ALESIS QS8.1 - Manual (Page 64)

Part 5: MIDI
58 QS7.1/QS8.1 Reference Manual
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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:
❿ Connect 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].
① Press [PAGE ] six times to select the proper page of the Store function.
The display will look like this:
➃ Press [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:
❿ Follow 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:
① Use 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).
➃ Press [STORE] to transmit the data out the MIDI Out connector.