Alesis ANDROMEDA A6 Manuale Utente

Follow the steps above, except in step 4, set the 

SEND

 variable to 

BANK 

using Soft

Knob 4.

To verify that your sysex file has been received from the A6 properly, you should
check the size of the file at its destination.  Here are the proper sizes:

One Program: 2350 bytes
One Mix: 1180 bytes
Program Bank: 300800 bytes
Mix Bank:  151040 bytes

If your destination sequencer or computer is not receiving the correct number of
bytes, it may be too slow to keep up with the A6’s transmission rate.  You can
slow down the A6’s SysEx transmission rate by pressing the 

button, then

soft button 7.  Next, press and hold soft button 7, then press soft button 8.  This
takes you to a “secret” page.  Use Soft Knob 2 to adjust the SysEx delay.  The
default value is 7500.  Try 15000 or greater if you are having problems.

In most cases, simply playing the MIDI sequence with the System Exclusive dump
back into the Andromeda will put the SysEx data into the same User or Card bank it
was saved from.  Preset banks can not be written via System Exclusive dumps:  you
must burn them into the User bank and use the COPY function (explained on
previous pages) to burn a new Preset bank.

Before the A6 can receive a SysEx dump, press the 

 button, go to the 

MIDI

page, and set 

SYXRX

 (Sysex Receive) to 

-ON-

.

The 

SYSEX 

page of Store mode contains a useful feature under Soft Knob 3 labeled

RCV TO

 (Receive To).  This gives more flexibility in receiving SysEx Programs and

Mixes:

->USER

 means that the incoming SysEx Program or Mix will go into the User

Bank (at whatever Program or Mix number it was originally stored from).
This is the default setting.

->HERE

 means that the incoming SysEx Program or Mix will overwrite the

Program or Mix currently shown in the display, regardless of its original
bank or number.

ORIGIN

 means that the incoming SysEx Program or Mix will be written to

wherever it originally came from. If it came from a Card bank and a card is
present, it will write to the Card.  Writing directly to a Preset bank from a Sys
Ex file is not allowed.

CARD

 allows you to select a card bank where the Program or Mix should go

(assuming you have a properly initialized card plugged into the A6).

Portions of this appendix are abridged versions of material from Power Sequencing with Master Tracks
Pro/Pro 4 and The Complete Guide to the Alesis HR-16 and MMT-8, copyright 1990 and 1989 respectively by
AMSCO Publications, and are adapted with permission.