Comparing An Edited Program To Its Original Settings; Restoring An Edited Program To Its Original Settings - Alesis Q20 User Manual

Chapter 2 - Your First Session with the Q20
Use the [< BLOCK >] buttons to select other Blocks, and adjust their levels, as
described above.
Mix parameters affect the Program and are only temporary unless the Program is
stored into memory before a another Program is recalled. See later in this Chapter
for more about comparing and storing edited Programs.
Comparing an Edited Program to its
Original Settings
The left side of the display always indicates the currently selected Program. Once
PROGRAM
a Program has been edited, the word ÒEDITEDÓ appears in the lower left part of
the display, just below the Program Number indicator. If the [PROGRAM] button is
pressed (the [PROGRAM] buttonÕs LED will light), the display will also indicate
the Program has been altered from its stored version by flashing the Program
EDITED
number and name in the upper section of the display.
By pressing [COMPARE], you can temporarily access the original version of the
Program you are editing; that is, the last Program saved to the currently selected
location number. This allows you to hear the differences created by changing
parameters in the Program.
While you are in Compare mode, the [COMPARE] buttonÕs LED will be lit. Also,
you cannot adjust any of the Type, Routing, Parameter, Modulation settings.
However, you can move around the various pages and view these original settings
and therefore see the actual differences in settings you have changed.
Pressing [COMPARE] a second time exits Compare mode; the [COMPARE] buttonÕs
LED will turn off and the edited version of the Program will be accessed. You can go
in and out of Compare mode as often as you like, as long as the display indicates
ÒEDITEDÓ (i.e., if the Program hasnÕt been edited yet, there is nothing to compare
it to).
Restoring an Edited Program to its
Original Settings
If you decide to abort the changes you have made to a Program, this can be done in
two easy steps.
To restore an edited Program to its previous, unedited version:
Press [PROGRAM] to select Program mode.
The [PROGRAM] buttonÕs LED will light, and the display will flash the
selected Program number and name.
Press the [VALUE/ENTER] button.
This recalls the last stored version of the currently selected Program number,
and the word ÒEDITEDÓ disappears from the display. Consequently, any
changes you had made to the Program before recalling are lost. unless you stored
the edited Program into memory.
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