Tutorial
ENSONIQ ASR-X Pro UserÕs Guide
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Locate the Octave Transpose buttons.
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Press the right-hand Octave Transpose button once. The display briefly shows:
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The Octave Transpose display shows the octave the pads are currently playing. The pads can play
five different octaves, each of which has been assigned a number as shown below (Middle C is C4):
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Octave 0 plays C2-C3
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Octave 2 plays C4-C5
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Octave 3 plays C5-C6
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Tap the right-hand Octave Transpose button twice to set the pads to play Octave 1. The first tap
takes you to the Octave Transpose display, and the second tap raises the octave setting by one.
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You can also select an octave by pressing either of the Octave Transpose buttons and turning
the Value knob.
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Play the padsÑnow youÕre playing the sounds contained in the second octave of HeavyDrmKit.
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Use the Octave buttons to find the other sounds in HeavyDrmKit.
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Press the left Octave Transpose button to bring the pads down to Octave 0.
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If you see ÒKit MapperÓ on the display, press the right-hand Octave Transpose button once.
The Kit Mapper is described in Chapter 3 of the ASR-X Pro Reference Manual.
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The Patch Select buttons call up variations of the currently selected sound.
Each sound is made up of layers of waves, and the Patch Select buttons are
programmed to turn layers or groups of layers on and off (see Chapter 3 in the
ASR-X Pro Reference Manual for more on layers). Depending on the nature of
the sound, this can lead to subtle or radical changes in the sound.
Patch Select buttons are able to operate in a couple of different ways. The default setting is for them to act
as switches that only work as long as theyÕre physically being held down. There are four possible
positions for the Patch Select buttons:
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left Patch Select button pressed
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both Patch Select buttons pressed
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right Patch Select button pressed
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The Patch Select buttons can also be set to Òstick,Ó as described in Chapter 7 of the ASR-X Pro Reference
Manual.
As part of the demonstration of the Patch Select buttons, letÕs select a synthesizer bass sound for Track
2ÑweÕll need it later on anyway.
Octave Transpose
Patch Selects™
