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Alesis QS Series Keyboards Service Manual V1.00
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8.00 Appendix C Sys-Ex Implementations
8.10 S6 Sys-Ex
SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE FORMAT
4/15/95
The QS6 MIDI System Exclusive message format is as follows:
F0
System exclusive status
00 00 0E
Alesis manufacturer id#
0E
QS id#
cc
Opcode
dd
Data
:
:
:
:
F7
End-Of-Exclusive
OPCODES:
00-MIDI User Program Dump F0 00 00 0E 0E 00 <program#> <data> F7
<program#>= 0..127 selects individual user programs
<data> is in a packed format in order to optimize data transfer. Eight MIDI bytes are used
to transmit each block of 7 QS6 data bytes. If the 7 data bytes are looked at as one 56-bit
word, the format for transmission is eight 7-bit words beginning with the most significant
bit of the first byte, as follows:
SEVEN QS BYTES:
0:
A7
A6
A5
A4
A3
A2
A1
A0
1:
B7
B6
B5
B4
B3
B2
B1
B0
2:
C7
C6
C5
C4
C3
C2
C1
C0
3:
D7
D6
D5
D4
D3
D2
D1
D0
4:
E7
E6
E5
E4
E3
E2
E1
E0
5:
F7
F6
F5
F4
F3
F2
F1
F0
6:
G7
G6
G5
G4
G3
G2
G1
G0
TRANSMITTED AS
0:
0
A6
A5
A4
A3
A2
A1
A0
1:
0
B5
B4
B3
B2
B1
B0
A7
2:
0
C4
C3
C2
C1
C0
B7
B6
3:
0
D3
D2
D1
D0
C7
C6
C5
4:
0
E2
E1
E0
D7
D6
D5
D4
5:
0
F1
F0
E7
E6
E5
E4
E3
6:
0
G0
F7
F6
F5
F4
F3
F2
7:
0
G7
G6
G5
G4
G3
G2
G1
There are 400 data bytes sent for a single program dump, which corresponds to 350
bytes of program data. With the header, the total number of bytes transmitted with a