Alesis DATADISK - Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................2
FEATURES................................................................................................................2
HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL...................................................................................3
SECTION 1
DATADISK QUICK START...............................................................................4
TO FORMAT A DISK.................................................................................................4
RECEIVING ONE MIDI DATA FILE FOR STORAGE.................................................4
RECEIVING MULTIPLE MIDI DATA FILES FOR STORAGE.....................................4
SENDING A SINGLE STORED FILE .........................................................................5
SENDING MULTIPLE STORED FILES......................................................................5
SECTION 2
DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS.......................................................................6
FRONT PANEL..........................................................................................................6
3 1/2" DISK DRIVE........................................................................................6
LCD DISPLAY...............................................................................................6
SCROLL........................................................................................................6
NAME............................................................................................................6
RECEIVE ......................................................................................................6
SEND............................................................................................................6
DELETE ........................................................................................................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 MIDI DEVICE............................................10
HANDSHAKING ............................................................................................10
DATADISK USED TO STORE HR-16/MMT-8 SEQUENCES.....................................12
DATADISK IN A MORE COMPLEX MIDI SETUP......................................................13
SECTION 4
DATADISK FUNCTIONS..................................................................................14
THEORY OF OPERATION........................................................................................14
SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE...................................................................................14
RECEIVE MODES.........................................................................................14
SOFTWARE FUNCTIONS.........................................................................................15
RECEIVE MIDI DATA FUNCTION.................................................................16
RECV ONE SYSEX ..........................................................................16
RECV MULT SYSEX.........................................................................16
SEND MIDI DATA FUNCTIONS....................................................................16
SEND FILE XXXXXX YYYYYY ZZZZZZZZ .......................................16
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