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ENSONIQ SD 1 Manual

ENSONIQ SD 1 Manual (256 pages)

Music Production Synthesizer

Brand: ENSONIQ | Category: Synthesizer | Size: 21.69 MB

Table of Contents

Section 1 - Getting Started

5
- Table of Contents
  5
- Power
  11
- Power - Grounding Information
  11
- AC Line Conditioning
  12
- Temperature Guidelines
  12
  - Getting Started
    12
  - Power
    12
- Amplification
  13
- Running Your SD-1 through a Home Stereo System
  14
- Powering up Your SD-1 in a MIDI Configuration
  14
- Rear Panel Connections
  14
- Data Entry - Communicating with the
  16
- Soft Buttons
  17
- Parametric Programming
  17
- Pages
  17
  - Soft Buttons I
    17
- Changing a Parameter
  18
- Performance Controllers
  19
- Pressure
  19
- Cartridge Insertion and Removal
  20
- Reinitializing the
  21
- Low Battery Voltage - When to Replace the Battery
  22
- Available Options
  22
- Need more Help
  22
- Section 2 - Playing Sounds and Presets
  24
- Program Memory Bank Buttons Selecting a Sound
  24
- Choosing Internal, ROM 0, ROM 1 and Cartridge Sounds
  24
- Layering (Stacking) a Sound with the Selected Sound
  24
- Primary Sound Vs. Layered Sounds
  24
- About Tracks
  24
- Preset Mode Vs. Sequencer Mode
  24
- Preset Memory
  24
- Selecting Presets
  24
- Editing a Preset
  24
- Replace Program
  32
- Replacing a Program in a Preset
  32
- Replacing a Program and the Effect in a Preset
  33
- Performance Tip - Creating Keyboard Splits
  33
- About Performance Parameters
  34
- Volume Page
  35
- Pan and Timbre Pages
  36
- Key Zone Page
  37
- Transpose Page
  38
- Patch Select Page
  40
- Pressure Page
  41
- Sustain Page
  42
- MIDI Status Page
  43
- MIDI Channel Page
  44
- MIDI Program Page
  45
Section 4 - Effects/Understanding Sd-1 Effects

46
- Program, Preset and Sequencer Effects
  46
- Section 4 - Effects
  46
- Understanding SD-1 Effects
  46
- Selecting Effects
  48
- Modulators Which Can be Applied to the Effects
  49
- When Are New Effects Loaded into the ESP Chip
  49
  - Understanding SD-1 Effects 4 - I
    49
- Controllers Routed to Effects
  50
- Performance Control
  50
- Programming Effects
  51
- The Effect Busses
  51
  - Understanding SD-1 Effects
    51
- Digital Sequencing
  76
- Introduction
  76
- Section 5 - Sequencer Basics
  76
- The MIDI Connection
  76
- Loading the Sequencer Operating System from Disk
  78
- Sequencer "Transport Controls
  79
- What Is a Sequence
  79
- What Is a Song
  79
- Sequencer Status
  80
- Playing Sequences and Songs
  81
- Selecting a Sequence or Song
  81
- Sequencer Banks
  81
- Sequencer Tracks
  82
- Replacing the Program on a Track
  83
- Sequencer Tracks and the Performance Parameters
  83
- Copying a Preset into 3 Sequencer Tracks
  85
- Creating a New Sequence or Song
  86
- Erasing All Sequencer Memory
  87
- Click Page
  88
- Seq Control Page
  89
- Using Multi-Track Record
  91
- Step Entry
  93
- About the SAVE CHANGES
  97
- Locate Page
  98
- Using Sequencer Data Created on a VFXSD
  98
- Edit Times - Using the Autopunch Feature
  100
  - Edit Times in Song Mode
    101
  - Setting the Edit Times in Real Time
    102
- Recording a Sequence
  103
- Playing Tracks in Audition Mode
  104
- Punching In" on a Track
  104
- MIDI Sequencing on the SD--1- MIDI Connections
  105
- Playing Along with a Sequence/Auditioning New Sounds
  105
- Song Mode
  111
  - Switching Effects in Song Mode
    112
  - Song Tracks
    112
  - Viewing Sequence Tracks in Song Mode
    114
  - Mixing down Sequence and Song Tracks in Song Mode
    114
  - System Control
    116
- Master Page
  116
- MIDI Control Page
  121
- Section 7 - Programming the
  128
- Voices and Polyphony
  128
- What Is a Program
  128
- Patch Select Buttons
  129
- Abandoning Your Edits
  130
- Compare - Using the Compare Button/Led
  130
- Edit Buffer
  130
- Select Voice Page
  131
  - Programming the Patch Selects
    133
- Program Control Page
  134
- Write Page - Saving a New Program into Memory
  136
- SD-1 Voice Configuration
  138
- Modulators
  140
  - About Modulation
    140
  - Selecting a Modulator
    140
  - Modulation Amount to +00
    141
  - Modulation Sources
    141
- Wave Page
  145
  - Wave Class
    147
  - General Wave Parameters (All Wave Classes)
    147
  - Type-Specific Wave Parameters
    148
- MULTI-DRUM Wave Layouts
  151
- SD-1 Exclusive Sounds
  151
- Pitch Page
  153
- Pitch Mod Page
  154
- Filters Page
  156
  - Filter Configurations
    158
- Output Page
  160
Pitch-Tables and Drum-Maps - Section 9

176
- About Pitch-Tables
  176
- How to Create a Custom Pitch-Table
  177
- Editing a Custom Pitch-Table
  178
- Creating and Extrapolating a Custom Pitch Table
  179
  - Creating and Extrapolating a Custom Pitch-Table
    179
  - Pitch-Tables and Drum-Maps
    179
- Removing a Custom Pitch-Table
  179
- Creating and Interpolating a Custom Pitch-Table
  181
- Alternate Tunings for the System Pitch-Table
  182
- Pitch Table Cartridges
  183
  - Pitch-Table Cartridges
    183
- About Drum-Maps
  184
- How to Create a Custom Drum-Map
  185
- Removing a Drum-Map
  185
- Editing a Custom Drum-Map
  186
- Using the Copy Page with Drum Maps
  189
  - Using the Copy Page with Drum-Maps
    189
Section 10 - Using the Copy Functions

190
- About the Copy Functions MAKE COPY RECALL
  190
- Special Recall Functions
  192
- Special Copy Operations
  193
  - Default
    193
  - System
    194
- Useful Applications of the Copy Functions
  194
- Disk Storage - Using the Disk Drive to Save and Load Data
  197
- SD-1 Disk File Types
  197
- Disk Capacity - Bytes, Blocks and Files
  198
- File Banks
  199
  - Format
    199
  - Load
    199
- MIDI Sys-Ex
  208
  - Sending Programs
    209
- Cartridge
  210
- MIDI System Exclusive Recorder
  215
  - Loading Sys-Ex Data from Disk to an External Device
    216
  - Additional Sys-Ex Recorder Notes
    219
- SD-1 Disk Messages
  220
- Edit Song Page - Song Edit Functions
  222
- Editing Song Steps - Using the Song Step Editor
  225
- Edit Seq Page Sequence Edit Functions
  227
- Edit Track Page - Track Edit Functions
  231
- Edit Track Range Page Setting the Time and Key Range
  231
- Track Edit Functions
  232
  - Sequencer Applications
    242
- Song Position Pointers
  242
- Using the SD-1 with a Drum Machine
  242
- MIDI Controller Tricks - Creating Template Sequences
  243
- MIDI Song Selects
  243
- MULTI Mode - Receiving on up to 12 MIDI Channels
  245
  - A few Important Points about Multi Mode
    245
- Using the SD-1 with an External MIDI Sequencer
  246
- Using the SD-1 with a MIDI Guitar Controller
  247
- Appendix B - MIDI Implementation Chart
  250

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