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Table of Contents
Default Chapter
2
Grounding Instructions
2
Important Safety Instructions
2
Table of Contents
4
1 : Setting up
8
Unpacking and Inspection
8
AC Power
8
Line Conditioners and Protectors
9
About Audio Cables
11
Basic Audio Hookup
11
A Word about Sound Bridge
13
2 : Your First Session with the Quadrasynth Plus
14
Powering up
14
Adjusting the Display Contrast
14
Playing the Demo Sequence
16
Enabling General MIDI Mode
16
Playing the Quadrasynth Plus
17
Program Mode and MIX Mode
17
Auditioning Internal Programs
19
Selecting Banks
19
Selecting the MIDI Channel
19
Realtime Performance Functions
21
The Quad Knobs
21
Auditioning MIX Play Mode
22
Selecting Banks
22
Editing a MIX
24
Setting the Effects Level
26
3 : Connections
28
Basic MIDI Hookup
28
Example 1: Master Controller for Live Use
29
Example 2: Using an External Sequencer
30
About the Keyboard Mode
32
Pedal and Footswitch Hookup
32
Digital Audio/Optical Hookup
34
Recording Digital Audio
34
48 Khz Clock In23
34
4 : Overview
36
Basic Architecture
36
Quadrasynth Plus Polyphony
36
Modes
37
Program Play Mode
37
MIX Play Mode
37
Program Edit Mode
37
MIX Edit Mode
38
Effects Edit Mode
38
Global Edit Mode
38
Store Mode
38
Compare Mode
38
The User Interface: Display, Functions, Pages, and Parameters
40
About the Display
40
MIDI Buttons
41
Quad Knob Editing
41
Parameter Editing
42
Direct Function Selection
44
Editing Program Parameters
44
Edit 4 and Edit 1 Modes
45
Resetting a Parameter Value
47
Comparing Edited and Stored Versions
47
Preset Memory and User Memory
47
Storing
49
Store a Program
49
Copying Effects between Programs
51
Store an Effect
51
Store a MIX
51
To Audition Programs before Storing
53
5 : Editing Mixes
57
What Is a MIX
57
MIX Edit Mode
57
Understanding the Edit Buffers
58
Program Assign for each MIDI Channel
60
Level Setting for each Program
60
Pitch
62
Setting the Range and MIDI Switches
62
Transmitting MIDI Volume and Panning
64
Effects in MIX Play Mode
65
Effect Level
65
Effect
65
Naming a MIX
66
Polyphony in MIX Play Mode
67
Using the Quadrasynth Plus as a Master Keyboard
67
Setting MIDI out Channels for MIX in Global Mode
67
6 : Editing Programs
69
Overview
69
The "Normalized" Synth Voice
69
How the Quadrasynth Generates Sound
70
Program Sound Layers
70
Quadrasynth Plus Signal Flow
71
The Four Sounds of a Program
71
Voice
72
Lowpass Filter
72
Amp
73
About Modulation
73
Envelopes
75
About Signal Processing
75
Drum Mode
76
Program Edit Functions
78
Assign Voice
78
Level
80
Effect Level
80
Pitch
81
Filter
84
Amp
87
Range
88
Pitch LFO
92
Pitch Lfo
97
Filter Lfo
100
Pitch Envelope
103
Filter Envelope
108
Amp Envelope
112
Tracking Generator
116
Name
118
Misc
119
Programming Drum Sounds
119
Assign Voice
120
Level
120
Effects Level
121
Pitch
121
Filter
121
Range
122
Amp Envelope
122
Copying Sounds
124
Copying Effects
124
Initializing Programs
125
Editing Effects
126
Setting Effects Send Levels
127
Editing Effects
127
7 Editing Effects
129
Storing Effect Patches in Program Mode
130
Storing Effect Patches in MIX Mode
130
Copying Effect Patches
132
Configurations
132
Reverb
132
Delay
132
Pitch
132
Overdrive
141
Reverb Type
146
Reverb Level
160
8 Global Settings
164
Editing Global Parameters
164
LCD Contrast
164
General MIDI Mode
164
Enabling General MIDI Mode Via MIDI
164
Keyboard Curve
165
Keyboard Transpose
165
Reset Controllers a – D
166
Controllers a – D Mode
167
Pedal 1 and 2 Assignment
168
Using Pedals to Control Volume or Modulation
168
MIDI Program Select
168
Receiving and Transmitting Bank Change Message
169
Edit Mode
169
Khz Clock Input
170
9 MIDI Transfer and Storage Operations
171
Saving the User Bank to an External Card
171
Loading a Bank from an External Card
171
Storing an Individual Program or MIX to an External Card
172
Loading an Individual Program or MIX from an External Card
172
Card Storage Ramifications
173
Saving Programs Via MIDI Sys Ex
173
Troubleshooting
175
Appendix A: Trouble-Shooting 123
175
Re-Initializing
175
Checking Software Version
176
Maintenance/Service
176
Cleaning
176
Obtaining Repair Service
176
Appendix B: MIDI Supplement 127
180
MIDI Basics
180
MIDI Hardware
180
MIDI Message Basics
181
Channel Messages: Mode Messages
181
Channel Messages: Voice Messages
181
System Common Messages
184
General MIDI
184
MIDI Implementation Chart
187
Appendix C: Parameters Index 133
188
Program Parameters
188
MIX Parameters
190
Index
190
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Brand
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Model
QuadraSynth Plus
Category
Electronic Keyboard
Language
English
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