Alesis QS7.1, QS8.1 manual Editing Programs VIA Midi SYS EX

MIDI: Part 5

To send a single Program via MIDI to a different Program number:

❿Follow steps ❿ through ① in the instructions above.

❡Press [PAGE ] one more time to advance the cursor to the lower section of the display.

①Use the [CONTROLLER D] slider and the [VALUE] buttons to select the Program number to which you would like to send the Program.

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

The procedure is similar for sending Mixes. The next two pages of the Store function allow you to send any one of the Mixes to the same Mix location or the Mix Edit buffer in all the same ways to all the same types of devices.

But keep in mind that just because you’re storing a Mix to MIDI doesn’t mean that all of the Programs are being taken with it. It’s similar to having edited every single Program in the Mix as well as having edited the Mix. You’d have to individually store each of these to a location in the User bank or to a card, right? It’s the same with sys-ex transfers. If you want that Mix to sound the same in someone else’s QS, you’re going to need to send along the Programs out of which it was constructed.

So depending on how customized the Programs are, it might make more sense to go ahead and use the “SEND ALL TO MIDI” command and give them the entire bank.

But make sure s/he knows to back up his or her User bank before loading it in!

EDITING PROGRAMS VIA MIDI SYS EX

This is the single scariest thing a person can try to do with a QS (or any other synth, for that matter). It’s the MIDI equivalent of genetic engineering. But if you’re into doing hexadecimal conversion and know the QS extremely well, we wanted to let you know that we have some documents which you can request from Product Support here at Alesis which will assist you. Call or e-mail us (number and addresses listed in Appendix A: Troubleshooting).

There are two documents available:

1)The Sys-Ex document. Aptly named, it’s the one which lists every parameter in the QS and covers briefly how to represent them in System-exclusive form.

2)The Do-It-Yourself document. The DIY document (as it is commonly called) gives you an example of how to address one parameter in Sys-ex form, and then turns you loose.

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