Recovering From A Òcrashó; Recovering From "Crash"; Re-Initializing - Alesis QS6.1 Reference Manual

Appendix A Ñ Trouble-Shooting
Mod Wheel not working
well (or at all)
QS6.1 behaving erratically
LCD shows ÒADDRESS
ERRORÓ
R
ECOVERING
If your QS6.1 behaves erratically or ÒfreezesÓ on you, the first thing to try is to switch
between Mix and Program modes once. If that doesnÕt do anything, turn it off, wait
for a moment, and then turn it on again. WARNING Ñ make sure you turn off any
amplification first!
If your instrument still isnÕt working after that, then disconnect the [MIDI IN] cable
and repeat the power on/off trick. This ought to work if your problem is being
caused by strange MIDI data coming from an external MIDI device.
If neither of these work, you will have to re-initialize the instrument.
R -
E INITIALIZING
Re-initializing your QS6.1Õs software is strong medicine. It is guaranteed to return the
instrument to operational status.
Unfortunately, it will also reset all Global parameters to their factory default settings
and empty out the edit buffers, thus losing any unsaved changes you may have
made to a Program or Mix. So it isnÕt something to be done unless you really need to.
(The User Bank will remain untouched, though Ñ all the Programs, Mixes, and
Effects stored there will come through the re-initialization just fine.)
HereÕs how to do it:
1) Turn down the volume on your QS6.1, your mixer, and your amplifier. If you
ever forget to do this while re-initializing, youÕll know why we said this first.
2) Make sure the [MODULATION] wheel is all the way down. (If it isnÕt, then its
current position will become what the QS6.1 recognizes as ÒzeroÓ after re-
initialization is complete, and youÕll no longer have the full range of possible
modulation control.)
3) Turn off the power on your QS6.1.
4) Hold down buttons [0] and [3] at the same time.
5) While holding them down, turn the power back on. YouÕll know you were
successful if A) there is no name in the LCD display on the top line, and B) the
problem is gone!
6) Remember to go back into Global Edit mode and set up things the way you had
them (things like the Keyboard Mode, Transposition, the A-D MIDI controller
number assignments, etc.).
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Unit was re-initialized
with Mod Wheel up
Serial port enabled, no
computer or other QS
hooked to it
Bad Sys-ex data sent to
QS6.1 via MIDI input
F A "C
ROM
Put QS6.1 into Out 01
mode (Global Edit Mode,
page 6)
Put Mod Wheel all the way
down and re-initialize
Set I/O parameter to MIDI
(Global Edit Mode, page
15)
Re-initialize (see below)
If itÕs making cool noises,
record it. Then re-initialize.
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