What does SysEx or System Exclusive mean?
The MIDI standard tries to cover all possibilities in terms of musical instrument control. Inevitably there are always functions which cannot be catered for in the standard as this would stifle innovation and end up with all instruments being functionally the same. The SysEx instruction allows an instrument to cater for device specific data in a standard fashion. This then allows software that knows nothing of the instrument’s special features to work with them. SysEx commands are used with the DR-5 to provide the means to transfer a memory dump of the songs and patterns to and from the PC in a single operation. 5 Connections The DR-5 has many sockets for connecting to the outside world. Below is a list of how to connect and configure these devices.
