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The Independent l _. NewsletterNewslefter for Ensoniq Users r T You Don'tDoor Know vvhorWhat You've In This Issue .. Got Till It's Gone: Got Till l’r's Gone: Articles:Articles. : The MRD-lMRD-101 a1 MR Disk from Ensoniq ZR-76ZR-76 Specifications Pat FFinniganinnigan Ensoniq ................................................................................................. ........... 3 ~14-f-1'1-I-' :1.‘-:1.’-:i":!.'-2117:‘. :» ~ ~ _ _ August. Mac owners need Stuffitt to unun-binhex-binhex NNAMMAMM News: Ensoniq Makes Keyboards! ~¢. the file; PC’ersPC'ers need WinZip or other unZIP Sam Mims ....................................................... ............................................. 5 app to decompress these filesfiles.. Go to w3.en-w3.en soniq.com,soniq.corn, click on the "Download"“Download” link, The X Sounds select the "Musical“Musical Instrument Files"Files” link, and Garth HHjeltejelte .............................................................................................. 6 select the "MR61171"“MR6l/71” link. Click on the 1 MRDMRD-101-IOI link and specify a folder to save it'it in. Once you'veyou’ve pulled it down, decodeldecode/ decompress it, copy to a 1.4 Mb floppy, stuffsniff ReviewsRGVIGWSZ: it into your MR-61176MR-61/76 and press that load buttonbutton... ... Ensoniq MRDMRD-101-IO 1 For: MR-6I,MR-61, MRMR-76,-76, MR Rack. Pat FFinniganinnigan .............................................................................. cover Product: MRDMRD--l101 0 I Sound & Sequence Disk. The Roses Price: FreeFree.. This is Pelle Piano stuff. I could be wrong, but From: Ensoniq Corporation, 155 Great This is Pelle Piano stuff. I could be wrong, but Ensoniq CDR-12: Drums Valley Parkway, Malvern, PA 19055, I doubt it: sure sounds like his work. If you Tom Shear ....................................................................................... ........... 7 don't know who this is, he's largely respons http://www.ensoniq.comlhtml/http://www.ensoniq.com/html/down- down - don’t know who this is, he’s largely respons- loads.htm]oads.htm (Mac and PC versions). ible for most of the Ensoniq factory demos you'veyou’ve ever heard, at least if you'reyou’re an ASR'erASR’er or an MR'MR’er. er. Remember the "Someone'“S0me0ne’s s Got"Got” Regular Stuff: Wouldn’tWouldn't you know it? As soon as Ensoniq demo of CDR-4? Or the "Atomic“Atomic Dance”Dance" discontinues a keyboard people rail about it demo built into the MR-61 and MR-76?MR-76? This Transoniq-Net ........................................................................... ............. 2 and get nonlinear aboaboutut nobody supporting the is the guy, and lemme tell you something here. Random Notes ..................................................................... ................. 3 instrument. There'sThere’s a mad rush of people I'mI’m a pretty proficient Ensoniq guy, bubutt this The Interface............................Interface ................................................ .. ............ 9 dumping their perfectly good gear and bagging guy is WAY over the top with an MRMR.. And I something newer or current in the product line. mean like no one I'veI’ve ever heard on an MR. I Classifieds .............................................................................................. 13 There'reThere’re also guys like me who are waiting to feel like Wilford Brimley telling Paul Neuman Hacker Booteeq .............................................................................. 14 bag this heavily discounted "obsolete"“obsolete” EnEn- "Don't“Don’t get too smart: pretty smart myself'myself” soniq gear at a fraction of its price (still look-look from "Absence“Absence Of Malice”Malice" but that'sthat’s how ; J ing for a TS-lO,TS-10, gang)gang)... ... sterling this guy'sguy’s work is. That'sThat’s edification for you readers who weren'tweren’t impressed with only affects notes above the 2nd G below This month we review the MRD-lOlMRD-101 disk from.from his factory demo work. middle C: this programmingprogramming habit follows all Ensoniq’sEnsoniq's "NEW"“NEW” web page. Michael Chen'sChen’s of the representative organ sounds on this pastels are gone, and Gary Houk'sHouk’s creations His organ sounds (not to mention the sequence diskdisk.. You get an organ bass splisplitt to F and are now resident at w3.ensoniq.com. And alal- work yet) deserve an II:ll: the 8 organ patches comp/lead organ above the F. Ingenious AND though not as colorful, they certainly load are nailsnails.. Starting with the "Clicky“Clicky B3,"B3,” the flexible.ﬂexible. "Soft“Soft B3"B3” is the same thing with ononlyly faster, are clear and concise, and organizationorganization- key contact noise is a pure lift from a B3: rollroll- the first and last drawdrawbars bars (800000008)(80000O008) and ally, it’sit's a lot more ffriendlyriendly to navigate. It was ing the mod wheel forward is like pulling the the same split point. "PP“PP Solo B3"B3” is very up there that I ddiscoverediscovered the MRD-IOIMRD-101 I'1' drawdrawbar bar on top of the first 3 drawbars similar to "Clicky“Clicky B3"B3” but not as bright; more image, and ininitiallyitially glglossedossed over it, thinking it (888000008(8880000O8 in B3 registration) ww/0/o 2nd harhar- subdued in texture and harmonic content. "PP“PP was the MRMR-100-lOO disk I downloaded last monic percussion. To top it off, the I'1' drawbar B3 Full"Full” is the standard all-out (888888888) [ ISSUEISSUENUMBER NUMBER 153,l53,$2.5U $2.50 I In W WI I W I I I I I I I til I MARCH,1998MARCPI, I998 e * i • Hammond sound with the mod wheel adding velocities make the sax'ssax’s "bite"“bite” harder, soft 2nd harmonic percussion, just the thing for velocities give a round and warm tenor. Ulti-Ulti your "Green-Eyed“Green-Eyed Lady"Lady” sequence genre. mately convincing. "Tenor“Tenor Squeak"Squeak” is one of Transoniq-NetTransoni%Net "Nasal“Nasal B3”B3" is 2nd harmonic percussion on those clever patches that sounds absolutely HELP WITH QUESTIONSQUE TIONS top of just the 8' drawbar (008000000); I convincing in the mix and absurd by itself. All "ofof the individuals listed below are volun-volun don'tdon’t find it very useful in my repertoire, but Aftertouch brings in a flattedﬂatted 5th, which, by teers! Please take that into consideration when it’sit's not only a convincing sound, it'sit’s credit to itself, seems silly until you listen to this sax calling. If you get a recording and leave a ines-mes Pelle that he could do this sound on an MR. I in the context of its parent sequence "Sax“Sax sage, let ’em'em know if it’sit's okay to call back colcol- won'twon’t get into a great detail on "PP“PP Old B3”B3" Squeek"Squeek” (or SONG#0007).SONG#OOO7). Pure geniusgenius... .. lect (this will greatly increase your chances of getting a returnretum call). but suffice to say this is a VERY novel use of the mod wheel and velocity. Let'sLet’s just say it The Thorns All Ensoniq Gear - Ensoniq Customer ServServ- took half an hour poking around to figure out ice. 9:30 am to noon, I:1:15 15 pm to 6:00 pm just how in the hell he did it... I couldn'tcouldn’t get a number of the sequences to EST Monday to Friday. 610-647-3930. En-En play. Sequences like "Drop“Drop It”It" and "Fac“Fac- soniq'ssoniq’s Fax On Demand line, (1-800-257-(l-800-2S7- . 1439)I439) can also be used to retrieve specs, OS Hey, there'sthere’s more than the best organ patches tory"tory” would load, I'dI_’d press play and get no info, hard-drive info, and the like. for an MR here as well. The "PP“PP Upright"Upright” sound while the counter whizzed alongalong.. I'dI’d has the best amp envelope for sequencing press a track button and get a "Sound“Sound Not All Ensoniq Gear - Electric Factory (En(En- I'veI’ve ever heard: none of this initial "thump"“thump” Available!"Available!” message, so either I scrambled soniq'ssoniq’s Australia distributor). E-mailE-mail adad- followed by about a 112 second of string: this some data pulling this down from the w3 or I dress: elfa@ ozemail.com.au; their web site followed by about a 1/2 second of string: this some data pulling this down from the w3 or I at http://www.ozemail.com.au/-elfa;http://www.ozemail.com.au/~elfa; or doghouse swells like a Roland GM Fretless literally didn'tdidn’t know what I was doing. e-mail their resident clinician, Michael sample, except it swells is the BASS register, Allen, at [email protected]@geko.com.au. Phone calls, not the midrange. Not exactly accurate, but And since this is freeware, Pelle doesn'tdoesn’t get Business hours - Victoria. (03) 480-5988. when mixed with the crisp drum sounds of any money for thisthis... ... the Song Edit Kit supplied, it works very All Ensoniq Gear - The Electric Factory in the Song Edit Kit supplied, it works very New Zealand, phone (64) 9-443-5916, fax well. Most convincing stuff I'veI’ve heard, and The Deal (64) 9-443-5893, or e-mail geoffm@ coming from an ASR'erASR’er like me, that'sthat’s as elfa.co.nz (Geoff Mason). high a praise as can be given. Come on, a Duh?Duh‘? Hey, it’sit's free! I'mI’m gonna pull a Bill & wavetable synth sounding more convincing Ted here and say "Bogus"?“Bogus"? Not in this TS Questions - Pat Esslinger, Internet: pate @execpc.com, Compuserve: 74240,1562,74240,l562, or than a sampler? Only when it'sit’s an Ensoniq lifetime. I can't begin to illustrate or describe AOL: ESSLIP. wavetable synth, where the wavetable comes how convincing the organ sounds are, and from the ASR library. Obviously Pelle'sPelle’s done with some FX tweaks, what unbelievable TS, VFX, and SD-lSD-1 Questions - Stuart some jazz quartet gigging.

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