Moving Through Pages; Using The A/B/C/D Buttons; Using Online Help; Special Cases - Alesis 4 Reference Manual

Editing Programs – Chapter 4

Moving Through Pages

Once in Edit mode, there will usually be multiple pages available. The total number
of pages depends on the Configuration that the selected Program uses, and will be
indicated by the numbers appearing in the lower left corner of the display.
The [EDIT/PAGE] button is used to advance through the available pages of effect
parameters. The currently selected page will have a box around it in the display.

Using the A/B/C/D Buttons

The [A], [B], [C] and [D] buttons are used to select parameters in the display for
editing. There are never more than four parameters in the display at any time. Each
parameter corresponds to one of the [A], [B], [C] or [D] buttons. To select a
parameter, press the button associated with its position in the display. Once pressed,
the selected parameter will flash in the display. This indicates that the selected
parameter may now be edited using the [VALUE] knob.
When a parameter appears which has only two settings (example: on or off, sine or
triangle wave), the associated [A], [B], [C] or [D] button will act as a toggle button,
immediately turning that function either on or off.

Using Online Help

The MidiVerb 4 has built-in online help to assist you in identifying parameter
functions from the display, without having to look things up in this manual. Once
you have accessed Edit mode (see previous section), you can select any of the
parameters shown in the display by pressing the corresponding button ([A], [B], [C]
or [D]). However, by holding one of these buttons for more than one second, the
upper display will provide a more detailed description of the selected parameter.

Special Cases

Most of the time, a single parameter is represented by a single value in the display.
However, in the case of the Delay Time parameter, where the range is quite wide, it
is helpful to be able to edit different parts of the overall value. In other words, think
how long it takes to scroll from 1 to 1299 ms using 1 millisecond increments.
Except for the "smaller" delays used in the Multi Chain and Dual Mono
Configurations, the Delay Time value is broken down into three parameters: 100ms,
10ms and 1ms. This allows you to adjust the hundredths, tenths and individual
milliseconds individually. Example: In the case of the Mono Delay Configuration, the
Edit mode page 1 display will look like this:
Tap 100mS 10mS 1mS
05
PRESET
--- 05 £ 9 ¶ 6 ¢
A B EDITED C EDITED D EDITED
L R
PAGE 1 2
The actual delay time can be derived by adding these three parameters together. For
example, in the display above, the Delay Time value equals 596 ms.
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