Using The Qs6.1 As A Master Keyboard - Alesis QS6.1 Reference Manual

Part 5: MIDI
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Mix Play Mode also allows the QS6.1 to function as a very powerful MIDI master keyboard.
You can layer the QS6.1Õs internal sounds with those of several external synthesizers by
adjusting the proper parameters in Mix Edit mode.
For instance: You probably already know that you can layer and/or split several QS6.1
Programs in Mix Mode while simultaneously playing external synthesizers on those same
MIDI channels. But the real power comes from using QS6.1 MIDI channels which have their
Keyboard and MIDI Input parameters turned OFF. When this is the case, you can send a
combination of MIDI Program changes and MIDI volume and panning commands to the
external devices to select and blend them precisely the way you want with internal Programs
on other channels. What's more, the QS6.1 can transpose the outgoing MIDI note numbers so
you can play high octave brass sounds from an external device in the lower region of the
keyboard, and/or layer external mid-range pads with high QS6.1 strings in the upper region.
The QS6.1 is so versatile as a master keyboard that if you play live, it could prove
indispensible. Or if you just like having that huge, perfect, multi-MIDI-module stack for
inspiration in your studio, the QS6.1 will call it up for you just the way you want it every
time.
ThereÕs a detailed description of the parameters you would use to make all of this happen in
Part 7: Editing Mixes. If you havenÕt read that chapter yet, go check out the section that
describes the KEYBOARD/MIDI function (button [90]). If youÕre already familiar with those
parameters, you're not far from being able to do the things listed in the previous paragraph.
Note: Be sure to check out the following pages for some useful information regarding:
¥ Bank Select and Program changes (Part 5: MIDI, pages 50 and 51)
¥ Making sure the Effects Patch doesnÕt change in a Mix when Program changes are received
(Part 6: Editing Effects, page 62)
¥ Enabling and disabling the Wheels, Aftertouch, Sustain Pedal, and Controllers
independently per channel (Part 7: Editing Mixes, page 103)
¥ Assigning different MIDI controller numbers to the four sliders and two variable pedal
inputs (Part 4: Basic Operation, pages 42 and 43). Remember that Pedal 1 is a physical input and
Pedal 2 is only available as a Mod source via MIDI.
¥ Setting up the A-D controllers so they either control internal parameters, send data
to MIDI, or both ( Part 4: Basic Operation, page 45)
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