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REAL TIME MIDI SEQUENCING

31

     

1)

Press the 

REQUEST

 button on the front panel.  The dis-

play will read:

REQUEST SAMPLE

DUMP  XX?

XX is the sample number (may be called "Program
Number") between 00 and 99 requested by 

DATADISK

from the sampler connected to the MIDI input.

2)

Select the correct sample number by using the 

SCROLL

UP

 or 

SCROLL DOWN

 buttons.

3)

Press the 

DO/YES

 button to transmit a request.  The

transfer is handled as in the Receive MIDI data function.

PRODUCT SPECIFIC DUMP

REQUEST

Product specific dumps for products that can't initiate dumps from
their own front panel can be requested by 

DATADISK

.  Do the fol-

lowing:

1)

Press the 

REQUEST

 button on the front panel 

twice

.  The

display will read:

REQUEST SYSEX

FOR   YYYYYY?

2)

Select the desired manufacturer by using the 

SCROLL UP

and 

SCROLL DOWN

 buttons.  The selections will be

viewed alphabetically.

3)

Press the 

DO/YES

 button.  The display will read:

REQUEST  YYYYYY

XXXXXX?

4)

Select the desired product by using the 

SCROLL UP

 and

SCROLL DOWN

 buttons.  Each manufacturer will have its

models listed.  Press the 

REQUEST

 button to return to the

manufacturer select page.

Get user manuals: 

See SafeManuals.com

 

 

Содержание Data Disk

Страница 1: ...ALESIS Data Disk Reference Manual Get user manuals See SafeManuals com...

Страница 2: ...6 BACKUP 7 DO YES 7 REQUEST 7 INFO 7 MIDI 7 FORMAT 7 POWER 7 BACKPANEL 7 MIDI IN 8 MIDI OUT 8 POWER 8 DATADISK FRONT AND BACK PANEL 9 SECTION 3 INTERFACING DATADISK 10 DATADISK CONNECTED TO A SINGLE M...

Страница 3: ...ON ABORTED 22 DUPLICATE FILE NAME 23 MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FILES 23 NOT ENOUGH DISK SPACE 23 MIDI OVERFLOW TRY RECV MULT 23 ERROR IN SYSEX ERROR ON DISK 23 TARGET UNIT NOT RESPONDING 24 SECTION 5 OPERATIO...

Страница 4: ...I SETUP PER DISK 48 TO STORE THE DATADISK 48 SECTION 7 APPENDEX 49 TROUBLESHOOTING 49 PROBLEM SAVING TO DISK 49 RECEIVING INSTRUMENT WON T RECEIVE 49 SPECIFICATIONS 51 BOOKS ON MIDI 52 VIDEOS ON MIDI...

Страница 5: ...Get user manuals See SafeManuals com...

Страница 6: ...AlesisDATADISK Direct MIDI to Disk Universal Data Storage USERS MANUAL Get user manuals See SafeManuals com...

Страница 7: ...can hold 53 MIDI data files but the total size of the data cannot exceed the maximum disk size or 800K As an additional benefit DATADISK is universal in that it will read virtually all manufacturers...

Страница 8: ...on gives a brief explanation of all front panel and rear panel controls and indicators SECTION 3 INTERFACING DATADISK Section 3 deals with the interfacing of DATADISK to another MIDI device or into a...

Страница 9: ...When formatting is complete the display will return to FORMAT DISK once again You can now begin a Receive operation by pressing the RECEIVE button RECEIVING ONE MIDI DATA FILE FOR STORAGE 1 Press the...

Страница 10: ...A SINGLE STORED FILE 1 Press the SEND button The display will show a file 2 Press SCROLL UP or SCROLL DOWN button until the desired program is displayed 3 Press the DO YES button to send the program P...

Страница 11: ...he files of a diskette select a file digit or character or abort an operation NAME The NAME button is used to enter the character editing mode and allows you to name or rename a file RECEIVE The RECEI...

Страница 12: ...e The information displayed in the first page will be the number of files stored on the diskette the per centage of memory used and the amount of free space available on the diskette The second page w...

Страница 13: ...T The MIDI OUT jack is used to send MIDI file data to a sequencer synthesizer or sampler This jack can also be selected to function as a MIDI THRU jack so that it echo s an exact copy of what is being...

Страница 14: ...ONTROLS 9 FIGURE 1 DATADISK FRONT AND BACK PANEL DISK DRIVE DISPLAY SCROLL NAME RECEIVE SEND DELETE BACKUP POWER REQUEST INFO MIDI DO YES FORMAT POWER MIDI OUT THRU MIDI IN SCROLL Get user manuals See...

Страница 15: ...y need one MIDI cable at a time when using DATADISK MIDI device Out to DATADISK In for a dump DATADISK Out to MIDI device In for an up load there is some earlier MIDI equipment that requires both cabl...

Страница 16: ...INTERFACING DATADISK 11 FIGURE 2 A B DATADISK WITH A SINGLE MIDI DEVICE A WITH HANDSHAKING B WITHOUT HANDSHAKING Get user manuals See SafeManuals com...

Страница 17: ...ler or other MIDI device MIDI OUT MIDI IN DATADISK FIGURE A WITH HANDSHAKING Alesis MMT 8 sequencer synthesizer sampler or other MIDI device MIDI IN MIDI OUT MIDI OUT MIDI IN DATADISK FIGURE B WITHOUT...

Страница 18: ...Exclusive information received at its MIDI Input and send it back out of its MIDI Output see HR 16 manual for specific instructions The data is then sent to the MMT 8 s MIDI Input FIGURE 3 DATADISK U...

Страница 19: ...e you to perform loads and dumps to and from any or all of your MIDI devices without having to manually change any of your connections FIGURE 4 DATADISK IN A MORE COMPLEX MIDI SETUP DATADISK MIDI Swit...

Страница 20: ...urer ID number in hexidecimal instead of the manufacturer s name This will not confuse how the data is stored by DATADISK or loaded by the unknown piece of equipment however RECEIVE MODES DATADISK nor...

Страница 21: ...the user to send and receive MIDI data prepare a disk for send receive oper ations and view files stored on the disk Each function has several choices called pages which further allows the user to tai...

Страница 22: ...thesizers or devices at a later time The display will read RECV MULT SYSEX SEND MIDI DATA FUNCTIONS The SEND MIDI Data Function is used to send MIDI system exclu sive files to a synthesizer sequencer...

Страница 23: ...ile from the disk allowing you to change your mind if necessary by pressing any other function button CAUTION Once you delete a file it is lost forever DISK BACKUP FUNCTIONS Once DATADISK has stored y...

Страница 24: ...sample dump There are two pages which are REQUEST SAMPLE DUMP XX This page allows a specific single sample to be requested from the sampler XX is the sample number between 00 and 99 requested by DATA...

Страница 25: ...YYYYYY If the file was a multiple message file an m will appear after the bytes in the file otherwise it is left blank SOFTWARE VERSION A third page shows the DATADISK software version currently in us...

Страница 26: ...n and DATADISK will display a running update as to how the process is going CAUTION Formatting will erase all information previously stored on a disk forever NAME FILE FUNCTION The Name function allow...

Страница 27: ...rect the source of the problem and re select the function The user can also leave the function at any time by selecting another section or function NO DISK IN DRIVE The following message will appear i...

Страница 28: ...any informa tion can be stored or altered on the disk DISK EMPTY The following message will appear upon initiating an operation in which the disk has no data yet stored on it DISK EMPTY DISK FULL The...

Страница 29: ...sk to store the incoming data NOT ENOUGH DISK SPACE MIDI OVERFLOW TRY RECV MULT This display occurs if MIDI data is received while a file is being stored Try receiving in RECV MULT mode MIDI OVERFLOW...

Страница 30: ...DATADISK FUNCTIONS 25 REPLACE FILE WITH SAME NAME Get user manuals See SafeManuals com...

Страница 31: ...in the drive press the SEND button 2 Eject disk A insert disk B 3 When you press DO YES to initiate an operation DATADISK will realize that the disk in the drive is different from the original and wil...

Страница 32: ...The following is a complete description of the steps used to achieve each function TO FORMAT A DISK 1 Insert a disk into the disk drive 2 Press the FORMAT button on the front panel The display will re...

Страница 33: ...on can be aborted at any time by pressing the SCROLL UP or SCROLL DOWN buttons If the disk previously was a formatted disk with some data stored on it some data may be lost depending on how many track...

Страница 34: ...iation of the model name and ZZZZZZZZ is an automatically assigned file number If additional sysex messages are now received the dis play will automatically revert to the RECEIVING mes sage and procee...

Страница 35: ...rer and product name will be displayed as Sample Dump In the multiple mode DATADISK is going to receive in formation until the user decides that all of the data has been loaded After each sysex is rec...

Страница 36: ...MP REQUEST Product specific dumps for products that can t initiate dumps from their own front panel can be requested by DATADISK Do the fol lowing 1 Press the REQUEST button on the front panel twice T...

Страница 37: ...SECTION 6 32 5 Press the DO YES button to transmit a request The transfer is handled as in the Receive MIDI data function Get user manuals See SafeManuals com...

Страница 38: ...manufacturer 3 When the desired file is found press the DO YES button An underline will now appear under the first character of the name as shown below indicating that it is ready for editing RENAME X...

Страница 39: ...l name If a file with the same name already exists the following mes sage will temporarily appear and the newly edited name will not be stored to disk DUPLICATE FILE NAME DATADISK will then return to...

Страница 40: ...S All system exclusive files stored on the disk can be sent by using the Send All mode This makes setup of an entire MIDI system very fast and easy since all files will be sent with just one com mand...

Страница 41: ...another function but ton TO DELETE ERASE A FILE FROM DISK 1 Press the DELETE button on the front panel The fol lowing display will appear DEL NNNK XXXXXX YYYYYY ZZZZZZZZ In this display NNN is the siz...

Страница 42: ...ng all files does not format a disk Files are only removed from the disk directory Use the Format function to properly format a disk TO DELETE ERASE ALL FILES FROM DISK 1 Press the DELETE button on th...

Страница 43: ...SK EMPTY 5 Exit the Delete function by pressing another function button PLEASE NOTE Once a file is deleted it is lost forever Deleting all files does not format a disk Files are only removed from the...

Страница 44: ...l read XX FILES ZZZ YYY Kbytes free XX is the number of files stored on the disk ZZZ is the percentage of space that the files occupy and YYY is the free space available on the disk 2 Press another fu...

Страница 45: ...er specific files 3 Press another function button to exit the Info function TO BACKUP A FILE 1 Press the BACKUP button on the front panel The display will read BACKUP XXXXXX YYYYYY ZZZZZZZZ In this di...

Страница 46: ...X denotes the number of disk swaps remaining 6 After ejecting the backup disk and inserting the source disk press the DO YES button again The display will briefly read Reading from the Original Disk T...

Страница 47: ...ackup another file or exit the Backup function by pressing another function button 9 Check backup procedure by sending the backed up file s to their appropriate destinations and checking the data Get...

Страница 48: ...lay will read BACKUP XXXXXX YYYYYY ZZZZZZZZ In this display XXXXXX is an abbreviation of the manu facturer s name of the device sending the data YYYYYY is an abbreviation of the model name and ZZZZZZZ...

Страница 49: ...o initiate the Backup over MIDI The display will read as in the SEND ALL function SENDING XXXXXX YYYYYY ZZZZZZZZ 5 When backup is complete the following is temporarily displayed before returning to th...

Страница 50: ...and retrieving sysex messages from devices that do not handle MIDI data at full speed and or require time gaps of up to one minute between bytes Although it is not possible to edit a sequence stored...

Страница 51: ...ZZ where ZZ is an automatically assigned number NOTE If additional MIDI messages are received the display will automatically revert to the Receiving Sequence display Therefore it s best to stop the s...

Страница 52: ...il the desired sequence is displayed The display will read SEND FILE MIDI Seqnce FILE ZZ FILE ZZ is the desired MIDI Sequence name 3 Press the DO YES button to play back the sequence The display will...

Страница 53: ...being sent the DataDisk will automatically send the following 1 MIDI Stop Command 2 Controller 64 sustain pedal OFF all 16 channels 3 Note offs for all playing notes all 16 channels NOTE The DataDisk...

Страница 54: ...ce a MIDI Start or Continue command is received the display will read SENDING MIDI Seqnce File ZZ Where File ZZ is a file name the same as sending any other file PLEASE NOTE a The sequence recorded by...

Страница 55: ...he DataDisk is connected to the sequencer such as an MMT 8 in a MIDI loop that is sequencer MIDI output to DataDisk MIDI input and DataDisk MIDI output to Sequencer MIDI input as in figures 2A and 4 o...

Страница 56: ...length of the sequence c The DataDisk s EXT MIDI SYNC and MIDI Clock Out filter should both be set to OFF 2 Select the MMT 8 track that you wish to record on Press Record on the MMT 8 3 Enable record...

Страница 57: ...In either case MIDI echo on the DataDisk should be set to OFF STORAGE OF DATADISK MIDI SETUP PER DISK It is possible to store the DataDisk MIDI parameters MIDI Echo MIDI Program Change Channel MIDI S...

Страница 58: ...REAL TIME MIDI SEQUENCING 53 b If the DataDisk is powered on with a disk that has no MIDI setup stored on it all MIDI parameters will default to OFF Get user manuals See SafeManuals com...

Страница 59: ...seems so simple but it happens 2 Does your synth or MIDI device require handshaking see Section 3 Check the manual to be sure 3 Make sure that System Exclusive is enabled PROBLEM The receiving instrum...

Страница 60: ...han 1 2 second between consecutive messages and it is desired to save these messages in a single file use the RECV MULT mode The DATADISK places a 25 millisecond delay between each sysex message it se...

Страница 61: ...fic FILE DISPLAY File number manufacturer model number of bytes DISK DISPLAY Number of files storage space available percentage of disk space used MIDI FUNCTIONS MIDI Echo On Off MIDI Program Change C...

Страница 62: ...ook by Jeff Burger Alexander Publishing Emphasizes applications and problem solving Using MIDI by Helen Casabona and David Frederick Alfred Publishing A general guide to MIDI with an emphasis on appli...

Страница 63: ...ed and or require time gaps of up to one minute between bytes Although it is not possible to edit a sequence stored by the DataDisk it is possible to have some control over the sending of a sequence T...

Страница 64: ...atically revert to the Receiving Sequence display Therefore it s best to stop the sending sequencer first before pressing the DO YES button to store the sequence If while receiving a sequence you deci...

Страница 65: ...Press the DO YES button to play back the sequence The display will read SENDING MIDI Seqnce FILE ZZ When playback is complete the display will return to the start of the send function with the next f...

Страница 66: ...FF all 16 channels 3 Note offs for all playing notes all 16 channels NOTE The DataDisk will not merge MIDI data being sent with data being received when the MIDI Echo function is enabled MONITORING DA...

Страница 67: ...then all file data will be sent with the first MIDI CLOCK received b DataDisk will assume that the start of the MIDI Sequence file is the start of the song as far as Start Continue and Song Position...

Страница 68: ...k This is done to make sure that the speed of the sequence playback remains constant and is accomplished in the following manner 1 Press the MIDI button four times The display will then read MIDI CLOC...

Страница 69: ...ress the DataDisk s Do Yes button 6 When the DataDisk has finished sending the file press the Stop button on the MMT 8 to stop recording 7 Press Edit while in the part that you have just recorded to o...

Страница 70: ...d MIDI ECHO OFF 2 After setting the DataDisk MIDI parameters as desired see page 35 of the DataDisk user s manual press the DO YES button while on any MIDI page to store any MIDI parameters to disk Th...

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