Section 2 — System•MIDI
System•MIDI Commands
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To save the Sys-Ex file to disk:
• Insert a formatted disk into the ASR-10.
• Pressing Enter•Yes displays FILENAME=SYS-EX FILE. You can name your Sys-Ex file by
using the data entry controls, if you wish.
• Press Enter•Yes. The display reads SAVING <filename>, then DISK COMMAND
COMPLETED.
• Pressing Cancel•No aborts the command.
LOADING System Exclusive Data from Disk and SENDING to an External Device
• Connect the MIDI Out of the ASR-10 to the MIDI In of the receiving device.
• Press Load, then System•MIDI. Scroll until the desired Sys-Ex file is selected. The display
looks something like this:
LOAD
MIDI
STOP
FILE 1 - SYS-EX FILE
• Press Enter•Yes. The display reads LOADING <filename>.
• The display then reads CANCEL=QUIT ENTER=SEND.
• Press Enter•Yes to send the Sys-Ex file to a receiving device, or
• Press Cancel•No to abort the command.
After you have sent your MIDI Sys-Ex file to a receiving device, the CANCEL=QUIT
ENTER=SEND screen returns. You can retransmit the data by pressing Enter•Yes, in case it was
not properly received the first time for some reason.
• Once the data has been successfully received by the external device, you can, if you wish,
make a back-up copy of the file onto a different disk.
• Press Cancel•No. The ASR-10 asks RESAVE FILE TO DISK?
• Press Enter•Yes to save the Sys-Ex file to disk, or Cancel•No if you don’t want to make a
backup.
CMD
WRITE DISK LABEL
SYSTEM•MIDI
Press Command / System•MIDI / scroll using the arrow buttons
This command is used to label ASR-10 disks with a unique seven character Disk I.D. These labels
are used to give each of your ASR-10 disks a unique identity, thereby allowing banks to load
from multiple disks.
To label an ASR-10 disk:
• Select WRITE DISK LABEL.
• Press Enter•Yes.
The display will read USE CURRENT LABEL? Pressing the Enter•Yes allows you to use the
disk label from the last disk read by the drive. This can speed up the labelling process, as it is
likely you’ll want to keep the same first four alpha-numeric characters, changing only the
three-digit number at the end of the label. If not, pressing Cancel•No defaults to DISK000.
• Use the data entry controls to label the disk. Be sure to give it a unique label that is not used
on any of your other disks.
• Press Enter•Yes. The display briefly reads DISK COMMAND COMPLETED, then returns to
the Command/System•MIDI page.
