Alesis QS6.1 Reference Manual page 31

Part 3: First Session
FINDING OUT WHAT PROGRAMS ARE IN
THE MIX YOU ARE PLAYING
ItÕs easy to see what Programs are currently assigned to the active MIDI channels in
a Mix. Just enter Mix Mode, call up the Mix you want to examine, and then move
through its MIDI channels using the [PAGE] buttons. Do that and the display will
change to look something like this:
There are five differences between this and the normal Mix Mode display:
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The upper line shows the Program assigned to the current MIDI channel. This
name always appears inside quotation marks, so you can tell at a glance that
you are not in standard Mix Mode.
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The upper line shows this ProgramÕs number.
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The middle line shows the Bank that the identified Program belongs to,
instead of the Bank that the Mix is in. As you will see when you examine
enough different Mixes, Programs can come from any Bank at all. You arenÕt
limited to working just from those within the same Bank as your Mix. This is
wonderfully useful, but has some wrinkles youÕll need to be aware of if you ever
create Mixes using Programs stored on Expansion cards. (WeÕll cover those issues
in more detail in Part 4: Basic Operation., Part 7: Editing Mixes, and Part 9:
Extras.)
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The mode indicator beneath the Program Number now reads MIXPROG.
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The current MIDI Channel Number will be flashing.
You can also change Program assignments from this display, but donÕt try that just
yet. WeÕll cover that fully in the next section, Part 4: Basic Operation.
DonÕt be confused by the fact that you can use the [PAGE] buttons to look at all 16
MIDI channels in a Mix, even if those channels arenÕt actually enabled. The only
channels that matter are the ones whose numbers are visible across the bottom of
the display when you first call up the Mix.
And now, just for funÉ
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