 1 — MASTER PITCH
As you can probably guess from its name, this setting controls the Master Pitch of
your QS6.1. Adjust this parameter when you wish to globally transpose all sounds
played by the QS6.1, whether from the keyboard or by incoming MIDI information.
This parameter does not change the pitch of drum sounds (but see note below). It
also has no effect on the Range settings in Mixes and Programs, or on what note data
gets sent from the QS6.1Õs MIDI Out when you play the keyboard.
The range for this setting is Ð12 to 12, which is equivalent to down or up by one
octave (in semitones).
Note: Changing MASTER PITCH can alter QS6.1 drumkits in unpredictable ways,
because it shifts the key assignments of multi-sampled drumkits in Keyboard Mode
but doesnÕt shift Drum Mode sounds. Most Preset drumkits are constructed using a
combination of the two. (For an explanation of Drum Mode, see Part 8: EDITING
PROGRAMS.) This goes for incoming MIDI notes as well as notes played on the
keyboard, so your drum parts will play back differently than you laid them down
if you alter Master Pitch after recording. If you want to explore these changes, go
ahead Ñ you can always return things to normal by setting MASTER PITCH back to
00.
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