ENSONIQ EPS-16 PLUS, Musician'S Manual

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EPS-16 PLUS Musician's Manual
Section 11 — Storage Functions
• If there is a Sys-Ex file with the same name already on the disk, the EPS-16
PLUS will ask DELETE OLD VERSION? Press Enter•Yes to save the file,
replacing the one on the disk. This is for updating files to which you have
made changes. Or press Cancel•No to abort the procedure.
• After the file is saved, the EPS-16 PLUS returns to the
FILENAME=<FILENAME> screen, so that you can save the a backup copy of
the data to a different disk if you wish. Press Cancel•No (or any other front
panel button) to exit.
Messages: If during the reception of Sys-Ex data the EPS-16 PLUS 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 EPS-16 PLUS display reads STATUS=MEMORY FULL, this means it
ran out of memory with which to "buffer" the incoming data. (The maximum
amount which can be received is 576 blocks.) 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 EPS-16 PLUS' disk drive into memory; and
then
3) send the data to the remote instrument(s) from the EPS-16 PLUS.
To Load (and Transmit) a System Exclusive File from disk:
• Connect the MIDI Out of the EPS-16 PLUS 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 the
receiving of System Exclusive messages. Consult the manual of each particular
device for details.
• Insert the disk containing the Sys-Ex data into the disk drive.
• Press Load, followed by the System•MIDI button.
• Use the Up/Down Arrow buttons to scroll through the files.
• Press Enter•Yes. LOADING <FILE NAME> will appear on the screen as
the EPS-16 PLUS load the Sys-Ex data from its disk drive into its internal
memory. When completed, the display will look like this:
MIDI Sys-Ex
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