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ENSONIQ MR Rack Musician's Manual

ENSONIQ MR Rack Musician's Manual (314 pages)

64 Voice Expandable Synth

Brand: ENSONIQ | Category: Synthesizer | Size: 6.72 MB

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
6
Chapter 1-Welcome

18
- Welcome
  18
- Getting Ready to Listen
  18
- Powering up
  18
- Choosing Sounds
  19
- Understanding the MR-Rack
  20
  - Sounds
    20
  - Parts
    20
  - Performances
    21
    
    Choosing Performances on the MR-Rack
    21
  - Effects
    21
  - Drum Kits
    22
  - Staks
    22
  - Soundfinder
    22
  - How the MR-Rack's Memory Works
    22
  - ROM and RAM
    23
  - ROM Cards
    23
  - SRAM Cards
    23
  - EXP Series Wave Expansion Boards
    23
  - The MR-Rack Display
    23
- Playing the MR-Rack Demo
  23
  - To Play the MR-Rack Main Demo
    24
- Playing Other Demos
  24
  - To Play Other MR-Rack Demos
    24
- Other Points of Interest
  25
  - All Notes off
    25
  - The MR-Rack's Battery
    25
    
    Battery Low Warning
    25
  - If You Experience Odd Behavior
    26
    
    To Perform a Hard Reinitialization
    26
    
    To Perform a Soft Reset
    26
    
    To Perform a Standard Reinitialization
    26
- Available Options for Your MR-Rack
  27
- Need more Help
  27
Chapter 2-Connections

29
Chapter 3-Personalizing Your System

42
Chapter 4-Parts

63
Chapter 5-Effects

111
Chapter 6-Special Commands

149
- The Four Special Commands
  149
  - To Abort a Command
    149
- Saving Commands
  150
  - Saving the Current Performance
    150
    
    To Save the Current Performance
    150
  - Saving the Current Effects Setup
    151
    
    To Save the Current Effects Setup
    151
  - Saving the Current Perfeditkit
    152
    
    To Save the Current Perfeditkit
    152
  - Saving the Current Part's Sound
    153
    
    To Save the Current Part's Sound
    153
    
    Dump Functions
    155
    
    Dumping the Current Perfeditkit
    155
    
    Dumping the Current Performance
    155
    
    To Dump the Current Performance
    155
    
    Dumping the Current Part's Sound
    156
    
    To Dump the Current Part's Sound
    156
    
    To Dump the Current Perfeditkit
    156
  - Dumping All RAM Performances
    157
    
    To Dump All RAM Performances
    157
  - Dumping All RAM Sounds
    157
    
    To Dump All RAM Sounds
    157
  - Performing a System Parameters Dump
    158
    
    To Perform a System Parameters Dump
    158
  - Sending Sysex Data Back to the MR-Rack
    159
    
    To Receive a Sysex Dump
    159
- Copy Functions
  159
- Initialize Functions
  164
  - Initializing a Performance
    164
    
    To Initialize a Performance
    164
  - Initializing an Effects Setup
    165
    
    To Initialize an Effects Setup
    165
  - Initializing a Perfeditkit
    166
    
    To Initialize a Perfeditkit
    166
  - Initializing a Part's Sound
    167
    
    To Initialize a Part's Sound
    167
  - Initializing RAM Performances
    167
    
    To Initialize RAM Performances
    168
  - Initializing RAM Sounds
    168
    
    To Initialize RAM Sounds
    168
  - Initializing the System Setup
    169
    
    To Initialize the System Setup
    169
  - Formatting a PCMCIA Card
    170
    
    To Initialize and Format a PCMCIA Card
    170
Chapter 7-Expanding The MR-Rack

172
Chapter 8-Insert Effect Parameters

184
- List of MR-Rack Insert Effects
  184
- List of Effect Modulators
  184
- LFO Wave Shapes
  185
- Distortion Curves
  185
- Insert Effect Parameters
  186
  - Common Insert Effect Parameters
    186
  - Common Modulation Parameters
    186
- Insert Effect Descriptions
  186
  - 01 Parametric EQ
    186
  - 02 Hall Reverb
    186
  - 03 Large Room
    187
  - 04 Small Room
    187
  - 05 Large Plate
    188
  - 06 Small Plate
    188
  - 07 Nonlinreverb1
    188
  - 08 Nonlinreverb2
    188
  - 09 Gated Reverb
    190
  - 10 Stereo Chorus
    191
  - 11 8-Voicechorus
    191
  - 12 Rev→Chorus
    192
  - 13 Rev→Flanger
    193
  - 14 Rev→Phaser
    194
  - 15 Chorus→Rev
    194
  - 16 Flanger→Rev
    196
  - 17 Phaser→Rev
    197
  - 18 Eq→Reverb
    198
  - 19 Spinner→Rev
    199
  - 20 Ddl→Chorus
    200
  - 21 Ddl→Flanger
    200
  - 22 Ddl→Phaser
    201
  - 23 Ddl→Eq
    202
  - 24 Multi-Tap DDL
    203
  - 25 Dist→Chorus
    204
  - 26 Dist→Flanger
    206
  - 27 Dist→Phaser
    208
  - 28 Dist→Autowah
    209
  - 29 Resvcf→Ddl
    210
  - 30 Dist→Vcf→Ddl
    210
  - 31 Pitch Detuner
    213
  - 32 Chatter Box
    214
  - 33 Formant Morph
    215
  - 34 Rotaryspeaker
    216
  - 35 Tunable Spkr
    218
  - 36 Guitar Amp
    219
  - 37 Dist→Ddl→Trem
    220
  - 38 Comp→Dist→Ddl
    221
  - 39 Eq→Comp→Gate
    224
  - 40 Eq→Chorus→Ddl
    225
Chapter 9-Supplemental Information

231
- List of Soundfinder Types
  231
- Performance Types
  231
- Sound Types
  231
- List of Wave Names and Classes
  233
- What Is MIDI
  234
- Life in the MIDI World
  234
- Understanding MIDI
  234
  - MIDI Hardware
    234
  - How MIDI Channels Work
    235
  - How MIDI Messages Work
    236
  - The Art of MIDI
    237
- What Is General MIDI
  237
  - General MIDI Sounds
    237
  - General MIDI Drum Kits
    237
  - Earning the Logo
    237
- General MIDI Sound Map
  238
- GM and GS Percussion Key Maps (Channel 10)
  239
- MR-Rack MIDI Implementation
  242
- MIDI Implementation Chart
  243
- MIDI Controllers Reception Behavior
  243
- List of MIDI Controller Names
  245
- Reset All Controllers (MIDI Controller 121) Reception Behavior
  246
- Registered Parameters
  246
- Non-Registered Parameters
  247
- Registered and Non-Registered Parameters (RPN/NRPN)
  247
- Universal Non-Real-Time Sysex General MIDI On/Off
  247
- Pitch Tables and the MIDI Tuning Standard Format
  249
- List of ROM System Pitch Tables
  249
- Using the MR-Rack Outputs
  251
- Troubleshooting the MR-Rack
  253
- Error/Informational Messages
  260
- Storage Prompts and Messages
  260
- The Unisyn MR-Rack Software
  262
- Using the Unisyn Sound Editor
  262
  - Getting Pre-Existing Standard Sounds from the MR-Rack into Unisyn
    262
    
    To Move a Standard Sound from the MR-Rack into Unisyn
    262
  - Creating New Standard Sounds or Editing Pre-Existing Sounds
    263
    
    To Prepare Unisyn for Sound Editing
    263
  - Copying Layer Parameters
    263
    
    To Copy Layer Parameters Within the same Standard Sound
    263
    
    To Copy Layer Parameters between Standard Sounds
    264
  - Sending Standard Sounds from Unisyn to the MR-Rack
    264
    
    To Send Sounds from Unisyn to the MR-Rack
    264
  - Sound Editor Overview
    265
  - Sound Settings
    266
  - Edit Context Parameters
    267
  - Select Parameters
    268
  - Pitch Parameters
    270
  - Wave Parameters
    271
    
    Envelope 1 Parameters
    273
    
    Filter 1 Parameters
    275
    
    Filter Parameters
    275
    
    Envelope 2 Parameters
    276
    
    Filter 2 Parameters
    276
    
    Amp Parameters
    278
    
    Envelope 3 Parameters
    279
    
    LFO Parameters
    281
  - Using the Unisyn Drumkit Editor
    283
    
    Creating New Drum Kit Sounds, Editing Pre-Existing Sounds with Unisyn
    284
    
    Getting Pre-Existing Drum Kit Sounds from the MR-Rack into Unisyn
    284
    
    To Move a Drum Kit Sound from the MR-Rack into Unisyn
    284
    
    Sending Drum Kit Sounds from Unisyn to the MR-Rack
    285
    
    To Prepare Unisyn for Drum Kit Sound Editing
    285
    
    To Send Drum Kit Sounds from Unisyn to the MR-Rack
    285
    
    Drumkey Parameters
    286
    
    Drumkit Editor Overview
    286
    
    Drum Kit Parameters
    287
  - Using the Unisyn Perform (Performance) Editor
    288
    
    Creating New Sounds and Editing Pre-Existing Performances with Unisyn
    288
    
    Getting the Current Performance from the MR-Rack to Unisyn
    288
    
    To Move the Current MR-Rack Performance into Unisyn
    288
    
    Part Assign Parameters
    289
    
    Perform (Performance) Editor Overview
    289
    
    Sending a Performance from Unisyn to the MR-Rack
    289
    
    To Prepare Unisyn for Sound Editing
    289
    
    To Send a Performance from Unisyn to the MR-Rack
    289
    
    Part Edit (1/3) Parameters
    290
    
    Part Pan Parameters
    290
    
    Part Volume Parameters
    290
    
    Part Edit (2/3) Parameters
    292
    
    Part Edit (3/3) Parameters
    294
    
    Reverb
    295
    
    Reverb Routing
    295
    
    Chorus
    296
    
    Chorus Routing
    296
    
    Reverb Params
    296
    
    Insert
    297
    
    Insert Routing
    297
    
    Output Assigns
    298
  - Glossary 278
    304

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