Posted by Eric on August 13, 2002 at 14:10:53:
In Reply to: Join me in petitioning Alesis... posted by Eric on July 30, 2002 at 20:13:39:
The question is, is it even a possibility? Anyone with a strong technoligical background?
The QS only looks for 2 slots, so you'd have to be able to daisy chain them in such a way that the QS sees it as 1 card.
As far as the new samples on the cards, the first sample on each card is probably listed as "sample #1", so if 1 card has 100 samples, the second card in the chain would have to be "sample #101". That wouls mean you'd have to re-write the qcard somehow, or the dvice would have to have software that did so. OTHER POTENTIAL PROBLEMS: Does the QS have a limit to the number of samples it sees in an expansion slot? Is there an actual 8mb size limit per slot. Has anyone ever tried using a 16mb flash card and seeing if the QS can see past the 8mb barrier?
The QS can see 8 banks in 1 slot, but it might not be able to see more than 1 bank and samples simultaneously. The qcards have samples and 1 bank of programs, but some also have a bank of mixes, so there might be a way to fool the QS...you never know.
Many synths have had 3rd party companies develope expansions, that take synths beyond their factory capacities. Yamaha made their EX5 to hold 8mb of flash memory, someone else discovered it could handle 16mb. Yamaha never released a program allowing FS1R users to change the formant algorithms, but someone else made the program on their own.
If Alesis isn't willing, someone else could, but they would need a reason to do it. And, something like this might require an OS update for the QS...would Alesis be willing to cooperate with a 3rd party?