Alesis QS8, QS7 manual Loading a Bank from AN External Card, Storing AN Individual Program or MIX

Chapter 9: MIDI Transfer and Storage Operations

LOADING A BANK FROM AN EXTERNAL CARD

The QS can read data directly from a card by using the [ BANK] and [BANK] buttons. To overwrite the User bank with a Card bank, use this procedure:

¿Insert the card into the card slot on the back panel.

¡Press [STORE].

¬Press [ PAGE] once to select Page 7 of the Store function.

This selects the “LOAD FROM CARD” option. The display will look like this:

LOAD FRM CARD 1? (Press STORE)

√Use the CONTROLLER [D] slider to select the bank on the card you wish to load (1–11).

ƒPress [STORE] to transfer the data from the card into the QS.

STORING AN INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM OR MIX

You also have the option of storing a Mix or Program directly to a specific location in a RAM Sound Card Bank (instead of transferring the entire Bank) and vice versa. However, the Sound Card you are storing to must be of the current QS Bank format. A Sound Card is formatted whenever an entire QS Bank is stored onto it. If you are using an older QuadraSynth Sound Card that does not use the current Bank format, you will not be able to store individual Mixes or Programs onto it until you store an entire QS Bank onto it first.

¿Insert a card into the Sound Card slot on the back of the QS.

¡Select the Program or Mix you wish to transfer to the card.

¬Press [STORE].

√Use the [s VALUE] and [VALUE t] buttons to select a bank location on the card to store to (1–11).

If the card contains a ROM bank, it will be bank 1. Therefore, you will only be able to save into bank locations 2–11.

ƒUse the [00] – [120] and [0] – [9] buttons to select a location in the selected card Bank to save to (00–127 if storing a Program; 00–99 if storing a Mix).

≈Press [STORE] to transfer the data from the QS onto the card.

If the card is write-protected, or not inserted, or not of the current Bank format, the display will indicate the situation with an error message. If the card is not of the current Bank format, use the “Save To Card” command first (see previous page) to save the entire User Bank to the card. This however will erase all Programs and Mixes in the selected card Bank. If these are important to you, first load them into the User Bank in the QS, and then save them back onto the card in order to re-format the card using the new format.

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