Section 18 — Audio Track Applications
Using Audio Tracks for Audio Monitoring
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Using a Microphone with the ASR-10
Because the Audio Tracks allow continuous audio monitoring of the stereo Audio Inputs, you
can sing along (through effects if desired) while playing the ASR-10 keyboard. Here’s how:
• Load in the Instruments that you want to use (to sing along with) by pressing Load, then
Instrument, then scrolling through the files with the Up/Down Arrow buttons.
• Press Enter•Yes and the appropriate Instrument•Sequence Track button to load the
currently viewed Instrument/Bank file into the internal memory. See Section 1 — Controls and
Architecture for more information about loading files.
• Plug the microphone into the left Audio Input jack on the rear panel.
• Set the Mic/Line switch in the up (mic) position.
• On the front panel of the ASR-10, press the Sample•Source Select button. The display shows
the record source screen:
STOP
The record source value defaults to exactly what we want. You may have noticed when you
pressed Sample•Source Select that the left Audio Track yellow LED turned on. When lit, it
indicates that the track is selected.
• Press the left Audio Track button so that the red LED is lit. You should now be hearing the
microphone signal though the ASR-10.
• Adjust the Input Level control (on the rear panel) so that the signal is present (green Input
Level LED lit) but only peaks occasionally (red Input Level LED lit). Remember, the red Input
Level LED lights at 6dB below clipping.
• At this point, you can play different sounds (by pressing their Instrument•Sequence Track
buttons) while singing along with the ASR-10, all without the use of an external mixer.
Using a Guitar with a Sequence or Song
Using a guitar (or any line level signal) is almost identical to using a microphone, but with
different input level settings. The Audio Tracks allow you to play along (through effects if
desired) with the ASR-10 sequencer. Here’s how:
• Load in the Instruments that you want to use by pressing Load, then Instrument, then
scrolling through the files with the Up/Down Arrow buttons.
• Press Enter•Yes and the appropriate Instrument•Sequence Track button to load the
currently viewed Instrument/Bank file into the internal memory.
• Load in the Sequences or Song that you want to use (to play along with) by pressing Load,
then Seq•Song, then scrolling through the files with the Up/Down Arrow buttons.
• Press Enter•Yes to load the currently viewed Sequence/Song file into the internal memory.
These may be single sequence files or a complete song file consisting of many sequences (a
song may also be loaded as part of a bank file).
• Plug the guitar (or any line level signal) into the left Audio Input jack on the rear panel.
• Set the Mic/Line switch in the down (line) position.
