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ESI-32 Operation Manual

Digital

Interface

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Tip:

 Always use high-quality, low-

capacitance , video-grade cabling when
using the digital interface to insure data
integrity.

The S/PDIF port on the rear panel of the ESI-32 accepts an optional
S/PDIF digital interface card. The digital input and output jacks allow
you to transfer digital audio back and forth with other devices equipped
with S/PDIF digital I/O.

The digital input allows you to sample directly from a DAT recorder or
other digital device. The digital output reflects the data at the main
outputs of the ESI-32. This can be used to go directly to a DAT recorder
or to a digital mixing console.

The digital interface is straightforward to use. Three additional choices
(S/PDIF 32K, S/PDIF 44.1K and S/PDIF 48K) will appear in the Sam-
pling Setup menu if you have the digital I/O board installed. These three
additional options select the digital interface for sampling instead of the
analog inputs. Connect the digital output of the ESI-32 to a digital input
on another device with S/PDIF digital I/O

When the digital interface card is installed, both the analog and digital
outputs are simultaneously available. The Main Output Format option
(Master/Global, Special, 5) allows you to select either analog or digital
outputs and adjusts the ESI-32 output level for optimum performance.

When using the digital outputs, bear in mind that the Headroom Adjust-
ment (Master/Global, Special, 4), the front panel Master Volume control
and the VCA Level control (Dynamic Processing, 2) all affect the level on
the digital audio output. These controls should be adjusted when
transferring digital audio to optimize the signal level. For a single
channel output, the maximum output level of the ESI-32 will be -6 dB.

Summary of Contents for ESI-32

Page 1: ...k must be used USER MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS 1 The ESI 32 should be kept clean and dust free Periodically wipe the unit with a clean lint free cloth Do not use solvents or cleaners 2 There are no user lubrication or adjustment requirements 3 Refer all other servicing to qualified service personnel INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO A RISK OF FIRE ELECTRIC SHOCK OR INJURY TO PERSONS WARNING When using elec...

Page 2: ...and headphones and speakers may be capable of producing sound levels that could cause permanent hearing loss Do not operate for a long period of time at a high volume level or at a level that is uncomfortable If you experi ence any hearing loss or ringing in the ears consult an audiologist 11 The product should be serviced by qualified service personnel when A The power supply cord has been damage...

Page 3: ...ch interference in a residential installation How ever there is no guarantee that the interference will not occur in a particular installation especially if a rabbit ear TV antenna is used If the ESI 32 does cause interference to radio or television reception you can try to correct the interference by using one or more of the following measures Turn the television or radio antenna until the interf...

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Page 5: ...ry Control 21 Inc Dec Buttons 21 Ten Key Pad 21 Escape 21 Enter 21 Cursor Page 22 Preset Selection 22 Save Bank 23 Load Bank 23 Drive Select 24 Audition 24 Trigger Mode 24 Multimode 25 Transpose 25 3 Guided Tours Tour 1 Basics 29 Tour 2 The Current Sample Current Zone 33 Tour 3 Dynamic Processing 35 Tour 4 Realtime Controls 42 Tour 5 Sampling 45 Tour 6 Digital Processing 47 A Practice Sampling Ses...

Page 6: ...63 5 Disk Status 64 6 Format Disk 65 7 Backup 67 8 Floppy Save in Version 1 04 69 8 Special 70 1 Recalibrate 71 2 Contrast 71 3 Headroom 72 4 Main Output Format 73 5 Software Version 73 6 View Channels 74 7 Trigger Buttons 74 8 RAM Test 75 9 MIDI 76 1 MIDI Mix 77 2 MIDI Globals 78 Basic Channel 78 MIDI Mode 78 Continuous Controller Assignment 79 3 MIDI Load Bank 81 4 MIDI Volume Pedal 81 5 MIDI Vo...

Page 7: ...Create Preset 110 6 Preset Size 111 7 Merge Presets 111 7 Digital Processing Background 115 0 Select Sample 121 1 Setup 121 2 Loop 122 3 Truncation 125 4 Copy Region 125 5 Cut Region 127 6 Paste Region 128 7 Digital Tools I 131 0 Sample Calculator 131 1 Taper 132 2 Gain Change 133 3 Reverse Section 135 4 Stereo Mono 135 5 Left Right 136 6 DC Filter 136 7 Sample Integrity 137 8 Digital Tools II 138...

Page 8: ...177 9 Portamento Attack 178 9 Dynamic Processing Background 181 0 Select Zone 183 1 Setup 184 2 VCA 185 3 VCF 187 4 LFO 189 5 Auxiliary Envelope 191 6 Velocity To 192 7 Keyboard Mode 195 8 Realtime Control Enable 196 9 Output Channels 197 10 Appendix Using SCSI 201 Disk Drive Compatibility Chart 205 Digital Interface 206 Keyboard Character Chart 207 ESI 32 Menu Map 208 MIDI Key Numbers 209 MIDI Im...

Page 9: ...tro Basic Setup 1 1 General Instructions Introduction 3 The ESI 32 4 Connection Instructions 8 Connection Diagram 7 Connecting to a Hard Disk 9 Sampling Basics 10 Definitions 11 Additional Definitions 15 ...

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Page 11: ...rational tips which might not be readily apparent If you are totally unfamiliar with samplers and synthesizers in general you may need more information than this manual provides We suggest that you read some of the many books and magazines on the subject of music synthesis This will help you to get the most out of this extremely powerful instrument We encourage you to take a moment now to read the...

Page 12: ...ed and mixed with other samples and dynamically controlled from the keyboard using velocity and positional crossfading and switching functions Advanced digital processing features such as Sample Rate Conversion Compressor Digital Paramet ric Equalizer and Digital Tuning allow you to shape raw samples more quickly and with greater precision than computer based systems Additional digital processing ...

Page 13: ... access to high density media such as hard disks magneto optical disks or CD ROM A digital interface S PDIF is an available option which facilitates the transfer of stereo digital audio between digital recorders mixers etc In developing the ESI 32 we have retained the logical and easy to use interface of the industry proven EIIIX and enhanced it with our state of the art G chip and H chip hardware...

Page 14: ...his is a handy feature for those times when you run out of mixer channels Sub Output Return To Main Output Tip Ring To Effect From Effect SEND RETURN CABLES The Submix Outputs are stereo jacks with 10 dBm outputs on the tip of the jack Output impedance is 1K ohm The ring of each submix jack is a return input to the main outputs By using a special cable shown above specific presets or MIDI channels...

Page 15: ... Sequencer etc MIDI Out Additional MIDI Devices Mic or Line Inputs MIDI In Mains Submix Out Mix In Power Cord Power Amp Mixer DAT Recorder etc Digital Input Device SCSI SCSI Device 60 mS Digital Effect Device Digital I O To Digital Mixer DAT etc Other Sampler Computer IN OUT MIDI In ...

Page 16: ...al audio back and forth with other digital devices equipped with S PDIF digital I O Keeping the signal in the digital domain is desirable to keep the signal to noise level as high as possible The digital input allows you to sample directly from a DAT recorder or other digital device The digital output reflects the data at the stereo outputs of the ESI 32 See the Sample Management module and Main O...

Page 17: ...te the mismatch 4 Set the SCSI ID of your external SCSI device to any number other than 5 5 is the default ID of the ESI 32 Consult the operation manual of your SCSI device for this procedure 5 Turn on the external SCSI device 6 Apply power to the ESI 32 The ESI 32 should power up normally 7 Make sure your hard disk really is unformatted Formatting a hard disk erases all the data on it Press the L...

Page 18: ...ccepts audio signals coded into binary numbers Samplers work by examining sampling the incoming signal level at a very high rate 44 100 times a second for compact discs and sequentially recording these different levels in memory Once stored these samples may be played back in the proper sequence of course to reconstruct the original signal For instance if a two second sound was being sampled at 44...

Page 19: ...lete sound or 2 Each snapshot of the sound that makes up the complete sample Confusing You bet In this manual we ll assume sample means the complete recorded sound unless indicated otherwise You can modify a raw sample in several ways Transposition A sample can be transposed up or down in pitch to cover a particular range of the keyboard By doing this it is not necessary to record a sample for eve...

Page 20: ...led a zone This zone can include one or more samples and the zone s boundaries need not be the same as the boundaries of the samples contained in the zone Zones free you from having to think about where the actual samples are assigned You just select a range of keyboard a zone and go Entire Kybd ZONE Any Range Keyboard Range As an example suppose you wanted to set the velocity response for the ent...

Page 21: ...py disk becomes impractical for backing up sound data 270 MB Syquest Drive The ESI 32 is also available with an internal 270 MB Syquest removable hard disk in place of the floppy disk drive Treat the internal Syquest with care just as you would any other hard disk drive To use simply insert a disk into the drive with the label side up and move the lever all the way to the right To eject the disk p...

Page 22: ...Removable media hard disk drives allow you to build a sound library of unlimited size and are quite handy for transferring sounds between machines They re also perfect for backups The ESI 32 is available with an internal 270 MB Syquest removable hard disk drive CD ROM Drive A CD ROM is a playback only data cannot be written to it mass storage memory device whose capacity is approximately 660 Megab...

Page 23: ...ar the current sample by pressing the audition button or entering the Digital Processing module Modules A module controls a particular set of functions in the ESI 32 There are six main modules Master Global Preset Management Preset Definition Sample Management Digital Processing and Dynamic Processing Activating a Module and the Module Identifier To work with a module you must first activate it Pr...

Page 24: ... Since the disk contains a record of the bank data loading the disk back into the bank transfers all the sample and preset data into the bank This will replace the existing bank data if any Default A default setting is what we ve judged to be a useful initial setting and remains in effect until you change it For example if you create a new preset portamento will default to 0 seconds off Had it def...

Page 25: ...r the Inc Dec buttons instead The Big Re Cap A sample is a raw sound that is loaded into the bank To create a new preset make sure you have all the samples required for the preset in the bank number and name a preset then assign combinations of samples from the bank to specific sections of the keyboard By specifying one or more of these samples or portions thereof as a zone the zone may then be pr...

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Page 27: ... Master Volume 21 Data Entry Control 21 Inc Dec Buttons 21 Ten Key Pad 21 Escape 21 Enter 21 Cursor Page 22 Preset Selection 22 Save Bank 23 Load Bank 23 Drive Select 24 Audition 24 Trigger Mode 24 Multimode 25 Transpose 25 ...

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Page 29: ...e amounts For instance if you wanted to jump to preset 10 enter 010 on the ten key pad and the new preset number will be instantly selected eliminating the process of finding the number with the data entry control and then pressing Enter The Escape button lets you back out of a module by one menu each time the button is pressed It can also be used anytime you do not want to execute a particular fu...

Page 30: ... deleting a space when naming A quick and easy way to add or delete a space when naming samples or presets is to use the left and right cursor keys The up key adds a space and the down key deletes a space 5 Selecting zero crossing points when editing samples When editing samples in the Digital Processing module the left and right cursor buttons can be used to select points where the waveform cross...

Page 31: ...te drive and press ENTER SAVE BANK into D1 Internal HD Select a Drive 3 Select the bank number to which the bank will be saved then press ENTER The approximate size of the bank will be displayed on line four Empty banks are indicated as such along with their bank number on line three Or you can overwrite an existing bank SAVE BANK into D1 Internal HD B00 Stereo Grand 7 8MB in Bank 4 After pressing...

Page 32: ...y from the front panel without having to connect a keyboard or other controller The current sample is selected in the Digital Processing module When you are in the Load Sample submodule the Audition button allows you to preview samples directly off the hard disk without having to first load them Note When a stereo sample is auditioned the left channel is played from both sides When Trigger Mode is...

Page 33: ...Pan setting If you do not want the ESI 32 to respond to certain MIDI channels set the preset for those channels to Unassigned which is located just below preset 000 MIDI CHANNEL 02 Volume 116 Pan 01 Unassigned This function transposes the entire ESI 32 in half step intervals up to one octave When in multimode all channels will be transposed When the ESI 32 is in Transpose mode the Transpose LED wi...

Page 34: ...produce the same effect as pressing keys C 2 C3 3 While holding Transpose check the display to confirm the transposition interval Upward transpositions are indicated with a symbol downward transpositions with a symbol For example if the ESI 32 is transposed up a fifth the display will show TRANSPOSE G Play a Key 4 Release Transpose to retain the transposition The Transpose LED stays lit to remind ...

Page 35: ...Guided Tours 27 3 Guided Tours 1 Basics 29 2 Current Sample Zone 33 3 Dynamic Processing 35 4 Realtime Controls 42 5 Sampling 45 6 Digital Processing 47 7 Managing the Bank 54 8 On Your Own 54 ...

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Page 37: ... check out the various presets within the bank read on Selecting Different Presets The bank you just loaded contains several presets To call up a new current preset use the up down cursor buttons to position the cursor under the preset number then use the keypad underneath the display Note that leading zeroes must be entered for preset numbers i e type 0 0 and 2 not just 2 to call up preset 002 No...

Page 38: ...d press Yes to continue formatting After formatting the last disk press No Saving Data to a Floppy Disk 1 Press the Save button Position the cursor under the drive number in line two Select the floppy drive using the data entry control 2 Insert the first floppy disk and press ENTER The display will say Saving Bank After a few seconds the display will either ask you to insert the next disk or will ...

Page 39: ...valent should be used for sound storage To Save a Bank to Disk 1 Press the Save button Position the cursor under the drive number in line two Select the disk drive using the data entry control Press ENTER 2 Use the Data entry control to select an Empty Bank Empty banks are indicated as such along with their bank number on line three Saving to a non empty bank erases the bank that was previ ously s...

Page 40: ...posing the Keyboard Refer to the Transpose button While holding the transpose button play a key on the keyboard in the lower two octaves The second C from the bottom C2 corresponds to normal or no transposition All transposi tions are based from this C2 key For example pressing the G key above C2 will transpose the keyboard up a perfect fifth If the keyboard has been transposed the transpose LED w...

Page 41: ...Which Keyboard Keys Belong to Which Sample 1 Activate the Preset Definition module 2 Select 2 Edit Assignment EDIT ASSIGNMENT 000 pri D2 001 Sample Name No Secondary Sample 3 Play a key on the keyboard Line two shows the preset number and the last key pressed Line three shows the primary sample assigned to the key and line four shows the secondary sample if any assigned to the key As you run your ...

Page 42: ...you can begin modifying the sounds in the bank with the Dynamic Processing module The assigned current zone will remain as is until you either change the current zone assignment change presets or load another bank If you switch between modules the current zone remains as assigned unless you select the Digital Processing Module which will be a subject of a later tour Before proceeding look over Dyn...

Page 43: ...e same note is played softer there will be fewer of the high frequencies generated by the string We can simulate this effect by routing the velocity of the keyboard to control the amount of high frequencies that the low pass filter lets through The result is expressive natural control over the sound The VCF envelope generator is used to control the cutoff frequency of the low pass filter This allo...

Page 44: ...ss high frequencies Higher numbers mean a higher filter cutoff frequency more high frequencies Observe how only the notes within the current zone are affected by the data entry control setting Now might be a good time to mention that although we are changing the sounds in the bank the sounds on the disk remain unchanged This is because we haven t saved the bank to disk You can fool around with the...

Page 45: ...k 0 20s Hold 0 00s Decay 0 00s Sus 99 Rel 0 40s Move the cursor under the Attack time on line one and vary the data entry control With larger values it will take more attack time for the filter frequency to go from lowest to highest cutoff frequency Vary the various envelope parameters and observe the effect these changes have on the sound To check out inverted envelopes set the envelope parameter...

Page 46: ...s Sustain to 100 and Release to 0 49s After entering these values press ENTER to return to the Module Identifier Voltage Controlled Amplifier The way the volume of a sound changes over time determines how we perceive that sound For example a bell struck with a hammer is instantly at full volume then slowly dies away A bowed violin sound fades in more slowly and dies away slowly Using the VCA envel...

Page 47: ... Frequency Oscillator effects Select the 4 LFO function The display shows LFO Rate 4 25Hz Shape triangle Delay 0 00s If the LFO rate is different change the rate so that it is about 4 25 Hz 3 Use the right cursor page button to move to the next page of the LFO controls The display will show something like this LFO Variation 0 LFO Pitch 0 LFO Cutoff 0 Position the cursor under each display option V...

Page 48: ...r Destination on line two and use the data entry control to scroll through the auxiliary envelope destinations Select Pitch as the destination then set the Envelope Amount to 50 2 Select the next page using the right cursor Set the parameters so that the display looks like this AUX Attack 0 00s Hold 0 00s Decay 0 40s Sus 00 Rel 1 65s Now play the keyboard Since we are using an inverted envelope no...

Page 49: ...nt values and note the effects With positive velocity sent to the VCA the ESI 32 plays softer as you play softer In other words the ESI 32 equates harder play with the nominal volume setting and goes down from there as you play softer Continue to move the cursor to the other available parameters and vary the data entry control Notice that the filter cutoff frequency lowers as you play softer The a...

Page 50: ...nt selectable amount of modulation and Realtime where the player adds in modulation by using one of the wheels or other controllers Each wheel on your MIDI controller can be assigned to a particular destination For example if the left wheel is assigned to pitch then rotating the wheel bends pitch If assigned to the filter rotating the wheel varies the cutoff frequency Let s set up for the next par...

Page 51: ...8 Destinations 3 7 are from the EIII You ll be happy to know that Realtime Control settings are memorized for each individual preset so if desired each preset can react to the Realtime controls and MIDI controllers in different ways Selecting a Control Source and Destination 1 Activate the Preset Definition module 0 Realtime Controls 2 Select Pitch Control as a control source Move the cursor down ...

Page 52: ...rol 01 Pressure chp Pedal Control 04 MIDI A 6 MIDI B 2 Master Global MIDI Globals MIDI IN MIDI controller numbers are assigned here What the controllers actually do is assigned here Oh yes and there are footswitches too But before experimenting with the footswitches sources 7 and 8 we need to understand the difference between looped and unlooped sounds Basically a sustain looped sound is one where...

Page 53: ...es to the display s query This clears out the memory which gives us maximum sampling time 3 Activate the Sample Management Module 5 Setup The display shows SETUP AdcGain 04 Thresh L on R on If you are sampling in mono move the cursor to the input that you are not using and turn it off with the On Off buttons Otherwise leave both channels on 4 Use the right cursor page button to view the next page ...

Page 54: ...noise does not cause the ESI 32 to trigger falsely Press ENTER to return to the Module Identifier 9 Select 7 Arm Sampling You re ready to sample Speak into the microphone As soon as the level exceeds the threshold the display will say Sampling Chat away freely If you run out of inspiration press Escape to stop sampling More Sampling Continue to experiment with sampling Try setting a particular sam...

Page 55: ...second sample De activate then re activate the module to sample You will not have to do any setup just hit 7 Arm Sampling and talk away You will then have two samples suitable for experimentation 4 Assign your samples to a keyboard zone Use 6 Place Sample Choosing the Current Sample Activate the Digital Processing module This module acts upon the current sample To select another sample press 0 Sel...

Page 56: ...ment 5 Setup Sing Ahhhh into the microphone This is an easy sound to loop The VU level should not quite reach the top of its range Adjust the gain using the data entry control until a good level is attained 4 Set the threshold Sample Management 5 Setup This should be set about five or six bars from the left When the input sound exceeds this level recording will start 5 Select 7 Arm Sampling to arm...

Page 57: ...his guided tour is to acquaint you with the concept of looping There is much more to the subject than simply fooling around with looping words from a spoken sample Please remember too that looping is a very complex process which requires a great deal of practice to achieve proficiency The best way to fully understand looping is to experiment with a variety of signals Sample Placement For sound eff...

Page 58: ...version of your name and then of course reverse that We guarantee loads of fun and maybe some surprising insights Cut and Paste 1 Erase all memory Master Globals 3 Erase Bank 2 Take yet another sample of your voice Set the sample length to about 1 2 seconds This time say Cut and Paste Pronounce the words clearly and distinctly 3 Activate the Digital Processing module 5 Cut Section We are going to ...

Page 59: ...own experiments using the various other options such as mixing and crossfading Gain Change Taper Sample your voice saying Ahhh for one second This time when you sample set the Gain so that the signal only reaches about halfway up the VU meter at its peak Also make sure that the sample time runs out before you finish singing so that the sample is cut off prematurely We re intentionally creating pro...

Page 60: ... Now let s taper the end of the sample so that it smoothly fades out instead of ending in a thump The display shows TAPER secs samples Start 0 00 00000 End 1 00 44096 Size 1 00 44096 Move the start point to about 0 70 seconds and press ENTER The display changes to TAPER Start Amount 0 00db End Amount 96db Type Linear The Start and End amounts on lines two and three are already at the correct setti...

Page 61: ...nt to Pitch Change Use the data entry knob to select the samples then press ENTER Each sample will be placed over the entire keyboard range 4 Select 8 Digital Tools II 5 Pitch Change 8 5 The display shows PITCH CHANGE Tune 700cts Type mid 2 Set the Tune control to about 700 cents a perfect fifth up Set the Type to mid 2 The pitch change Type is not critical but mid 2 seems to work well for voice P...

Page 62: ... module 4 Copy Preset 2 Rename Preset 5 Create Preset and 6 Preset Size Try these various functions to get a feel for how they work The proceeding guided tours cover only the basics To cover every possibility of how to use the ESI 32 would drown you in words It s better that you just start playing The best way to learn the ESI 32 is to power up and dive right in Remember you can experiment as much...

Page 63: ... 63 4 Lock Bank Drive 63 5 Disk Status 64 6 Format Disk 65 7 Backup 67 8 Floppy Save in Version 1 04 69 8 Special 70 1 Recalibrate 71 2 Contrast 71 3 Headroom 72 4 Main Output Format 73 5 Software Version 73 6 View Channels 74 7 Trigger Buttons 74 8 RAM Test 75 9 MIDI 76 1 MIDI Mix 77 2 MIDI Globals 78 3 MIDI Load Bank 81 4 MIDI Volume Pedal 81 5 MIDI Volume Pan 82 6 Multimode Enable 82 0 Import O...

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Page 65: ... to exit the submodule The ESI 32 will return to the Module Identifier This submodule allows you to rename the current bank 1 Activate Master Global module 2 Select Submodule 2 3 Rename the bank Choose the characters to be changed with the left and right cursor buttons Select the desired characters by using the ten key pad data entry control and keyboard You can also use the up cursor to insert sp...

Page 66: ...o the Module Identifier This function when on bypasses the channel assignments made in the Output Channels submodule of the Dynamic Processing module and allows all of the ESI 32 s 32 channels to be assigned in a circular manner as needed Channels are assigned in ascending circular order as notes are played i e 30 31 32 1 2 3 1 Activate Master Global module 2 Select Submodule 4 3 Select whether dy...

Page 67: ...urrent drive If you want to choose a different drive place the cursor under the drive number in line two of the display select the appropriate drive and press ENTER SAVE E3 BANK into D3 Syquest SQ555 Select a Drive 4 Select the bank number to which the bank will be saved Empty banks will be indicated as such along with their bank number on line three Or you can overwrite an existing bank SAVE E3 B...

Page 68: ...re brief descriptions of each subsection More extensive descriptions follow 0 SCSI Setup Allows you to change the ESI 32 s SCSI ID number and configure SCSI for a Macintosh on the bus 1 Mount Drives Instructs the ESI 32 to check the SCSI bus for the presence of SCSI devices 2 Rename Disk Bank Allows you to change the name of any bank on any of the available hard drives 3 Erase Disk Bank Allows you...

Page 69: ...ult the operation manual of the external device for information on changing the SCSI ID number The ESI 32 also contains special SCSI software that allows two master devices the ESI 32 and a Macintosh for example to coexist on the SCSI bus If you have a computer connected to the ESI 32 SCSI bus the Ignore Host on ID function should be set to the ID number of the computer so the ESI 32 will not try ...

Page 70: ...g Drives 2 Rename Disk Bank This function allows you to name your hard disk banks 1 Activate Master Global module 2 Select 7 Disk Utilities 2 Rename Disk Bank 7 2 3 Select an installed drive then press ENTER RENAME DISK BANK D1 QUANTUM LP1055 B01 12 String Select a Drive 4 Select the bank to be renamed then press ENTER 5 Rename the bank Choose the characters to be changed with the left and right c...

Page 71: ... t want to risk curious hands unintentionally erasing a bank or drive here s a safeguard A complete drive or any bank within that drive can be locked against inadvertent erasure or tampering and subse quently unlocked as needed 1 Activate Master Global module 2 Select 7 Disk Utilities 4 Lock Bank Drive 7 4 3 If you want to lock a drive or change the current drive press the up cursor button If not ...

Page 72: ...ifier 5 Disk Status This function displays the amount of space that is available on a hard disk drive and if the drive is locked or not For floppy disks this func tion indicates if it is a software disk the name and number of a bank disk or if the disk is blank 1 Activate Master Global module 2 Select 7 Disk Utilities 5 Disk Status 7 5 3 Select a drive then press ENTER If selecting the floppy driv...

Page 73: ...ies 6 Format Disk 7 6 3 Select the drive to be formatted and press ENTER The ESI 32 will default to the floppy drive FORMAT DISK D0 Floppy Drive Select a Drive 4 Consider the implications of your action Formatting a floppy or hard disk erases all information on that disk completely The display will inquire if in fact you want to do this 5 Press Yes to continue the formatting procedure or No to can...

Page 74: ...onds Hard Disk Interleave The ESI 32 contains an internal list of recognized hard disk drives which also contains parameter information designed to optimize the interface between the ESI 32 and the drive Most new hard disk drives use 1 1 interleave The Appendix chapter of this manual contains a listing of disk drives that have been tested with the ESI 32 Other types will probably also work If in d...

Page 75: ...asks you for the source drive from select the disk drive to be backed up then press ENTER BACKUP from D0 Main Drive Select a Drive 2 The display asks you for the destination drive into Select the disk drive to which the information will be saved then press ENTER BACKUP into D0 Main Drive D1 Removable Media Select a Drive 3 Select between Automatic or Interactive backup modes BACKUP from D0 Main Dr...

Page 76: ...n step 9 will appear If you selected Range as the bank type the following screen will appear BACKUP Low Range D0 Main Drive D1 Removable Media 13 Baby Burps 7 Select the low bank of the range In this menu you select the lowest bank in the range of banks which will be copied to the destination hard disk BACKUP High Range D0 Main Drive D1 Removable Media 22 Dog Barks 8 Select the high bank of the ra...

Page 77: ...ow the banks being copied To Restore To restore your backed up disk simply reverse the source and destina tion drives following the directions for backup 8 Floppy Save to Version 1 04 This submodule allows you to save a bank to a floppy disk in the older software version 1 04 This function could be useful if you wanted to transfer sounds to an older non updated ESI 32 To save a bank in the older f...

Page 78: ... performance when using either the main analog outputs or the optional digital I O 5 Software Version States the current version of the operating system software 6 View Channels Allows you to monitor your channel usage with a bar graph of each channel s level 7 Trigger Buttons Programs the ten key pad to trigger keyboard notes without a MIDI keyboard when the ESI 32 is in Trigger Mode 8 RAM Test T...

Page 79: ... the movement of the control Verify that the volume control operates properly Press ENTER 6 To save the calibration press Yes To cancel the calibration press No In either case the ESI 32 will return to the Module Identifier 2 Contrast This function allows you to change the viewing angle of the LCD so that it may be easily read from either above or below The angle is adjustable from 7 to 8 Positive...

Page 80: ...intains an excellent signal to noise ratio while keeping a reasonable amount of headroom in reserve If you hear clipping from the ESI 32 raise the amount of headroom The headroom setting is retained when power is switched off 1 Activate Master Global module 2 Select 8 Special 3 Headroom 8 3 3 Select the desired amount of headroom The amount of remaining headroom is variable from 0 dB to 15 dB in 1...

Page 81: ... s channels you may have to turn AES boost Off to prevent clipping 1 Activate Master Global module 2 Select 8 Special 4 Output Format 8 4 OUTPUT FORMAT Format analog AES Boost off Select Output Format 3 Set the Output to the format you are using 4 Turn AES boost on to increase the level of the digital output 5 Press ENTER to exit the submodule The ESI 32 will return to the Module Identifier 5 Soft...

Page 82: ...ackground ambience and have it continue playing without having to hold the key The trigger buttons operate on the current preset and their settings are saved with the bank 1 Activate Master Global module 2 Select 8 Special 7 Trigger Buttons 8 7 3 Use the left right cursor keys to select the button Use the data entry control the inc dec buttons or your MIDI keyboard to select the key to be played P...

Page 83: ...installed 1 Activate Master Global module 2 Select 8 Special 8 Ram Test 8 8 The following screen will appear RAM TEST WARNING Clears Sample Memory Proceed Y N 3 Press Yes to begin the test Press No Exit or Enter to return to the Submodule Indentifier 4 If you pressed Yes the CPU RAM test will begin and the amount of RAM in the machine will be displayed Allow the CPU RAM test to run through several...

Page 84: ... in the Preset Definition module and return us to a simpler time when MIDI settings affected all presets 3 MIDI Load Bank This feature allows a MIDI command to load banks from a hard disk 4 MIDI Volume Pedal Global Override Allows an external MIDI controller pedal to function like a master volume pedal 5 MIDI Volume Pan This function automatically routes the MIDI controllers 7 and 10 to volume and...

Page 85: ... line two The top line of the display shows the MIDI channel and a decimal readout of the volume setting for that chan nel Use the data entry control or inc dec buttons to change the volume levels MIX C 01 Volume 127 zzzz zzzz zzzz zzzz 4 Move the cursor down to line three The volume display on line one now changes to display the pan setting for the currently selected MIDI channel Pan adds to the ...

Page 86: ...I 32 will send and receive MIDI information MIDI Mode In Omni mode the ESI 32 will receive data transmitted over any of the 16 MIDI channels In Poly mode the preset will receive data only over the specified channel Receive Program Change When this function is turned Off the ESI 32 will ignore incoming MIDI program change commands When On the ESI 32 responds to MIDI program changes normally 4 Selec...

Page 87: ...ed for the other controllers MIDI B Control Assign MIDI Control Source B to a MIDI continuous controller number This works the same way as assigning MIDI Control Source A to a MIDI continuous controller number EXAMPLE Here is an example of how MIDI control sources work Refer to the diagram on the following page Suppose a sequencer is sending out modulation data over MIDI control number 01 and that...

Page 88: ...tch assignments are like the other control assignments except that they control switch functions also assigned in the Preset Definition Realtime Control submodule such as Sustain Sample Cross switch etc This screen allows you to match the ESI 32 to your MIDI controller s footswitch numbers Footswitch 1 Assign footswitch 1 to a MIDI switch controller number Available assignments include Off and swi...

Page 89: ...ardless of MIDI Global settings 1 Activate Master Global module 2 Select 9 MIDI 3 MIDI Load Bank 9 3 MIDI LOAD BANK Magic Preset Off 3 Select the Magic Preset or Off to disable MIDI Load Bank 4 Press ENTER to exit the submodule The changes will be stored and the ESI 32 will return to the Module Identifier 4 MIDI Volume Pedal This command overrides any footpedal assignments made in the Preset Defin...

Page 90: ...ect whether or not you want the ESI 32 to automatically respond to the volume and pan MIDI controllers 7 10 when in multimode 4 Press ENTER to exit the submodule The changes will be stored and the ESI 32 will return to the Module Identifier 6 Multimode Enable Multimode Enable consists of two functions Boot in Multi automati cally turns multimode on whenever the unit is powered up When Use Bank Sta...

Page 91: ...om an Akai formatted SCSI device Load time varies and may be either slightly longer or shorter than the Akai There are a few fundamental differences between the Akai samplers and the ESI 32 For this reason a number of the Akai program parameters are ignored during the conversion process In most cases however the converted programs and samples should sound and behave very similarly to the originals...

Page 92: ...SI bus Press ENTER to confirm your choice and return to the option select screen WARNING If you have an Akai S1000 or S1100 connected to the SCSI bus you MUST enter the SCSI ID number of the Sampler not the HD manually Failure to do so will cause the system to crash Press the right cursor button for the next screen then select the ID number of the S1000 or S1100 This ID number is remembered on pow...

Page 93: ... sample are taken from the left sample The right side parameters are ignored When Combine L R is set to Off stereo samples are not combined and each sample will be placed in a separate ESI 32 zone 6 Select page two by pressing the right cursor AKAI IMPORT OPTIONS Preserve order on Confirm new bank off Preserve Order When set to On the ESI 32 will attempt to map Akai program num bers to the ESI 32 ...

Page 94: ...If Search mode was selected the following screen will appear AKAI LOAD Searching If an Akai disk cannot be found an error message will be generated indicating No Akai Device Found If a valid Akai device is found the following screen will appear AKAI LOAD from P A Vol PIANOS Select Partition 8 Use the inc dec buttons to select the Partition number then use the right cursor button to move to the nex...

Page 95: ...ite the current bank or No to merge the programs with the existing bank Loading will begin immediately AKAI LOAD from P A Vol PIANOS Program NONE Select Program If None is selected the following screen will appear AKAI LOAD from P A Vol PIANOS Sample ALL Select Sample 12 Use the inc dec buttons or the data entry control to select the Sample Press ENTER to load and convert a single sample All allow...

Page 96: ...rwrite Bank prompt will not appear Data will be merged with the current bank Important Note Certain Akai disks have samples and programs stored in separate vol umes in order to save space on the disk If you have an Akai disk using this format follow these instructions A Load the volume containing the samples B Answer Y to Load Another C Load the preset volume The above warning only applies to Akai...

Page 97: ... There are three options available Refer to the chart below 0 Emax II SCSI Setup Allows the ESI 32 to specify the ID of the Emax II device 1 Emax II Import Options Asks you to confirm before erasing bank data 2 Emax II Load Allows you to browse through the Emax II SCSI device select the bank presets or samples to import and start the import process An Emax II SCSI device is NOT mounted and accesse...

Page 98: ...erify the Emax II disk using Search mode or using the SCSI ID selected in the SCSI Setup screen Emax II LOAD from B01 Bosendorf8M Select Bank If an Emax II disk cannot be found an error message will be generated indicating No Emax Drive Found 7 Use the inc dec buttons or the data entry control to select the bank to load When the correct bank is displayed press ENTER The following screen will appea...

Page 99: ...les do not have names in the Emax II they are imported into the ESI 32 with Sxx appended to the bank name where xx is the number of the sample Example Bosendorf8M_S02 Bank and preset names retain their names from Emax II Emax II LOAD Completed Load Another Y N If Yes is selected the Bank select screen will appear and a new Bank Preset or Sample can be selected 10 Press No to exit the submodule The...

Page 100: ...92 ESI 32 Operation Manual ...

Page 101: ...ement 93 5 Sample Management 0 Select Sample 95 1 Load Sample 95 2 Rename Sample 96 3 Erase Sample 97 4 Copy Sample 98 5 Sample Setup 99 6 Place Sample 101 7 Arm Sampling 102 8 Force Sampling 102 9 Sample Dump 103 ...

Page 102: ...94 ESI 32 Operation Manual ...

Page 103: ...LE 001 Selected Sample Stereo 44100Hz 10 Presets 5 3secs Samples can be loaded individually from the floppy disk the internal Syquest hard disk or external storage devices 1 Activate Sample Management module 2 Select Submodule 1 3 If you wish to select a different drive press the up cursor button If not proceed to step five 4 Select the drive containing the sample to be loaded then press ENTER LOA...

Page 104: ...try control and key board You can also use the up cursor to insert spaces and the down cursor to delete spaces See Sample Management 2 Rename Sample 9 Press ENTER to exit the submodule The ESI 32 will return to the Module Identifier This submodule allows you to rename any sample 1 Activate Sample Management module 2 Select Submodule 2 3 Scroll through the samples available for renaming then press ...

Page 105: ...ect Submodule 3 3 Select the sample to be erased then press ENTER ERASE SAMPLE 001 Current Sample Select a Sample 4 If the sample is stereo select whether you want to erase the left side right side or the entire stereo sample ERASE SAMPLE 001 Selected Sample Side Stereo Select L R Stereo 5 Decide if you really want to erase the sample The ESI 32 will inquire if you are sure 6 Press Yes to erase th...

Page 106: ... to overwrite Press Yes to replace the existing sample or No to cancel the opera tion COPY SAMPLE to 001 Selected Sample 001 Empty Sample Select Dest Sample 5 Rename the sample Choose the characters to be changed with the right and left cursor buttons Select the desired characters by using the ten key pad data entry control and keyboard You can also use the up cursor to insert spaces and the down ...

Page 107: ...channel only turn off the other channel to conserve memory R Right Channel Line four shows the right input level record status and whether on or off Press Yes or No to enable or disable recording into the right channel When sampling into one channel only turn off the other channel to conserve memory 4 Select page two by pressing the right cursor button Page two shows SAMPLE SETUP Source analog 441...

Page 108: ...r right samples remain intact Selecting absolute will increase the amplitude of both the left and right samples to full level When sampling in mono selecting absolute or relative makes no difference Auto Placement selects the transposition range in which new samples will be placed For example selecting a range of 24 keys places the next sample over a 24 key range with the original pitch in the cen...

Page 109: ...west key of the sample range then press ENTER The display will indicate the preset status described in step four PLACE SAMPLE pri G1 C1 Select Low Key 6 Select the highest key of the sample range then press ENTER The display will indicate the preset status as described in step four PLACE SAMPLE pri G1 C1 to B1 Select High Key 7 If the display asks Overwrite Zone Press Yes to overwrite or No to ret...

Page 110: ...locked against re sampling To erase a locked sample use 3 Erase Sample Force Sampling lets you initiate sampling manually as an alternative to threshold sensitive sampling This is useful for situations where the signal to be sampled is more or less continuous Continuous signals greatly complicate the threshold setting process described in Sample 5 Setup Upon initiating this submodule the ESI 32 wi...

Page 111: ...ection greatly accelerates MIDI Sample Dumps I VOLUME PHONES O TRANSPOSE DIGITAL PROC SAMPLE MGT MASTER GLOBAL MULTIMODE PRESET MGT DYNAMIC PROC PRESET DEF DRIVE SELECT LOAD SAVE AUDITION TRIGGER MODE ESCAPE MIDI ENTER DEC NO INC YES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 9 MIDI CHANNEL 01 Volume 115 Pan 01 000 Synth Flute MIDI In MIDI Out MIDI Out MIDI In In the Sample Dump Standard and in the ESI 32 samples are assi...

Page 112: ...nsmit Select Direction 4 Select the word size and press ENTER SAMPLE DUMP Direction Transmit Word Size 16 Bits Select 14 16 Bits 5 Select a sample to be transmitted and press ENTER If the selected sample is stereo the ESI 32 will ask you to select which side is to be transmitted SAMPLE DUMP Direction Transmit S01 Selected Sample Select a Sample 6 Press ENTER to begin the Sample Dump ...

Page 113: ...Preset Management 105 6 Preset Management 1 Load Preset 107 2 Rename Preset 108 3 Erase Preset 109 4 Copy Preset 109 5 Create Preset 110 6 Preset Size 111 7 Merge Presets 111 ...

Page 114: ...106 ESI 32 Operation Manual ...

Page 115: ...Main HD B00 Current Bank Select a Bank 6 Select the preset to be loaded then press ENTER LOAD PRESET from P00 Current Preset Select Source Preset 7 Select the destination preset number into which the source preset will be loaded then press ENTER If you try to overwrite an existing preset you will be asked if you are sure Enter Yes to replace the existing sample or No to cancel the operation LOAD P...

Page 116: ...l through the presets available for renaming When the display shows the desired preset press ENTER RENAME PRESET P00 Current Preset Select a Preset 4 Rename the preset Choose the characters to be changed with the left and right cursor buttons Select the desired characters by using the ten key pad data entry control and keyboard You can also use the up cursor to insert spaces and the down cursor to...

Page 117: ...ank This is useful if you want to create variations on a particular preset For example you may want to alter the MIDI velocity or Dynamic Process ing parameters 1 Activate Preset Management module 2 Select Submodule 4 3 Select the preset to be copied then press ENTER COPY PRESET from P00 Current Preset Select Source Preset 4 Select the destination preset number into which the source preset will be...

Page 118: ... creating a preset 1 Activate Preset Management module 2 Select Submodule 5 3 Select the preset to be created then press ENTER If you try to overwrite an existing preset you will be asked if you want to over write Enter Yes to replace the existing preset or No to cancel the operation CREATE PRESET P00 Empty Preset Select a Preset 5 If desired rename the preset Choose the characters to be changed w...

Page 119: ...t the submodule The ESI 32 will return to the Module Identifier This function allows you to load all the presets from any bank on any hard disk into the currently loaded bank This is a very handy feature when you want to create massive multi preset banks 1 Activate Preset Management module 2 Select submodule 9 3 If necessary select the drive from which you wish to load the bank The ESI 32 will def...

Page 120: ... Presets in the selected bank will be added to the current bank starting at the number you specify Presets will not be overwrit ten under any circumstances 6 Press ENTER to merge the presets The display will say show the new locations of the presets in the bank then return you to the Module Identifier MERGE PRESETS into 025 Empty Preset Select Dest Preset ...

Page 121: ...tal Tools 1 131 0 Sample Calculator 131 1 Taper 132 2 Gain Change 133 3 Reverse Section 135 4 Stereo Mono 135 5 Left Right 136 6 DC Filter 136 7 Sample Integrity 137 8 Digital Tools 2 138 0 Sample Rate Convert 139 1 Digital Tuning 140 2 Compressor 141 3 Parametric Equalizer 145 4 Time Compression 146 5 Pitch Change 147 6 Transform Multiplication 148 7 Doppler Pan 149 9 Undo 155 ...

Page 122: ...to a comparatively steady sound Listen carefully to a plucked guitar string The first part of the sound consists of a complex mixture of pick noise and several harmon ics after a while the string decays down to a pretty steady repetitive waveform Since the latter part of the waveform is repetitive there is no need to waste memory sampling several seconds of it Instead you can mark off a loop of th...

Page 123: ...hape the attack sustain and decay characteristics of a sample You can create a decay during the looped portion and simulate pluck or struck sounds Artificial Decay can be applied to a looped sound Looped Sound Looped Sound shaped by Dynamic Processing Module Loop Compression The looped section of the sample can be compressed which evens out any changes in amplitude Changes in amplitude can cause b...

Page 124: ...those loop points is identical In the example above a sine wave is crossfaded with silence to illustrate the process Crossfade looping is very effective with complex ensemble sounds which can be virtually impossible to loop otherwise In most cases even com plex sounds can be looped without any clicks or pops Bear in mind however that crossfade looping actually changes the sample data You may want ...

Page 125: ...ut or copied from one sample and pasted to another Undo and Redo During several ESI 32 digital processing operations such as cut paste and sample rate conversion the ESI 32 will automatically back up the sample being processed and store this backup on the system drive If you do not like the results of the processing you can call up the Undo function and restore the original sample from the system ...

Page 126: ...ssing refers to the point at which the positive slope of a waveform passes through zero In many digital processing applications such as splicing and looping it is useful to locate zero crossings in order to make glitch free joins and loops On some signals however a simple zero crossing may not be effective because the signal contains excessive noise or low level high frequency harmonics In these c...

Page 127: ...f Wave Slope of Wave 96dB 30dB Adjust the zero crossing threshold according to the type of wave you are processing A setting of 96 dB is most sensitive and can be used for finding the start point of a sound Settings closer to 30 dB are less sensitive and suited for finding zero crossings in complex waves ...

Page 128: ...keyboard while in a Digital Processing function such as Truncation or Looping If the pitch wheel is moved slightly forward the sound will play slowly through its length If the wheel is pushed forward all the way the sound will play through faster If the wheel is moved backwards towards you the sound will play backwards through the sound The scrub wheel operates like the accelerator on your car the...

Page 129: ... to the Module Identifier This submodule lets you turn looping on and off loop in release on and off and sets various parameters concerning other Digital Processing functions For more information see Background About Looping at the beginning of this section 1 Activate Digital Processing module 2 Select Submodule 1 3 Select Loop Enable On Off on line two SETUP Loop enable on Loop in Release on Your...

Page 130: ...n The second page displays the following parameters SETUP Beep off Zero X Thresh 54dB Beep When On the ESI 32 gives an audible indication when time intensive digital processing operations are finished Zero X Threshold Use the data entry control or inc dec buttons to select the zero crossing threshold A setting of 96 dB will be the most sensitive a setting of 30 dB will be the least sensitive The s...

Page 131: ...will change the end point to maintain a constant size Changing the end point changes the size and the start point remains constant 4 The display will inquire if you want to Auto Correlate Press YES to Auto Correlate or NO to proceed directly to step six Compress Loop Auto Correlation uses artificial intelligence techniques to choose optimum loop points Without Auto Correlation unless you are profi...

Page 132: ... loop glitches For more information see Background About Looping at the beginning of this section LOOP secs samples Start 1 96 43280 End 3 54 78162 Compress Loop Y N The two types of crossfade looping are EqPwr Equal Power This is a weighted crossfade that produces no apparent level shift It is the most commonly used mode Linear This provides a straight mathematical crossfade Use Linear mode with ...

Page 133: ...ize value on line four in these ways Truncating the Start will cause the size to change to maintain a constant End Point Truncating the End will cause the size to change to maintain a constant Start Point 4 If you are not satisfied with the resulting truncation or want to compare before and after proceed to Digital Processing 9 Undo Portions of a sample can be cut copied and pasted to other sample...

Page 134: ...ected Sample Side Stereo Select L R Stereo 5 Specify the start point on line two and end point on line three for the portion of the sample to be copied then press ENTER Use the up and down cursor to choose the appropriate line The size of the portion to be copied on line four will change to reflect changes in the start and end points Pressing ENTER saves the selected portion in the clipboard Copyi...

Page 135: ...ected Sample Select a Sample 4 Specify the start point on line two and the end point on line three for the portion of the sample to be cut then press ENTER Use the up and down cursor to choose the appropriate line The size of the portion to be cut on line four will change to reflect changes in the start and end points Cutting affects the original sample by deleting the part being cut The clipboard...

Page 136: ...ple on the clipboard is pasted into the break in the destination sample or crossfaded in and out of the break in the destination sample Crossfade Size Mode Insert 1 Activate Digital Processing module 2 Select Submodule 6 3 Select the sample that you want to paste the clipboard contents into then press ENTER PASTE REGION into S00 Selected Sample Select Dest Sample 4 Specify the paste point on line ...

Page 137: ... three Nor mally you will always use Equal Power Use Linear Mix when the signals are very similar or when Equal Power causes a gain in amplitude 6 If you chose insert in step five proceed to the next step If you chose mix in step five select the level of the contents to be mixed then press ENTER 100 indicates a replacement PASTE secs samples Offset 1 06 33943 Mode Equal Power Mix Source Amount 100...

Page 138: ...t select any Xfade time for best results Your choices are EqPwr Equal Power This is a weighted crossfade that produces no apparent level shift It is the most commonly used mode Linear This provides a straight mathematical crossfade Crossfade Size XFADE MIX Source Amount 100 Crossfade Size XFADE MIX Source Amount 50 8 Press ENTER to perform the paste 9 If you are not satisfied with the paste or wan...

Page 139: ... stereo or moves a mono sample to the other side 6 DC Filter Removes the DC component from a sample centering the waveform around the zero axis 7 Sample Integrity Samples may occasionally have slight looping problems due to data corruption of the sample header file This function remedies the problem by reconstructing the sample header 0 Sample Calculator 1 Activate Digital Processing module 2 Sele...

Page 140: ...r Select the left side right side or both sides stereo then press ENTER Otherwise proceed to the next step TAPER Side Stereo Select L R Stereo 4 Select the desired taper points and press ENTER The display will show the current taper points which will be the endpoints of the current sample TAPER secs samples Start 0 00 000000 End 3 13 137873 Size 3 13 137873 TAPER Start Amount 0 00dB End Amount 96d...

Page 141: ...al with too much gain The Normalize display in the Gain Change submodule can be used as a sample headroom indicator 2 Gain Change Gain Change alters the level of all or part of a sample 1 Activate Digital Processing module 2 Select 7 Digital Tools I 2 Change Gain 7 2 3 If the current sample is stereo the following screen will appear Select the left side right side or both sides stereo then press E...

Page 142: ...ed value s with the data entry control and press ENTER The sample will be tapered between the selected start and end points with the type of curve selected FADE secs samples Size 0 00 000000 Type Linear Size sets the size of the crossfade between no gain change and gain change This is variable from 0 to 1 2 the sample size Type selects the type of gain curve Linear Exp 1 Exp 2 Exp 3 7 If you are n...

Page 143: ...e endpoints of the current sample The sample will be reversed between the selected start and end points 5 If you are not satisfied with the resulting reversal or want to compare before and after proceed to Digital Processing 9 Undo 4 Stereo Mono Converts a stereo sample to mono or a mono sample to stereo Mono samples are created using the left side of a stereo sample Stereo samples are created by ...

Page 144: ... to the other side if it is in mono SWAP SIDES Swap Sides Y N 3 Press YES to swap or change sides or NO to exit the submodule The ESI 32 will return to the Module Identifier 6 DC Filter Removes the DC component from a sample centering the waveform around the zero axis 1 Activate Digital Processing module 2 Select 7 Digital Tools I 6 DC Filter 7 6 The ESI 32 will immediately begin scanning the curr...

Page 145: ...l return to the Module Identifier 7 Sample Integrity Samples may occasionally have slight looping problems due to data corruption of the sample header file This function remedies the problem by reconstructing the sample header If a sample has been corrupted the display may show an error message such as Mono Start Zero 1 Activate Digital Processing module 2 Select 7 Digital Tools I 7 Sample Integri...

Page 146: ...uency and bandwidth controls 4 Time Compression This function changes the length of a sample without changing the pitch This can be very useful for fitting samples to the beat of a song or fitting dialog into a spot Samples can be compressed or expanded in length from 50 to 200 5 Pitch Change This function changes the pitch of a sample without changing the time relationships between events The max...

Page 147: ...rate and sample size SAMPLE RATE CVT f 0 Rate 22050Hz Size 107220 Loop Size 5035 00 3 Select the new sample rate and press ENTER The display will update the sample size to reflect the new sample rate The Loop Size display shows the size of the resulting loop If a fractional number is shown you may want to adjust the sample rate until the loop size is an integer otherwise the loop size will be slig...

Page 148: ...t the new tuning The loop size display shows the size of the resulting loop If a fractional number is shown listen to the resulting loop carefully The loop size will be slightly altered by the conversion process The f in the upper right corner indicates the reconstruction filter that will be used in the resampling process Higher numbers indicate more interpolation filtering cutting more high frequ...

Page 149: ...4 Select the desired area to be compressed and press ENTER COMPRESSsecs samples Start 0 00 000000 End 3 13 137873 Size 3 13 137873 The display will show the current points of the sample to be com pressed which will be the start and end points of the current sample Select the section of the sample to be compressed then press ENTER COMPRESSOR Mode rms Thres center 100 Ratio 4 00 1 Atk 999ms Rel 999m...

Page 150: ...essor Below Only signal levels below the threshold will be affected by the compressor Determines the threshold level as a percentage of 100 of 16 bits Compression Ratio Variable from 0 01 1 to 99 8 1 Determines the amount of compression or expansion Ratios of greater than 1 1 compress dynamic range Ratios of less than 1 1 expand dynamic range Compression Reduces the amount of dynamic range Levels ...

Page 151: ...ected by the com pressor Only signal levels BELOW the Threshold will be affected by the compressor Only signal levels ABOVE the Threshold will be affected by the compressor 0 1 1 2 1 10 1 50 Threshold 100 Below 0 1 1 2 1 10 1 50 100 Above Threshold 0 1 1 2 1 10 1 50 100 Center Threshold ...

Page 152: ...to keep the volume constant generally to increase the sustain of the instrument As the note dies away the compressor will boost the level in an effort to keep the level constant Set the controls as follows Threshold Center XX where XX is the compression point Ratio approximately 4 1 Attack Time 1 mS to 100 mS Release Time 100 mS Noise Reduction Noise reduction will reduce low levels even further i...

Page 153: ... Amplitude 1 Activate Digital Processing module 2 Select 8 Digital Tools II 3 Parametric EQ 8 3 3 If the current sample is stereo the following screen will appear Select the left side right side or both sides stereo then press ENTER Otherwise proceed to the next step PARAMETRIC EQ Side Stereo Select L R Stereo 4 Select the desired points to be EQ ed and press ENTER EQ secs samples Start 0 00 00000...

Page 154: ...The lower line of the display changes to show the resulting length of the compressed or expanded sample 4 Select the general type of sample to be processed The choices are deep Predominant deep bass to 14 Hz bass Predominant bass to 20 Hz mid 1 Average source material mid 2 Average source material high mids high Source material with high frequencies tight Maintains time accuracy Drum loops broad L...

Page 155: ... lower line of the display changes to show the resulting length of the compressed or expanded sample 4 Select the general type of sample to be processed The choices are deep Predominant deep bass to 14 Hz bass Predominant bass to 20 Hz mid 1 Average source material mid 2 Average source material high mids high Source material with high frequencies tight Maintains time accuracy Drum loops broad Low ...

Page 156: ... characteristics of the second sample L R or L R the length and the sample rate 6 Press ENTER to select the second sample The display shows the time required to process the samples TRANSFORM MULTIPLY Will take 26 mins Continue Y N 7 Press Yes to start the computation or No to return to the Module Identifier 8 If you are not satisfied with the resulting Transform Multiplica tion or want to compare ...

Page 157: ... Fast by L R Sound moves left to right quickly Slow by L R Sound moves left to right slowly Far Near fast Sound moves far away to close quickly Far Near slow Sound moves far away to close slowly Near Far fast Sound moves close to far away quickly Near Far slow Sound moves close to far away slowly Small Circle Sound moves in an 8 ft circle in front Medium Circle Sound moves in a 50 ft circle in fro...

Page 158: ...horter Path Duration if desired The Path Duration allows you to scale the path time so that it runs to completion in a time shorter than the length of the sample The default value is always the length of the sample If auto repeat is off see below the sound will remain at the end of the path until the sample is com plete 8 Turn Auto repeat On or Off as desired Auto repeat causes the path to repeat ...

Page 159: ...edit a user path Copy copy a path into one of the user paths Reverse cause a user path to be played in reverse Flip flip a user path around the X axis Offset apply an x and or y offset to a user path Clear initialize a user path The pre programmed paths must first be copied to a user location before they can be edited Copy Path This function copies a pre programmed or user path to a user path When...

Page 160: ...screen to appear FLIP PATH Flipping path user path 2 Are You Sure Y N Offset Path This function allows you to add an offset to the left and right path points moving the entire path closer or farther or more to the left or right The X offset adds to all X values the Y offset adds to all Y values in the path The resulting sums are clipped to the coordinate system shown under Path Edit When Offset Pa...

Page 161: ...selected the following screen will appear PATH EDIT 0 0 00s 999 500 1 0 52s 0 0 2 0 86s 224 999 Each line of this screen is a point in the path specified by X Y position numbers inside the brackets and a time in seconds The point number is the left most number of each line and may not be edited By using the inc dec buttons or the data entry control while the cursor is under a point number the path...

Page 162: ...at if this path is applied to a different sample all time values will be scaled to the length of the different sample The diagram above shows the extreme positions of the path coordinates Once path editing is complete press ENTER to return to the Path Management screen When the path is ready to apply to the sample press the left cursor button while in the Path Management screen to return to the ma...

Page 163: ...ther backup is currently enabled or not If backup is not enabled you will not be able to compare samples Other wise press ENTER The original sample will be restored the processed sample will be stored in the clipboard and the ESI 32 will return to the Module Identifier 3 Re select Submodule 9 The processed sample will be restored and the original sample will be stored in the clipboard You can cont...

Page 164: ... Digital Processing module 2 Select Submodule 9 REDO TRUNCATION S00 Selected Sample Backup disabled The display will show whether backup is currently enabled or not 3 Use the Increment Decrement buttons to choose whether the backup function is enabled or disabled then press ENTER ...

Page 165: ...57 8 Preset Definition 0 Realtime Controls 159 1 Load Zone 164 2 Edit Assignment 167 3 Erase Zone 170 4 Copy Zone 171 5 Crossfade Switch 174 6 Velocity Switch Preset Link 177 7 Pitch Bend Range 177 8 Portamento Attack 178 ...

Page 166: ...158 ESI 32 Operation Manual ...

Page 167: ...sources must be connected to a destination in order to have any effect The second line of the display shows the realtime control source and the third line shows the destination or what will be controlled by the source Refer to the diagram below Pitch VCF Cutoff VCA Level LFO Pitch LFO Cutoff LFO VCA Pan Attack Crossfade 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 Preset Definition Realtime Controls Pitch Contro...

Page 168: ... control sources may be turned Off Each destination can be controlled by only one controller Tip Brass sounds often increase in brightness towards the end of the note Simulate this effect by using the pedal or wheel to increase the filter cutoff frequency towards the end of the note Pedal Cutoff Sample VCF VCA Pan ESI 32 REALTIME CONTROLS 4 Pedal Control 2 VCF Cutoff Select a Controller MIDI R L M...

Page 169: ...rammed in Dynamic Processing 2 VCA For this destination to have any effect the initial level of the zone must be set to a value less than 100 4 LFO Pitch This destination controls the extent to which the LFO modulates pitch and is most often assigned to the mod control Rotating the wheel away from you increases the amount of vibrato Assigning this destination overrides the equivalent Dy namic Proc...

Page 170: ... sound will appear at the extreme left With the pedal centered the sound will appear centered and fully depressed the sound will appear at the extreme right 8 Attack This destination controls the VCA and VCF attack rate When assigned to the mod control rotating the wheel away from you increases the attack time This effect is useful when changing from legato to percussive effects especially with su...

Page 171: ...rnate between the two samples This function must also be enabled under Preset Definition 5 Crossfade Switch 3 Unused 1 4 Unused 2 5 Unused 3 6 Unused A 7 Unused B 8 Preset Increment Press the footswitch to advance from one preset to the next higher numbered preset i e from preset 01 to preset 02 The ESI 32 will stop incrementing at the highest numbered preset 9 Preset Decrement Press the footswitc...

Page 172: ...dule 2 Select Submodule 1 3 If you wish to select a different drive move the cursor to the drive number If not proceed to step 5 4 Select the drive containing the zone to be loaded then press ENTER LOAD ZONE from D1 Main HD Select a Drive 5 Select the bank that contains the preset from which the zone will be loaded then press ENTER LOAD ZONE from 01 Main HD B00 Current Bank Select a Bank 6 Select ...

Page 173: ...plays the secondary sample number associated with the note on line two 9 Select the highest key of the zone to be loaded then press ENTER The default is to the highest note of the sample that con tains the previously specified low note You can select a different high key in two ways The data entry control scrolls through the highest key of each sample on the keyboard The data entry control is the ...

Page 174: ...elected only primary or secondary samples select whether you want to load them into the preset as primary or secondary samples This step allows you to load primary sample s into secondary locations and visa versa If in step 6 you selected both samples the ESI 32 will skip this step as these samples will always be loaded into both primary and secondary sample slots of the destination preset LOAD ZO...

Page 175: ...ntry control After selecting a note the third line will display the primary sample number and the fourth line will display the secondary sample number associated with the note on line two 5 Use the data entry control to select the highest note of the zone to be re assigned then press ENTER The default is to the highest note of the sample that contains the previously specified low note You can sele...

Page 176: ... you set the new zone assignment If you extend the new zone so that it overlaps another sample on the same layer it will replace the other sample in that area of the keyboard After pressing ENTER the ESI 32 will edit the zone range and the original key and then return to the Module Identifier APPLICATION Adjust the range of a sample 1 Activate Preset Definition module 2 Select Submodule 2 3 Select...

Page 177: ...t in the zone being transposed up one octave Moving the original key up from G1 to G2 would transpose the zone down one octave APPLICATION Transpose Part of a Zone Suppose you wanted to transpose the area marked by the arrows down an octave to create a Snare of Doom sound Here s how Reverb Snare Tom Crash Cymbal Kick New Zone 1 2 1 Activate Preset Definition module 2 Select Submodule 2 3 If there ...

Page 178: ...eyboard to specify any note as the lowest note of the zone ERASE ZONE P00 both C1 Select Low Key The second line shows the note being played on the keyboard or scrolled with the data entry control After selecting a note the third line displays the primary sample number and the fourth line displays the secondary sample number associated with the note on line two 5 Use the data entry control to sele...

Page 179: ...ntrol After selecting a note the third line will display the primary sample number and the fourth line displays the secondary sample number associated with the note on line two 6 Press Yes to erase the zone or No to cancel the operation In either case you will return to the Module Identifier This submodule allows zones to be copied into any preset 1 Activate Preset Definition module 2 Select Submo...

Page 180: ...rolls through the highest key of each sample on the keyboard The data entry control is the fastest selection method if you want the highest key of the zone to coincide with the highest note of a sample Or you can use the keyboard to specify any note as the highest note of the zone COPY ZONE from P00 both C1 to C2 Select High Key The second line shows the note being played on the keyboard or scroll...

Page 181: ...p this step as these samples will always be copied into both primary and secondary sample slots of the destination preset COPY ZONE from P01 pri Select pri sec 9 Select the low key where the low key of the zone will be placed then press ENTER As you select notes the display will show the samples mapped into the preset After loading the ESI 32 will return to the Module Identifier LOAD ZONE into P01...

Page 182: ...e data entry control scrolls through the lowest key of each sample on the keyboard The data entry control is the fastest selection method if you want the lowest key of the zone to coincide with the lowest note of a sample Or you can use the keyboard to specify any note as the lowest note of the zone CROSSFADE SWITCH P00 C1 Select Low Key The second line shows the note being played on the keyboard ...

Page 183: ...o 5 Select the desired type of crossfade from the following choices then press ENTER CROSSFADE SWITCH P00 C1 to C2 Crossfade Off Select a Crossfade Crossfade Off There is no crossfading between the primary and secondary samples Velocity Crossfade One sample will become louder as you play more forcefully the other sample will become softer Velocity Switch If you strike a key with more force than th...

Page 184: ...ntrol to select whether the primary or secondary sample will Fade in when the keyboard is played forcefully Velocity Crossfade Switch in when the keyboard is played forcefully Velocity Switch Fade in according to the realtime control wheel Realtime Crossfade Switch in according to the realtime footswitch Realtime Switch After pressing ENTER the ESI 32 will return to the Module Identifier 7 For Pos...

Page 185: ...oice architec ture of each preset in the stack If two presets are linked to themselves forming a loop those two presets will play in unison up to the channel limit of the ESI 32 1 Activate Preset Definition module 2 Select submodule 6 3 Use the data entry control to select the velocity at which samples will be cross switched Velocity values range from 1 to 127 VEL SWITCH PT LINK Vel Switch Point 6...

Page 186: ...he attack curve of the ESI 32 envelope generators There are two selectable slopes Linear or Logarithmic which affect all zones in the layer A logarithmic attack rises quickly then levels off as it approaches maximum level Logarithmic mode works well for sounds with percussive attacks while Linear mode tends to work better on sounds with slow attacks 1 Activate Preset Definition module 2 Select Sub...

Page 187: ...ng 179 9 Dynamic Processing Background 181 0 Select Zone 183 1 Setup 184 2 VCA 185 3 VCF 187 4 LFO 189 5 Auxiliary Envelope 191 6 Velocity To 192 7 Keyboard Mode 195 8 Realtime Control Enable 196 9 Output Channels 197 ...

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Page 189: ...LFOs can be routed to modulate the sound Each key on the keyboard can contain two zones primary and second ary just like samples and each of these can have completely different sets of analog parameters applied to it The zone concept makes the programming and modifying of parameters quite straightforward The Zone Concept A zone is simply a selected range of the keyboard That s it Nothing mysteriou...

Page 190: ...e is press down the keys on the keyboard defining the range and access the Dynamic Processing parameters For example if two keys such as C2 and A 3 are held down and the filter cutoff is changed then all samples in the range C2 A 3 will be assigned the new filter cutoff value To access Quick Zone enter the Dynamic Processing module The display will show DYNAMIC PROCESSING P00 both C 1 to C 5 Quick...

Page 191: ... can use the keyboard to specify any note as the lowest note of the zone SELECT ZONE P00 both C 1 Select Low Key The second line shows the note being played on the keyboard or scrolled with the data entry knob After selecting a note the third line will display the primary sample number and the fourth line will display the secondary sample number associated with the note on line two 5 Select the hi...

Page 192: ...range of 100 to 100 cents One hundred cents equals 1 semitone Delay varies the time between when a MIDI Note On message is received and the onset of the note up to 1 53 seconds Chorus thickens the sound by doubling the primary sample and detuning the doubled sample somewhat Chorus uses two channels When chorus is on the number of available channels in the zone will be cut in half Chorus cannot be ...

Page 193: ...ins two pages Page one sets the overall zone level and stereo placement pan Page two sets the AHDSR envelope characteristics that alter VCA dynamics with respect to time 1 Activate Dynamic Processing module 2 Select Submodule 2 3 Move the cursor to the parameter s to be adjusted and select the desired value s with the data entry knob The first page reads VCA Level 100 Pan 0 L R Level is variable f...

Page 194: ...the VCA envelope attack time from 0 to 163 69 seconds Hold sets the duration of the peak from 0 to 21 69 seconds If a key is held down longer than the hold duration the decay phase will begin If a key is released during the hold duration the release phase will begin Decay varies the initial decay time from 0 to 163 69 seconds Sus Sustain varies the envelope sustain level from 0 to 100 of the peak ...

Page 195: ...ange is most obvious with envelope amount set to 0 Q varies the resonance from 0 to 100 Higher values correspond to increased resonance which accentuates the frequency response at the filter cutoff frequency This produces a sharper more whistling sound 4 Select page two by pressing the right cursor button The second page shows VCF Tracking 1 00 Envelope Amt 0 Tracking varies the filter cutoff with...

Page 196: ...no effect from the envelope to 100 which is the maximum positive envelope It is usually necessary to raise the filter cutoff value when using inverted envelopes Keyboard Tracking varies the filter cutoff frequency as you play up and down the keyboard Higher Filter Cutoff Lower Filter Cutoff 100 Max Positive Envelope 100 Max Negative Envelope Initial Cutoff Freq The filter cutoff frequency can be m...

Page 197: ...hich the rate will be varied as you play different notes LFO variation the LFO s destination s pitch which produces vibrato the VCF cutoff the VCA amplitude produces tremolo attention surf music and Bo Diddley fans and panning spatial modulation The amount of modulation sent to each destination is variable from 0 to 100 1 Activate Dynamic Processing module 2 Select Submodule 4 3 Move the cursor to...

Page 198: ...ng effects to a sound 5 Select page three by pressing the right cursor button The third page displays the following LFO routing options LFO LFO VCA 0 LFO Pan 0 LFO VCA produces tremolo effects by altering the overall level of a zone in a cyclic fashion LFO Pan cyclically varies the placement of the audio output of a zone within the stereo field 6 Press ENTER to exit the submodule The ESI 32 will r...

Page 199: ...ves automatic pitch bending Controlling the LFO rate can increase or decrease the LFO speed over the duration of a note Adding envelope control to an LFO destination allows modulation to fade in or out over the duration of a note Envelope Amt varies the depth of the envelope s effect on the chosen destination It is variable from 100 the maximum inverted envelope through 00 no effect from the envel...

Page 200: ...y reverse dynamics Use velocity to add dynamics to sampled sounds that don t contain dynamics such as samples from older synthesizers VCA Attack ties velocity to the VCA envelope attack time With negative values playing softly gives shorter attack times and playing more forcefully lengthens the attack With positive values playing softly gives longer attack times while playing more forcefully short...

Page 201: ...F envelope attack time With negative values playing softly gives shorter attack times while playing more forcefully lengthens the attack With positive values playing softly gives longer attack times And as you might expect by now playing more forcefully shortens the attack 5 Select page three by pressing the right cursor button The third page displays VELOCITY TO Pan 0 Sample Start 0 Aux Envelope ...

Page 202: ...Auxiliary Envelope s depth At 0 the effect of the Auxiliary Envelope remains as set in Dynamic Processing 5 Auxiliary Envelope no matter how forcefully or softly you play the keyboard Progressively higher positive values increase the envelope depth as you play more forcefully Progressively higher negative values decrease the envelope depth as you play more forcefully 6 Press ENTER to exit the subm...

Page 203: ...er mode is usually the best mode to use when triggering the ESI 32 from external drum pads Solo provides the playing action of a monophonic synthesizer with single triggering and last note priority Solo mode produces more realistic effects when working with monophonic instrument sounds such as solo trumpet flute or sax since this mode does not allow you to play a chord Nontranspose lets a sample p...

Page 204: ...Pitch Off in this screen That s it 1 Activate Dynamic Processing module 2 Select Submodule 8 3 Move the cursor to the parameter s to be adjusted and select On or Off with the data entry knob The first page reads CONTROLLERS ENABLE Pitch on VCF Cutoff on Level on 4 Select page two by pressing the right cursor button The second page controls the following realtime control destinations CONTROLLERS EN...

Page 205: ...rotected zone s channels are not used by any other zone NOTE The Output Channel assignments are DISABLED when the Dynamic Allocation function Master Globals 4 is turned On 1 Activate Dynamic Processing module 2 Select Submodule 9 3 Select the lowest channel that you want the zone to use OUTPUT CHANNELS Lowest Channel 01 Highest Channel 32 Submix main 4 Move the cursor to line four and select the h...

Page 206: ...198 ESI 32 Operation Manual ...

Page 207: ...Using SCSI 201 Disk Drive Compatibility 205 Digital Interface 206 Keyboard Character Chart 207 ESI 32 Menu Map 208 MIDI Key Chart 209 MIDI Chart 210 Specifications 211 Error Codes 212 Troubleshooting 214 Warranty 218 Index 219 ...

Page 208: ...200 ESI 32 Operation Manual ...

Page 209: ...ID number so that it can distinguish its data from data meant for another device If data is being saved to a device with ID 2 for instance all the other devices on the SCSI bus will ignore that data If two devices have the same ID number the system will not work Each device must have its own unique ID number The SCSI ID number of the Macintosh is fixed at ID 7 and cannot be changed The SCSI ID num...

Page 210: ... can either be hidden inside a SCSI device or they can take the form of termination blocks which can simply be plugged into the SCSI port Terminators apply power to an array of resistors which ensure a full 5 volt swing between high and low levels on the SCSI line The host system is required to provide Termination Power Termination power has its own wire in the SCSI cable and supplies power to the...

Page 211: ... Similarly a Macintosh can access an internal ESI 32 Syquest drive with a cartridge that has been formatted for the Macintosh The ESI 32 is strictly a Slave Device when using SMDI meaning that it CANNOT initiate SMDI transfers This should not normally present a problem however since a computer based editor will always have a facility for initiating SMDI transfers Caution A sample transferred into ...

Page 212: ...ive utility Master Global Disk Utilities 1 2 Check the SCSI ID numbers No two numbers can be the same 3 Read the documentation again Learn all you can about your peripheral devices The answer may be right in front of you 4 Play with the order in which devices are powered up Nor mally the Big Bang method works best turn everything on at once but another order may work better in your unique system 5...

Page 213: ...B PD1225S LPS525S LP240S ELS127S Empire 1080S HD HD Quantum Quantum 700 MB 540 MB Lightning 730S Maverick 540S 2217 15M AV 4110 09N SQ555 SQ5110 SQ3105 SQ3270S ST5660N ST 11200N ST31230N 1060S Type CD ROM CD ROM CD ROM Sony Sony Toshiba 650 MB 650 MB 650 MB CDU 8003A CDU 541 XM 3101BME CD ROM Toshiba 650 MB XM 5201TA CD ROM Toshiba 650 MB XM 3501TA CD ROM Matshita 650 MB CR8004 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes...

Page 214: ...appear in the Sam pling Setup menu if you have the digital I O board installed These three additional options select the digital interface for sampling instead of the analog inputs Connect the digital output of the ESI 32 to a digital input on another device with S PDIF digital I O When the digital interface card is installed both the analog and digital outputs are simultaneously available The Mai...

Page 215: ...can be named or renamed using these characters Select the characters using the ten key pad data entry knob and keyboard You can also use the up cursor to insert spaces and the down cursor to delete spaces There are also additional characters not shown above which are only available through use of the data entry knob or increment decrement buttons Tip The shaded area represents a standard five octa...

Page 216: ...igital Tools I 8 Digital Tools II 9 Undo DIGTIAL PROCESSING 0 Realtime Controls 1 Load Zone 2 Edit Assignment 3 Erase Zone 4 Copy Zone 5 Crossfade Switch 6 Vel Switch Link 7 Pitch Bend Range 8 Portamento Attack PRESET DEFINITION 0 Select Zone 1 Analog Setup 2 VCA 3 VCF 4 LFO 5 Auxiliary Envelope 6 Velocity To 7 Keyboard Mode 8 Realtime Control En 9 Output Channels DYNAMIC PROCESSING 1 Recalibrate ...

Page 217: ...rd range 23 24 21 22 25 27 30 32 34 37 39 42 44 46 49 51 54 58 56 61 68 66 70 75 73 78 80 82 85 87 90 92 94 102 104 106 97 99 63 28 29 26 33 35 31 38 40 36 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C0 43 45 41 48 50 47 53 55 52 59 60 57 64 65 62 69 71 67 74 76 72 79 81 77 84 86 83 89 91 88 95 96 101 93 105 107 103 108 100 98 ...

Page 218: ...lock Commands Aux Messages Local On Off Active Sense Reset No No 1 1 16 Memorized No No No No 21 108 A 1 thru C7 21 108 A 1 thru C7 No No Yes No v 1 127 No No No Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes 0 127 Yes 0 127 No No MIDI Sample Dump Yes Yes Also xmit recv SMDI No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Notes Pan 0 hard left 127 hard right Function Bank Select Bn 00 00 20 bb Cn pp n MIDI channel b...

Page 219: ...format RCA connectors SCSI 50 pin connector advanced links Sample Rates 44 1 kHz 22 05 kHz Pitch Shifting 5 octaves constant sample rate technology Frequency Response 20 Hz to 20 kHz at 44 1 kHz sample rate THD N Less than 0 05 THD Less than 0 03 Signal Quiescent Noise Better than 100 dB Stereo Phase Phase Coherent 1 at 1 kHz Weight 10 lbs 4 5 kg Dimensions W 17 125 43 5cm H 3 5 8 9cm L 9 75 23 7c...

Page 220: ... Floppy Disk Error Bad disk or floppy drive Floppy Seek Error Bad disk or floppy drive Insert Unlocked FD Floppy disk is locked Loop Start End Zero Sample header is corrupted and needs to be repaired using the Fix Samples function Mono Start End Zero Sample header is corrupted and needs to be repaired using the Fix Samples function No Samples in Preset No samples mapped to any zones No Samples Exi...

Page 221: ...l Not enough sample memory for the operation Sample Overload A D converter headroom has been exceeded SCSI Bank Locked Trying to write to a locked bank SCSI Hardware Error No HD Cable No power Wrong SCSI ID number SCSI Media Error Media defect on the hard disk Wrong Floppy Number Wrong disk in loading sequence Wrong Floppy Type Sound disk Software Disk ...

Page 222: ...made Solution Try listening directly to the stereo output using head phones to verify that the ESI 32 is at fault Check that proper audio connections have been made Problem The ESI 32 powers up normally but does not make any sound Cause The front panel volume control may need recalibration Solution Recalibrate the volume control using the Recalibrate function located under Special in the Master Gl...

Page 223: ...sable side function is turned on Solution Turn disable side function Dynamic Processing 1 off in the zone Problem Audible hum in system when ESI 32 is connected Cause There is a ground loop present in the audio system Solution Find and eliminate the ground loop Functional Problems Problem Front panel buttons double trigger Cause Buttons need cleaning Solution Consult your dealer or authorized E mu...

Page 224: ...ls Problem The ESI 32 does not respond to the MIDI parameters as programmed Cause MIDI Globals are turned off Solution Turn on MIDI Globals Master Global 9 MIDI 2 MIDI Globals Problem The ESI 32 does not respond to the modulation wheels or pressure from an external MIDI controller Cause MIDI controllers are not assigned in the MIDI Globals or Realtime Control submodules Solution Assign proper cont...

Page 225: ...vices have power Change one of the SCSI ID numbers If this fails try another SCSI cable or another SCSI device if possible Problem Data from an external SCSI device is being scrambled or lost Cause The SCSI cable may be too long or the device may not be terminated correctly Solution Try using a shorter SCSI cable maximum cable length is about 12 feet or check that the last device in the SCSI chain...

Page 226: ... of the unit at E mu s option In no event shall E mu Systems be liable for damages based on inconvenience whether inciden tal or consequential loss of use of the unit loss of time interrupted operation or commercial loss or any other consequential damages Some states do not allow limitation of the duration of implied warranties or the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages ...

Page 227: ...33 Cursor 16 22 Cursor Page buttons 22 Cut paste 50 Cut region 127 Cutoff frequency 35 D Data entry control 16 21 DC filter 131 136 Decay 186 189 191 Default 16 Delay 184 Digital I O 8 99 Digital input 8 99 Digital tools I 131 Digital tools II 138 Digital tuning 140 Dimensions 213 Disable loop 185 Disable side 185 Disk drive 13 Disk drive compatibility chart 205 Disk status 60 64 Disk utilities 60...

Page 228: ...21 Loop type 121 Looping 48 115 Low frequency oscillator 189 Lowpass filter 35 187 M Magneto optical drive 14 Main output format 73 Master tune 57 Master volume 21 Memory available 60 Memory expansion 4 Merge presets 111 MIDI 76 MIDI A B assign 79 channel 78 connection 8 globals 78 input 8 load bank 81 mix 77 mode 78 output 8 problems 216 sample dump 103 thru 8 volume pedal 81 MIDI volume pan 82 M...

Page 229: ...evel 99 Save bank 23 in software version 1 04 69 Saving 16 to a floppy disk 30 to a hard disk 31 Sawtooth wave 189 SCSI 8 201 SCSI ID number 201 SCSI problems 204 SCSI setup 60 61 Scrub wheel 120 Secondary sample 15 Select sample 95 121 122 Select zone 183 Selecting control source destination 43 presets 22 29 current preset 22 zero crossing points 22 Sine wave 197 Software version 73 Solo mode 195...

Page 230: ...cutoff 187 Velocity 41 192 crossfade 177 switch 177 Velocity to 192 View channels 74 Voltage controlled amplifier 38 185 Voltage controlled filter 187 W Warranty 218 Weight 211 Z Zero crossing 120 ZIP drives formatting 66 Zone 12 33 183 Zone level 185 110V 220V 8 ...

Page 231: ...for playing back existing library sounds Almost all sampling Mostly sampling but some library sounds About half and half Mostly library sounds but some sampling Almost all library sounds 7 How much editing of samples and presets will you do with your new E mu sampler I will edit almost all sounds and presets I use I will edit most sounds and presets Mostly use exiting presets but some editing I wi...

Page 232: ...RY IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES BUSINESS REPLY MAIL FIRST CLASS PERMIT NO 209 SANTA CRUZ CA E mu Systems Inc 1600 GREEN HILLS ROAD P O BOX 660015 SCOTTS VALLEY CA 95067 0015 POSTAGE WILL BE PAID BY ADDRESSEE Fold Here ...

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