Using Pcmcia Expansion Cards; Saving The User Bank To Apcmcia Card - Alesis QS6.1 Reference Manual

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The QS6.1 provides two PCMCIA EXPANSION CARD slots, [ A] and [ B], which are
found on the rear panel. These accommodate Alesis QCards and RAM cards. The
RAM Card is a type of PCMCIA SRAM or FlashRAM card. We currently offer one
which has 512K of memory and will store 8 complete banks. Larger Flash RAM cards
can store up to 8MB of sample data using Alesis Sound Bridge software. Each
PCMCIA Expansion Card slot can house a card with up to 8 Mb of RAM, for a total
of 16 additional megabytes of sound storage.
The QCards are ROM cards, which stands for Read-Only Memory. This means that
you canÕt store (ÒWriteÓ) to them. So the kind of card you need to use for that sort of
operation is an SRAM or Flash RAM card.
Note: The cards must be Type 1 PC cards (PCMCIA), and must be either AMD-C
series or -D series FLASH cards (or fully compatible). Any SRAM card should work.
Many different card sizes from 256K to 8 Megabytes are supported; just make sure
they are 5-volt read/write only, and have an access time of 150 nanoseconds or
faster.
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The entire contents of the QS6.1Õs User memory (100 Mixes and 128 Programs) can be
stored to an Alesis PCMCIA RAM card inserted into card slot [A] on the QS6.1.
Depending on the amount of RAM a particular card has, up to 8 complete banks can
be stored onto it.
Insert a card into Sound Card slot A on the back of the QS6.1. Alesis recommends
that you use card slot A for all RAM card storage operations.
Press [STORE].
Press [
This selects the ÒSAVE TO CARDÓ option. The display will look like this:
Use the [ CONTROLLER D] slider or the [VALUE] buttons to select a bank
location on the card to store to (A1Ð4, etc.).
If the card contains a ROM bank, it will show as Bank 1 and you will be unable to store
to it.
Press [STORE ] to transfer the user bank data from the QS6.1 onto the card.
If the display reads ÒCARD A IS WRITE PROTECTED.Ó, switch the write-
protect switch on the card to off and repeat the procedure.
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