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Chapter 2: Playing the DG8
U
D
S
S
B
SING THE
ISPLAY AND
OUND
ELECTION
UTTONS
In Play mode, the display shows the name(s) of the selected sound(s) – all three if a
Split-with-Layer is selected. The most recently selected sound is underlined by the
cursor. In our first example, a Split-with-Layer is shown:
In this next example, an internal Primary Sound is layered with an optional external
Card Program. Notice that the Split display segment is blank indicating that Split
keyboard mode is not active:
How Sound Programs are Named
Primary Sounds are displayed with a 10-character name and a 5-character label – a
A
B
C
D
combination of the name of the Bank Button plus
,
,
or
representing the four
sound variations in each Keyboard Bank. Card Programs substitute a 3-digit number
A
B
C
D
for the
,
,
or
because each Alesis QCard has 128 sound programs.
Layer and Split sound programs use only labels in the display. For the complete list
of DG8 sound labels, see the
on page 43.
DG8 Sound Chart
Using the Cursor and the
and
Arrows
When interacting with the display, one of the key concepts is to keep track of where
the cursor is located. Notice in the first diagram above that the cursor is an underline
of the first character in the Program Label. The sound that is underlined by the
cursor is the one that will be affected by the
and
arrows. Keeping track of the
cursor will not be an issue when playing Primary Sounds only, or if you're in the
process of setting up a Layer or Split. But it will be a real time-saver when you're
selecting new sounds for an existing Layer, Split or Split-with-Layer.
To move the cursor when a Layer, Split or Split-with-Layer is active, press the
PLAY
button. Repeated presses of the
button move the cursor around the display.
PLAY
When the cursor is at the
sound, for example, pressing the
and
arrows will
LAYER
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M
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EFERENCE
ANUAL
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