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EPS-16 PLUS Musician's Manual

Section 7 — Voice Parameters

EPS-16 PLUS Envelopes

Each EPS-16 PLUS Wavesample has three envelopes. These envelopes are

"hard wired" to the pitch, filter frequency, and amplitude of the Wavesample,

though Env 1 and Env 2 can also be assigned elsewhere, wherever a modulator is

selectable. The page button for each of the three envelopes is directly above that
of the function it's associated with:

• Env 1 is routed to Wavesample pitch.
• Env 2 is routed to Wavesample filter frequency.

• Env 3 is routed to Wavesample amplitude (volume).

In the EPS-16 PLUS, the response of the Wavesample volume, ENV 3, and the
Instrument mix level all use the same (non-linear) response curve. As shown

below, setting any of these volume controls to 50 will attenuate a sound by 16
decibels.

ENV 3:

HARD OR SOFT LEVEL LEVEL AMPLITUDE

RESPONSE (dB)

99 0 dB
75 -8 dB

50 -16 dB
25 -32 dB

6 -56 dB
0 -oo

The indicator lights in the display tell you which one of the three Envelope pages
you are on. For example when you arc on the EDIT/Env 2 page, the FILTER and
ENV indicators are lit. The figure below shows a typical EPS-16 PLUS
envelope shape:

EPS-16 PLUS Envelopes 7 - 11

Summary of Contents for EPS-16 PLUS

Page 1: ...DIGITAL SAMPLING WORKSTATION MODULE OCRed by nullp01nter ...

Page 2: ...r service personnel if you are in doubt as to whether the product is properly grounded Do not modify the plug provided with this product if it will not fit the outlet have a proper outlet installed by a qualified electrician This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a r...

Page 3: ...EPS 16PLUS Digital Sampling Workstation Module Musician s Manual Version 1 1 ...

Page 4: ...uting device in accordance with the specifications in Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC rules which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference in a residential installation However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning th...

Page 5: ...onal SCSI Connector 1 10 Auxiliary Outputs 1 11 AC Line In 1 11 The Front Panel Communicating with the EPS 16 PLUS Headphone Jack 1 12 Volume Slider 1 12 Sample 1 12 Page Buttons 1 12 Effect Select Bypass 1 13 Display 1 13 Mode Buttons 1 14 Instrument Track Buttons 1 14 Sequencer Transport Controls 1 15 Data Entry Controls 1 15 Parameter Illustrations 1 16 Parametric Programming 1 16 Loading and P...

Page 6: ...I Controllers On Off 2 9 MIDI Sys Ex On Off 2 9 MIDI Program Change On Off 2 9 To Send a Program Change from the EPS 16 PLUS 2 9 Receiving Program Changes 2 9 MIDI Song Select 2 10 MIDI XCTRL Number 2 10 Multi Controllers 2 11 COMMAND System MIDI Page Format Floppy Disk 2 12 Copy O S to Disk 2 13 Save Global Parameters 2 14 Load Global Parameters 2 14 Create Directory 2 14 Change Storage Device 2 ...

Page 7: ...the Patch Select Buttons 3 12 Programming Patches 3 12 Keydown Layers 3 13 Keyup Layers 3 14 MIDI Out Channel 3 14 MIDI Out Program 3 14 Pressure Mode 3 15 MIDI Status 3 16 Size in blocks 3 16 Instrument Name 3 16 Patch Select 3 17 Instrument Key Range 3 17 Transpose 3 18 COMMAND Instrument Page Create New Instrument 3 19 Copy Instrument 3 19 Delete Instrument 3 19 Save Instrument 3 20 Save Bank 3...

Page 8: ...verb 4 16 Wah Distortion Reverb 4 17 COMMAND Effects Page 4 18 Section 5 Sampling What is Sampling 5 1 Sample Rate 5 2 Aliasing 5 3 Getting Ready to Sample 5 4 Easy Sampling 5 4 Setting the Input Level 5 7 Multisampling 5 8 Resampling an Existing Sample 5 9 Using Equalization 5 10 Looping 5 12 Auto Loop Finding 5 13 Short Single Cycle Loops 5 13 Adjusting Loop Position 5 14 Long Loops 5 15 Section...

Page 9: ...e 6 14 Make Loop Longer 6 15 Synthesized Loop 6 16 Convert Sample Rate 6 16 Resample with Effects 6 17 Copy Wave Parameters 6 18 COMMAND Pitch Page Edit Pitch Table 6 19 Copy Pitch Table 6 20 Delete Pitch Table 6 20 Extrapolate Pitch Table 6 20 COMMAND LFO Page Clear Data 6 21 Copy Data 6 21 Replicate Data 6 21 Reverse Data 6 22 Invert Data 6 22 Add Data 6 22 Scale Data 6 23 COMMAND Amp Page Norma...

Page 10: ...0 WS Range Lo Hi 7 10 EPS 16 PLUS Envelopes 7 11 EDIT Env 1 Env 2 Env 3 Page Hard Velocity Levels 7 12 Soft Velocity Levels 7 12 Times 7 13 2nd Release Time 2nd Release Level 7 13 Attack Time Velocity 7 14 Keyboard Time Scaling 7 14 Soft Velocity Curve On Off 7 14 Envelope Mode 7 15 Envelope 7 15 Envelope Templates 7 16 Copying Envelopes 7 16 EDIT LFO Page LFO Wave 7 17 LFO Speed 7 18 LFO Depth De...

Page 11: ... 26 Boost 7 26 Out 7 27 EDIT Layer Page Layer Glidemode 7 28 Layer Glidetime 7 28 Legato Layer 7 29 Layer Velocity Lo Velocity High 7 29 Tutorial Velocity and Layers 7 30 Pitch Table 7 31 Layer Name 7 31 Delay Velocity Amount 7 31 Layer Restrike 7 31 COMMAND Layer Page Create New Layer 7 32 Copy Layer 7 32 Delete Layer 7 32 Section 8 Sequencer Basics Sequencing on the EPS 16 PLUS 8 2 The MIDI Conn...

Page 12: ... a Sequence 8 14 Punching In on a Track 8 15 Recording Another Track with a Copy of the Same Instrument 8 15 To Copy an Instrument to Another Location 8 15 Additional Notes 8 16 MIDI Sequencing MIDI Connections 8 16 MIDI Mode and Channel Destination Instruments 8 17 Recording MIDI Tracks 8 18 Recording Program Changes 8 18 Song Mode 8 19 Making a Song 8 20 To Go to a Different Step in the Song 8 2...

Page 13: ...ame 9 11 Event Value 9 11 Event Location 9 12 Event Event Type Filter 9 12 Event Locating Screen for all Events 9 12 Insert and Delete 9 13 Auditioning Changes 9 13 Transpose Track 9 14 Scale Event 9 14 Shift Track by Clocks 9 14 Section 10 Sequencer Applications Song Position Pointers 10 1 MIDI Song Selects 10 1 Using the EPS 16 PLUS with a Drum Machine To Sync a Drum Machine to the EPS 16 PLUS 1...

Page 14: ...k 11 9 Deleting an Instrument or Bank File from a Disk 11 10 Loading and Saving Sequencer Data 11 10 Loading a Song or a Single Sequence from Disk 11 10 Saving a Single Sequence to Disk 11 11 Saving a Song along with all Sequences to Disk 11 11 Deleting a Song or Sequence File from a Disk 11 12 Loading and Saving EPS 16 PLUS Effects Loading an Effect 11 13 Saving an Effect to Disk 11 13 A Note abo...

Page 15: ...of cross fading provide complete control over your sampled sounds Synthesis Functions Not only does the EPS 16 PLUS provide superb sampling it is also a full function synthesizer allowing you to reshape your sampled sounds with complete freedom 20 voice polyphony multiple filters and envelopes and a comprehensive modulation matrix gives the EPS 16 PLUS unequalled versatility Effects Now combine 24...

Page 16: ...ics for plugging in hooking up and getting down to using the EPS 16 PLUS After the initial I just gotta hear it phase has passed and you re ready to utilize the full potential of the EPS 16 PLUS please take time to read through the rest of the sections on sampling programming sequencing effects and storage They ll provide valuable information and tips as well as speeding up the learning process an...

Page 17: ... Optional SCSI Connector 1 10 Auxiliary Outputs 1 11 AC Line In 1 11 The Front Panel Communicating with the EPS 16 PLUS Headphone Jack 1 12 Volume Slider 1 12 Sample 1 12 Page Buttons 1 12 Effect Select Bypass 1 13 Display 1 13 Mode Buttons 1 14 Instrument Track Buttons 1 14 Sequencer Transport Controls 1 15 Data Entry Controls 1 15 Parameter Illustrations 1 16 Parametric Programming 1 16 Loading ...

Page 18: ...sk and insert a proper EPS 16 PLUS O S disk Once it has booted the EPS 16 PLUS is ready to operate but it won t make any sound until you LOAD an instrument into its internal memory and then select that instrument by pressing its Instrument Track button These functions will be covered later in this section Power Grounding Information Like many modern electrical devices your EPS 16 PLUS has a three ...

Page 19: ...kes power drops or sudden and erratic surges in the AC line voltage can scramble the internal memory and in some cases damage the unit s hardware Here are a few suggestions to help guard against such occurrences A Surge Spike Suppressor The cheaper of the options a surge spike suppressor absorbs surges in AC voltage and protects your gear from all but the most severe over voltage conditions You ca...

Page 20: ...ext instrument in line This jack simply passes on the signal received at the MIDI In jack without transmitting any data from the EPS 16 PLUS itself Amplification Connect the Audio Outputs of the EPS 16 PLUS to the line level inputs of a mixer instrument amplifier stereo or any other sound system using 1 4 inch audio cables If your system is stereo connect the Left and Right Outputs to two channels...

Page 21: ...just the amplifier volume for normal listening levels If you hear no sound while playing the keyboard switch the audio system off and check your connections Running Your EPS 16 PLUS Through a Home Stereo System If you are thinking about amplifying your EPS 16 PLUS through your home stereo a word of caution A home stereo is great for playing CD s albums tapes the dynamic range of these media is lim...

Page 22: ...matted or having files deleted Write Protect Tab Do Floppy disks are a magnetic storage medium and should be treated with the same care you d give important audio tapes Here are a few Do s and Don ts concerning disks and the Disk Drive Use only Double Sided Double Density DSDD 3 5 inch Micro floppy disks These are available from almost any computer store and many music stores carry them as well Ke...

Page 23: ...sound that came with the EPS 16 PLUS As long as you have it safely on the disk you can just reload it and start over if your experiments go awry Important The data in the EPS 16 PLUS internal RAM Memory is not retained when the power is turned off Anything in memory whether instruments banks or sequencer data must be saved to disk before you switch the power off or it will be gone forever Internal...

Page 24: ...hen you see this message it means that in order to complete the current command or edit function the EPS 16 PLUS needs to load a pardon of the Operating System from disk If the disk in the drive does not have the EPS 16 PLUS Operating System on it or if there is no disk in the drive you will see this message Insert a disk containing the Operating System into the drive and press the Enter button an...

Page 25: ...nected to the Right Mono jack 4 Pedal CV This jack is for connecting an optional ENSONIQ Model CVP 1 Control Voltage Foot Pedal which is assignable as a modulator to various parameters within the EPS 16 PLUS A CV pedal plugged into this jack can also act a volume pedal controlling the overall volume level of the EPS 16 PLUS A parameter on the EDIT System MIDI page press Edit7 then System MIDI then...

Page 26: ...nctions including reproducing the actions of the Patch Select buttons and starting and stopping the sequencer See EDIT System MIDI page in Section 2 System Control for more details 6 MIDI In This jack receives MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface information from other MIDI instruments or computers 7 MIDI Out Sends out MIDI information generated by the EPS 16 PLUS S sequencer to other instrum...

Page 27: ...e in addition to the stereo outputs of the EPS 16 Each Wavesample or an entire Instrument Track can be assigned to any of the three stereo pairs you can then use the panning functions to utilize the stereo pairs as solo outputs or to a spot within the main stereo mix See Section 2 System Control and Section 7 Voice Parameters for more information 11 Fuse 1 1 2 amp fast blow fuse socket 12 AC Line ...

Page 28: ...is used to initiate sampling digitally recording sounds by the EPS 16 PLUS See Section 5 Sampling for more on sampling 4 Page Buttons Within each mode the available disk files commands and parameters are organized into Pages A page is selected by pressing one of these fourteen page buttons Once you are on the correct page you use the data entry controls to scroll through the files commands or para...

Page 29: ...ound or perhaps a different range of an instrument There are two parameters of the EDIT System MIDI page which allow the optional SW 5 Dual Foot switch to reproduce the action of these buttons See Section 2 System Control for more information 7 Display The EPS 16 PLUS Display is divided into two main sections the Indicator Lights in the top half of the window and the 22 character alphanumeric disp...

Page 30: ...and their loops in various ways just to name a few EDIT mode is used to select and modify a great many variables or parameters ranging from the volume of a Wavesample to the velocity response of the instrument to the MIDI In mode EDIT mode is also the mode in which all sequence recording and mixing is done 9 Instrument Track Buttons These eight buttons are used to select de select and stack the va...

Page 31: ...te the desired command in COMMAND mode or locate and modify the value of the desired parameter in EDIT mode The Data Entry Slider and the Up and Down Arrow buttons will move through the files on the current disk or directory in LOAD mode change the value of the current parameter in EDIT mode or respond when the EPS 16 PLUS asks you for further input during the execution of a command in COMMAND mod...

Page 32: ...in that screen When a screen has more than one parameter they are divided by a semi colon Directions to Locate This tells you how to get to the parameter screen The directions will contain the Direct Dial Number for the parameter if one exists If not it will advise you to scroll to the parameter Parametric Programming The method used to modify or edit programs presets and system parameters is call...

Page 33: ...ave as many 127 different Wavesamples For sequencing remote devices you can create an instrument which has no samples at all and assign it to play only out MIDI on a particular MIDI Channel Loading an Instrument You can load up to eight different instruments into the EPS 16 PLUS at once within the limits of memory First insert a disk containing one or more instrument files into the disk drive Pres...

Page 34: ...ch can be selected by pressing that button If you tell the EPS 16 PLUS to load an instrument into a location which already has an instrument loaded red LED the new instrument will be loaded into that location and the one that was there will be automatically deleted You might have to delete an instrument s before loading the new one If there are already one or more instruments loaded into the EPS 1...

Page 35: ...6 PLUS stores in the bank file information about which instruments are loaded into which of the eight Instrument Track locations and the current song and sequences if any When you load a bank the EPS 16 PLUS will reproduce the same state by loading those instruments into the same locations and if you choose loading the song with its related sequences A bank will also save any Performance Presets y...

Page 36: ...you that an instrument or song saved as part of the bank is on a different disk than the disk currently in the drive When this occurs Eject the current disk in the disk drive and replace it with the disk that matches the Disk Label ID requested by the EPS 16 PLUS you are writing these names on your disks aren t you For more information on Disk Label identification see Section 2 System Control and ...

Page 37: ...ments An instrument which is stacked will play simultaneously with any other instruments which arc selected or stacked You stack an instrument by pressing its button twice in rapid succession or double click on the instrument button to borrow a term from those computers which use a mouse You will hear both instruments when you play the keyboard wherever their keyboard ranges overlap that is Select...

Page 38: ...rument has a Keyboard Range which is the section of the keyboard that it will respond to when selected The range of an instrument can be as much as the full 127 keys of the MIDI Spec or as little as a single key Up to eight instruments can inhabit the keyboard in a way that might be termed a Pile of Instruments Imagine four pieces of paper each a different size piled on top of each other Instrumen...

Page 39: ...t or overlapping ranges All instruments which are selected LED lit yellow are on the pile even if they are partially covered up by another instrument Now let s try the sheets of paper analogy in terms of instruments on a keyboard Suppose you have two instruments loaded into the EPS 16 PLUS Instrument 1 is a piano sound whose range is the entire keyboard Instrument 2 is a bass sound whose range is ...

Page 40: ...nts are on the pile Selecting another instrument however will bring that instrument to the top covering up any stacked instruments as well as any selected ones You can reset any instruments key range This is done on the EDIT Pitch page See Section 7 Voice Parameters for details Available Accessories These optional accessories are available from your ENSONIQ dealer ENSONIQ Model SW 5 Foot Switch Fo...

Page 41: ...t allows the EPS 16 PLUS to communicate with a hard drive CD ROM player or computer Hard drives provide a faster more convenient way to store instrument sequencer bank and MIDI files The SP 2 must be installed by an Authorized ENSONIQ Repair Station An Important Note About EPS 16 PLUS SCSI Connections ENSONIQ highly recommends that users who wish to add SCSI to their EPS 16 PLUS use ENSONIQ made a...

Page 42: ...tas SEQUENCING SEQUENCING AND ARRANGING Vol s 1 4 Joesph Wagner SYNTHESIZERS RECORDING SYNCING SYNTHS Paul Goldfield TEACH YOURSELF KEYBOARD PLAYING IMPROVISING Vol s I 2 Dr Jack Wheaton The Mix Bookshelf For prices and more information call 1 800 233 9604 In California call 1 800 641 3349 MIDI MIDI FOR MUSICIANS Craig Anderton MUSIC THROUGH MIDI Michael Boom THE MIDI HOME STUDIO Howard Massey THE...

Page 43: ...ANCED MIDI APPLICATIONS BASIC MIDI APPLICATIONS MIND OVER MIDI USING MIDI WHAT IS MIDI SYNTHESIZERS ART OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC BEGINNING SYNTHESIZER PLAYING SYNTHESIZERS PROGRAMMING SYNTHESIZERS SYNTHESIZERS AND COMPUTERS REVISED SYNTHESIZER BASICS REVISED SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING SYNTHESIZER TECHNIQUE REVISED Need More Help 1 27 ...

Page 44: ...Section 1 Getting Started EPS 16 PLUS Musician s Manual 1 28 ...

Page 45: ...ntrollers in MONO Mode 2 8 MIDI Controllers On Off 2 9 MIDI Sys Ex On Off 2 9 MIDI Program Change On Off 2 9 To Send a Program Change from the EPS 16 PLUS 2 9 Receiving Program Changes 2 9 MIDI Song Select 2 10 MIDI XCTRL Number 2 10 Multi Controllers 2 11 COMMAND System MIDI Page Format Floppy Disk 2 12 Copy O S to Disk 2 13 Save Global Parameters 2 14 Load Global Parameters 2 14 Create Directory...

Page 46: ...e later in this section This page shows the amount of available internal memory in blocks This page shows the amount of available memory in blocks on the disk currently in the drive or on the hard disk if a SCSI device is selected as the storage device Adjusts the overall master tuning of the keyboard up or down as much as one semitone A value of 00 will set the EPS 16 PLUS to concert A 440 tuning...

Page 47: ... command though it obviously passes on any such messages via its MIDI Thru jack The optional CV Pedal model CVP 1 can be used as a volume pedal or as a modulator The volume pedal is sent as MIDI controller 7 If PEDAL MOD it will affect anything that has pedal selected as a modulator and it will go out as MIDI controller 4 Note Some Yamaha TX modules depending on the software version receive MIDI c...

Page 48: ...makes the EPS 16 PLUS ignore the left footswitch If you arc arc using the single footswitch SW 1 which came with the EPS 16 PLUS then you should keep this parameter set to OPT When set to AUX FT SW START STOP the left pedal of the SW 5 duplicates the action of the Stop Continue button When set to AUX FT SW PATCH SEL the left pedal duplicates the behavior of the left hand patch select button and wi...

Page 49: ...red when using the additional outputs If these parameters are left ON when using the additional outputs the Dry portion of the signal sent to Bus 2 and Bus 3 would come out of the auxiliary outputs while the signal with Effects would come out of the EPS 16 PLUS Left Right Audio Outs These parameters should be set to ON when not using any auxiliary outputs allowing you to use up to three effects bu...

Page 50: ...base channel is used to receive MIDI data while the EPS 16 PLUS is in POLY and MONO A modes When working within a sequence or bank with TRANSMIT ON INST CHAN the EPS 16 PLUS transmits and receives MIDI data on the individual track channels System Exclusive messages are always sent and received on the base channel Any of 16 MIDI channels may be selected as the base MIDI channel of the EPS 16 PLUS T...

Page 51: ... the EPS 16 PLUS rack mount unit It is utilized by the keyboard version of the EPS 16 PLUS which uses the same operating system This parameter determines how MIDI information will be received by the EPS 16 PLUS and its various Instruments MIDI In Mode has no effect on what MIDI information is sent There are five MIDI modes implemented in the EPS 16 PLUS OMNI In this mode the EPS 16 PLUS will recei...

Page 52: ...o controllers received on multiple channels but you do not have to set up the instruments for each track separately MONOB This is the more conventional type of MONO mode It allows you to set up each track of the EPS 16 PLUS as a monophonic synthesizer This is the only way to get a different sound on each string when using a MIDI guitar controller Global Controllers in MONO Mode Global controllers ...

Page 53: ... from the EPS 16 PLUS Hold down an Instrument Track button While holding down the Instrument Track button type in the number from 1 128 of the desired program change on the numeric keypad buttons of the EPS 16 PLUS then Release the Instrument Track button When the button is released the program change is sent If the EPS 16 PLUS has been set to TRANSMIT ON INST CHAN the program change will be sent ...

Page 54: ...hine can be instructed to select a new song whenever you load a new song into the EPS 16 PLUS the default is ON Whenever there is a song in memory MIDI song select numbers can be assigned as follows Press Command then Seq Song Scroll to SEQUENCER INFORMATION Press Enter Yes The display reads MIDI SONG SELECT Select MIDI song numbers 0 through 127 When set to 0 this parameter is effectively turned ...

Page 55: ...n yet They are there to accommodate future MIDI standards This parameter determines whether local controllers such as the patch select buttons volume pedal etc will affect all tracks or only the selected track s Setting this to ON is useful if you are playing the EPS 16 PLUS from an external drum pad or guitar controller in MULTI or MONO modes and want local controllers to affect all the tracks ON...

Page 56: ...e Disk Label name on the outside of each disk after you are done formatting 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 this you can ensure that all of your personal disks will have the same first four characters Press Enter Yes The display will rea...

Page 57: ...display says MUST ERASE MEMORY OK If you need to save any sounds or sequences press Cancel No and save the data before proceeding Press Enter Yes The display says INSERT MASTER OS DISK Make sure the write protected source O S disk is in the drive Press Enter Yes The display says READING OS INTO MEMORY and then INSERT FORMATTED DISK Insert the non write protected disk onto which you want copy the O...

Page 58: ...he next time you boot the EPS 16 PLUS with that disk the new settings will be loaded in as the defaults This command allows you to load global parameters from disk without having to reboot the EPS 16 PLUS Select LOAD GLOBAL PARAMETERS Make sure you have the disk containing the global parameters and operating system loaded in the disk drive Press Enter Yes The display reads DISK COMMAND COMPLETED U...

Page 59: ...oceeding You can use either blank or formatted disks The EPS 16 PLUS will ask you if you want to format a blank disk Make sure the formatted destination disk does not contain any files that you want to keep because they will be erased It is also a good idea to write protect the source disk so there s no chance of losing data Select COPY FLOPPY DISK Press Enter Yes The display asks MUST ERASE MEMOR...

Page 60: ...IDI SYS EX RECORDER Press Enter Yes The display reads MUST ERASE MEMORY OK Press Enter Yes The display reads WAITING The EPS 16 PLUS is ready to record any System Exclusive message that it receives Send the Sys Ex data from the external device to the EPS 16 PLUS The display will flash RECEIVING while the Sys Ex data is being received by the EPS 16 PLUS If the Sys Ex data have been received success...

Page 61: ... can if you wish make a back up copy of the file onto a different disk Press Cancel No The EPS 16 PLUS asks RESAVE FILE TO DISK Press Enter Yes to save the Sys Ex file to disk or Cancel No if you don t wish to make a backup This command is used to label EPS 16 PLUS disks with a seven character Disk I D These labels are used to give each of your EPS 16 PLUS disks a unique identity thereby allowing ...

Page 62: ...ese two they do not contain their own data The WAVES AMPLE INFORMATION command will verify this Two layers are created 1 and 2 to simulate the Mirage voice which has two oscillators layered together In some Mirage sounds layer 2 is inaudible and may be deleted without affecting the sound Some other points to remember Wavesamples which do not appear in the keymap are created anyway Sometimes these ...

Page 63: ...Smart Transmit Function 3 7 Making a MIDI Instrument 3 7 EDIT Instrument Page Patch Layer Enable Disable 3 12 Using the Patch Select Buttons 3 12 Programming Patches 3 12 Keydown Layers 3 13 Keyup Layers 3 14 MIDI Out Channel 3 14 MIDI Out Program 3 14 Pressure Mode 3 15 MIDI Status 3 16 Size in blocks 3 16 Instrument Name 3 16 Patch Select 3 17 Instrument Key Range 3 17 Transpose 3 18 COMMAND Ins...

Page 64: ...f instruments and sequences into the EPS 16 PLUS with a few button presses When you save a bank to disk it is like taking a snapshot of the contents of the EPS 16 PLUS internal memory the EPS 16 PLUS stores in the bank file information about which instruments are loaded into which of the eight Instrument Track locations and the current song and sequences if any along with the performance presets W...

Page 65: ...it was loaded from When you load a bank file the EPS 16 PLUS will ask by name for any disks it needs to load the files included in the bank This is why it is very important that you give each of your disks a unique name Disk Label and write that name on the disk itself If there was a song in memory when the bank was saved the EPS 16 PLUS will automatically load the song as part of the bank provide...

Page 66: ...reset you can instantly recreate the state of the pile at the time the preset was created Within each preset the following information is saved for instant recall Which instruments are selected de selected or stacked on the pile in LOAD mode The status of the patch select buttons for each Instrument Track The Volume Mix Level of each Instrument Track The pan setting of each Instrument Track The MI...

Page 67: ...rmance preset you want to create selecting a new number from 1 8 for each Important Performance presets are saved to disk only when you save the contents of memory as a bank When you load a bank any presets which were present at the time the bank was saved will be recreated Suggested Uses for Performance Presets The most obvious use for performance presets is to have instant access to different co...

Page 68: ...ges You can save this arrangement as a preset so that any time you select that preset you ll recall the keyboard split In fact using this method you can create up to eight split points across the keyboard Since each instrument track in the keyboard split has its own Transpose value you are not limited to bass notes on the piano just because it s on the bottom of the keyboard On the EDIT Instrument...

Page 69: ...smitted out the MIDI Out jack The Smart Transmit Function The EPS 16 PLUS Smart Transmit Function is a unique and powerful feature which allows the EPS 16 PLUS to add new MIDI master controller features to any keyboard hooked up to it Connect your favorite keyboard and it becomes an eight zone controller with independent control over volume transpose key range MIDI channel program change remapping...

Page 70: ...n this section for detailed information on each of the parameters Track 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Goal Transpose Key Range MIDI Out Channel MIDI Out Program MIDI Status Play EPS Sound 0 00 C2 B3 N A N A LOCAL Play EPS Sound 1 00 C2 C7 N A N A LOCAL EPS I MIDI Ch 21 0 00 C4 C7 2 042 BOTH Play MIDI Channel 5 0 00 C4 C7 5 057 MIDI Play MIDI Channel 7 0 00 C2 B3 7 097 MIDI Play MIDI Channel 8 1 00 C2 C7 8 036 M...

Page 71: ...it and in some cases alter the type of pressure a track receives using the Pressure parameter The chart below shows the relationship between type of pressure received track pressure type PRESSURE MODE parameter setting on the EDIT Instrument page and the type retransmitted When the E P S 1 6 with Pressure The EPS 16 PLUS PLUS receives set t o will retransmit Channel Channel Channel Key Key Key Non...

Page 72: ...istics of your new instrument Using the arrow buttons scroll left or right until the display shows SEND KEYS TO BOTH Use the arrow buttons to scroll up or down until the display reads SEND KEYS TO MIDL Now the instrument will only play over MIDI sending keys controllers etc on its designated MIDI channel Scroll left to the parameter MIDI OUT CHANNEL _ This is the MIDI channel that the instrument w...

Page 73: ...d them into memory for playing and sequencing specific external instruments Just remember to follow these rules TRANSMIT ON must be set to INST CHAN on the EDIT Systcm MIDI page Each external device for which you create a MIDI instrument should always be set to receive in POLY or MULTI mode OMNI OFF and always on the same MIDI channel that you assigned to the related EPS 16 PLUS MIDI instrument Ma...

Page 74: ...omentary an alternate patch will play only on notes played while the button is held down unless you lock in a Patch To lock in a particular patch so that it will play without having to hold any buttons while holding down the patch select button s corresponding to the patch you want to lock in simply press the Instrument Track button To return to the default patch neither patch button down after yo...

Page 75: ...e individual layers and the Up Down Arrow buttons to enable and disable them as you did with the default patch Repeat the procedure with the right hand patch select button held down then with both patch select buttons held down Remember to resave the instrument after you ve made any changes The Patch Select buttons are sent and received over MIDI as MIDI controller 70 The EPS 16 PLUS recognizes th...

Page 76: ...ameter on the EDIT System MIDI page is set to INST CHANNEL Any of the 16 MIDI channels can be selected If TRANSMIT ON BASE CHANNEL the EPS 16 PLUS will only send on the Base MIDI channel also selected on the EDIT System MIDI page no matter which MIDI channel is selected Also if the instrument has been assigned LOCAL status it won t matter what MIDI channel you assign here playing that instrument w...

Page 77: ... will avoid wasting valuable sequencer memory and avoid clogging up the MIDI stream with a lot of unnecessary pressure information When PRESSURE KEY Local voices played from the MIDI keyboard connected to the EPS 16 PLUS will respond to key pressure only The sequencer will record key pressure into any tracks you record The EPS 16 PLUS will send only key pressure out via MIDI however Either channel...

Page 78: ...ode is identical to MIDI on the rack mount The mode exists for use in the EPS 16 PLUS keyboard which uses the same operating system Note These settings are in effect only when TRANSMIT ON INST CHANNEL on the EDIT System MIDI page 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 Fo...

Page 79: ...D setting is special because it lets you easily hold a patch select variation by playing a note from MIDI while touching the patch select button s The first MIDI note received after touching 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 touch the patch select buttons which makes two handed playing e...

Page 80: ...posed raised or lowered by octaves and semitones within an eight octave range The transpose setting affects both the pitch played by local EPS 16 PLUS voices and the key number transmitted via MIDI The Left Right Arrow buttons will toggle the underline showing the active field from octave to semitone and back Ranges Octave parameter 4 to 4 octaves Semitone parameter 11 to 11 semitones It is possib...

Page 81: ...t 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 Shortcut Make sure the instrument you want to copy is selected While holding down the empty Instrument Track button that you want to copy the selected instrument to press Enter Yes Use this command to delete the selected instrum...

Page 82: ...ance Presets earlier this section for more details This command deletes the Effect portion of an instrument This is a handy memory saver If memory is tight and you re using several instruments through a single bank effect deleting the effect from each of the individual instruments in memory can free up enough memory to squeeze in that final track Deleting the effect from an instrument trims about ...

Page 83: ...ith rather than added onto the rest of the sampler The flexible bus routing scheme and the extensive real time control give the EPS 16 PLUS its dynamic effects capability The EPS 16 PLUS is equipped with an advanced digital signal processing system based on the ENSONIQ Signal Processor ESP chip The ESP is designed specifically for digital audio signal processing and in the EPS 16 PLUS it works in ...

Page 84: ... as individual effects and the Bank Effect as a global effect The effect is saved with each 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 that is not attached to either an instrument or a bank is loaded from disk into the EPS 16 PLUS it is placed i...

Page 85: ...ST REV Hall left to right transverse reflections A hall reverb utilizing the 44kHz playback rate A reverb featuring a shorter room like decay A dual delay with separate left and right delay times A dual delay utilizing the 44kHz playback rate Four voice chorus combined with reverb Phase shifter combined with reverb Hanger combined with reverb Rotating speaker simulator with reverb and distortion C...

Page 86: ...which create the new effect to be loaded into the ESP If an effect differs only by variation in parameter values then this pause will not occur Performance Control of Tracks When Using Bank Effects When using a bank effect all the instruments in the internal memory are routed through the same global effect In order to gain some individual control for each instrument two parameters on the EDIT Trac...

Page 87: ... 16 PLUS is assigned to a stereo bus A bus like the bus of a mixing board mixes together all the voices assigned to that bus into a single stereo pair Of the four busses on the EPS 16 PLUS three are inputs into the signal processor BUS1 BUS2 and BUS3 and the fourth is a direct path to the AUX1 output that bypasses all effect processing dry The Destination Bus assignment for each Wavesample is set ...

Page 88: ...sses BUS1 and BUS2 arc routed to it When using a dual or multi effect BUS 1 will generally route the signal through both or all effects with BUS2 routing only through the second effect In most cases the BUS3 bus is reserved as a DRY path to the main outputs Dual Function Effect Mixer When the selected effect is a combined effect that has more than one signal processing function such as chorus and ...

Page 89: ...meter within the selected effect Mod Amount This sets the amount the Mod Destination will be modulated by the Mod Source The following modulation sources are available to alter the effects in performance Mod Source WHEEL PRESS PEDAL XCTRL KBD VEL KEYDN FTSW2 PATCH SUSTN OFF Modulation effect derived from the value of the mod wheel the channel pressure value for the selected track the value of the ...

Page 90: ...ters available in these three effect algorithms are Decay Time Range 0 to 99 Controls the amount of time it takes for the reverberation to decay to a very low level 60 dB after the input signal stops Low Freq Decay Low Frequency Decay Range 99 to 99 This control will boost or cut the rate at which low frequencies will decay Diffusion Range 00 to 99 This parameter determines whether the early refle...

Page 91: ...LAYS uses the standard 30kHz 20 voice rate while 44KHZ DELAYS utilizes the 44kHz playback rate polyphony is reduced to 13 voices Both algorithms have identical parameters BUS1 and BUS2 can have different Mix Feedback and Delay Time settings BUS3 is dry Bus1 and 2 Delay Mix Range 00 to 99 This parameter controls the mix between the original signal and the delay Setting this parameter to 00 will all...

Page 92: ...ency Damping Hi Freq Bandwidth High Frequency Bandwidth Reverb Detune Rate Amt See the description under Hall Reverb Early Reflection Lev Early Reflection Level Range 00 to 99 Controls the level of pre echoes of the input signal added directly to the reverb output Chorus Rate Range 00 to 99 This parameter controls the four rates of modulation of the delay time of the chorus The delay modulation pr...

Page 93: ... Rate Reverb Detune Amt See the descriptions under Hall Reverb Early Reflection Lev Early Reflection Level See the description under Chorus Reverb Phase Rate Range 00 to 99 This parameter controls the rate of modulation of the phaser poles Phase Width Range 00 to 99 This parameter controls the amount of modulation applied to phaser poles Phase Feedback Range 99 to 99 This parameter controls the am...

Page 94: ...High Frequency Bandwidth Reverb Detune Rate Reverb Detune Amt See the descriptions under Hall Reverb Early Reflection Lev Early Reflection Level See the description under Chorus Reverb Flange Center Range 00 to 99 This parameter controls the center of the flanger width Flange Rate Range 00 to 99 This parameter controls the rate of modulation of the flanger effect Flange Width Range 00 to 99 This p...

Page 95: ...e rate of the rotary speaker when in the Slow setting Rotor Inertia Range 00 to 99 Determines how long it will take for the rotor effect to speed up and slow down after switching from fast to slow or vice versa Adjust this parameter to simulate the effect of the rotary speaker gradually picking up speed Fast Slow Switch Determines how the rotary speaker will switch between slow and fast speeds The...

Page 96: ...ter cutoff resulting in a brighter sound for higher values or a darker sound low values CHOR REV DDL Chorus with digital delay and reverb Assign a voice to BUS1 for Chorus and Reverb BUS2 for Reverb only and BUS3 for Digital Delay Bus1 Rev After Chor Reverb After Chorus Bus2 Reverb Mix Reverb Decay Time Low Freq Decay Low Frequency Decay Hi Freq Damping High Frequency Damping Reverb Detune Rate Am...

Page 97: ...way below the threshold the compressor will increase the gain of the system causing feedback to increase as well Normal compression is 72 Dist Gain In and Out Range 00 to 99 These two parameters control the levels going into and coming out of the distortion effect For more distortion use a high input level and turn the output level down to keep the volume under control For less distortion use a lo...

Page 98: ...es the triple effect mixing scheme shown earlier in this section Bus1 Dist Into Chor Mix Distortion Into Chorus Mix This parameter determines how much of the output from the distortion bus will be fed into Bus 2 for added chorusing Setting this parameter to 00 will cause the output from the distortion bus to go directly to the main outputs Bus2 Chor Into Rev Mix Chorus Into Reverb Mix This paramet...

Page 99: ...pression reverb and a resonant filter following the amplitude of the signal Think of this as the Jerry Garcia setting Assign a sound to BUS1 for Wah distortion and reverb use BUS2 for reverb only BUS3 is dry Bus1 Rev After Dist Reverb After Distortion Bus2 Reverb Mix Reverb Decay Time Hi Freq Damping High Frequency Damping See the descriptions under HALL REVERB Wah Filter Center Range 00 to 99 Det...

Page 100: ...saves the effect file to disk This command is used to copy an effect either from the bank to an instrument or the other way around It can also be used to copy one of the ROM effects onto an instrument or the bank The effect that is copied the source effect is always the one you are currently hearing Select COPY CURRENT EFFECT Press Enter Yes The display shows the DIRECTION parameter Using the Up D...

Page 101: ...it to move back and forth This creates a fluctuating electrical signal which rises and falls around a center or zero line A simple sound wave once it has been converted into an electrical signal might look like this A conventional analog tape recorder would record this signal by converting the electrical fluctuations into magnetic fluctuations and then imprinting a continuous or analog copy onto t...

Page 102: ...e in the illustration above A sample rate of 30 KHz for example means that we are sampling the signal 30 000 times each second A higher sample rate will yield a more accurate picture of the waveform and better high frequency response But keep in mind that a higher sample rate also will use up the EPS 16 PLUS memory more quickly since you are generating more numbers per second that have to be store...

Page 103: ... rate fewer times per second like this When the EPS 16 PLUS tries to reproduce this sound to connect the dots as it were the resulting wave bears litle resemblance to the original because there are not enough sample points to accurately recreate it To prevent aliasing the EPS 16 PLUS has a variable input or anti aliasing filter which removes frequencies above a cutoff point before the signal reach...

Page 104: ...igh enough to get the best possible dynamic range yet low enough to avoid clipping The other good reason for sampling from tape also has to do with repeatability Suppose you are sampling a horn section live directly into the EPS 16 PLUS and suddenly they play that one excruciatingly perfect note that you ve been waiting for all your life But after making the sample you discover that the input leve...

Page 105: ...ressing the Up Arrow button raises the threshold pressing the Down Arrow button lowers it When the sampling threshold is set to minimum the star all the way to the left of the display the EPS 16 PLUS will begin sampling as soon as you hit Enter Yes The higher further to the right you set the threshold the higher the input signal will have to be before the EPS 16 PLUS begins recording By adjusting ...

Page 106: ...ER parameter This allows sound just below the threshold level which would otherwise be lost to be retained as shown below A pre trigger amount of 10 to 20 ms should be adequate in most cases You could set it higher to ensure that you don t miss any of the sound or when using a very high sample threshold In any case a litle silence in front of the sound is better than clipping it short because you ...

Page 107: ... found the point just barely below where the AMP indicator lights This is the optimum recording level With a little practice you can quickly get a good level every time Once you have the level adjusted Press Enter Yes The alphanumeric display goes out and the REC indicator above the display lights while the EPS 16 PLUS is sampling Remember that if the threshold is set higher than 0 the EPS 16 PLUS...

Page 108: ...n response to the PICK SAMPLE INSTRUMENT prompt the EPS 16 PLUS shows the multisampling screen Here you see The first nine letters of the instrument name which is always UNNAMED INST for newly sampled sounds The number of the current layer and Which Wavesample will be sampled after you press Enter Yes The default here is NEW meaning that a new Wavesample will be created in the same layer of the in...

Page 109: ...PS 16 PLUS to select the Wavesample 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 you want to resample and see its number on the display it is selected to be resampled Or you can scroll to the Wavesample number you want to resample using the Up Down Arro...

Page 110: ...way into the EPS 16 PLUS Here s a little trick for finding the proper EQ settings again we assume a repeatable signal source such as a tape CD or synthesizer First sample the sound flat without any EQ or other processing Play the sample on various notes listening to the overall tonal balance does it need some added highs or perhaps a little less midrange etc Listen particularly for frequencies tha...

Page 111: ...ust the input level first The EQ curve you set up in the previous step is now built into the sample and it should sound just as it did when you were playing it through the equalizer If you find that you have boosted or cut any given frequency too much just change the EQ settings slightly and sample the sound again With a little practice you will be able to identify quickly problem frequencies and ...

Page 112: ...o what is essentially a repeating waveform This means that you can select one cycle of this repeating waveform and loop it play it over and over All the data after the loop can then be removed truncated because you don t need it This conserves memory A piano solo violin guitar or woodwind are all sounds which you could loop in this way However there are other sounds which do not settle into a repe...

Page 113: ... or less repeating wave The best way to find out if a short loop is right for a given sound is to try it and see if it works If fact the best way to learn about looping generally is to experiment with moving both the loop start and the loop end around in a Wavesample and listening to the results There is a simple technique for finding a short loop For this example we will sample some sound with a ...

Page 114: ...should move the sample end back to the same point as the loop end then truncate the Wavesample to reclaim the memory of the loop which is no longer needed TRUNCATE WAVESAMPLE is found on the COMMAND Wave page and is discussed in Section 6 Wavesample Parameters Adjusting Loop Position Prior to truncating the Wavesample you may decide that the loop occurs too early in the sound before all the attack...

Page 115: ...irtually any sample The AUTO LOOP FINDING parameter should be on when looking for a long loop Sample a sound play the root key and set the loop mode to MODE LOOP FORWARD Scroll to the LOOP START parameter underlining the coarse adjust in parentheses and move the loop start forward past the initial attack of the sound Try starting with a value somewhere between 15 and 40 percent Hold down a key and...

Page 116: ...n smooth out the timbral differences between LOOP START and LOOP END making the transition less abrupt See Section 6 Wavesample Parameters for more details A loud bump or pop at the splice point usually indicates a volume difference between loop start and loop end Try VOLUME SMOOTHING the loop see Section 6 Wavesample Parameters before doing a cross fade Again once you have a good loop move the sa...

Page 117: ...vesample Commands Selecting Wavesamples For Editing 6 8 Messages 6 8 COMMAND Wave Page Create New Wavesample 6 9 Copy Wavesample 6 9 Delete Wavesample 6 9 Wavesample Information 6 10 Truncate Wavesample 6 10 Cross Fade Loop 6 10 Reverse Cross Fade 6 12 Ensemble Cross Fade 6 13 Bowtie Cross Fade Loop 6 13 Bidirectional X Fade 6 14 Make Loop Longer 6 15 Synthesized Loop 6 16 Convert Sample Rate 6 16...

Page 118: ...n a piano a sound effect your voice Each Wavesample will have its own set of parameters pertaining to the wave and the voice architecture Several of these Wavesamples can be grouped together to form Layers and up to eight of these layers can reside within an instrument This section will cover the parameters and commands that relate directly to the Wavesamples Things like determining the Wavesample...

Page 119: ...t WS _ If it s not use the Right Arrow button move it there Play the MIDI keyboard connected to the EPS 16 PLUS to select the Wavesample you want to work on When you play the keyboard the Wavesample number showing on the display will change as you as you play different Wavesamples Whichever one is showing is considered the current Wavesample the one which will be affected by any wave EDIT or COMMA...

Page 120: ...ample start At loop end the EPS 16 PLUS will play the Wavesample in reverse to the loop start playing the loop section back and forth until the key is released LOOP AND RELEASE The EPS 16 PLUS will play forward from sample start and will continue playing the loop while the key is depressed As soon as the key is released the EPS 16 PLUS will go into one shot mode from wherever it is and will keep p...

Page 121: ...n the same fashion as the SAMPLE START parameter This page allows you to set the loop start point After making a sample it is often necessary to loop play over and over a portion of the sound so that it can sustain indefinitely when the key is held down Getting a good loop tends to be the most difficult part of sampling See COMMAND Wave page later in this section and Looping in Section 5 for more ...

Page 122: ...ve created the loop length This page allows you to modulate certain parameters of the wave and select the mod source The first parameter on the page is WAVE MOD TYPE This specifies which of the wave parameters the modulation will be affecting There are seven possible MOD TYPES LOOP POS Selecting this setting will modulate the loop position of the wave moving it forward towards the end of the wave ...

Page 123: ...This determines the amount of modulation that will be added to the wave parameter specified in the WAVE MOD TYPE parameter This parameter has a value range of 99 to 99 allowing both positive and negative modulation amounts RANGE This portion of the parameter determines range that will be covered by the MOD AMT This range is displayed in sample size The reason for this is due to the nature of sampl...

Page 124: ...ample you want to edit is selected on the EDIT page Messages NO EDIT WS SELECTED go to the EDIT page and select a Wavesample you want to work on WAVESAMPLE IS A COPY means the Wavesample you are editing is not an original but a copy If you press Enter Yes in response to this message the EPS 16 PLUS will take the data from the original Wavesample and copy it into the Wavesample you are editing This...

Page 125: ...ixes by placing original Wavesamples on the left channel and copies on the right and then detuning the copies Select COPY WAVESAMPLE Press Enter Yes The display reads TO INST UNNAMED Press an Instrument Track button to choose the destination 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 ...

Page 126: ...PATCH press Edit then Instrument Use the Arrow buttons to enable the layer in the patch Truncating can remove data before the sample start and or after the sample end The memory formerly used by the truncated data is then returned to the available memory The EPS 16 PLUS will not truncate the Wavesample if there are copies that use the same data You must move the sample start and end of all the cop...

Page 127: ...rve while 6 dB is linear Select CROSSFADE LOOP Press Enter Yes The display reads USE DEFAULT VALUES Press Enter Yes The display reads KEEP OLD NEW Underline NEW and play the note to hear the new loop or underline OLD to hear the original Underline NEW and press Enter Yes to keep the new loop Or press Cancel No to keep the old loop the old loop will be kept no matter the location of the cursor When...

Page 128: ...s ensembles and choirs The default and manual values are the same as in the cross fade Select REVERSE CROSSFADE Press Enter Yes The screen will ask USE DEFAULT VALUES Press Enter Yes Pressing Cancel No in response to USE DEFAULT VALUES displays the manual values SCALE DEPTH DB Scroll to FADE ZONE PERCENT Press Enter Yes The display reads KEEP OLD NEW Press Enter Yes to complete the command or Canc...

Page 129: ...ta around the loop points so the transition in to and out of the loop splice point is very smooth The bowtie cross fade works well on sounds with a lot of ambience reverb or other effects The bowtie cross fade zone can never be greater than 50 otherwise you will overlap data halfway through the loop The bowtie cross fade is limited by the length of the post loop data the data from loop end to Wave...

Page 130: ...he bowing in a string section The default and manual values are the same as the cross fade It is very important to remember that the loop points should be adjusted with autolooping off Unlike other looping algorithms which look for a zero crossing the bidirectional works best when the loop points are set to the peaks in the waveform Select BIDIRECTIONAL X FADE Press Enter Yes The display reads USE...

Page 131: ...nce you decide to choose KEEP NEW With the MAKE LOOP LONGER and SYNTHESIZE LOOP commands the loops may sound odd until you choose KEEP NEW 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 physically enlarges the loop making the periodicity of the loop less noticeable However there is a trade off longer l...

Page 132: ...ALUES prompts the EPS 16 PLUS to display the manual values FADE ZONE PERCENT Scroll to and select SMOOTHNESS VERY FINE FINE MEDIUM COARSE VERY COARSE Press Enter Yes The display reads KEEP OLD NEW Press Enter Yes to complete the command or Cancel No to keep the original This command effectively resamples a sound at a different sampling rate You can start sampling with a high rate then if you need ...

Page 133: ...tically be given a root key of C4 Press Enter Yes or the Right Arrow button The display now shows the recording time parameter Use this to set the amount of time the system will record when resampling When you calculate the time shown in seconds and hundredths of a second remember to take into account not only the length of the sample but the time needed for any effects such as reverb to die away ...

Page 134: ...arameters etc are copied from the source Wavesample to the destination Wavesample except for the actual sample points sample start end loop start end and root key Select COPY WAVE PARAMETERS Press Enter Yes The display reads TO INST LYR WS Select the destination instrument layer and Wavesample The current or EDIT Wavesample is used as the source Press Enter Yes The display reads COMMAND COMPLETED ...

Page 135: ...oks like this The source key can be thought of as the physical location of the key on a keyboard The playback pitch can be the same as the source key as shown in the display or it can be any pitch from A0 to C8 The range of the fine tune is 0 to 99 cents This enables you to create micro tunings To do this Play C4 the source key Or use the Up Down Arrow buttons or the Data Entry Slider to select th...

Page 136: ...s command will erase delete a pitch table The custom pitch table will be replaced by conventional western tuning Use this command to project or extend pitch tables across the keyboard range In other words you can take the intervals defined between any two notes or group of notes and extend that same relationship over the entire keyboard range Select EXTRAPOLATE PITCH TBL Press Enter Yes The displa...

Page 137: ... addresses to copy wavedata from a source to a destination In fact source and destination could be the same Wavesample or the destination Wavesample could be in a different instrument Select COPY DATA Press Enter Yes Select FR INST LYR WS Scroll to START ADDR Scroll to END ADDR Scroll to TO INST LYR WS Scroll to DEST ADDR Press Enter Yes to complete the command The Replicate Data command is used w...

Page 138: ... sometimes helpful to invert the phase of a signal for the purposes of crossfading This will sometimes produce a smoother Crossfade point Select INVERT DATA Press Enter Yes Select START ADDR Scroll to END ADDR Press Enter Yes to complete the command or Cancel No to abort the procedure This command is similar to COPY DATA except it adds data according to the source and destination range It could be...

Page 139: ...he source range If the two scale points 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 previously If the scale points are different the data will be scaled using a scaling curve whose depth is controlled by the scale depth Select SCALE DATA Press Enter Y...

Page 140: ...nd up with a click because of an abrupt change in amplitude Volume Smoothing will help make the level constant When the EPS 16 PLUS displays DATA RANGE TOO SMALL it is advising you that the minimum range to do this command is 256 Samples This command is most useful for loops but you can use it on the whole sample If you wanted to remove a natural envelope from a piano for example you can use volum...

Page 141: ... or the other Before executing these commands you should assign the destination or resulting layer to one of the patch selects on the EDIT Instrument page That way when you audition the sound after the commands have been executed you can specifically hear the final results of the operation and not the final results and the source Wavesample together This process is similar to that described in the...

Page 142: ...ect FRINST LYR WS Scroll to TO INST LYR WS Scroll to SCALE DEPTH DB Scroll to FADE ZONE PERCENT Scroll to CONVERT SOURCE PITCH or CONVERT DEST PITCH Scroll to VOLUME BALANCE Press Enter Yes The display reads KEEP OLD NEW Press Enter Yes to complete the command or Cancel No to keep the original This command takes the end of a source sample and splices it to the beginning or start of the destination...

Page 143: ...er Yes Select START ADDR Scroll to END ADDR Scroll to SCALE DEPTH DB Press Enter Yes The display reads KEEP OLD NEW Press Enter Yes to complete the command or Cancel No to keep the original This command scales the volume of the wavedata from 100 to 0 to create a digital fade out of the sound The parameters are the same as above Select FADE OUT Press Enter Yes Select START ADDR Scroll to END ADDR S...

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Page 145: ...unt 7 9 Pitch Bend Range 7 10 Pitch Mod Pitch Mod Amount 7 10 WS Range Lo Hi 7 10 EPS 16 PLUS Envelopes 7 11 EDIT Env 1 Env 2 Env 3 Page Hard Velocity Levels 7 12 Soft Velocity Levels 7 12 Times 7 13 2nd Release Time 2nd Release Level 7 13 Attack Time Velocity 7 14 Keyboard Time Scaling 7 14 Soft Velocity Curve On Off 7 14 Envelope Mode 7 15 Envelope 7 15 Envelope Templates 7 16 Copying Envelopes ...

Page 146: ...elocity High 7 29 Tutorial Velocity and Layers 7 30 Pitch Table 7 31 Layer Name 7 31 Delay Velocity Amount 7 31 Layer Restrike 7 31 COMMAND Layer Page Create New Layer 7 32 Copy Layer 7 32 Delete Layer 7 32 EPS 16 PLUS Voice Configuration Each EPS 16 PLUS Instrument consists of up to eight Layers and up to 127 Wavesamples Each of the Wavesamples within an EPS 16 PLUS instrument consists of a digit...

Page 147: ...EPS 16 PLUS Musician s Manual Section 7 Voice Parameters EPS 16 PLUS Voice Configuration Voice Configuration 7 3 ...

Page 148: ...ation Sources available and they can each be independently assigned to vary the manual levels for a great many aspects of a voice including real time control of some aspects of an effects program Selecting a Modulator On those programming pages where a modulator can be selected to vary the level of some function within an EPS 16 PLUS voice the display shows MOD short for Modulation Source A modula...

Page 149: ... Low Frequency Oscillator generates only very low frequency waves below the audio spectrum which can produce vibrato tremolo and many other effects depending on the LFO wave selected and where it is applied as a modulator There are seven possible waveshapes for the LFO See EDIT LFO page later in this section for a complete discussion of the LFO RANDM Random Noise Generator The Random Noise generat...

Page 150: ...fect of this modulator is figured over the full 128 MIDI key numbers PITCH Pitch Bend Wheel This complex modulator groups controller information received from a Pitch Bend Wheel along with any other pitch modulators and pitch tables assigned to the voice to form a combined modulator PITCH takes the amounts of each individual modulation source as well as any pitch table information in the voice and...

Page 151: ...volume pedal not as a modulator though this has no effect on incoming MIDI Foot Pedal data See Section 2 System Controls for more details XCTRL External Controller MIDI only An external controller such as a Breath Controller Data Entry Slider etc which is received via MIDI from another synthesizer or controller can be assigned as a modulator within your EPS 16 PLUS instruments On the MIDI Control ...

Page 152: ...or will it send or receive it via MIDI See the discussion on Performance Parameters in Section 3 Instruments and Banks for more details Note that not all sounds are necessarily programmed to respond to pressure If pressure seems to have no effect when you play certain sounds it is likely that the programmer did not assign pressure as a modulator anywhere within the program The effect of pressure a...

Page 153: ...o C8 Fine tune range 99 to 99 cents This parameter allows you to set the amount by which the LFO will affect pitch for vibrato etc Range 15 7 to 15 7 semitones This parameter allows you to set the amount by which ENV1 will affect pitch Range 15 7 to 15 7 semitones Random is a noise generator Its main use is to randomize or humanize the pitch You can use it to modulate the filters amplitude etc Ran...

Page 154: ...rs to the pitch of the oscillator and to set the amount depth of that modulator Range 99 to 99 This parameter determines the key range the selected Wavesample will cover Select the WS RNG LO parameter play the key that you want to be the low key from the MIDI keyboard connected to the EPS 16 PLUS the cursor will then automatically switch over to the HI parameter which can then be set in the same f...

Page 155: ... Wavesample filter frequency Env 3 is routed to Wavesample amplitude volume In the EPS 16 PLUS the response of the Wavesample volume ENV 3 and the Instrument mix level all use the same non linear response curve As shown below setting any of these volume controls to 50 will attenuate a sound by 16 decibels ENV 3 HARD OR SOFT LEVEL LEVEL AMPLITUDE RESPONSE dB 99 0 dB 75 8 dB 50 16 dB 25 32 dB 6 56 d...

Page 156: ... When a keydown is received the envelope generator actually interpolates between the two creating a curve that is a combination of the two based on the incoming velocity EDIT Env 1 Env 2 Env 3 Page Use these parameters to adjust the envelopes Each of the three Envelope pages EDIT Env 1 EDIT Env 2 and EDIT Env 3 contain the following parameters HARD VEL shows the five levels for the envelope used w...

Page 157: ...ELEASE time and 2nd release LEVEL provide one more breakpoint in the envelope which occurs after the release T5 The LEVEL controls where the breakpoint will be placed relative to the current value of the envelope at the time the key was released The diagram on the following page illustrates how the 2nd RELEASE and LEVEL affect both the HARDVEL and SOFTVEL levels of an envelope EPS 16 PLUS Envelope...

Page 158: ...t key is not affected by this parameter 2ND RELEASE TIME is not affected by this parameter This parameter determines at what velocity level the envelopes switch from using the SOFTVEL settings to the HARDVEL settings There are four settings OFF The envelope uses only the HARDVEL levels regardless of velocity VEL VEL1 VEL2 These settings use the velocity response curves illustrated in the discussio...

Page 159: ...rameter There are a number of typical envelopes permanently stored in the EPS 16 PLUS they each have a name When you select one of these envelopes its twenty one parameters are copied into the envelope of the Wavesample or Wavesamples you are editing The old values are temporarily saved as the CURRENT VALUE You can go back to CURRENT VALUE any time you wish unless you change any of the values in o...

Page 160: ...d in a special buffer The message ENVELOPE PARAMETERS SAVED will appear briefly There is only one SAVED envelope in the entire EPS 16 PLUS at any one time This envelope becomes your own template which can be selected on the envelope template page by selecting ENVELOPE SAVED You can use this function to copy an envelope from one Wavesample to another 7 16 EPS 16 PLUS Envelopes ...

Page 161: ...rato SIN TRI a mixture of a sine and triangle wave a sort of pointy sine wave SINWAVE the sine wave is a pure fundamental frequency more abrupt in its peaks and valleys than the triangle wave POS TRI the POS TRI is a positive only triangle wave useful for simulating vibrato on instruments like the guitar where vibrato techniques are limited to bending the note up POS SIN the POS SIN is positive on...

Page 162: ...ing the vibrato faster or slower Range 0 to 99 LFO FREQUENCIES LFO Depth Depth controls the initial amount of LFO The effect of any LFO modulator will be added to this amount Range 0 to 99 LFO Delay Delay controls when the LFO will start This is useful for creating delayed vibrato tremolo etc Range 0 to 99 7 18 EDIT LFO Page ...

Page 163: ...and the modulation amount for LFO DEPTH The effect of LFO MOD is added to the effect of the LFO DEPTH parameter Either parameter can trigger the LFO If you have the LFO DEPTH set to zero you can still get LFO modulation by using any of the modulation sources on this page Any of the fifteen available modulators can be applied to modulate the LFO Depth This parameter allows you to select a modulatio...

Page 164: ...eeper rolloff curve In the EPS 16 PLUS four poles are available 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 octave To reproduce a 4 pole low pass filter for that classic analog synth sound you would set both low pass filters to roll off at 12 dB...

Page 165: ...he filters Use this parameter to choose one of the four filter modes On the left are the response curves of the two filters shown separately On the right are some possible shapes of the combined filters MODE F1 3 LP F2 1 LP F1 is a 3 pole low pass filter F2 is a 1 pole low pass filter EDID Filter Page 7 21 ...

Page 166: ... LP F2 2 LP F1 is a 2 pole low pass filter F2 is also a 2 pole low pass filter MODE F1 3 LP F2 1 HP F1 is a 3 pole low pass filter F2 is a 1 pole high pass filter MODE F1 2 LP F2 2 HP F1 is a 2 pole low pass filter F2 is a 2 pole high pass filter 7 22 EDIT Filter Page ...

Page 167: ... by which the location of a note on the MIDI keyboard connected to the EPS 16 PLUS will modulate the filter cutoff frequency keyboard filter tracking This allows the relative brightness of a sound to remain constant over the keyboard To track the keyboard exactly you should set KBDAMT to 50 Range 99 to 99 Use this page to assign a modulator to the filter one as well as the amount of effect that mo...

Page 168: ... or Wavesample and determine how much the selected mod will affect it Any of the fifteen available modulators can be applied to modulate the volume of the Wavesample This page allows you to assign a modulator to control the panning of an instrument layer and or Wavesample Any of the fifteen available modulators can be applied to modulate the pan position of the Wavesample Volume Modulator Crossfad...

Page 169: ...o is in the middle third and sample three is in the top third Press the Edit button which takes you to the EDIT page Adjust the parameters in the display so they read UNNAMED I LYR 1 WS ALL Press the Amp button You are now on the EDIT Amp page Scroll right to VOLUME MOD and adjust the parameters so the display reads VOLUME MOD KBD 0 This selects KBD keyboard as the volume modulator Underline the n...

Page 170: ...o style keyboard go from MIDI key 21 to MIDI key 108 Although the Crossfade described above uses the keyboard to determine the breakpoints any of the available modulators found on the Volume Modulator parameter can be used This parameter determines what type of curve will be used when fading samples in and out between breakpoints There are two possible fadecurves CROSSFADE This curve features a st...

Page 171: ...ssor and thus the main outputs by turning the FX SEND BUS 2 parameter on the EDIT System MIDI page to OFF see the discussion on the FX SEND BUS2 3 parameter in Section 2 System Control for more details BUS 3 BUS 3 is shared by the internal effects and the auxiliary outputs marked BUS 3 on the back of the EPS 16 PLUS Sounds assigned to this bus will always go to the BUS 3 auxiliary output but can b...

Page 172: ...the sustain pedal is depressed the glide is enabled and the polyphony is limited to the number of notes being sounded at the moment For example with the pedal up play a three note chord Press the sustain pedal and lift your fingers off the keys the three notes will sustain Now press another key One of these sustaining notes will glide to the new note keeping a key down will prevent a note from bei...

Page 173: ...glide time determines how fast it will get to the new note The legato layer parameter selects which layer and therefore what sound will play on the new note For example suppose that layer one is a flute sample with a tongued attack and layer two is a flute sustain without any attack To use this function On the EDIT Instrument page Enable both layer one and the layer two in the patch The display re...

Page 174: ...s Edit This places you on the Wavesample select page Using the Data Entry Slider or Arrow buttons adjust the page so the screen reads UNNAMED I LYR 1 WS ALL Press the Layer button This will take you to the EDIT Layer page Scroll to the LYR VEL screen and underline and adjust this parameter so it reads LYR VEL LO 0 HI 42 Press the Edit button again which takes you back to the EDIT page Underline LY...

Page 175: ...name of an existing layer or name a new one that you ve just created The DELAY parameter determines how long voices within the selected layer will wait after a key is struck before playing Adjustable from 0 to 5000 with each value increasing the delay by 1 millisecond The VELOCITY AMOUNT is a modulation amount with velocity serving as the fixed modulation source Haider velocities will increase the...

Page 176: ...a good idea to choose PARAMS ONLY when copying a layer within the same 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 will not contain the wave data when it is saved to disk and subsequently reloaded Press Enter Yes The display reads LAYER CREATED Use t...

Page 177: ... Sequencer Tracks 8 6 Creating a New Sequence 8 6 EDIT Seq Song Page Current Sequence Song GOTO Function 8 7 Tempo Loop 8 8 Clock Source 8 8 Click 8 8 Click Volume 8 8 Click Pan Click Output 8 9 Sequence CountofF 8 9 Record Mode 8 9 Record Source 8 10 EDIT Track Page Track Status Mute Play Solo 8 11 Track Mix Track Pan 8 12 Track Output 8 12 Effect Control 8 13 Multi In MIDI Channel 8 13 Recording...

Page 178: ...ions described in this section This is the only way to truly take advantage of the power of the EPS 16 PLUS sequencer The MIDI Connection Almost everyone is familiar by now with MIDI that magical connection that lets you play one instrument or a whole roomful of them from another MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface is a standard that has been agreed upon by manufacturers for translating musi...

Page 179: ...he amount of memory required to record the note Compare this to an audio tape recorder With tape time is the main factor A tape recorder will use the same amount of tape to record a minute of music whether the signal contains one note or one hundred You might say that tape is linear it is spent at a fixed rate while digital sequencer memory is dynamic it is used only as needed Understanding the di...

Page 180: ...quences currently in memory along with the song it doesn t save the instruments though they must be saved separately When you later load the song into memory by itself or as part of a bank all the sequences will be loaded in along with it Banks The way to make sure that all the instruments are loaded into the proper locations all the mix and pan levels for each track are properly preserved and tha...

Page 181: ...r 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 start playing before going into Record on the current track Sequencer Status The sequencer is always in one of the following states the sequencer Status Indicators in the upper right part of the display always tell you what the current status is STOP Sequencer at r...

Page 182: ... SOURCE MULTI see discussion later this section You mix down sequences on the EDIT Track page From the two screens on this page you can play mute or solo each track you can also adjust the mix level and the pan setting of each track Mix and pan for each track are remembered when you save a bank Creating a New Sequence Press Command then double click the Seq Song button The display shows CREATE NEW...

Page 183: ...y double clicking the Seq Song button when in EDIT mode The GOTO Function Press the Right Arrow button to move the cursor to the BAR parameter The display reads as follows This shows the current location in the selected sequence or song When the cursor is under the Bar or Step Number you can GOTO any location by moving the Data Entry Slider to select a new location then pressing Enter Pressing Pla...

Page 184: ...nternal clock MIDI The EPS 16 PLUS will sync to incoming MIDI clocks from a remote device This is useful when syncing to a drum machine but recording on the EPS 16 PLUS These two parameters control the setting of the CLICK track and the interval at which the click will play REC the click will be heard only when the sequencer is recording not playing This is the default OFF the click will not be he...

Page 185: ...the Up Down Arrow buttons to choose between the following options RECORD MODE REPLACE Anything recorded into an existing track will replace data that was in the track previously The sequencer will stop recording after one time through the sequence or song and will enter Audition Play mode RECORD MODE ADD New data recorded into an existing track will be added to or merged with data already in the t...

Page 186: ...er always records both BOTH The sequencer will record data received either from the keyboard or from MIDI on the track s MIDI channel KYBD The sequencer will record data only from the keyboard MIDI The sequencer will record only data received from the MIDI on the track s MIDI channel MULTI this setting allows you to record data onto multiple EPS 16 PLUS tracks simultaneously This is most useful fo...

Page 187: ...which show a P will play normally S means SOLO Selecting S for any Track will solo the track muting all the others M means MUTE Selecting M for a track will silence that track A Star indicates that nothing has yet been recorded on the track no track data In the illustration Tracks 5 6 7 and 8 have not yet been recorded When the song is selected if you go to the EDIT Track page you will find a thir...

Page 188: ...EP NEW simply repeat the above procedure and set a new volume level It s a good idea to return to the EDIT Seq Song page to set the RECORD MODE back to REPLACE for later sequencing Mixdown If you record a song track on an instrument that has sequence tracks defined the track mix information in the song track overrides the sequence information In addition when you are recording a song track any cha...

Page 189: ...Controller information generated by the instrument will be ignored by the signal processor Obviously since this parameter is designed to let one instrument control the effect you will want to set one instrument to ON and all others to OFF Determines which MIDI channel the selected instrument will receive on if the MIDI IN MODE MULTl on the EDIT System MIDI page Remember the MIDI STATUS parameter w...

Page 190: ...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 length of the sequence or Press Cancel No to erase the first track and start over again 3 Record Additional Tracks Select a different track Again selecting any loaded instrument by pressing its Instrument Track button makes it the current track Or you can leave the ...

Page 191: ... will sometimes find that you want to record a second track using the same instrument There is a quick way to make a working copy of any EPS 16 PLUS instrument in an unused location without copying the sample data thus conserving memory Suppose for example that you have recorded a track with a piano sound on Track 1 Now you want to record another track with the same sound but with independent cont...

Page 192: ... the original instrument any copies of that instrument will automatically be deleted from memory MIDI Sequencing on the EPS 16 PLUS MIDI Connections You can sequence any remote device exactly as you would a local EPS 16 PLUS instrument On the EDIT MIDI page set MIDI IN MODE POLY and make sure the TRANSMIT ON parameter is set to INST CHAN Create a MIDI instrument as shown in Section 3 Instruments a...

Page 193: ...p is to set up each destination instrument to receive only the MIDI information that is intended for it When each of the receiving units is set to receive on a different MIDI channel or a number of them for multi timbral units you can control them all right from the EPS 16 PLUS For each destination instrument Set to POLY OMNI OFF or MULTI Mode Each destination synth must be in a mode where it rece...

Page 194: ...cks just as with LOCAL tracks Most often you will be recording sequences and songs which contain some MIDI tracks and some LOCAL tracks When this is the case be sure that you assign LOCAL status as opposed to BOTH to the tracks that you want to play only on the EPS 16 PLUS This will avoid accidentally sending unintended MIDI data to an external instrument Recording Program Changes The EPS 16 PLUS ...

Page 195: ...ce track You will find more details about song tracks later First here are a few things to know about EPS 16 PLUS song mode There is only one song in the EPS 16 PLUS at a time Whenever the song is selected as opposed to one of the sequences the SONG indicator lights on the display The SONG indicator remains lit as long as the song is selected no matter what mode the EPS 16 PLUS is in or page it is...

Page 196: ...ere are four things which can be selected underlined on this screen On the left you can choose INS insert step or DEL delete step This is normally set to INS for inserting new steps into your song see the following page for deleting steps In the middle of the screen you choose which sequence will play for this song step This space currently reads UNDEFINED as shown above because no steps have yet ...

Page 197: ...e tracks during the song step scroll right to underline the Transpose Amount This can be adjusted in one semitone steps from 12 down one octave to 12 up one octave This control will only affect tracks for which a T has been chosen at the right Conversely if you choose T status for one or more tracks but leave the Transpose Amount set at zero it will have no effect Press the Left or Right Arrow but...

Page 198: ...e step That is if you want to insert a step between step two and step three go to step three Move the cursor to underline the sequence name Use the Up Down Arrow buttons to select the sequence you want to play for the new step Set the number of repetitions and any mute or transpose settings for the step as shown earlier Press Enter Yes The new step is inserted If as in the example above you go to ...

Page 199: ...five tracks and combined them into a song Step one of the song is Sequence 01 a 4 bar sequence for 1 repetition Step two is Sequence 02 an 8 bar sequence for 1 repetition and Step three is Sequence 03 a 4 bar sequence for 1 repetition Your song would look like this Now with the song selected you can enter Record by holding down Record and pressing Play and record a new song length track on any of ...

Page 200: ...dependent of any tracks in the individual sequences Or make a copy of an instrument into an unused location and record a song track using the copy When the song is selected if you go to the EDIT Track page you will find a third screen has been added it looks just like the track status screen for a sequence except it says SNG instead of SEQ in the left corner of the display This shows you the statu...

Page 201: ...ences 9 3 Rename Song Sequence 9 3 Sequence Information 9 3 Erase Song All Sequences 9 3 Append Sequence 9 4 Change Sequence Length 9 4 Select Loadable Instrument 9 5 Edit Song Steps 9 5 COMMAND Track Page Quantize Track 9 6 Copy Track 9 7 Erase Undefine Track 9 7 Filter Event 9 8 Merge Two Tracks 9 9 Event Edit Tracks 9 10 Event Cursor 9 11 Current Event Type 9 11 Key Name 9 11 Event Value 9 11 E...

Page 202: ... display reads NEW NAME SEQUENCE You can use the data entry controls to change the name of the sequence or use the default designation Press Enter Yes to complete the command Use this command to erase unwanted sequences Select DELETE SEQUENCE Press Enter Yes The display reads SEQ SEQUENCE If this is the sequence you want to delete press Enter Yes Use this command to save the current sequence to di...

Page 203: ...ncer data and the size of the current sequence In addition you can keep track of the duration of the current sequence in minutes seconds and fractions of a second If a song is currently selected an additional parameter will be displayed which is MIDI SONG SELECT The song can be assigned a MIDI number from 0 through 127 MIDI numbers 1 through 127 are transmitted over MIDI and are stored with the so...

Page 204: ...uence Press Enter Yes The display reads TO SEQ SEQUENCE This is the destination sequence Press Enter Yes to complete the command or Cancel No to abort the procedure Use this command to add bars to or delete bars from a sequence Select CHANGE SEQUENCE LENGTH Press Enter Yes The display reads ADD BARS AT If for example you wanted to add 2 bars to your sequence starting at bar 4 adjust the display to...

Page 205: ...to it The EPS 16 PLUS can then shuffle the memory currently being used to make room for a smooth instrument load Select SELECT LOADABLE INST Press Enter Yes You will see the following display Now use the Left Right Arrow buttons to scroll through the tracks indicated by the dashes and the Up Down Arrow buttons to enable and disable the tracks for instrument loading numbers indicate that the track ...

Page 206: ...s QUANTIZE TO The quantize values are 1 4 1 4T triplets 1 8 1 8T 1 16 1 16T 1 32 1 32T 1 64 1 64T Select a quantize value Press Enter Yes The display reads ENTIRE TRACK Pressing Enter Yes at this point will edit the entire track and place you on the KEEP OLD NEW page If you wish to edit only a portion of the track press the Up Arrow button until the display reads SET RANGES You can then press Ente...

Page 207: ...use the FROM SEQ parameter to select a different source sequence Scroll right to select TO TRACK Choose a destination track by pressing one of the active Instrument Track buttons Scroll right to select AT BAR Press Enter Yes The display reads KEEP OLD NEW Press Enter Yes to complete the command or Cancel No to abort the procedure Use this command to erase a selected track Keep in mind even if you ...

Page 208: ...nter Yes At this point there are two editing options ERASE This option will erase all events or a portion of events of the type specified in the previous step Press Enter Yes and the display will read ENTIRE TRACK Pressing Enter Yes at this point will erase all of the selected events on the entire track and place you on the KEEP OLD NEW page If you wish to erase only events in a portion of the tra...

Page 209: ... 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 merge two tracks with similar controller events For instance if you have pitch bend in your source track and pitch bend in the destination track and you merge them together at the same point in the sequence it will result in controller conflict If this happen...

Page 210: ...of the sequence The number of bars depends upon the sequence length Sequencer tracks are made up of note events that occur at some location in the track The location is defined in terms of bars beats and clocks Note events consist of key velocity and duration information In the illustration above an event occurs at BAR 1 BEAT 2 CLOCK 48 The note event is key F4 It was struck at a velocity of 88 V ...

Page 211: ...nly and cannot be changed from this screen Key Name This parameter displays the key name that is either being played when Current Event Type is Key Events KY or being affected by pressure when Current Event Type is Key Pressure KP The Key Name parameter behaves in the same fashion as the Event Cursor would enabling you to use the data entry controls to scroll to the next or previous event To chang...

Page 212: ...e events in the track When set to AL ALL EVNT every event in the track will be listed On the other settings some types of events will be left out of the list when the Event Type is changed and you return to the Event Locating screen the display will jump directly to the next event of the type shown skipping other types Event Types which can be selected here are MW MODWHEEL Mod Wheel MX MIX VOL Mix...

Page 213: ...s with INSERT underlined will insert the event DELETE Removes the event displayed on the Event Locating Screen As with the INSERT command select the type of command to be removed with the Event Type Filter Advance to the Event Locating Screen 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 underline...

Page 214: ...N and PITCH BEND Scroll to SCALE BY The Data Entry Slider scales the controller by whole values the Up Down Arrow buttons scale it by fractions Values of less then 1 00 will decrease the effect of a controller Values greater than 1 00 will increase the effect of a controller in a selected track Scroll to RANGE Edit as described in previous commands Press Enter Yes The display reads KEEP OLD NEW Pr...

Page 215: ...US sends and receives Song Position Pointers via MIDI Song Position Pointers are MIDI commands that tell a sequencer or drum machine where to locate within a song or sequence When the EPS 16 PLUS receives a Song Position Pointer it will locate to the appropriate place in the selected song or sequence The EPS 16 PLUS sends a Song Position Pointer over MIDI whenever you use the Auto Locate control t...

Page 216: ...ds To Sync the EPS 16 PLUS to a Drum Machine Connect the MIDI Out of the drum machine to the MIDI In of the EPS 16 PLUS Set the EPS 16 PLUS to sync to MIDI clocks On the EDIT Seq Song page select CLOCK SOURCE MIDI Set the drum machine to not send channel info or to send on a MIDI Channel that is not being used by any of the EPS 16 PLUS tracks Again MIDI clocks start stop and continue are sent and ...

Page 217: ...lier guitar controllers do not support MONO mode You will have to consult the manual of your particular model to see if it does If you have a guitar controller which only sends in POLY mode i e send all six strings on the same MIDI channel you should use the EPS 16 PLUS in POLY mode or OMNI mode For MIDI guitar controllers which do support MONO mode you will want to put the EPS 16 PLUS in one of t...

Page 218: ...ther by pressing its front panel button or by sending a program change from the guitar controller You should now be able to play the EPS 16 PLUS from the guitar controller with all the strings playing whatever instrument s are selected or stacked on the front panel To use the EPS 16 PLUS in MONO B mode The procedure for using the EPS 16 PLUS in MONO B is essentially the same except that now each M...

Page 219: ...nge as both patch select up 32 63 as the right patch select down 64 95 as the left patch select 96 127 as both patch selects down it can be difficult to make predictable changes from a continuous controller If your MIDI module has the capability of sending discrete or specific rather than continuous controller numbers then you ll be able to send predictable patch select changes Another alternative...

Page 220: ...ontroller Select the track you want to record on by pressing the appropriate Instrument Track button on the EPS 16 PLUS and make sure its MIDI STATUS is set to BOTH LOCAL or MIDI On the EDIT Seq Song page set the RECORD SOURCE parameter to BOTH or MIDI Recording proceeds normally from this point Recording Into Several Tracks Multiple MIDI Channels Connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI Out of the cont...

Page 221: ...If a unit doesn t have a MIDI Thru jack you must place that unit last in the chain POLY Mode The EPS 16 PLUS as One Instrument We ll start with the most basic sequencing situation in which the EPS 16 PLUS will be used as if it were an ordinary instrument This is how it will act in POLY mode In POLY mode the EPS 16 PLUS will respond only to information received on the base MIDI channel and will pla...

Page 222: ...16 PLUS dynamic voice assignment means that each track can have up to all twenty voices if it needs them If all twenty voices are in use and a track needs a voice it will steal the voice from the oldest note playing In MULTI mode it doesn t matter what instruments are selected or stacked on the front panel the sound s you hear will depend entirely on what MIDI channel s the data is received on In ...

Page 223: ...1 8 Saving the Contents of Memory as a Bank 11 9 Deleting an Instrument or Bank File from a Disk 11 10 Loading and Saving Sequencer Data 11 10 Loading a Song or a Single Sequence from Disk 11 10 Saving a Single Sequence to Disk 11 11 Saving a Song along with all Sequences to Disk 11 11 Deleting a Song or Sequence File from a Disk 11 12 Loading and Saving EPS 16 PLUS Effects Loading an Effect 11 13...

Page 224: ... a magnetic storage medium and should be treated with the same care you d give important audio tapes You should keep your disks and the disk drive clean and free of dust dirt liquids etc Never put anything other than a disk in the disk drive Do not expose disks to extremes of temperature or to strong magnetic fields Also never eject a disk while the drive is operating the disk drive light is on EP...

Page 225: ...is set up so that each file category called a directory can hold up to 38 files If any additional files are needed within the directory a sub directory must be created to hold those extra files When working with a directory file structure that is several layers deep it is convenient to have a quick way to get to a sub directory that is down deep in the structure MACROS allow you to do that by usin...

Page 226: ...ttons to give the disk a unique name by which you can identify that disk This is very important as the EPS 16 PLUS will ask you for this disk by name if an instrument or song on the disk is used in a bank Also make sure you write the Disk Label name on the outside of each disk after you are done formatting it Press Enter Yes The display will read ERASE AND FORMAT DISK Press the Enter Yes button to...

Page 227: ...the display telling you that the internal memory must be erased Press the Enter Yes button to continue The EPS 16 PLUS now asks you to insert the 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 READING SOURCE DISK Once the drive stops the display will change to show INSERT BEST DISK Insert the destination disk the on...

Page 228: ...NTS Whenever a disk file is displayed as above you can press the Left or Right Arrow button to see the size of that file in Blocks a Block is 256 samples 4 Blocks lK samples Press the Left or Right Arrow button again to return to the file name Use the Data Entry Slider or the Up Down Arrow buttons to view the various Instrument files on the disk Each file has its own File Number When an instrument...

Page 229: ...be loaded or Press Enter Yes The EPS 16 PLUS will delete an instrument or instruments as needed for you starting from the highest numbered one in memory or Press Cancel No The Load command will be canceled with no harm done Note You can continue to select and play existing instruments while the new one loads Saving an Instrument to Disk After you have created a new EPS 16 PLUS instrument or made c...

Page 230: ...name on the disk the display will ask DELETE OLD VERSION Press Enter Yes to save the instrument replacing the one on the disk This is for updating instruments to which you have made changes Or press Cancel No to abort the procedure If there is not enough free space on the disk for the instrument the display will say NO ROOM ON DISK Save the instrument to another disk or delete some files from the ...

Page 231: ...ck with a piano instrument but then load a kazoo sample into the instrument location where the piano was The track will now play on the kazoo By using banks you can avoid this sort of thing It s easy to save the contents of the EPS 16 PLUS memory as a bank Just bear in mind that any instruments in the internal memory as well as the song must be saved separately before they can be saved as a bank S...

Page 232: ...m the disk file SINGLE SEQUENCE File This type of file contains just one sequence Loading a single sequence file will not erase the sequencer data already in memory the new sequence simply becomes one more sequence in the internal memory which can be selected or used as a step in a song There can be up to eighty sequences in memory at once Loading a Song or a Single Sequence from Disk Both types o...

Page 233: ...eft 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 this step Press Enter Yes The display will read SAVING FILE NAME while the sequence is being saved If there is already a sequence file with the same name on the disk the display will ask DELETE OLD VERSION Press Enter Yes to save the sequence replacing t...

Page 234: ...DELETE OLD VERSION Press Enter Yes to save the song replacing the one on the disk This is for updating 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 say NO ROOM ON DISK Save the song to another disk or delete some files from the disk Note that the song and all sequences in memory are saved as one file Y...

Page 235: ... 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 Instrument effect you must first copy the effect into the bank effect using the COPY CURRENT EFFECT parameter on the COMMAND Effects page see Section 4 Effects and then save it Insert a formatted disk into the drive Press Command then press Effect Press the L...

Page 236: ...me name on the disk the display will ask DELETE OLD VERSION Press Enter Yes to save the effect replacing the one on the disk Or press Cancel No to abort the procedure If there is not enough free space on the disk the display will say NO ROOM ON DISK Save the effect to another disk or delete some files from the disk A Note About Saving and Loading from FLASHBANK and Hard Drives The preceding discus...

Page 237: ...e up to 288K and save it to disk without having the slightest notion what it means or what type of device it came from When you want to send the data back to the original device you just load the data from disk back into the EPS 16 PLUS which will then re transmit the message exactly as it was received Here are a few examples of the kinds of information which you can use the EPS 16 PLUS to store i...

Page 238: ...e 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 too late however to quit and preserve the internal memory intact Pressing Cancel No at this point will return you to the COMMAND System MIDI page without erasing the internal memory allowing you to save it to disk before proceeding Press Enter Yes The...

Page 239: ...certain that the last Sys Ex message received is incomplete and will not be able to be received successfully when retransmitted Loading System Exclusive Data from Disk to an External Device After you have saved a System Exclusive message from an external MIDI instrument getting the data back to the original instrument involves three steps 1 First prepare the receiving instrument s to receive Syste...

Page 240: ...nnections are correct EPS 16 PLUS MIDI Out to the receiving device s MIDI In the receiving device s is enabled to receive System Exclusive messages the receiving device s is set to the same MIDI base channel s as when the data was initially sent to the EPS 16 PLUS Then press Enter Yes again and the data will be transmitted again You can keep repeating this until the data has been successfully rece...

Page 241: ...en you try to LOAD or DELETE when the display shows FILE NO FILE TYPE NO SYS EX DATA TO SAVE indicates that there is no data in the Sys Ex Recorder 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 the file may have been saved from a system with expanded me...

Page 242: ...ing a file operation the CRC of the Disk OS Program Control Block was incorrect Probably indicates a bad disk sector The disk may be unusable DISK ERROR 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 of the FAT File Allocation Table block was incorre...

Page 243: ...n the next page for a summary of the EPS 16 PLUS MIDI implementation If you are writing a computer program to communicate with the EPS 16 PLUS via MIDI or otherwise require a copy of the full EPS 16 PLUS MIDI Specification it is available free of charge by writing to ENSONIQ Corp MIDI Specification Desk 155 Great Valley Parkway Malvern PA 19355 Include in your written request your name and address...

Page 244: ...EPS 16 PLUS MIDI Implementation EPS 16 PLUS Musician s Manual MODEL EPS 16 PLUS MIDI Implementation Chart Version 1 0 Appendix 2 EPS 16 PLUS MIDI Implementation ...

Page 245: ...iary Foot Switch 1 9 2 4 8 4 6 Bank 1 19 21 25 2 6 12 3 2 5 19 4 1 2 4 5 18 5 9 8 4 6 13 16 20 11 1 2 4 6 8 10 14 17 Bank Effect 3 19 4 2 4 18 11 2 14 Bar 10 5 2 11 8 7 9 12 14 9 4 6 8 10 11 14 Base Channel 2 1 6 8 9 11 3 13 10 6 7 11 3 20 Base Channel Pressure Type 2 7 Bend range 1 16 2 2 7 10 Bidirectional X Fade 6 15 Boost 4 8 7 26 Bowtie Cross Fade 6 1 14 Breakpoint 7 13 26 Bus 2 5 4 1 2 5 6 1...

Page 246: ...s 4 4 Convert Sample Rate 6 16 17 Copy an Instrument 8 1 15 Copy Current Effect 4 2 18 11 14 Copy Data 6 22 23 Copy Floppy Disk 2 15 Copy Instrument 3 18 Copy Layer 7 32 Copy Pitch Table 6 21 Copy Sequence 9 2 Copy Track 9 7 Copy Wave Parameters 6 19 Copy Wavesample 6 9 10 26 Copying Envelopes 7 16 Countoff 8 9 14 Create New Instrument 3 7 18 Create New Layer 7 32 Create New Sequence 8 6 Create Ne...

Page 247: ...ffect 3 20 Delete Layer 7 32 Delete Pitch Table 6 20 Delete Sequence 9 2 Delete Wavesample 6 10 Deleting a Song 11 1 13 Deleting an Instrument 1 1 20 11 1 9 Detune Amount 4 9 Diagram 7 2 13 15 25 27 Diffusion 4 8 10 13 Digital Sequencing 8 2 3 Disk Capacity 11 1 3 Disk Drive 1 6 7 18 21 2 14 16 3 3 11 2 4 6 8 14 16 18 19 21 Disk File Types 11 2 Disk Functions 11 1 4 Disk Label 1 2 6 21 2 12 17 3 3...

Page 248: ...e Track 9 7 Error Messages 11 21 Event Cursor 9 11 Event Edit 9 1 10 13 Event Edit Track 9 10 13 Event Locating Screen 9 1 11 13 Event Location 9 11 Event Type Filter 9 11 13 7 27 8 9 External Controller 1 23 2 10 6 8 7 5 7 9 12 10 6 External Sequencer 10 1 7 8 Extrapolate Pitch Table 6 20 F1 Cutoff Frequency 7 2 F1 Env2 Amount 7 2 F1 Keyboard Amount 7 2 F1 Mod Amount 7 23 F1 Mod 7 2 23 F2 Keyboar...

Page 249: ...10 3 4 7 8 11 19 FX Send Bus2 Bus3 2 5 7 27 Glide 7 28 29 Glidemode 7 28 29 Glidetime 7 28 29 Global Bend 1 16 2 1 2 Global Bend Range 1 16 2 2 Global Controllers 2 1 11 GOTO 10 1 8 1 7 Grounding 1 1 3 Guitar Controller 2 6 8 11 10 3 6 Hall Reverb 4 1 3 5 8 13 15 17 Hard Drives 11 16 1 25 Hard Velocity Levels 7 12 Help 1 1 4 15 27 6 10 25 8 3 12 High Frequency Bandwidth 4 8 10 12 17 High Frequency...

Page 250: ...ity 7 2 30 Legato Layer 7 29 Legato 7 2 28 29 LFO Amount 7 7 LFO Delay 7 18 LFO Depth 1 17 7 1 8 18 19 LFO 1 17 4 9 12 6 1 8 9 22 7 1 2 5 7 9 17 20 LFO Mod 7 1 19 LFO Speed 7 18 19 LFO Wave 7 5 17 Line Conditioning 1 4 Load a Bank 11 8 9 1 20 21 3 2 3 5 8 16 Load Global Parameters 2 14 8 13 Loading a Song 11 1 10 Loading an Effect 11 14 Loading an Instrument 11 6 1 18 Loading Effects 4 4 11 13 Loa...

Page 251: ...n Mode 1 12 2 7 9 10 8 10 13 16 10 4 6 8 MIDI In Out Thru 1 10 MIDI Loop 8 10 MIDI 1 1 3 6 10 13 15 18 23 25 27 28 2 1 3 6 12 14 16 17 3 1 2 4 8 11 13 15 17 18 4 7 5 14 6 5 8 11 7 5 8 26 8 1 3 8 10 13 14 16 18 9 3 9 14 10 1 8 11 1 5 17 20 MIDI Mode 2 6 8 1 17 10 4 7 11 3 MIDI Out Channel 3 8 8 13 MIDI Out 1 11 2 16 3 1 6 8 13 7 7 8 2 10 13 10 2 4 6 11 18 20 MIDI Out Program 3 13 MIDI Program Numbe...

Page 252: ...ting System 11 3 1 2 8 2 12 14 5 4 6 20 Oscillator 4 1 6 8 7 2 5 10 17 Output Expander 1 10 26 2 5 4 5 Output Gain 4 14 Output Jacks 1 9 11 Output 1 1 4 6 9 10 26 2 5 4 1 4 5 9 10 14 16 5 2 4 6 10 6 18 7 20 27 8 9 12 Overdub 8 3 4 14 15 18 Overdubbing 8 18 Page Buttons 1 12 13 Pan Location 1 17 Pan Mod 7 2 Pan 1 5 9 17 3 4 7 2 24 8 1 4 6 9 11 12 15 25 9 8 12 Parameter Illustrations 1 13 15 Paramet...

Page 253: ... Pitch Mod 6 19 7 1 4 Pitch 10 3 1 16 17 25 2 2 8 10 11 3 4 6 17 4 9 5 7 8 10 15 6 1 7 8 11 16 18 21 26 27 7 1 2 4 7 9 11 17 31 8 2 3 19 25 9 8 9 12 Pitch Table 6 20 21 7 6 31 Play 1 2 3 14 16 25 2 8 3 3 6 11 14 16 18 5 4 7 10 12 14 16 6 3 5 11 12 17 18 20 21 7 7 8 10 26 28 30 8 1 9 11 12 14 23 25 9 11 10 2 5 7 11 7 10 17 Playing Instruments 1 1 14 18 21 Playing Sequences 8 1 6 Poles 4 11 7 1 20 P...

Page 254: ...ng Program Changes 8 18 Recording 10 1 6 8 1 12 14 27 5 1 4 5 7 12 6 18 8 1 3 5 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 23 25 9 2 10 Recording Song Tracks 8 23 Release 2 9 3 6 13 16 6 4 7 1 5 12 14 8 2 3 18 Rename Song 9 1 3 Replicate Data 6 22 Resample with Effects 4 18 Resampling 5_1 4 9 6 18 Resonant Peak 4 16 17 Reverb After Chorus 4 10 14 Reverb After Rotary Speaker 4 13 Reverb Decay Time 4 10 15 17 Reverb Mix 4 ...

Page 255: ...6 Selecting a Modulator 7 4 Selecting a Wavesample 6 1 3 Selecting Effects 4 3 Selecting Wavesamples 6 1 9 Sequence Countoff 8 9 Sequence Information 8 12 Sequence 1 7 12 14 20 2 6 8 16 3 6 7 8 1 9 11 23 25 9 1 12 10 1 3 11 1 2 10 11 13 16 17 21 Sequencer 1 1 6 7 10 11 14 17 25 2 4 6 8 10 16 3 3 7 14 15 4 4 8 1 10 15 9 1 3 5 10 10 1 3 6 8 11 1 2 4 10 13 17 18 Sequencer Status 1 14 8 5 Sequencer Tr...

Page 256: ...7 Tempo 8 1 8 14 19 Timbre 5 16 Time Signature 8 6 19 9 3 4 10 Touch 2 1 3 14 3 16 Track Mix 8 1 6 12 Track Output 8 12 Track Pan 8 12 9 8 Track Status 8 1 10 11 25 9 7 Transmit 2 1 6 9 11 3 5 6 8 13 15 8 16 11 1 18 19 Transport Controls 1 1 14 8 1 4 Transpose Track 9 14 Transpose 3 4 5 9 17 5 8 8 18 19 21 22 9 1 14 Triple Function Effect 4 1 7 Truncate Wavesample 5 15 6 4 11 Tune 6 20 26 7 1 9 Ve...

Page 257: ...14 15 17 6 1 5 7 11 14 15 18 19 7 2 5 17 32 Wavesample Information 2 18 6 9 11 Wavesample Pan 7 24 Wavesample Volume 7 2 11 24 Wavesamples 1 12 18 2 18 3 2 7 10 5 9 6 1 3 9 10 26 27 7 2 15 24 26 27 30 32 Write Disk Label 2 17 WS Range 7 1 XCTRL 2 1 10 4 7 13 6 8 7 5 7 9 8 14 Index 13 ...

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