Alesis QS8.1, QS7.1 manual Saving Programs VIA Midi SYS EX, To send the entire User bank via Midi

Part 5: MIDI

SAVING PROGRAMS VIA MIDI SYS EX

As an alternative to storing data to a card, the QS lets you transmit internal data via the MIDI Output connector in the form of System Exclusive messages. This data can be sent to a storage device, or recorded into a MIDI sequencer, or sent to another QS or a QSR. You have a choice of sending any single Program in the User bank (00 to 127), or what is in the current Program Edit buffer, or what is in any of the 16 Mix Edit Program buffers, or the entire User bank (100 Mixes and 128 Programs, including their Effects Patches) plus Global data. In the case of sending data to another QS, you can send any individual Program to the same location or any other location in the receiving QS, including any of its 17 Program Edit buffers.

To send the entire User bank via MIDI:

❿Connect a MIDI cable from the QS’s MIDI Out to the MIDI In of a device capable of receiving the data (a MIDI sequencer, another QS, etc.).

❡Press [STORE].

①Press [PAGE ] six times to select the proper page of the Store function. The display will look like this:

➃Press [STORE] to transmit the data out the MIDI Out connector.

While transmitting the data, the display will temporarily read “SENDING OUT MIDI DATA.....”.

To send a single Program via MIDI:

❿Follow steps ❿ and ❡ in the instructions above.

❡Press [PAGE ]seven times to select the proper page of the Store function. The display will look like this:

①Use the [CONTROLLER D] slider and the [VALUE] buttons to select a Program to transmit. You may select any Program in the User bank (000 to 127) or the Program Edit buffer (EDIT) or any of the 16 Mix Edit buffers (Em01 to Em16). As this value is changed, the second parameter (destination) will be linked. This is because most often you will want to transmit a Program to the same Program location. The only time to do otherwise is when sending to another QS (see next page).

➃Press [STORE] to transmit the data out the MIDI Out connector.

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