How To Use This Manual - Alesis Data Disk Reference Manual

INTRODUCTION

HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL

Since a musician's time is better spent making music than reading
manuals, we've tried to make this manual not only easy to use, but
also fast and easy to find things when you need to. Therefore, the
manual is broken down to 6 major sections, of which Section 5 will
be probably be referred to the most. They are:
SECTION 1 - QUICKSTART
This section tells you how to use the most frequently needed op-
erations. If you have to use your now but don't have the
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time to read the entire manual, Section 1 will quickly guide you
through.
SECTION 2 - DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS
This section gives a brief explanation of all front panel and rear
panel controls and indicators.
SECTION 3 - INTERFACING
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Section 3 deals with the interfacing of to another MIDI
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device or into a MIDI system.
SECTION 4 - FUNCTIONS
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Section 4 gives an overview of the software functions and pages of
.
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SECTION 5 - OPERATION
This section will probably be the most used part of the manual as it
describes how to execute every function in a step by step manner.
Actual display readouts of are also included.
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SECTION 6 - REAL-TIME MIDI SEQUENCE PLAYBACK
This section decribes the DataDisk's Real-Time MIDI sequence
recording and playback functions.
SECTION 7 - APPENDIX
Section 6 provides a simple troubleshooting guide and operational
specifications for .
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