
Chapter 4
—Parts
To access the Parameters described on this page (unless otherwise noted):
press the Params 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
A
Pa
r
t pa
r
amete
r
is an o
ff
set when it would typically be used to a
ff
ect all o
f
a Sound
’
s laye
r
s
at once while
r
etaining thei
r
di
ff
e
r
ent settings in
r
elation to one othe
r
. O
ff
set pa
r
amete
r
s
o
ff
e
r
values that have positive/negative aspects
(
denoted with a
“
+
”
o
r
“
-
”)
.
W
hen an o
ff
set is
set to
“
0,
”
the o
r
iginally p
r
og
r
ammed value
f
o
r
each laye
r
is in e
ff
ect.
Layer
1
's parameter is set to
96
Layer
2
's parameter is set to
27
Layer
3
's parameter is set to
44
Layer
1
's parameter is set to
106
Layer
2
's parameter is set to
37
Layer
3
's parameter is set to
54
An offset
value of
+10
raises all of
the Sound's
layers by
value of
+10
Note:
Pa
r
t o
ff
sets ad
j
ust laye
r
pa
r
amete
r
s only within the pa
r
amete
r
s
’
legitimate
r
anges
—
o
ff
sets will not
f
o
r
ce them beyond those limits.
I
f
a Pa
r
t o
ff
set pa
r
amete
r
appea
r
s to be having no e
ff
ect, it
’
s likely that the laye
r
pa
r
amete
r
has al
r
eady
r
eached its maximum o
r
minimum setting.
Ge t t ing Bac k to S quar e One In a Flash
T
he
r
e may be times when you
’
d like to abandon you
r
Pa
r
t editing o
r
Sound selections and
quickly
r
etu
r
n the
M
R
-
R
ack to the state it was in when you
f
i
r
st powe
r
ed it up.
T
he
M
R
-
R
ack contains a special Pe
r
f
o
r
mance called
“
→
PlaySounds,
”
which is selected when
you tu
r
n the
M
R
-
R
ack on
(
unless you
’
ve changed the
M
R
’
s wake-up settings
—
see
C
h
a
p
t
er
3
)
.
I
n the
→
PlaySounds Pe
r
f
o
r
mance
:
•
Pa
r
ts 1 th
r
ough 16 a
r
e set to
M
I
D
I
channels 1 th
r
ough 16.
•
a Sound
f
r
om the DE
M
O-SND SoundFinde
r
catego
r
y is selected
f
o
r
each Pa
r
t.
•
all o
f
the Pa
r
t pa
r
amete
r
s a
r
e
r
eset to thei
r
de
f
ault settings.
•
Pa
r
t 1 is designated as the
I
nse
r
t Cont
r
ol Pa
r
t
(
C
h
a
p
t
er
5
contains a desc
r
iption o
f
the
I
nse
r
t Cont
r
ol Pa
r
t
)
.
•
the Sound
L
ED lights.
•
Pa
r
t 1 is selected.
Y
ou can instantly
r
eset the
M
R
-
R
ack to the
→
PlaySounds Pe
r
f
o
r
mance, and these settings.
To Instantly Reset the MR-Rack’s Parts, Sounds, and Effects
•
P
r
ess the Pe
r
f
o
r
mance and Sound buttons simultaneously.
Protecting Your Part Edits
W
hen you
’
ve made changes to a Pa
r
t
’
s pa
r
amete
r
s, those changes a
r
e tempo
r
a
r
y until you
save the cu
rr
ent Pe
r
f
o
r
mance o
r
the Pa
r
t
’
s Sound.
T
he
M
R
-
R
ack lets you choose whethe
r
you
r
edits will be
r
etained when new Sounds a
r
e selected
f
o
r
Pa
r
ts, and when the
M
R
-
R
ack
r
eceives
R
eset
A
ll Cont
r
olle
r
s
M
I
D
I
messages.
To Set What Happens to Edits When New Sounds Are Selected
1.
P
r
ess the System button.
2.
T
u
r
n the Pa
r
amete
r
s knob until the display shows
: