Section 4 — Instrument, Bank, and Preset Parameters
ASR-10 Musician’s Manual
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Edit/Instrument Parameters
EDIT
SIZE (in blocks)
INST
Press Edit / Instrument / 7
This display shows how much internal memory the instrument occupies. This is a readout only
and can’t be modified. Size is shown in Blocks. One Block=256 samples (or words). Four
Blocks=1k sample/word.
When you want to know if there’s enough room to save a particular instrument to a particular
disk, you can compare the instrument size (shown here), to the FREE DISK BLOCKS shown on
the Edit/System•MIDI page.
EDIT
INST NAME
INST
Press Edit / Instrument / 8
You can use this parameter to change the name of an existing instrument, or name a new one that
you’ve just created. The display shows the twelve-character name of the instrument with a
cursor beneath the first character. Newly sampled or created instruments are given the default
name UNNAMED INST.
• Select NAME=####. Use a combination of the Arrow buttons and Data Entry Slider to
name/rename the instrument.
EDIT
PATCH SELECT MODE
INST
Press Edit / Instrument / 9
This parameter differs from the PATCH parameter (earlier in this section) in that this parameter
allows you to permanently “lock in” one of the four patch variations, or to select a special HELD
mode. The PATCH parameter, on the other hand, programs which combinations of layers will
play for each of the four patch select button assignments.
Setting
Patch used by track
LIVE
uses the current state of the buttons to select a patch
-00-
always uses the 00 patch
-0*-
always uses the 0* patch
-*0-
always uses the *0 patch
-**-
always uses the ** patch
HELD
uses the patch set by the first key hit while pressing the patch buttons
The HELD setting is special because it lets you easily hold a patch select variation by playing a
key on the keyboard while pressing the patch select button(s). The first key you play after
pressing the patch select buttons will hold that patch select variation as the current patch for the
track. You may then continue to play without having to press the patch select buttons, thus
making two-handed playing easier. If you wish to return to the 00 patch, press either of the patch
select buttons and release it before you play the next note. This will hold the 00 patch.