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Contents
Table of Contents
Bookmarks
Table of Contents
Grounding Instructions
Front Panel Controls
Table of Contents
Product Description
Power
AC Line Conditioning
Amplification
Rear Panel Connections
Audio Outputs
Communicating with the Unit
Selecting Sounds
Master Banks
Internal Memory/Cartridge Memory
Bank Select Buttons
Selecting a Program - Internal
To Select an Internal Sound
Selecting a Program - Cartridge
Cartridge Insertion and Removal
ESQ Compatibility - Sounds and Sequences
Pressure (Auto-Touch)
Channel Pressure
Key Pressure
Dynamic Voice Assignment Revealed
The Disk Drive
Battery Maintenance
Warning - Battery Voltage Is Low
Available Options
Programming
Parameteric Programming
Pages
"Soft" Buttons
Changing a Parameter
C - Change/Compare
Edit Buffer
Bailing out
Active and Inactive Buttons
Reinitializing
To Tune the Filters
Global Functions and MIDI Configuration
Master Page
Active Controls
Tune
Kbd
Touch
Pedal
Bend Range
Bend Mode
MIDI Page
Controls MIDI Functions
Active Controls (MIDI)
CHAN - Base MIDI Channel
OVFL - MIDI Overflow Mode
XTRL - Select External Controller
PRESS - Pressure (Aftertouch) Control
Mode - Select MIDO Mode
Enable - MIDI Enables
Voice Programming
About Cross Wave Synthesis
Crossfading Waves
Waves
Digital Wave Memory
Waveforms, Inharmonic Loops and Transient Attacks
Syntheric, Sampled and Multisampled Waves
Hames
Selecting a Wave for each Oscillator
Classic Synth Waveforms
Sampled Waveform
Additive Synthesis Waveforms
Formants
Band Limited Waveforms
More Waveforms
Inharmonic Loops
Transient Attacks
Drum/Attacks
Multisampled Drum Sets
Modulators
Selecting a Modulator
Modulation Depth
Modulation Sources
Env 1 - Env 4
VEL - Velocity
Vel-X
KYBD - Keyboard Tracking
Kybd 2
Wheel - Modulation Wheel
Pedal - Voltage Control Foot Pedal
XCTRL - External Controller (MIDI Only)
PRESS - Pressure (Aftertouch)
Using Modulators
Modulating Oscillator Volume
Negative Modulation
Modulating the Filter Cutoff Frequency
Programming Pages
Limits of Modulation
Oscillator Pitch Page
Oct
Semi
Fine
Wave Control
MOD #1 Depth
Mod #2
MOD #2 Depth
Oscillator Volume Page
Level
Output - Oscillator Mute
FILT - Filter Page
Controls the Four-Pole Low Pass Filter
Freq
Res (Q)
KEYB - Keyboard Filter Tracking
DCA 4 - Final Volume Page
PAN - Manual Level
ENV 4 Mod. Depth - Final Volume
Select PAN Modulator
PAN Modulator Depth
Low-Frequency Oscillator Page
Controls of Three Low-Frequency Oscillators (Lfo's)
Lfo Freq.
Reset
Human
Wav
L1
Delay
L2
Mod
Understanding the Envelopes
The ADSR Connection
Times and Levels
Time, Not Rate
Second Release - Using T4 for Simulated Reverb
Negative Levels
Other Envelope Shapes
Velocity Control of Envelope
Linear or Exponential Velocity Response
Keyboard Scaling of Decay Times
T1V - Velocity Attack Control
TK - Keyboard Decay Scaling
Envelope Times
Envelope Page
LV - Velocity Level Control
Time 1 - 4
Modes Page
Sync
AM - Amplitude Modulation
Mono Mode
Glide
VC - Voice Restart
ENV - Envelope Restart
OSC - Oscillator (Waveform) Restart
CYC - Envelope Full Cycle Mode
Split.layer Page
Split/Layer On/Off
Select Split/Layer Program
Layer On/Off
Select Layer Program/Split Select
Select Split Program
Select Split Key
Programming Conventions
Lfos
Program Names
Write Program Page
Saving a New Program into Memory
Exit
Copying an Existing Program to Another Location
The Sequencer
The MIDI Connection
Digital Sequencing
The "System"
Sequences and Songs
Sequencer Master Bank
Sequencer Banks
Selecting a Sequence
Selecting a Song
Playing Sequences
Playing Songs
"Transport" Controls
When the Sequencer Is Stopped
When the Sequencer Is in Play
Sequencer Foot Switch
Sequencer States
Utility Pages
Keep First Track
Play/Keep Page
Save Changes to Old Sequence
Altering a Sequence in Song Mode
Tracks
When Recording Tracks
SELECT - Tracks Select Page
Selecting a Track
Changing the Program on a Track
"Unselecting" a Track - Straight Synth Mode
Track Displays
DOT = Data
Cart
Flashing Underline - Playing the Edit Program on a Track
Tracks MIX.MIDI Page
Sub-Pages
Track Status
Track Prog Num - Track Program Number
A Note about Program Numbers
Track MIX
Muting a Track
Track MIDI Channel
Control - Sequencer Control Page
Metronome
Click
Countoff
Loop
Locate - Sequence Locate Page
Readouts and Active Controls
Bar/Tmp/Time Signature
Goto
Backup
Begin
Create/Erase Page
Available Memory
Create New Sequence
Create New Song
Erase Sequence
Erase Song
Erase All Sequences and Songs
Recording a Sequence
Sequencing on the SQ-80 Alone
Recording the First Track
Using the Foot Switch to Define Sequence Length
Recording Other Tracks
Recording from the Beginning of a Track
Overdub Mode - "Punching In"
To "Punch In" on a Track
MIDI Sequencing on the Unit
"Punching Out"
Basic MIDI Connections
Using a MIDI Thru Box
MIDI Mode and Channel - Destination Instruments
Track Configuration
Sequencer Edit Functions
Edit Page
Editing a Track
To Transpose a Track
REM CTRLS - Remove Controllers
Quantize - Auto-Correct
To Erase a Track
Merge
Copy
To Merge a Track into Another Track
To Copy a Track to Another Track
Step - Track Step Editing
Time
IN - Punch in
OUT - Punch out
Step - Advance One Step
Clock - Advance One Clock
Using the Step Edit Mode
Editing a Sequence
Sequence Edit Functions
Append
Add Bars
To Append a Sequence to the Selected Sequence
To Add Bars to the Selected Sequence
Delete Bars
Copy Function
Making a Sequence Template
To Copy a Sequence to Another Location
Song Mode
Song Edit Page
Readout and Active Controls
For Chaining Sequences Together to Make Songs
Making a Song
Locate - Song Locate Page
Auto-Locate Controls
Goto Button
Backup Button
Begin Button
Sequencer and Controller Applications
Using the Unit with a Drum Machine
To Sync a Drum Machine to the Unit
To Sync the Unit to a Drum Machine
To Sequence a Drum Machine from a Track if the Unit
Song Position Pointers
MIDI Song Selects
Tape Sync
Recording a Sync Track
Syncing the Unit to a Recorded Sync Track
System Controller Tricks - Sending Eight Program Changes at Once
Using the Unit with a MIDI Guitar Controller
Playing the Unit from an External Sequencer
The Unit as One Synthesizer
The Unit as Nine Synthesizers
Notes about MULTI Mode
Data Storage
Disk, MIDI, Cartridge and Tape Functions
Storage (Disk) - Storage Page
Saving and Loading Data to Disk, Cartridge, over MIDI, Audio Tape
Cartridge - Bank Copy
Transferring Internal Programs to a Cartridge
Transferring Cartridge Programs to the Internal Memory
Disk Storage - Using the Disk Drive to Save and Load Data
Disk Capacity
Disk Functions
FORMAT - Formatting a Blank Disk
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