Alesis DG8 Reference Manual page 25

Chapter 1: Getting Started
7. Splits
A Split is simply a Bass or Card Program played on the lower range of keys
with a Primary sound played from the upper range. (Remember that the
Primary can be selected from the Keyboard Banks or the Card Bank.)
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8. Split-with-Layer
When the DG8 is playing a Split: press and hold the
press another Keyboard Bank button or the Card Button to add a
sound to the upper range of the keyboard.
If the DG8 is playing a Layer: press any Bass Bank button to split the layered
keyboard with an internal Bass Program on the lower range of the keyboard.
To split a layered keyboard with a Card Program, press and hold
and press
Tip: For Primaries, Layers and Splits, the DG8's memory independently keeps track
of the most recently selected programs for each Bank button. This principle is
true for the Keyboard, Bass and Card Banks.
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To set up a Split, press any Bass Bank button. To select a Card Program
as the split sound, press and hold
and arrows to select the desired Split sound from within the selected
Bass Bank or the Card Bank.
In either case, the Bass Program or Card Program will be recalled from
memory as the sound on the lower (left-hand) range of keys and its label
will appear in the segment of the display.
SPLIT
The default split-point is key "C2", the C that is one octave below Middle
C. To change the split point, press the
prompt you to press a key on the DG8's keyboard. This key will be the
highest note of the lower range.
Note that if you don't press a key within two seconds, the display will
revert back to the program display, leaving the current split point
unchanged.
To change the lower sound, use the
program in the current Bass Bank or Card Bank, or press another Bass
Bank button.
To change the upper sound, press another Keyboard Bank button; to
switch the upper sound to the Card Bank, press
arrows to select the desired Program in the Keyboard/Card Banks.
To exit this mode, press the
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CARD
then press
SPLIT/OFF
button. The display will
SET SPLIT
and arrows to select another
CARD
button.
SPLIT/OFF
LAYER/OFF
DG8 R
. Use the
CARD
. Use the and
button and
LAYER
SPLIT/OFF
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