BSS Audio FDS-388 OMNIDRIVE Owner's Manual - Manual (Page 51)

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Midi Operation
PC Card Operation
The FDS-380 can be programmed either through the midi interface or by
using the PC Card:
Data can be transferred between any combinations of FDS-380 and FDS-388
using device data dumps.
The midi channel is set by pressing one of the two buttons at the left hand end
of the front panel using a matchstick or pen top. The first press will display the
current midi channel number, further presses will change the channel number.
The upper button increments the midi channel number, the lower button
decrements it.
Set the midi channel numbers in the destination and source units to be the
same. Prepare the dump from an FDS-380 by pressing both of the midi buttons
at the same time. After pressing the first time the unit will display 'rdy' allowing
the user time to confirm the dump if sending to an FDS-388. To start the dump,
press both of the midi buttons a second time. The FDS-380 will show 'Snd'
whilst sending the dump. If a dump is sent from another FDS-380 or an FDS-
388 into the FDS-380, the display will show 'rec' whilst receiving.
The unit will also respond to midi program change messages sent to its
channel.
All variables in the unit can be adjusted over midi.
If a variable in the unit has been edited by changing it's value over midi, the
right hand decimal point in the display will flash.
Device data can be installed into an FDS-380 Omnidrive from a PC Card. If a
card is inserted with a file called LOADmm.XAL (where mm is the current midi
channel number) that file will be loaded into the unit. For example, a card
could have the files LOAD01.XAL, LOAD02.XAL and LOAD03.XAL stored on
it using an FDS-388. To access file LOAD01.XAL, an FDS-380 must be set to
MIDI channel 1. To access LOAD02.XAL, the FDS-380 must be set to MIDI
channel 2, and so on. The MIDI channel number of the FDS-380 can be
changed by using the MIDI channel select buttons (See opposite).
When a card with the appropriate file is inserted into the unit, the user will
have a three second countdown in which to pull out the card if they realise
that they did not wish the unit to be overwritten or if they did not realise that
the file was on the card.
Ensure that when data is transferred to an FDS-380 either by card or by Midi
that the Mutes are not on. The mutes cannot be turned of and on once the
data has been dumped into the FDS-380.
21.2 Midi
Operation
21.3 PC Card
Operation
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