Storing Edited Programs; Auditioning Programs Before Storing - Alesis Q20 User Manual

Storing Edited Programs

Once you are satisfied with the changes you have made to a Program, or are
creating a new Program from scratch, you will need to store your edited Program
back into memory. The Q20 will store the currently selected Program in memory
(which is retained when the unit is turned off). If you edit a Program, the changes
you made will still be there the next time you switch on the unit, even if you hadnÕt
stored the edited Program into memory yet. However, if you select another Program
from memory before storing the edited Program, your changes will be lost. Although
the Q20 has two banks (Preset and User), you can only store Programs in the User
bank.
The Preset bank cannot be permanently changed. If you edit a Program selected from
the Preset bank, you will be able to make changes, but when you attempt to Store
the edited Program, it will be stored into the User bank (in the selected number
location).
To store an edited Program into memory:
Press the [STORE] button.
The [STORE] buttonÕs LED will light. The display will read:
STORE AT:
Éwhereby X is User Bank 0 or 1, YY is a Program number from 0 to 99 and nnnn is
the name of the program that will be overwritten. Both the Program number
and name will be flashing.
Turn the [VALUE/ENTER] knob to select the Program number location in the
User bank to store the edited Program into.
Press the [VALUE/ENTER] button.
The display will momentarily read:
After storing, the User Program location you chose will automatically be
selected and shown in the display (example: if you edited Program 13 and
stored it into location 25, Program 25 will be selected).

Auditioning Programs before Storing

Here is a handy trick you can use in a sticky situation. LetÕs say youÕve just created a
killer Program and you want to store it but you donÕt know where. If you are using
Deferred Mode (Program mode, Page 2), you can scroll through a list of Programs
and view their names without actually recalling them (which would result in
losing your edited Program). If you want to hear what a Program sounds like,
simply press the [COMPARE] button to audition a Program without selecting it.
Once youÕve found the location you want to store into, you can simply press [STORE]
twice to replace the selected Program with your newly created Program.
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X-YY "nnnnnnnnnnnnnn"
PROGRAM STORED
25