ALESIS QS8.1 - Manual (Page 65)

MIDI: Part 5
QS7.1/QS8.1 Reference Manual 59
To send a single Program via MIDI to a different Program number:
❿ Follow steps ❿ through ① in the instructions above.
❡ Press [PAGE ] one more time to advance the cursor to the lower section of the
display.
① Use the [CONTROLLER D] slider and the [VALUE] buttons to select the Program
number to which you would like to send the Program.
➃ Press [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!
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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.