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Chapter 8

—Insert Effect Parameters

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GlobalReverb Amt

Input Mix

Insert FX to Global Chorus Mix

Common Modulation Parameters

Mod Src

Mod Src Max

Dest Min

Mod Src Min

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EQ Input

Off, -49.5dB to +24dB

Adjusts the input level trim to the EQs to eliminate the possibility of
clipping boosted signals.

LoShelf Fc

10Hz to 20.0kHz

Sets the center of the low frequency EQ.

LoShelf Gain

Off, -49.5dB to +24dB

Sets the amount of boost or cut applied to this low frequency shelf.

Mid 1 Fc

10Hz to 20.0kHz

Sets the center of the mid frequency parametric.

Mid 1 Q

1.0 to 40.0

Bandwidth control that determines the width of the resonant peak at the
center frequency band. This parameter is equal to the cutoff frequency
divided by the bandwidth. By raising the value, you can produce a
narrower bandwidth.

Mid 1 Gain

Off, -49.5dB to +24dB

Sets the amount of boost or cut applied to this mid frequency parametric.

Mid 2 Fc

10Hz to 20.0kHz

Identical to the Mid 1 Fc parameter, and is used to control different
bandwidths within the mid range.

Mid 2 Q

1.0 to 40.0

Identical to the Mid 1 Q parameter, and is used to control different
bandwidths within the mid range.

Mid 2 Gain

Off, -49.5dB to +24dB

Identical to the Mid 1 Gain parameter, used to control different
bandwidths within the mid range.

HiShelf Fc

10Hz to 20.0kHz

Sets the center frequency of the high frequency shelf.

HiShelf Gain

Off, -49.5dB to +24dB

Sets the amount of boost or cut applied to this high frequency shelf.

EQ Output

Off, -49.5dB to +24dB

Controls the gain coming out of the parametric EQ.

02  Hall Reverb

Summary of Contents for MR Rack

Page 1: ...6 4 V o i c e E x p a n d a b l e S y n t h M u s i c i a n s M a n u a l V e r s i o n 1 5 0...

Page 2: ...duced translated or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable form without prior written consent from ENSONIQ Corp The MR Rack software firmware is copyrighted and all rights are reserved b...

Page 3: ...t using its supplied AC cord 6 Power up the MR Rack 7 Bring up the MR Rack s Volume knob about halfway you can adjust it later after you start playing some music Your display looks something like this...

Page 4: ...res below 50 degrees Fahrenheit or above 100 degrees Fahrenheit allow an hour or more before power up Avoid leaving the MR Rack inside a vehicle exposed to direct sunlight Clean Up and Maintenance Cle...

Page 5: ...easiest way to maintain proper polarity Whenever possible connect all products with grounded power cords to the same outlet ground This will ensure a common ground level to prevent equipment damage an...

Page 6: ...All Notes Off 8 The MR Rack s Battery 8 Battery Low Warning 8 If You Experience Odd Behavior 9 To Perform A Soft Reset 9 To Perform a Standard Reinitialization 9 To Perform a Hard Reinitialization 9 A...

Page 7: ...nd Mode 27 To Determine the Global Pitch Bend s Behavior 28 Retuning the MR Rack 28 Fine Tuning the MR Rack 28 To Fine Tune the MR Rack 28 Using Pitch Tables 28 To Assign a Global Pitch Table 29 To As...

Page 8: ...To Enable or Disable SysEx Communication 41 Using SysEx Device IDs 41 To Set the MR Rack s SysEx Device ID Number 41 Setting Up New Real Time Controllers 42 To Set Up the Four System Controllers 42 L...

Page 9: ...ng a Part s Stereo Positioning 64 To Set a Part s Panning 65 Adding Effects to Part Sounds 65 To Route a Part to an Effect 65 Routing a Non Insert Control Part to an FX Bus via MIDI 65 Controlling a P...

Page 10: ...isable a Part s Reception of Pitch Bend Messages 83 To Enable or Disable a Part s Reception of Mod Wheel Messages 83 To Enable or Disable a Part s Reception of Foot Pedal Messages 83 To Enable or Disa...

Page 11: ...ing the Insert Effect in Real Time 105 Choosing a Real Time Insert Effect Modulator 106 To Assign a Real Time Insert Effect Modulator 107 Verifying That Your Real Time Controller Is Enabled 107 To Con...

Page 12: ...on 126 Determining Which MR Rack Outputs the Global Reverb Will Use 127 To Set the Global Reverb s Output Routing 127 Working with Dry Sounds 128 To Set the Dry Bus s Output Routing 128 Bypassing Effe...

Page 13: ...ng RAM Performances 152 To Initialize RAM Performances 152 Initializing RAM Sounds 152 To Initialize RAM Sounds 152 Initializing the System Setup 153 To Initialize the System Setup 153 Formatting a PC...

Page 14: ...eChorus 175 12 Rev Chorus 176 13 Rev Flanger 177 14 Rev Phaser 178 15 Chorus Rev 179 16 Flanger Rev 180 17 Phaser Rev 181 18 EQ Reverb 182 19 Spinner Rev 183 20 DDL Chorus 184 21 DDL Flanger 185 22 DD...

Page 15: ...u re Hearing Sounds You Don t Expect to Hear 232 If You re Seeing One Sound on the Display but Hearing Another 233 If You re Selecting New Sounds But What You Hear Remains the Same 234 If Sounds Are B...

Page 16: ...Unisyn to the MR Rack 264 DrumKit Editor Overview 265 DrumKey Parameters 265 Drum Kit Parameters 266 Using the Unisyn Perform Performance Editor 267 Getting the Current Performance From the MR Rack to...

Page 17: ...Table of Contents Table of Contents 12 ENSONIQ MR Rack Musician s Manual...

Page 18: ...d to work with both low and high impedance headphones Make sure you set the Volume knob carefully high output volume levels could damage your hearing You may also use MR Rack s rear panel Main Outs If...

Page 19: ...nds The MR Rack s SoundFinder makes choosing Sounds a snap 1 Press the Sound button its LED lights up 2 Turn the left hand Sound Type knob on the MR Rack s front panel clockwise or counter clockwise S...

Page 20: ...rnal structure Here s how it works Sounds Sounds are the basic building blocks of the MR Rack They re constructed from digital sound waves resident in the MR Rack s permanent memory If you ve got a Ma...

Page 21: ...ise to pick an individual Performance Performances can also be selected via MIDI See Using MIDI Program Changes in Chapter 3 for details Effects The MR Rack contains a powerful 24 bit effect processor...

Page 22: ...MIDI channel is a global setting you can easily access Staks in ROM Performances without having to copy the Performance into RAM For more information on Staks see Using Staks in Chapter 4 SoundFinder...

Page 23: ...d new Sounds and Performances to the MR Rack through the purchase of ENSONIQ s MRC Series Sound Cards These PCMCIA ROM cards are inserted into the Data Card slot on the MR Rack s front panel The Sound...

Page 24: ...xit after selecting and or listening to the MR Rack s demos three System parameters are reset if the MR Rack s WakeUpMode System parameter is set to Demo the AutoSelect FXBus and Part Param Reset para...

Page 25: ...may get confused This can cause a barrage of notes to sound which will continue until you do something to stop them The MR Rack provides an All Notes Off button which you can double click press two ti...

Page 26: ...details This procedure should be used in cases when the MR Rack s front panel buttons for some reason don t allow you to perform a standard reinitialization To Perform A Soft Reset 1 Press and hold do...

Page 27: ...nd MIDI theory or a professional sound engineer working with advanced applications you may want more detailed information beyond the scope of this manual The following books can help enhance your unde...

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Page 29: ...rn down any mixer faders or other volume controls for the sound system you re using 3 Turn off the power for everything being included in your set up What Connections Need to be Made In any MIDI syste...

Page 30: ...the MR Rack skip ahead to Making Audio Connections later in this chapter Using the MR Rack with a Workstation A workstation is a MIDI instrument with a keyboard a sequencer built in synthesizer or sam...

Page 31: ...there are stand alone boxes dedicated solely to the job of sequencing This set up describes how to use a stand alone sequencer with the MR Rack Note If you ve got a controller and a MIDI merger you c...

Page 32: ...o see Using the MR Rack for General MIDI Music near the end of this chapter once you ve finished setting up Editing Sounds with the MR Rack and a Computer Computers are powerful musical tools when out...

Page 33: ...excellent MIDI sequencing programs on the market including General MIDI sequencers Once you ve installed one on your computer you ll be able to purchase and play pre recorded sequences or record your...

Page 34: ...provide you with Unisyn sound editing software for your computer when you fill out and mail in your completed warranty card Once you ve installed the Unisyn editor on your computer you ll be able to...

Page 35: ...sing the Unisyn editing software ENSONIQ will provide to you when you send in your completed warranty card see Chapter 9 to learn more about using the Unisyn software Some people use computer sequence...

Page 36: ...location you ve chosen for the controller 5 Connect the same location s MIDI Out to the controller s MIDI In 6 Connect the MR Rack s MIDI Out to the MIDI In of the patchbay location you ve chosen for...

Page 37: ...single fader on a mixing console connect one end of a 1 4 phone type audio cable to the Main Out Left jack on the MR Rack s back panel and the other end to your amplifier or mixer The MR Rack Output J...

Page 38: ...Right and the other end to a patch bay position or mixer channel The MR Rack Output Jacks section in Chapter 9 contains technical information about the MR Rack s output jacks Aux Out Right Left Mono...

Page 39: ...t their set up with either the controller or the computer sending MIDI to the MR Rack To Verify that the MR Rack is Receiving MIDI Play a few notes on your controller or play a sequence from your comp...

Page 40: ...nob is turned all the way up you should always set it as high as possible How high you can go before audible distortion occurs will vary depending on how you re using the MR Rack Here are some tips If...

Page 41: ...e Press the System button until the display shows System parameters Hit ENTER for GM Press the Enter button Enter Select Part Exit 16 1 The MR Rack is now General MIDI ready Start your General MIDI se...

Page 42: ...Sound Params Mute Part Bypass Each of the System options is called a parameter When you change the setting of a parameter you are editing the parameter s value To select System parameters turn the Par...

Page 43: ...ived from a Pitch Bend Wheel pushed forward 3 Use the Value knob to set the Pitch Bend Up value you desire To Determine the Global Pitch Bend Down Range 1 Press System 2 Turn the Parameter knob until...

Page 44: ...or if you have to deal with musicians who don t want to retune for one reason or another The tuning parameter allows you to adjust the MR Rack s tuning to match other instruments The MR Rack defaults...

Page 45: ...s described later in this chapter in Protecting Part Settings This parameter also responds to an NRPN LSB value of 021 See Using RPNs and NRPNs to Edit Part Parameters at the end of Chapter 4 For a co...

Page 46: ...nv Decay Amp Env Release Filter Cutoff Filt Env Attack Filt Env Decay Filt Env Release and Amp FiltEnv Vel You might prefer to choose new Sounds without losing your current Part settings You can use t...

Page 47: ...Part Parameter Settings 1 Press System 2 Turn the Parameter knob until the display shows Part Param Reset The Part Param Reset parameter may be set to On Part parameters will be reset when new Sounds...

Page 48: ...to leave the Part s FX Bus assignment unchanged when a new Sound is selected 3 Use the Value knob to set AutoSelect FXBus to Off Using the MR Rack s Four Outputs The MR Rack rear panel offers four aud...

Page 49: ...t except the Dry bus which goes directly to the Outs you choose The Effect is assigned to either the Main Outs or the Aux Outs To Send a Part Its Sound and Effect to the Desired Outputs 1 Use the Sele...

Page 50: ...onnected to the jack any signal sent to the Aux Outputs will be summed into the Main Outputs This is convenient for musicians whose limited instrument inputs necessitate an economical flexible use of...

Page 51: ...to the currently selected Sound Type To Set What s Heard When the Audition Button is Pressed 1 Press System 2 Turn the Parameter knob until the display shows Audition 3 The Audition parameter can be s...

Page 52: ...Rack s Memory When operating in the heat of creativity it s all too easy to inadvertently erase things you d rather preserve The MR Rack offers a special display prompt as a reality check during acti...

Page 53: ...lect the Stak MIDI Channel you prefer Note When this parameter is edited all currently sounding voices on all Parts will be muted Adjusting Stak Coherence Since Staks contain multiple Parts it may app...

Page 54: ...l ignore Program Changes When ProgChgRecv is set to Off Program Changes received on the Stak MIDI channel won t select Performances They ll also be ignored by any Parts whose MIDI channel is set to St...

Page 55: ...turn off the MR Rack s reception of Bank Selects and Program Changes regardless of the ProgramChngeRecv and Bank Select Recv Part parameter settings or the setting of the Perf ProgChgRecv System para...

Page 56: ...ages see Reset All Controllers MIDI controller 121 Reception Behavior in Chapter 9 To Set the Response to Reset All Controllers Messages 1 Press System 2 Turn the Parameter knob until the display show...

Page 57: ...he SysEx Recv parameter can be set to Off the MR Rack will not receive or transmit MIDI SysEx data except for the always enabled SysEx data dumps described in Chapter 6 On the MR Rack will receive and...

Page 58: ...ny one of the four can be used to modulate the MR Rack s Sounds or Effects See Chapter 5 to learn how to use one of these System Controllers as an Effect modulator See Chapter 9 to learn about using t...

Page 59: ...1 layers The amount of free internal memory RAM in the MR Rack is expressed as the number of layers still available in its RAM Sound bank To Find Out How Much Free Memory RAM is Available in the MR Ra...

Page 60: ...to format a PCMCIA SRAM card see Chapter 7 The display will momentarily show PCMCIA Card Inserted Registering 2 Press System 3 Turn the Parameter knob until the display shows CRD Size This read only...

Page 61: ...sound good For a more detailed description of General MIDI see What Is General MIDI found in Chapter 9 To Use the MR Rack as a General MIDI Sound Module 1 Press System 2 Press System again The displa...

Page 62: ...e set to MIDI channels 1 16 respectively These Parts are pointed towards the MR Rack s banks of General MIDI Sounds and their Bank Select reception has been disabled so that they ll only be able to se...

Page 63: ...area of the MR Rack s memory you d like to select a Performance from 3 Use the knob on the right side of the display to select a Performance To Select a Part To select a Part press one of the Select P...

Page 64: ...o tell you where in the MR Rack s memory the current Sound resides The next two fields provide the current Sound s MIDI address its MIDI Bank location and its Program number Tip When you ve selected a...

Page 65: ...Chapter 5 provides a full explanation of the MR Rack Effects To Designate a Part as the Insert Control Part 1 Press the Effects button 2 Turn the Parameter knob until the bottom line of the display s...

Page 66: ...for higher numbered Parts for lower numbered Parts The upper button moves upward through the Parts and the lower one downward The Part Number field on the display will change to reflect your Part sele...

Page 67: ...ltering the Sound itself you re merely changing the way the Part uses the Sound When a Part Has Been Edited Since the MR Rack s 16 Parts collectively comprise a Performance whenever you edit a Part s...

Page 68: ...ing on and off and the display will flash EDITED You can now hear your edited Performance Saving a Performance When you save a Performance you save the current Part parameter settings for all 16 Parts...

Page 69: ...MR Rack s internal RAM memory CRD to save the Performance to an installed data card see Formatting a PCMCIA Card below for instructions on how to prepare a data card for storage 10 Use the Value knob...

Page 70: ...e knobs to select a name for your Sound 8 When you ve named your Sound press the Enter button 9 Use the Value knob to select a SoundFinder type for your Sound This feature allows you to easily locate...

Page 71: ...unable to locate its Sound and will produce silence when played You can use as many Drum Kit Sounds in a Performance as there are Parts In addition every Performance offers an editable Drum Kit called...

Page 72: ...a Flash There may be times when you d like to abandon your Part editing or Sound selections and quickly return the MR Rack to the state it was in when you first powered it up The MR Rack contains a s...

Page 73: ...e ResetControlRecv parameter can be set to Off the MR Rack will ignore Reset All Controllers MIDI messages On any Part receiving a Reset All Controllers message on its MIDI channel will reset its real...

Page 74: ...buttons to select it 2 Press the Mute button once its LED will light This parameter also responds to an NRPN LSB value of 36 See Using RPNs and NRPNs to Edit Part Parameters at the end of this chapter...

Page 75: ...y next to the number of the Part you selected the word mute will appear m pt02mute ROM004 000 AC PIANO Piano The rest of the display will vary depending on what you were doing before you soloed your P...

Page 76: ...f this chapter To Learn Whether Other Parts Were Already Muted While you ve got multiple Parts soloed you can tell whether or not the currently muted Parts had already been muted 1 Select the Part who...

Page 77: ...program changes on the common MIDI channel will undo your carefully designed Sound combinations forcing all of the Sounds to the same program In addition if you decide to change the MIDI channel you...

Page 78: ...e selected Part is assigned to a Stak m pt01stak Harpsichord Part MIDI Chan Stak The Part you re working with will now respond to MIDI on the Stak MIDI channel you chose in Step 2 7 Press the Sounds b...

Page 79: ...rrently installed on the Part you re editing A Volume setting of 100 will leave the Sound s level set as programmed Lower values will reduce the Sound s loudness down by 96dB at a value of 0 and value...

Page 80: ...pression values will result in greater loudness When it s set to Neg higher Volume and Expression values will lower the level of the Part s Sound 1 Use the Select Part buttons to choose the Part whose...

Page 81: ...a Part to the Performance s Insert Effect Chorus to send a Part through the Global Chorus LightReverb to add a minimal amount of Global Reverb to a Part s Sound MediumReverb to add a greater amount of...

Page 82: ...ecv parameter is set to Off See To Enable or Disable a Part s Reception of Pitch Bend Messages later in this chapter The following parameter is not present when the Part being edited uses a Drum Kit T...

Page 83: ...re tune individual Parts with the Part Octave Shift Semitone Shift and Fine Tuning parameters The following parameter is not present when the Part being edited uses a Drum Kit To Re Tune a Part by Oc...

Page 84: ...ll as a custom pitch table which you can design on your computer with the proper software and transmit via MIDI over to the MR Rack About RAM Pitch Tables in Chapter 9 provides detailed information on...

Page 85: ...Reset parameter is set to On see Chapter 3 for details The following parameter is not present when the Part being edited uses a Drum Kit To Disable a Part s Glide Mode From the MR Rack s Front Panel 1...

Page 86: ...enabled glide via MIDI the MR Rack s Value knob will have no effect on the Glide Mode setting until the two way controller 65 switch has been set to Off via MIDI following the same logic discussed ab...

Page 87: ...y it up to 2500ms If the Part Delay Offset is set to 0ms no delay time will be added to the Sound the Part uses The following parameter is not present when the Part being edited uses a Drum Kit To Set...

Page 88: ...PNs to Edit Part Parameters at the end of this chapter Note When you select a new Sound for the Part SyncLFO Noise will be reset to Prog if the System Part Param Reset parameter is set to On see Chapt...

Page 89: ...m or add to the Part Sound s programmed LFO depth A value of 0 will leave the Part Sound s LFOs at their programmed depth 4 Turn the Value knob to set the LFO Depth parameter to the desired depth offs...

Page 90: ...art buttons to choose the Part containing the Sound whose amplitude attack time you d like to adjust 2 Press the Params button 3 Turn the Parameter knob until the display shows Amp Env Attack The Amp...

Page 91: ...to On see Chapter 3 for details The following parameter is not present when the Part being edited uses a Drum Kit To Adjust the Filter Cutoff of a Part 1 Use the Select Part buttons to choose the Part...

Page 92: ...ay times at their programmed settings 4 Turn the Value knob to set the Filt Env Decay offset to the desired amount This parameter also responds to an NRPN LSB value of 018 See Using RPNs and NRPNs to...

Page 93: ...n split the entire 88 note keyboard range into as many as 16 different key zones by assigning up to 16 Parts to separate keyboard ranges some MIDI keyboards have only 76 or 61 keys In addition you can...

Page 94: ...Part Parameters at the end of this chapter 12 Turn the Parameter knob until the display shows Key Range Hi The high end of a Part s key range can be any note you desire from A0 to C8 Note A Part s Ke...

Page 95: ...ffect routing for your Parts See Chapter 5 to learn more about Effects Setting Part Velocity Ranges Parts can be programmed so that the Sounds they use are only heard when the Part receives MIDI Veloc...

Page 96: ...controller produces Key Pressure when a key is physically pressed down after it has traveled through its normal range of motion There are two types of Key Pressure Channel Pressure and Key Pressure a...

Page 97: ...accompanied by Bank Select messages they ll simply choose Sounds from the currently selected bank Unaccompanied Bank Select messages may be sent to the MR Rack to arm a Part for a bank change that wil...

Page 98: ...all of the major MIDI controllers You can set individual Parts to respond to a each of these controllers or to ignore it To Enable or Disable a Part s Reception of Data Entry Messages 1 Use the Select...

Page 99: ...der to prevent hung Mod Wheel values To Enable or Disable a Part s Reception of Foot Pedal Messages 1 Use the Select Part buttons to choose the Part whose reception of MIDI Foot Pedal MIDI Controller...

Page 100: ...parameter may be set to On to instruct the Part to respond to Sustain and Sostenuto messages Off to instruct the Part to ignore Sustain and Sostenuto messages 4 Turn the Value knob to set the Sustain...

Page 101: ...um Kit Sound you ve selected for a Part the MR Rack will offer to make that Drum Kit the current Performance s PerfEditKit Once you ve finished you can save the PerfEditKit as a Sound that you can use...

Page 102: ...mKey and the card or board has been removed the Sound displayed here will be EMPTY 9 Turn the Value knob to select a new Sound for this key The display changes to Read only Hit ENTER to make PerfEditK...

Page 103: ...t or dial in the desired key with the Value knob Middle C is C4 Drum Kits can go from the B two octaves below Middle C B1 to the D three octaves above it D7 Changing the Source of a DrumKey s Sound Ea...

Page 104: ...n the Value knob to select a new Sound category from which you can select a new Sound for the currently selected DrumKey Tip If you d like to work on another DrumKey select it on your MIDI keyboard or...

Page 105: ...with the Sound Type parameter described above The following parameter is only present when the Part being edited uses a Drum Kit To Change a DrumKey s Sound By Program Change Number 1 Use the method...

Page 106: ...If you d like to work on another DrumKey select it on your MIDI keyboard or other controller the upper right hand corner of the MR Rack s display will show the new DrumKey you ve selected Changing a...

Page 107: ...Params button will toggle between this parameter and the Part MIDI Channel parameter The following parameter is only present when the Part being edited uses a Drum Kit To Change a DrumKey s Effect 1...

Page 108: ...t To Change a DrumKey s Tuning 1 Use the method described in To Edit a Drum Kit You ve Chosen for a Part or To Edit the Current Performance s PerfEditKit above to prepare to edit a Drum Kit 2 Select a...

Page 109: ...he position in the display will be underlined Turning the knob clockwise moves the location to the right and counterclockwise moves it to the left The Value knob right is used to select the alpha nume...

Page 110: ...alues displayed for each parameter correspond to one of 128 possible MIDI values which run from 000 up to 127 You can count the parameter values displayed on the MR Rack beginning from 000 to locate t...

Page 111: ...nge the setting of a parameter you are editing the parameter s value To select Effect parameters turn the Parameters knob To edit an Effect parameter s value turn the Value knob Parameter Value Unders...

Page 112: ...to the Global Chorus the Global Reverb or both before traveling finally to either the MR Rack s Main or Aux Outs See Determining Which MR Rack Outputs the Insert Effect Will Use later in this chapter...

Page 113: ...4 for a more detailed description of this parameter The Insert Bus When a Part is assigned to the Insert bus its Sound is routed to a wet dry control The wet dry control determines the relative balanc...

Page 114: ...ter in this chapter Once you ve set the busses to their desired send amounts you can assign Parts to the appropriate bus Any Part Sounds assigned to either of the three Reverb busses will use the MR R...

Page 115: ...s Note In the above diagram all arrows represent stereo signal paths Hollow circles represent parameters that can be edited The circle with a means the signals are summed together Arrows with a bump i...

Page 116: ...is selected for the Insert Control Part the current Insert Effect will remain unchanged Using the Insert Control Part to Determine the Insert Effect If a Sound is programmed with an Insert Effect sel...

Page 117: ...Insert Effect 1 Press the Effects button if its yellow LED is not already lit Note If the Effect button s red LED is lit or flashing you may not be able to hear the Insert Effect See Bypassing Effect...

Page 118: ...26 Dist Flanger 40 EQ Chorus DDL 13 Rev Flanger 27 Dist Phaser 14 Rev Phaser 28 Dist Auto Wah 5 Use the Value knob to select the Insert Effect you d like to use Allow a moment for the MR Rack to downl...

Page 119: ...User Preset is discarded and can only be retrieved by reselecting the Performance 5 Use the Value knob to select an Insert Effect Preset you d like to use Tip Press the Enter button once or twice if y...

Page 120: ...some Reverb to Insert Effect Sounds The MR Rack allows you to do this by sending some or all of the Insert wet dry input mix described above to the Global Reverb This amount is determined by the Inser...

Page 121: ...5 Use the Value knob to set the Insert FX to Global Chorus Mix as you prefer Tip Press the Enter button once or twice if you d like to quickly get to either of the other Effects for editing Pressing E...

Page 122: ...all the way forward producing the greatest modulation Wheel Press the Mod Dest responds to the up down position of a Modulation wheel combined with the force by which keys once struck are pressed dow...

Page 123: ...g That Your Real Time Controller Is Enabled When using a controller to modulate Effects it s a good idea to make sure that the Insert Control Part s reception of the controller is enabled If you haven...

Page 124: ...he display shows The name of the current Insert Effect m Insert MR Insert FX Mod Src Max 108 i What you see here may be different The Mod Src Max parameter determines the modulation value above which...

Page 125: ...e will bring you back to this display Setting the Allowable Amount of Real Time Insert Effect Modulation It s useful to be able to limit the amount of change a real time modulator can impose on a para...

Page 126: ...ame of the current Insert Effect m Insert MR Insert FX Dest Max 108 i What you see here may be different The Dest Max parameter determines the highest value to which the Dest parameter can be set by t...

Page 127: ...l Chorus The MR Rack Global Chorus offers a host of parameters that allow you to adjust it to your taste Global Chorus parameter values are saved with each Performance To Access the Global Chorus Para...

Page 128: ...he current Performance was last saved If you ve been editing the current Performance and think you may want to use or tweak the User Preset but you would like to listen to the other presets anyway to...

Page 129: ...to set the Chorus FX Bus Input Mix as you prefer Tip Press the Enter button once or twice if you d like to quickly get to either of the other Effects for editing Pressing Enter a third time will bring...

Page 130: ...s back the copies in stereo slightly delayed over the original uneffected sound the copies generally play back at slightly different times for a fattening effect When the amount of time by which the c...

Page 131: ...Global Chorus 3 Press the Enter button 4 Turn the Parameter knob until the display shows The name of the current Global Chorus preset m Chorus MR Chorus Chorus Depth O 5ms i What you see here may be...

Page 132: ...parameter can be set anywhere from 0 0ms milliseconds to 25 0ms 5 Use the Value knob to set the Chorus Depth as you prefer Tip Press the Enter button once or twice if you d like to quickly get to eit...

Page 133: ...ies in stereo slightly delayed over the original uneffected sound the copies generally play back at slightly different times for a fattening effect When the amount of time by which the copies are dela...

Page 134: ...Routing 1 Press Enter If the Effect button s red LED is lit or flashing you may not be able to hear the Global Chorus See Bypassing Effects later in this chapter to learn about bypassing and un bypas...

Page 135: ...l Reverb presets are chosen with the Reverb Preset parameter To Select a Global Reverb Preset 1 Press the Effects button if its yellow LED is not already lit 2 Turn the Parameter knob until the displa...

Page 136: ...Reverb Effect the LightReverb FX Bus for sending minimal amounts of dry sound into the Global Reverb the MediumReverb FX Bus for sending average amounts of dry sound into the Global Reverb the WetReve...

Page 137: ...diumReverb FX Bus GlobalReverb Amt 64 i The number you see here may be different The MediumReverb Global Reverb Amount can be set anywhere from 32 to 95 5 Use the Value knob to set the MediumReverb Gl...

Page 138: ...ng the amount of Reverb for all three busses at once To Set the Global Reverb Overall Volume 1 Press the Effects button if its yellow LED is not already lit 2 Turn the Parameter knob until the display...

Page 139: ...nce or twice if you d like to quickly get to either of the other Effects for editing Pressing Enter a third time will bring you back to this display Setting the Global Reverb s High Frequency Damping...

Page 140: ...y to suggest hard reflective surfaces and lower values to imply softer surfaces To Set the Global Reverb s HF Bandwidth 1 Press the Effects button if its yellow LED is not already lit 2 Turn the Param...

Page 141: ...Global Reverb s High Frequency Diffusion 1 Press the Effects button if its yellow LED is not already lit 2 Turn the Parameter knob until the display shows Hit ENTER to edit Global Reverb 3 Press the E...

Page 142: ...Effects for editing Pressing Enter a third time will bring you back to this display Setting the Global Reverb s Definition Reverb is achieved by creating many copies of an uneffected signal and playi...

Page 143: ...third time will bring you back to this display Determining Which MR Rack Outputs the Global Reverb Will Use You can route the Global Reverb to the MR Rack s rear panel Main or Aux output jacks This ca...

Page 144: ...e times when you d like to temporarily turn an Effect or all of the Effects off in order to hear the Sounds you re using them on in their uneffected dry state This is accomplished by bypassing the Eff...

Page 145: ...display above that shows the Effect you want to bypass If you ve just begun to work on the Effects and its yellow LED is lit but haven t yet hit Enter to start editing the Insert Effect Global Chorus...

Page 146: ...hows the Effect you want to un bypass If you re currently editing the Insert Control Part or Bypass parameter and the Effect button s yellow LED is lit turn the Parameter knob to dial in the version o...

Page 147: ...button s yellow LED is lit but haven t yet hit Enter to start editing the Insert Effect Global Chorus or Global Reverb parameters turn the Parameter knob until the above display appears If you re curr...

Page 148: ...The Effects Bypass parameter s display can quickly tell you which Effect or Effects are bypassed Effects Bypass Chorus Only i This area of the display shows which Effect or Effects are currently bypa...

Page 149: ...ess the Save button except where noted All Notes Off Audition MIDI Save Data Card Power Each of the functions described in this chapter are invoked with a command To select a command turn the Paramete...

Page 150: ...this Performance If you d like to avoid this prompt in the future see Protecting the MR Rack s Memory in Chapter 3 6 If you d like to cancel the operation press the Exit button If you d like to procee...

Page 151: ...ing the Effect setup that you want to save 2 Press the Save button 3 Turn the Parameter knob all the way counterclockwise 4 Turn the Value knob until the display shows Hit ENTER to Save ThisEffectSetu...

Page 152: ...et to Prompt the display will show System Write Protect On ENTER Overrides This display is offered as a double check for you to make sure you really want to save this PerfEditKit If you d like to avoi...

Page 153: ...de LFO Depth The Vol MixPolarity parameter and the various MIDI reception filter parameters are not saved with the Part s Sound since they affect the behavior of the Part itself and have no impact on...

Page 154: ...knob clockwise moves the location to the right and counterclockwise moves it to the left The Value knob right is used to select the alpha numeric character for that location 7 Use the Parameter and Va...

Page 155: ...ceiving unit the one you will use to store SysEx information 2 Set up the receiving unit to receive SysEx messages Its manual should contain instructions on how to do this 3 Press the MR Rack s Perfor...

Page 156: ...rn the Parameter knob until Dump appears in the bottom line of the display 6 Turn the Value knob until the display shows Hit ENTER to Dump ThisPerfEditKit 7 Press the Enter button The display momentar...

Page 157: ...this Important When performing SysEx dumps from the MR Rack make note of your MR Rack s current SysEx Device ID number This number is embedded in the dumped data Your MR Rack will need to be set to t...

Page 158: ...receiving device as explained in its manual Performing a System Parameters Dump This command is used to transmit all of the current System page parameter settings as MIDI SysEx To Perform a System Pa...

Page 159: ...Copy Functions Copying RAM Performances to a PCMCIA Card This command copies the entire contents of the RAM Performance bank to any selected CRD Performance bank To Copy RAM Performances to a PCMCIA...

Page 160: ...ss the Enter button The MR Rack will clear the destination memory locations and then perform the copy procedure Warning When copying Performances to a data card avoid removing the card from its slot u...

Page 161: ...Chapter 3 6 If you d like to cancel the operation press the Exit button If you d like to proceed press Enter 7 Turn the Parameter knob to select the current location and intended destination of what y...

Page 162: ...2 Press the Save button 3 Turn the Parameter knob until Copy appears in the bottom line of the display 4 Turn the Value knob clockwise until the display shows Hit ENTER to Copy RAM Sounds 5 Press the...

Page 163: ...and or in the MR Rack s internal memory Copying PCMCIA Card Sounds to RAM This command copies the entire contents of any selected CRD Sound bank to the RAM Sound bank If a ROM card is installed and t...

Page 164: ...To RAM From CRD 096 i Sounds will be copied to RAM from the card 8 Turn the value knob to select the specific card Sound bank you want to copy into RAM Copy Sounds To RAM From CRD 096 i This Sound ba...

Page 165: ...s the Exit button If you d like to proceed press Enter The display shows Sure Hit ENTER to Init ThisPerformance 7 The MR Rack is offering you a second chance to cancel the initialization If you d like...

Page 166: ...ady to initialize the selected Effect setup press the Enter button to execute the command Initializing a PerfEditKit This command is used to set the PerfEditKit in the currently selected Performance t...

Page 167: ...Part s Sound 1 Press the Sound button and use the Select Part buttons to find the Sound that you want to initialize 2 Press the Save button 3 Turn the Parameter knob all the way clockwise 4 Turn the V...

Page 168: ...lay is offered as a double check for you to make sure you really want to erase all of the RAM Performances If you d like to avoid this prompt in the future see Protecting the MR Rack s Memory in Chapt...

Page 169: ...the future see Protecting the MR Rack s Memory in Chapter 3 5 If you d like to cancel the operation press the Exit button If you d like to proceed press Enter The display shows Sure Hit ENTER to Init...

Page 170: ...Enter button to execute the command Formatting a PCMCIA Card In order to save MR Rack data on a PCMCIA SRAM data card the card must be formatted for use with the MR Rack This is achieved through the p...

Page 171: ...rn the Value knob to select the object of the action ENSONIQ MR Rack Musician s Manual 23 Enter The display shows Sure Hit ENTER to Init PCMCIA Card 7 The MR Rack is offering you a second chance to ca...

Page 172: ...nt The MR Rack will not accept Flash PCMCIA cards nor should you insert any special function PCMCIA cards such as modem cards for portable computers into the MR Rack s Data Card slot Working With ROM...

Page 173: ...card The display will reflect its progress Registering Card 096 027 Speed Demon i i i Bank and Sound numbers Sound Names When SoundFinder has finished cataloging the card s Sounds and Performances it...

Page 174: ...emos All of the Sounds Performances and demos on your ROM card can be selected in exactly the same manner as your onboard Sounds Performances and demos You ll find a new SoundFinder category has appea...

Page 175: ...Slide the switch toward the battery drawer to lock the battery drawer closed Tip If you need to change your card s battery but don t want to lose what you ve got saved on the card you can change the...

Page 176: ...de up with its connector edge facing away from you Label connector edge 3 Slide the card into the MR Rack s Data Card slot until you feel it making contact with the MR Rack s internal card socket 4 Th...

Page 177: ...ss Enter The display shows Sure Hit ENTER to Init PCMCIA Card 6 The MR Rack is offering you a second chance to cancel the initialization If you d like to cancel the operation press the Exit button If...

Page 178: ...u ll find a new SoundFinder category has appeared CRD containing your new materials Note Saving and copying Performances Sounds Effect Set Ups and PerfEditKits to and from data cards is discussed in C...

Page 179: ...nly If you have any questions concerning the use of the MR Rack or expansion boards or for additional technical support please contact ENSONIQ Customer Service at 610 647 3930 Monday through Friday 9...

Page 180: ...and electrical connection with your MR Rack The expansion board s connectors must be inserted into both of the chassis connectors in order to work properly 8 Slide the lid into the front panel extrusi...

Page 181: ...screws that hold the lid down 9 Plug the MR Rack into an outlet power it up and follow the instructions in To Identify an Installed Expansion Board below to verify that the MR Rack is properly recogni...

Page 182: ...tem at 800 257 1439 We suggest requesting the complete catalog of available documents The Fax Retrieval System offers over 200 documents covering all of the ENSONIQ products and a variety of related i...

Page 183: ...When you first press the Effects button its yellow LED will light Performance System Effects Sound Params Mute Part Bypass 2 Turn the Parameter knob all the way counterclockwise The display shows Hit...

Page 184: ...Modulators Here is a list of the effect modulators available within the MR Rack Off No effect modulation FullModAmt Full on all the time destination always modulated to Mod Amt Max Velocity Last velo...

Page 185: ...ameter that determines how the LFO signal will rise or fall There are eight possible values TRIANGLE 0 100 100 one cycle SAWTOOTH 0 100 100 one cycle SINE 0 100 100 one cycle SQUARE 0 100 100 one cycl...

Page 186: ...ted signals LoShelf Fc 10Hz to 20 0kHz Sets the center of the low frequency EQ LoShelf Gain Off 49 5dB to 24dB Sets the amount of boost or cut applied to this low frequency shelf Mid 1 Fc 10Hz to 20 0...

Page 187: ...fewer discrete echoes We recommend settings of 50 for starters Diffusion 2 0 to 100 This parameter similar to and in series with Diffusion1 performs the same way but controls lower frequency ranges Ex...

Page 188: ...plate reverbs controlling the amount of high frequencies present The higher the setting the more high frequencies are allowed to pass through offering a brighter ringing sound Some interesting effect...

Page 189: ...gnal controlling the amount of high frequencies that will be heard The higher the setting the more high frequencies are heard Primary Send 99 to 99 Controls the level of the diffused input signal whic...

Page 190: ...ch the Gate Hold Time begins If the difference between Gate Thresh and Gate Hysteresis is lower than the level of the incoming signal the gated reverb will continue to retrigger With a high Decay rate...

Page 191: ...ms to 50 0ms Controls the nominal delay time of the chorus about which the delay modulation occurs Adjusting this parameter will change the tonal character of the chorus Spread wide stereo to mono Thi...

Page 192: ...bines a plate reverb with a stereo chorus Parameter Range Description Decay 0 0sec to 10 0sec Controls the amount of time it takes for the reverberation to decay after the input signal stops HF Dampin...

Page 193: ...s Diffusion 1 0 to 100 Smears the input signal transients to diffuse and smooth the sound Lower values will cause impulse sounds to appear as a series of discrete echoes while higher values tend to in...

Page 194: ...ause impulse sounds to appear as a series of discrete echoes while higher values tend to increase the smear smoother sounding with fewer discrete echoes We recommend settings of 50 for starters Diffus...

Page 195: ...100Hz to 21 2kHz Controls the rate of attenuation of high frequencies in the decay of the reverberation As natural reverb decays some high frequencies tend to get absorbed by the environment Increasi...

Page 196: ...ix Full Dry to Full Wet Controls the Dry Wet mix of the reverb Decay 0 0sec to 10 0sec Controls the amount of time it takes for the reverberation to decay away to a very low level after the input sign...

Page 197: ...of time it takes for the reverberation to decay away to a very low level after the input signal stops HF Damping 100Hz to 21 2kHz Controls the rate of attenuation of high frequencies in the decay of...

Page 198: ...0kHz Sets the center frequency of the high frequency shelf HiShelf Gain Off 49 5dB to 24dB Sets the amount of boost or cut applied to this shelf EQ Output Off 49 5dB to 24dB Controls the gain coming...

Page 199: ...mod depth to filter If the sum of the L to R Mod and F to B Mod is greater than 100 the filter can thump as it closes down Cancellation 99 to 99 Sets the depth and phase of the opposite speaker cancel...

Page 200: ...ay Dly2 Damping 100Hz to 21 2kHz Controls the cutoff of a low pass filter on the feedback signal which adjusts the amount of damping to the feedback signals The higher the number the more the signals...

Page 201: ...1 2kHz Controls the cutoff of a low pass filter on the feedback signal which adjusts the amount of damping to the feedback signals The higher the number the more the signals are damped Dly2 Pan Full L...

Page 202: ...he number of repeats in the delay Dly2 Damping 100Hz to 21 2kHz Controls the cutoff of a low pass filter on the feedback signal which adjusts the amount of damping to the feedback signals The higher t...

Page 203: ...usts the amount of damping to the feedback signals The higher the number the more the signals are damped Dly2 Pan Full L to Full R Determines the location of the delay in the stereo spectrum Dly3 Time...

Page 204: ...62ms Sets the delay time of the second diffuser Diffusion 3 99 to 99 Sets the diffusion amount of the third diffuser Diffus Time 3 0ms to 62ms Sets the delay time of the third diffuser Diffusion 4 99...

Page 205: ...dB Controls the amount of dry signal to be mixed with the distorted signal EQ Input Off 49 5dB to 24dB Adjusts the input level trim to the EQs to eliminate the possibility of clipping boosted signals...

Page 206: ...modulated using a CV Pedal for a wah wah pedal effect Post VCF Q 1 0 to 40 0 Determines the level and width of the resonant peak at the filter cutoff point While the Fc filter cutoff parameter determ...

Page 207: ...pitch modulation LFO Phase 180deg to 180deg Controls the relative phase between left and right LFOs Flanger Depth 0 0ms to 25 0ms Controls the range of the high to low frequency sweep in the flanger e...

Page 208: ...ct Dist Dry Lev Off 49 5dB to 0 0dB Controls the amount of dry signal to be mixed with the distorted signal EQ Input Off 49 5dB to 24dB Adjusts the input level trim to the EQs to eliminate the possibi...

Page 209: ...at what frequency this peak will occur the Q setting controls the height of the peak This setting is important for the auto wah effect PreVCF EnvAmt 99 to 99 Determines how much the amplitude of the...

Page 210: ...evel for the ADSR Envelope shape ADSR Release 50us to 10 0s Sets the release time for the ADSR Envelope shape ADSR Env Amt 99 to 99 Determines the degree to which the envelope modifies the cutoff freq...

Page 211: ...wah effect Dist Dry Lev Off 49 5dB to 0 0dB Controls the amount of dry signal to be mixed with the distorted signal EQ Input Off 49 5dB to 24dB Adjusts the input level trim to the EQs to eliminate the...

Page 212: ...feedback signals The higher the number the more the signals are damped Dly1 Pan Full L to Full R Determines the location of the delay in the stereo spectrum Dly2 Time 1 1 Sys to 1 32 Sys 0ms to 630ms...

Page 213: ...oice 1 Select the width that sounds best to you Shorter values result in a grainier sound while longer values sound smoother Voice1 Mod 0 to 100 Controls the amount of modulation applied to Voice 1 Vo...

Page 214: ...L M N P R S T V Z Select the third shape of the formant filter Shape 4 A E I O U AA AE AH AO EH ER IH IY UH UW B D F G J K L M N P R S T V Z Select the fourth shape of the formant filter FormantWarp...

Page 215: ...c 10Hz to 20 0kHz Filters out high frequencies prior to the distortion Post VCF Fc 10Hz to 7 10kHz Determines the distortion filter cut off frequency Higher values have a brighter sound This parameter...

Page 216: ...er Output Crossover Distortion Right Left EQ L R Rotor Mix High Rotor Low Rotor Rotor Mix Lo Hi Bal Mid 1 This Insert Effect adds the famous classic rotating speaker effect to any sound A tunable dist...

Page 217: ...ry speaker s fast rate when the Lo Hi Bal parameter is set to Hi or when the selected modulator is at zero output level The higher the value the faster the rate Hi FM Min 0 to 100 Sets the minimum amo...

Page 218: ...frequency applied to the input signal EQ Input Off 49 5dB to 24dB This parameter allows you to adjust the input level before the EQs to eliminate the possibility of clipping boosted signals Mid 1 Fc...

Page 219: ...applied to the incoming signal This parameter can be thought of as the primary distortion stage clipping We recommend a setting of 0 dB since these emulations were optimized for distortion there Lower...

Page 220: ...0ms to 630ms Sets the amount of delay time for the first independent delay Dly1 Level Off 49 5dB to 12 0dB Adjusts the volume of the delayed signal against the original dry signal Dly1 Feedback 99 to...

Page 221: ...B Identical to the Mid 1 Gain parameter and is used to control different bandwidths within the mid range EQ Output Off 49 5dB to 24dB Controls the gain coming out of the parametric EQ Dly1 Time 1 1 Sy...

Page 222: ...Medium 1 Medium 2 Hard Buzz Selects the type of clipping produced by the distortion The curves range from tube like distortion Soft to nasty distortion Buzz Dist Volume Off 49 5dB to 0 0dB Controls t...

Page 223: ...ntrols the cutoff of a low pass filter on the feedback signal which adjusts the amount of damping to the feedback signals The higher the number the more the signals are damped Dly1 Pan Full L to Full...

Page 224: ...to 24dB Identical to the Mid 1 Gain parameter and is used to control different bandwidths within the mid range HiShelf Fc 10Hz to 20 0kHz Sets the center frequency of the high frequency shelf HiShelf...

Page 225: ...frequency shelf EQ Output Off 49 5dB to 24dB Controls the gain coming out of the parametric EQ Dry Blend Full Dry to Full Wet Controls the amount of the dry signal LFO Rate 1 1 Sys to 1 32 Sys 0 0Hz t...

Page 226: ...to change the parameter s Setting 44 ENSONIQ MR Rack Musician s Manual Dly3 Pan Full L to Full R Determines the location of the delay in the stereo spectrum Dly4 Time 1 1 Sys to 1 32 Sys 0ms to 630ms...

Page 227: ...ue specifying the desired bank Buffer An area within the MR Rack s memory which temporarily stores changes made to a Performance including Part Sound selection Part parameter edits Effect routings Eff...

Page 228: ...g back the same signal with the speed of one machine being slowed slightly by the gentle pressing on the outer shell or flange of one of its tape reels This small amount of delay causes a phasing canc...

Page 229: ...ny MIDI patchbays also offer built in MIDI merging See MIDI Patchbay Modulation Any change made to a Sound sound wave or an Effect either through pre programmed automatic devices or real time manual m...

Page 230: ...group of Sounds whose Parts are assigned to the Stak MIDI channel Sounds assigned to the Stak MIDI channel respond to MIDI data received on the Stak MIDI channel allowing them to be layered with each...

Page 231: ...gned to demonstrate the scope of Sounds in the MR Rack Whenever this is selected the first Sound in the type will be selected the MR Rack will not reselect the last Sound selected in the Demo type Dem...

Page 232: ...hed fantasy and chaos sound effects e g spacecraft environments SPLITS Combination keyboard splits of two or more different types of Sounds Also includes splits of similar sounds that have discontiguo...

Page 233: ...08008 VOCAL AAHS RIMSHOT SYNTH CLAVE REED WF ORG 888856444 VOCAL OOHS ROCK SNARE SYNTH KISS SINGLE REED ORG 888880880 BREATHY OOH SYNTH SNARE WIND CHIME PIANO BS WF ORGAN WAVE 1 SYNTH VOX AAH SNARE RO...

Page 234: ...al boxes These same capabilities are available to computer users Actually pretty much any musical instrument can be outfitted to control MIDI devices Musicians can record their performances into MIDI...

Page 235: ...allows a central device to control each instrument individually Instrument 9 Instrument 8 Instrument 10 Instrument 11 Instrument 12 Instrument 5 Instrument 6 Instrument 7 Instrument 1 Instrument 2 Ins...

Page 236: ...mance by sending out other kinds of messages Controllers can sense how hard a musician plays referred to in the MIDI world as velocity and can instruct other devices to respond accordingly Sustain and...

Page 237: ...she programs some General MIDI music any time anyone anywhere plays that music back on a General MIDI instrument that same sound will be invoked See List of General MIDI Sounds in this chapter for a...

Page 238: ...4 75 76 77 78 79 PIPE Piccolo Flute Recorder PanFlute BotlBlow Shaku Whistle Ocarina 104 111 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 ETHNIC Sitar Banjo Shamisen Koto Kalimba Bagpipe Fiddle Shannai 16 23 16 17...

Page 239: ...Syn Tom GM _ _ _ _ 51 D 3 Ride 1 GM Ride 1 GM Ride 1 GM Ride 1 GM Ride 1 GM 52 E3 China 1 GM China 1 GM China 1 GM R Crash GM China 1 GM 53 F3 RideBell GM RideBell GM RideBell GM RideBell GM RideBell...

Page 240: ...at1 43 G2 Dry Tom 1 Tympani HouseTom1 HouseTom1 HouseTom2 _ _ _ _ 44 G 2 Pedal Hat Tympani Pedal Hat HouseClHat2 Pedal Hat 45 A2 Dry Tom 1 Tympani HouseTom1 HouseTom1 HouseTom1 _ _ _ _ 46 A 2 OpenHat...

Page 241: ...ca 1 79 G5 Cuica 5 Cuica 5 Wakka 5 Synth Hit 9 Cuica 1 _ _ _ _ 80 G 5 Tri Mute GM Tri Mute GM Wakka 7 Synth Hit 10 Triangle Mt 81 A5 Tri Open GM Tri Open GM Scratch 1 Synth Hit 11 Triangle Op _ _ _ _...

Page 242: ...Implementation Chart for a summary of the MR Rack MIDI implementation If you are writing a computer program to communicate with the MR Rack via MIDI or otherwise require a copy of the full MR Rack Sys...

Page 243: ...19 0 119 select Sounds from the currently selected bank invalid Program Changes select silent Sound System Exclusive O O see MR Rack SysEx Specification recognizes Universal Non Real Time SysEx Genera...

Page 244: ...me Amp Env Release 73 Attack Time Amp Env Attack 74 Brightness Filter Cutoff 75 Sound Controller 6 Normal LFO Rate 76 Sound Controller 7 Amp Env Decay 91 Effects 1 Depth GM Chorus Depth described in A...

Page 245: ...ED MIDIContrl 103 UNDEFINED GenPurpse3 018 General Purpose 3 MIDIContrl 061 UNDEFINED MIDIContrl 104 UNDEFINED GenPurpse4 019 General Purpose 4 MIDIContrl 062 UNDEFINED MIDIContrl 105 UNDEFINED MIDICo...

Page 246: ...be reset to the values listed above Part MIDI reception filters do not affect reception of the Reset All Controllers message Registered Parameters Registered parameters 0 1 and 2 are received multi ti...

Page 247: ...065 is received glide will be enabled for the part values below 64 will not disable glide Glide Time Responds to MIDI controller 005 and NRPN LSB 032 Delay Time positive only Responds to MIDI NRPN LS...

Page 248: ...of the SysEx Device ID System parameter see Chapter 3 09 sub ID 1 General MIDI message 01 sub ID 2 General MIDI On F7 End of SysEx When the MR Rack receives a Universal Non Real Time SysEx General MID...

Page 249: ...ent once before sending their note change messages For more information on the MIDI Tuning Standard contact MIDI Manufacturer s Association Just Intonation Network c o Tom White President 535 Stevenso...

Page 250: ...tave in pitch The 22 Srutis are mapped to keys in this two octave range omitting the A s which play the same pitch as the adjacent A Tibetan This tuning is based on a pentatonic scale from Tibet Notic...

Page 251: ...for each note RAM Selects pitch tables that can be downloaded via MIDI See earlier in this chapter for more information about RAM pitch tables Using the MR Rack Outputs A Note About the Main and Aux O...

Page 252: ...ar panel jacks even if they are not connected The Main rear outputs are mapped to the stereo headphone as follows Main Out Left is mostly to the left Main Out Right is mostly to the right The outputs...

Page 253: ...way demands that you confirm that all the devices involved are powered up 3 Ascertain the MIDI channel or channels that your controller or sequencer is transmitting on 4 Press the MR Rack s Sound butt...

Page 254: ...her Part is set to your controller s MIDI channel and that s what you re hearing You can remedy this by changing your controller s MIDI channel to the channel displayed on the top line of the MR Rack...

Page 255: ...Chan parameter You can set your controller to transmit on the Part s current channel or you can use the Value knob to set the Part to the channel your controller s already using Use the up and down S...

Page 256: ...ose new Sounds they all sound similarly peculiar What s Going On You re listening to the Sounds through an inappropriate Insert Effect Remedy 1 If all you want to do is audition the MR Rack s Sounds p...

Page 257: ...ess the Mute button once Mute will appear and the Mute button s red LED will light 8 Repeat Steps 6 and 7 for each Part that you won t be using To un mute a Part press Mute again 9 If you re using an...

Page 258: ...a Sound with a pitch bend wheel mod wheel or other MIDI control and the Sound isn t responding What s Going On There are two possibilities either the Part that the Sound is using is set to ignore the...

Page 259: ...Insert Effect Press Params once or twice to locate the Part MIDI Chan parameter Use the up and down Select Part buttons to locate the designated Insert Control Part Reset your controller to send its r...

Page 260: ...e that the MR Rack has experienced a fatal error The bottom line shows the event code number 000 to 256 Init ThisPart sSound Can t initialize Appears when you try to use the Init ThisPart sSound comma...

Page 261: ...d have the card inspected for electrical anomalies Sorry Too big Hit ENTER to copy Message to inform you that the ROM card sound bank that you want to copy to RAM won t all fit and a prompt to perform...

Page 262: ...description of standard Sounds see Sound Editor Overview below There are three general areas of new knowledge required for using the Unisyn MR Rack Sound Editor the methods for moving standard Sounds...

Page 263: ...or module you ll probably want to expand it to its full view 4 Set Unisyn s Use MIDI Chan parameter to the MIDI channel you d like to use for sending program changes to the MR Rack and for playing its...

Page 264: ...to copy those parameters to 9 Click OK Tip You can paste as many layers from the copied Sound as you like by repeating steps 6 through 9 Make sure that the Layers in Sound parameter in the Sound you l...

Page 265: ...ck Sound may be modulated in real time by the following modulators Off no modulation FullAmt the maximum amount of modulation is applied to the modulation destination LFO the selected layer s LFO Step...

Page 266: ...Range 12 down to 12 up Off Bend Up Determines the maximum number of steps by which the pitch bend enabled layers in the Sound will be raised or lowered when the MR Rack receives Pitch Bend messages fr...

Page 267: ...Sounds may be retrieved from this location using Unisyn s Get Patch command and Unisyn Sound edits are written to this location as they occur Range 0 to 127 Use MIDI Chan Determines the MIDI channel...

Page 268: ...olume of the current layer Range 72 to 14 Pan Positions the current layer within the stereo field A value of 64 pans the layer hard left 00 pans the layer center 63 pans the layer hard right Range 64...

Page 269: ...Controllers SysCTRLs 1 4 Ctrl Low Determines the lowest recognized value for the MIDI controller specified with the Trigger Ctrl parameter see above Values for the selected Trigger Ctrl lower than thi...

Page 270: ...amount of time the current layer will wait to sound a note after receiving a note on or trigger A delay of up to 9999 milliseconds is possible If Envelope 3 s Env Mode parameter see below is set to Fi...

Page 271: ...e 0 to 127 Wave Parameters Wave Class Determines the wave class from which the current layer s wave will be selected See List of Wave Names and Classes elsewhere in this chapter for a complete a list...

Page 272: ...resetting of the key ranges for multisamples in the selected layer If the layer s wave consists of a single sample this parameter will have no effect Range Off uses standard sample mapping Shift All m...

Page 273: ...note on is received to Level 1 also referred to as the attack time The higher the value the longer the time Range 0 to 99 Time 2 Determines the time it takes the envelope to go from Level 1 to Level...

Page 274: ...to which higher release velocities will make the Envelope 1 s Time 5 shorter or longer When the value is positive a higher release velocity value will result in a shorter Time 5 When the value is neg...

Page 275: ...by its pole setting the higher the pole value the more extreme the filter s slope becomes A 1 pole filter rolls off frequencies at a slope of 6 dB per octave a 2 pole filter at 12 dB per octave and a...

Page 276: ...ich MIDI note number will be treated as the nominal center of the Key Track range and will produce neither negative or positive cutoff modulation Range C 1 to A9 FC2 Determines Filter 2 s cutoff frequ...

Page 277: ...Range 0 to 127 Level 3 Determines the level the envelope will reach at the end of Time 3 Range 0 to 127 Level 4 Determines the level the envelope will reach at the end of Time 4 and that it will reta...

Page 278: ...age This is good for percussive type sounds where you want the envelope to be the same for every note no matter how long the key is held down Repeat At the end of the Time 3 stage instead of sustainin...

Page 279: ...ulators will choose new random values only upon new note ons and will not further modulate already sounding notes Range 0 to 127 Noise Sync Enables disables synchronization of the current layer s Step...

Page 280: ...l 2 Determines the level the envelope will reach at the end of Time 2 Range 0 to 127 Level 3 Determines the level the envelope will reach at the end of Time 3 Range 0 to 127 Level 4 Determines the lev...

Page 281: ...sounds where you want the envelope to be the same for every note no matter how long the key is held down Repeat At the end of the Time 3 stage instead of sustaining Envelope 3 goes immediately back to...

Page 282: ...er is set to 0 the LFO will produce modulation only upon new note ons and will not further modulate already sounding notes Range 0 to 99 Depth Determines the amplitude of the LFO Range 0 to 127 Delay...

Page 283: ...syn Sound Editor Input Mix If the current Sound has an Insert Effect this parameter determines the relative balance between the Sound as it is before going through the Insert Effect dry and as it is a...

Page 284: ...g its Drum Kit Sounds from your computer 4 Set Unisyn s Drum Bank to the MR Rack Drum Kit Sound s displayed MIDI Bank Select number 5 Set Unisyn s Drum Patch to the MR Rack Drum Kit Sound s displayed...

Page 285: ...to the same location 8 If you re creating a new Drum Kit Sound from scratch you can now start editing Unisyn parameters 9 If you re going to be editing a pre existing MR Rack Drum Kit Sound select Sen...

Page 286: ...ounds are moved or removed the Drum Kit must be redirected to the Sound s new location or to another Sound Each DrumKey has a suite of parameters for tailoring the Sound it s using to your needs The U...

Page 287: ...elow Range 0 to 127 Drum Patch Selects a Sound location within the Sound Bank chosen above Drum Kit Sounds may be retrieved from this location using Unisyn s Get Patch command and Unisyn Sound edits a...

Page 288: ...listing the Insert Effect retrieved with the current Drum Kit after a Unisyn Get Patch command is performed Range read only Using the Unisyn Perform Performance Editor There are two general areas of n...

Page 289: ...Rack in order to be used The following instructions assume that you ve launched Unisyn To Send a Performance From Unisyn to the MR Rack 1 If the Performance you d like to transmit to the MR Rack is al...

Page 290: ...e parameters provide quick access to the volume settings for all 16 Parts Number Vol Determines the volume ceiling for each Part Range 0 to 127 Part Edit 1 3 Parameters The following parameters apply...

Page 291: ...crease it 0 uses the programmed rate value Range 64 to 63 LFO Depth Offsets the programmed volume and therefore the depth of effect of the LFOs within the selected Part s Sound Values below 0 decrease...

Page 292: ...Determines pressure reception for the selected Part s Sound Off disables pressure response Auto responds appropriately to the type of pressure received Channel sets Part to respond only to channel pr...

Page 293: ...0 shorten the times values above lengthen them 0 uses the programmed time values Range 64 to 63 Filt Env Release Offsets the Time 5 Release settings for the filter envelopes in the selected Part s So...

Page 294: ...es Part s reception of MIDI Program Changes Range On Off Bank Change Recv Enables disables Part s reception of MIDI Bank Selects Range On Off Data Entry Recv Enables disables Part s reception of MIDI...

Page 295: ...t s reception of assignable controller SysCTRL 2 s messages Range On Off SysCTRL3 Recv Enables disables Part s reception of assignable controller SysCTRL 3 s messages Range On Off SysCTRL4 Recv Enable...

Page 296: ...sion 2 Determines the amount of smearing of attack transients in the Global Reverb optimized for low frequency transients Range 0 to 100 Definition Determines the density of reflections in the Global...

Page 297: ...o Sounds directed to the Insert FX Bus and designate an Insert Control Part Input Mix Sets the wet dry balance between the dry signal routed to the Insert FX Bus and the output of the Insert Effect Ra...

Page 298: ...utput Assigns The following parameters determine the rear panel output jack routing of the current Performance s Effects and Dry FX Bus Reverb Output Determines to which rear panel jacks the output of...

Page 299: ...ed 278 Ambience 171 Defined 278 Amp 204 BassGain 204 Env Attack 74 271 Parameter 74 Env Decay 74 272 Parameter 74 Env Release 75 272 Parameter 75 Mid Fc 204 Mid Q 204 Mid Gain 204 Mod 257 Amt 257 Para...

Page 300: ...ning 90 Sound by its Program Change Number 89 Sound Name 88 Tuning 92 Volume 89 Changing a Part s Key Range 77 Changing Performances Via MIDI 38 Changing the Source of a DrumKey s Sound 87 Channel 168...

Page 301: ...9 200 204 206 207 209 210 Defined 278 Data card 43 Slot 6 43 156 Data Entry Recv 82 273 Parameter 82 Databases 5 DDL Defined 279 Mod Center 183 Mod Depth 183 Signal 198 DDL Chorus 184 Decay 171 172 17...

Page 302: ...ing 240 Functions 139 Dumping 216 All RAM Performances 141 All RAM Sounds 141 The Current Part s Sound 140 The Current PerfEditKit 139 The Current Performance 139 Dweep dweep sound 193 Early reflectio...

Page 303: ...Tap 188 Filt Env Attack 75 272 Parameter 75 Filt Env Decay 76 272 Parameter 76 Filt Env Release 76 272 Parameter 76 Filter 171 183 Defined 279 Parameters 254 255 Filter Cutoff 75 199 272 Frequency 189...

Page 304: ...PBend 246 HF Bandwidth 124 171 173 176 183 275 HF Damping 171 174 176 183 275 Hi AM Max 201 Hi AM Min 201 Hi Fast 201 Hi FM Max 201 Hi FM Min 201 Hi Inertia 201 Hi Slow 201 High density reverb 171 Hi...

Page 305: ...Jacks 214 Java 229 Combi 229 Pelog1 229 Pelog2 229 Pelog3 229 Slndro 229 Just Int C 228 Just Intonation Network 228 Just Intonation scale 230 Kalimba 230 Key 258 Down message 216 Event 194 196 Groups...

Page 306: ...d Aux output jacks 127 A Note About the 230 Main Out jacks 230 Main Outputs 32 Main Outs 1 32 111 118 Making Audio Connections 21 Making the Power Connection 22 MALLET 212 Master Level 203 MaxDlyTime...

Page 307: ...g the Insert Effect in Real Time 105 Modulation 105 108 168 177 178 181 184 186 190 Defined 280 Real Time 108 Modulation Source 105 Modulator 202 237 238 Defined 280 Effects 168 Monophonic 249 Morph 1...

Page 308: ...ters 225 Muting a 58 Number 50 269 Pan Parameters 269 Pan Setting 64 Param Reset 30 31 225 Parameter 30 31 70 Parameter 3 50 52 56 94 Sound Related 55 Routing to an effect 65 Setting its MIDI Channel...

Page 309: ...0 244 Polyphonic 244 249 Pressure 80 Synth Sounds 212 Polyphony 14 Portamento 69 248 Position 1 172 Position 2 172 Position 3 172 Post HP Fc 204 Post HPF Fc 194 Post VCF Fc 189 191 192 194 195 199 201...

Page 310: ...261 Retuning a Part 67 Retuning the MR Rack 28 Return Level 275 Rev Mix 179 183 Reverb 31 98 104 113 118 171 177 179 183 274 Amount 275 Decay parameter 123 Defined 281 Definition parameter 126 Diffus...

Page 311: ...g the System 153 Shakuhachi 212 Shape 169 184 186 190 191 193 197 200 206 Sharpness 205 207 Shift Amount 251 Shift Mode 251 ShonaMbira1 230 ShonaMbira2 230 Signal Defined 281 Level 174 Silent 236 Sine...

Page 312: ...SYN VINT 212 Sync LFO Defined 281 Sync d 71 Synchronize 71 Synchronizing the MR Rack to MIDI 29 SyncLFO Noise 72 271 Parameter 72 Part parameter 71 SYNOTHER 212 Synthesized stereo field 175 184 190 S...

Page 313: ...A Data Cards 156 Using Pitch Tables 28 Using RPNs and NRPNs to Edit Part Parameters 94 Using Special Pitch Tables 68 Using Staks 61 Using SysEx Device IDs 41 Using the Chorus Bus Wet Dry Mix 112 Using...

Page 314: ...97 103 112 WetReverb 33 65 91 Bus 98 FX Bus 4 120 WetVerb Send 274 What Is General MIDI 217 What Is MIDI 214 Wheel 26 66 Wheel Press 168 When a Part Has Been Edited 51 WINDREED 212 Working With an Ed...

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