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Page 1: ...es for the new Operating System to load When the new system has finished loading you will see the following message in the instrument display screen Loading Successful Enter to continue At this time P...

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Page 3: ...Cod 271221 English Owner s manual...

Page 4: ...ll outlet contact an electrician to replace your obsolete outlet Do not defeat the safety purpose of the plug 10 The power supply cord of the product should be unplugged from the outlet when left unus...

Page 5: ...hout the effects 9 Transposing the instrument up or down 9 Using the Solo button 10 The basics of Equinox 11 USER GUIDE 1 SOUND MODE 1 2 Sound Families 1 2 Drum Kits and Drum Sounds 1 3 Selecting Soun...

Page 6: ...lter 3 3 Exclude 3 3 Reverb Profx Send 3 3 Audio Out 3 3 Dynamic Switch 3 4 Copy button 3 5 Expand button 3 5 Compare button 3 5 Restore button 3 6 Control Effect and Other 3 6 Storing your new Drumki...

Page 7: ...une 9 4 Master 9 6 Other 9 8 10 MIDI Stnth Menu 10 2 Seq Menu 10 3 Master Menu 10 4 Dump Menu 10 7 11 SEQUENCER Recording a sequence the basics 11 2 Changing sounds and volume levels 11 4 Navigating a...

Page 8: ...iguration 12 2 Slider settings 12 4 Button settings 12 5 13 NOTEPAD 14 Credits APPENDIX ROM Sounds A 2 Grooves list A 13 Performances list A 16 Drawbars list A 16 Arpeggio list A 16 Effects list 3 Eff...

Page 9: ...ong edit ing facilities Advanced Sound editing facilities with 64 note polyphony 128 digital filters with resonance up to 6 oscillators per voice 3 Lfos and up to 21 independent Envelopes with 10 segm...

Page 10: ...Guide introduces you to the functions of each button on the con trol panel and shows how to move around the display Graphical illustrations are included for better understanding of these exam ples Onc...

Page 11: ...Z 8 9 0 Quick Guide Front panel Rear panel This Quick Guide explains briefly what each button and control does on the Front panel and explains more about the jacks and connectors of the Rear panel Fol...

Page 12: ...he Input jacks 4 Controllers section Totally programmable slider and but ton panel In Sound mode the sliders are used for real time sound editing Envelope Filter and LFO In Drawbar mode the sliders op...

Page 13: ...below F1 F4 select functions shown in the display which change according to the current mode 12 Contrast A small knob to control the display contrast 13 Notepad Utility to view text files song lists l...

Page 14: ...Performance Drum Sample 20 System Contains a number of different functions which af fect the instrument as a whole pedals tuning keyboard ve locity etc 21 Midi Allows you to modify the functions which...

Page 15: ...2 jacks to monitor the Equinox through an external amplification system For Mono reproduction use either the Left or Right jack Outputs 1 2 emit dry sounds no ef fects 6 Mic Line Inputs 1 2 Gain 1 Gai...

Page 16: ...els panel Use the Master volume slider to adjust the headphone volume Connecting to an amplification system Before connecting audio cables be sure that the power switch on the rear panel is off and th...

Page 17: ...a comfortable listening level Connect the pedals There are four rear panel PEDALS jacks marked Volume 1 2 and Damper which accept control pedals The Volume jack is a non programmable port for a stand...

Page 18: ...lation Wheel 1 is spring loaded to return to the central position Wheel 2 is free moving and remains at the last set position The programmed Wheel configuration is a general setting which applies to t...

Page 19: ...of one semitone range 24 semitones 2 octaves Press the TRANSPOSE orTRANSPOSE b buttons to raise or lower b the pitch Transp Transp b The pitch of the instrument is instantly raised or lowered b one s...

Page 20: ...o button isolates a sound from the rest in order that you may make some changes and listen to the result without listening to all the other sounds Once you have obtained the sound you want you can sel...

Page 21: ...of the instrument at all times Each time you turn the instrument on the display will be in the same basic mode that you left it in before you switched it off Sound Performance Drawbars etc The last se...

Page 22: ...ch allows you to switch between banks factory and user The Function buttons F1 F4 The 4 buttons under the display select the functions that appear at the bottom of many screens Selecting one of these...

Page 23: ...used for select ing and controlling pre defined functions or they can be re pro grammed to control the functions that you choose In SOUND DRUM and SAMPLE mode the sliders operate as real time editors...

Page 24: ...yboard Numbers can also be inserted using the key pad The lower notes of the keyboard provide the following word processing functions D2 CAPS Caps On Caps Off Caps on inserts uppercase letters Caps of...

Page 25: ...plain all you need to know about the Equinox The subjects discussed here are 1 Sound mode Quick Edit Advanced Edit 2 Performance mode 3 Drum mode 4 Sample mode 5 Drawbar mode 6 Arpeggiator 7 Grooves 8...

Page 26: ...eath the screen Sound Families Because the Equinox has well over 1000 factory sounds as standard these sounds have been divided into 11 families mak ing it easier to find the right type of sounds quic...

Page 27: ...ral MIDI song disks or when the instrument is being controlled by a computer program or some other device which requires a General MIDI sound library The second and third GMX banks contain 256 sounds...

Page 28: ...e 3 Directly entering a number This method is the quickest way to go directly to the sound you need but first you must know the exact number and location of this sound Pressing any of the buttons in t...

Page 29: ...eypad SOLO VOX is sound number 86 in family number 6 GMX 1 Step 1 Press any numbered key on the numeric keypad Step 2 Type the number 86 Step 3 Press the cursor right button to move the cursor to the...

Page 30: ...selected family Editing and changing Sounds Immediately following the factory sound banks you will find the USER sound banks called USER 1 2 3 etc There are 16 of these USER banks and any new sounds...

Page 31: ...plained in detail under STORING SOUNDS There are two different ways to edit a sound The first method is Quick Edit which lets you modify the sound quickly and easily using the eight sliders on the lef...

Page 32: ...d upwards Setting a very fast attack time with the slider all the way to the bottom will make a sound more percussive Setting a slower attack time will cause the sound to fade in slowly when a key is...

Page 33: ...Resonance Usually these two are used in combination for powerful manipulation of a sound s tonal charac ter As the slider is moved downwards the filter closes allowing less of the original sound to pa...

Page 34: ...der can be used to either increase or decrease the LFO depth in the original sound the original LFO depth can be restored by setting the slider to its centre position LFO RATE This slider can be used...

Page 35: ...ancelled as before If you decide you want to store your sound into the instrument s memory the next step will be to press the STORE button During the storing process you will first be asked to select...

Page 36: ...User Banks It is the slot with the same number as the original sound and resides in the same User Bank number as the original sound s Factory Bank number For example let s say we edited the sound MOO...

Page 37: ...d the starting point for creating new sounds Here you can select the waveforms on which your sound will be based design complex envelopes set dynamic filters panning controls and many other fundamenta...

Page 38: ...press it s button once The new layer button begins to flash and the previously active layer now stops flashing To mute a layer which can be useful when you want to hear only the layer which you re cu...

Page 39: ...me and Amp Envelope are common while filters are separate for each waveform Dual 4 Everything is common to both waveforms Layer The LAYER button allows you to add new layers to a sound by using CREATE...

Page 40: ...r and also to set by how much the volume level will change when either velocity or aftertouch is applied AMP ENVELOPE The principal function of this menu is to allow you to draw two envelopes called t...

Page 41: ...lied to the keyboard FILTER Five different types of filter are available For each filter under the CONTROLS menu you can choose the Filter type set it s Cut off and Resonance and also assign Cut Off a...

Page 42: ...H ENVELOPE This feature allows you to draw two envelopes called the KEY ON and KEY OFF envelopes respectively In each of these en velope screens you draw a shape which represents the way the pitch cha...

Page 43: ...O The L F O section is used to add modulation which in it s sim plest form can be thought of as vibrato or tremolo to the current layer There are five different types of modulation which be ap plied...

Page 44: ...pply when aftertouch is applied A T OSCILLATOR1 PAN The PAN menu offers two different methods of varying the pan position of this layer The first method allows you to change the pan position accord in...

Page 45: ...FILTER ENVELOPE and AMP ENVELOPE you can draw both a KEY ON and a KEY OFF envelope for the pan position As with the other envelope functions on the Equinox you ll need to set the ENV AMOUNT in the CO...

Page 46: ...to activates the pitch slide portamento effect only when a note is played while another note is still being held TYPE This feature only applies when during the course of slid ing from one note to anot...

Page 47: ...second This means that the time it takes to slide from one note to another depends entirely on the distance it has to travel between the two This means that the time taken to slide between any two no...

Page 48: ...eters for editing the current reverb The output of the Reverb section is 100 wet meaning that it does not mix any of the original dry signal with it s output MULTIFX This section contains a number of...

Page 49: ...ontrol see SEND The ProEFX section also contains two post send controls which allow you to send the sound after it has been processed by the ProEFX section to the Reverb TO REVERB or to the MultiFX TO...

Page 50: ...do this simply place the cursor over the word ProEFX and turn the dial anti clockwise Now the send level will control the amount of dry signal in the mix MODE button F3 When available this function al...

Page 51: ...new note is played The amount of shift is limited by the value you select At maximum level 7 the pan position may shift completely to the left or right channel MASTER TRANSP Usually you will want to...

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Page 53: ...a Performance you start by selecting a number of sounds or Parts in Performance mode each constituent sound is called a Part A Performance can contain as little as only one Part or as many as 16 Parts...

Page 54: ...f parts that you want to be active by using the buttons beneath the 8 sliders in conjunction with the 1 8 9 16 selector button Each button is simply an on off switch for the part with the corre spondi...

Page 55: ...it detunes the note is limited by the value you select At maximum value 7 this automatic de tuning may be as much as a half step sharp or flat MASTER TRANSP Usually you will want to leave this set to...

Page 56: ...s heard POLY PRIORITY Setting this function to ON gives the current sound priority of polyphony This signifies that this particular sound will never have notes stolen by other parts or tracks of the s...

Page 57: ...side of which this part will not be activated This allows the RANGE function to be used when you want to create a Multi Split or a Velocity Switch between a group of different sounds Multi Split For e...

Page 58: ...possible to stay in the PARTS edit screen and choose a different part to edit without first having to escape and return to the Parts List Simply press the corresponding part select but ton the button...

Page 59: ...or thy features RANDOM PAN This function will automatically shift the pan po sition of the current part by a random amount whenever a new note is played The amount of shift limited by the value you se...

Page 60: ...se the effects mode and set up the actual effects you would like to use Then for each part you assign the amount of SEND to each effect After selecting the Effects Mode and choosing the actual effects...

Page 61: ...this menu which allow you to activate or deactivate the various controllers on the in strument This includes the three pedals whose actual functions can be selected under SYSTEM CONTROL the pitch bend...

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Page 63: ...UND MODE When editing DRUM KITS how ever the edit environment is quite different In SOUND MODE the WAVE menu is always used to combine up to 6 waveforms together to make a single multi layered sound T...

Page 64: ...d this will instantly update to show the key which you just pressed You are now ready to edit this key Let s examine the individual parameters which are available for each key BANK PROG These two are...

Page 65: ...ful for creating authentic canceling effects For example an open hi hat and closed hi hat could not possibly sound at the same time in a real drumkit so for authenticity you would assign them the same...

Page 66: ...button it should start to flash Now you ll see a new screen containing the same choices of parameters we ve just used This LAYER2 sound is ready to be triggered when the current key is struck above a...

Page 67: ...ls effect sends tuning etc EXPAND BUTTON F2 This function is used to duplicate the settings of a single key across a range of adjacent keys on the keyboard Pressing the EXPAND button will call up a wi...

Page 68: ...eir operation are not described here as these functions have already been covered in the SOUND MODE section of this man ual STORING YOUR NEW DRUM KIT Just like ordinary sounds DRUM KITS once edited to...

Page 69: ...ry backed DRAM modules or SIMMs chips which can be obtained from most computer suppliers You can check the amount of sample memory that has been installed by looking under SYSTEM OTHER INFO F1 button...

Page 70: ...ther sounds in the instrument The edit functions available in this mode are ex actly the same as those offered in SOUND MODE All instruc tions for WAVE CONTR EFFECT and OTHER can be found in the SOUND...

Page 71: ...y disks from SCSI devices CD ROM Removable drives etc or via MIDI using the Sample Dump Standard protocol In these examples we are going to work with a floppy disk which contains an MS DOS format WAV...

Page 72: ...ween the sending device and the Equinox MIDI OUT to MIDI IN and MIDI IN to MIDI OUT 2 Prepare the sending device to send the sample but don t start it yet 3 Press LOAD F1 4 Select MIDI SAMPLE REQ from...

Page 73: ...you need to take before you can save them is to ASSIGN or map your samples to a specific range of keys Press the ASSIGN button F3 to open the ASSIGN MENU Assigning a single sample If you ve only loade...

Page 74: ...a number of different samples into SAMPLE TRANSLATOR then you will need to use the ASSIGN MENU to map your samples to specific areas of the keyboard Place the cursor over each sample and press the IN...

Page 75: ...roup press the EXCLUDE button F4 This sample will either need to be re assigned later or it must be erased from the group using the ERASE button F2 from the main SAMPLE TRANSLATOR screen before you wi...

Page 76: ...as a fine tuning control for the sample allowing you to accurately adjust the playback speed of the source sample LOOP START Here you can set the start point of the sample loop The number displayed re...

Page 77: ...TUNING button will assign an ordinary sound to the keyboard This sound is designed to be used as a reference pitch when setting the PITCH and RATE parameters GAIN BUTTON F2 This function will rewrite...

Page 78: ...ple can be saved back to a disk or sent to a MIDI sample dump source with it s new values To use this function press EXPORT choose the device you want to send the sample to and press ENTER Now you can...

Page 79: ...et configurations have been provided to let you explore some of the different possibilities of the Drawbar section You can scroll through these by turning the dial while in DRAWBARS mode The eight sli...

Page 80: ...For Jazz and Pop organ sounds these percussive effects can be added to the main drawbar sound SLOW FAST CONTROL This is the speed switch for the rota ry loudspeaker emulator Finer adjustments in the s...

Page 81: ...you change one of the options in this menu you should first move the slider who s values you wish to edit You will see the name of the slider in the title bar of the display The slider then becomes t...

Page 82: ...ARY and OVERDRIVE These effects have been optimized at the factory so although you can edit every parameter of each effect if you wish in most cases it will be enough to simply adjust the amount of ea...

Page 83: ...nal sound to the left side of the keyboard split point Press the SPLIT button to turn the split function on and set the split point The remaining features in the split display allow you to select the...

Page 84: ...ility you can also save any Drawbar setting to one of the 112 user performance memories This allows you to layer up to 8 additional parts with the 8 Drawbars The drawback of using performances to stor...

Page 85: ...configured in the follow ing way Parts 1 8 Drawbar voices Parts 12 13 Click and Percussions This means that in order to retain the original Drawbar sound you should not change anything in these parts...

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Page 87: ...ry patterns have been provided to let you explore some of the different possibilities of the Arpeggiator After switching theArpeggiator ON you can scroll through these preset patterns by first pressin...

Page 88: ...d highest notes played When using one of these Glissando settings only the highest and lowest notes held will affect the nature of the glissando All other notes in between these two can be omitted DIR...

Page 89: ...arpeggio either going away from you or coming towards you The effect is repeated each time the arpeggio loops around If you set a positive value by turning the dial clockwise this will create the eff...

Page 90: ...ssed they will be incorporated into the current arpeggio pattern This means that as new notes are added the pattern continues to build Freeze When HOLD is pressed the current arpeggio will continue to...

Page 91: ...you press the PROGRAM button in the GROOVES sec tion the screen will show you the name of the current Groove Patch and you can immediately start to play it from the key board Use the dial to scroll t...

Page 92: ...cted family On the right side you can see a list of the individual grooves contained in this family A quick and easy way to listen to any groove is to simply press a key on the keyboard Since each fam...

Page 93: ...each family also has space to store 64 Groove Patches In the factory preset fam ilies you will find a small number of patches which have been created for you You can audition these by pressing the PA...

Page 94: ...s task a little quicker a number of pop ular configurations are offered as templates Choose LOWEST OCTAVE and press ENTER Next you select which user family you will want to store this patch into This...

Page 95: ...e was last selected Now you can explore the EDIT environment Press the EDIT button F1 and confirm that you want to edit this patch by press ing ENTER Pressing any key on the keyboard will instantly up...

Page 96: ...NC Here you can select how soon the groove starts playing after you press the key There are three options REAL The groove will start the moment the key is pressed BEAT After you press the key the groo...

Page 97: ...MODE This feature allows the Groove to be played either forwards or backwards for a unique and intersting effect See also SHUFFLE mode where you can change the Groove play direction with the left and...

Page 98: ...H press the EDIT but ton F1 You will now see the GROOVE TRANSPOSE function on button F4 In Shuffle mode The GROOVE TRANSPOSE function can be found on button F4 To transpose the current groove press TR...

Page 99: ...elect a new groove from the libraries each time theMAKE button is pressed OK The current groove is locked into this track It will not change when the MAKE button is pressed OFF The track is muted Try...

Page 100: ...groove Sometimes when creating a groove shuffle pattern you may find that there are certain families whose grooves you don t like or which simply don t seem to fit in well with the other patterns you...

Page 101: ...ER the groove will begin to play and you will be presented with a menu of edit options When you ve finished editing the groove press STORE to save it You will see options to enter a name for your new...

Page 102: ...created by using the Equinox s internal sequencer in conjunction with the EXPORT TO GROOVE func tion You can also load MIDI grooves or extract grooves from longer MIDI files using this feature See th...

Page 103: ...SCAPE to return to the performance display the groove section itself will still be ac tive but the GROOVE LAB functions will not Let s take a closer look at the functions in GROOVE LAB PITCH WHEEL In...

Page 104: ...lected When the lower row of sliders is selected the entire section func tions as a mixer for the 8 tracks of the groove They are assigned as follows SLIDER 9 VOLUME DRUM 1 SLIDER 10 VOLUME DRUM 2 SLI...

Page 105: ...ment can use it s own special format 1 62 Mbytes which while being less interchangeable than the MS DOS format al lows you to use more space on a standard floppy disk INT HD This button will only be a...

Page 106: ...ally the RAMFILE is almost empty The only thing it contains at first is some system information about the way the keyboard is currently set up basically the features found under the SYS TEM button As...

Page 107: ...rything which is cur rently in the instrument s memory Now move the cursor down so that it covers the first folder be neath RAMFILE Pressing ENTER at this stage would tell the machine that you want to...

Page 108: ...x information onto a Floppy disk Hard Disk or any other type of storage media the information must be stored in something called a BLOCK During any save operation before you can complete the procedure...

Page 109: ...he Equinox or more than 16 Songs once again the same limit as for the instrument itself Considering this it becomes clear that a BLOCK can never actu ally be larger than the maximum amount of data tha...

Page 110: ...e block name press LOAD F3 and follow the prompts To load only a part of a block press ENTER while the cursor is over the block s name This will expand the directory tree of the block and allow you to...

Page 111: ...contains compatible files the instrument should automatically lead you to the right area to load them After inserting the disk and choosing LOAD check to see if any files are displayed in the right s...

Page 112: ...1 44 FORMAT 720K The Equinox is able to format and use disks in either of the popular MS DOS sizes MS DOS formatted disks should be used if you want to copy disks on a home computer of if you want to...

Page 113: ...k motor will shut down REPAIR TOOL From time to time small errors can creep into hard disks and other media making them unstable and troublesome This tool will scan the hard disk and try to fix any sm...

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Page 115: ...al This means that unlike many other features once set they will remain the same regardless of which performance you se lect They can be considered as the master settings of the in strument The only e...

Page 116: ...this setting indicates that a variable volume type pedal has been con nected to the corresponding pedal jack OPEN SWITCH This indicates that a normally open foots witch has been connected to the corr...

Page 117: ...hese pedal functions will be memorized along with the rest of the PERFORMANCE when you press STORE If you want your pedal settings to remain in effect even when the PERFORMANCE is changed press the LO...

Page 118: ...f the TUNE menu you can select from a number of different tuning presets Scales These re tune each octave of the keyboard allowing different musical styles to be interpreted correctly In addition to t...

Page 119: ...to adjust it s tuning offset You can instantly hear the results by playing any where on the keyboard When you are satisfied with your new tuning preset press EN TER and you will see a prompt to select...

Page 120: ...hile viewing them on a computer The LCD mode function allows you to set the display to either black on white NORMAL or white on black INVERSE This in conjunction with the LCD contrast knob allows you...

Page 121: ...LEAR is a more thorough procedure and will ensure that the instrument starts up from cold with the memory completely empty To perform the MEMORY CLEAR function turn the instrument off and leave it for...

Page 122: ...mation about which options have been installed in this instrument It offers a simple way to check what s inside the unit without hav ing to open it up Volatile RAM size Tells you the amount of SIMMs s...

Page 123: ...ly using This information is important to know especially when seeking technical support in case of problems The lower part of this window tells you the charge level of the Equinox s internal battery...

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Page 125: ...6 part multi timbral syn thesizer engines One is used by the synthesizer section for sounds and performances while the other is used by the se quencer for songs and grooves The MIDI menu allows you to...

Page 126: ...the part select buttons The name of the current part will be shown in the upper right corner of the display LOCAL SOUND When set to OFF the current part of the Performance will be disconnected from t...

Page 127: ...select buttons The name of the current part will be shown in the upper right corner of the display The available parameters are identical to those already described under the SYNTH MENU LOCK BUTTON F1...

Page 128: ...normally only be able to play one of the con stituent parts of that performance depending on the midi channel that the controller keyboard was sending on If instead you set the controller keyboard to...

Page 129: ...c essed by the performance settings This means that the MIDI IN data can be processed by the volume transpose MIDI filters etc before being sent to MIDI OUT MIDI IN TRANSP This allows the simple pitch...

Page 130: ...s back panel This is a direct interface with your computer s serial port and can be used as a reliable alternative to MIDI without the need for a MIDI interface card Normally set to OFF the port can...

Page 131: ...ct which part of memory you want to dump from the available list Step 2 Prepare the external device to receive the dump Step 3 Press either SEND F1 or ENTER to start the dump It is not necessary to pr...

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Page 133: ...he volumes and mutes of these 16 parts When working with the sequencer on the Equinox we will use this exact same system that we ve already worked with in Performance mode but we ll be working with a...

Page 134: ...t 32 performance locations from 81 to 112 To scroll through these different sequencer templates put the instrument into performance mode press PERFORM press any key on the numeric keypad to open the n...

Page 135: ...e locator to the beginning of the song When you press PLAY the first four clicks you hear are a count down to the first measure of the song This countdown period is displayed by the locator as bar 0 A...

Page 136: ...the first track Changing sounds and volume levels Now you ve recorded a two track song You can change the sound of any track in the following way Step 1 Select the track whose sound you want to change...

Page 137: ...is paused you can cue it to any meas ure using the forward and rewind buttons When you press PLAY the song will resume from where you are currently paused ac tually it will start playback from one mea...

Page 138: ...ng another song Each time you press the RECORD button in the previous exam ple you will return to the current song to continue recording If you want to keep the current song in memory and start record...

Page 139: ...e instrument and that it s function has been set to PUNCH under SYSTEM CON TROLS press the LOCK button once you ve set it When a track is in record mode flashing each time you press START you will hea...

Page 140: ...he nearest quarter note 1 8 Quantize to the nearest eighth note 1 12 Quantize to the nearest eighth note triplet 1 16 Quantize to the nearest sixteenth note 1 24 Quantize to the nearest sixteenth note...

Page 141: ...current song to record any effects changes which are made while the song is playing COUNTDOWN This feature allows you to enable or disable the one measure countdown which precedes the start of any rec...

Page 142: ...ove be tween the various functions available At the top left you can ad just the song tempo The LOOP function allows you to set a from and to marker between which the song will loop during both playba...

Page 143: ...ck or perform any kind of edit the UNDO function keeps a record of the way things were before that last recording or that last edit If after editing or re cording something you wish to go back and try...

Page 144: ...t the track you want to repeat by pressing it s track select button You should see the name of the selected track in the top right side of the display Next specify which part of the track you want to...

Page 145: ...ng the values under the RANGE button F1 You can also use this function to set a specific range of notes to be quantized Notes which fall outside the specified range will not be affected by the operati...

Page 146: ...ting the values under the RANGE button F1 You can also use this function to set a specific range of notes to be copied Notes which fall outside the specified range will not be copied Press ENTER when...

Page 147: ...opies functions work the same way as before If you want to copy this section of the current song to a different song choose the destination song by pressing the SONG but ton F3 Press ENTER to complete...

Page 148: ...from every track then press the TRACK button F4 and choose All 16 Tracks Next specify which section you want to erase from measure X to measure Y by setting the values under the RANGE button F1 Press...

Page 149: ...when you ve finished Now you can set the amount of shift required There are two different ways to use this feature For tiny movements to create MIDI delays or give tracks a little more feeling you ca...

Page 150: ...ust one of them whichever seems more convenient for your pur pose Press ENTER to complete the operation NOTE If you find that you cannot shift a track backwards it s probably because the RANGE is set...

Page 151: ...ted Notes which fall outside the specified range will not be affected by the operation Press ENTER when you ve finished Adjusting velocities There are two different ways to adjust the velocity of the...

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Page 153: ...e a different time signature from the rest of the song DELETE BARS This feature allows you to delete a number of measures from any point in the song Unlike the ERASE EVENTS function when you delete ev...

Page 154: ...es will be more flexible and more compatible with the existing factory grooves if you fol low these guidelines DRUM 1 TRACK Used for primary drum tracks DRUM 2 TRACK Used for percussion and other seco...

Page 155: ...ing to be the source for your new groove Press ENTER when you ve finished Now you ll return to the EXPORT TO GROOVE menu The only thing to do now is to choose which tracks of the current song will be...

Page 156: ...y back that keypress the sequencer has to memo rize a number of important pieces of information 1 At what point during the song was the key pressed 2 Which key was it 3 At what speed was it pressed 4...

Page 157: ...by subdivid ing each beat into 192 separate parts usually referred to as pulses or ticks So this event occurred on the 49th pulse of the first beat of the first bar STATUS or EVENT TYPE The STATUS sec...

Page 158: ...esents the INITIAL VE LOCITY of the key or as we asked in our original question list At what speed was the key pressed Minimum velocity would be shown as 0 and maximum would be 127 This key was presse...

Page 159: ...keyboards You can find a list of the CONTROL CHANGE NUMBERS which the Equinox uses in the MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART at the back of this manual In the above example the highlighted event indicates tha...

Page 160: ...the wheel is moved to a different position As the wheel is raised increasing the pitch of the sound it generates a stream of PITCH BEND EVENTS with 2V values of 65 upwards At its maximum position the...

Page 161: ...accidentally recorded MONO TOUCH EVENTS may be stripped out of any offending track by using the ERASE EVENTS function and setting MonoTouch as the EVENT TYPE PROGRAM CHANGE If you change a sound whil...

Page 162: ...resented in the form of a continuous list At the top of the list is the first event which occurred in that track At the end of the list is the last event You will only normally be able to view about f...

Page 163: ...t point where you paused the playback by using the CATCH LOCATOR function Here s how to do it 1 Press STOP once at the desired point during playback 2 Go to EDIT EVENTS 3 Press the corresponding track...

Page 164: ...specify which bar of the song you wish to view the events for 3 Press ENTER to move to the specified part of the list Editing Events in the list Modifying any event in the list is simplicity itself Us...

Page 165: ...tion allows you to specify which type of events you will see in the list at any given time so in the above example we could simply ask not to look at all those pitch bend events To use the SHOW functi...

Page 166: ...ich was selected prior to pressing the INSERT button The remaining values 1V 2V and 3V as applicable will initially be set to minimum or average values These can be manually changed after the event ha...

Page 167: ...ecording on the Equinox a MASTER TRACK is automatically created for you This track contains some essential information 1 The START and END points of the song 2 The initial tempo 3 The master volume se...

Page 168: ...presented in the form of a continu ous list If you haven t recorded any tempo changes or other long streams of events then the MASTER EVENTS list may only con tain two or three lines In this case you...

Page 169: ...the MASTER EVENTS list for the exact point where you paused the playback by using the CATCH LOCATOR function Here s how to do it 1 Press STOP once at the desired point during playback 2 Go to EDIT MA...

Page 170: ...her the DIAL of the numeric keypad to spcify which bar of the song you wish to view the MASTER EVENTS for 3 Press ENTER to move to the specified part of the list Editing Events in the list Modifying a...

Page 171: ...The SHOW function allows you to specify which type of events you will see in the list at any given time so in the above example we could simply ask not to look at all those tempo events To use the SHO...

Page 172: ...po event will be identical to that of the event which was selected prior to pressing the INSERT button The actual value of the event will be set to a default setting This can be manually changed after...

Page 173: ...E OPTION Thesecanbeselectedineithermode and operate in the same way CLEAR MENU F3 This button offers a quick and convenient way to completely erase either a single track or an entire song To erase a s...

Page 174: ...f of the available sequencer memory For this reason the option to disable it is provided allowing you to use all of the available memory When you disable the UNDO function however the last edit you ma...

Page 175: ...most versatile since it allows the synthesizer and the sequencer to each have two independent effects When this mode is set the EFFECT menus in both the sequencer and the performance environ ments wi...

Page 176: ...o the current song performance by pressingSTORE followed by ENTER The functions of the TRACK menu are identical to those found in PERFORMANCE PARTS Please refer to the PERFORMANCE MODE section of the...

Page 177: ...onfigurations for the slider and button panel which can then be easily recalled with the dial whenever the USER PANEL screen is displayed Pressing the USER button activates the USER PANEL screen where...

Page 178: ...take a look at the slider edit menu MODE BUTTON F2 Probably the first thing to decide is whether this slider is going to control the Equinox s internal sounds or whether it s going to be used only for...

Page 179: ...ocks Each numbered block represents a part if you re in INTERNAL mode a MIDI channel if you re in EX TERNAL mode and a sequencer track if you re in SEQUENC ER mode To assign which of the 16 parts this...

Page 180: ...lly a MIDI slider would have a minimum value of 0 and a maximum value of 127 Using these two parameters you can set the slider to have any range you want For example maybe you want to adjust the volum...

Page 181: ...and DATA2 sets the sound number Note that because the DATA 1 and 2 values range from 0 to 127 there is an offset of 1 between these values and the normal sound and bank num bers This means that to se...

Page 182: ...guration it can be saved into one of the 16 USER PANELmemories Press STORE and enter a name for your configuration Then move the cursor down and select which of the 16 locations you want to store it i...

Page 183: ...xt file insert the disk containing the file into the drive and press NOTEPAD Now press the IMP button F2 to see a list of the text files contained on the current disk Place the cursor over the name of...

Page 184: ...ou need to find a spe cific section in the future Pressing TOP will automatically return to the beginning of the file You can leave NOTEPAD at any time by either pressing ESCAPE or by simply pressing...

Page 185: ...d like to use this space to give credit to everyone involved in the development of the Equinox The Equinox Team in alphabetical order Massimo Ambrosini Chris Anthony Enzo Bocciero Anselmo Bordi Fabriz...

Page 186: ...14 2 User Guide...

Page 187: ...Appendix Sound tables Groove tables Performance table Drawbars table Arpeggio table Effects table ProFx Block diagrams MIDI Implementation Index alphabetical...

Page 188: ...JMMtlVce 3 Synth pad 051 01 Fantasy1 3 Synth pad 052 01 BassPad 2 Synth pad 053 01 BandSweep 2 Synth pad 054 01 StereoFrm1 2 Synth pad Eqx num Name Sound group 055 01 Stationer 4 Synth effects 056 01...

Page 189: ...4 02 FMbefore 2 Synth lead Eqx num Name Sound group 035 02 Saw_Me 3 Synth lead 036 02 MkSynth 1 Synth lead 037 02 Buzz 1 Synth lead 038 02 OlFaithful 3 Synth lead 039 02 SynthLead 1 Synth lead 040 02...

Page 190: ...d 047 03 PrettyPad1 2 Synth pad Eqx num Name Sound group 048 03 PrettyPad2 3 Synth pad 049 03 MarimVox 1 Synth pad 050 03 StarTheme3 2 Synth effects pd 051 03 StarTheme4 3 Synth effects pd 052 03 Synt...

Page 191: ...mbaret 4 Synth effects 058 04 Tremlade 3 Synth effects 064 04 HitsRev 2 Ensemble 065 04 JMXFiles 4 Synth effects 066 04 JMBugJuce 3 Synth effects 067 04 JMMtlNze 3 Synth effects 068 04 JM2000Ld 3 Synt...

Page 192: ...nsemble 095 05 NoiseUuh 2 Ensemble 096 05 PannedVoxs 4 Ensemble 097 05 Skyvox 3 Ensemble 098 05 Whispers 3 Ensemble Eqx num Name Sound group 099 05 Trumpet2 1 Brass 100 05 NoiseTrp 3 Brass 101 05 Trom...

Page 193: ...x num Name Sound group 079 06 Whistle 1 Pipe 080 06 Ocarina 2 Pipe 081 06 SquareWave 2 Synth lead 082 06 SawWave 2 Synth lead 083 06 SynCalliop 2 Synth lead 084 06 ChiffLead 3 Synth lead 085 06 Charan...

Page 194: ...ah 2 Ensemble 055 07 SkatVoices 1 Ensemble 056 07 Rave 2 Ensemble 057 07 FlugelAttk 1 Brass 058 07 Trombone3 1 Brass Eqx num Name Sound group 059 07 ShortTuba 1 Brass 060 07 MutedTrp2 1 Brass 061 07 D...

Page 195: ...3 2 Guitar 033 08 AcoustcBs3 2 Bass 034 08 Dyn Bass1 1 Bass 035 08 PckBass2 2 Bass 036 08 Flanged 1 Bass 037 08 SlapSynBass 2 Bass 038 08 StopBass 2 Bass Eqx num Name Sound group 039 08 TecknoBass 2 B...

Page 196: ...ION Percussive 028 14 DK_ROCK Percussive 030 14 DK_TUNED Percussive Eqx num Name Sound group 031 14 JAZZ_KIT Percussive 032 14 BRUSH_KIT Percussive 036 14 ELECT_KIT Percussive 037 14 HOUSE_KIT Percuss...

Page 197: ...ffects 083 15 RIM_2 1 Synth effects 084 15 RIM_70 1 Synth effects 085 15 RIMSHOT1 1 Synth effects 086 15 RIMSHOT2 1 Synth effects 087 15 ROLL_70 1 Synth effects Eqx num Name Sound group 088 15 ROLL_F...

Page 198: ...2 1 Synth effects Eqx num Name Sound group 072 16 QUICAHIGH 1 Ethnic 073 16 QUICALOW 1 Ethnic 074 16 SHAKER 1 Ethnic 075 16 SQCLICK 1 Percussive 076 16 STICK 1 Synth effects 077 16 TAMBOURINE 1 Ethnic...

Page 199: ...rumPatt31 Conga31 SwingBass1 BassRiff31 SynthBas15 32 UpBeat1 DrRap32 DrumPatt32 Conga32 SwingBass2 BassRiff32 SynthBas16 33 UpBeat2 Jungle1 DrumPatt33 Perc1 SwingBass3 BassRiff33 Fretless1 34 UpBeat3...

Page 200: ...31 FancyEP1 SynPik2 KeyRiff31 Organ15 Arpegg15 GtChink2 32 FancyEP2 SynPik3 KeyRiff32 Organ16 Arpegg16 GtChink3 33 FancyEP3 SynPik4 KeyRiff33 Organ17 Arpegg17 GtChink4 34 FancyEP4 SynPik5 KeyRiff34 O...

Page 201: ...Tech 2 Goa04 28 Amb 28 Tech 3 Goa05 29 Amb 29 Tech 4 Goa06 30 Amb 30 Tech 5 Goa07 31 Amb 31 Tech 6 Goa08 32 Amb 32 Tech 7 Goa09 33 Amb 33 Tech 8 Goa10 34 Amb 34 Tech 9 Goa11 35 Amb 35 Tech 10 Goa12 36...

Page 202: ...3 Hollywood 64 HeavnStack 65 Droplets 66 DynaSplit 67 Gleee 68 Phat7s 69 5thOrgan 70 Phys Synt 71 XoverPiano 72 IceDream 73 Bibble 74 Blusette 75 MultiSax 76 OverYou 77 60 E Piano 78 HeavyClavi 79 Sha...

Page 203: ...ereo Flanger 18 St FlangerDelay 19 Stereo Tremolo 20 3 Tap Delay 21 MultiTap Delay 22 Stereo Delay 23 Chorus Tremolo 24 Chorus Flanger 25 Rotary EQ 26 Overdv Chorus 27 Overdv Flanger 28 Exciter Chorus...

Page 204: ...Dry Wet Dry EQ WAH EQ STEREO WHA GUITAR FX Distortion Left Gate Wet Dry DELAY 4 band EQ Drive Right OVERDRIVE DELAY OVERDRIVE Left GATE Wet Dry DELAY EQ Drive Right COMPRESSOR Left EQ COMPRESSOR Pre...

Page 205: ...Left Right 10 BAND EQ Left 5 BAND EQ Right 5 BAND EQ STEREO GRAPHIC EQ Left Pre Gain Compressor Post Gain Low High Mid Mid Gain Right Pre Gain Compressor Post Gain Low High Mid Mid Gain LOUDNESS Left...

Page 206: ...ht STEREO ENHANCER 5 Band EQ AUDIO EXCITER 2XPITCH SHIFT 4XPITCH SHIFT HEX CHORUS EXCITER Left Right STEREO ENHANCER Wet Dry Wet Dry EQ EXCITER EQ Pre Gain Pre Gain PITCH SHIFTER EQ Left Right Wet Dry...

Page 207: ...O CHORUS DELAY STEREO PHASER CHORUS Left Right DELAY Wet Dry Wet Dry EQ CHORUS DELAY EQ CHORUS Left DELAY Wet Dry EQ CHORUS Right DELAY Wet Dry EQ PHASER Left Wet Dry EQ High Damp Feedback PHASER Righ...

Page 208: ...AY STEREO TREMOLO FLANGER Left Wet Dry EQ High Damp Feedback FLANGER Right Wet Dry EQ High Damp Feedback FLANGER Left DELAY Wet Dry EQ FLANGER Right DELAY Wet Dry EQ TREMOLO Left Right DELAY Wet Dry W...

Page 209: ...AY Left Wet Dry Right Wet Dry C Delay High Damp Feedback Low Damp L Delay R Delay EQ EQ R Depth LDepth C Depth Wet Dry Left Wet Dry EQ Tap 6Delay EQ Right Tap 1Delay High Damp Feedback Low Damp Tap 5D...

Page 210: ...Feedback Right Wet Dry EQ DELAY High Damp Depth Left Low Damp Feedback Normal Cross PROFX Block diagrams CHORUS TREMOLO CHORUS FLANGER HEX CHORUS EQ Left Right Wet Dry Wet Dry TREMOLO HEX CHORUS EQ L...

Page 211: ...BAND EQ Left Right Wet Dry Wet Dry OVERDRIVE Left GATE Wet Dry Drive Right EQ CHORUS OVERDRIVE Left GATE Wet Dry Drive Right EQ FLANGER OVERDRIVE FLANGER Left Right EX Wet Dry EX Wet Dry EQ EXCITER E...

Page 212: ...t Left EX Wet Dry EQ Pre Gain EXCITER FLANGER Fl Wet Dry EX Wet Dry EXCITER EQ Pre Gain Fl Wet Dry Mod Source Internal Oscillator RING MODULATOR Left Wet Dry EQ Right Wet Dry EQ Sine Osc RING MODULATO...

Page 213: ...Tables A 27...

Page 214: ...Seq Program 0 127 0 127 0 127 Change True number System Exclusive o o System Song Position o o Song Select o o Common Tune o o System Clock o o Start Stop Real Time Commands o o Continue Aux Active se...

Page 215: ...Entry 7 Volume 7 Volume Bank P change 10 Pan 10 Pan 1st 2nd Value 11 Expression Contr 11 Expression Controller C 0 C 0 15 0 127 Int Sounds 18 50 Tuning control 16 48 Effects selection C 0 C 16 31 0 12...

Page 216: ...A 30 Appendix...

Page 217: ...orus 1 24 1 25 Clear Menu Seq Edit 11 41 Clear the keyboard transpose setting 9 Click vol Drawbar mode 5 4 Clock send Midi 10 5 Clock source Midi 10 5 Clock Speed 2 4 Closed Switch System 9 2 Common c...

Page 218: ...41 Erase an entire song Seq Edit 11 41 Erase events Seq Edit 11 16 Escape 13 Event Type status 11 25 Events 11 24 Exclude button 4 7 Exclude Drumkit edit 3 3 Exclude Group Grooves 7 7 Exit on Stop 11...

Page 219: ...cator 11 25 Lock System 9 3 Lock button Midi 10 3 Loop Sequencer 11 10 Loop Start Sample editing 4 8 Loudness Maximizer 1 25 M Macintosh 10 6 Manual Grooves 7 6 Map your samples 4 6 Master System 9 6...

Page 220: ...mode 4 2 Playback Edit Mode functions 11 10 Poly priority 2 4 Polyphonic mode 1 27 Port Midi 10 2 Port Com Ch Midi 10 4 Portamento 1 22 2 3 Portamento mode 2 3 Post send controls 1 25 Power switch 7...

Page 221: ...range User 12 4 Slider settings User 12 4 Sliders 1 7 Sliders and control buttons 13 Sliders as Hammond Organ drawbars 5 1 Slow Fast control 5 2 Smooth drawbar organ types 5 2 Solo 10 Solo button 10...

Page 222: ...Seq Edit 11 42 User button 12 1 User Panel 12 1 User sound banks 1 6 User sound locations 1 11 Using Aftertouch 8 Using the Event list 11 30 Using The Event List 11 24 Using the Solo button 10 Using...

Page 223: ...illnotoccurinaparticularinstallation Ifthisinstrumentdoes cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the instrument off and on the user is encourage...

Page 224: ...ITALY Specifications are subject to change without prior notice Sales Division I 47048 S Giovanni in Marignano RN Italy Via delle Rose 12 Tel 39 541 959511 fax 39 541 957404 tlx 550555 GMUSIC I Intern...

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