User Manuals: Alesis QuadraSynth S4 Rack Synthesizer

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Alesis QuadraSynth S4 Reference Manual (134 pages)

Alesis QuadraSynth Audio-Keyboard: Reference Manual

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How to Use this Manual
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Table of Contents
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1 : Setting up

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- Unpacking and Inspection
  8
- AC Power
  8
  - Line Conditioners and Protectors
    9
- About Audio Cables
  10
- Basic Audio Hookup
  10
2 : Your First Session with the Quadrasynth

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- Powering up
  12
  - The Quad Knobs
    12
  - Adjusting the Display Contrast
    13
  - Playing the Demo Sequence
    13
- Playing the Quadrasynth
  14
  - Program Mode and MIX Mode
    14
  - Auditioning Internal Programs
    15
  - Auditioning Programs on the S4 Sound Module
    15
  - Selecting the MIDI Channel
    17
  - Realtime Performance Functions
    17
  - Auditioning MIX Mode
    18
  - Editing a MIX
    19
  - Auditioning Effects
    20
  - Setting the Effects Level
    21
3 : Connections

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4 : Overview

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- Basic Architecture
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- Quadrasynth Polyphony
  32
- Modes
  33
  - Program Mode
    33
  - MIX Mode
    33
  - Program Edit Mode
    33
  - MIX Edit Mode
    34
  - Effects Edit Mode
    34
  - Global Edit Mode
    34
  - Store Mode
    34
  - Compare Mode
    34
- The User Interface: Display, Functions, Pages, and Parameters
  35
  - About the Display
    35
  - MIDI Buttons
    36
  - Quad Knob Editing
    36
  - Parameter Editing
    36
  - Editing Program Parameters
    37
  - Edit 4 and Edit 1 Modes
    38
  - Resetting a Parameter Value
    39
- Comparing Edited and Stored Versions
  39
- Preset Memory and User Memory
  40
- Storing
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  - Store a Program
    41
  - Store an Effect
    41
  - Store a MIX
    41
  - To Audition Programs before Storing
    42
5 : MIX Mode

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- What MIX Mode Does
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- MIX Edit Mode
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- Understanding the Edit Buffers
  45
- Program Assign for each MIDI Channel
  46
- Level Setting for each Program
  46
- Pitch
  46
- Setting the Range and MIDI
  47
- Effects in MIX Mode
  48
  - Effect Level
    48
  - Effect
    49
- Naming a MIX
  49
- Polyphony in MIX Mode
  50
- Using the Quadrasynth as a Master Keyboard
  50
- Setting MIDI out Channels for MIX (Quadrasynth Keyboard Only)
  50
6 : Editing Programs

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- Overview
  52
- The Ònormalizedó Synth Voice
  52
- How the Quadrasynth Generates Sound
  53
- Program Sound Layers
  53
- Quadrasynth Signal Flow
  54
  - The Four Sounds of a Program
    54
  - Voice
    55
  - Lowpass Filter
    55
- About Modulation
  56
- About Signal Processing
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- Drum Mode
  57
  - Envelopes
    57
- Program Edit Functions
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  - Assign Voice
    59
  - Level
    60
  - Effect Level
    61
  - Effect
    61
  - Pitch
    62
  - Filter
    64
  - Amp
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  - Range
    67
  - Mod
    69
  - Pitch LFO
    72
  - Filter LFO
    74
  - Amp LFO
    75
  - Pitch Envelope
    76
  - Filter Envelope
    78
  - Amp Envelope
    81
  - Tracking Generator
    83
  - Name
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  - Misc
    84
- Programming Drum Sounds
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  - Assign Voice
    85
  - Level
    85
  - Effects Level
    86
  - Pitch
    86
  - Filter
    86
  - Amp Envelope
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- Copying Sounds
  88
- Initializing Programs
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7 : Editing Effects

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- About Signal Processing
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- Selecting an Effects Patch
  91
- Editing Effects
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- Range
  91
- Storing Effects Patches
  92
- Configurations
  93
- Reverb
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- Reverb Type
  102
- Delay
  105
- Pitch
  106
- Mod
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- Name
  110
- MIX
  111
- Reverb Level
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8 : Global Settings

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- Editing Global Parameters
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- LCD Contrast
  112
- Master Pitch and Master Tuning
  112
- Keyboard Sensitivity
  113
- Keyboard Curve
  113
- Keyboard Transpose
  113
- Keyboard Mode
  113
- MIX Group Channel
  114
- Controller a Ñ D
  114
- Pedal 1 and 2 Assignment
  114
- MIDI Program Select
  115
- Edit Mode
  115
- 48 Khz Clock Input
  115
9 : MIDI Transfer and Storage Operations

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- Saving to External Card
  118
- Loading from External Card
  118
- Saving Programs Via MIDI Sys Ex
  119
APPENDIX A: Troubleshooting

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- Trouble-Shooting Index
  122
- Re-Initializing
  122
- Checking Software Version
  123
- Maintenance/Service
  123
  - Cleaning
    123
  - Maintenance
    123
  - Warranty Information
    123
  - Obtaining Repair Service
    123
APPENDIX B: MIDI Supplement

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- MIDI Basics
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- MIDI Hardware
  126
- MIDI Message Basics
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  - Channel Messages: Mode Messages
    127
  - Channel Messages: Voice Messages
    127
  - System Common Messages
    129
- MIDI Implementation Chart
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APPENDIX C: Parameters Index

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- Program Parameters
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- MIX Parameters
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Index

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Alesis QuadraSynth S4 Pre (2 pages)

QuadraSynth Audio-Keyboard

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Alesis QuadraSynth S4 Supplementary Manual (1 page)

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User Manuals: Alesis QuadraSynth S4 Rack Synthesizer

Alesis QuadraSynth S4 Reference Manual (134 pages)

Table of Contents

1 : Setting up

2 : Your First Session with the Quadrasynth

3 : Connections

4 : Overview

5 : MIX Mode

6 : Editing Programs

7 : Editing Effects

8 : Global Settings

9 : MIDI Transfer and Storage Operations

APPENDIX A: Troubleshooting

APPENDIX B: MIDI Supplement

APPENDIX C: Parameters Index

Index

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