Turn It On And Play It; How The Sounds Are Organized - Alesis DG8 Reference Manual

T I O
URN T N AND
Flip the power switch on the DG8's rear panel. The front panel display will
illuminate and, if this is the first time you've used the DG8, it will recall
Keyboard Program
SOUND
1. AutoDemos
Press and hold the
mode. The display will prompt you to select one of three demonstration songs
to play by pressing the
listen to any demo in its entirety, or press the
is playing.
H
OW THE
2. Keyboard Banks
The Keyboard Banks contain the main polyphonic sound programs in the
DG8's internal memory.
Each of the 15 Keyboard Banks contains four Keyboard Programs. Thus, each
Bank represents a sound category – a group of related sounds – and the name
of the category is printed on each button.
The Keyboard Bank buttons are used in conjunction with the
to access the Keyboard Programs in each Bank:
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Keyboard Programs can be played by themselves, layered together (or
layered with a Card Program) or split with a Bass or Card Program. See topics
4, 5 and 6 on the next few pages for information on these Play modes.
3. Bass Banks
Similar to the Keyboard Banks, the Bass Banks contain the main bass sound
programs in the DG8's internal memory. And, like the Keyboard Banks, each
of the seven Bass Banks contains four Bass Programs. Each Bank represents a
category of related bass sounds and the name of the category is printed on
each button.
Note that the DG8's internal Bass Programs are programmed without
modulation – they will not respond to the modulation setting for the AUX
pedal, nor modulation commands received over MIDI. Also, there is a
minimal amount of Reverb and Chorus effects programmed into the Bass
Programs.
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button, then press the
PLAY
PIANO 1
S O
OUNDS ARE
Press a Keyboard Bank button to select a Keyboard category. The name
of a Keyboard Program from the selected Bank will appear in the
segment of the display.
PRIMARY SOUND
Use the arrow on the right side of the display to scroll forward through
the four Keyboard Programs in the Bank. If you continue to scroll
forward with the arrow, when the last Program in the bank is reached,
the display will "wrap" to the first Program.
Use the arrow to scroll backward through the four Keyboard Programs
in each Bank. If you continue to scroll backward with the
the first Program in the Bank is reached, the display will wrap to the last
Program.
Chapter 1: Getting Started
and display it under the
button to enter Demo
TUNE
, or Bank buttons. You can
PIANO 2 PIANO 3
button to end a demo that
PLAY
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PRIMARY
and arrows
arrow, when
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