REFERENCE MANUAL Spring 1999
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Contents CONTENTS Alesis Contact Information ..........................................................................4 Important Safety Instructions ......................................................................7 Instructions de Sécurité Importantes (French) ...........................................................................9 Beim Benutzen dieses Produktes beachten Sie bitte die folgenden Sicherheitshinweise: (German)........................................................................
Contents MIDI Functions............................................................................................53 MIDI Basics .......................................................................................................................................53 MIDI Hardware................................................................................................................................54 MIDI Messages......................................................................................
Important Safety Instructions IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAFETY SYMBOLS USED IN THIS PRODUCT This symbol alerts the user that there are important operating and maintenance instructions in the literature accompanying this unit. This symbol warns the user of uninsulated voltage within the unit that can cause dangerous electric shocks. PLEASE FOLLOW THESE PRECAUTIONS WHEN USING THIS PRODUCT: 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions.
Important Safety Instructions 12. Do not place this product on an unstable cart, stand, or table. The product may fall, causing serious personal injury and serious damage to the product. Use only with cart, stand, or table recommended by the manufacturer or sold with the product. The combination of the product and stand should be moved carefully. Quick movements, excessive force on uneven surfaces may overturn the combination which may damage the product and stand combination.
Important Safety Instructions INSTRUCTIONS DE SÉCURITÉ IMPORTANTES (FRENCH) SYMBOLES UTILISÉS DANS CE PRODUIT Ce symbole alèrte l’utilisateur qu’il existe des instructions de fonctionnement et de maintenance dans la documentation jointe avec ce produit. Ce symbole avertit l’utilisateur de la présence d’une tension non isolée à l’intérieur de l’appareil pouvant engendrer des chocs électriques. VEUILLEZ SUIVRE CES PRÉCAUTIONS LORS DE L’UTILISATION DE L’APPAREIL: 1. Lisez ces instructions. 2.
Important Safety Instructions 14. Faites réparer par un personnel qualifié. Une réparation est nécessaire lorsque l’appareil a été endommagé de quelque sorte que ce soit, par exemple losrque le cordon secteur ou la prise sont endommagés, si du liquide a coulé ou des objets se sont introduits dans l’appareil, si celui-ci a été exposé à la pluie ou à l’humidité, ne fonctionne pas normalement ou est tombé. 15. Cet appareil produit de la chaleur en fonctionnement normal. 16.
Important Safety Instructions BEIM BENUTZEN DIESES PRODUKTES BEACHTEN SIE BITTE DIE FOLGENDEN SICHERHEITSHINWEISE: (GERMAN) 1. Lesen Sie die Hinweise. 2. Halten Sie sich an die Anleitung. 3. Beachten Sie alle Warnungen. 4. Beachten Sie alle Hinweise. 5. Bringen Sie das Gerät nie mit Wasser in Berührung. 6. Verwenden Sie zur Reinigung nur ein weiches Tuch.
Important Safety Instructions INSTRUCTIONS TO THE USER This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Important Safety Instructions CE DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Manufacturer’s Name: Alesis Corporation Manufacturer’s Address: 1633 26th Street Santa Monica, CA 90404 USA declares, that the product: Product Name: Model Type: DG8 Digital Grand Piano conforms to the following Standards: EMC: EN55103: 1997 Class B Safety: EN 60065 European Contact: Sound Technology 17 Letchworth Point, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, SG6 1ND, England. Phone: +44.1462.480000 Fax: +44.1462.
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Introduction INTRODUCTION In the years since electronic musical instruments made their debut in the early 1970s, the quest for a transportable piano that had the sound and feel of a true acoustic instrument seemed to elude every manufacturer. They tried everything, including a rather ingenious re-design of the grand piano that you could take apart into two pieces when travelling.
Introduction TYPOGRAPHIC CONVENTIONS In this manual, we attempt to make the reading as easy as possible by using fonts and symbols that are easy to identify. The following list describes the conventions we use in the manual for special or important information. Slider, button and back panel labels are in SMALL BOLD CAPITALS. Words or phrases that appear in the display are printed using type that resembles the display characters.
Chapter 1: Getting Started CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED WHAT YOU’LL NEED The DG8 is a completely self-contained instrument that needs nothing more than a standard AC electrical outlet and a stand to put it on. Before placing the DG8 on a stand, see the topic Set It Up at the bottom of this page for specifics. USING THE DG8 WITH OTHER EQUIPMENT If you plan to use the DG8 with other equipment, such as other MIDI devices, a sound system or in recording environment, you’ll need: 1.
Chapter 1: Getting Started ATTACHING THE MUSIC STAND The DG8 is shipped with a music stand that attaches easily to the top of the instrument: 1. Remove the music stand from its plastic wrapping and extend the braces away from the front of the stand approximately 5 - 6 inches. The braces swing out from the front of the stand on a pair of hinges. 2. Insert the ends of the braces into the two mounting holes located along the rear edge of the DG8’s top. 3.
Chapter 1: Getting Started SETTING UP THE DG8 IN A HOME Placement of your DG8 in the room can have a great effect on its overall tonal balance. Placing the DG8 is like placing loudspeakers in a room – placing the unit right up against a wall will accentuate the bass and if the wall has thick draperies, they will also cut the treble producing a dark, boomy sound.
Chapter 1: Getting Started THE DG8 IN A MUSIC SYSTEM If you plan to use the DG8 with other MIDI instruments and devices in a music system, you’ll need to integrate it into your system. Here’s a list of items you’re likely to need: 1. standard MIDI cables: refer to the following examples for possible connection schemes. 2. a basic working knowledge of MIDI. If you’re new to all of this, read our brief MIDI tutorial in Chapter 3. 3.
Chapter 1: Getting Started As a Slave: If you plan to control the DG8 from another MIDI device, you’ll need a MIDI cable connected to its MIDI IN port. You will also need a MIDI cable connected to the DG8’s MIDI THRU if you plan to pass MIDI data from the master through the DG8 to other MIDI devices in your rig. Connect one end of a MIDI cable to the DG8’s MIDI THRU. Plug the other end of the cable to the MIDI IN of the next device in the system.
Chapter 1: Getting Started With a MIDI Patchbay: If you’re using a MIDI patchbay or “patcher” to connect all of your MIDI devices centrally, it’s likely that the patcher’s back panel will have a series of paired MIDI OUT and MIDI IN ports for each device in your rig (the DG8 being one of them). Connect the DG8’s MIDI OUT to the MIDI IN of one of the pairs. The same pair’s MIDI OUT connects to the MIDI IN of the DG8.
Chapter 1: Getting Started TURN IT ON AND PLAY IT Flip the power switch on the DG8’s rear panel. The front panel display will illuminate and, if this is the first time you’ve used the DG8, it will recall Keyboard Program Pno1A:True Grand and display it under the PRIMARY SOUND heading. 1. AutoDemos Press and hold the PLAY button, then press the TUNE button to enter Demo mode.
Chapter 1: Getting Started The Bass Bank buttons are used in conjunction with the ▲ and ▼ arrows to access the Bass Programs in each Bank: • Press a Bass Bank button to select a Bass category. Bass Programs are always played as the Split sounds on the lower range of the keyboard, and the selected Bass Program’s label will appear in the SPLIT segment of the display. • Use the ▲ arrow on the right side of the display to scroll forward through the four Bass Programs in the Bank.
Chapter 1: Getting Started HOW THE SOUNDS ARE SELECTED 5. Single Mode The DG8 is in Single mode when a Keyboard or Card Program is played alone – the DG8 is not in a Layer or Split. The Program’s name and label appears in the top line of the display under the PRIMARY SOUND heading. The Keyboard or Card Program that is displayed here will be appropriately called the Primary sound or simply “the Primary” throughout the manual.
Chapter 1: Getting Started 7. Splits A Split is simply a Bass or Card Program played on the lower range of keys with a Primary sound played from the upper range. (Remember that the Primary can be selected from the Keyboard Banks or the Card Bank.) • To set up a Split, press any Bass Bank button. To select a Card Program as the split sound, press and hold SPLIT/OFF then press CARD. Use the ▲ and ▼ arrows to select the desired Split sound from within the selected Bass Bank or the Card Bank.
Chapter 1: Getting Started 9. Using the Cursor and the ▲ and ▼ Arrows When interacting with the display, the sound that is underlined by the cursor is the one that will be affected by the ▲ and ▼ arrows. You can always keep track of where the cursor is because during normal operation, the last sound that you select has the cursor. But if necessary, you can move the cursor to another active segment of the display by pressing the PLAY button.
Chapter 1: Getting Started 11. Transpose You can transpose the DG8 ± 1 octave. Using Middle C (key “C3”) as your reference, press and hold the TRANSPOSE button and press a key on the keyboard. Pressing a key above Middle C will transpose the DG8 up by the interval and pressing a key below Middle C will transpose the DG8 down by that interval.
Chapter 1: Getting Started 13. Graphic EQ The 5-band analog graphic equalizer on the left side of the control panel allows you to make tonal adjustments to the sound. Press the EQ ON/OFF button (its LED will light) to activate the equalizer and raise or lower the frequency sliders to adjust the tone. Every time you power on the DG8, the EQ will be off. The equalizer affects the final output of the DG8 for all Primary, Layer and Split setups for both internal and Card Programs.
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Chapter 2: Playing the DG8 CHAPTER 2 PLAYING THE DG8 OVERVIEW The DG8 contains a total of 88 sound programs in its internal memory. 60 of these are called Keyboard Programs and represent a selection of pianos and other keyboard instruments such as harpsichord, electric piano, clavinet, pipe and electric organs. In addition, popular electronic keyboard sounds such as traditional synthesizer and “pad” sounds, strings (orchestral or ensemble type), choir and vibes are included.
Chapter 2: Playing the DG8 The Keyboard Bank buttons are used in conjunction with the ▲ and ▼ arrows to access the Keyboard Programs in each Bank: • Press a Keyboard Bank button to select a Keyboard category. The name and label of a Keyboard Program from the selected Bank will appear in the PRIMARY SOUND segment of the display. • Use the ▲ arrow on the right side of the display to scroll forward through the four Keyboard Programs in the Bank.
Chapter 2: Playing the DG8 USING THE DISPLAY AND SOUND SELECTION BUTTONS 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.
Chapter 2: Playing the DG8 select another Program within the current Keyboard or Card Bank for the Layer sound. When the cursor is at the SPLIT sound, pressing the ▲ and ▼ arrows will select another Program within the current Bass Bank or Card Bank for the Split sound. A complete tutorial on using the ▲ and ▼ arrows and cursor to select sound programs and setting up Layers and Splits is provided in the section Selecting Internal Sounds on the next page.
Chapter 2: Playing the DG8 SELECTING INTERNAL SOUNDS The DG8’s internal sounds can be selected and arranged in any of four Play Modes or keyboard setups: Single, Layer, Split and Split-with-Layer. To make things a little more interesting – and flexible – these modes can also be used with an external set of sounds provided on an optional PCMCIA Type I-compatible ROM card such as an Alesis QCard.
Chapter 2: Playing the DG8 Press any one of the Keyboard Bank buttons to select a Keyboard Bank. The last Keyboard Program that was selected from this Bank will be recalled from memory and displayed under the PRIMARY SOUND heading. Press the ▲ arrow to scroll through the other three Keyboard Programs in the Bank. Use the ▼ arrow to scroll backward through the Programs. You can think of a Layer as “adding another Keyboard Program to be played simultaneously with the current Primary”.
Chapter 2: Playing the DG8 There are two methods you can use to create a Layer: • Press and hold the LAYER/OFF button then press a Keyboard Bank button. A Keyboard Program from this Bank will appear in the LAYER display, layered with the current Program in the PRIMARY display. Use the ▲ and ▼ arrows, if necessary, to select the desired Keyboard Program from the Bank. OR • Press a Keyboard Bank button to select the Primary Sound.
Chapter 2: Playing the DG8 Split Mode A Split is simply a Bass Program played with a Primary Sound: the Bass Program will be played from the lower range of keys and the Primary Sound will play from the upper range. As with Primary Sounds, each Bass Bank button represents a group of four related Bass Programs that are selected with the ▲ and ▼ arrows: Tip: Before proceeding, raise the SPLIT slider all the way to the top.
Chapter 2: Playing the DG8 • The default split-point is key “C2”, the C that is one octave below Middle C: • To change the split point press the SET SPLIT button, then press any key on the DG8’s keyboard. This key will be the highest note of the bass range. This will also be the Split Point for all Splits until it is changed. And remember: you have two seconds to set your new split point when you press the SET SPLIT button.
Chapter 2: Playing the DG8 USING THE EXTERNAL CARD SOUNDS You can take advantage of the DG8’s expandability by acquiring an Alesis QCard™ or other compatible PCMCIA Type I sound card. The Alesis QCard is a credit-cardsized memory module that is pre-programmed with 128 additional sounds for Alesis-compatible instruments. This PCMCIA Type I card is inserted into the DG8’s EXPANSION CARD slot on the rear panel.
Chapter 2: Playing the DG8 QCard as Primary: 1. Select a QCard Program to be the Primary by pressing the CARD button. Use the ▲ and ▼ arrows, if necessary, to select the desired QCard Program. 2. Press and hold the LAYER/OFF button, then press a Keyboard Bank button. Use the ▲ and ▼ arrows, if necessary, to select the desired Layer sound. QCard as Both Primary and Layer: 1. Select a QCard Program to be the Primary by pressing the CARD button.
Chapter 2: Playing the DG8 QCard Programs In a Split-with-Layer In the following examples, a Split is created first, then the Layer sound is added to complete the Split-with-Layer. Note that you don’t have to create the Split first; you can create a Layer first if you like, then add the Split sound. We’ll use the “Split first, then add the Layer” approach as just one way of accomplishing these setups: You can select a QCard Program to be the Layer sound of a Split-with-Layer: Create the Split 1.
Chapter 2: Playing the DG8 DG8 SOUND CHART GROUP NAME PRIMARY SOUND LABELS LAYER/SPLIT SOUND LABELS PIANO 1 Pno1A, Pno1B, Pno1C, Pno1D Piano1A, Piano1B, Piano1C, Piano1D PIANO 2 Pno2A, Pno2B, Pno2C, Pno2D Piano2A, Piano2B, Piano2C, Piano2D PIANO 3 Pno3A, Pno3B, Pno3C, Pno3D Piano3A, Piano3B, Piano3C, Piano3D ELECTRIC PIANO 1 EP1 A, EP1 B, EP1 C, EP1 D ElPno1A, ElPno1B, ElPno1C, ElPno1D ELECTRIC PIANO 2 EP2 A, EP2 B, EP2 C, EP2 D ElPno2A, ElPno2B, ElPno2C, ElPno2D FM PIANO FMPnA, FMPnB, F
Chapter 2: Playing the DG8 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS TUNE Page 1: Master Tune The DG8 can be globally tuned to another instrument or tuning device, and this operation can be performed in any Play Mode. Press the TUNE button and use the ▲ button to raise the pitch of the DG8 and the ▼ button to lower it. The range is ± 1 half step: each press of an arrow key changes the tuning by 1 cent (100 cents = 1 half step). Tip: Remember that if you want to do a quick reset, press the ▲ and ▼ arrows together.
Chapter 2: Playing the DG8 the keyboard globally (affects all modes), whether to an external MIDI device or to the internal DG8 sounds or card sounds. Once the keyboard is transposed, all Primaries, Layers and Splits are transposed by the same interval until you change the transpose (even if the DG8 is turned off) or re-initialize the instrument.
Chapter 2: Playing the DG8 MIDI FUNCTIONS Pressing the MIDI button puts the DG8 into MIDI Edit mode. Pressing the MIDI button repeatedly will step through the six different pages of the DG8’s MIDI functions. Press the PLAY button to exit any of the pages in this mode. Page 1: Basic MIDI Channel This is the MIDI Channel for Primary Sounds and Layers.
Chapter 2: Playing the DG8 Page 2: Local Control It is possible to use the DG8 as a MIDI controller in a MIDI system without playing its own internal or card sounds by turning Local Control off. In this situation, the DG8’s keyboard becomes a MIDI transmitter only and does not affect the voices. This feature is particularly useful when playing the DG8 with a sequencer. The sequencer controls the DG8 while the DG8’s keyboard can be used to play another MIDI instrument.
Chapter 2: Playing the DG8 PEDALS BACKGROUND Understanding the keyboard mechanism of an acoustic piano will help in understanding how the pedals operate on the DG8. Before a piano is played, a series of dampers – small blocks of a felt-like material – rest on each string to prevent them from vibrating. When a key is played, the damper for that note lifts up and a hammer strikes the string (and immediately falls back allowing the string to vibrate).
Chapter 2: Playing the DG8 SOSTENUTO This pedal on an acoustic grand piano* causes only the dampers on played keys to lift until the pedal is released. In other words, if you play a chord, step on the Sostenuto pedal, and then release the keys, the notes you were playing continue to ring.
Chapter 2: Playing the DG8 A momentary foot switch with a 2-conductor 1/4” connector is used for the Soft Pedal function of the DG8. A momentary footswitch with a 3-conductor 1/4” connector is used for the Sustain/Sostenuto functions of the DG8. “Momentary” means that it is a spring-loaded switch that operates by “pressing and releasing” for on (press) or off (release) signals. If you use a footswitch with a 2-conductor connector for Sustain/ Sostenuto, the Sostenuto function will NOT operate.
Chapter 2: Playing the DG8 AUDIO INPUTS AND OUTPUTS The DG8 uses standard 2-conductor 1/4” tip-sleeve unbalanced connectors for back panel audio connections and a 3-conductor 1/4” tip-ring-sleeve connector for the two headphone outputs on the front. The diagram below shows what the right kind of connector looks like when purchasing audio cables and headphones.
Chapter 2: Playing the DG8 INITIALIZING THE DG8 FACTORY DEFAULTS When the DG8 is shipped from the factory, its user parameters are set to certain values so that the unit will perform its most basic functions right out of the box. These are called defaults – values that are set at the factory as the most useful and/or logical starting points for the various functions within the unit.
Chapter 3: MIDI Functions CHAPTER 3 MIDI FUNCTIONS MIDI BASICS Before we delve into the specific MIDI functions of the DG8, we’d like to provide a brief background on MIDI for those who may not be familiar with this technology. MIDI (pronounced “MID-ee”) is the acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface.
Chapter 3: MIDI Functions MIDI HARDWARE MIDI instruments and devices are connected by a fairly simple system of cables. The MIDI OUT port transmits data from one device one-way through the cable to the receiving instrument’s MIDI IN. You can setup each device in the system to send and respond to MIDI commands in a certain way. For example, you can tell a keyboard or guitar synth to send everything in MIDI except for Program Change commands.
Chapter 3: MIDI Functions common. For example, certain instruments are designed such that you can set a Voice or group of voices to MIDI Channels other than the Basic Channel. This provides enormous flexibility in the way that the instrument can control other instruments in the system, or be controlled by another MIDI device. You might want to think of a device’s Basic Channel as the one on which other Channels can be based – hence the word “basic”.
Chapter 3: MIDI Functions continuous/switch controllers (which can act like continuous controllers, but some are assumed to choose between two possible states, such as on and off). Each type of controller is stamped with its own controller identification number. Not all controller numbers have been standardized for specific functions, but the following indicates the current list of assigned controllers.
Chapter 3: MIDI Functions CHANNEL MESSAGES: MODE MESSAGES There are four types of messages that determine the MIDI Mode of the instrument. The “mode” of a device refers to how it will respond to incoming MIDI data. The MIDI Specification outlines four possible modes and the DG8 implements a modified version of one of these four modes called “Mode 3: Omni Off/Poly”. Mode 3 describes how polyphonic instruments in general receive notes on one Channel only.
Chapter 3: MIDI Functions MIDI AND THE DG8 With the previous description of MIDI basics in mind, let’s continue with a few more details concerning the MIDI functions that are present in the DG8. A MIDI Implementation Chart is provided in Appendix C that lists the MIDI functions supported by the DG8.
Chapter 3: MIDI Functions Program Changes The way the DG8 sends and responds to MIDI Program Change commands was designed to imitate the way Programs – whether Primary, Layer or Split – are selected from the front panel buttons. This is an important concept to understand and the following examples will help to illustrate how this works in the real world. Specific MIDI operations are explained with these examples: 1.
Chapter 3: MIDI Functions The following chart summarizes the DG8’s handling of transmitting and receiving MIDI Program Change commands: MIDI Program # Primary/Layer Program Primary Channel Layer Channel Bass Program Split Channel 000 001 002 003 Pno1A Pno1B Pno1C Pno1D Basic Basic Basic Basic Basic + 1 Basic + 1 Basic + 1 Basic + 1 ABasA ABasB ABasC ABasD Basic + 2 Basic + 2 Basic + 2 Basic + 2 Basic Basic Basic Basic Basic + 1 Basic + 1 Basic + 1 Basic + 1 KBasA KBasB KBasC KBasD Basic + 2
Appendix A: Glossary GLOSSARY DG8 TERMS Bass Program a sound Program selected from one of the Bass Banks Card Program a sound Program selected from the “Card Bank”, an external sound card inserted into the DG8’s back panel Defaults settings or display values that are set at the factory as the most useful and/or logical starting points for the various functions within the unit Graphic EQ short for “graphic equalizer”, the five sliders on the left side of the DG8’s control panel that are used to adjus
Appendix A: Glossary MIDI TERMS All Notes Off a command that is transmitted to all devices in a MIDI system that prevents notes from becoming stuck on Channel one of sixteen separate “paths” that Voice and Mode data can travel on Channel Messages data that communicates Voice and Mode messages on a specific, user-selected Channel Controllers commands that are used for musical expression (volume, sustain, vibrato, etc.
Appendix B: Troubleshooting TROUBLESHOOTING If you experience problems while operating your DG8, please use the following table to check for possible causes and solutions before contacting Alesis customer service for assistance. Some of them may seem rather obvious, but you’d be amazed at how easy it can be to overlook the basics. Please note that many problems can be solved simply by re-initializing the DG8 – see page 52.
Appendix B: Troubleshooting SYMPTOM 64 CAUSE SOLUTION All programs are out of tune with external MIDI devices or other instruments. Master Tune has been changed. Adjust Master Tune – see page 44. DG8 is not playing at concert pitch. Keyboard has been transposed. Press the TRANSPOSE button, then play Middle C to set transpose to +00 – see page 44. DG8 sounds chorused or tinny even when chorus fader is down.
Appendix B: Troubleshooting CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE While your DG8 should not need much attention, here are some tips for preventive maintenance: • Disconnect the AC power Adapter, then use a damp cloth to clean the DG8’s metal and plastic surfaces. For heavy dirt, use a non-abrasive household cleaner such as Formula 409® or Fantastik®.
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Appendix C: Specifications SPECIFICATIONS MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART Function Transmitted Recognized Basic Channel Default Changed 1-31 1 - 16 1-31 1 - 16 Mode Default Messages Altered Mode 3 X Mode 3 X ******** True Voice ******** 0 - 127 0 - 127 Note On Note Off Keys Ch’s O O X X O X2 X X2 X O O O O X O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 - 59 3, 4 ******** 0 - 59 3, 4 0 - 59 X X Song Position Song Select Tune Request Clock Commands X X X X X X X X X X Aux Messages Local On/Off All
Appendix C: Specifications SPECIFICATIONS Sound Generation Method: 16 Bit Linear 48kHz Sample ROM with sweepable lowpass filter per voice Polyphonic Voices: 64 Keyboard Section: 88 weighted keys, velocity sensitive Sound ROM: 24 MB, expandable to 32 MB via PCMCIA Expansion Card Slot Program Memory: 88 internal preset Programs Effects: QS Parallel Matrix Effects (4 independent stereo multieffect processing busses) TM Expansion Slot: PCMCIA card slot, will play QCards and cards created with Alesis SoundBrid
Appendix D: Warranty WARRANTY This product is warranted by Alesis to the original purchaser against defects in material and workmanship for a period of 1 year for parts and labor from the date of purchase. Complete terms of the Limited Warranty are stated on the Warranty Card packed with the product. Please retain a copy of your dated sales receipt for proof of warranty status should repairs be necessary. REFER ALL SERVICING TO ALESIS We believe that the DG8 should provide years of trouble-free use.
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Index INDEX A AC power .......................................................... 19 Alesis contact information ............................... 4 arrow buttons ................................................... 27 tutorial ..................................................... 33–34 audio outputs.................................................... 51 AutoDemos ....................................................... 23 B Bass Banks, defined ................................... 23, 32 FCC information........
Index S Safety Instructions English ............................................................. 7 French .............................................................. 9 German .......................................................... 11 selecting sounds ............................................... 35 SET SPLIT button....................................... 26, 39 Single mode, defined................................. 25, 35 Sound Slection buttons ................................... 33 specifications..
