Section 14 — Storage
MIDI Sys-Ex
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System Exclusive Messages
If during the reception of Sys-Ex data the ASR-10 display reads STATUS=INCOMPLETE, this
means it did not receive an “End Of Exclusive” after the System Exclusive message. This would
indicate that external device did not transmit a complete message for some reason. Press
Cancel•No and try again.
If the ASR-10 display reads STATUS=MEMORY FULL, this means it ran out of memory with
which to “buffer” the incoming data. After receiving the Memory Full message you can still save
the file, but it is almost certain that the last Sys-Ex message received is incomplete and will not be
able to be received successfully when retransmitted.
Loading System Exclusive Data from Disk to an External Device
After you have saved a System Exclusive message from an external MIDI instrument, getting the
data back to the original instrument involves three steps:
1) First prepare the receiving instrument(s) to receive System Exclusive
messages via MIDI;
2) next, load the data from the ASR-10 disk drive into memory; and then
3) send the data to the remote instrument(s) from the ASR-10.
To Load (and Transmit) a System Exclusive file from disk:
• Connect the MIDI Out of the ASR-10 to the MIDI In of the receiving device(s).
• Enable the receiving instrument(s) to receive System Exclusive messages. Many devices have
a switch or a parameter which enables or disables reception of System Exclusive messages.
Consult the manual for each particular device for details.
• Insert the disk containing the Sys-Ex data into the disk drive.
• Press Load, then System•MIDI.
• Use the Up/Down Arrow buttons to scroll through the files.
• Press Enter•Yes. LOADING <FILE NAME> will appear on the screen as the ASR-10 loads the
Sys-Ex data from its disk drive into internal memory. When completed, the display will look
like this:
CANCEL=QUIT ENTER=SEND
SYSTEM
CMD
• Press Enter•Yes to send the data. The display will flash SENDING DATA... When
completed, the display will return to the QUIT/SEND screen.
• Check the receiving instrument(s) to see that the data was received correctly. If it wasn’t,
make sure that:
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the MIDI connections are correct (ASR-10 MIDI Out should be connected to the receiving
device’s MIDI In),
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the receiving device is enabled to receive System Exclusive messages,
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the receiving device is set to the same base MIDI channel as when the data was initially
sent to the ASR-10.
If all of this checks out, then press Enter•Yes again, and the data will be transmitted again.
You can keep repeating this until the data has been successfully received by the remote
device(s).
• Once the data has been successfully transmitted, press Cancel•No.
