Alesis DEQ230D User Manual

current program, and/or storing a different program on top of  the 

one you have created for a particular application.  

 

Before you try this feature, make sure you're happy with the 

program you had selected prior to turning the unit off. It will be 

the program you are "stuck" with when you turn the unit back on 

after enabling the Lock feature.  

 

If  you're already in Setup mode, all you have to do to enable this 

feature is press the fifth [BAND SELECT] button and then press 

one of  the [DOWN/UP] buttons. You should see the LEDs over 

Channel B change from "OFF" to "ON." Then turn the unit off  

and on again. Your DEQ230 is now locked. (No fair using this 

knowledge to play tricks on your salesperson!)  

 

It's simple to restore the DEQ230 to full functionality (i.e., 

"unlock" it). Just turn the unit off  and power it up in Setup mode 

again (turn the unit on and then hold down the [STORE] button). 

Then press the fifth [BAND SELECT] button and press one of  

the [DOWN/UP] buttons to turn this feature off. The next time 

you power up the DEQ230 it will operate normally.  

 

 

 

The setting for this function determines which MIDI channel the 

DEQ230D will use to send and receive program changes. The 

ALL setting means program changes will be received regardless of  

which channel they are on. When ALL is selected, program 

changes will be sent only on channel 1. 

 

Use the [DOWN/UP] buttons to select the desired setting. 

 

 

The default setting for the MIDI Program Change function is 

“On.” If  you want the DEQ230D not to respond to program 

changes, use the [DOWN/UP] buttons to change it to “Off.” 

 

 

When on this page, pressing the [UP] button will cause the 

DEQ230 to transmit all 30 of  its User programs over the MIDI 

Out jack in “system exclusive” (sys-ex) format. This is a great way 

to back up your hard-fought programs, and the combination of  

this function and the next makes it easy to configure the 

DEQ230D for particular settings. 

 

Once the transmission has begun, you will see a brief  message of  

“Sending,” followed by the message “Done.” Shortly after that, the 

DEQ230D will return to the original message “Send?” 

 

This process is not affected by the setting of  the MIDI Out/Thru 

Select function (Button 10). When you instruct the unit to 

Transmit, the sys-ex data will be sent whether the MIDI jack is set 

to Out or Thru.