
Chapter 3
—Personalizing Your System
To access the Parameters described on this page (unless otherwise noted):
Press the System button
,
turn the Parameter knob to locate the parameter
,
and then turn the Value knob to change the parameter's setting
.
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ENSONIQ MR-Rack Musician’s Manual
3.
T
u
r
ning the Pa
r
amete
r
knob two mo
r
e times will
r
eveal two mo
r
e displays which show
the names o
f
the Expansion Boa
r
ds in
W
ave E
X
P Slots 2 and 3
(
i
f
they
’
r
e installed
)
.
I
f
the
r
e a
r
e no Expansion Boa
r
ds installed, the display will show
“
W
aveE
X
P1=
**
E
M
P
T
Y**
.
”
Note:
I
f
you
’
ve installed Expansion Boa
r
ds and the
M
R
-
R
ack appea
r
s not to be
r
ecognizing them, ca
r
e
f
ully
r
epeat the inst
r
uctions in
“
How
T
o
I
nstall an Expansion
Boa
r
d
”
f
r
om
C
h
a
p
t
er
7
.
I
f
the
M
R
-
R
ack still doesn
’
t
r
ecognize the Expansion Boa
r
d,
call ENSON
I
Q Custome
r
Se
r
vice at 610-647-3930.
U sing the M R - R ac k t o Play Ge ne r al MID I M usic
Gene
r
al
M
I
D
I
is an ag
r
eed-upon set o
f
sounds and p
r
otocols which aims to ensu
r
e that, no
matte
r
what b
r
and o
r
model Gene
r
al
M
I
D
I
inst
r
ument you use in con
j
unction with you
r
pe
r
sonal compute
r
to play back a Gene
r
al
M
I
D
I
r
eco
r
ding, the music is gua
r
anteed to sound
good. Fo
r
a mo
r
e detailed desc
r
iption o
f
Gene
r
al
M
I
D
I
, see
“
W
hat
I
s Gene
r
al
M
I
D
I
?
”
f
ound in
C
h
a
p
t
er
9
.
To Use the MR-Rack as a General MIDI Sound Module
1.
P
r
ess System.
2.
P
r
ess System again.
T
he display shows
:
System parameters:
Hit ENTER for GM!
3.
I
f
you
’
d like to continue, p
r
ess Ente
r
.
I
f
not, p
r
ess Exit.
P
r
essing Ente
r
selects the
R
O
M
G
M
pe
r
f
o
r
mance, selects Pa
r
t 1, and sets Pe
r
f
P
r
ogChg
R
ecv=O
ff
.
T
he
M
R
-
R
ack is now p
r
epa
r
ed to ope
r
ate in con
j
unction with Gene
r
al
M
I
D
I
.
I
f
you
r
G
M
sequence
r
’
s
M
I
D
I
Out is connected to the
M
R
-
R
ack
’
s
M
I
D
I
I
n, you
’
r
e
r
eady to sta
r
t the
music
!
To Set the MR-Rack to Power Up Ready for General MIDI Music
1.
P
r
ess System.
2.
T
u
r
n the Pa
r
amete
r
knob until the display shows
“
W
akeUp
M
ode=.
”
T
he
W
akeUp
M
ode pa
r
amete
r
can be set to
:
•
L
ast Page
—
the last page displayed when the
M
R
-
R
ack was tu
r
ned o
ff
will be
r
esto
r
ed when it
’
s tu
r
ned on
•
L
ast Sound
—
the last Sound selected when the
M
R
-
R
ack was tu
r
ned o
ff
will be
displayed when it
’
s tu
r
ned on
•
G
M
—
when the
M
R
-
R
ack is tu
r
ned on, it will be
r
eady to ope
r
ate with a Gene
r
al
M
I
D
I
sequence
r
•
Demo
—
when the
M
R
-
R
ack is tu
r
ned on, the Demo Pe
r
f
o
r
mance and Pa
r
t 1 will be
selected, and P
r
og
r
am Changes
r
eceived on the Stak
M
I
D
I
channel will choose new
Pe
r
f
o
r
mances
3.
Use the
V
alue knob to set
W
akeUp
M
ode to G
M
.
To Reset the MR-Rack for Use with Non-General MIDI Music