Ensoniq to Be Acquired 'In This Issue

The Independent Newsletter for Ensoniq Users

Ensoniq to be Acquired 'In This Issue ... by Creative Technology Amci-==Articles: EnsoniqEnsoniq AcquisitionAcquisition ‘ Ensoniq ...... cover Acquisition Focuses on New OEM Blaster Live!(tm)Live!("“) product. line. Opportunities Teaching an Old Sampler New Tricks "This“This acquisition is a win for both companies Tom Shear ...... 4 and it'sit’s a major win for our current and future Malvern, PPA, A, December 10, 19919977 -— Ensoniq, customers!"customers!” said Sim Wong Hoo, chairman The Mysterious MIDI Mapper and chief executive officer of Creative. a world leader in audio technologytechnology,, today anan- and chief executive officer of Creative. ‘ Bob Lang ...... 5 nounced that is has entered into an agreement "Ensoniq“Ensoniq sells to a number of OEM customers to be acquired by Creative Technology LtdLtd.. including Hewlett-Packard and Gateway. Ensoniq, MACs & CDs (NASDAQ: CREAF). Creative, based in SinSin- EnsoniqEnsoniq’s's success with its pcrPCI audio solutions Ensoniq, MACs & CDs gapore, is the world'sworld’s leading provider of mulmul- fits perfectly with Creative'sCreative’s current and fufu- Mike Jennings ...... 7 timedia technology for the personal computer. ture product plans in both the OEM and retail This strategic acquisition will enable Ensoniq marketplaces. We are very excited about the Hacker Reprint and Creative to extend their reach in the pcrPCI great people,people, products and technologies that How Sounds Work -—PartPart 2: Strings audio segment of the PC OEM and PC mother-mother Ensoniq brings and the opportunities this I Mark Clifton ...... 7 board markets. Creative'sCreative’s corporate headhead- merger presents. quarters and primary manufacturing aarere based in Singapore, with sales, distribution and rere- Ensoniq'sEnsoniq’s musical instrument division will Reviews: search and development being carried out benefitbeneﬁt from Creative'sCreative’s dedication to high-endhigh-end Rubber Chicken’sChicken's Disk Tools though an extensive, global network of subsub- audio products,"products,” said Charpentier. Since its inin- T Pat Finnigan ...... 3 sidiaries located in North America, Europe, ception, Ensoniq has been a leader in the pro-pro Asia and Africa. EnsEnsoniqoniq is a key innovator in fessional musical instrument market, providing the design and devdevelopmentelopment of pcrPCI audio high quality keyboards, effects processors, and Regular Stuff: microchip technology and has strong brand digital recording systems. "Ensoniq“Ensoniq has long recognition associated with its line of elecelec- enjoyed a strong reputation as a company that Random Notes ...... 2 tronic musical instruments. brings innovative ideas to music keyboards Hypersoniq ...... 2 and other musical products at great prices,”prices," The Interface ...... 9 "We“We are extremely pleased to be joining forces said Sim. Classifieds ...... 14 with Creative,"Creative,” said Albert Charpentier, presipresi- Hacker Booteeq ...... 15-L’-}iE\¢~l~> \ dent of Ensoniq. "This“This merger allows us to Per the acquisition, which was signed on TuesTues-

further continue our focus on the OEM audio day, December 9, 1997,I997, Creative will pay up k _ business -— an area where we have already to US$77 million in cash for Ensoniq. The made major inroads, including the introduction closing of the transaction is subject to the and digital recording systems. Ensoniq'sEnsoniq’s cuscus- of AudioPCI(‘"‘)AudioPCr(tm) earlier this year. Creative'sCreative’s receipt of regulatory approval. tom IC design expertise has made the comcom- vast resources and its global distribution netnet- pany a technology and manufacturing leader work will allow us to best leverage our techtech- The acquisition is not expected to have any in sound solutions for OEMs. Ensoniq'sEnsoniq’s ICsrcs nologies and expand our goals of providing negative impact on Ensoniq’sEnsoniq's operations. All may be ioundfound in PCs, arcade games, karaoke high-qualityhigh-quality products and strong support to executives and staff will stay in place and concon- machines, and amusement park rides. our customers at the most cost-competitive tinue to operate from the Malvem,Malvern, Pa. facility. Ensoniq'sEnsoniq’s Audi0PCI("“)AudioPCr(tm) sound boards are fea-fea price points.”points." tured in many of the top OEM PC systems inin- Founded in 1982, Ensoniq Corporation is a cluding: Gateway, HewlettHewlett-Packard,-Packard, Micron, Ensoniq also provides Creative with other lleadingeading producer of audio and sound technoltechnol- Quantex, and DEC. Ensoniq is located in Mal-Mal technologies that are highly complementary to ogy productproducts.s. Well-known in the professional vern, Pa. and employs about 200 people. Creative'sCreative’s recently announced Environmental music industry for 15 years for its production Audio(tm)Audio("“) technology and its future Sound of keyboards, synthesizers, effects processors,processors, (c) 1997 Ensoniq Corp.

I ISSUE NUMBER 151,i5i,$2.50 $2.50 if T if if T if JANUARY, 1998ma _ _ _ _ ——‘ "I

o Front PanelPanel. i -

RND (IiI)(lit) plain 01ol’' typing faster than you’reyou're thinkingthinking.. working musicians, Syntaur Productions has released a brand new set of patches for these Ensoniq News And one of our long-time Basement regulars decade-old workhorse synths. Since many of -— the Bros. Ryan sends the following: "We“We these keyboards are landing in the hands of Yet more interesting times -— the big news is regret to announce the dissolution of The hip-hop and rap artists, Syntaur'sSyntaur’s Soundset 5' on the cover. Again, we'llwe’ll be following this Bros. Ryan due to lack of patronage.”patronage." has taken a heavy slant toward those genres, situation as it unfolds. For right now, it looks including a multitude of deep and low synth like potentially pretty good news for En-En basses, funky worm-type sounds, wah-wah soniq’ssoniq's keyboard fans. Third Party News sounds, and more. Also included are the most requested additions to the ESQESQ’s's sound We’dWe'd like to welcome a new advertiser - library: acoustic and electric pianos, organs, Hacker News AudioWrx, provider of "memory“memory conscious and some drum sounds, such as lR-808TR-808 kick, multisamples.”multisamples." Check out their ad in the snare, and cowbell.cowbell. The new Soundset was We’reWe're still doing a little tweaking on the Booteeq, and check out their free demo files programmed by Sam Mims. Hacker layout. Hopefully, this issue'sissue’s Inter-Inter on their web site. face will be slightly easier to read and the Soundset 5 is available from Syntaur ProducProduc- front section will have a little bit more article tions, 500 W. Prairie Ave., Eagle Lake, TX material. Hypersoniq -— New Products 77434; call (409) 234-2700 or (800) 334- 1288. The set of 40 new sounds costs $19.95, Basement tapes newsnews...... Correction: In Issue Syntaur Productions and is available in a variety of disk formats. #148 Steve made a reference to Roshan and Releases New ESQ-IISQ-80ESQ-I/SQ-80 Sounds Shivani'sShivani’s music label as "Copy“Copy Cat Music."Music.” Of course, what he really meant was "Cosmic“Cosmic In response to the large numbernumberss of Ensoniq Cat Music."Music.” No hidden meanings here --— just ESQ-1ESQ-l and SQ-80 synths still in the hands of

~ti.c.seUlltl C358 '.SIIS(use: IlIrfor , IllItlrllllitI-Iecfrarrir If.;P1II1I1I1iqvrjrment

OPTI-CASE, like the great pyramids, built to last and protect. .

Now available direct from factory (except in current dealer areas) our fulllinefull line of ATA cases Category I and II Models available for all Ensoniq

keyboards and racks! .1 1 W1 Shown: 4-space rack with EPS-16 PLUS module, Mention the (TH) code number 839 when inquiring to 2-space rack, Eagle-I VFX-sd case receive our special factory direct pricing. CALL US AT 1-800-637-6635 TItEThe OpTiMUMOptimum -inIN 8:00 am to 4:30 pm CT, Mon. - Fri. We accept: COD, Visa, Mastercard, American Express. PROTECTioNPnorecrion Dealer Inquiries Welcome! OPTI-CASE •- 1175 CR 481 West,West Henderson,Henderson TX 75654 •- FAX: 903-657-6030 - fl -7---W 77 I W ______—— ’ 1 13 "

2 with the app from the "Open“Open With"With” 95 dialog box. Only gotta do this once, so Where the Rubber another minor point. It will convert one file format to another without doing this from the "Convert“Convert to File Image”Image" dialog box, so Meets the RoadRood...... use this instead. Ensoniq Disk Tools for Windows Interface and dialog boxes are typical VB Pat FFinniganinnigan (Visual Basic) layout. Would'veWould’ve liked a larger work area and typeboxes, but that'sthat’s only because I use a 20" Trinitron and have Product: Ensoniq Disk Tools for Windows. drive. This may not sound like a big deal, only because I use a 20” Trinitron and have but in addition to getting defragged, since For: EPS/EPS/16+/ASR/rack 16+/ ASRlrack variants, TS series. but in addition to getting defragged, since astigmatism. Not a true "Sample“Sample Editor"Editor” --- the backup is individual files in individual a "Sample Parameter Editor" is more ac Price: $59.95 & shipping. the backup is individual files in individual a “Sample Parameter Editor” is more ac- From: Rubber Chicken Software, 714 5th directories, you can move both files and curate. AutoexecAutoexec.bat.bat and config.sys files Street SE, Willmar, MN 56201, Phone: directories around with ease, an operation must be edited if using IDE and ATAPI impossible with many backup utilities. 320.235.9798 (voice)(voice).. impossible with many backup utilities. CDROM drives (about 98% of all PC'sPC’s util-util Don'tDon’t expect your macros to work properly ize these types of CD-ROM drives). Not a after you'veyou’ve moved them aroundaround...... big edit for experienced PC users, but Well, gang, we finally get our hands on what downright scary for rookie PC’ers.PC'ers. To has been in the works for probably the past Formats and writes an appropriate Ensoniq RCS'sRCS’s credit, a detailed explanation is given year. All the veteran loopers have prowled OS to SCSI drives! This may not seem like with step-by-step instructions, but an the net and siphoned off all the shareware much, but consider the ramifications -— now automated batch file to run this would’vewould've utilities for wave conversion, disk building, that we have the tools to format SCSI drives been friendlier.friendlier... .. parameter editors, etc. We'veWe’ve surfed the wee without attaching them to a MalvernMalvem box, we hours waiting for the traffic to subside can, at long last, ditch the floppyfloppy drive and before we logged on and forked over all that replace it with a SCSI drive! No more caca- The DealDeol dough to our local ISPISP-types,-types, and still we bling a SCSI drive to your 16+ or ASR! I'veI’ve lack a unified app to do all the myriad things personally pulled the floppyfloppy from my ASR This is the absolute "biggest-bang“biggest-bang-for--for our MalvernMalvem loopy-boxes are capable of and dropped in a Syquest 135 cartridge your-buck"your-buck” software on this blue ball. It re-re (and put us through). We’reWe're forced to work drive, and talk about convenience! Zip quires your computer to run Windows 3.1 or at the floppyfloppy level and fragment our SCSI drives plop right in without a hitch. Garth 95. Anyone using an ASR/16+ASRlI6+ with hard drives editing and replacing files on our arar- even has drives and kits to do exactly thisthis.. drives will definitely want to use the SCSI rays. That is, until the emergence of this At long last, we'rewe’re on an even hardware keel features of the program. It'sIt’s a tribute to long-awaited application. with Emulators. And with ZIP drive prices RCS'sRCS’s fairness that you could buy 5 copies (bare) falling below $100 (after Iomega of Disk Tools for what a SCSI controller At long last Rubber Chicken Software has Rebate), we're,we’re, like, there, dudedude...... card for your PC will cost to manage your released Ensoniq Disk Tools, which, to date, ASR/16+ hard drives. (Oops, and your TS r represents the MOST complete set of unified EDT handles singlesingle-- and multi-wave converconver- hard drives.) EDT’sEDT s roses FAR and ABOVE 1 utilities for the PC platform. Conceived sions (VERY handy when doing a multimulti- outweigh its thorns,thoms, as there'sthere’s nothing from SoundSoundVert Vert 1.03 (one of those sampled instrument) and can batch the remotely close to it at this price rangerange...... *.wav-to*.wav-to-Ensoniq-Ensoniq shareware utils we pulled process. Very cool. Then you can assign I down from some obscure site at 4:45 in the wavesamples to key ranges with a simple This is not Alchemy or Sound Forge: it'sit’s not morning), this app is, at twice the price, a click and drag. Well done, Garth. A Bank going to give you shaded menu bars and MUSTMUST- - HAVE for any Ensoniq sampling Builder is included which allows custom colorful radio buttons and twisty-knob icons owner. Let'sLet’s dig into this before we get banks to be created without connection to a to fiddle with. And it'sit’s not going to set you l ahead of ourselvesourselves...... MalvernMalvem box. Real time saver. back $500+ beans, either. What it will do is clear the fog between your PC and your EnEn- soniq sampler and allow free communication 1 I. The Roses The Thorns between the two. EDT is "Terje's“Terje’s EPSm Mac editor for the PC crowd."crowd.” And to RCS'sRCS’s

1: Disk Tools runs fine on Windows 3.1, 3.11 Won'tWon’t run under Windows NT 3.51 or 4.0 credit, the program never crashed. In a VB (WFW) or 95. It'sIt’s actually capable of editedit- (4.0's(4.0’s Hardware Abstraction Layer doesn'tdoesn’t WIN 95 environment, this is sterling. Not ing parameters directly from disk (no loadload- allow disk ROM BIOS calls). Can'tCan’t specify one freeze or blue screen of deathdeath...... ing into the sampler, editing, and resaving to loop points in *.wav files, only 0 to 100% of Pl disk). TS owners, rejoice: no more "edit"“edit” total wave. Won'tWon’t run on an Apple PC ComCom- Documentation is good, and the inclusion of l files are generated. It will fonnatformat EPS/ patibility card (same as the NT issue). a tutorial for the most common operations is 16+/16+/ASR ASR floppies.floppies. Where the program real-real Doesn'tDoesn’t come with GieblerGiebler’s's Ensoniq Disk most welcome. And the support is trementremen- ly shines is in its SCSI disk management Extractor (to write *.eft TS images to flopflop- dous: I1 received no less than three updates utilities...utilities ... py) -—- must be a licensing thing. Garth does to EDT during the course of this review. point out the URL to download the file, so RCS plans to add further TS support to the Backup and restore commands don'tdon’t write minor point. {Ed.[Ed. —- Disk Tools now sup-sup program as well, so I don’tdon't feel comfortable disk images; they write a file-by-file copy ports EDT and EFT filesfiles (these are TS files)files) reviewing this as a finished product. Just J4 r i from host drive to destination drive. ConseConse- fully.fully.}] Doesn'tDoesn’t open *.ede, *.eda, *.gkh, *.ins like Ensoniq O.S.'s,O.S.’s, EDT is a constantly r quently, backing up from one drive and rere- and other GieblerGiebler-type-type files automatically —- evolving application that will only get better storing to another defragments the target you'llyou’l1 have to manually "associate"“associate” the file and offer more features as it is updated.

3 And, as Garth points out, upgrades are free Bio: Pat’sPat' s not havinhavingg much luck leading a involvedinvolved iinn that decision were takentaken ooutut to registered owners for life. If that’sthat's not a normal lifelife.. Pat’sPat' s wife rrecentlyecently had a baby back and promptly shot (with squirtsquirt gunsguns,, ooff closercloser,, you probably gripe about having to boy. During all the hoopla shshee claimclaimss she coursecourse).). Although resonance is gegenerallynerally asas- rub yourself daily with an alkali substance. vaguely recalls rereceivingceiving SSysExysEx messages sociated with spacey synth sweepssweeps and And although this program isn'tisn’t "“squeakysqueaky from him, but that was months agoago.. funky bass sounds, it can really add a unique clean,clean,”" RCS'sRCS’s operation and support of tthishis sound to drum loops. program certainly are. So what youyou’ll' ll give up in whistles and bells is more than offset HHere,ere, you have several options. The ononlyly by the level of support youyou’re're gonngonnaa get reareall key isis that you want your filter FREFREQQ from these guys. Remember, RCS ssupportsupports valvalueue ssetet ffairlyairly lowlow...... most likely all the Ensoniq gear exclusively. TheTheyy araren’ten 't geget-t wayway.. YouYou can then set your MOD SRC to titingng pulled around by supporting any other whawhatevertever yoyouu cchoose,hoose, and boost the amount manufacmanufacturer.turer. All resouresourcesrces aarere devotedevotedd to of modmodulationulation all the way up to +99. EnEnsoniqsoniq gear onlyonly.. ProbablyProbably thethe most most ﬂexibleflexible source is the l MOD WHEEL.WHEEL. By assigning this as your ThatThat’s's why this program is a winnewinner...r. .. ssource,ource, you hhaveave a huge amount of control l l oveoverr howhow ththee loloopop is affected. You can do a l slow, smooth ssweep...weep .. . you can slowly move l the filter from open to closedclosed...... you can Teaching an OldOla boost the modwheel only on the downdown- beats...beats ... the possibilities are staggering. And, by experimenting with different resonance Sampler NevvNew Tricks and ENVELOPE values,values, you can really manipulate things intintoo pretty wild territory.territory. Tom Shear Even better is when you actually play a

drum beat by hand on your favorite drum kit Jmiéiiifé-it4_'-ii l samplesample...... now you can assign VELOCITY as l l When sampling first appeared on the scene However, this trick is also useful in a much people wewerere so in awe of it, so flooredﬂoored,, that more exciting wayway...... now I wasnwasn’t't restricted a modulation source and youyou can hear some you didn’tdidn't have to do much aside from to the loop as it was played originallyoriginally...... really strange, really funky rhythms. I use throwing some sampled sounds into your since I had the beat divided into four parts, I this one all the time. mix to impress people. The novelty ooff the could vary which ppartsarts played when, while whole thing was almost enough to kkeepeep lislis- maintaining the original funky feel. I could These are just a couple ways you can give teners interestedinterested.. However, the llisteningistening play fills with the snare or have the snare your drum loops a more interesting and uni-uni public is a fickle lot, and what was once drop out entirely. So many possibilities! Of que soundsound.. There are obviously tons more, considered high tech and groundbreaking is course, this is only the most simple way of but a guyguy’s's gotta have a couple of his own tricks, you know? now tired and cliched. The bottom line? doing thisthis.. If you choose to, you can divide tricks, you know‘? _ Simply using a drum loop "as“as is”is" doesndoesn’t't cut it into as many parts as you want to. Simply it anymore. What to do? Drum loops sound take the total size of your wavesamplewavesample ((thatthat great, but you want to do something difdif- big number to the left of the SAMPLE ENDEND ferent...ferent. .. something that is going to stand out percentage) and divdivideide that number by the from the crowd. This month, we’llwe' ll look at a number of chunks you wwantant to didividevide yyourour few tricks that can help you do just that. loop into. The resulting number will be the size of each chunk and will tell you how Bio: TTomom Shear waswas tthehe much-much One of my favorite tricks is to divide a loop much you musmustt increment the SAMPLE talked about into several equalequal-sized-sized chunkschunks.. This simple STSTART AR T and END pparametersarameters for each talked about "sixth“sixth SpiceSpice action is an extremely useful trick in several chunk. ObviouslyObviously,, the more chunks you Girl"Girl” -— "Old“Old ways. I accidentally discovered it because I chop your beat into, more possibilities be-be Spice.”Spice." wanted to use a loop in a song, butbut,, since come open to you in l6l‘1TlSterms of varying your live drummers aren’taren't quite as strict as a sese- beats. The truly hardcore sample heads quencer timing-wise,timing-wise, part of the loop would among you may even choose to do what En-En L drift out of time with the rest of the sequensequen- soniq did on a few of their drum loop disksdisks,, I ces. My solution? I made four copies of the and isolate each individual hit in a beat and Call For Writers! wavesample, mapped each one right next to map it across the keyboard for even more In spite of their current god-like status, the other (and adadjustingjusting the ROOT KEY on possibilities. I In spite of their current god-like status, writers for the Hacker were once mere I the PITCH page so that all the loops played mortals - just likelike you! If you’reyou're at the correct tempo), and then, on the Another favorite trick is to feed loops or at the correct tempo), and then, on the noodling around with Ensoniq geargear,, drums through the Waveboy Resonant Filter EDITEDIT-WAVESAMPLE -W AVESAMPLE page, I went in and you too can join their elite ranks.ranks . disk. If you own an EPSEPS-16+-16+ or ASR-JOASR-10 and adjusted the SAMPLE START and SAMSAM- We’reWe're always looking for new writers,writers, you DON'T have this disk, you are missing PLE ends so that the beat was now divided you DON’T have this disk, you are missing and yes, there is actual paymentpayment into four pieces. Wavesamples 1 and 3 were out on what is probably one of the coolest involved.involved. If you’reyou're toying withwith an idea the downbeats and 2 and 4 were the upbeatsupbeats.. add-ons available for your sampler. I don'tdon’t for an article, how aboaboutut giving Now, I could go in and trigger the samplessamples,, know where along the line engineers who Editrix Jane a call at 11-503-227-6848-503-227-6848 (I(1-2-3-4) -2-3-4) so that the beat was recreated, but worked for musical instrument manufac-manufac and listening to her soosoothingthing words of now by quantizing it, my timing error wwasas turers decided resonance wasn'twasn’t needed anyany- I encouragement? ccorrected.orrected. more, but I sincerely hope all the people

I1 —_..__.i,'..__-._. WAVEBOY PLUG·INS‘U |_ C G7 . Z CD The Mysterious MIDI 44KHz COMPRESSOR Mapper Bob Lang YourASR·lOYourfA5R-10 becomes a high-endhigh.-end digital compressor, with this new Waveboy plug-in effect. This stereo compressor limiter ha Wouldn'tWouldn’t be great if i adjustable attack, decay, threshothreshold, Id, and ratio, plus a noise-gate function to control E“S°“i‘1Ensoniq synthesizersSY“‘“°SiZ“=‘s Screen #1 Win»Win, 3.1 Control Panel and Midi MapMa er digital noise in more extreme sqUlshingsquashing conformed to the gengen------situations. Only in digital can you get true eral MIDI standard in1n- 5 Elle Qpflons.Qp1:tDna was-aw~Indow !:!elpflelp "instant" attack time, which can control strument layout? The I general MIDI standard ,I -: I 5',Settingsiii""5 5"’HelpI ;: ‘ the fastest transients. Great on internal , : ' Y : definesdefines each patch 1 5 % ,fig’ a ~ 3 sounds, for re-sampling, and for processing III A\ B i l CobCi’ F_FCITB p""PMS MouseMG-ISQ Desktcc)DOSKIQ external inputs. A must-have tool for thusly - Harpsichord external inputs. A must-have tool for H _... recording, mixing, and mastering. Also is always patch #6, L i ~ lag‘ D’Il!fl I recording, mixing, and mastering. Also _ _ KeyboatdKeyboard Printer:Prrtlllt lriornalional DaialTmo :x , Acoustic Bass is #32, .. £ works on the EPS-16.EPS-16 PLUS (with mono Acoustic Bass rs #32, F-2] EZQ •a @ ; Trumpet is #56, etc. e.~ audio-in.)audio-in) $49.95 Tmmpct ls #56’ etc‘ E Driven;slim~ SoundSljfld DSDUHOosouuo SSoup.... 386ass E""'"=IErhmoed~ 1 The general MIDI stanstan- I = 1 dard allows musicians ‘5"w‘“’*‘**‘“...... ~ .... ~...•... :...... W3“ ...... " “I ‘ “ ‘es

TEMPO SYNC'D DELAYS to exchange MIDI files ‘ = . -V-‘fr-'|‘.‘|'.1‘-‘rt'v'-'r.-re-“r.-r.v.‘¢'~1‘.-*-'.s‘.--.v.'r.-r.‘r.'n-r-.-.-1-.-.-I-1-.-.-.-a.-.-e».».-.~ -.-,-,», - I with others that used , ______252921:Fsizisizfsiz95%2ii:52%:5552529;%:%si:%§i:¥;¥:¥s%:¥4&>3izsetitttitiz£2525;E225:?5£2&%:ie%:i2¥zi:%s§i%si:%zPitiifsézisizi l t:n'I Z Shun GET WITH THE BEA 11 Delay times locked different synthesizers l l&.tiJ ‘ @§.=hrw QB.-flehlaw C>£=rl4 to the Sequencer Tempo! The SYNCD and have the song l MusicPtognr"‘“”°P'°°""‘ ...... “‘""‘ "I" . .1 DRAY effect lets you specify delay times e_._. DELAY effect lets you specify delay times sound similar on each E= ~ I. Desorption.- - . 2 in CLOCKS instead of milliseconds. When Ill!l synthesizer. Of course * = Hwe. Tod‘ Gm‘ 2¢ -.~- — . you change the tempo, all the delays stay you could copy the l : I syncronizedsyncronized.. SSimple,imple, but terriblytelTibly effecti sounds around in your ______-9 for all kinds of music. Ensoniq memory until i i I is Four taps with level, pan, feedback, and you had the general MIDI instrument layout, synthesizer conformed to the MIDI standard delay up to 480 docksclocks (5 quarter notes.) but that is rather time consuming! instrument layout, but what a pain! There is a (Sorry, it doesn't sync to incoming MIDI much easier way. clocks.) Both 30KHz30KH-z and 44KHz44l(Hz sample For all of you using IBM compatible personal rate versions are included. For ASR-IO an rate versions are included. For ASR-10 computers with synthesizers that do not concon- If you are using Windows 3.1 or later, you alal- EPS-16 PLUS: $49.95 form to the general MIDI standard for instru-instru ready have it! The trick is a little icon buried ment and drum layouts, help has arrived. Part in the Windows Control Panel called the of the general MIDI standard for instrument MIDI Mapper as shown in Screen #1. The SONIQ DEMOLITION layout is shown in Table 1 and the standard MIDI Mapper works by setting itself between for drumsdnlms in shown in Table 2. The general the WINDOWS sequencing program like MIDI standard is great for exchanging MIDI Destroy audio. On purpose. Most effects MIDI standard is great for exchanging MIDI CAKEWALK or MUSICTIME and the MIDI try to make things sound a little better. ".MID"“.MID” files with others that do not use the output device like an MPU401 card or Sound- These impose serious -damage.damage. Sound same brand synthesizer. comes out twisted, mangled, or completely demolished. But in a good way. The Synthesizersfonn to ma MIDIthat concon-in_ Screen #2 Ensoniq MIDI Setup_. SONIQ DEMOliTIONDEMOLITION DISK offers form to the MIDI in ~':1'.3:3ii'.§-.'-:-:-:~:~:-:4-:-:~:~:-:-:3'.-:cI:'-:1K6Bl.m"ct&I'§1:'-:-‘:~§'s-‘t-‘$:-:<~&~$:-:‘\.§-.-.-.-.--.--.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.-.;.;.-.-.--.----- ~.-:-.-:-:-'-:-:-:-:;:$-:5-ts:-:-:-3;:-:-:§=:='=:='=-.*~§s===s=>.'-.~'-s~=2=2r%t==t=se=-is-'=;s="."""""""" ------"Zr-~ three drastically new effect algorithms: strument standard will 5 Show - ,_ GRAIN STORM, PITCH-WARP and LOLO- all play MIDI files that -. 95”” t1 Conform to um standard 1% N,“ mg.-ll-is-2.3-2;:2:E;;=E;E:i2-it5->1-..;at=1-1:;1::11:5151251:553:§t2i§t?;i;$§iliii@ii?itie5ii@£i:¥2i5i252335éiizizigizfzE252%;E£?&?:3§i£?%%%3§i:E2i&i£3&%:?Ei1i35. FIDEliTY.FEDELITY. Works exclusively on the conform to the standard so that they soundSound apap_ F D031-Fffllillii Srcfihan Qastfihon Eortfla-no 7 Paldnflaohlarno y : Ensoniq ASR-I0ASR-10 and EPS-16 PLUSPLUS.. _ max PCMIDI Card Om emqom Kicking on sounds, on sequences, on audioaudio- proximately the same. I Max PClvlIDlCard0u encqtotn 5 l in (even on the 16 PLUS) and for rere- say approximately be-be em Ztmggz WW . F , sampling. The unique and powerful cause the reason one ; .~,§ l i ,,u,¢P¢,,,,D,c,d0,, “mm transformations of granular synthesis chose the X synthesizer E ‘ Mfl>

. . . ' I I.‘Z,‘tom~.lmm4~mro-Iy l 9"! I reat yourself to the best, Send least it will be using _ & 15 [N0... I mm"; :‘ heck or Money Order To: the grand piano sound. i i '8 ma';_'§§‘fi3ca;,“mmaum-+ "°""‘:“'°'°°'“°“ l°'“"°'" Ellllllllfififififififigi AVEBOY Industries P.O. Box Of course one could , .E M|..lirmtiaTtri: l' 33, Paoli,Paoll, PA 19301 USA. copycgpy the soundsSounds aroundafgund -_- - - I ...... ISA/MC accecpted.acceopted. PA residents in memory until the I . 1 dd 6% sales tax; Overseas add 6. shipping. tel:tel: 610-251-9562 ax: 610-408-8078 . 5 i — '-

I Screen #3 MIDMIDII Patch MapMa e for SO-2SQ-2 ROM Sounds ; ' SQ-2 Dfllms _ __ I I _ ;. _. __.,:_- -,:_:_-_:_:_:_:_:_:_..______.._ _ _ _.._ _ _.._._ _ ,._._._._.__ _ _ _._.__ _ _.__ _._ _._.__ _.__ _._-._:...... ______..._.._-.___ ------.._..._ . -.._ ...._.._-.._. -- I -.-.-.-;fi;.;.;.;.3.~.-.;.;.~.-.-.-.-..3.;.1.;.;.~.-.;.;.~.-.-.~.'m-.-.-.-.-.~.~.~.~.~.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.~.-.-.-.-.-.-.- '.- - ~ ~ --.- -.-.-.-.-.-..-.-.-.-. .'.'.:‘.;._._.'.~.'.~.'.'.-.'.-.;.;.'.;.'.'.'.'.'._.'-;-'.-.3.-.-.~.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.~.-.-.-.-$13233 '“acc..'.'-'.;-;.;.-.;.'-;.-.;.-.;.;..;.;.;-._.;.§n...... _,.,___,.,,,______'z:.}.:.:.:.:.:.:.;""""" I .:::ii; _._ , I :.::i.?:__::L:|_:_‘_: .;I:_:_:_:_:_q:% Q}; _,:\:_ 1,5355-.::-E-'E$:;::-2:‘;-_:EE:5E::.;=::E:;:E:E:E:'_=:_:::E:::::_:_:;:;=4;:1:_:E5};:55:5:_:__;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;_*.-;_Q s. :...... ~.~...~.~.~.*.~...... ~.-...~.~.'.'.' $0.‘. .-..'-'.'.'.~.'.'.~.'...'..'.'.'.'.- .-..~. -.;:;:§3:;:§c_:_c_c;:_C;:&&_54_;_-;_;‘;;;.;'I'.:-.;_._._._._._._._ _ _ _ , I' 1 _:1 O ....ch ,,_ em 2»-=»~~-= @at-~== IWW__ 'u'-‘u In_~;:~j as Im- §"¥f~‘.ii.i.5I’.$’=>?.l':1l’c1i-i?.:1.rd OSOUNODSOUNG 5 404!] ieiseuieismi?EleetJicSnore if p 4.49 '::: L11 IU'cIm:acIPia'\oi*PIona ll]10 I _1un100 [Nonol §I I IOauood . _ ___ \. | '5 FIoOfTom ::::‘:‘: H.._.--._ 14141 Low Floor Tom I 69G3 :0:o U‘! 25 100‘IEIG [None I — —— .. 1-In-she‘..-dcl ii 25 III Nmel !I . -" < - - - :'. ' '-'.'.' '.':*-'.'.':'.' . . Z'.'.'. - -'1' 1 -. 42 Closed Hi Hat I 52 ~~~~-_._'2'! "4 [name0._ 242-I 100 [NonolINEMI “ =a-..s--- I42 _ -< in I 43 HighAoOlTomHigh Fiona Tom 72 I-D Ifiahdac.Ioda 22 100101] I[time] Nono I ~m I «44 IssasiPed.!l Hi H.at:Hal 575:1’ :~:1' U1 GlockenooieIBloc!-uanepicl 767'8 100'IU|] ‘[l~lorIeI[None! I III'- 1' • ':-. 45 Low Tom 76 :::": 1(J xii --A(‘T1 t-IusicBolCMusic Box 76TB 5053 .+1+loctaoveOctave ;~: _ . _ . _ _ _. ._ _ . __ __, '2' - 41 ' ' " 1 Q 1 E Q Q Q 2 1 £- is OpenUpon HiHdHi Hal ‘I 55 ‘ nI lVbaohme|IVha|;i1cna ' 11 100 [NoneI NI:-he I 1 1 2 1 ,,!:!!. 4 1-1 .. l~~~ rm1 tmJ 1m! aQ uwuutmiLow-MidTom as79 ‘ll- M~a 100 1112 Iivlarirrba 77?T 100 I[“°"'°I None I I MusicMusicProtJ'~$Progans testfle: :=.nnau':n'w' I ' ' ..5;. ----I C. V, ...... s I-I-fghi-rlid9l-Mn TemTun I 83as .5: nI . IN;-loI:l1one 76TE 100 (None) ~! Ie""'" .. g ._.._.. ~ [NW-=1 5555 . I . . 1 G5 Crash Eu'nbal1 64s4 ill_._.1'1 I U‘E4: I‘TubuIa|TtbMrBeisHols 7414 , 1001Dl] [None)[ Nuns ] 3';~~l~:':- I I‘ ...... C'"""'l - :.:. 50 ‘Ii-iigh TomTun 83B3 F‘: iii It 15IE Iousm0..,..., if 35 100Inn I[timer None I i -E rm1... ~... milT...no-no w. | I Multimedia ToolTuniss Game,E BITBS .| _ . ' I - ¢. 'u_ :_ : :3;-;:‘--;-a;-;:;:;:;: I . Slack" V~:~,:,::::~ '2' 5 .-' 1-." 5*e*=' |:=a=z=z=eez=s=a=2g ~~:~M g'~'l@ii:~:f! I-II.-:1-\.,. I':::::::$. - - . . -I- :::~:::. . . ..'J 1~'"',~a{'~Jea’‘ '° I',;~'l!!$::,~"' "",~,j I ' >-',- ;-“Lu-t Q-. I ~Iv. - .,,~.- ,3. '-

blaster card with MIDI output. Whenever defines the name of the patch setup that will I Table 1 - General MIDIMID! one sends a program change command or be used for each channel. Since the Ensoniq Instrumentlrstrument Map I other MIDI command to be mapped, the SQ-2 only receives on 8 channels only 8 are MIDI Mapper intercepts it and changes it to defined in the setup file. The Ensoniq is concon- I MIDI.tIDI Instrument the new program change before sending to nected to the MPX PC MIDI card, but there Patch Sound the MIDI output device. may be other devices on your computer to I o0 Acoustic Grand Piano connect to the MIDI Mapper. For example, 1l Bright Acoustic Piano The MIDI Mapper allows one to do five another SQ-2 could be connected to the 2 Electric Grand Piano I 3 Honky-tonk Piano types of mapping: Channel, Port, Patch, Key Proaudio MIDI output on the other eight 4 Rhodes Piano and Volume. But before one can use the channels. I ChorusedChorusecl Piano MIDI Mapper, it must be configured. The 6 Harpsichord The second thing to set up is the patch maps. 4r.;tI4 first thing to do is create a Setup. In this The second thing to set up is the patch maps. 1 Clavinet Chromatic first thing to do is create a Setup. In this 800*-JCJ'\U1-In-UJIQ CelesteCelesta case the Setup is called ENSONIQ is created In Screen #2 a patch map called ENSQROM I 9 Glockenspiel for an Ensoniq SQ-2 synthesizer and is is referenced. Screen #3 shows how the 10 Music Box I I shown in Screen #2. The Setup defines the ensQrom patch map is set up. Each of the 128 IIll Vibraphone 12 Marimba channel mapping and the hardware the MIDI general MIDI standard sound patches is 13 Xylophone Mapper will output information to. It also mapped to a sound patch on the Ensoniq. For 1144 Tubular Bells 1155 Dulcimer 16I6 I-IammondHammond Organ . I... 17 Percuss-ivePercussive Organ 18I8 Rock Organ Table 2-2 — General MIDI Drum Map 19 Church Organ 20 Reed Organ MIDI Drum MIDI Drum . 21 AccorclionAccordion Key SoundSound. 22 Harmonica I Key Sound Key 232.3 Tango Accordion 35 Acoustic Bass Drum 59 Ride Cymbal 2 High Bongo 24 Acoustic Guitar (nylon) I 36 Bass Drum #1 60 High Bongo 25 Acoustic -GuitarGuitar (steel) 37 Side Stick 61 Low Bongo Mute High Conga I 26 .Ele¢ltricElectric Guitar Uazz)(jazz) 3338 Acoustic Snare 62 Mate High Conga 27 Electric Guitar (clean) 3939" Hand CiapClap 63 Open High Conga .27 Low Conga I 28 EiectricElectric Guitar"Guitar (muted) 40 _ Electric Snare 64 Low Conga ' 29 OverdrivenOver-driven. Guitar _ 41 Low Floor Tom 65 High TimbaleTirnbale 30 Distortion Guitar - _ 42 Closed High I-latHat 66 Low Timbale 6'7 High Agogo I . 31 Guitar Harmonics 43 '1-IighHigh Floor Tom 67 32 V Acoustic Bass-IBassI 44 Pedal High Hat 68 Low Agogo l !I 69 Cabasa - 33 .. ElectricElectric‘ Bass (finger) I 45 Low TomTorn .3-434 Electric Bass (p-ick)(pick) I -4646 Open High Hat 70 MaracasMaracas. . 35 Fretless Bass -47'47 LowfM'idLowlMidTomTom 71'71 Short Whistle 36 Slapslap Bass I 48 HighlMidHigliihdid Tom 72 ' Long Whistle .3737 Slap Bass 2 A 49 Crash Cymbal 1I 73 Short GuiroGa-ire . '3@8;38 Synth Bass I1 ' 50 HighHigh. Tom 74"£4 Long Guiro , - 39 -- SynthSy-nth Bass 2 I - 51SI Ride CymbalCy-mbai 1 '7'-5;75 Claves . 40 ViolinViol-in l ' 52 H Chinese CymbalCymbal- 76 High Wood Block p I -4.141 Vic-laViola = . 53 Ride Cymbal .7777 Low Wood Block - ' '4242 Cello I 54514 Tambourine 78"Z8 Mute Cuica . I 43 Contra-bassContrabass I 55 SplashS_plash-Gyinbal Cymbal 79'79 Open Cuica 4 Mute Triangle 44 Tremolo Strings 56 CowbellCow-bell - 80 Mute Triangle _ 45 PizzicatoP'izzie-ate .String.sStrings . 57 _ _ Crash Cymbal 2 - 81 Open Triangle - ' ' _ .53.58 I Vibra-slapVibraslap 6-1»

*7 _ 2 _i ; _ .. . : . ; i i __ _ . l ______i . .

_ .._.._..__-_..___._?,i_- . _ .... _ _ ___ ' '7 " 'nr example general MIDI standard sound patch ing key #39 (MIDI Q- for music box is 10 which is mapped to patch standard hand clap) in CAKEWALKCAKEWAlK SEQUENCERssoueucsn SETUP MN, Figure 1 MIDImot Mapper I Channel 16.16, PatchPa1ch 126.126, Key 39 ensomq l TransformationsExrilflsftffnalloni F0!‘for DflflflDrum 76 (new bell) on the Ensoniq SQ-2 ROM the software sequensequen- i Exampleamp e sounds. In adaddition,dition, the music box is also cer, the MIDI mapper mapped to play notes one octave higher and will cause the Ensoniq I PATCH MAP wmoowgWINDOWS I one half as loud on the Ensoniq SQSQ-2.-2. You to use instrument I °"$‘l'°"‘ Channel s, Patch 126, Key as I MIDIg£:v';“r:PP°' Mapper Software just have to try to find the best match for the patch #81 and play general MIDI standard soundsound.. note #96 (SQ-2 hand ‘ ~ Kgwmap f clap).°laP)- Channelcnannet 8,s. Pa1cheaten 81.31, Key 39as msqdmm I Finally the last type of MIDI mapping is the key mapping. In Screen #3 we saw the use of This transformation is the ++1 1 octave key mapping. One may set up shown schematically ‘III ___ V I _ other key mapping as well. Key mapping is in- Figure- 1. TO ENSONIQ KEYBOARD "1 F‘g“r° 1' I Channel 8.a. Patch 81at.. Key 96as especially useful in defining a standard drum set. Screen #4 shows how the general MIDI Once the MIDI Setups, standard drum layout can be mapped into the Patch Maps, and Key Maps are configured, That'sThat’s all there is to it and now your synsyn- drum map of the SQ-2. A new key map called then go into the WINDOWS sequencer propro- thesizer conforms to the proposed general ensqdrum was set up and would be referrefer- gram and set the MIDI output device to the MIDI standard for instrument layout! enced on Screen #3 for sound patch #126 Microsoft MIDI Mapper. This will force ouout-t (MIDI standard Drums) on channel 16 which put from the sequencer through the MIDI would be mapped to Ensoniq sound patch Mapper. Do not try to use the MIDI Mapper Bio: Bob Lang is an engineer and freelancefreelance #81 (Top Forty Drum Kit). Thus when drums and the hardware port at the same time or you writer trying to get the word out on MIDI, were assigned to instrument patch #126 playplay-- will get a "device“device in use"use” error message. music and computers to the massesmasses..

ROM utility. I use the fast drive inside my EnsoniqlEnsoniq, MACsl\/lACs & CDs computer for multimedia etcetc.. The other drive is an old slow Apple CD-ROM drive that I Mike Jennings got cheaply. I use FWB Software'sSoftware’s CD-ROM ToolKit ($79, http://www.fwb.com/ci/pr/ cdCpr.html)cdt_pr.html) as a replacement for the Apple I'veI’ve seen a few questions about this in past would be a cool tricktrick,, to be able to directly CD-ROM driver. This software lists all of the Hackers, but never happened to catch if access the data from the Mac desktop for CD-ROM drives and bumersburners on my system, anyone ever printed the definitive answer. editing, translation, disk management, etc. and allows me to enable or disable whichever Just in case, I'mI’m sharing minemine.. But even if all it did was make the Mac igig- ones I want. nore it, that would be great, too, because the As many of you Mac users know, Macs are disk utility I use (EPSm, http:http://fysmac04.-//fysmac04. So I enable the CDCD-ROM-ROM drive in my com-com pretty aggressive about identifying and atat- uio.no/eps.html)uio.no/eps.html) can access the CD anywayanyway.. puter and leave the older external drive "“off”off" tempting to "mount"“mount” CDCD-ROMs-ROMs as soon as (unchecked). This way, the Mac ignores anyany- they'rethey’re inserted. The Expensive Way thing inserted into the external CD-ROM drive and lets me use just the internal as a This is pretty obnoxious when you have an In the meantime, I have made do with two Mac drive. Ensoniq box, a CD, and a Mac on the same CD-ROM drives and an off-the-shelf CD- SCSI bus. You try to insert a MegaMega-Super--Super Duper Monster Sample Library into the CD-ROM drive, and the Mac asks you if you HackerHooker ReinitializationReinitiolizcrtion -— SQ/KS/KT/E-Prime want to format it (!?) or eject it.

So to use an EPS CD on a system like ththis,is, Ho\YHow Sounds Work you are forced to disable the default Apple CD-ROM driver and restart the Mac. ThenThen,, to PartPort 2: Strings use it for Mac or audio stuffstuff,, you havhavee to Mark Clifton reinstall the driver and restart, again.again.

I hate restarting the Mac. The fasterfaster yyourour ThThisis isis the second part in a series of articles And in true CliftonCliftonian ian fashion, I'llI’ll attempt to Mac, it seems, the longer itit takes to rerestart.start. aiaimedmed aatt the intermediate SQSQ-family-family (KS(KS/I explain exactly how those techniques do what KKT/E-Prime)T/E-Prime) programmer who is familiar they do. These articles will focus mainly on The Proper Way,Woy, AlasAlos wiwithth basic sound design techniques (a gradgrad- imitations of acoustic instruments.instruments. If you’reyou're uateuate,, one mmightight say, of the Clark Salisbury more into esoteric synthesized textures, check The proper way to deal with this would be School of SQ)SQ),, but may be unfamiliar with out Jack Stephen Tolin'sTolin’s "Wave“Wave Mutilation for Ensoniq (or Terje or Barry --— I'llI’ll pay for some of the lesser known tricks that can spice 10lOl” 1" series, which contains some of the most it!) to write a "Foreign“Foreign File Access"Access” module. up sounds and make them more realisticrealistic.. demented methods of destroying waveforms These modules work with Apple'sApple’s Foreign Each month I'llI’ll present a useful, real-world ever to spring from the mind of a psych File Access extension, and they are what alal- sound patch that uses special techniques (like major. lows Macs to so gracefully mount audio CD'sCD’s realistic vibratos or wind instrument pitch and CD-ROMsCD-ROMs in non-Mac file formats. This blips) that can be applied to other sounds. For this month, we’llwe 'll look at the patch "“LowLow

7 n-i-—- ——— —- ‘ 77 7"

Strings."Strings.” This is a patch that I created for sound between them can be rather jarring. I UsingUsing these principles,principles, I tuned the sounds so Latter Sounds because I was in need of a full, knew that there was no way I could get a that they covecoveredred the key range that I wanted richrich-sounding-sounding low string (Double Bass and smooth low string with that kind of timbral them to and then used an envelope to bend Cello) section. gap in the middle. the pitchpitch into tune.tune. If you’llyou'll take a look at Oscillator two of "“LowLow StrStrings*”ings*" you’llyou'll see The String Ensemble waveform is good raw What I needed was a way to remap the two how I tuned the lowlowerer double bass sample material for most string sounds, but it has a wavesamples ssoo that they overlapped, thus until it covered the range from C2 (the lowest major flaw in the lower range. The waveform blending the sounds and allowing each secsec- note on the SQ-l keyboard) to A#5. Since is multisampled, that is it is made up of tion to play through its full natural range, this put the sound massively out of tune, I several different wavesamples mapped across which extends well past the ranges that the used EnvelopeEnvelope I1 with the Fine tuning para-para the keyboard. This particular waveform apap- samples are mapped in. And although the SQ meter to bend the pitch until it was in tune. pears to have been made up of three separate doesn'tdoesn’t allow you to remap the samples This took somsomee tweaking to get it right, but samples. The uppermouppermostst one sounds like a within a waveform it does allow you to shift not bad, considering. Then I scaled the sound violin sectsection.ion. This sample is mapped to F#5 wavesamples into different note ranges. (on the Keyboard ScaleScale/Range/Range page) so that and all keys above it. The next sample adds it faded out in the upper register where some what sounds like violas and maybe cellos and When you tune a waveform on the SQ-!SQ-1 noisy artifacts start to appear as a result of is matched veveryry nicely to the wavesample (using Oscillator Tuning page), the samples it the pitch bending. A above it so that there is very little change in contains are shifted to a new note range to I timbrtimbree when you play between them. The cause the change in pitch. In other words, if a The technique is basicallybasically the same for OscilOscil- sample extends from F5 downward to G3. On waveform is tuned an octave higher than the lator three except that I used different tuning

the rest of the keys below it is the double original pitch, the key ranges of the wavewave- valuesvalues in order to isolate the viola/cello l bass sample. And that'sthat’s where the problem samples will shift downward so that they are sample. When both oscillators are played begins. mapped an octave lower. Instead of bending together you get seamlseamlesslyessly overlapping bass I the pitch of the wavesamples, the SQ just and cello sounds that play smoothly up the TToo start, solsoloo the String Ensemble waveform moves them all to a ddifferentifferent location_location. This is keyboard. Oscillator one was put in to cover bbyy iitselftself with no fancy modulation. Start done to keep the sound consistent and prepre- up some of the sonic artifacts resulting from playing a chromachromatictic scale downward starting vent some of the weird sonic artifacts that the bending of the pitch and also to add more from C4C4.. Sounds nice, huh? A very usable can creep in when the pitch is bent too fullness and consistency. This particularparticular mid- and low-rangelow-range string sound. That is, seveseverely.rely_ patch was created on an SQ-32 Voice. The until you hit F#3 and wham!,whaml, the double bass "Vi“Violaola Sect"Sect” waveform is not available on sample haphappens.pens. Just try playing a musical When a modulator, however, is applied to the plain breadbread-and-butter-and-butter SQ-!SQ-l but you can phrase betwbetweeneen the two wavesamples and pitch (o(onn the Pitch Mods page) it will bend still get a nice realistic sound by replacing yoyou’llu'll soon find out that it’sit's like impossible the pitch without shifting the wavesamples. thisthis waveform with the "String“String Ensemble"Ensemble” to create a smooth sound with that bassbass This is done by altering the sample rate of the wave. sampsamplele popoundingunding on the low notes. Now wavesample so that youyou can bend the sound dodon’tn't get me wrong --— both samples are good as high or low as you want without iintrudingntruding This technique can also be seen used in the and usable. It’sIt's just that the difference in into the key range of another samplesample.. patches "Tar“Tarkus”kus" (TH(TI-I #86) and "“SabreSabre Saw"Saw” (#66) by Jim Grote and in "Sam'“Sam’ss PianoPiano”" (#64) by 2 3 Sam Mims. All three are SQ/KS/KT/E'SQIKSIKTIE’ Prog: Low Strings·Strings* By: Mark CliftonClifion AMP 1 2 3 ll InInitialitial 67 67 67 VFX/SD-1VFXlSD-! Hackerpatches Peak 99 99 99 r BreBreakak 92 92 92 _ but they transfer nicely WAVEwave 1 2 a3 LFO 1 2 3 SSustainustain 84 84 84 1 36 37 SelectSelect Voice On On On LFO Speed 38 36 37 Attack 21 21 21 into an SQ-SQ-l.!. Have fun 40 Wave Class Expan String String Noise Rate 40 40 40 DeDecaycay 1 75 75 75 String Ens 24 24 24 shifting those wavesam-wavesam Wave ViolaSectVlolasect StringEns StringEns Level 24 24 Decay 2 66 66 66 000 000 000 Delay 59 59 59 Delay Time 000 Release 30 30 30 pIes. But always remember Wave Direction Forward Forward Forward MODSRC Off Off Offon ples. But always remember Wave Direction Forward Forward Forward MODSRC Vel-LevelVeI—Level 26 26 26 SinefTri SinefTriSineffri Start Indexindex 00 121 2 12 Wave Triangle SinelTri Vel-AttackVeI—Attack 131 3 13 13 this -— if you have a dog, On On On ".1ODMODSCRSCR OffOlf Veloc Veloc Restart On Vel Curve ConveConvexx CoConvexnvex ConConvexvex -09 -09 MODAMT -09 -09 Mode Normal Normal Normal dondon’t' t shift them too high.high. Restrk Decay 26 26 26 Restrk Decay FILTER 1 2 3 KBDKBDTrackTrack +00 +00 +00 Trust meme,, I found out by Filter 1 2Lo 2L02Lo 2Lo PITCH 1 2 3 Filter 2 2Lo2Lo 2La21.0 2Lo2L0 i accident how much good Octave --11 -2 +0 FCIFC1 Cutoff 022 022 022 OUTPUTOUTPUT 1 2 33-. SemSemitoneitone +00 -0-044 +04 ENV2ENV 2 +70 +70 +70 L VOL 70 74 70 01'ol’ Flem hates beat fre- Fine +00 +28 -24 FC1 KBD --2929 -29 -29 Boost On On On ENV1 +00 -99 +99 MODSCR LFO LFO LFO MODSRC LFO Off Off quenciesquencies.. LFO +02 +02 +02 MODAMT +11+1 1 +11+1 1 +11+1 1 MODAMT +04 MODSCR OffOff Off 011Off FC2 Cutoff 036 039 036 KBD Scale +00 --9999 +65 MODAMT ENV2 +46 +46 +46 Key Range A4#-C7A4-#-C7 C2—D4#C2-D4# KBD Ptch Track On On On FCFC22 KBD +36 +36 +36 , Output Bus FX1 FX1 FFX1X1 Glide 011Off Off Off FCFC1IMOD-FC2MOD-FC2 On On On ‘ Priority MMeded Med Med Glide Time 00 00 00 PPana n +00 +28 -28 Vel window >000 >000 >000 Bio: Mark Clifton is a ENVlENV1 1 2 3 ENV2 1 2 - 3 Initial 00 00 Initial 56 56 56 HALLHALL REVERB player and composer of 99 99 99 Peak 00 00 Peak 99 FX-1 45 (Note: Modwheel 86 86 8666 Break 00 00 Break 86 FXFX-2-2 25 increases reverb.) Jazz,Jazz. New Age,Age. Orchestral 72 72 Sustain 99 99 Sustain 72 DecaDecayy Time 38 - 08 08 08 and Rap (yes(yes,. Rap!) music Attack 00 00 Attack 08 Diffusion 54 Decay 1 99 99 Decay 1 61 61 61 Decay 1 DeluneDetune RateFtate 36 and an aspiring Cyberpunk 87 87 87 Decay 2 99 99 Decay 2 Detune Depth 1144 77 77 77 Release 99 99 Release HF Damping 46 writer who also wouldn't Vel-Level 46 46 46 Vel-Level 00 00 HF Bandwidth 99Q9 Vel-Attack 06 06 06 mind going into sound Vel-Attack 00 00 Vel-Attack LF Decay +11+1 1 Convex Convex Convex l Vel Curve Linear Linear Vel Curve Convex Convex Convex MOD (Dest)(Desi) FX1-MixFX1-Mix Mode Normal Normal ModeM d Normal Normal Normal , design or filmfilm scoring. His Mode ° 9 BY (MODSRC)rmoosncy Modwheel , _ _ KBDTrack +00 +00 +00 KBD Track +00 +00i°° KBD T'?‘?" - i°° *°° *°° - MODAMT +99 favoritefavorite color isls the intn- finite,finite. star-speckledstar-speckled blackblack- ness of space. _n_ ? l 7 W. _ __ if __ T T‘? l i

Ii“-

I l ______- The Interface

I LettersLettersifor. for The Interface may ha.-gentbe sent to-anyto any .ot-‘theof the following addresses: I -. - - _ ' U.S..U.S. Mail - The Interface, Transoniq ‘Hacker,Hacker, 1402140.2: SW UplandUpland: Dr., Portland,P=Io1‘ttland., OROR. 97221 I - _ ; El_eetron:ieElectronic mail.mail - Internet: .-'i,n;g;[email protected],[email protected]. Inin manyrn_any--e_a_sesI;.a_:..quie-k cases a quick answer -cancan be obtained by postingsting, to our interactive, on-lineon--line Interface atatpur 9ur Web site-site . (http://www.transoniq.com/interface.html)fhtftpzllw-w:W.ti="anSQuiqteemlihterliaee-.html)-or or -callingcalling Ensoniq CS at -61-ii)-647-393It).610-647-3930. -- ' This is probably oneo_ne.- oft-Ihe=of the most-open‘-Iforumsmost open forums in thethe music in_dustry_._industry. Letter writers are asked to please keep thethe vitriol -toto Iaa minimum. Readers .areIremindeId-toare reminded to take-take everythingeveiythlin-g_ with ofa grain of01“-I "sa1t;"RhSidIentsalt. Resident .answIer-Iht-an-answer-man is Pat FiI1.rtigan.'-(PF).Finnigan (PF). Letter publication in the printed version of TH is so-bj__ectIsubject to space considerations. - _

Hello everyone, and a standard PC SCSI Hard Drive has 39/40. Is it poss-poss new samplers. Keep us posted on your progress...progress ... ]} ible to use PC SCSI drives with the EPS and if so, do you I'veI’ve recently downloaded a demo FX library for the ASR have a wiring diagram to do this? Also, do you have a that was originally distributed, I believe, by Prosoniq. It is wiring diagram for the SyquestlWinchesterSyquest/Winchester type buss? I Hello all. dated '94.’94. I enjoyed the effects immensely and wanted to bought the EPS and Winchester used about IS15 yyearsears ago, purchase them. The readme file included with the and they came with a hand-wired 25-pin '‘D’D' connector to I'veI’ve been reading away silently for years, and puttingpUlling my download said to contact Frederic Schelling. I'veI’ve tried 50-pin SCSI connector. It has never been totally reliable head above the parapet now with a serious problem. I with no responseresponse.. I also e-mailed Prosoniq and they in-in and I wonder if it is because the wiring is a bit iffy. recently upgraded my electronic piano from a Yamaha formed me that they had no products for the ASR. PF-I500PF-1500 to the newer P-150. One feature of this is the I currently have V 2.35 on floppy,floppy, 4X ExpanderExpander,, SCSI built-in amp and speakers, which makes for quick play. I wrote Garth at Rubber Chicken to see if he had any and 88-outs.-outs. Is my asOS worth upgrading? ideas and he explained that these effects were no longer Unfortunately, I am suffering very obtrusive digital noise available because of possible issues of copyright infringeinfringe- Any information or pointers to other sites would be great- sounds whenever I play the SQ-lSQ-1+ + through the piano ment on the behalf of Waveboy and/or Ensoniq. ly1y appreciated. speakers. The noise is not there when the SQ-ISQ-1+ + plays through another amp, and also the noise is not there at the Some of these effects sound very cool and I'dPd love to be Thanks, SQ-ISQ-1+ + headphone socket. Before blaming the piano, note having at them on my ASR keyboard as well as rack unit. Gareth Magennis that other instruments play fine through it. I own all of the Waveboy effects and would hate to see gareth@[email protected] anybody'sanybody’s rights infringed upon.upon. So please, with the best My thought is that there is a missing/broken ground concon- intentions, if anyone purchased these effects when they [PF -— Gareth: You MUST upgrade the O.S. to 2.49: it'sit’s nection in the back of the SQ-I+,SQ-1+, and I am going to open were available please contact me to see if we could work SOOOSO00 forfar superiorsuperior to earlier spins it'sit’s a given. The other up the back when I get a chance. My question is: has anyany- something out. issue is youryour ROM versionversion.. Ensure it's 2.40. If not, call one had this problem (and solved it)? Does anyone know Ensoniq and request the 2.40 ROMROM's.’s. As II've’ ve said before, already which blob of solder to touch up‘?up? Sincerely, O.S.0.5. 2.49 with ROM V. 2.40 allows you to boot from SCSI Luis Resto lDID #0, use SCSI drives 1 Gb and larger, and allows selec-selec I note that the SQ-ISQ-1+ + is earthed (grounded) through its [email protected]@earthlink.net table interleave when formaulngformatting (which is a load time mains leadlead,, unlike those other instruments which sound saver)...saver) ... okay with the piano. The other amp is also earthed, while [PF - Luis: Duly noted and posted. Reaa'ers?]Readers?} the Yamaha piano is not. I don'tdon’t know if that is related to SCSI is SCSI, whether it'sit’s a PC, a Mac, a NeXT, a DEC, the problem.problem. There was no difference when I discondiscon- [TH[TH -— We'reWe’re not really clear here on just exactly what whatever. There are different SCSI protocols (SCSll,(SCSII, nected the mains earth lead from the SQ-l+SQ-1+.. your situation would be with regard to copyrights. I don'tdon’! SCS12,SCSI2, SCSI3, differential,diflerential, etc.) but the EPS performs believe there was any sort of "recall"“recall” ofproduct that was famously with SCSI-1 or SCSI-2 50-pin devices. A stan-stan Looking forward to any comments. shipped, so if you findfind someone who, in good faith, simply dard PC IDE drive has 40 pins - this is not a SCSI device. John Gray, I purchased a product and now is willing to reresellsell it to you, As cheap as SCSI drives are nowadays, I'd bag something Glasgow, Scotland probably no one is going to come after you. On the other in the 160-750I60-750 Mb range. As Mac computers use SCSI JJGray@[email protected] handhand...... ·you·*you* know what the history of this little item is -— drives that are almost 100% EPS-compatible, any pull and if someone wanted to make an issue of it, they cercer- from a Mac LCIILCll and above is an ideal candidate. If [PF - JG: What you’veyou've going on is a gain structure tainly could. Probably the best thing you could do is to you're used to working with a 60 MB Winchester drive, anomaly - the SQ-lSQ-I is sending out a hOlierhotter signal at times give ot'ol’ Waveboy a call and just explain the whole deal I'll GIVE you a Seagate STl096STI096 5-114"5-I/4” 65 Mb SCSI drive than the PF-I500PF·1500 can handle. BTW, what'swhafs the purpose of and see what they say.]say.} for shipping.shipping. but you’llyou'll get more bang for your buck bagbag- routing the SQ-]'sSQ-I’s outputs into an electric piano, anyany- gin a 250-500Mb drive from a local source. As the smal-smal way? Besides, the possibilities of ground loops in your [Eric Montgomery (Ensoniq) - I agree. Sounds like a lest capacity new SCSI drive is 2.1 Gb, it'sit’s WAY overkill configurationconfiguration is more than suspect to cause the "buzz"“buzz” good answeranswer..}] for an EPS. you’reyou're experiencingexperiencing......

[Garth ([email protected]) - Actually, all we Yes, I’veI've experienced the very somesame problems with a cuscus- Ground is a relative term: is this chassis ground, earth knolVknow for sure is that they aren'taren’t available anymore bebe- tom cable fiomfrom the DB-25 port on the EPS to a 50-pin ground, digital ground, analog ground, what "ground"“ground” cause they stopped being distributed. For a full story, Centronics connector. As ilit turns out, the EPS SCSI exex- are we referencing? Typical configconfig is to lift the grounds check our RCS web site -— www.soundcentral.com/-chick·wwwsoundcentral.com/~chick- pander is NOT internally terminated. What this means is on the input (keyboard instruments) which mayormay or may eneps/prosoniq.html.eneps/prosoniqluml. In a nutshell, there were copies of you’llyou'll need to terminate the SCSI adapter with a DB-25 to not have a ground lead allachedattached on the mains connector. Waveboy'sWar/eboy’s effects,ejfccts, but there were also 16I6-Plus-Plus effectseffects- DB-25 terminator at the back of the EPS, as well as the Then the amp is grounded, hopefully earthed. But get all typelype versions for some ASR effects (could have been very SCSI hard drive (remember, any SCSI chain must be terter- your inputs summed at a central source. Don’tDon't try to plug useful for I16-Plus6-Plus owners), and some other combinations minated at its beginning and its end). UsuallyUsually,, SCSI hard one keyboard'skeyboards outputs into another unless you’veyou've gotgOI all of reverb effects.}effects.] drives ship with a series of 2 or 3 terminating resistor those low-Z luxuries of liftinglifiing the ground, inverting the packs on the drive controller (usually orange or black phase, grounding either side of the mains to center, etc. [TH - And in case anyone has doubts about the actual resistor packs near the ribbon connector). piracy involved here, we'vewe’ve just had a note from someone The issue here is not only the grounds, or the fact that who'd rather remain nameless that quite a discussion on But yes, ditch both the Winchester HD and the Syquest, you’reyou're tyinglying analog outputs of one keyboard to another, . this whole sorry tale (complete with some intereslinginteresting bag a used 160I 60 Mb or larger hard drive, check your terter- it'sit’s the ground potential of ALL the pieces with respect to comparison lesttest results) can be foundfound at theIhe Oakland ar·ar- mination,minaiion, and getgel ready to rock. Don’!Don'l be self-conscious one another. This is key. It won'twon’: mean much now, but chives. Check out the link on our "Related“Related Sites"Sites” page.)page.} about your EPS; in my humble opinion, that's the best you’llyou'll hear it again. And Again. And Again...Again ... sampling keyboard for the bucks you could ever buy (or can still pick up used). With the SCSI expander and the Sum ALL outputs to a CENTRAL source, ensure Central is TH-TI-I_ OEX-BOEX-8,, that'sthat’s as rocking a box as the $5500 new grounded (earthed) and can switch on two ways (the Emulators. Everybody thought the Kurzweil 250 was the dual-position "ON"“ON” switch 10to ensure you’reyou're effective I have an EPS, SCSI, and an extremely old 64MB hotboxhorbox when the EPS was introduced: withwith 21-voice reversing the "hot"“hot” leads WITH RESPECT TO one Winchester Hard Drive that still works, but sometimes polyphony (compared to the Kurzy’sKurzy's I0-note1O-note polyphony), another), and lowlow-Z-Z your stujj‘stuff ifpossible. ‘Low-ZLow-Z stufistuff is a gets confusedconfused.. I therefore bought a used DAC/Syquest a lotaltotal of 10I0 outpulsoutputs with the OEX-BOEX-8 (equalling the Kur-Kur balanced (not hot or ground) 3-wire signal that is equal 44MB MO drive which worked for a while but suddenly zy’szy's optional output board), it'sit’s no wonder Kurzweil was across BOTH signal lines, AND shielded by a third refused to co-operate and now sits here useless. purchased by Young Chang. ground lead being referenced to chassis ground (which should NOW be earth).earth). I notice that the EPS SCSI board has a 24-pin24-pin connector, No need to defend your box - it speaks for itself 10 years my Winchester Hard Drive and the Syquest have 50 pins, later, and still outmeasures all but the most esoteric of Given these "complexities,"“complexities,” you should be able to diag-

9 I

nose the "Buzz"“Buzz” problem, reconfigure/reconnectreconfigurelreconnect all the ESQ articles when we get 'em‘em - but we've also got to Pro), they might as well drop the "P"“P” from PARIS, bebe- components in your system to "earth"“earth” ground potential, match our long-range plans with the market. (When's(When’s the cause without the above features, U'sit’s anything BUT a and isolate your signal lines and signal ground jromfrom last time you picked up a copy of High Fidelity magamaga- professional solution...]solution ... J "chassis"“chassis” ground" and to "earth"“earth” ground. zine?) Right now, we're still not sure what Ensoniq’sEnsoniq's plans are. From what we hear, the company itself is very [TH - There may be something we'rewe’re missing herehere...... The If this sounds altogether too mystifying, bag "The“The SoSoundund healthy -— thanks mostly to their soundcards. They may Hacker is going to be covering more on PARIS and hopehope- Reinforcement Handbook”Handbook" from Yamaha by Hal Leonard findfind some new niche in the keyboard market. Or not. fitllyfully some of these issues wwillill be addressed.Jaddressed.] (HL 005(0964).00500964). It’sIt's $34.95 (US), but it’sit's a veritable com-com We'll all know momorere as the next few months unfold. Inter-Inter pendium of professional audio in around 415 pages. All esting times...]times ... J [[email protected] (Tim Roche) -— Hi HackersHackers.. I may truths are espoused in thithiss bookbook...]... J be offoff-base-base on this, but here goes...goes ... Flame me if you mustmust.. [PF[PF -— Bill: I, too, am depressed at the 180I80 Ensoniq has turned. By the same token, it just makes those older I'mI’m all for change and moving ahead and "Vision"“Vision” and all [TH -— An earlier version of this letterleller with some rather keyboards that much more valuable (or worthless, of that crap, but "If“If it ain’tain't broke, why fix it?"it?” I’mI'm refer-refer colorful language appeared on the web for a short time. depending on which side of the tracks you’reyou're standing). ring to the ability to make KB'sKB’s that are “light"light years"years” Bill has since said that, while the feelings were sincere l’mI'm gellinggetting pulled bbothoth ways: there'sthere’s nothing easier and ahead of anything else in its class. I'm alsalsoo of tthehe opinion (and he'she’s feeling MUCH bellerbetter now, having expressed friendlier to use than the Ensoniq interface, but as Eric that it'sit’s "Paris"“Paris” that has hurt Ensoniq, not the "Market“Market for them) that they didn't really serve much purpose being points out, companies like Roland, Korg, Yamaha, etcetc., .. KBs."KBs.” Ensoniq has been SO successful in the last 12+ posted.)posted.J have caught up to the same level and functionality (as years, doing what they do best... keyboards. Well, "Paris"“Paris” you've discovered with your Kurzy) while at the samesome is now over budget, (and in my opinion) over priced, and Hi, time driving the cost down to the point where Ensoniq way behind schedule. Given that, I think it'sit’s "Paris"“Paris” tthathat couldn't compete. I’veI've heard they'rethey’re migrating into the should get the AXE, not the MR's.MR’s. Let me preface my comments by stating that the Hacker is $1$1K-$1.5K K-$I.5K market, too, so we'llwe’ll have to see...see ... great, I subscribed to it for the past three or so years and I feel that what Ensoniq does not need to do to "stay“stay have received great advice and knowledge. But that doesn'tdoesn’t mean all my Ensoniq gear is now worthworth- alive"alive” right now, is to do what they'rethey’re doing right now...now ... less. I still wouldn't trade it for any of the new stuff out and that is to drive their "loyal"“loyal” customecustomersrs (and newbiet.newbies I went to the music store here in Vegas to order an exex- there. And you CAN get an expansion board from just as well), away by confusing the daylights out of ’em.'em. KB pander for my MR-76 and the dealer informed me that about any Ensoniq dealers out there -— my dealer has 3-434 Customers got them where they are todaytoday,, by buying the Ensoniq was going to drop the MR-MR-7676 series and faze it sets of all the cards in stock. It still hurts though, doesndoesn't't products. Sure, they'rethey’re GREAT products...products ... but not if out.ouI. He said that the new head or president of Ensoniq itll...... ]J nobody bought them. In years past, Ensoniq had been the was quoted saying that he wanted the company to only one, single "constant"“constant” in the musical instrument market. sell keyboards in the 1200 to 1600 dollar range and anyany- [[email protected][[email protected] (Derek) -— IjustI just gotta say it! MAKE IT BETTER... "They"“They” asked us what "we"“we” thing more expensive was something he didn't want EnEn- wanted, and then they "gave"“gave” it to us. Nobody else did soniq to be involved in the future. May Ensoniq do whatever has to be done to stay alive in that. What more could we have asked for?for‘? Well, it does such a hard yet small market (except from that soundcard appear that they’rethey're abandoning ship, as well as-as» that I started with the EPS and then the EPS Plus, then the thing perhaps). I'dI’d really hate to see such an innovative philosophy...philosophy ... I just can'tcan’t believe it. Pinch meme...and ... and tell me ASR-10.ASR- IO. I even bought a TS-12 and when Ensoniq stopstop- company disappear and make place for the Akai 4500xxl "“ItIt ain’tain't So!"So!” ped development on that I bought 3 MR-76'sMR-76’s to be used deluxe with quickquick-access-to-pre-defined-sample-length-access-to-pre-defined-sample-Iength by me and by the Circus Circus HoteHotell where one has been functions. And btw, if they'rethey’re gonna have a website, they should irytry used 14 hours a day for the past year without a mamajorjor to keep it at least semi-currentsemi-current.. It might help amid all this hitch. Still, if they'rethey’re healthy, why do they behave soso...... nervnerv- unnecessary confusion. All I know about Ensoniq'sEnsoniq’s future ous?? Why is the ASR-X a completely redesigned technotechno- plans, I get from reading this here Hacker. I just visited Ensoniq changes direction like a fartfan in the wind. Instead dj-tool for the European market with about a quarter of Ensoniq’sEnsoniq's web site, and still nothing is mentioned about of developing the ASR-IOASR-I0 they bring out a new model X the functions of 66-year-old-year-old ASRASR-10?- IO? Is it true that the any of what I'veI’ve been reading here, or about stopping KB that is useless to ASR-IOASR-l0 owners. I finally gave up on that programmers of the old models left Ensoniq? And if so, production. I'mI’m left with the impression that they tried to and bought a Kurtzwell 2500 rs that can read any zzipip why is that?? do this behind our backs, and we just happened to find out drive, has built-in sounds, and offers 128 megs of RAM about it, and now we'rewe’re a little bit mad. Well, if I'm for samples. Why couldn'tcouldn’t Ensoniq do the same? This I have no idea how Ensoniq products sell in the USA but wrong, then what the heck gives? Ensoniq'sEnsoniq’s still saying 2500 rs makes the ASRASR-10-IO look like a mickey mouse they'vethey’ve never been very big in EuropeEurope to my knowledge, on their website, that the MR'sMR’s current O.S0.S.. is 2.10,2.10, and watch against a Rolex. so I wonder what the ASR-X is meant to be. I understand it’sit's not. It'sIt’s 2.11. I know it’sit's not an earth-shatteringearth-shattering upup- that developing hardware is much more expensive than grade, just a maintenance revision, but that'Sthat’s not the Still, I bought an MR-76 with the hope that they wouwouldld things like the audio pci, but then why give up hope with point. If there is such a Drastic change in the way Ensoniq improve some things. Maybe a SCSI port. Naaa. Maybe existing models so quickly, even risking reputation as fx plays the game nownow...... then why all the questions? Why all more memory. NaaaNaaa.. Maybe concentrate on one thing for specialist? (You can read it in every second review -— "The“The the secrets? And most important, Why all this confusion? once and develop it to its potential. NAAA. onboard effects sound great, no wonder as Ensoniq has a long tradition inin....”) ...... ) Lately, my local (ever so friendly!) Ensoniq dealer gets Well, all I can say is I’mI'm history, as far as Ensoniq is ccon-on Ensoniq'sEnsoniq’s news from me well in advance of any news (if cerned, and I'll be preaching this sermon to anyone who Now they’rethey're even taking risks at PARIS which is obob- any) he ever gets from EnsoniqEnsoniq.. He asks me what the cur-cur asks. viously one of Ensoniq'sEnsoniq’s biggest hopes —- I plan to buy it rent OS is? I haven'thaven’t seen a factory rep in town in over a the day they remember to ship some over to EuropeEurope.. But yearyear,, and it didndidn’t't used to be that way. I remember when I I wish you good luck, Hacker. But you'llyou’ll probably be now I'mI’m being told that it has no MID!!!MIDI!! In times with informed my dealer I wanted to purchase the Flash sample replaced with a Japanese manual. low price software from Emagic or Steinberg, all having optionoption,, he knew nothing about it... (price, or availability), at least some sort of eq or pseudo dsp performance,performance, who and yup!,yupl, my dealer only found out from me what’swhat's been Bill Callanan, Las Vegas, Nevada would buy a software without MIDI for such a price, even going on at Ensoniq recently. That just ain'tain’t right. [email protected] if they give you 10 hardware controls for free? Just my opinion on this very disturbing threadthread...... [TH[TH - Well, thanks forfor the kind words about the Hacker...Hacker ... I'mI’m really upset about this one as I completely focused on buying PARIS this year and getting rid of syncingsequensyncingsequen- Now, having said all that, I'm still in agreement that ANY It’sIt's pretty hard to put much of a positive spin on Ensoniq cigrecordingmixing chaos, now I'mI’m being told that PARIS Ensoniq KB is better that its relative competition, and I'm dropping the MR keyboardskeyboards...... but I do have to say that I will somewhat sync to externalextemal MIDI software -— yeah, still a happy camper with my Mirage, ESQ-l,ESQ-I, and now think this is really being driven by the marketplace. There somewhat! outdated MR. However, if Ensoniq continues their newnew- are scads of keyboards coming out of everywhereeverywhere.. It found "blind“blind to the loyal customer"customer” attitude, then that reminds me of the the 01'ol' "Hi-fi“Hi-fi amplifieramplifier market”market" -— there Still, I'mI’m hoping that after getting rid of most of their scenario will very easily do an about-face. There won'twon’t used to be these lillielittle niches where some quality manufacmanufac- products Ensoniq will now really focus on PARIS, make BE anymore Ensoniq KB's,KB’s, and we'llwe’ll all be playing turer could make something pretty special and survive some money, and in thirty years we'llwe’ll have the ASRASR-10+- IO+ Korgs again in no time, and Ensoniq will have gone back just fine.fine. Then the technology got to the point where, hey, ::-)-) I'dI’d really like that! What do you say?] in time, only this time, selling recording equipment in they ALL sound great. Now, perfectly finefine amps are being some far off 3rd world country! cranked out by the shipload and they'rethey’re really a comcom- [PF -—- Derek: All I can say is that it appears Ensoniq is modity item. Ensoniq can not survive in a commodity bellingbetting the farm on Paris. And without a MIDI sequencing Sorry, I can'tcan’t afford Paris right now, I already bought an market-they'remarket — they’re just not the size that that requires. environment (like Cakewalk Pro Audio or Digital Per-Per MR, and wanted an ASR, but am now rere-thinking-thinking my former/Studio Vision Pro), no SMPTE striping or reading position. So, I’mI'm with Bill on this one. Ensoniq’sEnsoniq's CEO We'reWe’ re still trying to figurefigure out where this puts the Hacker. (like Cakewalk Pro Audio or Digital Performer/Studio needs to step back and think justjust what the heck they’rethey're We'reWe’re certainly going to keep covering these crillerscritters for Vision Pro), and no audible audio scrub features (like doing to us. as long as there'sthere’s interest -— hey, we still print Mirage and Cakewalk Pro Audio or Digital Performer/Studio Vision

L Like I said before, "If“If it ain’tain't broke, why fix it?”it?" I'mI’m Hopefully, any omissions have been corrected and added Thanks a lot, NOT slamming EnsoniqEnsoniq...... they’rethey're doing it themselvesthemselves.].] 10to the PARIS thread. Craig Anderton’sAnderton's review of PARIS Soren K. Jensen here in the Hacker should prove to be a VERY interesting [email protected] [PF -— Tim: I happen to agree with you on all of your read. BTW, your subscription IS current, isn'tisn’t it?]it?] points. I certainly hope PARIS works outout...... ] [PF -— Soren: See Rubber Chicken'sChicken’s homepage at hllp:/!http:// [E[Ericric Montgomery (Ensoniq) - It is good thatIhal thereIhere are www.soundcentral.com/-chickeneps.www.soundcentral.com/~chickeneps. They've got a retroretro- [L Vandenberg ([email protected]) -— Ensoniq’sEnsoniq's loyal customers out there. I feel that there is a lot of very fitfit Zip kit available for $250 US that fitsfits into the floppyfloppy failure to push ahead with keyboard technology in lieu of intense rumor out there also. I think rumor sIemsstems from not drive bay. The only issue is thaithat you've got 10to have En-En Paris is disappointing, given how impressive, how adad- knowing. The ''['“I’ll II justjusl make up somethingsomelhing and lelltell my soniq Disk Tools and a PC to format the Zip Carts. Check mirable, their product offerings have been during the last friends and enemies thatIhal ilit is true"Irue" alliludeattitude seems 10to be that URLforURL for delailsdetails...... ] ten years. The Ensoniq interface has been unbeatable. theIhe right thing to do when you are discouraged or upset, Beyond the great boards, I have come to appreciate the but as we can see, one person (it took a LOT of courage Ensoniq effects devices. The latest, the DP Pro, is abab- and integrity I might add) had to relraclretract his statement.stalement. Yo! solutely excellent. Now I am told that the company "is“is no longer in the effects business.”business." This is a real shame. The Let"sLet's try and remember that even though we care, big I have an ASR·IOASR-10 (running O.S. 3.53) that I have daisy DP Pro is, in my view, as good as Lexicon, or better. business is big business. There are guys here who put in chained via SCSI to a Zip drive and a CD-ROM pur-pur Clearly, huge investments of time, talent and money have 15 hour days to get features added to products and there chased from Ensoniq about a year ago. gone into developing and producing these products,products, and are guys who spend as much time figuringfiguring out what new clearly Ensoniq has a loyal musician customer base. The products should be made, guys answering calls and I am experiencing the following problem...problem ... question is: is the new management team at Ensoniq a e-mail and many other things. It takes time to decide what visionary one prophesying a wholly integrated digital fufu- is going to work and what is nOI.not. The best thing is 10to be Zip drive and CC-ROM work intermittently...intermittently ... Sometimes ture, or a bunch of nattering fools who have squandered patientpalient and wait for real answers. I can boot from the Zip drive.drive, sometimes Ileancan’t... 't... SomeSome- their past, missed their opportunities, alienated their cuscus- times I can pull sounds from the CD_ROM, other times I tomers and sullied their future? Somebody said that I heard people saying that the products they already own get a error message saying "disk“disk not installed or disk not keyboards have become commodities and that Ensoniq are now garbage because Ensoniq no longer makes them respondingresponding...” ..... I have changed SCSI addresses (staying can'tcan’t compete, that soundcards have kept the company or stopped making something.somelhing. Some people are saying the above #3, but not #7). I have made sure that I am properly healthyhealthy.. What is more of a commodity than a soundcard?soundcard‘? same thing about their ESQs they own because of the MR terminated. During my experimentation, I have swapped Long term viability there is pretty dubious. I have put situation. What? This doe not make sense. Make music each of the devices to the "end“end of the daisy chain"chain” and many thousands into Ensoniq gear and will continue to and have fun! Let the business people do theIhe business and terminating accordingly. The Zip drive has a termination support the companycompany.. I may purchase Paris. But there are we should be making music and having fun! switch and with the CD-ROM I am terminating externallyexternally.. many choices Ensoniq has made in the past couple of The CD-ROM drive is very hot to the touch, I called En-En years that have made me question my loyalty.] Someone said theIhe K word. They make great products just soniq and they said this was normal. like Ensoniq does. He also has spent a very large sum of [TH -— Soundcards can certainly be a commodity -— but money for thatIhat Kurz and must be a genius because it has a Are the SCSI cables bad? How can I ascertain that I am they'rethey’re a LOT easier for a small company to produce in high learning curve. We all like differentdijferent features and difdif- not having Zip compatibility problems? Is the temperature large enough quantities to stay in the game. It’sIt's not just ferent sounds. We all have different uses for our products of the CD-ROM too hot? simply what is a commodity and what isn'tisn’t -— numerous tootoo.. No one can please everyone and we seem to be at an factors determine just how much "girth“girth”" a company has interesting crossroads. Let’sLet's ride it out and see what we Any help much appreciatedappreciated...... to have before they have a chance with a particular comcom- get. Until then, enjoy the products you own and learn Dave Cruikshank modity. Technology can sometimes give a small company more about them and upcomming ones. That is what the [email protected]@avoice.com enough of an edge to have a shot -— but if the technology Hacker is for. There will be more artic/esarticles on MR or ASR matures across the boardboard...... family and definetlydefinetly on Paris. Take a deep breath and [PF - DCruikshank: II've’ve never known CDROM drives to say ...... Aaaensoniq Aaaensoniq - whatever will be will be.]be.] get thaIthat hot, but depending on what brand, type and other And, it'sit’s not 'certain'*cert‘ain* that Ensoniq is leaving the keykey- assorted info, Ensoniq is probably right here (jeez, they board market -— they'rethey’re evaluating their place in it. We'llWe’ll should know, shouldn’tshouldn't they?).they?). have more news as we findfind out. And -— we'llwe’ll have more TH- info on PARIS as we findfind outout...... let'slet’s not get too carried I’veI've never trusted "active"“active” termination or other lerminatermina- away before anyone'sanyone’s even had their hands on one.]one.] I recently got my ASR·IOASR-10 stolenstolen...... However, as I am not liontion solutions other thanIhan a terminating resistor block concon- getting a new one I will be now building a system around nected to the end of a SCSI chain. Many SCSI drives have [Rick Lerch ([email protected]) -— So you'llyou’ll know, and I a computer along with a couple rack mount synths.synths, using a "termination“termination enable"enable” jumper that connects termination don'tdon’t know how up-to-date this is for you guys, but I this Cakewalk program and possibly Samplecell. to the drive. However, every drive I used with my ASR e-mailed Ensoniq about quitting keyboards. I was kind, (and my Mac) that uses this type of termination has given 'really. On IIIIS,11/18, I got a response from Bert Neikirk, EnEn- Is there a system enabling me to use my (ASR-IOs)(ASR-10s) me problems, data read errors, or simply locks up a soniq Technical Support, stating that "While“While some sounds and sequence data (that was NOT stolen)? Are the machine. products have been discontinued, we'rewe’re not getting out of ASR-IOASR-10 files (seq) Standard MIDI files?files? the keyboard business!”business!" Are you sure the CDROM drive isn'tisn’t internally terter- Jon at fi[email protected]@hotmail.com minated? Open it up and take a peek just to be sure there Does this do anything for ya?]ya‘?] aren'taren’t any resistor packs inserted near the 50-pin connecconnec- [PF -— Jon: With the recent developments we'vewe’ve seen so tor. If there aren'taren’t any, connect the external terminator to [PF - This just in: The latesllatest version of Paris software far, thisIhis is probably the firstfirst of a slew of queslionsquestions adad- ii,it, leave ilit camped OUIout at ID #4 (to keep "Direct-Dialing"“Direct-Dialing” now supports SMPTE limetime code. OlherOther featuresfealures soon 10to dressing theIhe same issue. 1I know Gary Giebler'sGiebler’s ASR-SMF of CD navigalionnavigation enabled), and connect the Zip drive bebe- come are more tracks, more plug-ins, more features, more converter wililranslatewill translate ASR-format sequences intoinlO SMFs tween the ASR and your CDROM drive at an ID between FX, etc. AND they are working on the Audio Scrub fea-fea and vice versa. It’llIt'll set you back about $40, but that'sthat’s o0 and 3. tures. So I hereby recant my earlier posting, and pretty cheap considering the man-hours you've spent asas- pronounce PARIS a true professional non-linear DAR inin- sembling your sequences...sequences ... I’veI've had very good luck running a Syquest 135I35 at ID #0 deed. After placing Ensoniq in harmharm’s's way by judging and a CDROM at lDID #4.] their new book by a beta cover I have ddoneone disservdisserviceice not As far as a PC app that'llthat"ll translate ASR sounds into only to prospective customers, but to the individuals who "wav*.wav files,files, AWAVE’llAWAVE'li do it, Rubber Chicken'sChicken’s Ensoniq are working those 14-I614-16 hour days in Malvern fightingfighting Disk Tools'Tools’ do it. Point your browser to www.soundwww.sound- Hi, the good fight.fight. So it'sit’s premature 10to say thaithat PARIS central.com. You'llYou’ll findfind all kinds of info to help you on doesn'tdoesn’t offer thisIhis or offerofier thatIhal as it'sit’s still evolving. After this quest. The ASR does NOT write an SMF to disk - it Do you have any recommendations for a good booklvideobook/video all, Pro Tools took/Ook two years to/0 get straight...straight ... uses its own proprietary filefile format.format.]] tutoriatutoriall on the ASR·lOASR-10 effects/soundeffectslsound conditioning? The manual that came with the ASR-IOASR-10 is okay, but not clear And Ensoniq IS listening to owner inpul:input: theIhe question enough on how to fully utilize things like compression here is "What“What direction is the keyboard market moving?"moving?” Dear Hacker, and tweakage of effects parameters. So lI hereby ask MalvemMalvern to re-release the TS-seriesTS—series here in the states.slales. It’sIt's still the most inluitive,intuitive, easiest 10to learn, Is there a way of fitting a fixedfixed hard drive inside the Thanks. powerful waverable/samplewavetable/sample player every designeddesigned.. And ASR·lOASR-10 rack?rack‘? I[ hear IBM drives are recommended. I Andy Dokmanovich with the terrabYlesterrabytes of theIhe MalvemMalvern sampling library, nOlhnoth- have used Syquest 270's270’s with some luck and some Livonia ing else even comes close. I’I'llll even take it with the Rus-Rus problems. JAZ drives won'twon’t work. [email protected]@ford.com sian character set...set ... Now I need something stable for the road gigs. [PF - Andy: There was a set of VHS tapes for the ASR My apologies to all parties for these misunderstandings. from Covert Videos featuring Rick Parent demystifyingdemystijying

111 1 Ithehe ASR-10.ASR-JO. I don't know if they’rethey're still available oorr not, (D) Only ifyou sleepsleep...... Gary Giebler has a $40 utility that will convert fiomfrom VFX blltbut check some of the back issues for their adad- to SMF and vice-versa.vice-versa. Garth Hjelte of Rubber Chicken dress/phone/etc.]dress/phone/etc.J Hope this helps!Jhelps!] Software alsoalso sells 01'ol’ Gary's wareS.wareS. Ping him at http:// www.soundcentral.com/—-chickenepswww.soundcentral.com/-chickenepsforfor the detailsdetails...] ... J [TH —- We've hhadad a LOT of requests for those ooldld Covert tapes over the years. UUnfortunately,nfortunately, the two folksfolks running To the Interface, Covert went their separate ways and you just can't get THTH-_ Ihemthem anymore. Rubber Chicken was going to try to carry Great mag guys, especially this section at the back. them,Ihem, but I think they gave up iinn frustration.frustration. Probably the My band is having trouble withwith oourur EPS. only hope would be that your letterletter might trigger someonesomeone I’veI've been an ASR-10ASR-IO user for about four years nnowow and 10to sell you their old set.set.J] quite enenjoyjoy the challenges/creativity it offers.offers. But,But, thethe AfterAfter loadingloacling samples into tho;the keyboard, there are ttimesimes supponsupport Ensoniq users get in Australia is sshocking.hocking. TbeThe whenwben the sampler completely freezes up, produces odd [Garth{Garth (chickenEPS@Willma([email protected])r.com) -— You're from localocall rep is Electric Factory and the list of their messups {ones,tones, oorr thethe sustain pedal stops working. Livonia? (ha) - the EPS/ASR SamplerSampler Guide firstfirst printing is long. In aadditionddition to the lack of OS ccopiesopies and OS is almost ready for delivery —- it’sit's an application guide manuals, what is frequently heard is - “No"No one is here Could this be a problem with the CPU? If it needed to be that goes fiirtherfurther than the manual, at least for applying to right now,”now," “Can"Can we call you back?"back?” "“WeWe havehave to order it cbangcd,changed, howhow much would that be, and would it be worth musical situations. Check with RCS for more infoinfo.. En-En in"in” etc. I finally had the money to get an ASR CD ROM.ROM.. iI‘n justjasl to upgradeupgrade to something more versatile, such as the soniq also makes a video that might be helpful,helpfitl, too.Jtoo.] the CDR4 Archives was being sold here througthroughh the offi-offi EP'S-16+?EPS-16+? cial Ensoniq rep for A$399!,AS3991, which was alsalsoo thethe price they forced their retailers to sell it for. I ordered one from l..eI_Let me know if there are any deadealerslers who specialize in the Hi there, EASTWEST Australia for A$139"A$l39!! Which iiss what it olderohbqrodncts prodnds suchsuch as these. should be as Ensoniq desdesignedigned it as a budget CDCD.. A warn-warn I'm looking for an ASR-X mailing list so I could contact ing to Australian musiciansmusicians -— Ensoniq gear iiss hot bubin ~‘links, other users of this newcomer. Could you please give me don't take tthehe word of its local rep as gospel. PleasePlease,, En-En Ted some tips? soniq, monitor the performance of your “sole"sole aagents.”gents.~ Fir-|kBmdXXX Maybe we'd buy more gear. Thank you, Balint Udvarhelyi, Budapest, Hungary {PF[PF - Ted;Ted." s-.dsSounds like youryour EPS is displaying the in-in balint_udvarhelyi@[email protected] .om.hp.com.com Some technical questions: fo-finnocs -~‘keyionnf bagbug.. YoYourur EPS keyboard mechanism is aatuficmred~ illin .-two halveshalva -— theIhe COnnectorconnector thatIhat joins [PF —- Balint: That'sThat’s a good question —- there'sthere’s an MR l. I seem to have memory problems on a near empty SSY-Y theseIhese halvestra has gottaj'OftDl oxidized/corroded/intermittent.oxidizedlcorrodedlintermittenl. group at http://www.rain.org/~msavard/index.htm,http://www.rain.org/-msavard/index.htm. but I QUEST 270 MEG cancart when recording vocals. That is,is, What to do is ....to take .,.,.,your EPS 10to youryour FRIENDLY En-En haven'thaven’! heard of an X--group:group: readers?]readers?J when recording a (punched) 3rd take of the second chorus soniq ServiceSen'ia Cet!uTCenter aIIdand ltavLhave lifethe tech installinstall the "hard“hard- I sometimes get a time delay of approximately a quarter wire"wire" fixJU ((which... lridJ Te.tl>esremoves the connector aandnd hardwires [TR[TH -— And don'tdon’t forget the 01'ol’ Hacker's going to start note when overdubbing a final chorus (punched in)in).. acacrossross theIhe keyboardke)board haJ,es)._.halves)... covering more on the X's as it ramps up. We got a bit of a late start Onon this crillercritter 'cause’cause Ensoniq accidently leftlefi our 2. Any hints on speeding up the ASR processor to keep IfIf ththisis is a time seMiti"esensitive isslU,issue. )OWyou can cleacleann the connecconnec- flyerflyer out of the X box —- but we should be catching up strict rhythm from a Mac sequencer? It seems I can only totorr yourself by popping the EPS’EPS'ss hood (t(thishis lakestakes an shortly. Garth has a whole little series of X-articlesX-articles in go a few instruments on the ASR (with polyphony and aallenllen wwrenchrench to remove the 4 screws holholdingdin g the top cover process.process.J] memory) before the processor starts choking and a good down)down ) andand rremovingemoving the keyboard.keyboard. Using a zero residue dance track has to be reworked with the other R ..... equipequip- cleanercleaner,, spray spray that connector in theIhe middle of the key-key ment in the rack. The usual tricks are adhered to -— rhythm board mechanmechanismism until until it'sit’s cleacleann and fi'eefree of grit, grime, Hi, on top tracks 1-2,3,4,l-2, 3, 4, etc. and the shortestshonest possible MIDI whatever. You mightmight even wigglewiggle it a bit justjust to ensure leads.leads, Maybe it'sit’s the Mac? Any hints to speed that up you've wiped the ccontactsontacts clclean.ean. TheTh e danger here (as I would like to inform Atari users that Zero.x from without spenclingspending more money? another reader discovered)discovered) is ensuring you don't accidenacciden- Soundpool works vetyvery well with the ASR·IO.ASR-10. I often use tally reallachreattach the keyboard and place a screw thru theIhe it with my Falcon without problems for SCSI dumps, for ThanksThanks,, ribbon connector that connects the keyboard to theIhe logic sample editing, cutting a drum loop in a set of samples George Zocratos boardboard...... you can map in the ASR, and it creates a MIDI File so MelbourneMelbourne,, Australia you can change the tempo (as recycle) load from samplers If you'reyou're the leaslleast bit faintfainl of heart about doing this your-your or Atari disk before sending to the ASR.ASR. Nice and inexinex- [[PFPF - GGreg:reg: Yeah, I’veI've heaheardrd tthathat EVERYTHING down self,self} take it to your dealer for the "hardwire"“hardwire” fix.fix. If you pensive! underunder iiss expensive,expensive, but $399 for a CDCD isis pushing the en-en make a mistake and nuke your trusty EPS,EPS, nobody can fixfix vvelopeelope a bibitt 1too00 far (IMHO). ActuallyAdua/ly I'm surprised it, as repair parts and replacement logic boards are Of course, I have questions. you’reyou're gettinggelling thaIthat level of pajOT11U1JlCt!perjbrmance fromfro m youryour Sy-Sy NLANLA...] ... J quest 270 -— Ensoniq doesn't recommendrecommend ANY remranovableovable - Can the ASR use and format the jazz canridge?cartridge? media for DiskTracks.DiskTracks. II'’dd belbet you if you change those - What's the maximum size for a SCSI drive? SCSI bufferbufler settings youyou mimightght have a bit bmerbetter luck.luck, but TH- - Is there an Atari utility that defrags the ASR hard drive I'd hesitate to guarantee ananyy rresultsesults unless you're using a with backup and directory printing? vacuum-sealed canister for ATRK rrecording...ecording ... I love my TS-TS-10.IO. I lovelove the TH Magazine.Magazine. Issues remain-remain - Do I dream? ing:4ing:4- - scare me!!!me"! And yes, I've had the same problem with the ASR sequen-sequen P.S.P.S. I don’tdon't really like the new closed architecture of EnEn- cer. The CPU is SOOOOS0000 busy paging 16 Mb of memory Re:Re: TTS-IOS-I O RAM UPGRADE. soniq: not very compatible, no new FX, no software dede- around, interpolating key events to MIDI channels, pick-pick velopment. ing stuff out of the loaded wavetable, DSP'ing FXFX,, etcetc...... I'm shopping for two 30-pin30-pin,, 4-MB, non-paritynon-parity SIMMS What you can do to lighten the load on the ASR is to turn chips. 60ns or 70ns or what? I have upgraded memorymemory on Pierre Gasmi DiskTracks OFF. That'll win you back a few spare clock several PCs.PCs. So, I'm going to give it a try here! I think I Grenoble, France cycles,cycles. Check your instruments to see exactly HOW many only have 4MB of RAM and only '1 Bank of Samples, But waves are being triggered when you press a key. Check how can I be sure?sme? How easy is it to access to the RAM in [PF —- Pierre: In order: the instruments 10to make sure theyIhey aren'taren’t being peeked and the TSTS-10?- IO? Will the TSTS-10- IO recognize the new RAM poked as a Preset. Shutting offo_fi‘DiskTracks DiskTracks will really help automatically? (A) Only if it was manufactured before 1997.I997. Otherwise, while you’reyou're sequencing. Once you've got the tracks nono.. downdown,, you can turn ATRKs back on do DiskTracks,DiskTracks, but How do I convenconvert ..wav wav filesfiles to a sample I can load into get the groove down before you do thaI.}that.] my TSTS-10,- IO, via 3.5" floppy? Rubber Chicken, Giebler, or (B) 9.1 Gb: Micropolis makes one that big, as does what? I want to record thisthis..wav wav filefile on my PC then con-con Seagate. Actually, Seagate has just released a 23 Gigabite venvert it to a sample that I can load into my TSTS-l0-l 0 and have whopper, the ST423451N.ST42345JN. I don'tdon’t think any Ensoniq key-key TH-1"]-]._. a Fat Sample to play livelive...... board will "time“time Out"Out” while formatting this beast, but as it could probably take a few hours, I'm sure you’llyou'll time Is my VFX-SD able to read General MIDI or Standard What soundcard would I use to get the best sample out of out before your Ensoniq does. At $1100 bare, I think it'sit’s MIDI? my PC? Is there a software package that would help? overkill, but hey, some folks might enjoy trying to navigate around THATmanymAT many nested directories. [email protected]'I'[email protected] Thinking about the digital music workstation + SCSI R/WRlW CD to bumburn own CDs...CDs ... Well, if I buy a SCSI R/WRlW CD, (C) Not that I'm aware of.of... .. [PF - Bridenstine: Nope - the VFXsd writes its sequence can I use my IBM PC instead of the digital music filesfiles in Ensoniq format, which isn'tisn’t an SMF. HOWEVER, workstation? Are SCSI CDs slower than the ESDI CDs?

_ __ 7___ _ _ H. -I _____ -i - 7 7 7 7-;,_---—

What are the rates for the Cyber Subscriptions to the I am still the proud owner of a TS-12. I have one teeny I want to convert a ..wavwav file created on my PC to a Transoniq HHacker?acker‘? weeny problem with the OS that I hope you are able to sample my TS-IOTS-10 can read. Then I want to save this solve. sample to a 3.5" floppy which my TSTS-10- IO can also read. Thanks, Then I want to load this sample into my TS-IOTS-10 via the [email protected]@aol.com I.l. When I first bought the TS three years ago, I was able TS-IO'sTS-l0’s 3.5" floppyfloppy drive. to input alphabetical letters and numbers using the key-key [PF(PF -Imani:— Irnani: Answers, in order-order — board.board. But I did a system re—bootre-boot a few months later and Well, so much for what I want to do, here is what I've the keyboard ceased operating as a "typewriter."“typewriter.” I know done: (A) It doesn't mattermatter.. As long as they'rethey’re 80ns or faster, this is only a small problem but does it mean that my keykey- either will perform well. See http://www.ensoniqhttp:l/www.ensoniq.com/.com/ board is "losing“losing its memory???" Can I fixfix it with the I'm sure I got Awave to convert a .wav file to an .efe file. htmll0006.htmforhtmll0006.htm for detailsdetails.. touch of a button? There is nothing in the manual that The .efe file is the Ensoniq EPS family instrument file. suggests this is possible. BuButt my TS-IOTS-10 will not recognize this ..efeefe (EPS) file on (B) 4 Mb is approximately 7900 free blocksblocks:: check your the floppy. TS to see how many free blocks it reports. The ASR has 2. I currently have about 500 GBP to spend on a sampler jumpers to select 1I MbMb or 4 Mb SIMMS, I don'tdon’: knoknoww]if that I can use along side the TS-12. I currentcurrentlyly transfer I should be able to play an EPS sampsamplele on the TS-IO,TS-10, the TS has these jumpers as wellwell.. You can remove the *.wav files from my PC using Rubber Chickens fantastic right? SIMM cover underneath the TS to see if it has jumper Disk ToolsTools,, but the quality of recording isn’tisn't ttoooo hot ·-selectsselects as well...well... (Using an SB-SB-l6Pro).16Pro). So what are my options? I know [email protected]@aol.com that there are few samplers that will transfer straight into (C) I’veI've had very good luck doing this with Awave, alal- my TS-12. I probably can'tcan’t get a used ASR-IOASR-10 for that (PF[PF - Imani: Any sample filefile with an '*.efe.efe extension is an though RCS'sRCS's Ensoniq Disk Tools is the caddilac forfor kind of price. So what shall I buy? An old EPS? A high Ensoniq sample file,file, but in PC format. You need to concon- doing this if you're running WIN95. The issue here is quality soundcard? Or just a cheap sampler made by vert this *.efe into an *ede*.ede (Ensoniq Disk Extractor)Exlractor) for-for looping a *.wav*.wov file,file, as the TS has NO editing fimctionsfunctions to somebody elseelse...‘?‘?... ?? I can get a high spec used ESESI-32I-32 over mat to make a loadable filefile of it. Good'Good ’ol 01 Gary Giebler loop withwith...... here in England for about 600 GBPGBP.. has these utilities (he wrote them years ago) as does RCS...RCS ... (D) WAY too subjective to answer. Creative Labs, En-En Cheers for your help. I'm sorry to hear about this turnturn- soniq, Roland, Yamaha, El/ERYBODY’sEVERYBODY's got a soundcard around by Ensoniq. I still haven'thaven’t found a keyboard to Typically, most Ensoniq filesfiles up on the web are '.ede*.ede that professes to be better than the next guy's. I won't beat the TS-12TS-l2 for all-round performance.performance. Top hole! files.files. Check out http://www.soundcentral.coml-chickhttp://wwwsoundcentral.com/~chick- even go there -- I see the flamesflames alreadyalready...... eneps for a listing of what sharewarelfreewareshareware/freeware utilities Andrew Ogden will do this for you, as well as the real deal from Giebler (E) Yes, if your PC has a SCSI interface. If not, you’llyou'll Manchester, ENGLAND. Enterprises.Enterprises.]] need to add one to do this. [email protected]][email protected]

(F) SCSI is the fastest data xfer spec available (until the [PF(PF - Andrew: Keyboard naming is an option that is set Hi, world embraces FireWire)...FireWire) ... The issue here is not which in the "Master"“Master” pages.pages. If you've reinitialized the unitunit,. this is faster, SCSI or ESDI, but rather, which CD RIW is comcom- parameter defaults to "off."“ojffi" Switch it back on and your I use my ASR to help learn certain solos. I usually assign patible with BOTH your PC and your TSTS-I0.-IO. Check out keyboard will become a typewriter again. the sample to middle C, and then play it back 1I octave htlp:/!www.soundcentral.com/-chickenepshttp:/lwww.soundcentral.com/~chickeneps for details on lower to learn il.it. However, the pitfalls are: the severe which CD-R'CD-R's s are compatible. And actually, I'd recommend the SCSI interface option drop in pitch as well as the severe drop in speed. Does and a compatible CD-ROM for your TS. This gives you anyone know of a way to tweak the ASR parameters solso I (G) Considerably less than $1000. See Jane & Eric on access to all the Ensoniq CDROM library (THE most maintain the original pitch while slowing down the samsam- this (The Hacker's editrix/editor).]editrix/editor).] comprehensive in the industry). As you are probably ple? aware, the TS directly reads ASRlEPSl16+ASR/EPSIl6+ sample disks, (TH[TH - $20/year.] so you'll have more than enough sounds to ping into your OR -— does anyone know of a simple windowswindows-based-based TS. Ensure you've popped two 4 Mb 30 pin SIMMS into utility or program that has this ability? Our voice mail at ([email protected][[email protected] - PF: Way to go.go . Good Job & the TS so you can load 8Mb of extra samples into it. work has this ability and I would imagine it'sit’s out there Thank You.)You.] somewhere. I've seen the $150 boxes for sale in various The beauty of this solution is that you won't have to music catalogs that digitally sample a solo and allow pitchpitCh [PF(PF -Imani:— Imani: You got it!it!]] wrestle with either sampling thru your Soundblaster anyany- and speed manipulation, but that's a last resort. more, and you won't have to worry about looping sounds: Ensoniq has already done this in a sterling library that THANKS, looking forward to hearing back from anyone. Hi! forfar exceeds any other sampler library on this blue ball. Andy Dokmanovich (adokmano) And the SCSI interface for the TS is still available. Go Steelers! I have an Ensoniq EPS with the 4x expander memory Livonia cartridge. My problem is that I can't get the VUVU-meter-meter to Just my $.02 worth, but for around half of what you have [email protected] read the input signal, and in average the input-signal is to spend, you can purchase the CDROM, SCSI interface very low. I've got audio input from "line-out"“line-out” from djdj- and RAM, and still have change to bagbog a few CDs from (PF[PF - Andy: You don'tdon’t need any computer stufistuff to do this. mixers and the result was very low audio, then I switched Ensoniq’sEnsoniq's library to give your TS some fleshfresh new The ASR has a fitnctionfunction called "Time“Time Compression/ExCompression/E» the cable to headphones-out.headphones-out, the sound was better but still sounds...sounds ... ]} - pansion) thatthat’ll'll do precisely what you’reyou're trying to do. no movement on the displaydisplay.. I have spoken to Swedish Refer to ppg. 182-183 in the ASR Musician's Manual for service technicians, but they don'tdon’t have a clue what could the details...]details ... } be wrong. Do I really have to change the motherboard? TH-

Please need your help, I have been trying to locate someone to service my En-En Dear sirs:sirs : Patrik Pettersson soniq in the Tacoma, WWA A area. Can you direct me to the [email protected] nearest service in my area?area‘? I recently got an Ensoniq EPS samplersampler,, dated 06116/88.06/ 16/88. It has a 2x memory expander installed, and is in fair condicondi- (PF[PF - Patrik: First, ensure you're running OS V. 2.49 and [email protected] tion. I was hoping I could ask a few questions of youyou.. ROMware V. 2.40. Then check the "MiC/Line"“Mic/Line" switch (a software switch documented in the Musician's Manual in [PF(PF - BHarris: As in Paula's request, you'd have to concon- l)I) I believe the disk drive may be worn out or almost so, the Sample Modes). It may be set to "Line"“Line” rather than tact Ensoniq directly at 610.647.3930 for that informainforma- because of intermittent operation. Can disk drives for the "Mic."“Mic.” If your EPS still samples at a low level.level, you may tion.] EPS still be obtained, and is a computer 3.5" drive comcom- need to clean or otherwise change the "Audio“Audio In" phone patible with the EPS? jack. It might be a defective input opampopomp as well, but (TH[TH -— We've asked Ensoniq 10to please add this type of info either requires a technician. As the EPS logic board is to their web page —- or send it to us so we can add it to 2) Are the 4x memory expanders still available for the NLA, any Authorized Ensoniq Service Center should have ours.)ours.] EPS, and if so, do you know where, and how much? the EPS schematics now and can repair this for you with little difficulty.difficulty. But if you can findfind a replacement mothermother- (Eric[Eric Montgomery (Ensoniq) - Use the following URL at 3) I'm having trouble getting my EPS to read disks I’veI've board, sure,sure, that'sthat’s the fastest way to repair your EPS.] our website and you can findfind a service center nearest you: tried to create on my PC using various EPS utilities I'veI’ve hllp://www.ensoniq.com/mid/servlist.htm.]http://www.ensoniq.com/mid/servlist.htm.] found around the nel.net. Can you tell me the format parameters (heads(heads,, tracks, sectors, etc.) the EPS uses?

Hi, Love the Transoniq Hacker! 4) The manual I got with the sampler has pages 5, 6, 7 and

13 8 twice in a row, and then goes to page 13 and so on (no ing is still available and the customer base still exists as Needless to say this is quite frustrating, since I can'tcan’t use pages 9, 10, ll11 and 12). Are corrected manuals, or pages well. With prices dropping in memory, hard drives and the ASR at all without the computer, the keyboard itself is 99-12,-12, available, and if so, do you know where and how CDCD-ROMS,-ROMS , upgrading the TS-IOTS-10 would be inexpensive. useless,useless, and using MIDI I am limited to 7 instruments on much?much‘? Build it (again) and they will comecome.. the ASR .. or one with a volume of 5555...... not to mention the extra stream of MIDI data generated! My fear is that I ThaThanknk you and regards. [email protected]@aol.com will need another SCSI board (this isi's ‘alreadyalready the third Fritz UhleUhlc one!).onel). I'mI’m beginning to wish I never .hadhad the SCSI inin- [email protected] [PF —- Roberto: Yes, I said that, and yes, II'd’d buy one right stalled since I'veI’ve experienced nothing but problems sincesince.. now if it were available here in the states (the only ones Please tell me there is some easy reinitialization Iricktrick that [PF -— Fritz:Fritz: (1) 9 of 10 problemsproblems on an EPS disk drive manufactured are for Russian expoexportrt only). Gotta used will fix this problem. revolve around the power connector on tthehe back of the one?] drive. I’mI'm not saying that'sthat’s the case with yours, but if'sit’s Thanks for your assistance! suspectsuspect of every older 800k diskette drive in an Ensoniq.Ensoniq. [[email protected] - ['I’d d buy one too! II've’ve been look-look Peggy Madden Ensuring the power and data connector are good, cleanclean- iingng forfor a used one myselfmyself. Another thing to add to the [email protected] ing the heads withwith a zero residue cleaner and a 3 112"1/2” "really“really ticked people off"off’ list was the loss of the patchpatch diskette cleaner are about all you can do. select buttons. Lots of power, killer sequencer, flexibleflexible [PF -— Peggy:Peggy: Does the ASR send out these CC#7 level 55 outpuoutputs,ts, sampling ability, upgradeable, hard disk acaccess,cess, messages when NOT connected to the computer? On the If the drive is truly bad/defective after you’veyou've checked the with an OS upgrade that would recognize WAWAVV files.jiles, ASR, do you have your track volume levels in the sequen-sequen above, a company called Teczam repairs floppyfloppy disk you’dyou'd have a winner. Come on people, lletet your vvoicesoices be ccerer set to 55?55 ? OOrr do you possibly have youryour Song Tracks drivesdrives.. Contact Rubber Chicken Software as well at heard! The MR was too far of a departure anandd justjust too set to level 5555? ? Or is the sequence that'sthat’s doing this settingselling http://www.soundcentral.com/-chickeneps:http://www.soundcentral.com/~chickeneps: lotsa good muchmuch.. Look in the market, Malvem!Malvern! A modmoderatelyerately priced.priced, aallIL track levels to 55? Since you note that anoanotherther concon- links therethere...... solid board that can be used as a workstatioworkstationn and forfor ttrollerroller connected only plays the track back at 55, this imim- road uusese is still needed in the marketmarket.. As for tthehe "we'“we’rere pliesplies that your instrument/track levels are set to 55. Does (2) Good luck. People have been trying for the past 5 going to make keyboards in the $1200 to $$16001600 mmarket.arket. " iitt dedemonstratemonstrate this problem when NOT connected to the years to get their hands on a 4X forfor the EPS -— they'rethey’re UhUh,, wiwithth a few updates wouldn'twouldn’t thathatt be ccalled,alled, oohh well, compcomputer?uter? WWhathat ccontrollerontroller is the Data Entry slider NLA. Not even the 3rd party channel has these anymoreanymore...... uh, how aboutabout...... SQ-l,SQ-1, SQ-R and SQ-SQ-2?2? TalTalkk to/0 youryour mappemappedd to in the Master pages? Bet if'sit’s #7: change that dealers boys. They felt the loss of the SQ series was a bbigig anandd seesee wwhathat happens. (3) Check with www.giebler.com: Gary Giebler wrote the mistake. What professional level keyboard even cacameme book on thatthat...... close for the price?!price?! SoSo...... check it outout...... see tthehe ddealer!ealer/ Does iitt do tthishis wwithith oorr without a foot volume controller customer reaction and get the lines back and runningrunning..], connected? (4) You should contact http://www.jatsnake.com/syntaurhttp://wwwfatsnake.com/syntaur:: they are the sole purveyors of original manuals for the [Eric Montgomery (Ensoniq) - I suppose we have to wait Try a factory disk or sequence like "Time“Time Bomb”Bomb" just to EPS (as well as all the older pre-1989pre-1989 Ensoniq gear). and see...]see ... ] see if your ASR still sends out those CC#7 55 levelslevels.. This sounds more like a data/computerdatalcomputer issue than an ASR Good luck in your search!search!,] issue, but anything is possible.

Hi, Check to make sure you’reyou're running the most current verver- THTH-- sion of the ASR OS ( V.3.53)V3.53) and the most current ROMs I recently had a SCSSCSII board installed and I’mI'm not sure that ((V.V. 1.5), 'cause’cause this problem sounds more like software A letter or so back in the Interface someone ssuggesteduggested a this problem occurred exactly at the same timetime,, but I than hardware. save for Ensoniq that they should take VERY seriously: believe it did. My ASR sends a volume control message Begin making TS·IOII2sTS-l0ll2s again. The ability to load somewhere illin the vicinity of 55. I didn'tdidn’t realize this at Keep us posted, as I’veI've NEVER heard of this problem samplessamples,, the killer sesequencerquencer and the overall ease of use first and wondered what the problem with the volume before. I1 use an ASR-10,ASR-JO, 16 Mb/C'DROMlSyquest135/2Mb/CDROM/SyquestJ35/2 makes this a wonderful choice even today. Updates in the was. When I tried to run the ASR via MIDI from Notator, Gb SCSI drdrive,ive, and I’veI've never experienced ththis...is ... ], OS really wouldnwouldn’t't be that costly and the price would be the volume control change that the ASR sent was obvious competitive -— get it close to 2k and youyou’ll'll have a hit -— yet on the AATARITARI sequencer. If I try to use the ASR as a concon- [Peggy Madden (peggy@together([email protected]).net) -— PFPF...... Thank you, againagain.. Really! One of the biggestbiggest complaints I'veI’ve heard troller, then I have this problem with all 8 ASR instruinstru- thank you, thank you!!!! I had inadvertentLyinadvertently plugged the from the Ensoniq loyal was that with the TS-IOTS-10 reading ments. IfIf I use another instrument as the controller, thenthenl I sustain pedal into the CV input and never ever thought to samples was built in. With the MR it was an expensexpensiveive only have thithiss problemproblem on the sselectedelected ASR instrument. look there. Sometimes simplicity is the key! I wish I had option?option?!! Oh, that was a smooth move. (Sort of the same The data coming from the ASR iiss continuous and therethere- aaskedsked this question months ago as it'sit’s been quite an agag- ﬂakflak they took when they went from the SQ-80 with disk fore takes precedence ooverver ananyy MIDI memessagessage that I gragravation!vation! AnAnywayyway the problem is solved and I am very aandnd sequencesequencerr to the origoriginalinal VFX.) AnywhoAnywho...The ... The tooltool-- might put in.in. happy .. :2-)-) .. pj]pj] Clossifieds

HARDWARE/SOFTWAREHARDWAREISOFTWARE Series sesets:ts: $35 each. ASAS-7-7 Baldwin Piano 5 disk OUT-OF-PRINT BACK ISSUES set for ASRlTS:ASR/TS: $35$35.. Sample Bank CD Roms for Ensoniq TSTS-12- 12 For Sale,Sale. $1500. 8 meg update, ASR/PC:ASRlPC: $40. For ASRIASR/ASRX: ASRX: Ultimate CD M.U.G. will provide OutOut-of-Print-of-Print issues for cost case, Library (including some great analogue Rom:Rom: $90. State of the Art Natural Akai CD of materials and postage. Write: G-4 Productions, samples). Great shape, mostly studio use. Wayne Rom: $90$90.. Steve Stevens Guitar Akai CD Rom: PO Box 615TH,6l5TH, Yonkers,Yonkers, NY 10703. Attn: TH Thompson, (503) 286286-6389.-6389. synsin@[email protected]. $135. Contact: Boris Korol (613) 228228-9846-9846 or Back Issues. * * * Folks in the New York City it com emaemail:il: [email protected]@norte1.ca. area can get copcopiesies of unavailable back issues of the Hacker -— call Jordan Scott, 718718-- 983983-2400.-2400. MRMR-76-76 workstation. Two expansion boards, Dance, Sample BPSBPS.. 16-Track sequencer, drum FourFour unopenedunopened Ensoniq CDCD-ROMS-ROMS for sale: FREE CLASSIFIEDS! machine, Idea Pad. Excellent condition. Asking CCDRsDRs #11 (k(keyboard),eyboard), #12 (drums)(drums),, #13 it-§ $1900$1900.. Phone: 512-707-1080. (pe(percussion),rcussion), and #15 ((L.A.L,A. Riot #1). All for Well - within limits. WeWe’re' re offering free clasclassiﬁ-sifi ##320.320. Call Mike, 805805-492-0224.-492-0224. ed advertising (up to 40 words) for your ssampledampled Ensoniq TS-IO.TS-l0. Absolute mint condition, home sounds or patches. Additional words,words, or ads fforor use only, OS 3 (w(w/General/General MIDI)MIDI).. In In originoriginalal other products or services, are $0.25$0.25!1 word per box,box, all manuals includedincluded.. $$1200.1200. JJoe,oe, Clean custom drum lickslicks for your EEPS-16+.PS- 16+. issue (BOLD type: $0.45/word$0.45/word).). Unless renewrenewed,ed, 931-64793 1-647-4827,-4827, jrowand@[email protected]. ddrumsrums from OIlW,OIXW, SPSP-1200,- 1200, D4D4,, SPDSPD-8,-8, freebie ads are removed after 2 issuissues.es. WWhilehile RRoland-Bossoland-Boss (TR(TR—909,-909, DRDR-660,-660, TR-626, XP-50, you'reyou’re welcome to reseresellll copyrighted sounsoundsds and SSOUNDSOUNDS DR-DR-220A,220A, CRCR-1000,-lOOO, etc.etc.),), Yamaha QY-20, programs that you no llongeronger have any ususee fofor,r, ads K2000,K20()() , Simmons, anandd othothers.ers. Various formats for copies of copyrightcopyrighteded matematerial.rial will nonott be acac- ForF01‘ EPS/EPSl6+/ASR/TS.EPS/EPSI6+/ASRITS. SLT Il to 5, 10l0 disk availableavailable.. P.P.O.O. Box 2072, Norfolk,Norfolk, VA 23501. cepted. Sorry - we cancan’t't (w[wee won'!!)won't!) taktakee ad dic·dic- sets: $65 each. ESS lI to 6 & 10, 3 disk Signature 757-757-489-489- 88783,783, [email protected]@bellatlantic.net. tation over the phone!phone!

_ -.t_,_,_,._.. m HACKER BOOTEEQ

ICinda like a CD-ROM - on a ;3.5" floppy disk! • ~ Load andanal Play This floppy disk is stuffed, jammed, and packed tightly IilU).Cmu)“ Sequences with killer Syntaur samples that will astound you with Ll:l)LAB} . their HUGE sound and tiny block size. The MegaDisk has Sequences for the gigging musicianmusician...... 38 instruments that willWIN load in a heartbeat, each fully programmed with patch selects, For the EnsoniqEnsoniq_ 0 0. 0. EPS, 16+, ASR 10/12, TS-10/12 real-time controllers, and eliectsleffects I 13asses,Basses, aggressive synths, keyboards, pads, drums, VFX-SD and SD-1 and more.more. For ASR, EPS-16, EPS, and TS series. All major credit cards accepted. All titles also available in 0. . . GM, GS standard MIDI Popular requests.requests, blues,blues. country and classic rock. SYNTQYNTAUQAUR °'“§m-'1 Write or callcallfora for a catalog or visit our homepage on the weblweb! 1.6.h5! I I' Music Labs IV5109- 5109 PointP thugs‘:t Fosdickcs ic DR NW #E#E268268 IZY i- PROPUCTIONS500W Pr ~entionihisadandgeiMention this ad and get -;:g--.=-...... , D500'Q.QQ§§.§kIlQ W. Prairie, Eagle lake, TX 77434"34N S FREE SHIPPING'SHlPPlNG' GigGlcgllzlarbor Harbor, WA 98335 I; •• _·IL_~""" www.falsnake.com/synlaurWWW • Ph (253) 265265·30913091 (409) 234-2700 or (800) :J34-1288 http://members,aol,comIMLMidihttp:Ilmembers.aol.comlMLMidi r ~---~-~~----~~---~------~-----=_0 res-¢=1:v.€r. PROFESSIONAL QUALITY Z-~.bSOrC'M'"ar, .s~~.~ ""771 PROFESSIONAL QUALITY ‘. ‘ " " ‘ “’ " ' " % Low-cost sequences for Clive's Rez Synths ' _ MAKE MONEY The EPS/EPS-16+, SO-80,SQ-80, ESO-1,ESQ-1, # (1 HD or 2 DODD Disks just $8) Jp VFX-sd, SO-l,SD-1, Roland, IBM/DOS Very cool rezzy synth sounds for all y genres of dance music (also great for Scoring Soundtracks industrial. Hard hitting sounds in the Rock ('50s,(’50s, '60s,’60s, '70s,’70s, '80s)’80s) lower end and nice leads in the upper and Jingles Big Band - Top 40 Country l . half with that classic analog feeling. Check this disk out. The price is FREE report reveals all! phenominal and the quality is superbl CallOall or Write -— Any time, 24 Hours Total of 6 Rezz biting sounds. Fisher Creative Group Music Magic http://members.aol.com/sonicwaveshttp:IImembers.aol.comlsonicwaves 323 Innerinner Circle Drive Call or write for your FREE Catalog! Bolingbrook,BO|il1QbI'O0k, ILll. 60440 10541 EARL AVE. Box 463236 Mt. Clemens Ml 48046 (630) 378-4109 BENNINGTON NE 68007 (fboI y ’ [email protected]'h1s ercg@mcs . com --n- 1-402-238-2876 & 8w'183‘°"7° wwwwww.mcs.net/~fishercg/. mcs . net/~fishercg/

EPS/ASR &8< TS Series Keyboards ENSONIQ DISKETTE MANAGER LookingLggking for...,.."far — llal"i NEW!! EW" Use Ensoniq Disks on your IBM-PC SOUNDS -andand other ReadIWrite/FormatlCopyRead/Write/Format/Copy and more. C;AUdiOW'; Supports all Ensoniq Disk Formats. Samples on thelntemet?the lntemet? ** Look no further ** Electric Pianos ENSONIQ MIDI MANAGER Most popular 70'S-90'S7o's-9o's keyboards :1‘-_ 3' 2' .- -'. i ,'-'- Send or Receive Data through MIDI .-..-... -'_ ;; at-=..-. -=-'\" I“I.I-.------_._:;:¢:;:;:;.'; .;§ -: ; :3 ":; .;:;:§:;:;:§:§:_ Acoustic PianosPia nos .-.-.-.'.-.'.-.'- "' . .... -1-.. - ... ._._. _ - - -_-; U _. j-j-1-jg»;-j-_ to your PC for these keyboards: :I§I§I§-§1i?5Ii5?Y§1'- Fir l'ri?:iiI1I=I5I?I55371335F1? @. :i:- ;€l;1::=%I: .1;lr .f:I:i:I:1:1:1:1:1: -:-:-:-:-:-.-:-:-:-;-'-:- 1; '.;.f;t~ ;:;I;:;2;2-_I;=;I;iZ;1 ;-: I-I-t-- . -: -> 1- -1;:-'-:;:;:;:;:;:;:;t;:; Brig ht{rraditional/Honky-Tonk!ht/Traditional/Honky-Tonk/JazzJazz ?::;€;E;¥;?j§jIj-fl’¢;Y ; -.3E-33;;-3:3:.:;:};:;;§§¥?,..'E'.¢ -r,‘ 13 ‘1 3}'33. '_.j.;;.-;;;;j;;;j.- KS·32KS-32 VFX SO-lSQ-1 SO-2SQ-2 ESO-1ESQ-1 IEZ;T;7j'j'1';'j', -‘I .',' ‘:1-:"""i. 5:1-1:‘ s 1.:1:1"! 9: -' 1' '-. -: - -'- ;I;I:Z:l;Z:I:If -:;:;:;:;:;§;§;: ' ; 1 ‘I1;:;:;:;:_;.:;: ‘*3-1-:;: _ ,_; ‘-:-:-:-' Onfyonly 549.95$49.95 !Each{Each !!l2!! SEQUENCE CONVERTERS 7·7- Disk sets + $ 3.003-00$|’liPPi"9 shipping Convert Standard MIDI Files to/from ''th91u1:u19"the hassle rtlmOWldremoved fromﬁom dolllllllOlldingl"downloadmg! 1-800-687-0048I-800-687-00-18 Sequences for these keyboards: www.soundcentral.comwwwaoundcontraheom Memory conscious multisamplesmulysamples TS-10/12 SQ-1SO-l SD-lSD-‘l VFX-sd Demo filesﬁles @ www.wtnetl-audiowrxwww.wf.net/~audiowrx SO-80SQ-80 EPS-16 EPS ASR-l0ASR-10 KS-32 KT-76/88 SO-2SQ-2 ESO-lESQ-1 L. B. Music Sequences TV We Support Ensoniq •- Roland 50-1SD-1 TO T5-1TS-10/12 0/12 CONVERTER Korg •~ Yamaha·Yamaha - SMFSMF-GS/-GS/GMGM FonnatsFormats for VFX-sd or SD·1SD-1 sequences & songs. Why not give L. B.Bo Music a try and see why so many people love our sequences Call now to order or for more information -— and keep coming back for more!! on these and other software packages. Toll Free Orderline:Orderlinez 1-800-3LB-MUSIC]·800·3LB·MUSIC Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover Accepted Giebler Enterprises 26 Crestview Drive LB Music Technologies, Inc. Phoenixville, PA 19460 51 Charter Oak Drive Newtown Square, PA 19073-3044 www.mld|mark.oom ratl (6 10) 933-0332 ~ 610-356-7255 I/ Fax: 610-356-6737 ‘Elf?Fax: 933-03955538555 I!!!iiiiI' CompuServe: 76255,3713

Internet: http://www.lbmusictech.comhttp://www.lbmusictech.c0m Since 1989 * ‘ J-—-— —

HLIK HATE U.S. P(B'l'AGE TRANSONIQ HACKER PAID 1402 SWsw UPLAND DR., PORTLAND, ORon 97221 PORTLMI). OR PERIIT Ill). 11

SUBSCRIPTlSUBSCRIPTION IATEAL ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED DATED MATERIAL·MATERIAL - THE VALUE

Postmaster: Please return Form 3547 as soon as posspossibleible so we can change our records. This is a monthly pubpublication.li cation.

Publisher: Eric GelsllngerGelsl-Inger Advertising rates: Please send for rate card.card. Edltrlx: Jane Talisman Rates for authors: Please send for writer-info cardcard.. Our (somewhat regular) illustrious bevy of writers incincludes:ludes: Craig Anderton, Robby Subsaiptlons:Suwcriptionsz 12 monthly issues. US: $23/year,$231year, AllAll oothers:thers: $32Jyear.$32Iyear. Payable Berman,Barman, Paul Bissell,Blssell, Steve Byhurst,Byhursl, Mark Clifton, Steve Curtin,Curtln, Anthony FerFerrara,rara. in US funds. Pat Finnigan,Flnnlgan, Jeffrey Fisher, Frank Fortunato,Fortunate, Duane Frybarger, Gary Giebler, Jim Grote, Garth Hjelte,Hlelte, JellJettJetton, Jetton, Dara Jones, Johnny Klonarls,K onarls, Ray Legnlnl, John lofflnk,Lofflnk, Daniel Mandel,Mandel, Sam Mims,Mlms, DanDan Rohde, Clark Salisbury, Tom Shear, Kirk Transoniq Hacker is the independent user's news magazmagazineine fforor Ensoniq Slinkard,Sllnkard, Jack Tolin,Tolln, Tom Tracy, Steve Vincent and Garry Wasyllw.Wasyliw. productsproducts.. Transoniq Hacker iiss not affiliated in any way withwith Ensoniq Corp. Ensoniq and the names of their various products are registered ttrademarksrademarks of the Ensoniq Corp. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not CopyrightCopyrlg‘Lit1997,Transonlq 1997, Transonlq Hacker, 1402 SW Upland Drive, PortlandPortland,, OR necessarilyBGCZZSSTIIY reflect those of the publisher or Ensoniq Corp. Printed in the 97221. Phone:hone: (503) 227-6848 (8 am to 9 pm Pacific West Coast Time). Unitedﬂl't States.tateS.

•‘ EnsoniqEIISUIIIII MIDI-DiskMllll-IIISII &8. DiskIIISII ToolTtllll TN"‘ •‘ Rubber Chicken Software Co. Ensoniq Management Programs for Windows! Turn your computer into a powerhouse! Imlll Controlallparametersremotely through MIDI 995' _ Now SUPPoding the new l | Convert.WA!/'-A/F/-'1‘oEnsoniq format via MIDIorDisk / ' ' Ensoniq ASR-I! l n _.;.r • Use the SampleVueSam/1/el/ue to view and edit waveforms '/%\,Vv\J\§§ E ' . _ -.- = "::r.:.fr-".r:"".".'." • Full;,,// Floppy/SCSI,q0ppy/5g5/ filef,-/8 managmentmg/)ggmg/712 - create,,-rem or0, edit84,-; Banks!53;;/(5_/ AilAll our sound libraries available on ASR-X format (with •0 UseL/so Naming Wizard to name eve/J/in/ngeverything on your Instruments all the new parameters!).parametersl). And check out ASR-X Tools Windows Sound Editor! forFor Maclilac OS'"95"‘! :EPSJASREPSIASII trlSuaIlfisiial ElllingEilitilltl System"'!$!lstem"‘! for the ASH-X:ASR-ll= ASR-Xlist!-ll Tools'"Tools“ soundsounil editoreililor - $59.95! 0-°‘* CIHI8M SIMM MemorylIHe.trrJ/',." .. ~ The Demos for your ASR or TS " $- from Pelle PianolPiano! 3D-pin30-pin - 8-chip The pro that has done many Ensoniq sounds and Guarnateed! demos now has his specialty on a GREAT Ensoniq- I formatted CD-ROM! OnlYan" $59.95!$5195! Chicken CD-ROM Drives Open your world to DOZENS of sounds - our drives are the best in value and price! limitedLimited Supplies available - ACT Alldrives includepower6 SCSIcable, installation instructions, andcaddy (ifupp//table). EPS/ASR Inlemal ZipOriVe! EPS SCSllnlerface! a!: WHERE CAN YOU GET ALL THIS? _ ' lntemal lIll||l'IIlB! EPS S99! Interface! EPSMSRSampler E WHERE cA/v YOU GETALL r/-//s? w For live gigs this can't For EPSEPS9r1§+- or 16+. Supports Guide! by phone or fax: 1·800·8·PRO-EP5,1-800-8-PI-70-EPS} 1·320·235·97981-320-235-9798 Guide! be beat!bear! ZipDrives. by mail: 7145thStreetSE.Willmar.MN714 5th Street SE, I/Iﬁllmar, MN 56201-4543 $219.95! $141.001$141.00! $59.95! by Internet: [email protected]@wi//mar.com