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ESQ-M – Musician's Manual
at all. Set the Tracks to receive as follows:
Track
MIDI Channel
0 (Base Channel) 1
1 2
2 3
3 4
4-8 1
The ESQ-M will respond only to information on MIDI Channels 1-4. Any information received on
MIDI Channel 1 will be "intercepted" and played by Track 0. Tracks 4-8 will not respond to any
MIDI data.
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When using a MIDI sequencer it's generally a good practice to assign a certain MIDI Channel (or
channels) to each instrument in your rig and always leave it set to that Channel. You can avoid a lot
of confusion if you know, for example, that the ESQ-M always responds to Channels 1 through
9, the Mirage always responds to Channel 10, the SPM-1 to Channel 11, etc.
USING THE ESQ-M WITH A MIDI GUITAR CONTROLLER
The ESQ-M is an ideal voice module to use with any MIDI Guitar Controller which is capable of
sending in MONO Mode. MONO Mode (MIDI Mode 4) allows a guitar controller to send the notes played
on each string on a different MIDI Channel. This has the advantage of letting each string send Pitch Bends
independently, which is the only way to truly recreate guitar technique on a synthesizer.
Some earlier guitar synths do not support MONO mode. You will have to consult the manual of your
particular model to see if it does. If you have a guitar synth which only sends in POLY Mode (i.e.
sends all six strings on the same MIDI Channel) you should use the ESQ-M in POLY Mode (or
OMNI Mode) and leave it on Track 0 when playing it from your guitar controller.
For MIDI Guitar Controllers which do support MONO Mode you should set up the ESQ-M and the guitar
synth as follows:
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Select Track 1 on the ESQ-M
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On the MIDI Page, set the MODE parameter to MODE=MONO. This sets up Tracks 1-8 as
independent, monophonic receivers. (Consult p.35 for a more complete description of MONO
Mode.)
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Also on the MIDI Page, set the Base MIDI Channel to BASECHAN=1. Now Track 1 will
receive on Channel 1, Track 2 will receive on Channel 2, Track 3 will receive on Channel 3, etc.
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Set your guitar controller to send in MONO Mode on Channels 1-6. (Some models have an easy
shortcut for getting into this state.)
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Connect the MIDI Out of the guitar controller's converter to the MIDI In of the ESQ-M.
Now you're ready to play. The picture om the next page shows the optimal settings for both the
ESQ-M and the guitar synth. You will notice that since the guitar has only six strings it only sends to
six of the ESQ-M's Tracks. Tracks 7 and 8 won't be used in this set-up. They would,
however, respond to MIDI information on MIDI Channel 7 or 8 if any were to come in. (When the eight-
string MIDI Guitar Controller is developed, the ESQ-M is ready)