Understanding The Edit Buffers - Alesis S4 Plus Reference Manual

Chapter 5: Editing Mixes
using the FUNCTION [¨] and [Æ] buttons and (if necessary) the PAGE [¨] and [Æ]
buttons. A Mix also uses the Effect Patch associated with one of its 16 Programs.
Here is a simplified diagram of the signal path in Mix mode.

Understanding the Edit Buffers

In Mix mode, there are 16 Program edit buffers (one for each channel), plus another
buffer for the Mix parameters (Level, Pitch, Range, etc.), and yet another buffer for
the Effects Processor. When you select a Mix from memory, it is copied into the Mix
Edit buffer, the 16 Programs of that Mix are copied into the 16 edit buffers, and the
Effect from one of the 16 Programs is copied into the Effects buffer. If you make
changes to the Mix, they are only temporarily kept in the edit buffer until a new Mix is
selected from memory. Therefore, you MUST store your edited Mix if you want to
keep it.
If in the course of making a Mix, you enter Program Edit mode (by pressing
[SELECT]) and edit one or more Programs in the Mix, the edits you make are entered
into a separate buffer for each Program in the Mix. Note, however, that you DO have
to STORE each edited Program in the User bank (in the same or different Program
number location) before selecting a different Mix, or your changes will be lost. The
same goes for editing the Effects, which will be stored with its associated Program. If
you select another Mix before storing, your changes will be lost.
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