Posted by Ian Wilson on October 24, 1997 at 21:29:12:
In Reply to: QS7 & QS8 posted by Jennifer Wells on October 16, 1997 at 10:10:27:
: Hi all!
: I'm interested in feedback on the useability and sounds
: of the QS7 and QS8. I've had some experience with the
: QS+ & felt the architecture was difficult, but that's
: my only experience with Alesis. I did like the sounds
: very much!
: Please just drop me a quick note about your likes/
: dislikes about these boards. Thanks to Mike G for his
: helpful responses!
: Thanks in advance!
Hi Jennifer
I found the QS7 sounds to be the most amazingly flexible sounds when used in PROGRAM mode. For playing live, the QS7 and QS8 are great keyboards, but in a MIDI setup they tend to lose some of their sparkle. A lot of the sounds use effects, which are very complex and very powerful, but these effects seem (to me anyway) to be cut way down when the synth is put into it's multitimbral MIX mode. This is where MIDI hookup is used, so depending on what you want to use the synth for, make sure you check out some demo songs on the synth (demos other than the one's provided on the actual synth).
Ian Wilson