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Alesis Vintage Synthesizers and Classic Beatboxes QCard !!! Now includes LIFETIME Warranty !!!

WORKS with ALL QS models, including the QSR, QS7, and QS8 !!! NOTE - this card works in BOTH Slots of the QSR, QS7, and QS8 !!!

No Longer Made by Alesis

The Alesis Vintage Synthesizers QCard is in excellent cosmetic and working condition. Also included are the original Alesis Instruction Booklet/Patch Charts and the Protective Jewel Case.

Note that this card has been Refurbished and is guaranteed to be in excellent working condition, with a LIFETIME warranty. QCards are comprised of several primary components - the Outer Casing, the 68 Pin PCMCIA Connector, and a Circuit Board containing many electronic components including Flash Memory Chips, ASICs, Transistors, Capacitors, and a primary Controller Chip. My Refurbished QCards have had at least one or more of these components replaced to guarantee that the card meets (or exceeds) the original factory specifications. My "refurbishing" process actually makes this card more rugged than a standard QCard!

Note regarding my Price Increases and new lead times:

I invested a ridiculously large sum of money about 10 years ago for a large stock of QS compatible Flash RAM, but a few months ago I was fast approaching the day that I would be completely out of stock. Not all Linear Flash RAM is compatible with the Alesis QS Synthesizers, and the QS compatible RAM required to make my refurbished QCards has gotten extremely difficult to find. So I was faced with closing down my Alesis QCard business once my stock run out, or searching for a new source and re-investing in new stock. After several months of research, I found that most sources of QS compatible RAM were charging MORE for the RAM alone than I was charging for a completely refurbished card, not even including my cost of printing the Booklets. I managed to find one source willing to sell me ALL of their available stock at a price that was fairly reasonable compared to all the other sources, but was still considerably higher than I had paid 10 years ago and was too high to maintain my current pricing structure.

So I was faced with a dilema - continue selling until I depleted my current stock and then close down my QCard business altogether, OR - make another major investment in stock that would require me to raise pricies across the board. Against my better judgement, I re-invested in new stock, and instead of passing on the entire price inrease of this new stock, I cut my profit margin considerably in order to try and keep my QCards affordable.

My QCard business has always been more of a "hobby" than a business because the profit margin has never been very high (and there is a LOT of labor required to make a quality refurbished QCard). I've run this business more out of my love for the QS series synths and my desire to help QS owners get the most from their QS synth investment - and as a way for me to purchase the "latest" recording gear, software and keyboards without getting hassled by the wife! But with my new profit margins, this is now "officially" a hobby - so please keep this in mind - my lead time to make and ship a refurbished card used to be approximately 3 days but will now be closer to a week. But the good news is, I WILL be continuing to offer my extremely high quality refurbished QCards!

If you are looking for any other QCards or Quadracards, feel free to e-mail me through eBay and let me know what you are looking for. Because I also buy and trade QCards, I always have a decent inventory of good used cards in stock at any given time - so it is best to e-mail me for price and availability for any other cards you may be interested in. Note that if my ad specifies "refurbished" then at least one (or more) of the primary components has been replaced, but if the ad does NOT specify "refurbished" then the auction is for a good condition used QCard, NOT a "refurbished" card.

SPECIAL NOTE: This card works in BOTH SLOTS of the QSR, QS7, and QS8 models.

This card works in ALL SLOTS in the following synths:

Quadrasynth and S4 Module (see note below about Preset File required for use)

Quadrasynth Plus Piano and S4+ Module

DG8 Digital Piano

QSR Rack Module

QS6

QS6.1

QS6.2

QS7

QS7.1

QS8

QS8.1

QS8.2

NOTE: As stated above, This card works in BOTH SLOTS of the QSR, QS7 and QS8 Models

The 8 Megabyte Vintage Synthesizers and Classic Beatboxes QCard contains the groovy synth sounds and lo-fi drum hits from the dawn of the age of electronic music. All of your favorite analog synthesizers from the late '60s through the mid '80s are represented in their best form. You can expect the classic fat, warm and rich waveforms that VCO-based synths provided in their heyday. You'll also get long resonant filter sweeps as well as cool bandpass and highpass filtered waves. Additionally, you'll get a great collection of your all-time favorite drum machines as well as examples of rare machines that let you stand out from the crowd. Whether you're performing rock songs, composing period-piece film scores or adding smooth sounds to hip hop, techno or R&B tunes, this card is the real thing for vintage synths and electronic drums.

This QCard's superior sonic quality comes from 16-bit, 48kHz linear, master-quality samples and state-of-the-art synthesizer voicing. Its massive eight megabytes of sound ROM contain hundreds of carefully-recorded samples that are compatible with all Alesis QuadraSynth and QS Series synthesizers.

The Vintage Synthesizers and Classic Beatboxes QCard contains 128 Programs and 100 multitimbral Mixes.

NOTE for Users of a TWO Slot QS Model: After you receive this card and have a chance to "play" with it, if you like the sounds but wish that you had a LARGER SELECTION of Programs and Mixes that utilize the Samples that are "Unique" to this card, please feel free to contact me regarding my "Custom Programmed" SRAM Cards. With the addition of one of my "Custom" SRAM Cards, you can TRIPLE the number of Programs and Mixes available to you from 128 Programs and 100 Mixes to 384 Programs and 300 Mixes! When you insert my "Custom" SRAM card in the Lower Slot, you can INSTANTLY Triple the number of Programs and Mixes that are available for whichever QCard is loaded in the Upper Slot! Most QCards have TWO Extra Banks of Programs and Mixes that were created by Alesis and were shipped with the original QCard on a CD and Floppy Disk. But Alesis required the User to "Transfer" ONE of the Extra Banks at a time from your computer to the QS User Bank using their Freeloader sysex transfer program, which is FAR more awkward than just inserting a custom card. By using the official Alesis method, you can only access ONE extra bank at a time, and the extra bank WILL wipe out your User Bank. My custom card is a FAR more eloquent solution - not only does it INSTANTLY give you access to TWO MORE banks of Programs and Mixes for your QCard, the Custom SRAM Card has room for EIGHT Banks of Programs/Mixes, so I can program ONE SRAM Card to contain the 2 Extra Banks for up to FOUR QCards. So for example, if you own the Vintage Keys, Vintage Synths, Sanctuary and Eurodance QCards, I can program the 2 Extra Banks for ALL four of these QCards on ONE SRAM Card. If you insert this custom SRAM Card in your Lower Slot, then whichever QCard is inserted into the Upper Slot will have 384 Programs and 300 Mixes INSTANTLY available instead of just 128 Programs/100 Mixes! And Alesis created the QS series so that the cards can be "hot-swapped", so you can EASILY swap QCards even between songs in a live setting.

Vintage Synthesizers - Programs

Vintage Synthesizers - Mixes

000 Sparklers	050 Luscious	100 HR Kit	000 FutureOrch	050 Log Split
001 Plethora	051 SuperPadMW	101 120/95 Kit	001 Launch Pad	051 Leipzigzag
002 WaterGlass	052 Unison Pad	102 55b Kit	002 Belustrous	052 Wave Split
003 Glasseen	053 OctavePad1	103 77 Kit	003 SmpthtcVib	053 Evocative
004 Wavewind	054 OctavePad2	104 GeeEcksKit	004 TechnoGoth	054 Biz Split
005 GranularVx	055 OldStrings	105 MorfKit MW	005 Blipper	055 Hair Split
006 Galactica	056 VeryOldStr	106 Mixup Kit	006 ContactMW	056 Heavy5/Bss
007 TomitEnsml	057 Murk Orch	107 HR+77	007 Inharmapad	057 Metal/5ths
008 UnderTow	058 HP Strings	108 WhackIt	008 DrkCoridor	058 TronicSplt
009 Lo Dipped	059 Lo Wish	109 Insta-'Cid	009 PlasmaHaze	059 Polar/Bass
010 FilterDual	060 LayerBrass	110 Digifest	010 Mr.Sparkle	060 JumboSplit
011 Sweep Comp	061 TouchAndGo	111 Da Bell	011 Blazzzt	061 MajikSplit
012 SquishySwp	062 FanfareBrs	112 Glittrbell	012 Perkitude	062 MystikSplt
013 Doinkey	063 Cerberus	113 TubularStr	013 Synome	063 WigglySplt
014 Spartacus	064 EmoLdTrpt	114 Luminous	014 Air Ting	064 Vox/Sync
015 Starsweepr	065 SlideJazz	115 CloudPower	015 Brazzish	065 GroovSplit
016 Q Who?	066 SynthHornX	116 CleanSweep	016 SpongeComp	066 SmoovSplit
017 Nastyness	067 ThickJoops	117 Glassyblip	017 SwishyComp	067 Heavy5/Pad
018 UnoSweeps	068 BrassTaxes	118 Marbles	018 SweetStack	068 PolarSplt1
019 ArctcSweep	069 MonstrHorn	119 ModRinger	019 FarGloss	069 PolarSplt2
020 BrightPoly	070 TrustNoOne	120 AsiaMinor	020 HapninBass	070 Orch&Brass
021 Tiger Clav	071 DentonBlue	121 Chish Comp	021 NastyCycle	071 StringOrch
022 Compin'Man	072 Obie Lead	122 RezNoise!	022 MetalMass	072 Glory Us
023 Wave Comp	073 OB-Live-On	123 NoseFilter	023 LotsaBoxes	073 BigMoment!
024 Corp Comp	074 Rezo-Notch	124 Harmit Odd	024 Baca Bass	074 Nonpareil
025 Perky	075 InDBgining	125 Endymion	025 TitanicBss	075 Morkestra
026 Knuckler	076 GeeEcks5th	126 Spelunker	026 Thwacker	076 Fat Horns
027 Digikomp	077 Ripping5th	127 FrmPlanetQ	027 Bot Quake	077 BrassChips
028 Quixotie	078 I-5Lead MW		028 ThundrBass	078 StrngChips
029 Attitude	079 Abad'un Ld		029 Wavebaze	079 Debussive
030 Slider Pad	080 CommonManA		030 Phat Food	080 Bauble
031 Subdivisns	081 Synthonica		031 Vel+Wheel	081 Silverware
032 Edge Comp	082 Wild FM MW		032 AstroBlast	082 Sheenr
033 Wizenheimr	083 WildSaw MW		033 Mars Raver	083 MeloKlang
034 Digilog	084 WildSyncMW		034 Ripz	084 Bell Pad
035 Half Ton!	085 Sync Hard!		035 Jumbo Mini	085 Bell Chor
036 Chocolate	086 SizzleLead		036 Obie One	086 SubBell
037 Far Away	087 ZingerLead		037 Press It!	087 Epsilon
038 Semi-Gloss	088 Angry Lead		038 PolarMeltr	088 Cut Traces
039 Titan	089 Total Hero		039 Polar Lead	089 ClangSynth
040 Wave Pad	090 MetaBass		040 Emotional	090 BigBeatBox
041 Alaska	091 Parc'sBass		041 Redemption	091 Bumpin Box
042 M Flange	092 BaseBoy		042 Synesthetc	092 Famous HR
043 Polar Pad	093 Glaz Bass		043 ThickPad	093 TomCat Kit
044 Juneau Pad	094 Nasty Bass		044 BallOStrng	094 Hut! Hut!
045 Hollowing	095 Cycle Bass		045 Vivid	095 55b/Diff
046 Softvoxx	096 Juicy Bass		046 Veddy Nice	096 Morf 77
047 Vocoder	097 Rez Pluck		047 Bellion	097 Aggro Box
048 Ahh Tube	098 Mass Bass		048 Supreme	098 Cola Kit
049 Slow Chor	099 ShakeNbass		049 SpaceOrgan	099 Multitmbrl

Card comes with FULL 30 Day 'No Questions Asked' MONEY BACK Guarantee. Card can be returned for money back within 30 Days if not satisfied for ANY reason at all.

I now include a LIFETIME WARRANTY with all of my QCards.

You Can Check Out the Factory Demos for the Vintage Synthesizers QCard Here:

1 - Syzygy - by David Bryce

2 - Volt Age - by Gretchen

You Can Check Out Sample Sequences of Individual Patches Here:

Patch name with mp3 demo	My comments
01 Plethora	Beautiful, delightfully full and analog-sounding reso sweep synth.
06 Galactica	Perfect for scoring the sequel to Blade Runner!
07 TomitEnsml	Inspired by great Ambient/New Age musician Tomita.
12 SquishySwp	Definitely squishy
19 ArctcSweep	Fantastic and inspired delayed synth, with sampled filter resonance.
29 Attitude	and plenty of it.
31 Subdivisns	Great analog pad
37 Far Away	Very '80s sounding synth.
41 Alaska	Classic patch found in many synths.
44 Juneau Pad	Probably means (Roland) Juno synth pad.
48 Ahh Tube	Different, strange.
49 Slow Chor	Lovely and icy synth pad
54 OctavePad2	Marvellous and powerful.
56 VeryOldStr	Classic early string machine a la Solina.
72 Obie Lead	Cool Oberheim solo synth.
78 I-5Lead MW	Progressive lead.
82 Wild FM MW	Very aggressive and cool FM sound
85 Sync Hard!	Typical oscillator sync
90 MetaBass	Goes low.
100 HR Kit	Alesis very own HR-16 drum machine.
101 120-95 Kit	Presumably sampled from Korg's Minipops 120 and 95 drum machines. Very cool, retro sounds.
102 55b Kit	And this is the Korg Rhythm 55b
103 77 Kit	And the Korg KPR-77.
104 GeeEcksKit	Obtained from the Yamaha GX??
115 CloudPower	Nice, sparkly pad
126 Spelunker	Ominous sound fx.

Frequently asked questions:

Will this card work with the QuadraSynth/QuadraSynth Plus Piano or the S4/S4 Plus Sound Module?
ALL Qcards work FINE with the QuadraSynth Plus Piano and S4 Plus Sound Modules. QCards also work fine with the ORIGINAL Quadrasynth and the ORIGINAL S4 Sound Modules, BUT you MUST load a Special Preset Bank into the User Bank first in order for the QCard to work with the ORIGINAL Quadrasynth/S4, and your operating system must be version 1.07 or higher. I can e-mail you the Special Preset Bank which you will need to transfer to your Quadrasynth/S4 using a MIDI sysex program - or I can make you a custom SRAM Card programmed with the Special Preset Bank or Banks - if you want to use multiple QCards I can program as many as eight Special Preset Banks on one SRAM Card. E-mail me for custom SRAM Card options and pricing.

Will this card work with the Alesis DG8 88 Note digital Piano?
Yes, ALL Qcards work in the Alesis DG8.

NOTE: I believe in fair shipping fees, but due to constantly changing US Postal Rate changes, I have had to raise my shipping fees accordingly. I securely pack my cards using cardboard inserts and bubble packs, and the Post Office NO LONGER ships these packages at the letter rate. And they ALSO keep drastically changing international rates. I try to keep my shipping rates up to date with the USPS changes, and my current shipping fees are $5.50 via US First Class Mail in the continental US which includes tracking. Worldwide shipping is no longer a flat rate, the rate will change based on your country. I have found the current rates to range from around $13.00 to $18.00, depending on country. I try to keep my rates constant and fair but their frequent rate changes keep forcing me to adjust my shipping rates. International First Class Mail does NOT include Tracking. The ONLY USPS International Shipping Method that includes Tracking is Priority Express, which runs about $63, which is ridiculously expensive. But if you are an International customer and want Tracking, Priority Express is your ONLY available option. PayPal accepted.

Any questions?
Feel free to contact me.

NOTE: I have been selling on eBay since 1999 with NO negative feedbacks, and NO neutral feedbacks – and I work hard to keep it that way. If you are not happy with your purchase in any way, please contact me immediately and I will do my best to rectify any problems. Also, once you have received the product please leave positive feedback and I will do the same for you.