ENSONIQ EPS-16 PLUS, Musician'S Manual

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Section 4 — Effects
EPS-16 PLUS Musician's Manual
Effect Types
The EPS-16 PLUS has three distinct types of effects; Instrument Effects, Bank
Effects, and ROM Effects, all of which behave in different ways.
Instrument Effects
Each instrument that you load into the EPS-16 PLUS contains an effect and a
complete set of parameter values which determine how that effect will sound.
The effect is present even if none of the voices in the instrument are routed
through the effect (e.g. all voices are sent to the auxiliary outputs - see the AMP
page section), or FX= OFF, BANK, or ROM on the EFFECT/Select•Bypass
page. Whenever you save an instrument, the effect settings are also saved with
the instrument.
The current effect is displayed by pressing the Effect/Select•Bypass button
and edited by pressing the Edit button, then Effects. The parameters that
pertain to each effect are described in the Effect Parameters part of this section.
Bank Effect
Each bank contains an effect and a complete set of effect parameter values. When
selected, this effect applies to all instrument/tracks (or their instrument voices)
which are routed to either FX destination bus. Think of Instrument Effects 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 in
the Bank Effect location.
The bank effect is displayed by pressing the Effect/Select•Bypass button and
edited by pressing the Effects button.
ROM Effect
In addition to the Bank Effect, which can be changed by loading in a new effect
from disk or through the COPY CURRENT EFFECT command (more on that
later in the section), there are an additional 13 ROM Effects.
ROM Effects are similar to the Bank Effect in that they perform globally, affecting
all instruments residing in memory. However, they differ in the fact that while
the Bank Effect can be replaced, the ROM Effects are stored in Read Only
Memory, and will always reside in the EPS-16 PLUS. Even after turning off
the EPS-16 PLUS, the ROM Effects will stay in memory.
The ROM Effects are displayed by pressing the Effect/Select•Bypass button.
If you edit any of the parameters of a ROM effect, that effect is instantly copied
into the Bank effect location where you can edit it as you please.
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Understanding Effects