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X Notes fixed and what hasn'thasn’t with the update. So, Garth HHjeltejelte & the ASR-X break out the checkbook and the hex wrench Internet List ...... cover again. See below for details on getting your new OS. The Keyboard Foley Artist Timing Errors JJ.D..D. Ryan ...... 4

Does the ASR-X seem sluggish to you —- EPS-16+ and ASR Editing Made Easy when you are using the internal sequencer, or Eric Montgomery ...... 5 when you are playing or sequencing from an external source?source‘? You'reYou’re not alone -— the ASR-X'sASR-X’s response to MIDI and its internal sese- How Sounds Work _ quencer hasn'thasn’t been the best -— especially Part IV -— Groovy Guitars Galore! prior to 2.62 OS. Mark (The Kid) CliftonCliﬁon ...... 6 As time goes on, we are seeing more support for the ASR-X. It has been out for more than a For example, if you play 4 notes via MIDI or for the ASR-X. It has been out for more than a For example, if you play 4 notes via MIDI or Reviews: year --— boy, sure doesn'tdoesn’t seem like it. Let'sLet’s program 4 notes into the ASR-XASR-X sequencer, Reviews: . get up to datedate...... timed to play at exactly the same time, not all Basement TapesTapes:: Michael Paradise Band the notes will sound exactly at the same time; Steve VVincent incenf ...... 7 OS 2.62 Ships rather, they will come one after the other very quickly. Add more data, such as controller in-in Not everyone has it at the time of this writing, formation, polyphonic aftertouch, etc. and the Regular Stuff: but yes, it is shipping. There are no new feafea- possibility for sound delay becomes greater. tures, just fixes. Reasons for the delay are MIDI transmission Random Notes ...... 3 into the ASR-X, the efficiency of the ASR-X Hypersoniq ...... 3 I) Addresses internal sequencer timing glit OS, the way the CPU processing is allocated, l) Addresses internal sequencer timing glit- OS, the way the CPU processing is allocated, The Interface ...... 9 ches and MIDI response and other factors. This is the way of life for Classifieds ...... 13wwww all electronic music instruments. :W1: 2) Improved loading time from floppy,ﬂoppy, Hacker Booteeq ...... 15I5 including speeding up EPS/EPS/ASR ASR conversions. We did a timing test with OS 2.62. We used an external sequencer to drive the X and L J 3) MIDI sync fixes, MIDI bank & program recorded the output from each track simulsimul- select fixes with a setting to support the back-back taneously to separate tracks on our hard disk # of tracks used: milliseconds between two ward standards of Roland and Alesis gear recorder. We then figured out the starting tracks (averaged over 4 beats) with MSB or LSB formats. _ sample for each beat by using a graphic sound editor. 2 2.9 5.8 4) Disk access problems loading and getting 3 5.8 4 8.7 the "no“no loadable files”files" errors have been adad- We tested the timing delay between the same 5 11.6ll.6 dressed. beat on track lI and track 16 as the number of tracks (with thethe same pattern as the first) used 6 14.2 There may be more, but Emu-Ensoniq doesn'tdoesn’t wwasas increased. In this case I was looking for 7\lO\U1.|>~L»Jl\J 16.3 send any documentation on what has been ththee delay value to be as small as pospossible.sible. i 16l6 42.1

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A timing reference to compare against are since it inhibits certain aspects of editing someosomeonene will edit an ASR-X generated AIFF 64th notes at 180 bpm, which are 20.8 ms these sounds via computer. (Specifically, file using Sound Forge or Coo/Edit,CoolEdit, only to apart. 64th notes at 120 bpm are spaced soloing a wave is difficult, you cannot edit find that it won’twon't load back into the X as part 31.25 ms apart. effects in realtime, and editing multiple of a I-SOUNDl-SOUND filefile.. waves in a keymap is made more difficult.) So with these nnumbersumbers in mind, the worst ASR/Akai/RolandASRI Akai/Roland translated sounds are the EmuEmu-Ensoniq-Ensoniq advertises the reading of "in“in- delay was equivalent to about a 32nd note at most powerful types of sounds in the dustry standard AIFF files,”files," which is true, 180 bpm. The most inconsistent timing bebe- ASR-X, since they allow multiple voices to but the X-generated AIFF’sAIFF's have some addiaddi- tween beats was about 160th note at 120I20 play on one MIDI-note. tional chunks in their header. The AIFF file bpm. These numbers are reasonable. In real format allows for that; that'sthat’s the beauty of life situations these numbers can be imim- Also, the present syssys-ex-ex dumping does not AIFF. Problem is, all PC sound editors that proved by moving a track slightly forward or reveal the loop information -— thus you cancan- we'vewe’ve seen do not preserve any extra chunks behind a few ticks so that not all note-on not edit loops in realtime from most sampled when they rewrite a file. So when the ASR-X events are occurring at the same time. In our sounds. Since Emu-Ensoniq didn'tdidn’t put a full tries to load them -— BURP. subjective opinion the X'sX’s timing is better featured editing interface on the ASR-X, I than the Emu Morpheus, but worse than the would hope that they would implement II’ve've written a free Windows utility called Waldorf Microwave and my Clavia Nord enough sys-ex stuff to enable these things. E-AIFF Loader. It allows you to select the Lead 22.. Of course the Nord and the MW are AIFF to edit, finds your related I-SOUNDl-SOUND different sorts of instruments and only have Presently the only ASR-X computer editor is file, starts up your choice of sound editor, 8 and 4 part multitimbral capabilities respecrespec- RCS'sRCS’s ASR-X Too/sjorTools for Windows. It now has and allows you to edit. After you are done, tively. the capability to create/delete/edit Insert EfEf- you save the AIFF file and close the editor. fects into I-S0UND's,l-SOUND’s, and fully edit ASR-X E-AIFF Loader cleans up the job by restor-restor In subjective analysis by listening to the AIFF files using your favorite sound editor ing/updating the E-specific chunks and up-up beats, we heard flangingﬂanging with 2 tracks, which (Sound Forge, Coo/Edit,CoolEdit, others). A Mac verver- dating the .SOU file. It is available at is good. By the time we were up to 5 tracks sion is under development. http://www.soundcentral.com/~chickeneps/http://www.soundcentral.com/-chickeneps/ the flanging was gone, and we could start to asrx.html. (We'll(We’ll try to get it into Mac soon.) hear the attacks of the kick drums separately. ASR-X Pro At seven tracks we could very distinctly hear OS by Credit the two attacks of the drums. One thing we Yes, there is a new ASR-X model coming didn'tdidn’t test, and which could be very imporimpor- out -— see the announcement in this issue. Yes, you can call in your order for the latest tant, is to see how these numbers change Hey, 66MB --- with 2 SIMMs slots able to ASR-X OS and put it on your credit card. when some realtime controller messages are hold up to 32MB each. I like the Flash ROM Boy, that’sthat's cool. Or you can send a check for added to the tracks. Since the ASRASR-X-X has option -— letlet’s's see, how much have I forked $9$9.95.95 to: been "pitched"“pitched” to the "dance"“dance” crowd, timing over for new chips?chips‘? ASR-X Pro owners will is critical issue. probably have the option of downloading the Emu-Ensoniq latest OS from the Emu-Ensoniq web site, ATTN: ASR-X Upgrade If anyone is interested on the details of these instead of paying for it. Tempo resolution 155I55 Great Valley Parkway tests, let us know, and I will write it upup.. can now be set to within 11100l/100 BPM, and if Malvern, PPA A 19355 you have 8MB or more installed, the sequen-sequen Lastly, it was true that in OS versions before cer has 140,000 event capacity. Also new is RadRod Web Sites 2.62 you could easily make the internal sese- Stomper, a software synthesis feature that quencer be inconsistent in its timing by can make synth drum (and other) sounds If you didn'tdidn’t know, there is a mailing list changing tracks or changing anything while from scratchscratch.. (See Zap'sZap’s site below -— a that focuses on the ASRASR-X.-X. The list address the sequencer was playing. Most of this has Windows version has been available for is [email protected], and you can subscribe been rectified in 2.62. some timetime.).) And can we spell "“phat”ph at" right?right‘? by going to http:/http://www.onelist.com/isregis-/www.onelist.com/isregis (It's(It’s FAT.) See http://www.ensoniq.com/http://www.ensoniq.com/ tered.cgi?listname=asrx. In addition here is a Other Fun 2.62 Things htmllmainasrxpro.htmhtml/mainasrxpro.htm for more WAY COOL list of web sites that at least have something details, including the TIPS page (submit to do with the X: On the good side, with some of the expanexpan- your own tips!) and the PARTNERS section. sion card sounds, there was a certain amount Oh, and it’sit's RED!!!!! Emu-Ensoniq of distortion that has been fixed. On the not-not httphttp://www.ensoniq.com/html/://www.ensoniq.com/htmll so-good, it would be nice to be able to save Speaking of seeing RED, that seems to be mainasrxpro.htmlmainasrxpro.html the Loop Playback parameter within a Song Emu-Ensoniq'sEmu-Ensoniq’s company color -— their web http:http://www.emu-ensoniq.com//www.emu-ensoniq.com or Sequence; as it is now, it always defeats site has been improved again -—- and it'sit’s >From the Creators themselves. Keep looklook- to ON. (BTW, the EPS 16-Plusl6-Plus had that RED too. Either RED means ALERT, or ing at the www.emu-ensoniq.com site —- it'sit’s problem for a year -— until OS 1.3 fixed it.) DANGER...DANGER ... we'llwe’ll see. Interestingly, therethere’s's being developed. no mention of the ASR-X "Amateur"“Amateur” ((thethe 1I have mentioned a sys-ex bug whereas syssys- original) at the site —- looks like EmuEmu- Warren Bones Novakill Site ex dumps of ASR/Akai/RolandASRI Akai/Roland translated Ensoniq phased that out. http://www.ar.com.au/~novakill/synth.htmlhttp://www.ar.com.au/-novakili/synth.htmi sounds do not dump properly. This has been A general overview of synthesis with the temporarily dealt with -— now you cannot Editing Ensoniq-type AIFF Files ASR-XASR-X in mind -—- entertaining site as well sendsend/receive/receive sys-ex dumps of ASR/Akai/ASRI Akail Roland sounds. This is a significant issue, A common problem I'veI’ve been hearing isis that Dgoa’sDgoa's ASR-X Site

_-|_. http://www.globaldrum.com/interface/http://www.globaldrum.com/interface/asrx asrx along with Little Drummer Boy (also called Andersson gave us the first-hand ininformationformation ASRX Cakewalk Instrument Definitions, LOB)LDB) -— http://stomper.basehttp://stomper.base.org.org -— be on the ASR-X Pro, and Chris Nefarium SOU sound files, .WAV's,.WAV’s, ASR-X songs prepared; this is quite a site! helped with additional 2.62 update informainforma- (.MP3) by Dgoa, and links tion. Special thanks to Chris for running the SoundEngineS0undEngine ASR-X list._list. _ Rubber Chicken Software http:http://www.soundengine.com//www.soundengine.com http://www.soundcentral.com/-chhttp://www.soundcentral.com/~chickeneps/ ickeneps/ ASR-X sounds asrx.html Bio: Garth HHjeltejelte runs Rubber Chicken SoftSoft- Lot'sLot’s of ASRASR-X-X stuff SoundCentral ware Co., a multi-national organization http:/http://www.soundcentral.com/keyboard/en-/www.soundcentral.com/keyboard/ en which exclusively supports Ensoniq sam-sam Zap’sZap's Site soniqsoniq/asrx.html/asrx.html plers. It is in no way affiliated with the UN. http://www.master-zap.com . Free ASR-X sounds and information "Zap"“Zap” Anderson is the author of Stomper and a genial ASR-X owner to boot. The software About this article: Shehryar Lasi provided version of Stomper is available at his site, most of the information on the tests, "Zap"“Zap”

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RND (iIi)(ill) patterns. In addition, tempo resolution can offer a wide range of compatible products. now be set to within 111001/ 100 BPM for more acac- TheseThese include editors, sample libraries, MIDI curate matching of audio loops to MIDI se-se programs, etc. A complete list can be found quences. at www.ensoniq.com. TransoniqTronsoniq News The ASR-X Pro provides a unique SYNTAUR Announces ESQ Cartridges We certainly hoped to have more news combination of tools for sampling-intensive AAvailable vailable Once Again regarding the Emu-Ensoniq merger and what productions such as Hip-hop, Techno, InIn- it means to our humble little publication, but dustrial, and dance oriented music. The exex- For years,years, the storage cartridges for the ESQ the folks involved have been so busy that it’sit's panded features of the ASR-X Pro also make and SQ-80 keyboards have been unavailable. been a little tricky getting things going. it suitable for a much wider variety of apap- Now, Syntaur Productions has a limited Latest word -— just as we go to press -— is that plications. When the RAM is expanded, the supply of these. Each cartridge holds two our subscription flyer has been okayed to be longer sampling times allow the ASR-X Pro banks of sounds (80 patches altogether). included in the Emu boxes. Once this starts to be used for flying in background vocals or happening you can expect to see changes other material to supplement a live or Syntaur'sSyntaur’s Soundsets I1 and 2 are available on begin to work their way into the newsletter. recorded performance. Using the advanced ROM cartridge, for $59.95$59.95.. (You cannot capabilities of the ASR-X Pro, grooves may write your own sounds to this cartridge.) Hypersoniq -— New Products be mixed, resampled with effects, and saved SoundSoundset set 1I contains a variety of Top 40 as an industry standard AIFF files for instant sounds, such as electric pianos, organ, ENSONIQ Announces ASR-X Pro Resum-Resam compatibicompatibilitylity with leading internet publishpublish- strings, brass, bass sounds, etc. Soundset 2 is pling Production Studio ing and CD creation software. a unique cocollectionllection of sounds that are reminiscent of the breathy, ambient sounds Malvern, Pa, 1998 -— ENSONIQ is excited Expandability is a key feature of the ASR-X of the Roland 0-50D-50 keyboard. Here, you'llyou’ll to announce the next generation of the Pro. An optional EXP series sound and wave find an assortment of lush pads, ethereal textex- remarkably successful ASR-X, the ASR-X expansion board may be added to increase tures, bells, and more. Pro! The original ASR-X was the first to the on-board synth'ssynth’s ROM memory. InstallInstall- offer a professional quality sampler, expanexpan- ing the X-8 output expander allows sounds to Also in stock are a limited number of dable synthesizer, sequencer, and effect unit be routed to anyoneany one of 10 outputs. The in-in EEPROM cartridges, for $74.95 each. These as standard features in a single tabletop unit cluded SCSI interface opens the door for a are the cartridges that you can store your with drumdrumpads. pads. wide variety of storage options, as well as own sounds to (that's(that’s why they are more exex- access to a huge library of samples on pensive) -— great for organizing and saving New features of the ASR-X Pro include a CD-ROM. Most hard drives, removable your sounds! distinctive new look, and RAM expandable media, and CD-ROM drives are compatible to 66mb for over 12 minutes of 44.144.lkhz khz with. Two RAM expansion slots are Coming soon will be a second ROM carcar- mono or over 6 minutes of stereo sampling. provided. Sample memory can be increased tridge, containing Syntaur'sSyntaur’s Soundset 5 and The operating system is now stored in Flash to 66mb using industry standard n-pin72-pin the upcoming Soundset 6. Soundset 5 is memory for convenient software upgrades. SIMMS chips. geared especially to hip-hophip-hOp and R&B pro-pro Also new to the ASR-X Pro is Stomper, a ductions, and Soundset 6 focuses on vintage built in software synthesis program that Computer users, internet developers, and analog synth sounds. creates faithful reproductions of classic multimedia professionals will appreciate the electronic drum machines -— and even phatphat- ASR-X Pro'sPro’s use of standard file formats. Available from Syntaur Productions, 500 W. ter sounds'sounds! 10l0 "Essent“Essentials”ials" buttons have Disks are DOS formatted, sounds are saved Prairie Ave., Eagle Lake, TX 77434. (800) been added for instant access to 15I5 sounds of as AIFF files, and EPS, ASR-IO,ASR-I0, Roland, 334-1288 or (409) 234-2700, Fax: (409) your choicechoice.. These buttons may also be used AKAI, and WAVE files are easily imported. 234-2900. Please add $4.00 for shipping and for numerical data entry or direct access of ENSONIQ has many 3rd party partners who handling.

3 from an effects library lionlion’s's roar. Alter-Alter The Keyboard Foley nating pitches · (keys) of a swishing scscimitarimitar resulted in a comedy effect of a swiswirlingrling lasso -— a multiple keyed,keyed, time-time Artist strstretchedetched diving "“Stuka”Stuka" aircraft sound efeffectfect became part of a harrowing elevator J.D. Ryan cracrashsh mix.mix. On and on, without limit.

So, while some mere technician types may Twack! ZzzzzsssZzzzzsss...... Plop! That plop could with a shotgun mike. Not so. They'reThey’re so sysyncnc sound effects to picture by punching be yoursyours...... ErEr,, I mean you coucouldld have perfect the viewer never even notices an in/out console key locked to time code created that sound yourself and/or have exex- them. wiwithth a dedetachedtached interest, oblivious as to tracted it from your library for synching to how those effects arrived in the real world, a video or film track. In the movie inin- When you are working up sousound-for-nd-for keykeyboardboard Foley and effects artists may dustry, certain techniques are referred to as picture you are bound by a whole set of have actually crecreatedated many of the sonic Foley recordingsrecordings,, named after Jack restrictions imposed by the video. The acac- elements thatthat are applied to the mix. The (George) Foley, a sound effects editor and tual synching-to-picture will be done in a keybkeyboardoard is the controller of choice for innovator, and are still in use in motion separate processprocess,, guided by the following those who are interested in the artistry of picture studio productions todaytoday.. The athath- considerations: sousoundnd design, and its imaginative use in letic folk who create these sound effects the creation and customizing of sound eleele- are known as Foley Artists. They use arar- •- Duration -— The length of timtimee ththee sound ments for effects tracks isis no less the tifacts to perform these sounds synchsynch- event is audible productproduct of a composer playing an instruinstru- ronously to picture on a "“FoleyFoley stage.stage.”" ment than is the musical chord elaborated This high art iiss quite labor and equipment •- Volume -— Loudness of the individuindividualal by the keyboard musician._musician. — intensive however, and is therefore quite event expensive. Bibliography: •~ Continuity -— How the sound "“plays”plays" Today’sToday's digital samplers are eminently relatirelative ve to the others "Creating“Creating the Sounds"Sounds” capable of composing "“keyboard”keyboard" Foley KVEDKVED Productions effects. Industry experts tend to minimize Unique to keyboard FoleyingFoleying is the play-play Salt Lake CCity,ity, Utah. keyboard Foleying in favor of traditional able control we can coax out of our ASR stage-created sounds, saying that those are and EPS keyboards (or their MIDI coucoun-n The Mining CCo.o. superior in the delivery of "a“audioudio perspecperspec- terparts). This is where the argargumentument that General InInternetternet CoCo.. tive"tive” and realism. Truth be known, it is a keyboard FoleFoleyy doesndoesn’t't deliver deliver audio combination of keyboard and stage Foley perspective breaks down. Perhaps the Happy Media that has become the standard approach in reason that this is believed is because the BurbankBurbank,, Ca. professional post-production today. SomeSome- personnel that assign the final Foley track times we forget that power audio tools often arenaren’t't keyboardists. Often they’rethey're Digital Movie News ssuchuch as Sound Forge are really digital not sound designers either. ForFor instance, El DoradoDorado,, Ca. samplers too. In practice, you will find that once I had to create a Foley sound of a fire you cannot avoidavoid recording some of your extinguisher being discharged over the own base (before editing) effects. There sound of the fire. I couldn'tcouldn’t find anything are simply so many real-world sonic like an extinguisher in my library so I built events occurring within even a few a monster extinguisher sound out of a 3 minutes of visual "“take”take" that you could second rattlesnake from a SFX CD. A littlelittle spend hours just trying to cull the unedited filtering and looping and it was BETTER base effects out of your library. than the real thing, only because of the fifi- nesse available through the keys. Your Nature films, for exampleexample,, are very keyboard is just a whole bunch of on-off demanding Foley-wise.Foley-wise. Except for narra-narra switches and because the pitch is shifted tion, there is no dialog to speak of -— per-per by a semitone at each key you can fire all haps a little incidental music -— but the those variations to create the life-like dominant part of the soundtrack is often realism often missed in real-time record-record Bio: In 1994I994 J.D. Ryan earned certificacertiﬁca- sound effects. For a production of "Lives“Lives ing/reproduction. When I slapped down a tion in "Sound“Sound for Motion Picture and of the Northern Snow Wolves" the Foley bunch of lower keys and then added a Television"Television” through the Full Sail Center work alone took two people six to eight bunch of upper keys I got a perfect sonic for the Recording Arts in central Florida. hours to finish just 15 minutes of Foley picture of the nozzle of that spewing extin-extin Some of his "Sound“Sound SpinnerSpinner”" effects are sound. This is quite typical. I used to acac- guisher rotating from an "“inin your face”face" foundfound in post-production suites around the tually think that they got those little blast, to a flameﬂame choking discharge across world and a fewfew are published in Rubber sounds -—- the paws of a wolfwolf padding the room.room. A 360-degree Doppler effect! Chicken'sChicken’s CD-ROM II under "The“The across prairie grass, a pollywog squishing The sound of that huge rolling boulder in Brothers Ryan sounds.”sounds." E-mail: brosbros- its way through puddle mud, and the likelike,, "Raiders“Raiders of the Lost Ark”Ark" was keyboarded [email protected]@dmv.com.

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EPS-EPS-lé+16+ andoncl ASR To change decay, select Envelope 3 on the keypad (#3). Using the left or right arrow Editing Madel\/Icicle EasyEcrsy buttons,buttons, go to "“HARDVELHARD VEL = XX XX XX XX XX.”XX." Edit the leftmost double-digit number aridand change it to 00. Also edit the Eric Montgomery rightmost double-digit number and change it to 00. UsingUs ing the left or right arrow button, go to "TIMES“TIMES = XX XX XX XX XX.”XX." Edit the This is intended for those who just want Let’sLet's go through setting key ranges. Press second and fourth double-digit numbers. The some simple tips and information on making Edit, then press Instrument. Continue to second number adjusts how long the sound basic patches and ededitsits on the EPS-I6+EPS-l6+// press Instrument until you see RANGE on will hold before it begins to decay. The ASR-JO.ASR-l0. I have always been one to experiexperi- the screen. Play the lowest key to set the fourth double-digit number changes the ment and this is a good way to get started. lowest key you want the selected instrument length of the fade out (the larger the number, You will probably find that some of the or wavesample to play. Play the highest you the longer the decay). Remember to hold sounds you always wanted are hiding right want it to play. That'sThat’s it! This is important down the key while you are making these under your fingertips, just waiting to explode since you may want to layer sounds, do splits edits so you can hear the changes. into your next song. and (or) set your own key ranges for those splits and drum kits. To layer a sound just To edit brightness, select Filters on the Before you start editing you need to decide select the first soundsound,, then double click the keypad (# 5). Using the left or rrightight arrow I I ~ = r what yoyouu want to edit — the whole patchpatch,, second one while the LOAD light is flashing.ﬂashing. buttons, go to "CUTOFF“CUTOFF FIFl = XX F2 = one of the layers, or a wavesamplewavesample.. To select XX.”XX." They are already totally open or at the which, press the edit button. Put your cursor Another common edit is setting a sample to maximum.maximum. Making these numbers smaller under the name of the sound to edit all layers play its entirety, no matter how short the will make the sound darker or roll off the and wavesamples. Put your cursor under note is that is played. The common use is if a high endend.. Scroll back to Mode and change FIFl layer and then you can edit just the selected drum was sampled, and you want it to playplay = 33/LP/LP F2 = ll/LP/LP to FIFl = 22/LP/LP F2 = 22/HP/HP layer and its waveswaves.. Lastly, put the cursor until the sample is over, no matter the length Increasing the valuevalueof of "“CUTOFFCUTOFF FIFl = XX under WS and playaplay a key. Once you get a of time the note is being played. Press the F2 = XX”XX" will roll off bottom end or bass. sample number, you will be editing the patch edit button and be sure that the cursor is LP means Low Pass, HP means High Pass. data of the wavesample. under WS. Play the key that the sample is on. You will get a sample #. Now you can To change rerelease,lease, select ENV 3 on the Some users have asked how to transpose on press ENV3, scscrollroll to Envelope Mode and keypad (#3) and go to "TIMES“TIMES = XX XX an ASR/EPS-16+. That can be a nightmare change the setting from "no“normal”rmal" to "fin“finish.”ish." XX XX XX.”XX ." Edit the rightmost double-digit because all of the samples have their own That was simple! If you want to make this number. The higher the number the longer key ranges and transpositiontransposition.. There is a sesettingtting for several samples, be ssureure that WS the release.release. simple way to do it though. PresPresss edit and be = ALL. Then make the sasameme edits we just sure that the name of the sound is underunder- discussed. I hope that the info in this article will be able lined. Press the Instrument buttonbutton.. Continue to help you make common tweaks to many to press the Instrument button until you see If you want to make patch edits, a few items of your existing sounds to make brand new "XPOSE“XPOSE== +0 SEMI= +0."+0.” Put the cursor on to consider changing are Attack, Decay, ones. Just give it a try, relax and use your "semi"“semi” to change the key in half steps and Brightness and Sustain. Attack is how fast imagination. Always remember to save your "oct"“oct” to change the octave. Press the up the sound begins to play after the key is new edits to disk. Do not save over your arrarrowow button to lower the key and press the depressed. A string sound has a slower attack original sounds. Do not overwrite your down arrow button to raise the keykey.. than a piano. DecayDecay/sustain/sustain determines the original sounds. If you ooverwriteverwrite your files fade of a sound while a key is being held you will not be able to get the old ones back.back. down. You might decide that you want a Good luck and happy programming! —_ sound to be more staccato, like a synth bass or muted guitar. Brightness is pretty obvious -— high end EQEQ.. Lastly, sustain determines l Call For Writers! I» how long a sound will continue to play after In spite of their current god-like status, 5 a key has been releasedreleased.. A string sound has a j writers for the Hacker were once mere longer decay time than a trumpet or piano . mortals ~— just like you! If you'reyou’re I sound. (Also remember that there are levelslevels ‘ noodling around with Ensoniq gear, and times for each of these settings. We can I you too can join their elite ranks. 5 cover these in depth in another articlearticle.).) We’reWe're always looking for new writers, and yes, there is actual payment To change attack on a sound, select ENV 3 involved. If you’reyou' re toying with an idea and use your left or right arrow buttons totQ for an article, how about giving get to "HARD“HARDVEL VEL = XX xxXX xxXX XXxx XX.”XX." Bio: Eric Montgomery’sMontgomery's work has appeared Editrix Jane a call at 1-503-227-6848I-503-227-6848 Edit the leftmost double-digit number and with Salt Records, Integrity Music, several and listening to her soothing words of change it to 00. Using the left or right arrow local compilation CD'sCD’s in Gary Indiana,Indiana, I encouragement? buttons go to "“TIMESTIMES = XX XX XX XX CAMS of Chicago IllIll.. and Ensoniq product XX."XX.” Change the leftmost double-digit num- demosdemos..

5 quickly evens it out to the correct pitch. This HO\Nl—low Sounds Work characteristic on a guitar is caused by the inin- creased tension of the string when it is first Part IV -— Groovy Guitars Galore! plucked. This light pitch bend on the attack of many instruments (not just the guitar) is a very subtle but important aspect in the acac- curate recreation of that instrument’sinstrument's sound Mark (The Kid) Clifton and is overlooked too often by many pro-pro grammersgrammers..

What?? Another installment of that wacky yourself and help you out. Vibrato is another often abused aspect of an SQ programming series with the cheesey instrument'sinstrument’s character that I chose not to in-in title? You betcha! And this time around, as The first thing to do is look at the envelopes clude in this patch since it is used sparingly, promised, I'llI’ll tape on my trusty Geraldo of the accompanying patchpatch,, ACOUSTIC if at all, in most styles of guitar playing. The mustache and present a shocking, in-depth GUITGUITAR. AR. You'llYou’ll notice that I’veI've set Key-Key only exceptions that come immediately to expose into the dark murky world of acoustic board Tracking to 28 on all of them, making mind are slide playing and certain blues, jazz guitars. Of coursecourse,, this article focuses only them sustain for a shorter amount of time in and Latin styles. If you do use vibrato, on the way guitars generate sound and how the upper range of the keyboard and longer remember that a guitar, like all other fretted to imitate them and not on the actual playing on the bottom. This is to accurately reflectreflect instruments, can produce only a slight bend-bend of the patches themselves. To go into detail the fact that the higher strings on a guitar are ing of the pitch and that it always bends about all the little tricks that make up a good stretched tighter than the lower ones so they sharp. The positive LFO shapes are used to fake guitar performance would take hundreds vibrate foffor‘ a shorter amount of timetime.. This accomplish thisthis.. Only slide playing and of pagepages,s, which wouwouldld surely provoke more characteristic is inherent in almost all pluck-pluck electric guitar whammy-barring, to be than a few fistfights with the editor. [Ed. -— ed string instruments. You'llYou’ll also notice that covered in some future article, break this MarkMark,, deardear,, 1I don'tdon’t make fists. I[ use my little I'veI’ve applied some Env 2 modulation to the rule, since the slide allows greater freedom red pen.pen.}] filtersfilters,, making the sound mellow out as it of movement up and down the string. fades, just like on a real guitar. NonNon-fretted-fretted instruments, such as the violin, So I, being the peaceful guy that I amam,, will have this greater freedom of movement and merely suggest that you do your own rere- The next major feature of this patch is the are therefore capable of producing a pure ‘I search on the subject. With a little digging, pitch modulation on the Pitch Mods page.page. up-down pitch vibrato. you'reyou’re bound to find some useful books and I'veI’ve programmed a slight amount of modulamodula- articles (you know, from those other mag-mag tion from Env I,l, which II’ve've shaped into a The mod wheel on this patch brings in »| azines) or maybe even a guitar player who sharp downward slopeslope.. This makes the initial another guitar wave tuned an octave higher will cooperate with a nerdy keyboardist like attack of the sound slightly sharp, then to simulate a twelve-string guitar. The mod pedal increases choruschorus- ing, an effect that really ! SQ, KS, KT, E-Prime Prog: Acoustic Guitar By: Mark Cliftonclifiim AAMPMP 1 2 - y 3 complements the sound Initial T 0' 99Q9 99 K lPeakPeal< so99 99so of an acoustic guitar. For , WAVE 1 W22 3 LFO 1 2 3 Break as88 88as a dreamy new age- type Select Voice On On OffOil LFO Speed Sustain 00no 00 Wave Class String String Noise Rate Attack 00OD 00gg I sound, turn up the mod Wave AcousGtr AcousGtr Level OecayDecay 1 36 36 DelayDelay Time 000 000O00 Delay Decay 2 67 672; . wheel all the way and Wave Direction Forward Forward MODSRC Release 29 29 (StartStart Index 00 00 Wave Vel-Level 90 to40 bliss out until next time IMQDSCRMODSeR Off OilOff Restart ll Vel-Attack 00D0 00 MODAMTMQDAMT VelVet Curve Convex 0°Convex when I'llI’ll blow some hot RestrkFtestrk Decay 39 39 FILTER 1 2 Mode Normal Normal I FILTER 1 ___ 3 air about woodwinds. _ ._- 2 3 . KBDTrack +28 Emma‘+28 air about woodwinds. — FilterFitter 1 2L02Lo 2L0 2Lo K80 Track +28 l PITCH 11... 2 3 Filter 2 22HiHi 2Hi Octave +0 +1+ 1 FClFCt Cutoff 000 000 . OUTPUT 1‘I 2 3 $emilone +00 +00 ENV2 +70 +70 88 y Bio: Mark Clifton is a Semilone ENV 2 VOL 82 88 ‘FineFine +00 +04 FC1 KBD +00 +00 Boost On On Veloc Veloc 0" i playerla er and composercom oser ofo ‘ENV1ENV1 +01 +01 MODSCRMODSCFI Veioc Veloc MODSReMODSRC Wheel Wheel A p y p f lLFOLFO +00 +00 MODAMT +11+1 1 ++1414 MODAMT -06 +99 Jazz, New Age, OrchesOrches- MODSeRMODSCR Off Off FC2 CutoffCutolt 000 000 KBD Scale +00 +00 +70 +14 MODAMT - ENV2 +14 Key Range foo tral and Rap (yes, Rap!) KBD Ptch Track On On FC2 KBD +00 +00 FX1 . . . 4 OutputOutput Bus FX1FX 1 FX1 l Glide Off Off FC1MO[)'Fe2FC1 MOD-FC2 On On Med music and an aspiring Priority Med Med .-—_-Q,‘-.____ Glide Time 00 00 i Pan +00 +00"°° Cyberpunk writer who Vel window >000 >000 ‘ , ENV1ENV1 1 2 3 ____,--g ENV2Euvz 1 . 2 3 . also wouldn’twouldn't mind gogoinging I Initialinitial 00 00 Inilialinitial 99 99 EFFECTS —- CHORUS AND REVERB | FX-1 22 into sound design or filmfilm I . Peak 40 40 . Peak 99 99 | Break 00 00 Break 65 65 FXFX-2·2 1155 scoring. His favorite Sustain 00 00 Sustain 00 00 Decay time 35 | Attack 00 00O0 Attack 00 00 HF Damping 59 color is the infinite,infinite, DecayDecay 1I 19‘I 9 191 9 Decay 1 38 38 Chorus RateFtate 20 ,DecayDecay 2 00 00 Decay 2 71 71 Chorus Depth 16 star-speckled blackness ReReleaselease 00 00 Release 66 7'171 Chorus Center 50 Vel-levelVel-Level 00 00 Vel-Level 66 66 Feedback +00 of space. Vel-Attack 00 O000 Vel-AttackVet-Attack 00 00 Chorus Level 00 Vel Curve Quikrise QuikriseOuikrise Vel Curve Convex Convex MOD {Dest)(Dest) LeIJelLevel Mode Finish Finish Mode NormaNormall Normal BY (MODSRC) ModPedMOCIPGG This article originally I_; KBDTrackKBD Track +28 +28 KBDTrackKBD Track +28+2B +28 MODAMT +50 appeared in TH #96 (June, 1993)I993)..

I, HACKER BASEMENT TAPES Steve Vincent F.I.F. I. OriginalsOriginO/S

Michael Paradise Band

Tape: F.I. Originals (c) 1998I998 Mutt forays into the dark side (i.e(i.e.,., breaking up). tempted to give Michael credit for crafting a Music That'sThat’s about as heavy as it gets. Let’sLet's lislis- song that musically emulates what its lyrics Artist: Michael Paradise Band tenten...... state: he tries different things, but none of Contact Info: Michael Paradise, 17 them work. If this stylistic schizophrenia is Mayfair Rd, Cranston, RI 02905. Love Is Here to Stay (and That'sThat’s OK) -— deliberate, then kudos to the band for an in-in This song is performed with the exuberance genious concept! It would be more convincconvinc- Equipment: Ensoniq EPS 16+, Yamaha This song is performed with the exuberance of a junior-high garage band in the '60s (that MT-120MT-120 4-track recorder, Les Paul of a junior-high garage band in the ’60s (that inging,, however,however, if each new "phase"“phase” of the guitars, Fender bass, live drumsdrums.. would be the 1960s1960s,, not their ageage...). ... ). Of song were executed with commitment, inin- course, Michael’sMichael's voice sounds very "Beat“Beat- stead of halting quasi-transitions marching lesles,”," so that helps the British vibe to shine halfheartedlyhalflmeartedly into the next segment like the Michael Paradise gives us yearly installinstall- through. Bubble-gum lyrics are front-and-front-and befuddled leader of a lost platoon. As if this ments of his latest demos. We have reviewed center over a '’60s-love-song60s-lave-song rhythm section, weren'tweren’t all confusing enough, the band his tapes in August 1996 (3 songs; a "Short“Short thickened with chorused electric piano and jumps into a shuffle-beatshuffle-beat bluesy jam before Takes"Takes” review) and February 1997I997 (a slightly crunchier guitars than we heard way the final chord even stops ringing, ostensibly five-song demo)demo).. His latest tape to go back then.then. Some very nice guitar soloing, a continuation of "Every“Every Time I Try."Try.” Every through the wringer is a five-song demo of complete with high-speed fingertappings. Time I Try "“what”?what"? is my question. The songs recorded by Michael'sMichael’s band, "“F.I.”F.I." He Thick background vocals lend a wonderful answer?answer‘? "“EveryEvery Time I Try to Finish This never mentions what "“F.I.”F.I." stands for. As in ffullnessullness to the song, but the hokey synth SongSong...” ... " Actually,Actually, the blues-rock jam is pret-pret Michael'sMichael’s previous tapes, the purpose of horn parts toward the end bring in the ty catchy, with a good hook. The guitar solosolo- these demos seems to be to showcase the cheese, and whoever was playing the ing is a bit weak on this one, however, and compositions themselves as opposed to 16th-note tambourine part was getting tiredtired...... the bass goes to the final bridge section two programming skills, production, or even perper- measures ahead of the guitars. This is the formance. The reason I make this judgment I Don’tDon't Want to Lose You -— More vintage kind of thing that would normally happen in is because these sound like true "bas“basementement Beatles sounds, reminiscent of "Hey,“Hey, you’veyou've a jam session down in the basement...basement ... but on tapes."tapes.” The songs sound like they were got to hide your love away."away.” This song, howhow- a demo tape?tape‘? recorded live without much (if any) overduboverdub- ever, introduces elements from the Electric bing or re-takes. Prunes and Iron Butterfly,Butterfly, uncharuncharacteristical-acteristical 1’mI'm In Lust -—- ''I'm“I’m in lust with a friend of ly "heavy"“heavy” for Michael ParadiseParadise.. Thorns: this minemine 1/ She makes me feel good aallll the timetimel 1 Michael’sMichael's songwriting style seems to have time the tambourine is totally out of control Got one thing on my mind...”mind .. ." You'veYou’ve gotta stayed consistently in the same ballpark over tempo-wisetempo-wise!! And the digitally-deldigitally-delayedayed synth hand it to good 01'ol’ Michael: this song is the past few years. These five songs still parts are jarringly anachronisticanachronistic.. Rather than about as honest as a guy wants to get. Too keep Michael’sMichael's "“BritishBritish invasion”invasion" feel, blend the decade'sdecade’s influences,influences, it might be bad it seems to be naively and happily making me wonder if he was a stowaway in better to stick with a consistent formula. celebrating the fact, rather than spotlighting tthehe cryonic time capsule that transported These elements tend to detract from what are the narcissistic shadow with a tongue-in-tongue-in Austin Powers and Dr. Evil from the '’60s60s to fine compositions. This song is redeemed, cheek parody. One thing about boorish the '90s.’90s. Michael'sMichael’s lyrics still remind me of however, by a slammin',slammin’, jammin’jammin' guitar solo stereotypical macho self-centeredness: it sure -a Paul McCartney'sMcCartney’s focus on the lighter side sectionsection.. This band obviously lovelovess to jam! makes an easy target! So let'slet’s pick a more of relationships and love, with occasional challenging one: lyrical flow.flow. Set aside for Let’sLet's Hit the Road -— The manic tambourine the moment the poetic quality of these lyrics; is replaced by mmaracasaracas in this White Album the problem here isis,, they simply dondon’t't fit the eTH -— A Faster, era tunetune.. Still hyper-caffeinatedhyper-caffeinated though. melody line. They flowflow like cotton balls More bubble-gum lyrics, but imaginative down a velcro slide (point: they don't).don’t). Cheaper Hacker guitar parts keep the rhythm section providprovid- Actually, the lyrics flowflow more like finelyfinely- If you can receive e-mail via the Intemet,Internet, ing movement and interest. ground dark espresso roast SeattleSeattle’s's Best y you can take advantage of avoiding the post Coffee from the grinder into the thingy that ‘ office and get a faster, cheaper, e-mail verver- Every Time I Try -— This song sounds as if holds the coffee: it doesn'tdoesn’t pour out, so you sion of the Hacker. The e-mail Transoniq itit’s's having an identity crisis: it can'tcan‘t decide keep tipping it, it still lingers stubbornly in Hacker contains all of the same information what it'sit’s going to be,be, as if the intro, verses,verses, the grinder, so you tip it more steeply, give it as the printed version, but it’sit's only $20!$201 and choruses were cut-n-pasted from difdif- a tiny "tap,"“tap,” then all of a sudden the whole year. Interested? Just send a message to us ferent tunes. Even the introductory tempotempoll batch avalanches all over the thingy, your at [email protected]@transoniq.com and we'llwe’ll e-mail back complete information. meter changes three times before "se“settling”ttling" hand, the kitchen counter, and the floor.floor. (I use the term loosely) into its groove. I am Difficult-to-say lyrics are forced into the

7 beat, placing the emem-PHA-sis-PHA-sis on the wrong The nettles... Perhaps this is an artifact of real thought and inventiveness into their sylsyl-LA-bles.-LA-bles. This detracts from the, uh, mes-mes playing "“live,”live," but this project is repletereplete wiwithth song endingsendings.. More composers should give sage of the words. This is a good thingthing.. PerPer- tempo and rhythm inconsistencies. The beat attention to how their songs end; I am often haps the band recognized all this and became wanders all over kingdom come at timestimes,, guilty of simply giving in to the ubiquitousubiquitous fed up and frustratedfrustrated,, because this song just often thrown off-kilteroff—kilt-er by aa‘' drum fill. fadefade-out.-out. I think I’llI'll turn over a new leaf, all of a suddensudden...... ends! No build-up,build-up, no outout- Another inconsistency is what I would call and learn a lesson from Michael Paradise, tro, no forefore-,_-, um,urn, warning, just... that'sthat’s it! "“stylistic”stylistic" inconsistency, that is, different and just end the article right —_ And it’sit's obviously not a tape machine glitch, musical styles are butted up against each because there’sthere's a reverb tail clearly marking other in some of the ‘compositions~ompositions (notice I If you want your tape run through the the engineer'sengineer’s territory like a "Ki“Kilroylroy was didndidn’t' t say "mixed"“mixed” or "blended,"“blended,” because acac- wringer, err, Hacker, just mail it off to: BaseBase- here"here” sign. You have to wonder what the tually the effect is fairly jarring). My suggessugges- ment Tapes, Transoniq Hacker, 1402 SW band talked about when coming to this tion is to stick with one major stylistic thread Upland Dr., Portland OR 97221. Please in-in production decision. Perhaps they just in a particular song, keeping it more "“pure.”pure." clude your ee-mail-mail address! couldn'tcouldn’t come up with a decent ending, so, This will keep the lyrics and vocals centercenter- what the hell! Just shut it off! Works for me. stage, where I believe Michael wants them.

The daisiesdaisies...... Michael'sMichael’s voice is very plea-plea Now, as I mentioned at the beginning of this sant to listen to. He has an earnestness in his review, this is Michael Paradise'sParadise’s ththirdird concon- voice, and a bell-like,bell-like, throaty clarity that tribution to the grueling Basement Tapes oror- rivets your attention on the vocals like Doug deal. He is a Veteran of the Wringer! But so Ingle (WHO is Doug Ingle? Try Iron ButterfButterf- he doesn'tdoesn’t feel like wringer fodder, let'slet’s take ly, hello)-.hello). Many of the vocal parts are the historical perspective. In earlier demos, doubled (i would like to know how he does Michael apparently performed more of the this, recording an entire band on a 44-track-track parts himself. In contrast, these songs sound machine; do you use some kkindind of doubling likeli ke they have been performed live to tape by FX,PX, likel'ktea a D'Digitech1gitech Vocalist,Vocars,1' t Michael?).M'icae)h 1? . TheThe his band. There is a much more organic feel endend resultresutl is ricrichlyhly texturedtextured vocal tunes. BBio:£0: SteveSteve Vincent produces demos and CDs to the performances; less synth, more Another plus in Michael'sMichael’s arrangements is at his home-h0rne- based Portent Music, and can emphasis on guitars and acoustic drums. thethe interestingin' terest'mg endingsend'ings hhee writeswri'tes fforor hishis be reached via email at vincents@harb0r-vincents@harbor Let’sLet's take a dualistic approach here (with songs. With the exception of "I'm“I’rn In Lust,”Lust," net. com,com or at his website at http://www.kshttp //www ks- apologies to Pat F.)F.)...... it is clear the Michael and his band put some pacepace.com/vincentcom/vincent.

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Hi therethere,, everyone'everyone! happening is a glitch,glitch, bug or pilot error. I do know the problem: that it'sit’s just about impossible to get out of the I am still here. Just had to graduate from seminaryseminary,, "Keep“Keep Old -— New”New" page without pressing yes or If I save a song from the 16-trackI6-track recorderrecorder as a that’sthat's all. no,no, however. The EPS wants to ﬂushflush that bufferbuﬂer SMF on toto disk and then read it into CakewalkCakewalk,, and return that memorymemory back to the pool...pooL.]] Cakewalk sees every track EXCEPT the drum Anyway, digging right in (bypassing the vitriol track,track. There is no data on track 10I0 (default) yet it controversy), I have a question for which I hope to [Eric Montgomery (Emu-Ensoniq) -— I just hhap-ap "sees“sees”" ththatat something should be there. Hmmmm. find rest. pened to have an EPS claclassicssic nnearear me and tried very diffidifficultcult to explain. what you mentioned. It worked just asas you you saidsaid.. I When I sold my EPSEPS-I6-16 PLUS in order to upgrade would agree in trying ththee most current ROM,ROM, What am I doing wrong? BTW, for what it is to the ASR-IO,ASR-10, I "“threwthrew in"in” quite a few sound though the service manual does not indicate that worth, the drum track maymayoror may not have disks, also including the WAVeBOYW A VeBOY AudioAudio-In-In EfEf- there were issues in this area that were addressed. originated from the idea pad and subsequently was fects DiskDisk.. Well, I just figured that the ASR-lASR-I0 0 has The current ROM mostlmostlyy seems to deal with SCSI sent to the rhythm track of the sequencer. Data is the capability to process inbound audio signals problems.problems. IJ have OS 2.49 and ROM 2.40. Accord-Accord definitely there...there ... I cancan hear it but Cakewalk will anyway, so why keep the disk? The problem is, I ing to my notes, the most current ROM forfor the EPS not see it or play it. have not yet found out how to do tthathat neat little is 2.40 and 2.41 for the EPS-M.] thing where you hold down certain keys -— like the Thanks for any advice. third and fifth, etc. -— in order to produce harmony John with the incoming audio signal. Does the ASR-IO Hi guys, [email protected] not do this on its own? If I did have the WWAVe- A Ve BOY diskdisk,, would it work in an ASR-I0?ASR-IO? We have a very reliable SQ-80. Just purchased a [PF -— John: Common misconception with the MR computer with a MIDI interface. We bought a (and one of its most misunderstood features).features). All AAnyway,nyway, nice to see you all again'again! My, you'reyou’re cable and hooked it up. Oops, it doesn”tdoesn"t work.work. We rhythm data, whether it originates from the idea really llookingooking thin! TalkTalk with you again soon. have Windows NT. Keyboard works great when it pad or the Drum machine, MUST be assigned track is not hooked up,up. But no sound comes out when it status and dropped into the Rhythm Track (track Jack Stephen Tolin, MM.Div..Div. is connected to the computer. What are we doing #10) in the sequencer. Furthermore, if you want it Yahkohv@[email protected] wrong? Please helphelp.. Sorry, we are MIDI and com-com to output MIDI data, it must be assigned a MIDI puter dummies but are eager to leam.learn. Hope you track status as wellwell.. The MR (and ZR) rhythm data [PF -— Jack: You'llYou’ll need the Waveboy disk to do can help us. does not originate from the sequencer, but originorigin- thisthis,, as the ASR has no harmonizing algorithms ates jromfrom the Drum machine, which is entirely built inin.. And as Waveboy is the only gamgamee in towntown,, Thanks muchly: separatseparatee of the >equencer.sequencer. YYou

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TransoniqTransoniq,. those fat layered sounds for live performance. I am generates CC#7 to raise and lower volume of the familiar with setting up my sounds on the MR for selected track, etc. Way cool given the MR’sMR's I have a TS-12, and in playing the TS-ITS—lO 0 and the presets, and on the XP50XPSO in User bank. My desire limitations and caveats in (1)( I ) ahoveabove...... TS-12TS-I2 side by sside,ide, I notice that the lOisl0 is more is to link them together and during live gigs, be responsive than the 12.I2. Also, if I trigger the 12l2’s's ahleable to with the single turn of the knob, (in preset (3) The FLASH hoardboard seems to hebe not more than, sounds from my ESQ-I,ESQ-l, they are more punchy and mode maybe), have the assigned sound or layer of IMHO (again), a cursory tip of the hat to the bright. Changing sensitivity and velocity curvecuwe setset- the MR and the assigned sound of the Roland TS-series with no softwaresojiware update to load that 4Mb4Mh tings doesndoesn’t't seem to help.help. It seems as though being played. Right now I have them together via with ASR samples.samples. So you'veyou’ve gottaRolla make *'wav*.wav something was not taken into account when the MIDI cable and the MR plays the Roland fine, and filesjiles out ofof'ANY ANY samples, line them up to play only patches or the system software was transplanted the sound layers of them together are seriously fat, in their specific keyzone anandd rangerange,, interpolate the from the 10I0 to the 12. HasI-Ias anyone figured out how but here’shere's the deal.... I am manually changing the filterjilter settings, more than a LOT of programming to compensate for this? sounds of both boards to get the desired effect. yada-yada-yada, only to discover once loaded into the Flashboard,Flashhoard, waves MUST hebe looped heforebefore I have one other questionquestion.. I have a TSTS-I2,- 12, a MacinMacin- I just went through the steps you suggested to set they get in there.there. It's SO much work EnsoniqEn.wmiq disdis- tosh, and Logic Audio. I’mI'm considering getting my MR up to speak to my Roland XP 50. I selected covered the ASR-X was hurting hecausebecause it shared RAM and a SCSI interface for the TS-I2TS-12 in order a sound, sent it to the sequencer track I. The the same limitation and spun the OS to let it read I to effectively interface between sample recording second step is vague. Do I select the same sound ASR disks. The MR didndidn’t't get the same mainmain- and editing on the Mac and sample playback/trig-playback/trig again in Soundfinder, or when I am on track I and tenance revisionrevision,, so it'sit’s *.wav filesjiles or nothing forjiJr gering on the TS-12. I'mI’m wondering if anyone out tumturn the right "“value”value" knob it asks to change sound, an MR FFlashhoard.lashboard. II'd’d go with the ROM expansion there ' who has put together a professional, smooth, or when in track I,l, I tum the FX mix knob aandnd the cards -— there's a lot more data in them, and some-some and fast system for dealing with Hard Disk based expression value comes up, or when in track I do hody'sbody’s already done the programmingprogramminR work on file conversion and management might be willing you mean to tumturn the left parameter knob and then I them. This isn't to say you can'tcan’t tweak them - itit"s's to tell me what they are using in terms of hardware am at syst cntrl 3 and 4, or do I go to sound MIDI just you won'twon’t hebe spending all your time doing and software. out by turning the left parameter knob from the housekeeping chores assigning/looping/program-assigning/looping/program same sound in Soundfinder where ch., bank and ming waves to zones to layers to FX to sounds, Many thanks, prg. isis...... then the program will change but the MR etcetc...... Hans. local sound is off and all that plays is the Roland. [email protected] (4) Which is why the computer might help. To most One other thing, .since I like such a large array of people, hooking up a computer to an MR is like [PF -— Hans: Check your keyhoard'skeyboard’s glohalglobal sounds available, would the flash sample board as-as trying to put out a firejire with gasoline: unless you’reyou're "Touch"“Touch” settings. J'llI’ ll hetbet they'rethey’re all dijferentdifferent from sist me in my library of sounds I am looking for‘?for? I VERY computer literate, VERY Ensoniq literate, one anotheranother...... really don'tdon’t want to keep buying sound moduals. and VERY MIDI literate this is lillielittle more than an By the way readers, Syntaur Productions says they exercise in futility (as you’reyou're discovering). And The only Mac-hasedMac-based editor worth a salt is Al-Al will havhavee their own programed sounds very soon pouring a gallon of Cakewalk on this inferno, well, chemy. ProhlemProblem is Passport Systems is out ofhusi0fbusi- for the MR. I'llI’ll be looking forward for that. you get the picture. I’veI've tried Unisyn on the MR on ness. If you can hagbag a copy fromfrom a friend or ohtainobtain hothboth Mac and PC platforms.plaljiJrms. On the PC it simply a copy from one of the newsgroups, you’llyou'll hebe good I have a PCPC,, Pentium 2-400, Soundblaster AAWE WE 64 wouldn'twouldn’t work unless the planets were aligned, I to gogo.. Terje Norstad (http://fysmac-elgOI.uio.(http://fysmac-elg0I.uio. Gold sosoundcard.undcard. I installed the Unisyn software in bowed three times and faced the East, hung a CresCres- no/eps.html) has some excellent utilities forjiJr the my PC, plugged in the cable -— in and out MIDI to cent over my MR and chanted the MicrosoftMicrosoji Mac-Mac->ASR/EPS/TS>A SR/EPS/TS series forjiJr moving/archiving the MR and the 15I5 pin plug to the sound card. mantramantra.. When I got it going on my G3, every time filesjiles hackback andjimh,and forth, as well as changing formats.jimizats. There is a "Y"“Y” female split off the male I left hang I’dI'd change a parameter in Unisyn and send it to freely.freel y. I called up the Unisyn software on the PC the MR forjiJr audition, the MR went into its "Save“Save Readers?]Readers ?] and after the program is initializing it says "no“no Everything”Everything" mode for fivejive minutes at a timtime.e. By the response from device."device.” I know itit’s's a lot to ask and time I figuredjigured it out I had to go play the gig...gig ... a lot of new equipment on my part. Could you TH- help? Should I be looking at getting a Cakewalk (4h)(4b) The other part of the MIDI dongle Oilon your program also? gameport "hanging“hanging freely”ji"eely" is a joystickjoystick port.port. You Just bought an early model ESQ-M to load my can leave it open or plug a joystick into it. The ESQESQ-I- I programs onto. Trouble is I can'tcan’t figure out Thank you again. dongle doesn't care and it will have no impact on how to load from my cartridge onto the module. I WARNERPRD@W ARNERPRD@ aol.com your conjiguration.configuration. Try reversing the MIDI IN and get as far as "Cart“Cart A to INT"INT” but can'tcan’t find an enter OUT to the MR -— a lot of these ojfshoreoffshore MIDI button to execute the command. SOMEBODY [PF -— WarnerPrd: Answers, in order: adapters dondon’t't specify whether theythey’re're laheledlabeled forjiJr I-IELP!!!!!!!!!!!!HELP!!!!!!!!!!" function or connection. ((1) I ) Y(;U'You’re re trying to get the MR to (a) send one pro-pro DAVID B. MC DONALD gram change to youryour XP-50 forfor a sound, and (h(b)) (5) The MR was designed to be a songwriter’ssongwriter's [email protected] send.~end another programproRram change internally to the MR workstation. Ensoniq was crafty enough to put all to get it to play a different sound.sound. No can do. the rreinseins to that horsepowhorsepowerer under the hood where [PF -— Dave: I owned an ESQ-M forjiJr aboutahout 2 weeks Whatever program # is assigned to an MR sound is only a MIDI cahlecable would let you do certain things. in 1989,I 989, so II'm’m pretty fuzzyfuzzy on how to do it myselfmyselfl the same program # heingbeing sent out MIDI. And This made the user intinterfaceerface less confusing and P I'dI‘d contact Ensoniq'sEnsoniq’s wehweb page at www.enwww.en- since you have to assign a "sound"“sound” to a "track"“track” more musicallmusicallyy productive. It's terrihlyterribly unfriendly soniq.com and email Eric Montgomery or one of and spin the wheel to select MIDI out (in the SeSe- if you view it as its component pieces. Then again, the TSE'sTSE’s up there to see if anyone else rememhersremembers quencer) you can'tcan’! playplayaa local sound once a track it was always the gestalt of the collective pieces the ESQ-M.ESQ-M. I'veI ’ve slept since then: readers?]readers ?] has heenbeen assigned in this manner. Check out the that made Ensoniq such ajiJrcea force in the market. August Keyboard report on the ZR-76 -— says it a [Eri[Ericc Montgomery (Emu-Ensoniq) -— Once you lot more eloquently than I.I... .. [[email protected] - Thank you very much havhavee gotten to the CART A TO INT screen,screen, press forjiJr your help and direction. II'll’ll continue to crank the STORAGE huttonbutton while holding the SCROLL (2) Step 2 was simplysimply to do the same thing to out tunes fromji"om the MR forfor the hand.band. Such a great hutton.button. While the tram/ertransfer is worworkingking the screen another track to get you into a Track MIDI Status creative tool it is. Must hebe a 455-Hemi under the will read COPYING PROGRAMS. When it is comcom- = OUT condition withOutwithout repeating all ththee huttonbutton hood of the MR. And ifanyifany ofyouof you readers just hap-hap plete it will return to the storage page.page.]] presses of step I. Seems you’veyou've escalated this step pen to hebe in the SeauleSeattle area, stop hyby the OASIS, in into a button-pressing frenzy Keith Emerson southwest Seattle, you’llyou'll see us, the house band,hand, wowould'veuld've beenheen proud of in the Tarkus era. But and me, doin' the Keith Emerson routine, spinnin’spinnin' TH- that's good, as you've nOwnow discovered once a track the knobs and pushin’pushin' those huttollsbuttons to make all of has heenbeen assigned MIDI OUT Status the pan knohknob this workwork...... What a deal. Later, Kyle] Thank you for the response about using my MR-76 generatesgenerate.l· outbound CC#10 messages to pan a board to control my Roland XP 50 and making selected Roland sound right and lejileft,, the Mix KnobKnoh [PF - Kyle: The MR keyhoardskeyboards are just about the

101O most powerfulpowerfuL wavetable synths out there, yet they nicotine in those drawbars...drawbars .. . copies when mine went bad. remain the easiest-to-sequence-on workstations yet realized. I wouldn'twouldn’t suggest poking it into a comcom- (4) Yeah, the XB-2X8-2 wasn'twasn’t even close to what I The simplest way to protect yourself from corcor- puter until you’reyou're ready to run 500 miles in that heard out of my 83B3 and leslies. The new Roland is rupted sample disks is to make backup copies on hemihemi...] ... ] awfully damned close to the real thingthing,, but the your TS. A local dealer told us that it couldn'tcouldn’t be ASR!ASR!16+I 6+ Joey DeFrancesco library is the only one done, but you can copy sample disks with your TS. [[email protected] -— Very good...good ... It is a II've’ve ever heard that has the 60 Hz induction noise The other great way to back these up is with your pleasure to use this forum and your help has been aliasing the first three drawdrawbars bars just like the PC. If you haven’thaven't already done so, get Ensoniq a blessing. AnyAnyon-linerson-liners should definitely sub-sub tonewheeler. And other samples from this set sport Disk Tools for Windows from Rubber Chicken scribe to the Hacker and support it that way.way. After all three Chorus Vibrato settings. Trust me: your Software Co. (see the back cover of TH).TI-I). With reading each issue, it'sit’s a "long"“long” wait to see what B3 solos dondon’!'t scream until you hit those vibrato EDT, you can make backup copies of all your the next one has to offer. Kyle.Kyle.]] tabs with the knob set to C3. If someone pro-pro samples onto your hard disk. You can also buy the grammed 888000000 with C3 for an MR, II'd‘d LOVE latest hot CD-ROM sound library and copy the to hear it, because that'that’s .I' the only sonicstate tell-tell files onto ﬂoppiesfloppies in Ensoniq format. TH- tale of the Ensoniq library: the Chorus vibrato speeds up with higher notes in certain sample Dave Simenson Help'Help! I am using a borrowed E-Prime keyboard registers ('(’cause cause sampling every note would yieldyield a [email protected] that is perfect for the sounds my band needs. I have I616 Mb B383 stop)...]stop) ... ] heard that this keyboard was only manufactured [PF —- Dave: Yes. Ensoniq read/write verify is a only for a short period of time and replaced the [Steve Vincent - Pat, are you saying the ASR/16+ASR!16+ CReCRC redundancy check —- not a Norton Disk Doctor ' r KT-88. I need to find one for sale somewhere or a using Joey deF'deF’s .I' samples sounds better than the sformat utility writing running 1'.1'I ’s and 0'.1'0’s thru the close substitute. My questions are: Roland wannabe? I also recently heard a Roland disk (time-consuming(time-consuming read/write verify). If the VK-7 on stage,stage, and even with its on-board rotary checksum matches, an Ensoniq disk is pro-pro l.I. Does anyone know of one of these for sale emulation, the sound blew me away. For live giggig- nounced/blessednounced/blessed as "good"“good” and calls the "Format“Format anywhere? ging the past 2 years, I’veI've been using an Alesis Completed"Completed” ROM bACK (exactly like that piece of QS-7 (which i bought solely forfor its piano and B-3 fruit company that just blew away Wall Street this 2. Does the KTKT-88 -88 have the same internal sounds, sounds) through a Motion Sound Pro 3 rotary week)...week) ... especially tthehe B3 sounds and the Wurlie sounds? speaker,speaker, sending the low end emulator to a Barber-Barbet ta SonaSorta 41 Pro Combo keyboard amp. I thought What'What’s .I' happening here is that Ensoniq formats a 3. Is thetherere another instrument that might work inin- this sounded sublime, but the Roland VK.VK .. I think I disk and looks at it as a container. The fileflle system stead of this one? My MR-76 does not sound as need one.]one.] doesn'tdoesn’t look atatlcompensate/compensate for bad sectors after a good for these particular sounds. successful format (the checksum matched, right?),right?), [PF -— Steve: The Joey deFrancesco samples sound so after sitting on top of the power supply, floppy I know that how good the sounds sound is subjecsubjec- more AUTHENTIC than the VK-7. The VKI/K doesn't drive, or other magnetic influenceinfluence,, upon load, the # tive, but I also have a Hammond XB-2 and the E have the 60 Hz running through the samples like of bytes written doesn'tdoesn’t equal the checksum anyany- Prime has far more realistic B-3 sounds than it the real thing. In live performance,performance, the VKI/K-7-7 is a more. As there aren'taren’t any high-level read/verify does. Any help that could be provided would be pretty close approximation, especially wwithith the ROM routines for an already overtaxed CPU, the greatly appreciatedappreciated...... C 1-e3I -C3 chorus vibrato stops. And yes, the COSM poor TS can only ack back "Disk“Disk Data CorrupCorrup- rotary simulator is very good; I think it’sit' .I' the best ted."ted.” So if you don'tdon’t get a "Track“Track 0 unreadable: Doug Leins leslie simulator out there. But it'sit’s not good enough Disk Unusable"Unusable” or "Unable“Unable to save UnflJrmatUnformat dleins@nshclleins@nsh I mis.stthomas.org forj(Jr me to sell my 83B3 & leslies yet...]yet .. .] info"info” prompt, remember this ain'tain’t no Pee-Cee...Pee-Cee ...

[PF -— Doug: Answers, in order: Fortunately,F ortunarely, that fruit company hired Peter Norton TH- to write a suite of disk utilities that LATER got (1)(I) As of 12:45I2."-45 AM July 18,I8, 1998,I998, the Ensoniq ported over to said Pee-Cee, one of which called webpages notes, and I1 quote: "We“We offer a range of IIjust just want to say, "“thankthank you very much"much” to Steve Norton Disk Editor can correct these flaws, but instruments with the features you want. All with the Vincent. I appreciate your words of encouragement only if y0u’veyou've got one of those fruit computers. But great sounds, effects, and sequencing that have and your comments about each song. I am not sure by and large, most disk errors are caused by bad made ENSONIQ famous. Whichever you choose, of release times or dates regarding the CD, but I media. Make it a point to buy Maxell floppies (not you’llyou'll get an instrument that'sthat’s as musical and feel a lot more confident than before and just these 100I00 blanks for $19.95$ 19.95 with a $19.95 rebate, creative as you are."are.” And the EPrime is the third wanted to say thanks. cause you get what you pay for: zip), and wash instrument fromfrom the top, so it'sit’s ohviouslyobviously NOT an them thru your Mac or your PC to ensure they'rethey’re orphan like the earlier brethren. So T'dI’d presume Thanks, formattable. Even these disks will occasionally their sound libraries are still available forj(Jr it. ALL Eric Montgomery return a "Track“Track 0 error: Disk Unusable"Unusable” error, the SQ, KS, and KT-variant sounds should work Ensoniq Technical Support but Maxell WILL replace them free of charge. fine in it: IJ'm’m just assuming it has a larger wavewave- Again, it’sit's your blood, sweat and tears on these tabltablee with more waves internally that the earlier [Steve Vincent -—- Eric: You’reYou're welcome! The listenlisten- floppies, and the racing analogy ofofa a $10 helmet libraries don'tdon’t address. But that'sthat’s a good thingthing...... ing pleasure was all mine.]mine.] for a $10 head most certainly holds true herehere...] .. .]

(2) I would think so: aforementioned SQ/KT/KS |.\- variants are all capable of B383 emulation.\'emulations that are TH- Just a quickiequickie...... - downright scary. 1I wrote an article years back in the Hacker on using the mod wheel as a vari-speed I’dI'd like to give a few more hints to Dave Faunce I hav~have an old EPS (keyboard form factor, not leslieleslie.. The factory Wurlie emulations need tweaktweak- (and other TS users), who wrote in issue ##157 157 EPS-16+ etc). A very old EPS. In fact, it'sit’s comcom- Q4 ing to get them to sustain longerlonger,, and didndidn’t't seem about corrupted factory TS sample disks. I had the pletely unexpanded. I'dI’d like to snag a RAM to have as much "bite"“bite” as the ASR-based Wurlie same problem with my factory sample disks. My upgrade and maybe even a SCSI kit for it. samples,samples, IMHO. Tweaking gives VERY credible personal theory is that Ensoniq'Ensoniq’s s error correction results herehere...... methods when writing to disk are not as rigorous as I am aware that they haven'thaven’t been made for a bit, those of MS-DOS (in the old days) and Windows. and are thus somewhat rare. The crux of the (3) Check out Pelle Piano’sPiano's Demo Disk from the (And, wasn'twasn’t there some other type of computer, problem is that I am based in LondonLondon,, and most Ensoniq website. I bagged it about 4 months ago, long agoago...... some kind of fruit?) The medium on the EPSs are in the US. In fact, both my EPS and so I only hope it'sit’s still up there. There are some 3 1l/2”/2" disks is, of course, the same, so why do my mixer tunrun from a US->UK power converter. righteous B3 sounds with all the obscure drawbar TS disks fail so much sooner than my PC disks? settings AND cabinet noise/drivernoiseldriver sizzle that are Fortunately for me, a friend of mine was so blown Anyway, if anyone knows of any little specialists more dead on the money forfl)r an MR than any other away by my TS-12TS-I2 that he went and bought one a makinglrefurbingmaking/refurbing RAM boards, or even has one for 3rd party stuff II've’ve ever heard. You can smell the few weeks after me, so I used his disks to make sale for a small amount, I'dI’d appreciate a yell..yelI..

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Thanks in advanceadvance...... [PF - Pete: Ensure Sysex is on (on the ASR), and with any of the Malvern loopboxes, and can be the My addr is [email protected]. that Alchemy is speaking to your 16+ on the BASE ONLY device in any SCSI chainchain...... channelchannel.. If this is an older version ofAlchemyof Alchemy that [PF —- Peter: Syntaur Productions (wwwfatsnake.(www.fatsnake. doesn'tdoesn’t havehave the 16+ setup option/driveroptionldriver you may I'mI’m not trying to scare you o}foﬂ'— - justjust be sure you comlsyntaur)com/syntaur) has the 2X and 4X original Ensoniq be out of luck unless someone can eMail or otherother- cacann return the Sparq drive if it isnisn’t't compatible. Memory Expanders. For all practical purposes, go wise send it to you. I coucouldn’tldn't get mymyoidold version to Most reputable vendors have a return policy with the 4X.4x. Rubber Chicken Software (www(www.. run on my ASR, BTW, so you’reyou're not alonealone...... ]} similar to this, but be sure to purchase it with that soundcentral.coml-chickeneps)soundcentral.com/~chickeneps) has a cool SCSI return caveatcaveat.. expander forfor the EPSEP S that'sthat’s actually better than [Peter C Heim -— Thought you’dyou'd like to know - the factory one (now unavailable) in that it lets you ajierafter days of unsuccessfuluns'ucc'essful attempts, I woke this AM And, of course, eMail us back and tell us ifitif it works use Zip Drives with the EPS. Ping these URL's, with a picture in my mind of some little thing or notnot...... }] bag these itemsitems,, and,and, once installed, bask in own-own tucked away in an unused extension file.jile. I looked, ership of the fastest-loadingfastest-loading sampler ever created.}created.] and there was this little thing called Midi Driver.Driver. I put it in extensionsextensions,, restartedrestarted,, et voila! Alchemy DearTH,Dear TH, rides again! By the way, it also seems to connect THTI-I-- with my ASR-I0ASR-10 on the same midi channel. Today'sToday’s I came to your site looking firstly for a list of EnEn- bummer: the sound I was trying to edit keeps sonsoniqiq service representative but I was pleasantly I am running a TS-lOTS-10 into an AWE-64A WE-64 Gold card giving me FILE OPERATION ERROR fromfrom my sy-sy surprised because the questions that I had aboaboutut my to Cakewalk. I can’tcan't 'gegett communication into the quest, even though I had it loaded two days ago. battery problems and concernsconcems ahoutabout takingtaking my program. It justjust doesndoesn’t't want to record any MIDI. (Whimper.)}(Whimper.)] board to someone who really may nonott know what Do I need to switch somesomethingthing in the sound card? they are doing were answered and addressed in a [PF - Peter: YeahYeah,, the Apple MIDI Driver. I forgot letter from Peter Eggleston. For my own reasons, I [email protected]@aol.com about that. Then again, so did Apple, as it wasn't have not been able to use my board for years. rerev’dv' d past V. 2.0 (check the date in the "Get“Get Info”Info" When I went to turn it on again, the battervbattef" mes-me~ [PF —- RockerBill: Reverse your MIDI cables. box). I had some troubles getting a CSIXCS1X to talk to sage started and I was unsuccessful locatinglocating asas;-.:, - These things are labeled "IN"“IN” and "OUT"“OUT” but XGEdit until I dropped the Apple MIDI Driver tance. Not only did your site provide insinsightight into does that mean connecconnectt to the MIDI ININ of your AND the MIDI Manager into the Extensions folder. the problem but also provided Ensoniq Customer soundcard or connect to the MIDI IN of your Then I had to load the old PatPatchBaych Bay DA and draw Service number so I could find a local representa-representa TS-10?}TS-10?] lines to and from my Interface Icon to and fromfrom the tive aalthoughlthough I'mI’m not sure how close one will be. I CS1XCSIX -— only THEN would it work correctlycorrectly.. It’sJt's a used my Ensoniq ESQ-1ESQ-l for preliminary program-program shame Apple quit supporting their MIDI Toolkit, ming my ideas for a CD-single I'mI’m about to release THTH—- but with MOTU, Opcode, and all the otherother guys on the Internet UndergroundUnderground Music Archive webweb- doing FreeMIDI,FreeMIDI, OMS, etc., they justjust rolled all site for independent musicians. I want to begin My son has a KS-32 with expanded sequence their efforts into QuickTime (and QT MusicalMusicallnIn- creation mode again so thanks...thanks ... Your assistance memory. He wanted to use some General MIDI sese- struments,struments. PowerPlug, etc)etc)...... }] has been invaluableinvaluable.. quences, but had to edit them manually to use them on his KS-32 -— very time coconsuming.nsuming. Claire Machado, CAM ENGINE THTH-- [email protected] Some years ago I got him something from a TranTran- soniq ad that (I think) did some conversion bebe- AAss always, a great mag. I have one suggestsuggestion,ion, and [TH -— You'reYou’re veveryry welcome.welcome.}] tween Gen MIDI and SQSQ-l-I (KS-32). We can’tcan't find a question. it now (we both movedmoved from Montreal to BC). [PF -— Claire: AnAll Ensoniq service tech (who shall Does this software still existexist?? Could you tell us Suggestion: Your most recent issue had a "classic"“classic” remain nameless) volunteered this info to me while where to find it? Someone says check with CakeCake- article reprint with the "“SomethingSomething Grand"Grand” patch I was trying to resurrect a dying ESQ-IF:SQ-1.. My thanks walk - OK, but his funds are at low ebb right now. for the KS/SQKS/SQ linline.e. I'veI’ve still got mostmost of those old (()to him for providing this level of tech support (that classic issues going back a few years, and the Ensoniq doesn'tdoesn’t on the discontinudiscontinueded keyboards) Thanks! Something Grand patch has been in my KSKS-32-32 and FJrfor allowing me to share this inF)info with our eses- Rob Davis since you originally printed the article.article. But WHEN teemed reader base. robdavis@[email protected] did you print iitt originally? Maybe II’m' m thethe oonlynly one who cares about this nostalgia, but I think it wouldwould He asked me to add this quip to my response: "I“I [PF —- Rob: You might have had the Giebler be interesting for you to print the original publicapublica- am the Pentium Borg.Borg. You will all be apap- KS-GM conversion utility. Ping Gary Giebler at tion dates of future reprints (if you did print this proximated.proximated... .. "” ]} www.giebler.com. He probably has a rrecordecord of somewhere and I missed it, my apologies...).apologies ... ). youryo ur purchase (if that was, in fact, the utility you speak oj)of)...... Question: I’veI've got an ASR-IOASR-10 Rack which is curcur- Gang:Gang: rently hooked up to a ZIP drive. IjustI just purchased a The other option, if you already have Cakewalk inin- Korg D808 hard ddiskisk recorder (great little machine Check out the ASR-X-Pro in the September issue stalled, is to bag the KSKS-32-32 IDF (Instrument(Instrument for those of us who cancan’t't afford PARIS) which has of Keyboard or www.ensoniq.com.www.ensoniq.com.Andyes.itisAnd yes, it is DejinitionDefinition File) for the KS-32. Also available from a 1.4 gig drive built in, and a SCSI port for more CERTAINLY red...red ... the TwelveTwelve-Tone-Tone web site---]site .. .} externaextemall drives. I would like to use a Syquest Sparq with the 08D8 and/or the ASR-IO.ASR-I0. However, it only Pat F. [Bob Lang ([email protected]) -— ThThee midi mapmap- comes in a parallel port model. A friend of mine Transoniq per forjiJr WIN3,1WIN3.I is available free Ofat http:http://www2.//www2. told me that there is such a thing as a p.port-to-p.port-to netdoornetdoor..comcorn/~rlang/midimap.htm.]l-rlanglmidimap.htm.} SCSI converter which might solve the problem. [[email protected] -— I can'tcan’t findjind any illji)info about Does anyone out there know if this can be done? the ASR-X Pro you mentioned -— could you give me an exact address? As I live in GermanyGermany,, the "Key“Key- Hi again TH'ersTH’ers -— Thanks, and keep up the good work. board”board" September issue is not an option for meme...... BernieBemie Fabricant Thanks,Thanks. Derek]Derek} I recently had to reinstall my Mac OS, because of a [email protected] major crash (first in four years) and since that time, [PF -~ Derek: I quoted the ad fromji-om Keyboard I haven’thaven't bebeenen able to get Alchemy and my [TH -— Good point. ThaIThat patchpalch originalloriginallyy showed up magamagazine.zine. I went up to www.ensoniq.com and EPS-16+EPS-16+ to talk to each other. Apparently, Pass-Pass in Issue #94 - April.April, 1993.}1993.] foundfound absolutely NO mention of it either.either. Basically, port is nnoo more, so youyou’re're my only hope.hope. I’veI've tried itit’s's a hopped-up ASR-XASR-X that holds up to 66 MbMh everythingeverything I can think of, but it always says, "“l6+16+ [PF -— Bernie: I don'tdon’! own a Sparq drive,drive. but I’mI'm RAM (counting the 2 Mb soldered illin,, 1I guess) wwithith not responding - check connections."connections.” Help! VERY leery of devices (hatthat autosenseau({)sellse bb/wlw parallel (hethe SCSI interface builTbuilt in. No mention of (hethe outout- and SCSI connection. For instanceinstance,, the Zip PLUS put expander built inin,, but we'"we’ll see.see. Sorry for the Peter Heim [email protected] drive is (hethe same type of interface,interface. doesn'tdoesn't work misinformation, but that'sthat’s how the ad read: maybe

12 Ensoniq will get this info on their webswebsiteite soon If I stop the sequencer and press the panel buttons quence and copied a different preset into that. I (since they'rethey’re advertising info on it is there)there)...... ]} to manually change TS-12 presets this condition was then in a position to switch between the two continues and the Korg sounds still dondon’t' t change. sequences and have the correct sound changes inin- [TH -— We should have inf()info elsewhere in this issue.}issue.] To get back to normality I have put the TS-12TS-I2 into cluding my external Korg 03O3 module, (By the way its "“Sounds”Sounds" Mode and select any sound. The Korg this is just the same state ofof'affoirs affairs as when switch-switch then changes its patch. Now when I return to TS-12 ing between presets in my gig situation!) TH- "Presets"“Presets” Mode and select new presets the korg obediently changes to the correct patches for each I then fed the MIDI output of the TS-I2TS-12 into my exex- I have an EPS Classic. Today it suddenly will not preset. ternal sequencer, put it into record mode and read its drive. It gives the message "Ba“Badd dedevicevice switched between the two sequences. Once this was ID"ID” and goes to "Insert“Insert disk hit Enter"Enter” when I try Am I missing the point, doing something wrong done IplayedI played it back into the TS-12TS-I2 MIDI input. to save the sample. The disk gets reinserted and OR is this a software feature? enter is hit. This brings up "Bad“Bad device ID."ID.” Any I was expecting the TS-12TS-I2 to switch between the ideas on howhow to correct this? Regards, two sequences mirroring my button pushes when Dan Sullivan (England) recording into the external sequencer. This was not Thank you in advance. [email protected]. [email protected] the case. I read the manual and found there is an Tim option to enable or disable the transmission/recep-transmission/recep lightlight] I [email protected] [email protected] [PF -— Dan: Not a soﬁwaresoftware feature -— pilot error. tion ofofll/IIDI MIDI song changes so that external sequen-sequen First, set the TS'sTS’s MIDI Mode to "Mu“Multi.”lti. " PolyPoly cers could select TSTS-l2-12 sequences remotely —-

1 [PF -— Tim: If your EPS won'twon’! read from its floppy won'twon’t go there as you want multichannelmultichannel operaopera- unfortunately when I checked this option it was alal- P-4 . drivedrive,, you can’tcan't load the OS and get "Bad“Bad Device tion. Second of all, Presets and Sequences are acac- ready enabled. ID”ID" messages. I think you’veyou've got a bad or corcor- tually different for the TS-series. In the "Preset"“Preset “ rupted disk. Reformat the defective/baddefectivel bad floppy, and mode you get the option of selecting 3 different Instead of creating sequencessequence.l· with my preset set-set ensure it'sit’s an 800K DSDD, and NOT a 1.4I.4 Mb layers, which is fine for mixingmixing/layering/layering INTER-INTER tings I tried created songs, once again patch DDHD floppy.floppy. DDHD’sDDHD's have two shutter holes, NAL TS sounds. But as you’veyou've discovered, it sends changes all worked correctly during recording but DSDD’sDSDD's have oneone...] ... } no MIDI data. Which is why you have to go to on replay no change in song selection was obob- "Send“Send=Track”=Track" and define a SEQUENCE of both served -— only the track sounds within the song internal and MIDI sounds. Set both of the above were changing. HiHi there, there, and when you want multiple instruments, just double-click the track you want to layer onto IIff the changes to the track sounds were correct this I am currently wrestling with the following TS-12TS·12 the current track and they both become active would be fine, however, the sounds that are problem. My set-up is a TS-12 plus Korg 03 sound (from the keyboard).keyboard). And, unless the Korg is set to selected on each track do not reflect the original module, which is connected to the TS-12 on MIDI receive in "Comb!"“Combi” or "“Multi”Multi" mode, it'll probab-probab settings thatthar were present when I was doing the channel l. For live work I play the TS-12 exex- ly ignore base channel external commands. Turn recording. clusively in its Preset mode, where each preset will Sysex ON on the TS, open a MIDI Monitor window not only set up the TS-12 sounds but also output on your computer, and you'llyou’ll see the TS is most If I could get the transmission and reception of the required programme change to the Korg. This definitely sending out MIDI data: question is the song changes to work I’ml'm sure that this method works well and allows me "on“on-the-fly”-the-f1y" patch chanchan- KKorgorg set properly to receive and make sense of it.}it.] would prove successful!succes"j'ul! How can 1?]I1} ges at gig's.gig’s. [Dan Sullivan -— Despite your suggestion I am still [PF -— Dan: Then it'sit’s time forff" you to contact En-En I am now trying to record these live performances not having much success. soniq Tech Support and speak with one of their on taper-extemaltape+external computer sequencer and have enen- tech support engineers forjiJr a resolution. If it'sit’s this countered a major problem. I do not seem to be I followed your instructions and copied one of my sticky a problem the pros in Malvern are your best able to capture my sound changes correctly!!correctlyll presets into a new sequence, (I also copied the ef:ef- bet. They'llThey’ll askffJrask for the ROM rev of your TS and OS fectfeet setting as well). I then created another se- rev, the ROM rev of your external sequencer, and What I want to do is have the external sequencer record my performance plus preset changes corcor- rectly. Classifieds -~ IInn order that Preset programme numbers are transtrans- mitted from the TS-12 I have to set the MIDI HARDWARE/SOFTWAREHAR DWAREISO FTWARE ASR-X for sale, with SCSI, 34 meg Ram,Ram , barely usedused,, transmit setting to SEND=BASE. So for example, $1700 aror best offer. E-mail kthomas@ cyg.net or call when I press the button to select Preset UO-O,U0-0, a Like new SD-ISD-1/32V,/32V, exIraextra discs, manuals, dust cover. 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other details above the scope of this forum. Let us connected to the MIDI IN of the AN1x,ANlx, and the [email protected]@ix.netc0m.com know what they recommend should the same issue MIDI OUT of the AN1xANlx connected to the MIDI IN _.-,-._.l return in another letter.letter. And good luck!luck!}] of the ASR-X ((inin case they need to handshake). [PF - S. Somsoda: You'reYou’re lookinlookingg in all the right Load the sysex filefile into the ASR and transmit itit.. places, as you reference the three top choices for \ [TH -— And if that doesn’tdoesn't work, this'llthis’ll be among The AN1xANI x should respond with a "Receiving“Receiving MIDI thethesese patches. As far as who has the "“best”hest" the letters that go for the "offic“officialial word"word” beforebefore Data”Data" prompt if it is receiving the data. patches - sounds are way too subjectivesuhjective forj()r anyone gogoinging to print -— so ththere’sere' .I' still one more chance.}chance.] to say who is "“best,”best," as what is "best"“best” for you may As this is a current Ensoniq product, Il'd’d call Tech hebe the "worst“worst”" forfor someone else. It’sft's probablyprohahly betbet- [Eri[Ericc Montgomery (Emu-Ensoniq) -— I know that support at Malvern if you have any trouble doing ter to contact the patch vendor and ask what type u this may sound silly but,hut, if it all worked heforebefore exex- this. That'That’s .I' a relatirelativelyvely new product that any of of sounds are availahleavailable.. Usually byhy their response cept for the Korg, then the way you were doing it their tech support engilJ-eersengipeers should be able to steer you can tell if they’vethey've done serious work on their at firstjirst probablyprohahly worked except for one thing. AfierAfter you thru...]thru .. .} stuff‘stuff or not. I cacann speak fromfrom personal experience the computer recorded eveeverything,rything, and it is time that Sam Mims of Syntaur Productions does for playback,pLayhack, hebe sure that the Korg is pluggedpLugged into wonderful sound development for the SQSQ/KS/IKSI the MIDI thru port of the TS instead of the MIDI DearTHDear TH,, VFXVFX/SDISD series, so II'd’d look at his wareS first...jirst .. .}] out port. You did not mention that you had a multi port interface so I assumed you did not.nOI. I have a bit of a problem on my hands. I am the [Steve[Steve Vincent —- Having purchased a zillionzillion ESQ-I proud owner of an EPS Classic with a mind of its patches over the years representing just about If you do have a multi port interface, justjust insert the own. TThehe problem I have is that after booting the every vendor, my vote dejinitelydefinitely goes with Syntaur. program changes where needed forj;)r the Korg unit, every time it has to engage the floppyfloppy drive Sam Mims has created gorgeous patches that fullyfully separately. You already havehave the note daladata in the the drive spspinsins without reading. It does this explore and utilize ththee ESQ-1'sESQ-I ' s sonic abilities. I computer. It is just a matter of setting the Korg on EVERY time, whether trying to load an instrument, have used mostly Syntaur patches on my recordrecord- its own track and inserting program changes where after pressing the sample button or when trying inings.]gs.} they are needed.needed.}] formatting a floppy.floppy. I have tried using different O.S. disks/versions, I even downloaded a new one. I even tried cleaning the drive, to no avail. SomeSome- TH- Hi, one told me I needed to have the drive rebuilt? But I don'tdon’t think that makesmakes any sensesense.. If there was What are my options for adding new sounds to my The ASR-lOASR-10 keyboard we work with has something wrong with the drive wouldn'twouldn’t it not be ESQ-l?ESQ-1? I know it uses an EPROM card, but are developed strange behaviours,behaviours, sort of like a mind able to load the O.S. disk, and therefore boot? thertheree additional sound cards available or can it be of its own. When the OS diskette is inserted the interfaced into my computer for downloading??? "Cal“Calibrationibration failed”failed" message shows up. After Please help! several attempts to reboot the ASR maymay finallyfinally Anthony Thank you, work only to start randomly playing numerous san_agustin_l@hotmaiLcomsan_agustin_ l @hotmail.com First time Transoniq Hacker user, notes and keys. A strange message on the display Dan Copher keeps popping up: ERROR 144I44 - REBOOT. Have [PF - Tony: Just because a drive can read the OS any of you encoencountereduntered any such difficulties with sectors doesn'tdoesn’t mean it can read the entire diskdisk.. [PF -— Dan: The ESQ-IESQ-! can interface with a comcom- this particular model or make? You problem could hebe as simple as a dejdefectiveective OS puter via MIDI forj()r downloading and uploading diskette, a failing disk drive, a failing power suppsupp- sounds. You’llYou'll need a Sysex utility oro~ editor pro-pro Daniel & Bill Lly,y, intermittent connectors, maybemayhe even the logic gram to do thisthis,, bUIbut it'it’s .I' pretty straightforward.straightjimvard. You [email protected] hoardboard.. On a problemprohlem of this nature it'it’s .I' ahsolutelyabsolutely can also Sysex via MIDI to a Mirage, an hestbest to take your EPS to an Authorized Service EPS/16+/ASREPSIl6+IASR or other Sysex device such as a [PF - Dan & Bill: Sounds like a defective or inter-inter Center forji)r the following reasons: M1D1DiskMIDIDisk or other MIDI DataDatajilerfiler...... mittent keyhoardkeyboard assemhly,assembly, as this is what'swhat’s acac- tually being caLcalibratedihrated when you get that message. (A) He can run proprietary diagnostics that can The EEPROM carts are the coolest, though, as Error 144 is a MIDI hufferbuffer overjlow,overflow, which the pinpoint the problem.prohlem. Guys like us can only "shot“shot- they'rethey’re immediately recognized. Sounds can be keyhoardkeyboard CAN cause if defectivedefective,, hutbut usually 144 gun"gun” parts (replace parts we THINK are bad)bad).. And played fromfrom them as soon as itit’s's inserted, wherewhere,, means you’reyou're pumping more MIDI data into the if we’rewe're wrong we'vewe’ve spent money to replace the with Sysex storage, it takes some time to load the ASR than it can deal with. Take your pet to an wrong part.part. memory of the instrumen!...}instrument...] Authorized Ensoniq Service Center: they can square you away in no timetime...] ... } (8)(B) He can warrant his work. All Ensoniq repairs are guaranteed for the remainder .of_of the warranty TH- or 90 days, whichever appliapplieses to a particular Hi, repair. You won’twon't get this guarantee anywhere Can I transfer my VFX seqs to a newer machine, if BUT Ensoniq.Ensoniq. I were to purchase one? I am trying to use my ASRASR-X-X to sysex some synth patches into my Yamaha ANlx (they are in ANIX (C) Your EPS is no longer manufactured.manufactured. This [email protected]@aol.comcom format -— downloaded from the net). Could you tell means ififyou you hlowblow it up or otherwise nuke it, you’reyou're me how to get the ASR-X to transmit sysex data?data? hosed. If an UN-authorized tech hlowsblows it up or [PF -— SEA94: Sure. Depends wwhathat formatj(Jrmat of se-se (It has the latest O.S.) otherwise nukes it, you’reyou're hosed. An Authorized quences your new machine can readread.. Gary GiehlerGiebler Service Tech knows how 10to fixjix these thingsthings,, so has the most exteextensivensive collection of sequence concon- Thank you very much, you’llyou'll avoid hothboth scenariosscenarios...... ]} verters on this hlueblue hall.ball. URL is www.giehler.com.www.giebler.com. Robert Check there to make sure your new keyhoardkeyboard is [email protected] supported. Chances are it'llit’ll read Standard MIDI TH-TH— Files (SMF) and you’llyou'll just need the VFXsd->SMF [PF - Rohert:Robert: The issue herehere is what formatjimnat these utiliIYutility... .. ·}] patches were saved in. Are they Cakewalk Sysex I would like to know who has the best patches for dumpsdumps,, Unisyn dumps, Galaxy patch format,j;)rmat, IBM the ESQ-l.ESQ-1. I'veI’ve been lookinglooking intintoo PatchPatchman man or PC format?jl)rmat? This will determine if you can do Music, Voice Crystal, Manymidi, and Syntaur this. As I dondon’!'t own an ASR-X I can'tcan’t step-by-stepstep-hy-step Productions. I purchased a 3 volume set from Kid you thru this. But I can expLainexplain the procedure.procedure. Nepro and was very disappointed with the quality of the programming. The sounds were useless. The Once you get these patches in an ASR-X-readableASR-X-readahle factory presets were better. format,j(lrmat, set the ASR-X to transmit Sysex inji)rmainforma- tiontion.. Ensure youyo u have the MIDI out of the ASR-X S. Somsoda

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