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ENSONIQ TS-10 Manual

ENSONIQ TS-10 Manual (372 pages)

Performance/Composition Synthesizer

Brand: ENSONIQ | Category: Synthesizer | Size: 1.26 MB

Table of Contents

List of Tips
4
Preface

6
- The Sounds
  6
- The Sequencer
  7
- MIDI Control
  7
- The Manual
  7
- Clean up and Maintenance
  7
- Power
  8
  - Ground Loops
    9
  - AC Line Conditioning
    9
- Temperature Guidelines
  10
- Amplification
  10
- Be Careful
  11
- Amplifying Your TS-10 through a Home Stereo System
  11
- Powering up Your TS-10 in a MIDI Configuration
  11
- About the Auto-Load Feature
  11
- Care and Feeding of the Disk Drive
  12
- When to Reinitialize
  13
- Low Battery Voltage - When to Replace the Battery
  13
- Table of Contents
  16
Section 1 - Controls & Basic Functions

31
- Rear Panel Connections
  31
- Front Panel Controls
  33
- Parametric Programming
  35
- Changing a Parameter
  35
- Performance Controllers
  36
- Playing Sounds and Presets
  38
  - Sound Memory
    38
- Using the Bankset Button
  39
- Selecting a Sound
  39
- Layering (Stacking) a Sound
  40
- The Soundfinder™ Feature
  40
  - Using Soundfinder in Sounds Mode
    41
- Understanding Tracks
  42
- Sampled Sounds and Simms
  43
- How Many Simms
  43
Section 2 - System Page Parameters

44
- Tune
  44
- Touch
  44
- Vel-Max
  45
- Press
  45
- Pedal
  46
- Slider
  46
- Voice-Muting
  47
- MIDI-Trk-Names
  47
- Kbd-Naming
  47
Section 3 - MIDI Control Page Parameters

54
- Base-Chan
  54
- Gmidi
  54
- Send
  54
- Mode
  55
  - About Mono Mode
    55
- Global Controllers in Mono Mode
  56
- Vels/Xpos
  56
- XCTRL - External Controller
  56
- Loop
  57
  - Working with MIDI Loops
    58
  - Using Presets with MIDI Loops
    58
- CNTRLS - Controllers
  58
- SONG-SEL - Song Select
  58
- All-Off
  58
- Start/Stop
  58
- PROG-CHG - Program Changes
  59
  - Receiving MIDI Program Changes
    59
- Sys-Ex
  60
- Device-ID
  60
- Send-Params
  60
Section 4 - Understanding Presets

61
Section 5 - Preset/Track Parameters

71
- MIX Page
  71
- Pan Page
  71
- Attack Page
  72
- Release Page
  72
- Brightness Page
  73
- Timbre Page
  74
- External Control Page
  74
- Key Zone Page
  75
- Velocity Range Page
  76
- Velocity Sensitivity Page
  76
- Transpose Page
  77
- Detune Page
  77
- Rate Page
  78
- Sustain Page
  78
- Sostenuto Page
  79
- Pitch Bend Page
  79
- Mod Wheel Page
  80
- All-Notes-Off Page
  80
- Reset Controllers
  80
- Patch Select Page
  81
- Latching Patch Selects
  81
  - Pressure Page
    82
  - Pedal Page
    83
  - MIDI Status Page
    83
  - MIDI Channel Page
    84
  - MIDI Program Number Page
    85
- Entering Program Change Numbers Directly
  85
  - MIDI Bank Select Page
    85
- Program Changes and Bank Selects in the TS-10
  86
- Section 6 - Understanding Effects
  88
- Understanding TS-10 Effects
  88
- Program and Sampled Sound Effects
  88
- Preset Effects
  88
- Sequencer Effect
  89
- Selecting Effects
  89
- What Is an Algorithm
  90
- Signal Routing between Effects
  90
- Sounds and Presets
  90
- When Are New Algorithms Loaded into the ESP Chip
  90
- Performance Control of Tracks in Preset or Sequencer Mode
  92
- Programming Effects
  92
- The Effects Busses
  92
- Effects Mixing
  93
- Single Function Effect Mixer
  93
- Multiple Function Effect Mixer
  93
- Parallel Effect Mixer
  94
- Selectable Effect Modulation Parameters
  94
- SRC - Modulation Source 1
  94
- SRC - Modulation Source 2
  94
- DEST - Mod1 Destination Parameter
  95
- DEST - Mod2 Destination Parameter
  95
- MIN - Mod 1 Param Range Minimum
  95
- MAX - Mod 1 Param Range Maximum
  95
- MIN - Mod 2 Param Range Minimum
  95
- MAX - Mod 2 Param Range Maximum
  95
- Section 7 - Effect Parameters
  96
- About Effect Parameters
  96
- Effect Modulation Parameters
  96
- 00 Dry/Bypassed
  96
- Parallel Effects
  96
- Ddl+Chorus+Rev
  96
- Eq- -Ddl+Chorus+Rev
  99
- Delaylfo+Chorus+Rev
  100
- Rotospkr+Chorus+Rev
  100
- Distort+Chorus+Rev
  102
- Param Eq+Chorus+Rev
  103
- Env Vcf+Chorus+Rev
  103
- Ddl+Phlangr+Rev
  104
- Eq- -Ddl+Phlangr+Rev
  106
- Delaylfo+Phlangr+Rev
  106
- Rotospkr+Phlangr+Rev
  107
- Distort+Phlangr+Rev
  107
- Param Eq+Phlangr+Rev
  107
- Env Vcf+Phlangr+Rev
  108
- Section 8 - Understanding Programs
  121
- What Is a Program
  121
- Understanding Voices and Polyphony
  121
- Using the Patch Select Buttons
  122
- Compare - Using the Compare Button
  122
- Using the Edit Buffer
  122
- Abandoning Your Edits
  123
- Using the Select Voice Page
  123
- Using the Soft Buttons as a Shortcut
  124
- Selecting more than One Voice at a Time (Group Edit Mode)
  124
- Using the Group Edit Feature
  125
- Programming the Patch Selects
  125
- Write Page - Saving a New Program into Memory
  126
- Copying an Existing Program to Another Location
  127
- Voice Programming
  127
- TS-10 Voice Configuration
  127
- Modulators
  129
- About Modulation
  129
- Selecting a Modulator
  129
- MODAMT - Modulation Amount
  129
- Modulation Sources
  130
- Wave Page
  134
- Wave Class
  134
- Complete TS-10 ROM Wave Catalog
  135
- Using the Copy Functions
  137
- About the Copy Functions
  137
- Make Copy
  138
- Recall
  138
- Special Recall Functions
  139
- Special Copy Operations
  139
- Default
  140
- System
  141
- Some Useful Applications of the Copy Functions
  141
- Copying an Effect from One Program to Another
  141
- Copying All Parameters from One Voice to Another
  141
- Copying a Complete Program to a New Location
  142
- Making a Copy of the Compare Buffer
  142
- Collecting Parts from Several Sources into the Copy Buffer
  142
- About Pitch-Tables
  143
- How to Create a Custom Pitch-Table
  143
- Editing a Custom Pitch-Table
  144
- Removing a Custom Pitch-Table
  145
- Creating and Extrapolating a Custom Pitch-Table
  146
- Creating and Interpolating a Custom Pitch-Table
  147
- Using the Copy Page with Pitch-Tables
  148
- Dynamic Pitch-Table Selection
  149
- About Wave-Lists
  149
- How to Create a Wave-List
  149
- Editing a Wave-List
  150
- Removing a Wave-List
  151
- Using the Copy Page with Wave-Lists
  151
- About Drum-Maps
  152
- How to Create a Drum-Map
  153
- Editing a Drum-Map
  154
- Removing a Drum-Map
  154
- Using the Copy Page with Drum-Maps
  155
- Section 9 - Program Parameters
  156
- LFO Page
  156
- ENV1, ENV2, ENV3 - TS-10 Envelopes
  159
- ENV1, ENV2 and ENV3 Pages
  159
- Pitch Page
  164
- Pitch Mods Page
  166
- Filters Page
  167
- Low-Pass/High-Pass
  167
- Poles - Rolloff Curves
  167
- Cutoff Frequency
  167
- Filter Configurations
  168
- FILTER 1 Page
  168
- FILTER 2 Page
  170
- Output Page
  170
- Wave Page
  174
- Class-Specific Wave Parameters
  174
- TRANSWAVE -Specific Wave Parameters
  176
- Hyper-Wave™ -Specific Wave Parameters
  177
- Drum-Map Specific Wave Parameters
  178
- Mod Mixer Page
  179
- Program Control Page
  182
- Pitch-Table Editor Parameters
  185
- Copy Pitch-Table Parameters
  187
- Wave-List Editor Parameters
  188
- Copy Wave-List Parameters
  190
- Drum-Map Editor Parameters
  190
- Copy Drum-Map Parameters
  193
- Program Effects Page
  194
- Select Voice Page
  194
- Copy Page
  194
- Write Program Page
  194
- Compare Function
  194
- Section 10 - Understanding the Sequencer
  195
- Introduction
  195
- What Is a Sequence
  195
- What Is a Song
  196
- Sequencer "Transport Controls
  196
- Sequencer Status
  197
- Sequencer Banks
  197
- Selecting a Sequence or Song
  198
- Playing Sequences and Songs
  198
- Sequencer Tracks
  199
- Replacing the Sound on a Sequence or Song Track
  200
- Using Soundfinder in Sequencer Mode
  200
- Layering Sounds on the Tracks Pages
  202
- Sequencer Tracks and the Track Parameters
  202
- The Tempo Track and the Track Parameters
  204
- Copying a Preset into 3 Sequencer Tracks
  204
- Copying a Preset Along with Its Effect into 3 Sequencer Tracks
  205
- Creating a New Sequence
  205
- Creating a New Song
  206
- Erasing All Sequencer Memory
  206
- Recording a Sequence
  206
- About the Audition Play/Keep Page
  208
- Playing Tracks in Audition Mode
  208
- Punching In" on a Track
  209
- Finding the Bankset, Bank, and Display Location for Sounds on Sequencer Tracks
  210
- Edit Sequence Page - Sequence Edit Functions
  211
- The MIDI Connection
  211
- MIDI Sequencing on the TS-10 - MIDI Connections
  211
- MIDI Mode and Channel - Remote MIDI Device
  212
- MIDI Track Configuration
  212
- Recording MIDI Tracks
  213
- Additional Sequencer Functions
  213
- Recording Controllers into Sequencer Tracks
  213
- Changing a Sound Within a Sequence or Song Track
  213
- Defining Track Pressure in Sequencer Mode
  215
- Assigning a Track to the AUX Outputs
  216
- Using the AUX Outputs as Separate Mono Outs
  216
- Edit Track Page - Track Edit Functions
  217
- Track MIX Functions - Mixing, Muting and Soloing Tracks
  217
- Song Mode
  218
- Switching Effects in Song Mode
  218
- Edit Song Page - Song Edit Functions
  219
- Editing Song Steps - Using the Song Step Editor
  219
- Song Tracks
  220
- Viewing Sequence Tracks in Song Mode
  222
- Mixing down Sequence and Song Tracks in Song Mode
  222
- To Record MIX or Pan Changes to Sequence Tracks in a Song
  222
- To Record MIX or Pan Changes to a Song Track
  223
- A few Notes about Mixdown Mode
  223
- Sequencer Tempo Track
  224
- Removing the Song Tempo Track
  224
- Tempo Track Edit Functions
  225
- Thinning out Tempo Changes Using the Event Editor
  225
- Using Multi-Track Record
  227
- Suggestion for Advanced Users
  227
- Basic Multi-Track Recording from an External Sequencer
  228
- Recording into the Sequencer in a MIDI Loop
  228
- Using the Step Entry Recorder
  229
- Access to Other Pages While in Step Entry
  229
- Entering Audition Mode from Step Entry
  229
- Entering Step Entry Record after Locating or from Play
  229
- About the SAVE CHANGES
  229
- Section 11 - Sequencer Parameters
  231
- Sequencer Editing Functions
  231
- Edit Song Page Parameters
  231
- INFO Sub-Page
  232
- Erase
  232
- Copy
  232
- EDIT STEPS Page
  233
- Tracks
  234
- Edit Sequence Page Parameters
  235
- Append
  235
- Info
  235
- Erase
  236
- Copy
  236
- LENGTH - Add and Delete Bars from a Sequence
  236
- Add Bars
  237
- Delete Bars
  238
- Sequence Bank Utilities
  239
- Edit Track Page Parameters
  239
- Range Sub-Page - Setting the Time and Key Range
  239
- Track Edit Functions
  240
- Shift
  240
- Quantize
  240
- Using the Quantize Options
  244
- Erase
  245
- Copy
  245
- MORE* - Additional Track Edit Functions
  246
- Transpose
  247
- Scale
  247
- Event-List
  248
- Auditioning Event Edit Changes
  251
- Filter
  252
- Merge
  253
- Click Page
  254
- Sequencer Control Page
  255
- Save Changes
  258
- Locate Page
  261
- Sequence Locate Page
  261
- Setting the GOTO Locate Time While the Sequence Plays
  262
- Song Locate Page
  263
- Setting the GOTO Locate Time While the Song Plays
  264
- Edit Times in Song Mode
  265
- Setting the Edit Times in Real Time
  265
- Section 12 - Sequencing/MIDI Applications
  266
- Using the TS-10 with a Drum Machine
  266
- To Sync the TS-10 to a Drum Machine
  266
- Song Position Pointers
  267
- MIDI Song Selects
  267
- MIDI Controller Tricks - Creating MIDI Track Templates
  267
- MULTI Mode - Receiving on up to 12 MIDI Channels
  268
- A few Important Points about MULTI Mode
  269
- Using the TS-10 with an External MIDI Sequencer
  271
- Using the TS-10 with a MIDI Guitar Controller
  271
- Delay Times/Tempo BPM Chart
  274
- What Is General MIDI
  276
- Sound Map
  276
- Percussion
  276
- GS/MT-32 Compatibility
  276
- Other General MIDI Requirements
  276
- Why Use General MIDI
  277
- General MIDI Sound Map
  278
- GM and GS Percussion Key Maps (Channel 10)
  279
- Using General MIDI in the Real World
  282
- Using TS-10 General MIDI Sounds with an External GM Sequencer
  282
- Connecting the TS-10 Keyboard to a Computer (or Other General MIDI Sequencer)
  282
- To Enable General MIDI on the Ts
  282
- MIDI out in General MIDI Mode
  283
- TS-10 General MIDI Parameters
  284
- RECV (MIDI Reception)
  284
- Gm-Prog
  284
- Manually Assigning GM Sounds to each MIDI Channel
  285
- General MIDI "Panic" Button
  285
- System and MIDI Control Settings in GM Mode
  285
- Disabling General MIDI
  286
- To Disable General MIDI
  286
- Enabling/Disabling General MIDI with System Exclusive Messages
  286
- Turning General MIDI on Using Sysex Messages
  286
- Turning General MIDI off Using Sysex Messages
  286
- More about Sysex Messages
  286
- Sound Canvas MT-32 Mode Program Change Map
  287
- MIDI Controller Implementation in General MIDI Mode
  288
- General MIDI Mode Controller Implementation Chart
  289
- Section 13 - Storage
  291
- Disk Storage - Using the Disk Drive to Save and Load Data
  291
- TS-10 Disk File Types
  292
- Programs
  292
- Presets
  293
- Sequence/Song
  293
- MIDI System Exclusive Data
  293
- System File
  293
- Sampled Sounds
  293
- Disk Capacity - Bytes, Blocks, and Files
  293
- File Banks
  294
- TS-10 Disk Functions
  294
- FORMAT - Formatting a Blank Disk
  295
- COPY - Making a Backup Copy of a Disk
  296
- RENAME - Changing a Disk's Name
  297
- SAVE - Saving Data to Disk
  298
- Naming with the Keyboard
  299
- Saving Programs Along with a 30-SEQ/SONGS File
  299
- Saving Sample-Banks Along with a 60 SEQ/SONGS File
  300
- Specifying a File Bank Location When Saving a File
  300
- LOAD - Loading Data from Disk
  301
- Loading 60 SEQ/SONGS Files that Contain Programs And/Or Sample Banks
  302
- Using File Banks to Locate Files for Loading
  303
- DELETE - Deleting (Erasing) Files from Disk
  304
- SCSI Option (Read-Only)
  304
- Directories
  306
- What Is a Directory
  306
- Navigating in Directories
  306
- File Paths
  306
- To Enter or Move down into a Directory
  307
- To Exit from or Move Back up from a Directory
  307
- Direct-Macros
  307
- What Is a Direct-Macro
  307
- Direct-Dialing Macros on Sampled Sound CD Roms
  307
- MIDI Sys-Ex
  308
- Programs
  309
- Presets
  309
- Sequencer Data
  310
- All
  310
- Receiving MIDI Sys-Ex Messages
  310
- MIDI System Exclusive Recorder
  311
- What Are System Exclusives
  311
- Generic" System Exclusive Storage
  311
- Saving Sys-Ex Data Uses the Sequencer Memory
  311
- LOADING System Exclusive Data from Disk to an External Device
  313
- Additional Sys-Ex Recorder Notes
  314
- TS-10 Disk Messages
  315
- Fatal Error Messages
  316
- Section 14 - Understanding Sampled Sounds
  317
- What Is a Sampled Sound
  317
- What Is a SIMM
  317
- Warning
  317
- Purchasing Simms
  318
- How Many Simms
  318
- An Important Note about Electrostatic Discharge
  318
- Sampled Sound Configuration
  318
- About Wavesamples
  319
- Loading a Sampled Sound
  319
- About Directories
  320
- What Is a Directory
  320
- Loading (Changing) a Directory
  320
- Multi-Disk Sampled Sound Display Messages
  321
- Selecting and Playing a Sampled Sound
  321
- Sampled Sound OPTIONS Page
  323
- Lack of Memory Message
  324
- About the Auto-Load Feature
  324
- Loading Sample-Edits with the Auto-Load Feature
  327
- When Does Auto-Load Delete All Sampled Sounds
  327
- Selecting a Wavesample or Layer for Editing - the Edit Context Page (Select Voice Button)
  328
- LAYERS-IN-PATCH (Layer Enable/Disable)
  329
- Using the Patch Select Buttons
  329
- TS-10 Sampled Sound Error Messages
  329
- Programming Patches
  330
- What Is a Surrogate Program
  330
- Assigning a Surrogate Program to a Track
  331
- Erasing All Sampled Sound Data from Memory
  331
- Saving Sampled Sound Information
  332
- What Is a Sample-Banks File
  332
- Saving a Sample-Banks File
  332
- Updating Sample-Banks Files Saved with Software Earlier than Version 2.0
  334
- Loading a Sampled Sound into an Occupied Sampled Sound Bank
  335
- Loading Sample-Edits
  336
- Lack of Memory Message
  337
- Modulators
  338
- About Modulation
  338
- Selecting a Modulator
  338
- Modulation Amount
  338
- Section 15 - Sampled Sound Parameters
  339
- Edit KEY-DOWN/KEY-UP LAYERS Page (Copy Button)
  339
- TRK Defaults Page (Write Program Button)
  340
- LFO Page
  341
- Wavesample Envelopes
  344
- About ENV 3
  344
- Typical Wavesample Envelope
  344
- ENV1, ENV2, ENV3 Pages
  345
- Pitch Page
  348
- Pitch Mods Page
  349
- TS-10 Filters
  350
- Low-Pass and High-Pass
  350
- Poles - Rolloff Curves
  350
- Cutoff Frequency
  350
- Edit/Filters Page
  350
- MODE (Filter Mode)
  350
- FILTER 1 Page
  352
- FILTER 2 Page
  352
- Output Page
  353
- Wave Page
  355
- Volume Mod Source Shaper Page
  358
- Layer Page
  359
- Sampled Sound Effects Page (Program Effects Button)
  362
Appendix

363
- TS-10 MIDI Implementation
  363
- Registered Parameters
  363
- MIDI Implementation Chart
  364
- TS-10 Index
  365

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