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Hacker f Jhe Independent News I^Aagazine for Ensoniq Users I n t h i s i s s u e WAVe B O Y ' s A u d i o - l n E ff e c t s D i s k f o r t h e E P S Iransmiq'Another Unauthorized Break-in Articles; Craig Anderton Using the EPSs & the ASR-10 With an External Sequencer G a r y D i n s m o r e 7 None of this interferes with standard EPS operation, so any instruments you have SQ-1/2 & KS-32: Strings 'n' Things loaded can still feed busses 2 and 3 if you M a r k C l i f t o n 8 want effects. Impressive, eh? Upgrading the ASR-10 Memory Ensoniq Corp 10 About thie AIE An SQ-R Primer for ESQ-l/SQ-80 Owners The package consists of a concise man Partn ual, along with a single EPS floppy disk Brian Post 11 containing 21 effects files and the latest EPS-16 PLUS operating system (1.3). 13 The VFX Delay-Flange effects are identical to the original EPS D a r a J o n e s 1 4 algorithms, but include the audio in op tion. Another five are new effects (one is SDs & VFXs - The Pipe Organ a plate reverb that doesn't have audio in), J i m G r o t e 2 0 and there are three parallel effects that are offshoots from the Parallel Effects Disk. For: EPS-16PLUS. Reviews: Two of these have the audio in feature. Product: Audio-In Effects Disk 1.0. Finally, there are three instrument files, a Waveboy's Audio-In Effects Disk Price: $39.95. Craig Anderton cover From: Waveboy Industries, PO Box 233, song file, and bank file that loads a demo of the Time-Dicer effect (more on this PaoU, PA 19301, (215) 251-9562. The DP/4 - Part B later). C h a r l e s R . F i s c h e r 4 This follow-up to the ultra-cool Parallel Using the AIE is easy: you load from the Ensoniq's SL-4 & 5 for EPSs & ASR-10 Effects Disk (or PED, reviewed in Hacker EPS 1.3 operating system, plug your in Alan Macintosh 13 Issue #82) continues the Waveboy tradi strument of choice into the audio in, load tion of multiplying EPS-16 PLUS power the desired effect from disk (it becomes Latter Sound's Vol. 1 for $Q-80s for cheap. The Audio-In Effects Disk the bank effect), and go. The manual fol- M i c h a e l M o o n e y 1 5 (AIE) contains several algorithms which, l o w s i n t h e P E D t r a d i t i o n — i t ' s f o r once loaded from disk, give you the people who want to get started without Regular Stuff: option to route any instrument plugged going through a lot of excess verbiage, R a n d o m N o t e s 3 into the EPS-16 PLUS sampling audio yet all the information you need is pretty much there. (By the way, if you lose the Hypersoniq 4 input jack through the internal effects via Ensoniq's Customer Service Q & A manual and don't know how to get in B u s 1 . Anthony Ferror a & Dennie Edwards 18 touch with Waveboy, scroll through the C l a s s i fi e d s 1 9 But that's not all; you can do vocal har parallel effects parameters and you'll find Hackerpatches monies a la DigiTech Vocalist, change the address and phone number). S a m M i m s & J e f f r e y R h o a d s 2 2 the pitch of a sampled loop in the EPS The Interface 24 without changing the tempo, or change Since you can sometimes hear clicks and C u r r e n t O . S 2 7 the tempo without changing the pitch. pops when loading new effects, it's prob- H a c k e r B o o t e e q 3 1 ISSUE NUMBER 90, $2.50 DECEMBER, 1992 ably a good idea to lower the volume before you press Enter. especially when the algorithm is stretched to extremes. (By the Also, you should spend some time determining the proper set way, altering the pitch bend changes the time a loop takes to tings for both the EPS input and source output levels to avoid complete, just like a normal sampler. Time or pitch is preserved distortion (unless that's an effect you want). only when transposing from the keyboard.) If you have a problem hearing the sounds of instrument loaded I did run into two bugs (sometimes the two parallel effects with into the EPS, don't panic; any instruments feeding Bus 1 won't audio in wouldn't pass the input signal, and also, the AIE disk be heard since that bus is dedicated to the audio in. So, repro- wouldn't boot from Flashbank) but I alerted Bill Mauchly, the gram any instruments to Bus 2 or 3 if needed. program's author, who fixed both bugs before the review went into print. Those who already have the AIE disk and have ex perienced these problems should contact Waveboy about up About the Algorithms grading. Most of the algorithms are self-explanatory if you're familiar However, in the process of checking out the Waveboy disk, I with the EPS-16 PLUS effects, and there's the usual collection did find an EPS bug; it's possible to crash the EPS and bring up of tweakable parameters. However, there are a couple of effects the dreaded Error 129 message by pressing Edit, Effects, then making their debut on this disk that require further explanation. holding down the left arrow button and stepping from screen to screen with the down arrow button (EPS power users often get The Time-Dicer+ algorithm is a pitch shifter, but don't expect into the habit of stepping through screens this way). Since this an Eventide H3000. Most pitch shifters color the sound, and happened with the ROM as well as Waveboy effects, it seems this one is no exception. However, there are enough parameters very unlikely this is Waveboy's problem. and options that you can make some truly fabulous sci-fi sounds as well as do the normal octave above/below type ef fects. If you like ring modulators and think tape distortion is one of analog tape's assets and not drawbacks, you'll get along The Dynamic Duo just fine with the Time-Dicer. The PED and AIE disks complement each other. The PED is essential if you use the EPS multi-timbrally and want to have The 3V Harmony algorithm generates three-part harmonies different effects on different instruments. Granted you can do from the input signal. One simple application is to play a single this to a certain degree with a stock EPS (as explained in En- note melody into the EPS audio in, and use the EPS keyboard soniq's latest "Musical Perspective" brochure, written by to specify the chord type (major, minor, 7th, etc., all of which yours truly), but the PED trades off a bit of effects quality for a are referenced to middle C). The input signal will appear in lot more versatility, and it's worth it. glorious three-part harmony. For example, if you have C major held down on the EPS, singing F gives you F major, B give you The AIE is a combination utility ("gee, sure wish I had one B major, etc. If you hold down C minor, singing F gives F more decent reverb lying around for the background vocals") minor, B gives B minor, and so on. and creative tool — some of the time sliced and harmonized sounds are truly bizarre, yet not repelling. If you like industrial Voices will not steal from keys that are held down, so if you're sounds, you'll love the kinds of noises the pitch shift-based al holding down a major chord and want to add a 7th, you'll have gorithms can create. It can even perk up a guitar in a pinch with to let up on one of the notes before you play the 7th. the distortion/chorus/reverb type algorithms. Finally, AIE also brings some DP/4 flavoring into the EPS-16 PLUS; if you've If you're a vocalist, you can sequence a series of chords into been interested in checking out a DP/4, this gives you a taste the EPS, and as you sing along with it, have your voice turn (as well as a hint of how effects work in the ASR-10). into three-part harmony. This is conceptually similar to DigiTech's Vocalist, although the fidelity of the dedicated From what I understand, the next disk in the series will add DigiTech box is superior. Those with minimal music technique more synthesis functions to the EPS-16 PLUS. Based on Wave- can step time a chord progression into a sequencer, then bang boy's track record, I'm looking forward to it already. In any on just one note to create chords (all you need is rhythm). event, Waveboy has done it again: come up with yet another nifty way to get more mileage out of your keyboard.

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