Alesis DG8 Reference Manual page 21

Chapter 1: Getting Started
With a MIDI Patchbay:
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If you're using a MIDI patchbay or "patcher" to connect all of
your MIDI devices centrally, it's likely that the patcher's back
panel will have a series of paired
each device in your rig (the DG8 being one of them).
Connect the DG8's
MIDI OUT
same pair's connects to the
MIDI OUT
the patcher's Owner's Manual to find out how it routes MIDI
data among the devices connected to it.
64 VOICE EXPANDABLE SYNTHESIZER MODULE
PHONES VOLUME
and
MIDI OUT MIDI IN
to the of one of the pairs. The
MIDI IN
of the DG8. Consult
MIDI IN
VALUE EDIT MODE PLAY MODE
CURSOR EDIT MIX PROG
MIDI CH STORE DOWN UP
COMPARE GLOBAL
MIDI CHANNEL
BANK SELECT PCMCIA EXPANSION CARDS
DG8 R
EFERENCE
ports for
POWER
A
B
M
ANUAL