Receive Data Directly From Another Midi Device - ION Electronic Drum Kit Owner's Manual

Background The IDM01's memory contents can be sent out over MIDI like any other MIDI data. This data is
meaningful only to an IDM01 (different drum machines will ignore the data) but the data can be saved to a MIDI
system exclusive storage device, such as the Alesis DataDisk, a computer running System Exclusive storage
software, or a musical instrument capable of recording System Exclusive data (Yamaha SY77 and DX7IIFD,
Ensoniq EPS and VFX, Peavey DPM-3, etc.). This function also lets you send all Patterns, Songs, and Drum
Setups to another IDM01 without having to save to tape first.
The following describes how to save data to the Alesis DataDisk; other system exclusive storage devices work
similarly, but please refer to the owner's manual for your particular device to find out how to set it up to accept
and store MIDI data.
Saving to DataDisk
1. Connect the IDM01 MIDI out to the DataDisk (DD) MIDI in.
2. Insert a formatted disk into the DD and proceed to the next step. If the disk is not formatted, insert it in the drive
and press the DD Format switch. When the DD display says FORMAT DISK?, press DO/YES. When the display
says ARE YOU SURE? press DO/YES again.
3. Press the DD RECEIVE button. The display says RECV ONE SYSEX: WAITING FOR DATA.
4. Press the IDM01 BACKUP button (if you are not already in the backup function) and select Page 1.
5. Press the IDM01 PLAY button. The IDM01 display says SENDING MIDI... and the DD display says
RECEIVING ION IDM01 to indicate that data has been received.
6. To prevent future confusion, name the DD file using the DD NAME function.

7.4 RECEIVE DATA DIRECTLY FROM ANOTHER MIDI DEVICE

The IDM01 will automatically load IDM01 system exclusive data present at its MIDI input.
Therefore, there is no associated function page since reception can occur at any time that a
sys ex storage device or another IDM01 sends data through its MIDI out into the IDM01's MIDI
in. If the IDM01 receives sys ex while a Pattern or Song is playing, the Pattern or Song will
stop. Song 99 will be selected once the dump is finished.
The IDM01 is compatible only with IDM01 system exclusive data; for example, you cannot load
system exclusive data from another drum machine into the IDM01.
The following describes how to load data from the Alesis DataDisk; other system exclusive
storage devices work similarly, but please refer to the owner's manual for your particular
device to find out how to set it up to send MIDI sys ex data.
NOTE: When loading a single drum set in sys ex, be sure and save the set to a user drum set
memory location before changing patterns. If you change Patterns before saving the drum set,
the drum set will be lost.
Loading from DataDisk
1. Connect the DD MIDI out to the IDM01 MIDI in.
2. Insert the disk into the DD that contains the file to be loaded into the IDM01.
3. Press the DD SEND button. The display says SEND FILE ION IDM01 (filename)?
4. Press the DD DO/YES button. The IDM01 automatically senses the presence of this data; no button-pushing is
required. The DD display says SENDING: ION IDM01 (filename), the IDM01 display says LOADING MIDI. Note
that loading sys ex data overwrites all existing IDM01 memory.
5. The IDM01 will now be set to Song 99.
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