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Section 5 — Effect Concepts

ASR-10 Musician’s Manual

Selecting Effects

SMALL ROOM

An ambient room reverb

LARGE ROOM

A room reverb with larger ambience

HALL REVERB2

This hall reverb offers a large acoustic space

SMALL PLATE

A tight sounding plate reverb

LARGE PLATE

Simulates a larger plate reverb

REVRSE REVRB

A reverb that gradually increases, simulating a backwards sound

REVRSE REVB2

Like REVRSE REVRB, this algorithm will retrigger by a
controllable input signal level

GATED REVERB

The popular gated reverb sound

NLIN REVRB 1

Non linear reverb with a short duration time

NLIN REVRB 2

Non linear reverb with a long duration time.

NLIN REVRB 3

Similar to NLIN REVRB 1, with less stereo movement

MULTITAP DDL

Four independent controllable delays

EQ+DELAY LFO

A stereo delay with LFO modulation

VCF+DISTORT

Combines a voltage control filter and a raspy distortion.

GUITAR AMP1

The warm sound of a Hard Rock guitar amp

GUITAR AMP2

The “bluesy” sound of a guitar amp

GUITAR AMP3

An inverse expander with a bright distortion amp for lead sounds

SPKR CABINET

Simulates an open back speaker

TUNABLE SPKR

An EQ controllable speaker sound

EQ+CHOR+DDL

EQ with chorus plus digital delay

EQ+VIBR+DDL

EQ with vibrato plus digital delay

EQ+FLNGR+DDL

EQ with flanger and digital delay

EQ+TREM+DDL

EQ with tremolo and digital delay

DDL

Phaser with a digital delay

8-VOICE CHOR

A rich chorus with eight different voices

PITCH SHIFT

Splicer type pitch shifter

PITCH+DDL

A pitch shifter and a digital delay

FAST PITCHSH

Pitch shifter designed for pitch correction

EQ+CMPRESSOR

EQ with a compressor

EXPANDER

Performs downward expansion of input signals

KEYED EXPNDR

An expander that is triggered from another source

INVRS EXPNDR

Creates sustain by expanding low signal levels

DE-ESSER

Compresses sibilant frequencies

DUCKER

One signal controls the volume of another signal by compression

RUMBLE FILTR

High pass filter in cascade with a low pass filter

PARAM EQ

Minimum phase four band parametric EQ

VAN DER POL

Adds synthetic high harmonics, brightening the overall sound

Summary of Contents for ASR-10

Page 1: ...ASR 10 Musician s Manual 1992 Ensoniq...

Page 2: ...e polyphony multiple filters and envelopes and a comprehensive modulation matrix gives the ASR 10 the power to manipulate your WaveSamples into many exciting new sounds Effects The ASR 10 incorporates...

Page 3: ...z Some older consumer DAT recorders do not record at 44 1 kHz as a copy protection scheme These DAT recorders will not record the ASR 10 s 44 1 kHz digital output Additional 44 1 kHz Effect Algorithms...

Page 4: ...Preface iii Thank you again for choosing ENSONIQ Enjoy the music...

Page 5: ...may result in dangerous high voltages on the audio connections that could cause you physical harm or damage any properly grounded equipment to which they are connected such as your ENSONIQ product To...

Page 6: ...NOT exist When interconnecting 3 prong grounded systems you can use signal isolation transformers to prevent ground loops This coupling transformer effectively isolates two interconnected system sign...

Page 7: ...recommended and might result in damage to the device input Move the Volume Slider all the way up As with any digital musical instrument the ASR 10 will give the best results if you keep the Volume Sl...

Page 8: ...ou d give important audio tapes Just as you would use high quality audio tapes for your important recording needs we recommend using high quality floppy disks for your ASR 10 Here are a few Do s and D...

Page 9: ...E DISK the one you want to copy 4 Insert the source disk then press Enter Yes The drive will engage and the display will flash READING SOURCE DISK Once the drive stops the display will change to show...

Page 10: ...braries are designed exclusively for the ASR 10 provided on five High Density disks SL SLT and ESS Sound Libraries The ASR 10 can read all of the disks designed for the EPS Series These disks offer th...

Page 11: ...ner Walker THE MIDI BOOK Steve De Furia Joe Scacciaferro THE MIDI RESOURCE BOOK Steve De Furia Joe Scacciaferro HOW MIDI WORKS Dan Walker MIDI SYSTEMS CONTROL Francis Rumsey USING MIDI Helen Casabona...

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Page 13: ...the ASR 10 itself does not go to this jack the Thru jack merely echoes what comes into the MIDI In jack 4 MIDI In This jack receives MIDI information from other MIDI instruments or computers 5 MIDI Ou...

Page 14: ...SW OFF determines the function of the Left Foot Switch Tip The Sustain pedal can be used to dynamically latch the current amount of pressure being exerted on the keyboard Here s how 1 Select a sound...

Page 15: ...rolling the volume of the currently selected Instrument Sequence Track s A parameter on the Edit System MIDI page press Edit then System MIDI then scroll until the display reads PEDAL VOLUME MIDI 7 de...

Page 16: ...rder must be able to record from its digital input at 44 1 kHz Some older consumer DAT recorders do not record at 44 1 kHz as a copy protection scheme these DAT recorders will not record the ASR 10 s...

Page 17: ...y clockwise Matching the appropriate input level with the correct settings of the Mic Line switch and Input Level Trim control will bring the external signal source up to clipping level 15 Main Out Ri...

Page 18: ...nce mode When the LOAD indicator is flashing the display is showing you disk files for loading When the LOAD indicator is lit but not flashing the display is showing you the name s of the instruments...

Page 19: ...tead of by parameters while holding down the Right Arrow button press the Up Arrow button or while holding down the Left Arrow button press the Down Arrow button The Enter Yes and Cancel No buttons ar...

Page 20: ...ch mode the ASR 10 is in Load Command or Edit which page it is on and the sequencer status Stop Play Record etc The 22 character alphanumeric display is used to show you information about specific fil...

Page 21: ...encer 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 sam...

Page 22: ...ically when you play notes with one or both Patch Select buttons held down As you play instruments on the ASR 10 make sure you explore what these buttons do to each sound PITCH BEND WHEEL This wheel b...

Page 23: ...notes This type of pressure is the more common of the two types Most MIDI instruments that currently implement pressure send and receive only channel pressure If you are playing such an instrument fro...

Page 24: ...t make any sound until you LOAD an instrument into its internal memory and then select that instrument by pressing its Instrument Sequence Track button These functions will be covered later in this se...

Page 25: ...xperiment as much as you like with the instrument layer and WaveSample parameters of any sound that came with the ASR 10 As long as you have it safely on the disk you can just reload it and start over...

Page 26: ...e in memory the less sequencer memory you have and vice versa Expanding the ASR 10 Memory If you want to expand the memory the ASR 10 can address up to 16 MegaBytes 8 MegaWords using industry standard...

Page 27: ...oot up display will be blank Installing SIMMs Memory is user installable in 1 2 4 5 and 8 MegaWord configurations with 1 and 4 MegaByte SIMMs as shown below There are only five possible memory configu...

Page 28: ...sts as far apart as needed to clear the board these posts can easily break if too much force is applied If broken it will be very difficult to secure a new SIMM back into that socket We suggest spread...

Page 29: ...ONG SOCKETS after booting If this message is displayed you should power off and check the SIMMs configuration Here is a example of what could be the most likely installation mistake Two 1 MegaByte SIM...

Page 30: ...roken the SIMMs will not stay in place and the main board will have to be replaced at an Authorized ENSONIQ Repair Station a costly error An Important Note About ElectroStatic Discharge SIMMs are susc...

Page 31: ...strument files into the disk drive Press Load The LOAD indicator flashes Press Instrument The display looks like this LOAD INST STOP When the LOAD indicator is flashing the ASR 10 is showing you disk...

Page 32: ...ne will be loaded or 2 Press Enter Yes The ASR 10 will delete an instrument or instruments as needed for you starting from the highest numbered one in memory or 3 Press Cancel No The load command will...

Page 33: ...by loading the bank The bank file on a disk doesn t contain the actual instrument and sequence files it is just a set of instructions telling the ASR 10 what files to load and where to load them All...

Page 34: ...he yellow LED In the illustration Instrument 2 is selected If none of the yellow LEDs are lit that means that no instruments are selected and playing the keyboard won t make any sound The yellow LED f...

Page 35: ...ress Cancel No to toggle back and forth between looking at disk files LOAD flashing and looking at instruments in the internal memory LOAD indicator lit but not flashing Keyboard Range How Instruments...

Page 36: ...be covered up wherever their ranges overlap with that of the newly selected one Wherever an instrument is not covered up it will continue to play on the keyboard So you can see that splitting the key...

Page 37: ...ent can be selected at a time Stacking Instruments With either the bass or the piano selected double click the other Instrument Sequence Track button Now in the lower two octaves you hear the bass and...

Page 38: ...Both types of sequencer files are accessed from the Load Seq Song page Press Load then press Seq Song The LOAD indicator flashes meaning that the ASR 10 is showing you disk files Press the Up or Down...

Page 39: ...q Song button when in Edit mode The display will indicate whether a song is selected EDIT SEQ STOP This will appear when a Song is selected SONG Playing a Sequence Song Try selecting a sequence and pr...

Page 40: ...Down Arrow buttons to change the underlined character then press the Left Right Arrow buttons to move the underline Repeat until the display shows the name you want if you don t need to rename the seq...

Page 41: ...ad SAVING SONG NAME while the song is being saved If there is already a song file with the same name on the disk the display will ask DELETE OLD VERSION Press Enter Yes to save the song replacing the...

Page 42: ...within the system headroom With Attenuation BOOST OFF 12dB Normal Sample Without Attenuation BOOST ON Combined Samples will result in clipping Normal Sample Playback without Attenuation There may be...

Page 43: ...e will be played back attenuated by another 12dB Turning BOOST ON compensates for this effect As a final step after sampling the MAIN OUT it is recommended that you optimize your use of headroom by se...

Page 44: ...on of the parameter and how to get there For example Page Name Parameter Name s and description s m m EDIT PATCH Layer Enable Disable INST Press Edit Instrument 0 i Directions to locate These illustra...

Page 45: ...f available internal memory in blocks EDIT FREE DISK BLOCKS SYSTEM MIDI Press Edit System MIDI scroll using the arrow buttons This page shows the amount of available memory in blocks on the disk curre...

Page 46: ...an average touch The pressure threshold is adjustable from FIRM 1 to FIRM 4 as described above HARD 1 HARD 2 HARD 3 HARD 4 These settings are for the strong player who strikes the keys hard It provid...

Page 47: ...T When set to STOP CONT the left pedal of the SW 10 duplicates the action of the Stop Continue button When in standby record pressing the Left Foot Switch will initiate recording Note If you are using...

Page 48: ...is being transmitted or received Receive In POLY mode keys controllers and program changes are only recognized if received on the base channel In MONO A mode program changes are received only on the...

Page 49: ...each device POLY In this mode the ASR 10 will receive only on the Base MIDI channel MIDI information on all other channels will be ignored MULTI An ENSONIQ innovation MULTI mode is the key to unlockin...

Page 50: ...O A and B Modes Global controllers are controllers sent on one channel that affect all other channels simultaneously They can be useful in reducing the number of MIDI events required to achieve partic...

Page 51: ...ment whose button you held down while typing in the number If it is set to TRANSMIT ON BASE CHAN the program change will always be sent on the base channel MIDI program changes can also be sent by set...

Page 52: ...ENCER INFORMATION Press Enter Yes Scroll left until the display reads MIDI SONG SELECT Select a MIDI Song Select number 0 through 127 using the Data Entry Controls MIDI Song Select numbers are stored...

Page 53: ...controllers to affect all the tracks ON Local controllers will affect all Instrument Sequence Tracks when the ASR 10 is in MULTI or MONO B modes OFF Local controllers will affect only the Instrument...

Page 54: ...g it After assigning a Disk Label you can change the default prompt from DISK000 to the last label you assigned by using the SAVE GLOBAL PARAMETERS command discussed later in this section In doing thi...

Page 55: ...py Insert the disk containing the O S you want to copy the source disk into the drive Select COPY O S TO DISK Press Enter Yes The display says MUST ERASE MEMORY OK If you need to save any sounds or se...

Page 56: ...MPLETED The next time you boot the ASR 10 with that disk the new settings will be loaded in as the defaults Tip If you use several different MIDI reception configurations in your studio make several c...

Page 57: ...nsity disks or both Double Density disks It is a good practice to regularly back up your valuable data including the O S disk that came with the ASR 10 in this way You can use either blank or formatte...

Page 58: ...10 erases the Internal Memory to buffer incoming Sys Ex signals you should make sure that any important data has been saved to disk before performing this command The MIDI Sys Ex recorder in the ASR 1...

Page 59: ...for some reason Once the data has been successfully received by the external device you can if you wish make a back up copy of the file onto a different disk Press Cancel No The ASR 10 asks RESAVE FIL...

Page 60: ...data between two cartridges of a removable drive connect a SCSI cable between one of the SCSI ports on the drive and the SCSI connector on the ASR 10 Using the COPY SCSI DRIVE Command The following p...

Page 61: ...r Yes The ASR 10 will show CMD SYSTEM STOP FUNCTION BACKUP This allows you to select either the BACKUP or RESTORE function Use the Up Down Arrow buttons or the Data Entry Slider to select the correct...

Page 62: ...ins a snapshot of the directory structure for the SCSI Storage Device This file is named BACKUP FILE and appears as a SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE file however it contains no valid Sys Ex data After these two fil...

Page 63: ...el No here will not abort the command it merely answers no to the question Note If you restore to a different device than the one you backed up and you answer no to the translate question most of your...

Page 64: ...ecorded direct to disk via the SCSI port or whether they will reside in RAM and must be manually saved to disk as part of a SONG ALL SEQS file For details about using this command see Section 12 Seque...

Page 65: ...entering the macro number using the numeric keypad and when you release Load the ASR 10 will automatically go to the correct directory for the requested file and display its name The group of up to 2...

Page 66: ...g your modified macro files easier Press Command then System MIDI and scroll to the SAVE MACRO FILE command and press Enter Yes The name of the current macro file will be displayed The display will sh...

Page 67: ...the four digit Direct Macro number directly to the left of the Instrument name Press and hold the Load button on the ASR 10 While continuing to hold the Load button enter the four digit Direct Macro...

Page 68: ...ree levels Instrument Layer and WaveSample Up to 127 WaveSamples are grouped together into layers and there can be up to eight layers in the instrument Their relationship is shown in the following dia...

Page 69: ...he Up Down Arrow buttons to view the various instrument files on the disk Each file has its own File Number When an instrument file is showing the INST indicator is lit The BANK Indicator will light w...

Page 70: ...t get out of COMMAND mode until the save procedure is done If there is already an instrument file with the same name on the disk the display will ask DELETE OLD VERSION Press Enter Yes to save the ins...

Page 71: ...d the ASR 10 will automatically load the song as part of the Bank If you want the Bank to load without a song erase the contents of the sequencer memory before saving the Bank to disk To Load a Bank P...

Page 72: ...the contents of the ASR 10 memory as a bank Just remember that any instruments in the internal memory as well as the song must be saved separately before they can be saved as a bank Save any instrumen...

Page 73: ...ONTROL settings for each Instrument Sequence Track The Edit Instrument MIDI OUT CHANNEL number MIDI OUT PROGRAM number PRESSURE mode setting MIDI STATUS setting PATCH SELECT MODE setting INST key RANG...

Page 74: ...of instruments in Load mode that you want to preserve for later recall you can save that configuration as a performance preset with the following steps In Load mode set up the instruments in memory in...

Page 75: ...f MIDI or BOTH SEND KEYS TO on the Edit Instrument page will transmit a program change and MIDI volume message on its designated MIDI OUT CHANNEL assuming TRANSMIT ON INST CHAN on the Edit System MIDI...

Page 76: ...o four completely different sounds within each instrument The alternate sound might be a different set of samples or the same samples with different envelopes or a chorused version of the sound or per...

Page 77: ...parameter no patch select button pressed With no patch select buttons pressed use the Left Right Arrow buttons to select the individual layers and the Up Down Arrow buttons to enable and disable them...

Page 78: ...leased be sure to turn that layer off with the KEYDWN LAYERS parameter Select KEYUP LAYERS Use the cursor and the Up Down Arrow buttons to select either a number layer enabled on keyup or a dash layer...

Page 79: ...this parameter determines which type of pressure channel or Poly Key or no pressure at all will be transmitted on the instrument s MIDI OUT CHANNEL If the instrument MIDI STATUS LOCAL or BOTH this pa...

Page 80: ...rameter will determine whether the instrument will play LOCALLY only on the ASR 10 or via MIDI or BOTH There are four possible settings BOTH The instrument will be played locally and will transmit via...

Page 81: ...LECT 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...

Page 82: ...elow C0 are displayed as KY0 through K11 These values are only accessable when the instrument is transposed up Note If you set the Low Key higher than the High Key the instrument is in effect turned o...

Page 83: ...l instrument Select COPY INSTRUMENT Press Enter Yes The display reads SELECT UNUSED INST Press one of the unused Instrument Track buttons Press Enter Yes The display reads COMMAND COMPLETED Tip Try th...

Page 84: ...can select other instruments You cannot get out of Command mode until the save procedure is done If there is already an instrument file with the same name on the disk the display will ask DELETE OLD V...

Page 85: ...for instant recall Which instruments are selected deselected or stacked on the pile in Load mode The current locked in status of the patch select buttons for each Instrument Sequence Track The Edit T...

Page 86: ...me the bank was saved will be recreated CMD DELETE INST EFFECT INST Press Command Instrument 6 This command deletes the Effect portion of an instrument This is a handy memory saver If memory is tight...

Page 87: ...s designed specifically for digital audio signal processing and in the ASR 10 it works in tandem with a fourth generation version of the Digital Oscillator Chip DOC IV a k a OTTO and an external 16 bi...

Page 88: ...ch bank It will remain unaffected until a new bank is loaded unless it is specifically edited Switching instruments within the bank will not select a new effect Whenever an independent effect file one...

Page 89: ...will affect how individual instruments within the internal memory will interact with the effect see the preceding discussion on effect types Selecting a new effect will automatically set all of the e...

Page 90: ...he bluesy sound of a guitar amp GUITAR AMP3 An inverse expander with a bright distortion amp for lead sounds SPKR CABINET Simulates an open back speaker TUNABLE SPKR An EQ controllable speaker sound E...

Page 91: ...KHz sample rate Instruments and Banks The complete effects setup including the values of all effect parameters is saved when you save an instrument It is also saved with each bank The ASR 10 is smart...

Page 92: ...to Disk Use the SAVE BANK EFFECT command to save an effect to disk If you wish to save as a separate effects file either a ROM effect or an INST effect you must first copy the effect into the BANK eff...

Page 93: ...dulation Sources Destination parameters and defined modulation ranges for a total of eight different modulatable parameters The Effects Busses The output of every voice in the ASR 10 is assigned to a...

Page 94: ...g The heavy lines are stereo paths Some effects such as HALL REVERB also have a Dry Wet mix of BUS3 into Effect 1 Dual Function Effect Mixer AUX 1 L R Output Expander L R Output Expander L R Output Ex...

Page 95: ...obal effect In order to gain some individual control for each instrument two parameters on the Edit Track page determine how each instrument will interact with the Bank Effect OUT This parameter deter...

Page 96: ...e amount the Mod Destination will be modulated by the Mod Source The following modulation sources can alter the effects in performance Mod Source Modulation effect derived from WHEEL the value of the...

Page 97: ...ces The choice of parameters varies depending on the selected effect Any parameter within an algorithm can be selected Each Effect Variation has a choice of two different mod destinations Tip Once the...

Page 98: ...ta Entry Slider if you wish Press Enter Yes to save the effect file to disk CMD COPY CURRENT EFFECT EFFECTS Press Command Effects 1 This command is used to copy an effect either from the bank to an in...

Page 99: ...verb utilizing the 44KHZ system sample rate polyphony is reduced to 23 voices ROOM REVERB features a shorter room like decay The parameters available in these three effect algorithms are DECAY TIME Ra...

Page 100: ...l to be heard while a setting of 99 will eliminate it completely with only the delay portion remaining BUS1 and 2 FEEDBACK Range 0 to 99 Determines the amount of signal that will be fed from the outpu...

Page 101: ...A 12 pole phase shifter with reverb Assign a sound to BUS1 for phaser plus reverb to BUS2 for just reverb and to BUS3 to bypass the effect dry BUS1 REVERB MIX Range 0 to 99 This parameter controls the...

Page 102: ...the center of the flanger width FLANGE RATE Range 0 to 99 This parameter controls the rate of modulation of the flanger effect FLANGE WIDTH Range 0 to 99 This parameter controls the range of the high...

Page 103: ...ies WHEEL PBEND PRESS ure PEDAL XCTRL KBD and VEL These modulation sources act like a switch to turn on or off the fast rotor speed To reverse the polarity of the switch set ROTOR SLOW faster than ROT...

Page 104: ...ay ROM 11 CMP DIST REV A screaming guitar and amp simulator that features not only compression distortion and reverb but flanging and EQ as well BUS1 routes the signal through each of these effect pro...

Page 105: ...ce the signal is being taken from the reverb that is also fed by BUS2 voices sent to BUS2 will enter the feedback loop along with the BUS1 signals ROM 12 DIST CHO REV A brighter guitar and amp simulat...

Page 106: ...a resonant filter following the amplitude of the signal Assign a sound to BUS1 for Wah distortion and reverb use BUS2 for reverb only BUS3 is dry BUS1 REV AFTER DIST Range 0 to 99 This parameter contr...

Page 107: ...from both the left and right Definition that are routed to the output to create a synthesized stereo output A signal from the Definition goes through a low pass filter followed by a low frequency deca...

Page 108: ...er discrete echoes We recommend settings of 50 for starters DIFFUS2 Range 0 to 99 This parameter similar to and in series with Room Diffusion1 performs the same way but controls lower frequency ranges...

Page 109: ...different microphones placed at various distances within the room hall the first is closest to the front the third is farthest from the front When the range volume is higher for POSITN BAL 1 the sound...

Page 110: ...the value of this parameter will gradually filter out increasing amounts of high frequency energy Higher values yield an abrupt decay This parameter controls the cut off of a low pass filter in series...

Page 111: ...tion and ignore subsequent trigger levels If you are looking for a reverse effect that will retrigger try using REVRSE REVB 2 The topology of the Reverse Reverb is similar to the Plate Reverb The BUS1...

Page 112: ...ral we recommend the BUS Mixes be set all wet 99 for this effect Rule of thumb Set this parameter at about the same value as the HOLD TIME SLAPBACK LEVEL Range 0 to 99 This parameter adjusts the volum...

Page 113: ...ho density will build at a rate that exceeds the decay rate This can be used for a special effect MOD SRC 1 MOD SRC 2 DST 1 DST 2 MIN 1 MIN 2 MAX 1 MAX 2 These parameters are explained in detail in Se...

Page 114: ...reverb once the incoming signal has reached the trigger level Generally the attack should be short and not set longer than the HOLD TIME This parameter should not be used to achieve a reverse reverb e...

Page 115: ...t we recommend a setting of 0 DIFFUS1 Range 0 to 99 DIFFUS1 smears the input signal making a smoother sounding reverb This parameter controls the high frequency ranges For percussion sounds high value...

Page 116: ...Left BUS1 Right BUS2 Right The signal goes directly through a diffuser which smears the signal The signal is then routed to a decay diffuser known as Density and is diffused over a period of time With...

Page 117: ...SEND LEVEL Range 99 to 99 This parameter controls the level of the diffused input signal which is nearly instantaneous with respect to the input This signal is injected directly into the Density at th...

Page 118: ...umber of repeats in the delays A setting of 99 would offer an infinite delay DLY 1 LEVEL Range 0 to 99 This parameter adjusts the volume of the delayed signals against the original dry signal A level...

Page 119: ...ft delay output DLY TIME R Range 0 to 845 ms This parameter determines the amount of time between the input signal and the right delay output Set this differently from the left delay time to achieve d...

Page 120: ...e right side delay line The right delay line will still get input from the DDL CROSS REGEN This allows a ping pong delay effect R OUTPUT LEVEL Range 0 to 99 This parameter controls the right output si...

Page 121: ...T LEVEL IN is set high set this parameter lower to control the volume PRE DIST VCF FC Range 1 to 99 This parameter determines the filter cut off frequency before the distortion Higher values have a br...

Page 122: ...l boost the high frequencies offering an oww oww sound and negative values will cut the high frequencies producing a dweep dweep sound ATTACK Range 50 s to 10 0s This parameter sets the attack of the...

Page 123: ...lity of clipping boosted signals PRE EQ HIGH Range 4 to 1000 Hz This parameter filters out the low frequencies before the preamp The higher the value the less low frequencies pass through PRE EQ FC Ra...

Page 124: ...W PASS FC Range 2 0 to 15 0 KHz This parameter filters out the high frequencies of the speaker The lower the value the less high frequencies pass through This speaker filter is less selective than the...

Page 125: ...ease the gain of the signal GATE OFF Range 96 to 0 dB This parameter sets the lower threshold level at which the noise gate shuts off the audio GATE ON Range 96 to 0 dB This parameter sets the upper t...

Page 126: ...using TUNABLE SPKR The parameters available for this algorithm are OUTPUT GAIN Range 48 to 24 dB Since speaker cabinets are lossy output gain is required to compensate losses in perceived volume Sett...

Page 127: ...orus effect designed with very long delays to provide a modulated detune effect This algorithm sounds great with a guitar but try it with any source EQ CHOR DDL Signal Routing BUS1 Left BUS2 Left BUS1...

Page 128: ...has nothing to do with the chorus effect DLY TIME R Range 0 to 1500 ms This parameter controls the time delay for the right channel regen delay and has nothing to do with the chorus effect DELAY REGEN...

Page 129: ...lay Vibrato Vibrato Delay Feedback Echo Level EQ Trim BUS1 Left BUS2 Left BUS1 Right BUS2 Right In this effect the signal enters a programmable EQ which is preceded by an input level trim The signal i...

Page 130: ...value determines the polarity of the feedback A value of 0 will eliminate any feedback This parameter controls both left and right levels ECHOTIME L Range 0 to 1500 ms This parameter controls the echo...

Page 131: ...controls the range of the high to low frequency sweep in the flanger effect FLANGE CENTER Range 0 to 99 This parameter controls the sweep center of the flanger effect The larger the flanger center th...

Page 132: ...e discrete echoes for both the left and right sides A setting of 0 would eliminate any audible echo BASS FC Range 0 to 1000 Hz This parameter sets the cutoff frequency of the lower frequency band shel...

Page 133: ...BUS1 DLY AFT TREM Range 0 to 99 This parameter determines how much of the signal that is sent to BUS 1 the tremolo will also go to the delay it is a delay mix for the tremolo signal BUS2 DELAY MIX Ra...

Page 134: ...o the low shelving filter TREBLE FC Range 1KHz to 15KHz This parameter selects the cutoff frequency of the upper frequency band high shelving filter GAIN Range 48 to 24 dB This parameter sets the amou...

Page 135: ...h excursion For large excursions set this parameter to 99 which can give a very high woosh and a very low woosh PHASE CENTER Range 99 to 99 This parameter controls the phaser pole center High values r...

Page 136: ...n of the value determines the polarity of the feedback A value of 0 will eliminate the delay effect This parameter also controls the feed forward level MOD SRC 1 MOD SRC 2 DST 1 DST 2 MIN 1 MIN 2 MAX...

Page 137: ...will delay for the right channel DELAY REGEN Range 0 to 99 This parameter determines the amount of signal that will be fed from the delay output back into the chorus input increasing the number of rep...

Page 138: ...ows you to adjust the pitch of Voice 2 up to an octave above or below the original pitch in semi tones VC 2 FINE Range 99 to 99 This parameter allows you to fine tune the pitch of Voice 2 VC 2 VOL Ran...

Page 139: ...that feeds back into the pitch shift This feature allows spiraling upward or downward pitch shifts The BUS1 and BUS2 parameters can be routed into the effect with different Dry Wet mixes BUS3 not show...

Page 140: ...This parameter controls the amount of time for the pitch shifted signal to delay from the right input DLY MIX Range 0 to 99 This parameter controls the mix between the delay signal and the pitch shif...

Page 141: ...tereo field A value of 99 would be far left and 99 would be far right LFO RATE Range 0 to 99 This parameter controls the rate of pitch modulation that creates a chorusing effect To achieve chorusing t...

Page 142: ...ignal drops below the threshold level This is generally chosen longer than the attack time GATE OFF Range 96 to 0 dB This parameter sets the lower threshold level at which the noise gate shuts off the...

Page 143: ...Section 6 Effect Parameters Edit Effect Parameters 37 These parameters are explained in detail in Section 5 Effect Concepts...

Page 144: ...of expansion The range is based on decibels dB below the threshold If this is set to 1 4 for example it will expand changes in signals below the threshold by a factor of four When this is set to infi...

Page 145: ...lues applied to the expander on the output volume We recommend a starting application of 0 dB MOD SRC 1 MOD SRC 2 DST 1 DST 2 MIN 1 MIN 2 MAX 1 MAX 2 These parameters are explained in detail in Sectio...

Page 146: ...S FC Range 100 Hz to 15 KHz This parameter sets the amount of boost or cut applied to the low pass filter TRIGGER MASK Range OFF or ON This parameter enables the trigger mask function Once triggered t...

Page 147: ...nge 96 to 0 dB This parameter sets the threshold level Signals below this level will be boosted while signals that are above will be unaffected As the input signal dies away below the threshold the ex...

Page 148: ...outing BUS1 Left BUS2 Left BUS1 Right BUS2 Right L Main Outputs R Compressor synthesis Side Chain In Output Gain EQ analysis EQ Trim The parameters available for this algorithm are OUTPUT GAIN Range 4...

Page 149: ...the low shelving filter MID1 FC Range 0 to 9999 Hz This parameter sets the center of the mid frequency parametric GAIN Range 48 to 24 dB This parameter sets the amount of boost or cut applied to this...

Page 150: ...BUS2 Left BUS1 Right BUS2 Right L Main Output mono R Compressor synthesis Side Chain In Output Gain EQ analysis EQ Trim Ducker Output Mixer OUTPUT GAIN Range 48 to 48 dB This parameter sets the amount...

Page 151: ...er sets the amount of boost or cut applied to this frequency parametric MID1 Q Range 1 to 18 This parameter is a bandwidth control that determines the width of the resonant peak at the center of the f...

Page 152: ...auses an insertion loss this parameter allows you to boost the filtered output signal MOD SRC 1 MOD SRC 2 DST 1 DST 2 MIN 1 MIN 2 MAX 1 MAX 2 These parameters are explained in detail in Section 5 Effe...

Page 153: ...e instrument as well This algorithm features prominent transient enhancement that makes it ideal for plucked sounds The filter in this algorithm operates on the signal prior to enhancement Set the fil...

Page 154: ...c fluctuations and then imprinting a continuous or analog copy onto the magnetic surface of the tape A digital sampling system such as the ASR 10 or a digital tape recorder works a little differently...

Page 155: ...X Bypass page Note When the current system sample rate is 44 1 kHz the Digital Output will provide direct digital audio output of the Main Output mix when the optional DI 10 Digital I O Board is insta...

Page 156: ...fter making the sample you discover that the input level was a little too high and the sample is clipped Or you want to put a slightly different EQ on it or maybe some reverb Unfortunately you will ne...

Page 157: ...r via MIDI You can also press Play to start the sequencer and sample sequences and songs The current effect also remains unchanged For the optimal signal to noise ratio the Volume Slider should be at...

Page 158: ...left to right show the level of the incoming signal The star represents the sampling threshold the ASR 10 will not begin recording until the signal crosses this level The sampling threshold provides...

Page 159: ...it If the AMP indicator does not light when you play the sound turn the signal up a little Now play the sound into the ASR 10 again watching the indicator and adjusting the signal accordingly Repeat t...

Page 160: ...change the pitch using the Edit Instrument parameters Normalizing Gain After you ve recorded a satisfactory sample you should then perform the Command Amp NORMALIZE GAIN command to optimize use of th...

Page 161: ...ing multisampling screen also called the Sampling Context screen appears Layer Number Wavesample Number Instrument Name Here you see The first eight letters of the instrument name which is always UNNA...

Page 162: ...ample to redo As you play notes you will see the word NEW replaced by the number of the WaveSample you are hearing As you play different notes the WaveSample number is updated When you hear the one yo...

Page 163: ...alues for your signal source press either an Instrument button the recommended way to select a destination Instrument or press the Enter Yes button If the Enter Yes button is pressed the display will...

Page 164: ...tereo Samples are stored in pairs of adjacent Layers 1 2 3 4 5 6 or 7 8 with the LEFT channel always stored in an odd numbered Layers 1 3 5 or 7 and the RIGHT channel stored across the same Key Range...

Page 165: ...e all sounds that you could loop in this way However there are other sounds that do not settle into a repeating waveform A full pipe organ string section or a choir would be good examples of such soun...

Page 166: ...ll right to the LOOP START parameter underlining the coarse adjust the number to the right in parentheses Use the Data Entry Slider to move the loop start up past the beginning of the sound Try a sett...

Page 167: ...ork better for sounds like vocals strings flutes stacked synth sounds etc Data after the Loop End can be truncated to conserve memory Once it reaches the Loop End the wave returns instantly to the Loo...

Page 168: ...the splice point is noticeable In this case try performing one or more of the cross fades contained on the Command Wave page Crossfading can smooth out the timbral differences between LOOP START and...

Page 169: ...ence Track After you ve pressed an unused Instrument Sequence Track button the ASR 10 goes into Level Detect or VU mode Input signal level Sampling Threshold Level Detect or VU Mode In Level Detect mo...

Page 170: ...making it sound clipped and unnatural That s where the PRE TRIGGER parameter comes in The ASR 10 initially records the sample into a buffer memory of up to 119 milliseconds You determine the length o...

Page 171: ...Press the Instrument Sequence Track button of the instrument you just sampled When you select an existing instrument from the REC SRC screen the following multi sampling screen also called the Sampli...

Page 172: ...and when possible the loop points of the original sample Note When an illegal layer such as an existing mono layer is chosen as the destination for stereo samples the following message will be briefly...

Page 173: ...ncy Oscillator one random NOISE generator three complex envelope generators for controlling pitch filter and volume a versatile matrix modulation scheme with 15 routable modulation sources About WaveS...

Page 174: ...e Mod Amt Cut off Kbd Amt Env 2 Amt Cut off Digital Oscillator Digital Filter WS Volume Env 3 Amt Wave Mod Amt Bend Range Range 1Smpl 2MG L R Noise Amt Kbd Amt Env 2 Amt F1 F2 F2 F1 A B C D Crossfade...

Page 175: ...cursor is beneath the Layer Number LYR __ The WaveSample Number reads WS ALL You can select the various layers within the instrument by using the Data Entry Controls Only layers active in the current...

Page 176: ...he correct layer Use the Arrow buttons and enable the layer in the current patch SAMPLES NOT SAME SIZE means that the WaveSample is in a stereo layer and its companion WaveSample is not the same size...

Page 177: ...rent effects algorithm The parameter that will be modulated by the modulator is called the Modulation Destination In a stereo layer the right channel will always use the modulation sources and destina...

Page 178: ...mong other things the pitch of a WaveSample Edit Pitch page Applied to pitch with large modulation amounts it tends to create strange computer sound effects Small modulation amounts around 2 to 4 can...

Page 179: ...sitive The effect of KBD is to reduce the manual level of notes below the break point middle C C4 MIDI Note 60 and increase the manual level on notes above the break point Negative modulation amounts...

Page 180: ...Connect the breath controller s MIDI Out to the ASR 10 MIDI In Make sure both instruments have controllers enabled Edit System MIDI page Select Breath Controller as the external controller that will b...

Page 181: ...thin the instrument The effect of pressure as a modulator is positive going only though assigning a negative modulation depth will cause increased pressure to reduce manual levels WL PR Wheel Pressure...

Page 182: ...ng the loop section back and forth until the key is released LOOP AND RELEASE The ASR 10 will play forward from sample start and will continue playing the loop while the key is depressed As soon as th...

Page 183: ...AUTO LOOP FINDING parameter on the Edit System MIDI page Press Edit then System MIDI then scroll left to the parameter AUTO LOOP FINDING Make sure it is ON When AUTO LOOP FINDING ON every time you mov...

Page 184: ...the wave moving it forward towards the end of the wave with positive values and backward toward the beginning of the wave with negative values START The SMPL START will be modulated START LP Both the...

Page 185: ...that had a defined length that was always the same with samplers the wave size is always different from instrument to instrument due to the sample time and rate at which each was sampled The MOD AMT...

Page 186: ...ination instrument if necessary Press Enter Yes The display reads TO LAYER Using the Up Down Arrow buttons select a destination layer Press Enter Yes Use the Up Down Arrow buttons to select COPY PARAM...

Page 187: ...D TRUNCATE WAVESAMPLE WAVE Press Command Wave 4 Truncating removes data before the sample start and or after the sample end at the same time The memory formerly used by the truncated data is then retu...

Page 188: ...o 6 dB With manual ranges 3 dB will give you an exponential curve while 6 dB is linear WS LE WE WS WE LE LS LS Cross fade front of loop into post loop data CROSS FADE LOOP FINAL RESULT 0 100 Cross fad...

Page 189: ...complete the command or Cancel No to keep the original Note When STEREO LAYER LINK ON this command will be simultaneously performed on the corresponding WaveSample in the companion layer CMD ENSEMBLE...

Page 190: ...r loop end to make the loop There would not be enough post loop data to follow the command If this happens the ASR 10 will advise DECREMENT LOOPEND For the bowtie you need to have the loop away from t...

Page 191: ...tant to remember that the loop points should be adjusted with autolooping off Unlike other looping algorithms that look for a zero crossing BIDIRECTIONAL X FADE works best when the loop points are set...

Page 192: ...E Press Command Wave scroll using the arrow buttons If you are having a hard time getting a satisfactory loop after you ve tried the other looping commands try making the loop longer This process phys...

Page 193: ...lt values are the same as in the CROSS FADE LOOP command Manual values FADE ZONE 1 to 99 SMOOTHNESS Very Fine to Very Coarse WS LE WE WS WE LE LS LS loop data after randomizing using fade cone SYNTHES...

Page 194: ...STEREO LAYER LINK ON this command will be simultaneously performed on the corresponding WaveSample in the companion layer CMD TIME COMPRESS EXPAND WAVE Press Command Wave scroll using the arrow butto...

Page 195: ...N this command will be simultaneously performed on the corresponding WaveSample in the companion layer CMD COPY WAVE PARAMETERS WAVE Press Command Wave scroll using the arrow buttons This command will...

Page 196: ...ee to which it does this is determined by smoothness It works on a given range of sound determined by the start and end address parameters This command is very useful for smoothing out a loop and gett...

Page 197: ...the source TO INST L WS determines the destination For best results the source and destination WaveSample should be in the same instrument in different layers CONVERT SOURCE PITCH and CONVERT DEST PIT...

Page 198: ...Entry Slider to set the balance between the two Press Enter Yes The display shows KEEP OLD NEW Press Enter Yes to keep the mixed WaveSamples or Cancel No to keep the originals intact CMD MERGE WAVESAM...

Page 199: ...t the balance between the two Press Enter Yes The display reads KEEP OLD NEW Press Enter Yes to keep the spliced WaveSamples or Cancel No to keep the originals intact CMD FADE IN AMP Press Command Amp...

Page 200: ...ters are the same as above Before After START ADDR END ADDR Select FADE OUT Press Enter Yes Select START ADDR Scroll to END ADDR Scroll to SCALE DEPTH Press Enter Yes The display reads KEEP OLD NEW Pr...

Page 201: ...responding WaveSample in the companion layer CMD COPY DATA LFO Press Command LFO 1 COPY DATA enables you to copy a section of wave data from one WaveSample and paste it over part of another WaveSample...

Page 202: ...pend last append Select REPLICATE DATA Press Enter Yes Select START ADDR Scroll to END ADDR Press Enter Yes The display reads KEEP OLD NEW Press Enter Yes to complete the command or Cancel No to abort...

Page 203: ...o complete the command or Cancel No to abort the procedure Note When STEREO LAYER LINK ON this command will be simultaneously performed on the corresponding WaveSample in the companion layer CMD ADD D...

Page 204: ...oints are the same it s like multiplying the whole range of data by the same number So if you wanted to drop the level in half you would set SCALE START and END to 0 5 SCALE DEPTH works as described p...

Page 205: ...back at the same pitch as it was recorded Scroll right to select the fine tune range Root Key Range KY0 to K11 C0 to G9 Fine Tune Range 99 to 99 cents Note Keys in the octave below C0 are displayed a...

Page 206: ...KY0 through K11 These values are only accessible when the Instrument is transposed up Note As with the instrument key range if you accidentally set the High Key below the Low Key the selected WaveSam...

Page 207: ...Play C4 on the keyboard the source key or use the Up Down Arrow buttons or the Data Entry Slider to select the source key Press the Right Arrow button twice to move the cursor under the Fine Tune valu...

Page 208: ...e Select the instrument where you would like the pitch table to be placed Each instrument can contain up to 8 different pitch tables Press Enter Yes The display reads PITCH TABLE number CREATED CMD DE...

Page 209: ...but they are divided between two filters either as 2 and 2 or as 3 and 1 A single pole filter will rolloff at 6 dB per octave a 2 pole 12 dB per octave a 3 pole 18 dB per octave and 4 pole 24 dB per o...

Page 210: ...amplitude frequency 0 freq cutoff 18 db oct Filter 1 3 pole Low pass amplitude frequency 0 freq cutoff 24 db oct 4 pole Low pass amplitude frequency 0 freq cutoff 6 db oct Filter 2 1 pole Low pass am...

Page 211: ...ng of 0 lets through all of the original signal This setting represents the filter floor or manual level The effect of any selected modulators will be added to or subtracted from this level Ranges 0 t...

Page 212: ...is parameter also controls the amount by which ENV 3 will modulate the WaveSample volume Range 0 to 99 WaveSample Pan Use this parameter to assign a WaveSample to a location in a stereo field either w...

Page 213: ...of the volume modulator that the modulator s output value will have risen to its maximum output The C D FADE OUT value sets the point along the throw of the volume modulator that the modulator s outpu...

Page 214: ...st in volume Be careful that adding boost to a sample doesn t cause it to become so loud that it starts to clip Range OFF ON EDIT OUT Output Routing AMP Press Edit Amp 9 This parameter enables you to...

Page 215: ...ll use the same non linear response curve As shown below setting any of these volume controls to 50 will attenuate a sound by 16 dB HARD OR SOFT LEVEL RESPONSE dB LEVEL AMPLITUDE 99 0 dB 75 8 dB 50 16...

Page 216: ...els for the envelope that will be used with maximum velocity Level 1 is the initial level in a traditional ADSR shape Level 1 is always set to zero Level 5 is the sustain level EDIT SOFT VEL LEVELS EN...

Page 217: ...6 2 8 3 0 3 2 3 5 3 7 4 0 4 3 4 6 4 9 5 3 5 7 6 1 6 5 7 0 7 5 8 1 8 6 9 3 9 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 37 39 42 45 49 value time in sec ENVELOPE TIMES value time in sec v...

Page 218: ...s have the opposite effect The root key is not affected by this parameter 2ND RELEASE time is also not affected by this parameter Range 99 to 99 EDIT SOFT VEL CURVE ENV Press Edit Env1 Env2 or Env3 7...

Page 219: ...the Envelope page usually reads ENVELOPE CURRENT VALUE This is the envelope template parameter There are a number of typical envelope templates permanently stored in the ASR 10 they each have a name W...

Page 220: ...0 99 ALL ZEROS 0 99 FULL VEL RANGE max vel min vel Copying Envelopes Pressing Enter Yes while the envelope template parameter is displayed causes the current set of parameters to be saved in a special...

Page 221: ...triangle wave a sort of pointy sine wave SINEWAVE the sine wave is a pure fundamental frequency more rounded in its peaks and valleys than the triangle wave POS TRI the POS TRI is a positive only tria...

Page 222: ...99 8 75 9 00 9 25 9 50 9 75 10 00 10 25 10 50 10 75 11 00 11 25 11 50 11 75 12 00 12 25 12 50 12 75 13 00 13 25 13 50 13 75 14 00 14 25 14 50 14 75 15 00 15 25 15 50 15 75 16 00 16 25 16 50 16 75 17 0...

Page 223: ...for LFO DEPTH The effect of LFO DEPTH MOD is added to the effect of the LFO DEPTH parameter Either parameter can be used to generate LFO modulation If you have the LFO DEPTH set to zero you can still...

Page 224: ...de and polyphony are controlled by the sustain pedal When the pedal is up there is no glide and the layer is fully polyphonic When the sustain pedal is depressed the glide is enabled and the polyphony...

Page 225: ...e characteristic attack of the second note is not present The ASR 10 allows a simulation of this effect when used with one of the glide modes The rules for glide described above determine when two not...

Page 226: ...ng layer or name a new one that you ve just created the Left Right Arrow buttons move the cursor and the Data Entry Slider and the Up Down Arrow buttons change the characters EDIT DELAY VEL AMOUNT LAY...

Page 227: ...in both layers to the same absolute value Editing with the Up Down Arrow buttons will edit parameter values in both layers relative to one another When STEREO LAYER LINK ON all pitch modulation in the...

Page 228: ...ame instrument allowing the wave data to be shared This will conserve memory However always choose PARAMS DATA when copying a layer from one instrument to another or else the destination instrument wi...

Page 229: ...is means that there is no degradation of the sound in the recording process no matter how many times you overdub or rerecord a part A sequencer is sort of like an electronic player piano It is importa...

Page 230: ...that are separate from the individual sequence tracks but share the same instruments These Song Tracks are stored with the song This makes the ASR 10 sequencer a sixteen track recorder see Song Mode...

Page 231: ...e sequencer recording on the current track from wherever it was last stopped Pressing Record while the sequencer is playing will put the sequencer into Punch In mode It will wait for you to either sta...

Page 232: ...from Disk Both types of sequencer files are accessed from the Load Seq Song page Press Load then press Seq Song The LOAD indicator flashes meaning that the ASR 10 is showing you disk files Press the U...

Page 233: ...No to abort the procedure If there is not enough free space on the disk the display will say NOT ENOUGH DISK SPACE Save the sequence to another disk or delete some files from the disk If you try to S...

Page 234: ...q Song button The following screen will appear EDIT SEQ STOP Current Sequence or Song Bar and Beat Location within current Sequence or Song This screen is where you select a sequence or the song With...

Page 235: ...nstrument Sequence Track or Audio Track with its yellow LED solidly lit parameters are the ones that are being viewed Creating a New Sequence Press Command then double click the Seq Song button The di...

Page 236: ...Stop Continue to end recording The display will say XXX BARS KEEP TRACK The length in bars of the first track determines the length of the sequence Press Enter Yes to keep the track defining the leng...

Page 237: ...the MIX Press Play and then press Edit followed by Track and adjust the MIX value while listening to the track until you find the proper level Once you ve decided on the MIX value press Stop Continue...

Page 238: ...looks just like the original the name and all its instrument parameters will be the same In LOAD mode you can adjust the volume of a copied instrument select deselect and stack it as you would any in...

Page 239: ...MIDI Thru jack of the first device to the MIDI In jack of the second device Connect the MIDI Thru jack of the second device to the MIDI In jack of the third device An so on for as many devices as you...

Page 240: ...at different times will always play the right instrument on the right track Once you have assigned MIDI receive channels to each MIDI device in your rig write them down and keep the paper handy for q...

Page 241: ...cable from the MIDI Out of the controller to the MIDI In of the ASR 10 Set the MIDI IN MODE to POLY on the Edit System MIDI page The MIDI controller should be in POLY mode as well Set the ASR 10 MIDI...

Page 242: ...then recording begins when the first note is received Once the Stop Continue button has been pressed the ASR 10 displays the BARS KEEP TRACK message Pressing the Enter Yes button will save the data Th...

Page 243: ...SONG indicator remains lit as long as the song is selected no matter what mode the ASR 10 is in or page it is on Whenever the SONG indicator is not lit an individual sequence is selected You select th...

Page 244: ...ich in the case of a new song will be step 1 and the number of repetitions or reps for that step For each song step that you want to create Move the cursor if it s not already there to underline the s...

Page 245: ...e last step in the song To Go to a Different Step in the Song Move the cursor to underline the step number and use the Up Down Arrow buttons to go to any step within the song After you have finished e...

Page 246: ...than simply a group of sequences chained together Once you have created a song and edited its steps you can record another complete set of 8 song length tracks The length of the song tracks is determi...

Page 247: ...itch bends sustain pedal pressure and any other controllers recorded into a song track will also affect notes recorded on the corresponding sequence tracks For this reason it is often a good idea to r...

Page 248: ...t then Seq Song Double click the Seq Song button and use the Data Entry Controls to select the song the SONG indicator will light 2 Scroll left and set SEQ REC MODE ADD This will prevent any unwanted...

Page 249: ...udio Track button has 2 LEDs located directly above it The left LED is red and is labeled Source Monitor When lit it indicates that the Audio Track Record Source set on the Sample Source Select page R...

Page 250: ...and the red Source Monitor LED will light A Press Press the Audio Track button again to Source Monitor disable the track red LED off A Press When you want to select both Audio Tracks hold down one Au...

Page 251: ...ferred to as an AudioSample and the sequencer event that plays the sample is referred to as an Audio Trigger The Audio Trigger event specifies which AudioSample will play Each Audio Track can have mul...

Page 252: ...about one minute of stereo recording 44 1 kHz SCSI Storage Device SCSI Port Audio Input OR ASR 10 Audio Track data stored in For more information about using SCSI with your ASR 10 including optional c...

Page 253: ...rack 4 Seq Track 4 Seq Track 4 Song Track 4 Song Track 3 Song Track 2 Song Track 1 Seq Track 5 Seq Track 5 Seq Track 5 Song Track 5 Instrument Track 1 Instrument Track 2 Instrument Track 3 Instrument...

Page 254: ...xpanded 16 meg RAMTracks do not offer as much recording time as DiskTracks Internal RAM Memory and SIMMs The internal RAM memory is shared by Instruments sequences and AudioSamples and is distributed...

Page 255: ...at you plan to use for recording Audio tracks Memory to Recording Time Conversion Table The following table summarizes recording time for different memory capacities Recording Time minutes Memory Disk...

Page 256: ...Samples were recorded and will change the pitch of this material during playback For this reason we strongly recommend choosing one sample rate for the duration of an Audio Track recording Project SON...

Page 257: ...solidly selected Audio Track This is the default setting for the CONFIGURE AUDIO TRACKS Command 3 Press Enter Yes again The display will momentarily show COMMAND COMPLETED and you will be returned to...

Page 258: ...e default value of 3 and only increase the value if the SCSI ACCESS TOO SLOW message is displayed 6 Press Enter Yes and select the REC SCSI DRIVE xxxx CMD SYSTEM STOP Set this to the SCSI storage devi...

Page 259: ...o Track A and 15000 Blocks on Audio Track B 15000 Blocks mono on each of A B or 15000 Blocks stereo on both A B simultaneously but not 30000 mono on either A or B Note Stereo Audio Track recording tim...

Page 260: ...the ASR 10 automatically sets the sequencer CLOCK SOURCE parameter to be INTERNAL Then as long as you have Audio Tracks configured for SCSI you cannot change the CLOCK SOURCE parameter Whenever the A...

Page 261: ...rack playback for one finger triggering of an entire stereo Audio Track mix If you then play the original sequence and play the key that triggers the sample of the sequence at the same time you can cr...

Page 262: ...Audio Track recording MONO RIGHT the right channel of the REC SRC will be selected for Sampling and Audio Track recording MONO L R both the left and right channels of the REC SRC will be selected for...

Page 263: ...ting About the INPUT DRY and DIGITAL Signal Chain Routing Audio Tracks can be thought of as a two track recording studio with tape monitor mix but not source mix capabilities the Input source goes dir...

Page 264: ...DiskTracks record the direct output of the FX Processor and the Mixer monitors the output of the FX Processor source The Mixer also monitors the output of the RAMTracks or DiskTracks and will playbac...

Page 265: ...a two track re mix studio with source mix capabilities In this routing the Audio Inputs and Digital I O In are disabled The Audio Track Source Monitor LEDs remain off at all times Any ASR generated au...

Page 266: ...sequence song name is underlined or press an unselected Audio Track button to prepare the Audio Tracks Each time a new Sequence Song is selected any currently selected Audio Tracks will be automatica...

Page 267: ...up the song You will be unable to record or play back from Song Audio Track A PLAY SONG ATRKS ONLY You will be preparing to record and play back both Song Audio Tracks only and to ignore any data reco...

Page 268: ...display is the one you are recording on LOAD INST STOP LOAD INST STOP If an Instrument Sequence Track name is shown in the display it is the target for recording If ATRK A LEFT or ATRK B RIGHT is sho...

Page 269: ...udio Track that is fine for the first four bars but the next four bars need to be redone You can punch in at any point in the Audio Track by doing the following 1 Select the Audio Track s that you wan...

Page 270: ...y require free disk space to build the amalgamated AudioSample This means that you might encounter a scenario wherein there is enough room on disk to record but not enough room to amalgamate In this c...

Page 271: ...nt Original data of AudioSample 1 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Data that you punch in AudioSample 2 abcdefghijk What you audition ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXabcdefghijk Audio Trigger event What you keep AB...

Page 272: ...s Most Sequence Commands affect the Audio Triggers but not the AudioSample data Remember the same AudioSample can be triggered by many different sequences as a result of using the COPY SEQUENCE or COP...

Page 273: ...of one AudioSample then all Audio Trigger Events that trigger that AudioSample will pick up the correction After keeping NEW the second Audio Trigger of AudioSample 1 plays the changed version PUNCH I...

Page 274: ...Track by bouncing down re recording the playback of one Audio Track to another Audio Track Here s how 1 Copy the sequence using the Command Seq Song COPY SEQUENCE command This will copy the sequence...

Page 275: ...or LEDs remain off at all times Only the Audio Track playback is monitored through the Edit audio Track settings The Source Monitor voices are not needed to monitor this REC SRC as it is always audibl...

Page 276: ...Make sure that all Instrument Sequence Tracks are muted on the Edit seq Track Status page or they will be bounced down as well Tip When Sample Source Select REC SRC MAIN OUT and Edit Seq Song CLICK R...

Page 277: ...5 Press Record and while holding it down press Play At this point you can change the mix or pan of the Audio Track and it will be recorded 6 When the song is finished select KEEP NEW If you want to re...

Page 278: ...es After performing the Command Seq Song APPEND SEQUENCE CHANGE SEQUENCE LENGTH and EDIT SONG STEPS Commands on Sequences that have data recorded on their Audio Tracks the PREPARING AUDIO TRACKS messa...

Page 279: ...LED placement is different than the keyboard ASR 10 the functionality is identical If the Audio Track LED is solidly selected and Instrument Sequence track LED is flashing selected the Audio Track com...

Page 280: ...the amount of disk activity for the same amount of data transferred Some SCSI storage devices have fast seek times but slow SCSI transfer times Drives with segmented caches work much better for multip...

Page 281: ...ke floppy disks some cartridges used with removable SCSI storage devices have a switch to prevent accidentally erasing files If this message appears while using a removable SCSI storage device remove...

Page 282: ...e ASR 10 Use caution as this will erase all previously saved data EDIT SEQ PLAY The allocated Temporary Record Files have been used up or you are configured for SCSI with REC FILE SIZE CURRENT but no...

Page 283: ...the Edit audio Track ASMPLNAME UNDEFINED or if no AudioSamples exist this will be displayed when any AUDIOSAMPLE command is invoked Go to the ASMPLNAME parameter and use the Up Down Arrow buttons to...

Page 284: ...r to select a different sequence or song Tip You can always get back to the Current Sequence Song screen by double clicking the Seq Song button when in Edit mode BAR STEP The GOTO Function Press the R...

Page 285: ...device This is useful when syncing to a drum machine or external sequencer but still recording on the ASR 10 When CLOCK SOURCE MIDI pressing the Record button puts the ASR 10 into standby MIDI sync re...

Page 286: ...SEQ SONG Press Edit Seq Song 9 The SEQ REC MODE parameter determines how sequence data will be recorded by the ASR 10 sequencer when you enter Record Use the Data Entry Slider or the Up Down Arrow but...

Page 287: ...ays operates in REPLACE mode and when SEQ REC SOURCE MULTI the SEQ REC MODE parameter is automatically set to REPLACE and cannot be edited Tip It is possible to record on multiple tracks simultaneousl...

Page 288: ...ENCE Press Enter Yes The display reads FROM SEQ SEQUENCE Choose your source sequence Press Enter Yes The display reads NEW NAME SEQUENCE You can use the data entry controls to change the name of the s...

Page 289: ...ent sequence In addition you can keep track of the duration of the current sequence in minutes seconds and fractions of a second Scroll using the Left Right Arrow buttons to view these values If the s...

Page 290: ...estination sequence Select APPEND SEQUENCE Press Enter Yes The display reads FROM SEQ SEQUENCE This is the source sequence Use the Up Down Arrow buttons to select the source sequence Press Enter Yes T...

Page 291: ...will play for this song step This space currently reads UNDEFINED as shown above when no steps have yet been defined for the song To the right of the display you see the step number which in the case...

Page 292: ...the PREPARING AUDIO TRACKS message will be briefly displayed while the Audio Tracks are cued up for playback This parameter defaults to PLAY SEQ ATRKS ONLY upon booting If the SONG is not selected whe...

Page 293: ...g or sequence The cursor underline tells you which track is selected To select a different track press its Instrument Sequence Track button The underline will move to that track You can select any of...

Page 294: ...MIX setting for a track Set SEQ REC MODE ADD on the Edit Seq Song page This will prevent any unwanted changes to existing track events Select the Instrument Sequence Track for which you want to adjus...

Page 295: ...were routed to BUS1 2 or 3 will all show OUT DRY FX BUS IN USE on this screen Note Changing the MIX PAN or OUT Output Routing of a song track will also affect any corresponding sequence tracks EDIT E...

Page 296: ...Sequence Track that you want to receive via MIDI If more than one sequence track is set to the same MULTI IN MIDI CHAN only the lowest numbered Instrument Sequence Track will receive via MIDI The MUL...

Page 297: ...d to processing the Audio Inputs and the audio tracks monitor the direct output of the ESP chip The left effects channel is monitored on Audio Track A and the right channel on Audio Track B The Wet Dr...

Page 298: ...er controls the current pan position for the signal being monitored on each audio track Range 99 full left to 99 full right The default PAN settings are ATRK A PAN 99 and ATRK B PAN 99 How MIX and PAN...

Page 299: ...Controls Whenever the sequencer is running the ASMPLNAME value will be updated in real time to indicate the name of the AudioSample that was last triggered by an Audio Trigger Event on the currently s...

Page 300: ...e key range and bar beat range in which the editing will take place After setting these ranges the editing will take place and you will be placed on the Audition page If you ve previously set editing...

Page 301: ...r or the Up Down Arrow buttons you select the type of event to be filtered ERASED or COPIED Editing this parameter will change the Event type display found by pressing the Right Arrow button When MODE...

Page 302: ...and MIDI configuration then merge them into one This is useful for creating sound on sound type sequences where you add rather than replace track data Note You may run into problems if you try to mer...

Page 303: ...r Yes button The display shows Current Event Type Event Location Event Value Key Name Event Cursor STOP BEAT CMD CLOCK BAR This is the Event Locating screen Event Cursor When this field is selected yo...

Page 304: ...hen set to any other value only events of the type selected will be selected Events of all other types will be left out of the list When the Event Type is changed and you return to the Event Locating...

Page 305: ...reen and select the location where the event that is to be removed is located Finally use this screen to remove the event Pressing Enter Yes with DELETE underlined will remove the event Tip When a Key...

Page 306: ...controller Values greater than 1 00 will increase the effect of a controller Scroll to RANGE Here you can select the entire range or define a key range and bar beat to be scaled Press Enter Yes The d...

Page 307: ...STINATION Audio Track Select the Audio Track that you want to copy by pressing its Audio Track button Press Enter Yes to invoke the Command The display shows CMD STOP TRACK Press Enter Yes The display...

Page 308: ...ill invoke the Command revealing the following screens CMD STOP TRACK Range A or B selected by pressing an Audio Track button A secondary parameter determines whether or not the command will erase all...

Page 309: ...om the above screen will execute the Command renaming the AudioSample When renaming a disk AudioSample the command changes the name of the file on the disk and in the SONG ALL SEQS Project file which...

Page 310: ...about the last AudioSample that was being triggered when the sequencer was last stopped i e the same AudioSample that was last displayed on the Edit audio Track ASMPLNAME screen Pressing Enter Yes wil...

Page 311: ...s CMD STOP TRACK Use the Audio Track A and B buttons to select the Audio Track that you want to filter the audio events Press Enter Yes This page allows you to select either the AUDIO MIX or the AUDIO...

Page 312: ...Sided High Density DSHD Double Sided Double Density DSDD Write Protect Tab Write Protect Tab No Disk Window Disk Window Floppy disks are a magnetic storage medium and should be treated with the same...

Page 313: ...s songs and sequences that the ASR 10 plays are stored on 3 5 micro floppy disks The ASR 10 has a high density HD drive allowing you to use both Double Sided High Density and Double Sided Double Densi...

Page 314: ...of formatting you would like to use to format your floppy disk ENSONIQ this standard format allows the ASR 10 to read the disk and offers the largest amount of free blocks DSDD disks format to 800k a...

Page 315: ...play shows COPY FLOPPY DISK Press Enter Yes The display shows INSERT SOURCE DISK the one you want to copy Insert the source disk then press Enter Yes The drive will engage and the display will flash R...

Page 316: ...Down Arrow buttons to view the various instrument files on the disk Each file has its own File Number When an instrument file is showing the INST indicator is lit The BANK indicator will light when a...

Page 317: ...all the instrument related commands Check to make sure that the instrument you want to save is selected If not press its Instrument Sequence Track button to select it Press the Left or Right Arrow bu...

Page 318: ...that instrument and play while the rest of the bank loads At some point in the loading process you may encounter the following message INSERT DISK NAME ENTER INST STOP BANK LOAD This prompt is informi...

Page 319: ...the contents of the ASR 10 memory as a bank Just remember that any instruments in the internal memory as well as the song must be saved separately before they can be saved as a bank Save any instrumen...

Page 320: ...files are accessed from the Load Seq Song page Press Load then press Seq Song The LOAD indicator flashes meaning that the ASR 10 is showing you disk files Press the Up or Down Arrow button until the f...

Page 321: ...to change the underlined character then press the Left Right Arrow buttons to move the underline Repeat until the display shows the name you want if you don t need to rename the sequence just skip th...

Page 322: ...his step Press Enter Yes The display will read SAVING SONG NAME while the song is being saved If there is already a song file with the same name on the disk the display will ask DELETE OLD VERSION Pre...

Page 323: ...he display will read DISK COMMAND COMPLETED Saving an Effect to Disk Use the SAVE BANK EFFECT command to save an effect to disk If you wish to save either a ROM effect or an INST Instrument effect as...

Page 324: ...if you are using a SCSI storage device please refer to the manual that came with the storage device and the manual that came with the SP 3 SCSI kit for complete details Deleting a File from Disk Delet...

Page 325: ...respectively and appear as Instrument files under Load Instrument when you are in the AUDIO TRACKS directory REC FILE CURRENT BLKS uses any available space within the current Temporary Record File on...

Page 326: ...oSamples you have recorded the longer it will take 7 If the SONG ALL SEQS file will be saving RAMTracks the display will usually ask CMD SEQ STOP SONG 8 Press Enter Yes The display shows SAVING SONG N...

Page 327: ...ress Enter Yes The display shows CMD INST STOP SONG The display shows the current Bank name with a cursor underline beneath the first character If you want to rename the Bank use the Data Entry Contro...

Page 328: ...EQS Project file in which they were created Loading Multi Disk Song Files Because a Song file may contain Audio Track data it might need to be loaded from several floppy disks You will be prompted for...

Page 329: ...s will execute the command The PREPARING AUDIO TRACKS message will be briefly displayed while the Audio Tracks are cued up for Playback To Delete a SCSI AudioSample There are two ways to delete a Disk...

Page 330: ...ng into the original system just as it s not necessary for a file cabinet to understand the pieces of paper you file there The ASR 10 can receive any MIDI System Exclusive message up to 2 Megabytes st...

Page 331: ...splay reads MIDI SYS EX RECORDER Press Enter Yes The display shows the prompt MUST ERASE MEMORY OK to warn you that any instruments banks sequences and songs currently in memory will be lost It s not...

Page 332: ...MIDI In of the receiving device s Enable the receiving instrument s to receive System Exclusive messages Many devices have a switch or a parameter which enables or disables reception of System Exclus...

Page 333: ...rder to save FILE TOO LARGE TO LOAD indicates that the sequence data in the disk file will not fit into the free memory Delete sequences or songs to make some memory available If that does not work th...

Page 334: ...R BAD DIRECTORY during a file operation the CRC of the Directory blocks was incorrect Probably indicates a bad disk sector The disk may be unusable DISK ERROR BAD FAT during a file operation the CRC o...

Page 335: ...FX OFF 23 VOICE 44K for the best frequency response remember that this is setting your sampling rate for sampling Connect the sound source to the Left and Right for stereo Audio Input jack on the rea...

Page 336: ...tect mode Play the sound to be sampled play the guitar synth start the recording or speak sing into the microphone Press Cancel No or press the left foot switch to stop sampling If you don t stop it b...

Page 337: ...ing exactly the pitch you sampled While playing the root key adjust the PARAM EQ effect parameters using the Left Right Arrow buttons to select the parameters and the Data Entry Slider or the Up Down...

Page 338: ...e and it should sound just as it did when you were playing it through the PARAM EQ To verify this press the FX Select FX Bypass button and scroll down to FX OFF 31 VOICE AT 30K You should hear the Wav...

Page 339: ...AMPLE START location Here s how Select the new sample for editing and go to the SAMPLE START screen Now adjust the percentage parameter but instead of striking the key each time to hear if you ve foun...

Page 340: ...an then proceed to edit the SAMPLE START and end parameters as described above When the SAMPLE START time is correct you ll hear this new track sync up with the original sample You can now continue ad...

Page 341: ...elect the first layer LYR 1 Move the cursor underline to WS __ Use the Right Arrow button to move it there Play the keyboard or press the Up Down Arrow buttons to select the WaveSample to be copied Pr...

Page 342: ...a chorused effect set the positive negative values to a wider range For less of a chorused effect set the positive negative values to a closer range Creating Keyboard Cross Fades We ll use the Edit Am...

Page 343: ...UT and set it to C D FADE OUT 80 TO 127 The following diagram illustrates the keyboard crossfade that you have now constructed 0 127 32 64 96 two V O L U M E one three MIDI Key 36 MIDI Key 96 As you p...

Page 344: ...our WaveSamples the Edit Layer LAYER VELOCITY parameter can be used Press Edit This places you on the Edit Context page Using the Data Entry Slider or Arrow buttons adjust the parameters on the page...

Page 345: ...determining which WaveSample to edit without having a MIDI Controller connected to your ASR 10 Press the Up Arrow until the display shows ENTER PLAYS KEY D3 Press Enter Yes You will hear the snare ass...

Page 346: ...ASR 10 banks or performance presets to drive external MIDI instruments greatly enhancing the number of available voices and timbres With the Edit Instrument MIDI STATUS parameter an instrument and its...

Page 347: ...ttle memory and can be loaded from disk almost instantly They are the key to using the ASR 10 as a MIDI master controller On the Edit System MIDI page set the TRANSMIT ON parameter to TRANSMIT ON INST...

Page 348: ...Voice letting you mix its level just as you would a local instrument Save the new instrument to disk You can later load it into any of the eight Instrument Sequence Track locations and play the SQ R...

Page 349: ...et the SEQ REC SOURCE parameter to BOTH or MIDI Recording proceeds normally from this point with the sequencer responding to the data from the MIDI controller the same as it would to data from its own...

Page 350: ...used as if it were an ordinary instrument This is how it will act in POLY mode In POLY mode the ASR 10 will respond only to information received on the base MIDI channel and will play only the sounds...

Page 351: ...Sequence Track will receive via MIDI In MULTI mode program changes received by a given Instrument Sequence Track on its MIDI channel will cause the ASR 10 to try to load the same numbered instrument...

Page 352: ...MIDI Channel that none of the ASR 10 Instrument Sequence Tracks have their Edit Track MULTI IN MIDI CHANNEL set to receive on Again MIDI clocks start stop and continue are sent and received regardless...

Page 353: ...ment Sequence Track s are selected or stacked on the front panel In other words the ASR 10 behaves as it does in POLY or OMNI modes except that it receives monophonically on multiple MIDI channels Thi...

Page 354: ...MULTI IN MIDI CHANNEL 6 Track 7 MULTI IN MIDI CHANNEL 7 Track 8 MULTI IN MIDI CHANNEL 8 MIDI BASE CHANNEL 1 ASR 10 Settings Converter Guitar controller Settings Mode MONO String 1 transmits on Channel...

Page 355: ...recommend that the MIDI BASE CHANNEL parameter on the Edit System MIDI page be set to the same channel as the Instrument Sequence Track with the lowest numbered Edit Track MULTI IN MIDI CHAN number Pa...

Page 356: ...devices recognize Song Position Pointers Consult the manual of any other sequencing device you are using to see if it does MIDI Song Selects MIDI Song Selects allow a sequencer such as the ASR 10 to...

Page 357: ...16 322 58 215 05 161 29 94 638 30 319 15 212 77 159 57 95 631 58 315 79 210 53 157 89 96 625 00 312 50 208 33 156 25 97 618 56 309 28 206 19 154 64 98 612 24 306 12 204 08 153 06 99 606 06 303 03 202...

Page 358: ...291 26 145 63 97 09 72 82 207 289 86 144 93 96 62 72 46 208 288 46 144 23 96 15 72 12 BPM 1 4 NOTE 1 8th NOTE 1 8 TRIPLET 1 16th NOTE 209 287 08 143 54 95 69 71 77 210 285 71 142 86 95 24 71 43 211 28...

Page 359: ...nput 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 cl...

Page 360: ...nce song with a drum kit bass piano and a horn section on Instrument Sequence Tracks 1 2 3 and 4 respectively and a microphone signal plugged into Audio Track A For this example we ll be using FX ROM...

Page 361: ...ttons select OUT BUS2 JUST REVERB Select Instrument Sequence Track 2 the bass You should still be on the Edit Track OUT screen Notice that the Instrument Sequence Track 2 LED is solidly lit yellow Wit...

Page 362: ...ecording 1 Press Edit then the Seq Song button The name of the song ATRK TUT SNG should be underlined 2 Press the Up or Down Arrow button to select the sequence named ATRK BLUES This is the sequence t...

Page 363: ...indicators will light when a signal is present green indicates a signal is detected and red indicates the signal has reached 6 dB below the point of overload You should see these indicators light whe...

Page 364: ...k 3 When you ve recorded an acceptable performance select KEEP NEW and press the Enter Yes button You ll briefly see EDITING on the display Then you ll be returned to the Sequence Select GOTO page By...

Page 365: ...To save a song 1 Insert a formatted disk into the drive 2 Press Command then press Seq Song 3 Press the Left or Right Arrow button until the display reads CMD SEQ STOP SONG 4 Press Enter Yes 5 Edit t...

Page 366: ...ng songs to which you have made changes Or press Cancel No to abort the procedure If there is not enough free space on the disk the display will show CMD SEQ STOP SONG At this point press the Eject bu...

Page 367: ...matted disks you should not save any of your own files to the Version 2 O S disk 2 Press Command then Instrument and use the Data Entry Controls to select the SAVE BANK command 3 Press Enter Yes The d...

Page 368: ...44PERC PLATE 1 AMBIENT REVERB 2 SLAP REVERB 3 SHORT REVERB 4 PERC REVERB A plate reverb takes the vibrations from a metal plate and uses them to create a metallic sounding reverb 44LUSH PLATE is a 44...

Page 369: ...ES 44EQ DDL combines a 44 kHz parametric EQ with a digital delay L R EQ Right Left EQ EQ IN EQ OUT EQ Routing L Left Delay REGEN L Right Left CROSS REGN L DRY R REGEN R DRY WET WET CROSS REGN R Right...

Page 370: ...ing is the same as in the plate reverbs R L Delay REGEN ECHO SEND Right Left Digital Delay Routing L R Level and Pan REGEN voice 1 Right Left voice 2 voice 3 Chorus Three Voice Chorus Routing REVERB M...

Page 371: ...e chorus three left and three right with a reverb Because this is a hi fidelity 44 kHz effect algorithm BUS2 and BUS3 are dry The digital delay routing is the same as found in 44DDL CH REV CH WET L R...

Page 372: ...at provides LFO modulation with a chorus effect The reverb routing is the same as in the plate reverbs L Delay REGEN Right Left DRY R DRY WET WET Delay LFO Routing REVERB MIX BW DL WET DEFINITION DRY...

Page 373: ...ame as in 44DDL CH REV The chorus routing is the same as in 44DDL CH REV EQ IN REGEN OUT CH DRY LEV EQ FREQ PAN GAIN CH WET LEV 1 to 3 EQ BW CH WET PAN 1 to 3 ECHO LEV CH LFORATE 1 to 3 REGEN CH WIDTH...

Page 374: ...s effect combines a 44 kHz parametric EQ with a reverb This reverb routing is the same as in the plate reverbs The EQ routing is the same as in 44EQ DDL REVERB MIX DEFINITION EQ IN DIFFUSION 1 2 OUT E...

Page 375: ...g speaker simulation with reverb The reverb routing is the same as in the plate reverbs L DRY R Speaker Simulator DRY WET Right Left Rotary Speaker Routing REVERB MIX PREDELAY TIME SPKR WET HF DAMPING...

Page 376: ...digital delay The rotary speaker topology is the same as in 44ROTO REVRB The EQ routing is the same as in 44EQ DDL The rotary speaker routing is the same as 44ROTO REVRB The digital delay routing is t...

Page 377: ...parameter to 0 will eliminate the dry signal By setting this parameter to 99 and the CH WET parameter to 0 you can assign voices to be completely dry Negative values will reverse the polarity offering...

Page 378: ...how much the pitch will change Low values yield a metallic sound Some synth voices sound best with very low values DETUNE RATE Range 0 to 99 This parameter controls the LFO rate of detuning incorpora...

Page 379: ...ill offer no audible delay ECHO REGEN L and R Ranges 99 to 99 Determines the amount of signal that will be fed from the output of the delay back into the input increasing the number of repeats in the...

Page 380: ...ency parametric GAIN TREBLE FC Range 48 to 24 dB Sets the amount of boost or cut applied to the high frequency parametric GAIN BASS Range 99 to 48 dB Sets the bass amount of boost or cut applied to a...

Page 381: ...l in the stereo spectrum A value of 99 is panned hard left and 99 is hard right PREDELAY TIME Plate Range 0 to 300 msec 44EQ DDL 44DDL CH REV 44DLYLFO REV 44EQ REVERB 44ROTO REVRB Range 0 to 150 msec...

Page 382: ...o output level Again the higher the value the faster the rate SPKR WET Range 99 to 99 This parameter controls the volume of the rotating speaker only Setting this parameter to 0 will eliminate the rot...

Page 383: ...arameters Registered parameters are transmitted as four sequential continuous controller messages by the ASR 10 whenever certain parameters are edited from the front panel The two registered parameter...

Page 384: ...101 Reg Param Select MSB5 1 95 External Controller 1 Mod Wheel 4 Foot Pedal 6 Data Entry MSB 2 7 Volume 38 Data Entry LSB 2 64 Sustain 70 Sound Variation3 100 Reg Param Select LSB4 101 Reg Param Sele...

Page 385: ...oading a Bank 306 Save Bank 72 Saving a bank 60 307 Banks 21 58 About Banks 218 BASECHAN PRESSURE 36 BIDIRECTIONAL X FADE 179 Bits 14 Boost 202 About the Boost parameter 30 Bounce down 263 264 BOWTIE...

Page 386: ...ST REV 93 DE ESSER 136 DIST CHO REV 94 DUAL DELAYS 89 DUCKER 138 EQ DELAY LFO 108 EQ CHOR DDL 116 EQ CMPRESSOR 130 EQ FLNGR DDL 120 EQ TREM DDL 122 EQ VIBR DDL 118 EXPANDER 132 FAST PITCHSH 129 FLANGE...

Page 387: ...t Switch 1 Foreign Sequence 316 FORMAT SCSI DRIVE 52 FORMAT TYPE 42 FREE DISK BLOCKS 33 FREE SYSTEM BLOCKS 33 Front Panel Controls 6 FX Select FX Bypass 9 81 G Glide Mode 212 GLIDE MODES 213 GLOBAL BE...

Page 388: ...34 Making a MIDI Instrument 335 Recording MIDI Tracks 228 Sequencing MIDI Devices 227 MIDI BASE CHANNEL 36 MIDI CONTROLLERS ON OFF 38 MIDI guitar controller 341 MIDI In 1 MIDI In Mode 37 MIDI Out 1 MI...

Page 389: ...ording MIXDOWN VOLUME and MIXDOWN PAN 236 Recording Program Changes 229 Recording Song Tracks 234 RENAME AUDIOSAMPLE 297 REPLICATE DATA 190 Resampling through Effects 323 REVERSE CROSS FADE 177 REVERS...

Page 390: ...FFLING DATA 314 353 Signal Chain Routing DIGITAL 251 INPUT FX 252 INPUTDRY 251 MAIN OUT 253 Signal processing 75 SIMMs 13 Accessing 14 Installing 15 Single Function Effect Mixer 82 Song Delete a Step...

Page 391: ...loop 171 Modulation Amount and Range 173 Sample end point 171 Sample start point 170 TRUNCATE WAVESAMPLE 175 Wave modulation 172 WaveSample Commands 164 WaveSample Commands in Stereo Layers 164 WaveS...

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