Alesis QSR 64 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 QSR can access Program and Mix data directly from a card by using the [ ▲ BANK] and [BANK ▲] buttons. To overwrite the User bank with a Card bank:

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Insert the card into one of the card slots on the front panel.

Press [STORE].

Press [ ▲ CURSOR] twice to select Page 9 of the Store function.

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Use the [VALUE] knob to select the bank on the card you wish to load (1–11).

Press [STORE] to transfer the data from the card into the QSR.

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 QSR Bank format. A Sound Card is formatted whenever an entire QSR 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 QSR Bank onto it first.

➀Insert a card into Sound Card slot A on the front of the QSR. Alesis recommends that you use card slot A for all RAM card storage operations.

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

➂Press [STORE].

➃Press [ ▲ CURSOR] once.

➄Use the [VALUE] knob to select a bank location on the card to store to (1–11).

If the card contains a ROM bank, it will show as Bank 1 and you will be unable to store to it.

➅ Press [CURSOR ▲] Once.

➆Use the [VALUE] knob to select a location in the selected card Bank to save to (00–127 if storing a Program; 00–99 if storing a Mix).

➇Press [STORE] to transfer the data from the QSR 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

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