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ENSONIQ SD 1 Manual
Music production synthesizer
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Table of Contents
Section 1 - Getting Started
Table of Contents
Power
Power - Grounding Information
AC Line Conditioning
Temperature Guidelines
Getting Started
Power
Amplification
Running Your SD-1 through a Home Stereo System
Powering up Your SD-1 in a MIDI Configuration
Rear Panel Connections
Data Entry - Communicating with the
Soft Buttons
Parametric Programming
Pages
Soft Buttons I
Changing a Parameter
Performance Controllers
Pressure
Cartridge Insertion and Removal
Reinitializing the
Low Battery Voltage - When to Replace the Battery
Available Options
Need more Help
Section 2 - Playing Sounds and Presets
Program Memory Bank Buttons Selecting a Sound
Choosing Internal, ROM 0, ROM 1 and Cartridge Sounds
Layering (Stacking) a Sound with the Selected Sound
Primary Sound Vs. Layered Sounds
About Tracks
Preset Mode Vs. Sequencer Mode
Preset Memory
Selecting Presets
Editing a Preset
Replace Program
Replacing a Program in a Preset
Replacing a Program and the Effect in a Preset
Performance Tip - Creating Keyboard Splits
About Performance Parameters
Volume Page
Pan and Timbre Pages
Key Zone Page
Transpose Page
Patch Select Page
Pressure Page
Sustain Page
MIDI Status Page
MIDI Channel Page
MIDI Program Page
Section 4 - Effects/Understanding Sd-1 Effects
Program, Preset and Sequencer Effects
Section 4 - Effects
Understanding SD-1 Effects
Selecting Effects
Modulators Which Can be Applied to the Effects
When Are New Effects Loaded into the ESP Chip
Understanding SD-1 Effects 4 - I
Controllers Routed to Effects
Performance Control
Programming Effects
The Effect Busses
Understanding SD-1 Effects
Digital Sequencing
Introduction
Section 5 - Sequencer Basics
The MIDI Connection
Loading the Sequencer Operating System from Disk
Sequencer "Transport Controls
What Is a Sequence
What Is a Song
Sequencer Status
Playing Sequences and Songs
Selecting a Sequence or Song
Sequencer Banks
Sequencer Tracks
Replacing the Program on a Track
Sequencer Tracks and the Performance Parameters
Copying a Preset into 3 Sequencer Tracks
Creating a New Sequence or Song
Erasing All Sequencer Memory
Click Page
Seq Control Page
Using Multi-Track Record
Step Entry
About the SAVE CHANGES
Locate Page
Using Sequencer Data Created on a VFXSD
Edit Times - Using the Autopunch Feature
Edit Times in Song Mode
Setting the Edit Times in Real Time
Recording a Sequence
Playing Tracks in Audition Mode
Punching In" on a Track
MIDI Sequencing on the SD--1- MIDI Connections
MIDI Mode and Channel - Destination Instruments
MIDI Track Configuration
Recording MIDI Tracks
Additional Sequencer Functions
Recording Controllers into Sequencer Tracks
Recording Program Changes
Assigning a Track to the Aux. Outputs
Using the Aux. Outputs as Separate Mono Outs
Track Volume Functions - Mixing, Muting, Soloing Tracks
Playing Along with a Sequence/Auditioning New Sounds
Song Mode
Switching Effects in Song Mode
Song Tracks
Viewing Sequence Tracks in Song Mode
Mixing down Sequence and Song Tracks in Song Mode
System Control
Master Page
MIDI Control Page
Section 7 - Programming the
Voices and Polyphony
What Is a Program
Patch Select Buttons
Abandoning Your Edits
Compare - Using the Compare Button/Led
Edit Buffer
Select Voice Page
Programming the Patch Selects
Program Control Page
Write Page - Saving a New Program into Memory
SD-1 Voice Configuration
Modulators
About Modulation
Selecting a Modulator
Modulation Amount to +00
Modulation Sources
Wave Page
Wave Class
General Wave Parameters (All Wave Classes)
Type-Specific Wave Parameters
MULTI-DRUM Wave Layouts
SD-1 Exclusive Sounds
Pitch Page
Pitch Mod Page
Filters Page
Filter Configurations
Output Page
Pitch-Tables and Drum-Maps - Section 9
About Pitch-Tables
How to Create a Custom Pitch-Table
Editing a Custom Pitch-Table
Creating and Extrapolating a Custom Pitch Table
Creating and Extrapolating a Custom Pitch-Table
Pitch-Tables and Drum-Maps
Removing a Custom Pitch-Table
Creating and Interpolating a Custom Pitch-Table
Alternate Tunings for the System Pitch-Table
Pitch Table Cartridges
Pitch-Table Cartridges
About Drum-Maps
How to Create a Custom Drum-Map
Removing a Drum-Map
Editing a Custom Drum-Map
Using the Copy Page with Drum Maps
Using the Copy Page with Drum-Maps
Section 10 - Using the Copy Functions
About the Copy Functions MAKE COPY RECALL
Special Recall Functions
Special Copy Operations
Default
System
Useful Applications of the Copy Functions
Copying an Effect from One Program to Another
Copying All Parameters from One Voice to Another
Copying a Complete Program to a New Location
Making a Copy of the Compare Buffer
Collecting Parts from Several Sources into the Copy Buffer
Disk Storage - Using the Disk Drive to Save and Load Data
SD-1 Disk File Types
Disk Capacity - Bytes, Blocks and Files
File Banks
Format
Load
MIDI Sys-Ex
Sending Programs
Cartridge
MIDI System Exclusive Recorder
Loading Sys-Ex Data from Disk to an External Device
Additional Sys-Ex Recorder Notes
SD-1 Disk Messages
Edit Song Page - Song Edit Functions
Editing Song Steps - Using the Song Step Editor
Edit Seq Page Sequence Edit Functions
Edit Track Page - Track Edit Functions
Edit Track Range Page Setting the Time and Key Range
Track Edit Functions
Sequencer Applications
Song Position Pointers
Using the SD-1 with a Drum Machine
MIDI Controller Tricks - Creating Template Sequences
MIDI Song Selects
MULTI Mode - Receiving on up to 12 MIDI Channels
A few Important Points about Multi Mode
Using the SD-1 with an External MIDI Sequencer
Using the SD-1 with a MIDI Guitar Controller
Appendix B - MIDI Implementation Chart
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