Rackmounting; Limited Computer Editing (The Out/Thru Jack, Pt. 2) - Alesis NanoBass Reference Manual

chain by running a MIDI cable from the NanoBass's OUT/THRU to the next
instrument's IN jack, then another cable from that instrument's THRU to the next
instrument's IN, and so on down the line until you were finished. Now when you
play your controller, each device will respond to the MIDI data and "pass it on
down" the line.
PLEASE NOTE: As a general rule of thumb, daisy chains should be no longer
than three instruments in a row. Any more than that and you risk accumulating
data transmission errors that could cause stuck notes, unexpected program
changes, and inaccurate control.
In really big MIDI setups, you might find yourself combining a basic star network
with selected short daisy-chains, usually of instruments which you either can't (or
don't want to) edit with your computer. Which brings us to...
LIMITED COMPUTER EDITING (The OUT Jack, Pt. 2)
The NanoBass's 256 programs are stored on the circuitboard as EPROM data,
and can't be changed. You can still use a computer, though, to edit one program
at a time.
Here's the trick. If you connect your computer's MIDI OUT to the NanoBass's
MIDI IN, and the NanoBass's OUT to the computer's IN, then you can use a
commercial librarian/editor program (such as Mark of the Unicorn's Unisyn) to
edit the contents of the NanoBass's edit buffer. This would allow you, for
example, to change the samples in a program, pick a new LFO waveform, adjust
its attack envelope, radically alter its effects settings, and so forth. Then you
could save this new program in your computer and download it into the
NanoBass's edit buffer any time you wanted.
What you can't do is permanently store this changed sound in the NanoBass
itself, because the unit has no battery-backed RAM. Whatever editing you did
would vanish when you turned the unit's power off.

Rackmounting

Your NanoBass will sit happily on any flat surface, and thanks to its four rubber
feet it won't slide around too much (even though it's so light). But if you are
interested in a more secure and permanent installation, then rackmounting is the
way to go.
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