Table Of Contents - Alesis Data Disk Reference Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 2
FEATURES................................................................................................................ 2
HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL ................................................................................... 3
SECTION 1
DATADISK QUICK START............................................................................... 4
TO FORMAT A DISK ................................................................................................. 4
RECEIVING ONE MIDI DATA FILE FOR STORAGE................................................. 4
RECEIVING MULTIPLE MIDI DATA FILES FOR STORAGE..................................... 4
SENDING A SINGLE STORED FILE ......................................................................... 5
SENDING MULTIPLE STORED FILES ...................................................................... 5
SECTION 2
DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS ....................................................................... 6
FRONT PANEL.......................................................................................................... 6
3 1/2" DISK DRIVE ........................................................................................ 6
LCD DISPLAY ............................................................................................... 6
SCROLL........................................................................................................ 6
NAME............................................................................................................ 6
RECEIVE ...................................................................................................... 6
SEND ............................................................................................................ 6
DELETE ........................................................................................................ 6
BACKUP ....................................................................................................... 7
DO/YES......................................................................................................... 7
REQUEST..................................................................................................... 7
INFO ............................................................................................................. 7
MIDI .............................................................................................................. 7
FORMAT ....................................................................................................... 7
POWER ........................................................................................................ 7
BACKPANEL ............................................................................................................. 7
MIDI IN.......................................................................................................... 8
MIDI OUT ...................................................................................................... 8
POWER ........................................................................................................ 8
DATADISK FRONT AND BACK PANEL .................................................................... 9
SECTION 3
INTERFACING DATADISK............................................................................... 10
DATADISK CONNECTED TO A SINGLE MIDI DEVICE............................................ 10
HANDSHAKING ............................................................................................ 10
DATADISK USED TO STORE HR-16/MMT-8 SEQUENCES..................................... 12
DATADISK IN A MORE COMPLEX MIDI SETUP ...................................................... 13
SECTION 4
DATADISK FUNCTIONS .................................................................................. 14
THEORY OF OPERATION ........................................................................................ 14
SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE................................................................................... 14
RECEIVE MODES......................................................................................... 14
SOFTWARE FUNCTIONS......................................................................................... 15
RECEIVE MIDI DATA FUNCTION................................................................. 16
SEND MIDI DATA FUNCTIONS .................................................................... 16
RECV ONE SYSEX .......................................................................... 16
RECV MULT SYSEX......................................................................... 16
SEND FILE XXXXXX YYYYYY ZZZZZZZZ ....................................... 16