Alesis QSR 64 manual Saving Programs VIA Midi SYS EX, PRG 000? STR

Chapter 9: MIDI Transfer and Storage Operations

SAVING PROGRAMS VIA MIDI SYS EX

As an alternative to storing data to a card, the QSR lets you transmit internal data via MIDI System Exclusive messages. This data can be sent to a storage device, or recorded into a MIDI sequencer, or sent to another QSR or S4. 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, 128 Programs, 128 Effects Patches) plus Global data. In the case of sending data to another QSR, you can send any individual Program to the same location or any other location in the receiving QSR, including any of its 17 Program Edit buffers.

To send the entire User bank via MIDI:

➀Connect a MIDI cable from the QSR’s [MIDI OUT] to the MIDI In of a device capable of receiving the data (a MIDI sequencer, another QSR, etc.).

➁Press [STORE].

➂Press [CURSOR ▲] six times to select Page 5 of the Store function.

The display will look like this:

SEND ALL DATA

TO MIDI? (STR)

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:

➀Follow steps ➀ and ➁ in the instructions above.

➁Press [CURSOR ▲] seven times to select Page 6 of the Store function.

The display will look like this:

MIDI PRG 000 TO

PRG 000? (STR)

➂Use the [VALUE] knob 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 QSR (see below).

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

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