Yamaha MotifES Rack/Alesis QSR Question...

[WEGjr]

Merry Christmas everyone! I have a question regarding the MotifES rack and
the Alesis QSR. I'm sort of a newbe in this dept., well honestly, a guitarist
really so that means I could use a little help!:tongue:
I have been sequencing keys w/ a Roland MC50 mk II sequencer and an Alesis QS6
and decided to upgrade to a Motif ES rack. I've had the "Mo" for a while now, and it's
great, but I found myself missing certain things the Alesis did, so I got the QSR on
ebay. So now I want to use the "mo" and the QSR together. What is the best way
to get these 2 working together from the Roland sequencer and not have any
midi mishaps? Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated!

Thanks again, and Merry Christmas!

[losmusicanos]

Assuming there's only one MIDI OUT on the MC50:


SEQUENCER midi out ---> midi in MOTIF RACK

MOTIF RACK midi thru ---> midi in ALESIS QSR

You'll have 16 midi channels available on the Sequencer, so make sure to disable -on each synth- the midi channels sent to the other one.

Example: if you use the drums (channel 10) of the Motif, disable the channel 10 of the QSR.

If you use a piano on channel 1 for the QSR, disable the channel 1 of the Motif.

If you want to layer the Motif and the QSR, you can use the same midi channel, but then you'll have some problem if you send a program change on that midi channel.