Section 1 — Controls and Architecture
Front Panel Controls
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8) FX Select•FX Bypass Button
This button acts as the “master” control switch for the built-in effects, determining which, if any
effect will be used and how it will interact with the instruments that reside in the internal
memory. The controls on this page also determine the current sample rate and polyphony.
9) Instrument•Sequence Track Buttons — 1 through 8
These eight buttons are used to select, deselect, and “stack” the various instruments that are
loaded into the internal memory of the ASR-10. For each of the eight locations, the two LEDs
above the button indicate whether an instrument is Loaded into that location (red LED lit) and
whether it is Selected (yellow LED lit). See “Playing Instruments” later in this section for a full
discussion of the Instrument•Sequence Track buttons.
Each instrument location is also a sequencer track — that is, whatever is recorded on track 1 of a
sequence will play the instrument that is loaded into location #1. When you are recording,
editing or mixing sequences and songs, you use these buttons to select the current track.
10) Audio Track Buttons — A and B
Audio Tracks are used to record RAMTracks and DiskTracks. The two Audio Track buttons
control audio monitoring of the stereo audio inputs through effects (if desired), enabling you to
monitor during sampling, sing along (or play a guitar) to sequencer playback, or record your
performance to the Audio Tracks. Each Audio Track has its own Edit/Track MIX, PAN, and
OUT bus assignment. The signal monitored on Audio Tracks is the signal that will be sampled or
recorded to the Audio Tracks.
Each Audio Track button contains 2 LEDs:
• The left LED is red, and is labelled “Source Monitor.” When lit, it indicates that the Audio
Track Record Source (set on the Sample•Source Select page, REC SRC parameter) can be
monitored on the Audio Track, and that a voice is being used to monitor this audio signal.
When the Source Monitor LED is off, the Audio Track is muted and inaudible.
When REC SRC= MAIN-OUT, the audio inputs are disabled, and both Source Monitor LEDs
remain off at all times. This happens because REC SRC= MAIN-OUT recording is all ASR-10
generated audio that is routed to BUS1, 2, or 3, and the Source Monitor voices are not needed
to monitor this REC SRC, as it is always audible out the Main Outs.
• The right LED is yellow, and is labelled “SELECTED.” When lit, it indicates that the track is
selected for parameter editing and/or Audio Track Recording, and that the Audio Signal
Source being monitored on the track is selected for sampling. When the SELECTED LED is
off, the track’s Edit/(audio) Track parameters cannot be edited, and the Audio Signal Source
being monitored on the track will not be sampled and will not be recorded to Audio Tracks.
See Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts for more information on Audio Tracks.
11) Sequencer “Transport Controls”
These three buttons are used to control the ASR-10’s internal multi-track sequencer.
