A Save Setup To Tape - Alesis BRC Reference Manual

the original settings that had been previously made as well as the
new changes.
The BRC's setup information may also be transmitted as MIDI
system-exclusive data into some sort of MIDI data storage device,
such as the Alesis DataDisk, or any MIDI sequencer. This is actually
much faster than using the SAVE SETUP TO TAPE function, since it
does not require the tapes to be rewound and the transmission speed
is a lot faster. More importantly, another advantage is that when you
send a system-exclusive data dump to a device such as a DataDisk,
you are not writing over any previously stored setups. The advantage
of using the SAVE SETUP TO TAPE function, however, is that the
TOC is right there on tape, and thus infinitely more convenient and
accessible. For more information on transmitting system-exclusive,
see section 5.3C.

5.2A Save Setup To Tape

The SAVE SETUP TO TAPE button is used to save the BRC's setup
information to tape. This creates a TOC (table of contents) onto each
tape. When this button is pressed, the display will read:
Save to tape?
(Press RECORD)
Pressing RECORD will initiate the operation. All tapes will be
rewound to the start of the tape and the setup data will be recorded
onto their "data" portions (the non-audio section). The Tape Position
Counter will read "SAVE" and the LCD display will reflect the status
of the save operation:
Rewinding tape to
start
Saving data
to tape
When the save operation is completed, the display will read the
following until you select another BRC function:
Save to tape
Completed
• While the BRC is saving to tape, you can manually abort the
process at any time by pressing STOP. Doing so will cause the
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