ESI ESI2000, Руководство по эксплуатации

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ESI Operation Manual
The following functions don’t necessarily do terribly glamorous things,
but they are exceedingly useful for managing your banks of sound data.
This guided tour acquaints you with these utilities. To see how they
work, load any bank from the hard disk.
Erasing A Preset
Activate the Preset Management module, 3. Erase Preset and erase preset
01. Don’t worry, it will just be gone from the bank, not the disk. And we
can get it back anyway by...
Loading A Preset
Refer again to the Preset Management module, 1. Load Preset. This time
load preset 01. Now it’s back in the bank again.
This is the basic method for creating a bank with presets from other
banks. The bank can only be saved as a whole. Therefore, individual
presets are loaded into the bank, and when the bank is arranged to your
specifications, it is then saved to disk.
Other Bank Management Functions
The other bank management functions, including copy, rename, create,
and preset size, are pretty much self-explanatory. Refer to the Preset
Management module, 4. Copy Preset, 2. Rename Preset, 5. Create Preset,
and 6. Preset Size. Try these various functions to get a feel for how they
work.
The proceeding guided tours cover only the basics. To cover every
possibility of how to use the ESI would drown you in words. It’s better
that you just start playing! The best way to learn about the ESI is to
power up and dive right in. Remember, you can experiment as much as
you want on stuff in the bank. You have to actually save the bank to disk
in order to alter the contents of the disk. In case you’re a nervous type,
you can even lock the disk (see Disk Utilities in Chapter 4, Master/
Global for more information).
Try to spend some time not playing, but rather practicing, with the
instrument. After you’re a bit more familiar with the ESI, read the
manual and delve deeply into a particular module or function. The ESI
is like an audio construction set, where sounds can be captured, held,
processed, mutated, sped up, slowed down... and so much more. Take
advantage of all it has to offer.
The more you practice with your ESI, the more you’ll be able to put your
personal stamp on the music you play. And when you do play, you’ll
know the instrument well enough so that you are free to concentrate
solely on your music.
On
Your Own…
Tour 7:
Managing
the Bank