ENSONIQ EPS-16 PLUS, Musician'S Manual

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EPS-16 PLUS Musician's Manual Section 8 — Sequencer Basics
Song Mode
The EPS-16 PLUS' Song mode allows you to chain individual sequences
together to form a song. Since each sequence has a fixed length, tempo, and time
signature, you can use the Song mode to create works with tempo and time
signature changes. However, Song mode on the EPS-16 PLUS lets you do
much more than just play sequences in order.
First, for each step of the song you can selectively mute or transpose any of the
tracks in the sequence. And second...
You can record in song mode. An EPS-16 PLUS song offers you another set of
tracks, called song tracks, which let you record over the entire length of the song.
The information recorded in these song tracks is separate from information in the
tracks of the individual sequences which comprise the song. However, each
song track does "share" an instrument with the same-numbered sequence 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 on. Whenever the SONG indicator is
not lit, an individual sequence is selected.
• You select the song in the same way that you select sequences, on the
EDIT/Seq•Song page (press Edit, then double-click on Seq•Song).
• Songs are composed of steps. For each step of the song, you define:
> Which sequence will play during that step;
> The number of repetitions - how many times the sequence will play during
the step;
> The status (Play, Mute, or Transpose) of each track of the sequence during
the step; and
> The transpose amount, which determines how far any transposed tracks
in that step will be shifted up or down in pitch.
• A song can contain as many as 99 steps, with up to 63 repetitions of each step.
Song Mode
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