Part 9: Extras; A Word About The Qs Cd-Rom; Sound Bridgeª - Alesis QS6.1 Reference Manual

A W A
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Included with the QS6.1 is a CD-ROM containing various useful software programs
to use with your QS6.1. These include various Alesis and third-party programs,
QS6.1 sounds and samples, sequences stored in the MIDI Song File (SMF) format,
plus demonstration software we thought you would find interesting. Most of these
programs are provided in both Macintosh
SOUND BRIDGE™
Among the files contained on the CD-ROM is a software program called Sound
Bridge . Sound Bridge is a sound development utility which compiles custom
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samples from a variety of sources into the QS Synthesis Voice format, and downloads
the compiled data to an Alesis PCMCIA Flash RAM Sound Card via MIDI Sysex to a
QS-series synth, DM Pro Drum Module, Nano Tracker, QuadraSynth Plus Piano or
S4 Plus. Sound Bridge allows individuals and sound developers to make their own
Sound Cards, using whatever samples they want. Sound Bridge makes this possible
without having a PCMCIA card burner attached to your computer. All you need is
one of the aforementioned synthesizers or rack units.
Sound Bridge creates a QS Voice (multi-sample) by loading Digidesign Sample Cell I
or Sample Cellª II format Instrument files. Using this format, Sound Bridge is able
to determine key group and velocity group split points, root notes, sample playback
rates, tunings, start points, loop points, and loop tunings. Sound Bridge can also
create QS Voices without Sample Cell Instruments by loading single sound files in a
variety of formats.
Sound Bridge does NOT require Sample Cellª hardware. The Sample Cell
Instrument file, or sample file, may be loaded directly into Sound Bridge from any
disk (i.e. your QS CD-ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, etc.). For example, a user may
load data from a Sample Cell-compatible CD-ROM and send this data to one of the
aforementioned Alesis unitÕs PCMCIA Card without using Sample Cell inbetween.
The Sound Bridge folder on the CD-ROM contains the Sound Bridge application, and
an electronic manual which will give you all the information you need to know to
run Sound Bridge.
Make sure you pay attention to how to set things up on your Mac or PC so that you
can transfer files at up to four times the speed of MIDI! This will lop a lot of time off
of transmitting huge files to your synth. Again, the CD-ROM tells you all about this.
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