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  • Page 2 R E A D T H I S F I R S T ! WARNING! Grounding Instructions This product must be grounded. If it should malfunction or break down. grounding provides a path of :east resistance for electric current to reduce the risk of electric shock. This product is equipped with a cord having an equipment-grounding conductor and a grounding plug.
  • Page 3 SQ-80 CROSS WAVE SYNTHESIZER AND SEQUENCER M u s i c i a n ' s M a n u a l Version 1.0 SQ80 Soft Copy Manual Creation and Revision Information OCR and PDF conversion by Mark Wynkoop http://www.markwynkoop.com/...
  • Page 4 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual FRONT PANEL CONTROLS: Front Panel Controls...
  • Page 5 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Front Panel Controls...
  • Page 6 Station, call ENSONIQ Customer Service at (610) 647-3930 This Manual is copyrighted and all rights are reserved by ENSONIQ Corp. This document may not, in whole or in part, be copied. photocopied. reproduced. translated or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable form without prior written consent from ENSONIQ Corp.

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    SO-80 — Musician's Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 — First Things First 2......A Word About the SQ-80 2 ......A Word About the Manual 3 ....Getting Started 3 ......Power 3 ......AC Line Conditioning 3 ......Amplification 4 ....Rear Panel Connections 6......Communicating With the SQ-80...
  • Page 8 24 ......MODE — Select MIDI Mode 26 ......ENABLE — MIDI Enables SECTION 3 — Voice Programming 28 ....Voice Diagram — an SQ-80 Voice C r o s s W a v e T M 29 ....A b o u t S y n t h e s i s 30 ....
  • Page 9 106 ....LOCATE — Sequence Locate Page 107 .......Auto-Locate Controls 108 ....CREATE/ERASE Page 111 ....Recording a Sequence 111 ...... Sequencing on the SQ-80 alone 111 ...... Recording the First Track 112 ...... Using the Foot Switch to define Sequence Length 112 ...... Recording Other Tracks...
  • Page 10 143 ....Tape Sync 143 ...... Recording a Sync Track 144 ...... Syncing the SQ-80 to a Recorded Sync Track 144 ....System Controller Tricks— Sending 8 Program Changes at Once 145 ....Using the SQ-80 with a MIDI Guitar Controller 147 ....
  • Page 11 174 ......SAVE SYS-EX Error Messages 174 .......LOADING System Exclusive Data from Disk to an External Device 176 .......DELETING System Exclusive Files from the Disk 177 ....MIDI TRANSFER OF SQ-80 DATA 177 .......Sending Programs via MIDI 178 ...... Sending Sequencer Data via MIDI 180 ......
  • Page 12 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual SECTION 7 — Appendices 188 ....Appendix 1 — MIDI Program Numbers on the SQ-80 189 ....Appendix 2 — SQ-80 MIDI Implementation Specification 197 ....Appendix 3 — SQ-80 Parameter Number List 201 ....Appendix 4 — SQ-80 MIDI Implementation Chart 202 ....

  • Page 13: Section 1 - First Things First

    SQ-80 — Musician's Manual SECTION 1 First Things First 2...... A Word About the SQ-80 2......A Word About the Manual 3...... Getting Started 3......Power 3......AC Line Conditioning 3......Amplification 4 ....Rear Panel Connections 6 ....Communicating With the SQ-80 7...... Selecting Sounds 7......Master Banks...
  • Page 14 It may be necessary. when all else fails, to look in the book to find out how to do something. But because of the SQ-80's friendly user interface and intuitive operation, you'll probably only have to look once.

  • Page 15: Getting Started

    Power Insert the Power Cable into the receptacle on the back of the SQ-80, next to the On/Off switch. Plug the other end of the cable into a grounded AC outlet. (The proper voltage for your SQ-80 is listed on the Serial Number Label on the Rear Panel.) Turn on the SQ-80 and make sure the Display lights up.

  • Page 16: Rear Panel Connections

    SQ-80 — Musician's Manual REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS AUDIO OUTPUTS: Right/Mono — SQ-80 jack only. SQ-80 To operate the in Mono, use this To operate the in Stereo. connect this Output to a channel of your Mixer and pan that channel Right. If nothing is...
  • Page 17 > Connect this Jack to the Tape In jack of another sequencing device. and set that device for Tape Sync. to sync it to the SQ-80's clock without MIDI connections. Specs: 22 Kohm output i impedance. AC coupled. Drives I Vp-p into 10 KOhms (line level) and down to 100 mVp-p into 1 KOhm (mic level).

  • Page 18: Communicating With The

    SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Communicating With the SQ-80 Almost everything you do on the SQ-80 — whether it's selecting a Sound, editing that Sound. adjusting the Master Tuning, or operating the Sequencer — is controlled from the the Front Panel using the following controls: >...

  • Page 19: Selecting Sounds

    PROM Cartridge also retains its data when the power is Off, whether or not it is plugged into the SQ-80 Cartridge slot. When there is no Cartridge in the slot, pressing CART A or CART B will have no effect.

  • Page 20: Selecting A Program - Internal

    SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Selecting a Program — Internal Programs Now that you've selected one of the four Banks, you can see the names of the ten in that Bank. Bank 1. Say you selected The Display should look something like this: Pressing the button above or below any of the ten Program names selects that Program as the current sound.

  • Page 21: Cartridge Insertion And Removal

    SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Now follow the same procedure outlined earlier, except that instead of pressing INTERNAL, first press CART A or CART B. To Select a Cartridge Sound: CART A or CART B. > Press Bank Select #1, 2, 3, >...

  • Page 22: Dynamic Voice Assignment Revealed

    Dynamic Voice Assignment Revealed The SQ-80 can play up to eight different sounds at once — each of its eight voices can play any Program at any time, no matter what the other seven are up to. This is, for example, how the Sequencer is able to play lots of different sounds at once.

  • Page 23: Battery Maintenance

    You will know when it needs replacing, because the SQ-80 will tell you so. One day you will switch the Power ON, and instead of its usual wake-up message, the Display will read: W A R N I N G —...

  • Page 24: Programming

    Display shows you its 'Page', which contains all the information (all the parameters) related to that function. You can think of the SQ-80 in relation to a book — each time you press one of the Programming buttons Page.

  • Page 25: Changing A Parameter

    SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Changing a Parameter Oscillator 1. OSC 1: Suppose you want to adjust the pitch of Press the front panel Button labeled Oscillator The Display now shows Page. It should look like this: something In the top left-hand corner of the Display you will always find the Name of the Page, which corresponds to that of the button you pressed.

  • Page 26: C* - Change/Compare

    SQ-80 — Musician's Manual (DCA 1 If you select another Page for instance), change some parameter on that Page, and then return OSC 1 SQ-80 to the Page, the parameter you had last selected will still be underlined. The always "remembers"...

  • Page 27: Bailing Out

    Active and Inactive Buttons Ac mentioned previously not all buttons are active in a given Page. Throughout this Manual whenever an SQ-80 Page is depicted, the active buttons will be shown in grey, the inactive ones in white. Taking the...

  • Page 28: Reinitializing The

    SQ-80 — Musician's Manual REINITIALIZING THE SQ-80 What is Reinitialization? SQ-80 The great power and flexibility of the lies in the fact that it is really a computer — a computer SQ-80 disguised as a keyboard instrument, but a computer nonetheless. The software that operates the SQ-80 is very sophisticated.

  • Page 29: Section 2 - Global Functions And Midi Configuration

    SQ-80 — Musician's Manual S E C T I O N 2 Global Functions and MIDI Configuration 18 ....MASTER Page 19 ......TUNE— Master Tuning 19 ......KEYBD — "Straight Synth" Keyboard Status 19 ......VEL — Velocity Sensitivity 20 ......PEDAL — Foot Pedal Function Select 20 ......

  • Page 30: Pitch Bend Mode

    Also on this Page is a control for choosing whether a CV Pedal plugged into the SQ-80's rear panel will act as a Modulator or as a Volume Pedal. These settings, like almost all SQ-80 parameters, will be "remembered" even when the SQ-80 is turned OFF.
  • Page 31 > LOCAL—Notes and controllers played from the keyboard when no Sequencer Track is selected will only play on the SQ-80 and will not be sent out MIDI at all. When you select a Program from the SQ-80 front Panel. no Program Change will be sent out via MIDI.

  • Page 32: Midi Page

    PEDAL=VOL when you turn the unit off. If you do. the next time you power it up, the SQ-80 will set the "straight synth" volume to zero — it won't make any sound. To get the volume back to normal, just go to the MASTER Page, select this parameter and set it to PEDAL=MOD.
  • Page 33 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual [MIDI] MIDI PAGE Controls MIDI Functions MIDI From this Page you control the (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) configuration of the SQ-80 as well as determining which type of Pressure the keyboard will generate locally and send out via MIDI.

  • Page 34: Xctrl - Select External Controller

    SQ-80 — Musician's Manual ACTIVE CONTROLS: CHAN — Base MIDI Channel Base Channel. We call this the It is the MIDI Channel that the "Straight Synth" section of the SQ-80 will send and receive MIDI information on when no Sequencer Track is selected. When a...

  • Page 35: Press - Pressure (Aftertouch) Control

    SQ-80 — Musician's Manual The following Controller Numbers have been agreed upon: Number Controller Number Controller Modulation Wheel Sostenuto Pedal Breath Controller Tremolo Foot Pedal Controller Chorus Data Entry Slider Celeste Volume Pedal Phaser Though the range of this Control is from most of the values other than those listed above have no accepted function, as yet.

  • Page 36: Mode - Select Midi Mode

    SQ-80 — Musician's Manual At present, Channel Pressure is recognized by more MIDI instruments than Key Pressure. When SQ-80, you are playing or sequencing an external MIDI instrument from the and Pressure doesn't SQ-80 seem to be having an effect, it could be that the is set to send Key Pressure (see below) and the receiving instrument only recognizes Channel Pressure.
  • Page 37 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual > MULTI — MULTI Mode ENSONIQ is an innovation which was specially designed to make optimal use of the multi-timbral capabilities of its instruments. MULTI Mode the "Straight MIDI Synth" section and each of the Sequencer's eight Tracks can each receive information independently on a different MIDI Channel.

  • Page 38: Enable - Midi Enables

    SQ-80 — Musician's Manual • The Base Channel Minus One becomes the MIDI Channel for global Controllers . For example, if the Base Channel is Chan. any Controllers (Pitch bend. Pressure, MOD Wheel, etc.) received on Chan will affect all the Tracks. If the Base Channel is Chan.

  • Page 39: Section 3 - Voice Programming

    SO-80 — Musician's Manual S E C T I O N 3 Voice Programming 28 ....Voice Diagram — an SQ-80 Voice 29 ....About CrossWave Synthesis 30 ....WAVES 30 ....... Digital Wave Memory 30 ......Waveforms, Inharmonic Loops and Transient Attacks 32 .......
  • Page 40 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual A n y o f ' t h e s e 1 5 M o d u l a t i o n S o u r c e s c a n b e i n d e p e n d e n t l y assigned wherever a MOD is indicated above.

  • Page 41: A B O U T

    The basic idea of Crossfading is that the volume (or amplitude) of one sound fades out over time as another sound fades in. • The SQ-80's Transient Attack Waves have their own built-in fade-out. That is, these Waves do not loop — they play through once at the beginning of the sound and stop. •...

  • Page 42: Waves

    SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Throughout the rest of this Section you will learn about the Waves, Modulators. and Envelopes, and how to control the pitch and volume of each Oscillator. Once you are familiar with the basic operations, try examining some of the Factory Programs to see which Waves are played by the different Oscillators (OSC 1-3 Pages), and how the volume of each Oscillator has been programmed (DCA 1-3 Pages).
  • Page 43 A Waveform is static; an Inharmonic Loop is dynamic. Inharmonic Loops can capture the subtle shifts in the character of a sound which occur over time. They account for the SQ-80's ability to create a certain class of "atmospheric" sounds not possible with Waveforms.

  • Page 44: Synthetic, Sampled And Multisampled Waves

    SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Synthetic, Sampled and Multisampled Waves SQ-80's Many of the Waves in Memory have been generated synthetically, using a number of different techniques, to create a variety of Waves which contain specific harmonics in specific amounts. By assigning different combinations of these synthetic Waves to two or more Oscillators, it is possible to create sounds with almost any timbral characteristics.

  • Page 45: Check Them Out

    Wave by Name. Check Them Out The best way to understand the SQ-80's Waves is not to read about them, but to hear them. • Select an Internal Program. preferably one with infinite sustain such as an organ sound.
  • Page 46 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual -> SQUARE. ____ The Square Wave contains the Fundamental and all its odd-numbered harmonics at a fixed ratio. The level of the harmonics is the same as the Sawtooth, except that there are no even- numbered harmonics. The Square Wave has a hollow sound, and is also the basis for many classic synth sounds.
  • Page 47 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual ADDITIVE SYNTHESIS WAVEFORMS These three Waveforms were created through Digital Additive Synthesis. Each contains the Fundamental and certain specific harmonics in equal amounts. > SYNTH 1. 2nd, up ____ Contains the fundamental, and every third harmonic, starting from the to the 26th .
  • Page 48 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual − BASS 2. Originally the Bass Wave, but with only the first eighteen harmonics left in. − E PNO2. Originally an Electric Piano Wave, but with only the first nine harmonics left in. An Electric Piano without the "ping."...
  • Page 49 SO-80 — Musician's Manual (notably SAW or PULSE) to create full-bodied brass ensemble sounds. − > STRING. A single cycle from a cello note. Full of rich harmonics characteristic of bowed instruments. Makes a good sustain Waveform for the BOWING attack. >...
  • Page 50 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual an excellent attack for digital/FM-type piano sounds. Bright yet mellow. > SLAP. The initial "pop" from a electric slap bass. This attack can be combined with the BASS Waveform to create some extremely punchy and realistic bass sounds.
  • Page 51 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Transient Attack Wave, especially in the upper octaves where it no longer sounds like a drum. > HI HAT. A sampled closed hi hat sound. 10) MULTISAMPLED DRUM SETS The last 5 Waves are special ones — they combine the individual Drum/Attack Waves into a...

  • Page 52: Modulators

    MODULATORS About Modulation To modulate something is simply to cause it to change. Within the Voice architecture of the SQ-80 we begin by setting basic, or Manual, levels for Volume, Pitch. Brightness, etc., and we then modulate those levels in various ways in order to create movement and dynamics within the Sound.

  • Page 53: Modulation Depth

    Arrow Button, and while holding it down, press the Up Arrow Button. This automatically sets the Modulation Depth to +00. Modulation Sources Modulation Sources The 15 available on the SQ-80 are as follows: LFO 1, LFO 2 and LFO Low Frequency Oscillators The three generate only very low frequency waves, which can produce Vibrato, Tremolo, and many other effects, depending on the LFO wave selected.
  • Page 54 − ENV 1, ENV 2, ENV 3 and ENV 4 The SQ-80 has four complex Envelopes which can be applied as Modulators. Envelope Levels can be positive or negative. The Envelopes are used to create changes, over time, in volume.
  • Page 55 Foot Pedal (not Volume Pedal — that's a separate controller) is Controller #4. Note that MIDI if you play the SQ-80 from an external keyboard equipped with a Foot Pedal, and wish to use the Section 3 — Voice Programming...
  • Page 56 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual SQ-80 Pedal as a Modulator in your Programs. you should select PEDAL, XCTRL. Foot Pedal Function Select Note also that the Foot Pedal will only act as a modulator when the Master parameter is set to PEDAL=MOD on the Page.

  • Page 57: Using Modulators

    S O - S O — M u s i c i a n ' s M a n n a ! USING MODULATORS Modulating Oscillator Volume The Volume of each of the three Oscillators within a Program depends on a combination of two things: the setting of the base, or Manual Level (the Control labeled LEVEL= on the DCA and DCA 3 Pages), and 1, DCA 2...
  • Page 58 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Envelope LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) Bear in mind that when you use an or an as a Modulator. the final effect will depend on the Modulation Depth and the Levels that are set for the Envelope or LFO on their respective Pages.
  • Page 59 The Page descriptions that follow encompass all the Program Parameters — those Parameters which are saved with the individual Programs stored in the Memory of the SQ-80. To select any of these Pages, press the corresponding button in the Voice Section of the Front Panel.
  • Page 60 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual [OSC1] OSCILLATOR PITCH PAGE [OSC2] [OSC3] Controls Oscillator pitch and selects the Wave to be played by each Oscillator. (I Inactive Buttons appear in White) The format of the Oscillator Pitch Page is the same for [OSC 1], [OSC 2] and [OSC although each of these Pages is entirely independent.
  • Page 61 0 — Musician's Manual 5. WAVE Wave Selects the that the Oscillator will play from among the 75 available Waves. (See WAVES, p. 30) MOD # 1 Selects the first source of Modulation. The Modulators selected on this page affect only the pitch of the Oscillator.
  • Page 62 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual [DCA1] OSCILLATOR VOLUME PAGE [DCA2] [DCA3] Controls The Volume of Oscillators 1 through 3. ( Inactive Buttons appear i n 'White) The format of the Oscillator Volume Page is the same for [DCA1], [DCA2] and [DCA3], although each of these Pages is entirely independent.
  • Page 63 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual If you want the volume of a particular Oscillator to be controlled entirely by an Envelope or other modulator, be sure to set this parameter to LEVEL=00. DCA's 1, 2, have been set up so that it is possible to get full volume from just one Oscillator.

  • Page 64: Filter Page

    SQ-80 — Musician's Manual [FILT] FILTER PAGE Controls the Four-Pole Low Pass Filter (Inactive uttons appear in White) Filter The outputs of the three Oscillators pass through the before going to the Final Volume stage, [DCA4]. Filter settings determine what frequencies will be allowed to pass through to the output.
  • Page 65 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Wheel etc., you can create Filter Sweeps, Wah and Growl effects. Range: 0 To 5. KEYBD Keyboard Filter Tracking. Sets the amount by which the location of a note on the keyboard will modulate the Filter Cutoff Frequency. This allows the relative brightness of a sound to Keyboard Control Voltage remain constant over the keyboard.

  • Page 66: Dca 4 - Final Volume Page

    SQ-80 — Musician's Manual [DCA 4] FINAL VOLUME PAGE Controls Program Volume and Panning. ( I nactive Buttons appear in White) Note: The Modulation Source for [DCA 4] is alwa s [ENV 4]. [DCA4]. The outputs of the three Oscillators, after passing through the Filter, go to...
  • Page 67 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual changes when switching between them. Also it is useful for balancing the relative levels of Split (see SPLIT/LAYER and/or Layered Programs Page, p.71). Rance: Bear in mind that the overall Volume curve of the Program will depend on the setting of this...
  • Page 68 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual [LFO 1] LOW-FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR PAGE [LFO 2] [LFO 3] LFO Page [LFO 1], [LFO 2], [LFO 3], The format of the is the same for although each of Low Frequency Oscillators these Pages is independent. The...
  • Page 69 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual struck. This is good for synchronizing sweeps with key hits. When OFF: The wave will cycle continuously, without Resetting. HUMAN Frequency, When ON: This control will add a random element to the LFO making the effect less "mechanical"...
  • Page 70 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual 8. L2 LEVEL 2, This is the Level that the will reach at the end of the Ramp defined by the DELAY. It will remain at this Level until the key is released. Range: 0 To 63.
  • Page 71 Times and Levels. Which brings us back to the SQ-80. Times and Levels The four Envelopes on the SQ-80 are defined in terms of Time and Level. For each Envelope, you have control over four Time segments...
  • Page 72 Volume and Brightness of a Sound. If we now look at the SQ-80 Envelope parameters as they apply to this stan- dard ADSR-type Envelope, we can see that TIME 1 represents the attack time: TIME 2 and TIME 3, a two-stage de- cay: and TIME 4 represents the release time.
  • Page 73 In the sample Envelope shown above, all of the Level values were positive. But the also allows SQ-80 you to assign a negative value to any of the Envelope Levels, making possible a wide variety of interesting shapes. In the Envelope to the right, for...
  • Page 74 SO-80 — Musician's Manual Another useful shape is a simple pitch Envelope. You can, for example, imitate the way Horns often "slide" into a note, rather than begin- ning right on pitch. By setting TIME 1 to Zero, LEVEL 1 to some negative value, and LEVEL 2 and LEVEL 3 to Z e r o , y o u n o w h a v e a n E n v e l o p e which, when used to modulate Oscilla-...
  • Page 75 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual [T1V] Velocity Attack control T1V — Velocity Attack Control. The second velocity-related parameter is As the name implies this parameter makes TIME 1, the Envelope attack time, respond to keyboard velocity. When the value of is increased, a harder keystrike will decrease TIME 1, resulting in a faster attack.
  • Page 76 SQ-80 - Musician's Manual Envelope Times The chart below gives the approximate amount of Time, in seconds, that corresponds to each possible Time (T1, T2, T3 T4). bold value of the components of the Envelopes The numbers in type are the...
  • Page 77 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual [ENV 1] ENVELOPE PAGE [ENV 2] [ENV 3] [ENV 4] Controls the parameters of the four Envelopes. Envelope [ENV 1], [ENV [ENV 4], The format of the Page is the same for 2], [ENV 3] and although each Page is independent.
  • Page 78 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual L3 - LEVEL3 The LEVEL that the Envelope will reach at the end of TIME 3. This is the Sustain Level. The Envelope will remain at this level until the key is released. After the Key is released, the Envelope will return to Zero.
  • Page 79 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual For values of R to 63R, when the key is Released, the Envelope will take TIME 4 to drop to a low level, and then will fade to zero at a fixed rate. This Second Release stage creates a Simulated Reverb effect, giving a sense of space to the sound.

  • Page 80: Modes Page

    SQ-80 — Musician's Manual [MODES] MODES PAGE Controls Glide, Sync, AM, and Mono Modes, as well as Voice, Envelope and Oscillator Restart Modes. ( Inactive Buttons appear in White ) Program All of the Parameters on this Page are part of the (or patch), and will apply only to the selected Program.
  • Page 81 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual last note note can be played at a time. Priority is given to the played — even if another note is being held down, the most recent note you play will sound. However, the envelope will not be...
  • Page 82 CYC —Envelope Full Cycle Mode When ON: The Envelopes will pass through their full cycles every time a key is struck. In this Mode the SQ-80 pays no attention to whether you hold the key down or let it go immediately — TIME 3)
  • Page 83 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual • • [SPLIT LAYER] Split Layer PAGE Controls Splitting the Keyboard and Layering Different Sounds together Inactive Buttons appear in White) SQ-80 Layered Programs on the can be (so that two Programs play at once over the whole keyboard),...
  • Page 84 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual ACTIVE CONTROLS: 1, SPLIT/LAYER ON/OFF This activates the Split/Layer mode. In order for this control to have any effect, the Keyboard must first be Split, either Upper or Lower (see #6 below). When ON: The Split Program will be Layered (will play simultaneously) with the Program whose name appears to the right of this control (#3).

  • Page 85: Split/Layer Page

    SQ-80 — Musician's Manual > UPPER — When SPLIT=UPPER is selected, the Split Program (see will play on the Upper Keyboard (that is, above the Split Key), and the Current Program will play on the Lower Keyboard (below the Split Key).
  • Page 86 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual For example, if you create and save a Program where a Brass sound is Layered with a String sound, and you then Write over the String Program (or insert a different Cartridge in the case of Layering with a Cartridge Program,) a different Layer Program will play —...

  • Page 87: Programming Conventions

    SQ-80 — Musician's Manual PROGRAMMING CONVENTIONS SQ-80 There are a number of Programming conventions which we have tried to follow within all factory Programs whenever possible. They will help you to know where to begin when editing factory Programs. You may also find them to be handy rules of thumb to follow when creating your own Programs.
  • Page 88 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual [WRITE] WRITE PROGRAM PAGE To Save a New or Edited Program into Memory, or Copy an Existing Program to another Location. Saving a New Program Into Memory Once you have modified an existing Program, or created an entirely new one, you can Write, or save, that Program to any Internal or Cartridge Memory Location using the WRITE PROGRAM Page.
  • Page 89 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual (Remember that you will be replacing whatever is already there, so be careful! ) Bank Select 1 - 4. Press one of the Buttons, As long as you hold the button down, the Display will show the Program Select Page for that Bank, with two differences: •...
  • Page 90 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual *EXIT* *EXIT* WRITE The Button beneath the word can be pressed at any time to exit the Page and return to the Page you were on before entering it. Copying an Existing Program to Another Location Sometimes you'll want to take an existing Program, one that you haven't been editing, and simply copy it to another Memory Location.
  • Page 91 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual S E C T I O N 4 The Sequencer 81 ....The Sequencer 81 ......The MIDI Connection 82 ......Digital Sequencing 83 ....The "System" 84 ....Sequences And Songs 84 ......What is a Sequence? 84 ......Sequencer Master Banks 84 ......Sequencer Banks...
  • Page 92 107 ......Auto-Locate Controls 108 ....CREATE/ERASE Page 111 ....Recording a Sequence 111 ...... Sequencing on the SQ-80 alone 111 ...... Recording the First Track 112 ...... Using the Foot Switch to define Sequence Length 112 ...... Recording Other Tracks 114 ......
  • Page 93 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual THE SEQUENCER SQ-80 The Sequencer section of the is a integrated part of the design of the instrument, and an extremely powerful device in its own right. Building a Sequencer this sophisticated into the same box with a synthesizer creates many new possibilities for writing, recording and performing music.
  • Page 94 SO-80 — Musician's Manual Digital Sequencing SQ-80 A general understanding of how a Digital Sequence Recorder like the does what it does, and how it differs from an eight-track audio tape recorder, will help you to get the most out of your instrument.
  • Page 95 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual THE "SYSTEM" SQ-80 The diagram below illustrates the signal paths and the "component parts" that make up the —the SQ-80 System. SQ-80 As you grow more familiar with the and its functions, you should refer back to this diagram, as it will answer many of your questions concerning which signals can be routed where.
  • Page 96 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual SEQUENCES AND SONGS What is a Sequence? Sequence SQ-80 on the is comparable to a Pattern on a drum machine. Each Sequence has a defined length (though you can change it at any time). A Sequence can be as short or as long as you want (within the limitations of Memory).
  • Page 97 (XXX—) appears represents a Sequence which hasn't been defined yet — it contains no Sequence Data and cannot be selected until you Create a Sequence in that Location. As with everything on the SQ-80. when you select a Sequence it becomes underlined.
  • Page 98 Location with no dot means that the Sequence has been created, but that nothing has yet been recorded there. Whenever you select a Sequence or a Song, the SQ-80 sends out a MIDI Song Select message. See p. 143 for more details on Song Selects.
  • Page 99 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual "TRANSPORT" CONTROLS SQ-80 The bottom row of Buttons in the Sequencer section of the are used to start and stop the Sequencer, and to enter the various other Sequencer States. These buttons are similar to the Play, Stop and Record Sequencer Foot Switch Stop•Cont...
  • Page 100 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual SEQUENCER STATES EDIT Status On all Sequencer Pages except the CREATE/ERASE Page and the Page. the of the Sequencer is always shown in the lower-left corner of the Display. This tells you which State the Sequencer is in at any given time.
  • Page 101 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual AUDP —Audition Play. Record This State is entered automatically from when the end of the Sequence Record Audition Play, LOOP=ON). is reached (assuming After leaving and entering Sequence will continue to play in this state, with the newly recorded Track, until you press the •...
  • Page 102 Original Track, and to Keep (enter into Sequencer Memory) whichever you want. PLAY/KEEP When you are on the Page, most of the other SQ-80 Pages and functions are inactive. You will not be allowed to do much other than Audition the new and original Tracks, until you make a decision •...
  • Page 103 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual SAVE CHANGES TO OLD SEQUENCE Track Data Along with the (the Notes and Controllers that are recorded on each Track) there are several other parameters that are saved with each Sequence. These are: − Tempo of the Sequence...
  • Page 104 Pressing *YES* installs the altered settings of any parameters you changed into Sequencer Memory. Pressing *NO* leaves the Sequence as it was before you changed it. After you answer, the SQ-80 will immediately Play, change Sequences, or whatever you had instructed it to do.
  • Page 105 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual TRACKS ABOUT TRACKS SQ-80 Because the Synthesizer and Sequencer sections of the are interrelated in certain ways. it is important to understand that almost all Sequencer functions have some effect on the Synthesizer — Tracks. especially those which deal with...
  • Page 106 Buttons, as shown above. Each Track has a Local Program — an SQ-80 sound that will play what is recorded on the Track. and will play from the keyboard when that Track is selected (unless a MIDI only Status has been selected).
  • Page 107 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Track 2, Now select and the Page looks like this: Selecting The Program from Track 1 was "carried over and assigned to Track 2 when it was selected. an UNUSED Track automatically assigns that Track the Program, and all the Mix MIDI Data, •...
  • Page 108 Song can be Played when no Track is selected, and you can play along, with the Current Program, which is independent of all eight Tracks. The elusive Ninth Track! When no Track is selected. if you enter Record. the SQ-80 will automatically put you on the Track that was last selected, and will record on that Track.
  • Page 109 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual to" a Cartridge Program, but no Cartridge is inserted. When this is the case. the Internal Program that is in the same relative Memory Location as the missing Cartridge Program will play on that Track until the Cartridge is re-inserted (or until another Program is selected for the Track).
  • Page 110 Page too much, except to balance the output levels of the different Tracks (Mix down). But once you start serious MIDI Sequencing — driving numerous external instruments from the SQ-80 — this page becomes the control center for your entire MIDI rig. From here Status...
  • Page 111 BOTH LOCAL MIDI Playing the SQ-80 keyboard T h e c h a r t t o t h e plays locally on the SQ-80 right details the be- Playing the SQ-80 keyboard havior of a selected sends out MIDI...
  • Page 112 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual TRACK PROG NUM — Track Program Number From this Page you can adjust the Program a Track plays in terms of its MIDI Program Number. This is the number of the Program Change that will be sent out over MIDI when a Sequence is selected, or comes around in a Song.
  • Page 113 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Now press *MORE* • the Mix MIDI (or press button again). TRACK MIX TRACK MIX the LOCAL, or Internal, determines the relative volume of each Track. This controls volume of a Track, as well as MIDI Volume (MIDI Controller #7). When a new Sequence is selected, each Track sends out MIDI Volume information on its selected MIDI Channel.
  • Page 114 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual TRACK MIDI CHANNEL MIDI Channel. From this Sub-page, each Track of a Sequence is assigned its own The Track will always SQ-80 send information on that Channel, and only on that Channel. This applies to playing the...
  • Page 115 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual [CONTROL] SEQUENCER CONTROL PAGE Controls Clock Source, Loop and Metronome Parameters (Inactive Buttons appear in White) CONTROL Before recording or playing back a Sequence, you will want to select the Page and adjust CLICK its parameters to suit your current needs. From this Page you control the...
  • Page 116 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual You can, however, use this control to adjust which beats of the measure the Click will play on. you are recording something with a shuffle feel. for example, you might want to set the METRONOME to 1/8th-note Triplets. Any value which is valid within the Sequence's Time...
  • Page 117 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Click Volume The volume of the Track is fixed, and is not affected by the Control of the Click Click With the ON, first adjust your mixer or amplifier so that the plays at an appropriate level. Then use the Volume Control to set the Synthesizer volume to the proper level Click.
  • Page 118 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual [LOCATE] SEQUENCE LOCATE PAGE Provides information about location within a Sequence; Allows access to any Bar within a Sequence; Adjusts Tempo; Shows Time Signature and Selected Track. Inactive Buttons appear in White) LOCATE Play Page appears whenever the Sequencer is put into the...
  • Page 119 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual BAR= Stop Tells you which Bar of the Sequence is playing; or, if the Sequencer is in Mode, which Bar it Stop•Cont. will play from if you press TMP= Tempo of the Sequence, in Beats per minute, is displayed here, and is continuously controlled by the Data Entry Slider and the Up and Down Arrow Buttons.
  • Page 120 For Creating new Sequences or Songs, Erasing existing Sequences or Songs, and Erasing all Sequencer Memory. Until a Sequence or Song has been created, it is just an empty, undefined slot in the SQ-80's Memory, and cannot be selected or played. An undefined Sequence will be shown on the Sequence Select Page as XXX - 05, instead of SEQ - 05, which is how a Sequence appears after it has been defined.
  • Page 121 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual ____ > Select a Memory Location. Use the Data Entry Slider and the Up and Down Arrow Buttons to select which Sequence Memory Location you wish to create the new Sequence in. Only the numbers of empty, or undefined, Locations are available for selection.
  • Page 122 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual LEFT RIGHT to scroll the available characters and the Buttons to move the Cursor, until the Display shows the Song Name you want. *YES* > Press to Create the Song. You will then be placed on the SONG EDIT Page from which *NO* you can combine Sequences to form a Song (see SONG EDIT Page, p.
  • Page 123 Sequencing on the SQ-80 alone You may or may not own a roomful of other MIDI Instruments to sequence from the SQ-80 — either way you will find that the SQ-80 Sequencer allows you to create poly-timbral recordings with amazing ease.
  • Page 124 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Press STOP to halt recording. When you get to the end of what you want to record, press the STOP Button, or the Footswitch. to stop the Sequencer. After recording the First Track, the Display shows the Following: Press *YES* to accept the First Track.
  • Page 125 Track until: • The end of the Sequence is reached, or o You press STOP (or hit the Sequencer Foot Switch). At the end of the Sequence. the SQ-80 will leave Record Mode and (assuming LOOP=ON) enter Audition Play "AUDP."...
  • Page 126 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual OVERDUB Mode — "Punching In" Overdub The second method of entering Record is to "Punch in" using the Mode. Whenever the Record Overdub. is in Play, pressing the Button puts it into The message ODUB flashes in the lower- Sequencer Foot Switch, left corner.
  • Page 127 So if, for example, you want to replace the first part of a Track but leave Stop, Play the rest intact, you can do so by simply pressing Sequencer Foot Switch at the point where you wish to Punch Out. MIDI SEQUENCING ON THE SQ-80 MIDI Basic Connections SQ-80...
  • Page 128 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual SQ-80. This set up is ideal for controlling everything right from the Simply by selecting the Track which is set to the same MIDI Channel as to a particular instrument, you can: SQ-80 1) Play that instrument from the Keyboard;...
  • Page 129 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual When each Destination Instrument is always set to its own distinct MIDI Channel, it also means that different Sequences recorded at different times will always play the right instrument on the right Track. > Set to OMNI OFF.
  • Page 130 Sub-page, adjust the Program, or Patch, of the Receiving Unit to the one you want. Playing the SQ-80 Keyboard should now play the appropriate synth (or whatever) with the appropriate sound. You now Record a Track, with that instrument, just as you would an Internal Track, as described Recording Other Tracks.
  • Page 131 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual You can Re-record the Track, Punch In or Punch Out, as described earlier, just as you would for Tracks that play Internally. Note: Most often you will be recording Sequences which contain some MIDI Tracks and some LOCAL...
  • Page 132 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual SEQUENCER EDIT FUNCTIONS [EDIT] EDIT PAGE For Editing Tracks, Sequences, Songs and Step Editing The EDIT Page is actually many pages in one. Unlike most of the Programming Pages, which are self- contained, the EDIT Page is really just the starting point for all the EDIT functions. Though there are many different tasks that are performed from this Page, the Display always leads you logically to the one you want, with a series of Menus and Dialogue Pages.
  • Page 133 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual 8) TRACK — TRACK: Five EDIT functions are available for editing an individual − TRANSPOSE — This function allows you to transpose a Track up or down in pitch by as much as a full octave in either direction.
  • Page 134 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual TRACK EDIT FUNCTIONS: 2 or 3) TRANSPOSE (Pressing either the #2 or #3 "Soft" Button will select Transpose.) This function Transposes (raises or lowers the the pitch of) all the notes in a Track, by as much as one octave up or down.
  • Page 135 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual 6) QUANTIZE — Auto-Correct Quantize or Auto-Correct function can take a less than perfect Track and put it right on the beat. SQ-80 uses post-quantization — that is, you first record a Track, then apply the Auto-Correct later as an Editing option.
  • Page 136 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual You can now audition the Quantized Track, to see if the effect was what you wanted. Play the • Stop Cont new (Quantized) Track, or the Original (Unquantized) Track, pressing to halt the Auto-Locate LOCATE Sequencer between plays. The...
  • Page 137 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual MERGE This EDIT Function takes all the Key and Controller Data from one Track and adds, or Merges it together with another Track. This allows you to record several different Tracks, all with the same Program and Configuration, and then Merge them into one.
  • Page 138 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual To COPY a Track to Another Track: Make sure the Track ou want to make a Copy of (the Source Track) is selected. - -> EDIT TRACK. > Select Page, and press COPY — -> Press the Display shows the following.:...
  • Page 139 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual STEP - TRACK STEP EDITING Step SQ-80 Editing function of the is a way of getting into a Track to make minute changes. It is STEP EDIT TRACK EDIT, important to understand that the Mode is an extension of...
  • Page 140 When, for example, Step Size=1/8, each time you press the "Soft" Button below STEP, the Sequence will be advanced by one eighth note, or twelve "ticks" of the SQ-80's Clock. When Step Size=1/4, each time you press STEP, the Sequence will be advanced by one quarter note, or twenty-four "ticks"...
  • Page 141 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual IN — Punch In SQ-80 Record, Pressing this Button puts the into causing the word to be underlined. Remember that all recording will be done on the selected Track. The right Track must be selected EDIT before you enter the Page.
  • Page 142 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual STEP CLOCK Button to get into the area where you want to edit, then slowly press to find the exact note. 10. EXIT EXIT EDIT If you haven't Recorded anything, pressing simply returns you to the Page.
  • Page 143 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual CLOCK 4) Press once. This records over the Key Down of the note. 5) Now press to Punch Out. The Note is gone. (Since you Erased the Key Down and then Punched out, the Key Up was erased automatically.)
  • Page 144 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual To APPEND a Sequence to the Selected Sequence: EDIT SEQ. —> Select Page, and press APPEND — — > Press the Display shows the following: > Use the Data Entry Slider and the Up and Down Arrow But-...
  • Page 145 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual the Bar selected in the previous step. ( If you wish to Add more than 99 Bars, just do the procedure more than once.) *YES* > Press the selected number of Bars to the selected Sequence. You will then be...
  • Page 146 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual experiments aren't completely successful. You can't Copy a Sequence into a Location that already has one. The Destination Sequence Location must be blank. To COPY a Sequence to Another Location: –> Make sure the Sequence you want to make a Copy of (the Source Sequence) is selected.
  • Page 147 Sequence is the Current Step in a Song the Song is stopped. If you find yourself trying to make changes to a Sequence, and the SQ-80 keeps changing them back, or otherwise reacting strangely, make sure you are not in Song Mode. Section 4 — The Sequencer...
  • Page 148 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual SONG EDIT PAGE For Chaining Sequences together to make Songs. Inactive Buttons Appear in W SONG EDIT Page SONG appears when you 1) Create a new Song, or 2) select from the menu EDIT on the Page.
  • Page 149 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual By using the same Sequence for several Steps, and transposing some of the Steps, you can save time and Sequence Memory. Remember though that if you have Drums, or similar sounds, on a Track, they will be Transposed too.
  • Page 150 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual MAKING A SONG Lets suppose that you have recorded a number of Sequences, and that you now want to Create a Song that consists of the following: Step 1— Sequence 04 for 2 times through, Step 2 — Sequence 05 for 1 time through, Step 3 —...
  • Page 151 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Step 6: STEP=06, TR=+00, NEXT. SEQ=XX, REP=XX. > Press The Display reads: − SEQ=10. Move the Data Entry Slider or the Up and Down Arrow Buttons until REP. REP=04. > Press Adjust to Check your Song −...
  • Page 152 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual TEMPO Control is still active, but any changes you make to a Sequence during a Step of a Song will be immediately forgotten as soon as the next Step comes around, unless you Stop the Song during the Sequence you changed.
  • Page 153 Tape Sync 143 ....Recording a Sync Track 144 ...... Syncing the SQ-80 to a Recorded Sync Track 144 ....System Controller Tricks—Sending 8 Program Changes at Once 145 ....Using the SQ-80 with a MIDI Guitar Controller 147 ....Playing the SQ-80 from an External Sequencer 147 ......
  • Page 154 > Set the SQ-80 to On the Page, select > Set the Drum Machine to send on a MIDI Channel that is not being used by the SQ-80 (Straight Real Time Synth or any Track.) Again, MIDI Clocks, Start, Stop and Continue are commands, and are sent and received regardless of MIDI Channel or Mode.
  • Page 155 Songs from a remote sequencer, computer or drum machine, and vice versa. They are set up as follows: MIDI Song selects # 00-19 SQ-80 Songs # 1-20. MIDI will select Song selects # 20-79 SQ-80 Sequences # 1-60.
  • Page 156 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Syncing the SQ-80 to a Recorded Sync Track − SQ-80 Connect the Tape In Jack of the to the output of the Track of your Tape Recorder which contains the Sync Track. — > Rewind the Tape Deck to a point before beginning of the recorded Sync Track.
  • Page 157 Sequence. No doubt you will come up with some applications of your own, based on your equipment and your needs. USING THE SQ-80 WITH A MIDI GUITAR CONTROLLER SQ-80 makes an ideal voice module to use with any MIDI Guitar Controller which is capable of sending in MONO Mode.
  • Page 158 1. When the Base Channel is I, as is the case in our example, Global controllers should be sent on Channel 16. • Remember that the SQ-80 Sequencer can only record one Track at a time. If you want to Record Tracks from the guitar Controller, you will have to record all six strings onto one Track (POLY Mode)
  • Page 159 Playing the SQ-80 from an External Sequencer Having used its built-in Sequencer, you already know that the SQ-80 can play lots of different sounds at once. If you already have a computer-based or stand-alone sequencer that you like, you'll find that you can access the SQ-80's Multi-timbral capabilities in much the same way via MIDI.
  • Page 160 Keys, Controllers and Program Changes independently to each unit by sending MIDI on the proper Channel. The SQ-80 as Nine Synthesizers MIDI SQ-80 As we have discussed earlier, when you select MULTI Mode on the...
  • Page 161 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual SQ-80 As you can see, the set-up is similar to the earlier POLY Mode example, except that now the ESQ-M Mirage responding to nine MIDI Channels rather than one. The and the have been set to receive on MIDI Channels 10 and 11 respectively.
  • Page 162 Diagram A. Snowstorm in Alaska...
  • Page 163 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual SECTION 6 D A T A S T O R A G E Disk, MIDI, Cartridge, and Tape Functions 153 ....STORAGE (Disk) — Storage Page 153 ....CARTRIDGE— Bank Copy 154 ......Transferring Internal Programs to a Cartridge 154 ......Transferring Cartridge Programs to the Internal Memory...
  • Page 164 174 ....LOADING System Exclusive Data from Disk to an External Device 176 ...... DELETING System Exclusive Files from the Disk 177 ....MIDI TRANSFER OF SQ-80 DATA 177 ....Sending Programs via MIDI 178 ...... Sending Sequencer Data via MIDI 180 ......
  • Page 165 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual [STORAGE (Disk)] STORAGE PAGE For Saving and Loading Data to Disk, to Cartridge, Over MIDI or to Audio Tape. SQ-80's Disk Storage All of the functions (including System Exclusive storage) are handled from the Storage Page. In addition, the Page is used to send and load Program and Sequence Data to various other media for saving and storage.
  • Page 166 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Transferring Internal Programs to a Cartridge To Transfer all 40 INTERNAL Programs to CART A: − ENSONIQ E PROM Storage Cartridge > Insert an in the Program Cartridge Slot. − STORAGE > Select the Page. −...
  • Page 167 Disk Storage — Using the Disk Drive to Save and Load Data The SQ-80's built-in Disk Drive can be used to store all your Sound and Sequencer data, as well as System Exclusive messages from other MIDI devices. The SQ-80 has a double-sided drive, which can store over 800 Kilobytes of data per disk.
  • Page 168 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual 40 such banks per disk (that's 1600 Programs). Plus • 128 Single Programs — 128 Individual Programs can be stored on disk. This is useful for mixing, and matching Programs between different Banks. Each formatted Disk has space allocated for all of the above. These are fixed partitions — you cannot save more than ten Sequencer/Sys-Ex Blocks on a disk.
  • Page 169 FORMAT — Formatting a Blank Disk Before it can be used by the SQ-80 to store data, a disk must be formatted. Formatting puts information SQ-80 on the disk which the needs to read and write files.
  • Page 170 > DISK CONTROLLER ERROR - CONSULT MANUAL — If this message appears during any disk procedure, it might indicate a hardware problem with the SQ-80's Disk Drive controller chip. Try a different disk; if the message persists, consult an authorized ENSONIQ Service Center.
  • Page 171 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual − > ALL (SEQ) —Allows you to save the entire Sequencer Memory (all Songs and Sequences) to Disk. Each time you save ALL SEQ the data takes up one of the ten available Sequencer/Sys-Ex Blocks on the disk.
  • Page 172 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual DIRECTORY FROM DISK." Then the Disk Save Menu appears as shown earlier. - ALL. > Press The following Display appears: -> Name the Sequencer data. The default name is shown as ten dots, with a Cursor (underline) beneath the first character.
  • Page 173 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual To Save the Current Program to disk: − Insert a formatted 3.5" Double-Sided Double-Density disk into the Disk Drive − > Make sure the Program you want to save is selected (underlined). The Program can be in the Internal Memory or on a Cartridge.
  • Page 174 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual WARNING: SQ-80 You must select the proper file before answering *YES*. The does not automatically know which file you loaded in the first place. If you are updating an ALL SEQ file, SQ-80 for example, and you scroll to the wrong ALL SEQ file and then answer *YES*, the will save the current Sequencer Memory to that disk location, wiping out the wrong file.
  • Page 175 -> ONE (SEQ) — This lets you Load a single Sequence from the disk into the Internal memory of the SQ-80. When One Sequence is Loaded from disk, it is placed in the highest-numbered empty location in the Sequencer Memory.
  • Page 176 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Files which contain no data (and are thus available for saving data to) will show "EMPTY FILE" as the File Name, and TYPE=XXX as the File type. You can't load an Empty File. Find the Sequence File you want to load. Again, its File Type must be ONE. If there are no files...
  • Page 177 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Files which contain no data (and are thus available for saving data to) will show "EMPTY FILE" as the File Name, and TYPE=XXX as the File type. You can't load an Empty File. > Find the Sequencer File you want to load. Again, its File Type must be ALL. If there are no...

  • Page 178: Write Page

    SQ-80 — Musician's Manual To Load a Single Program from disk: − > Insert the disk containing the Program data into the Disk Drive. Storage Storage -> Press the button to go to the Page. DISK. -> Press The Disk Storage menu appears.
  • Page 179 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual DELETE — Deleting Files from a Disk Keeping your Disk Files in good order will sometimes require you to Delete (or remove) files which you DELETE no longer need. When you press from the Disk Storage Menu, you are presented with the...
  • Page 180 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual -> Find the Sequence File you want to Delete. Again, its File Type must be ONE. If there are no files of this type on the disk, press *NO* to exit to the Storage Page. Once the file you want is showing on the Display...
  • Page 181 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Storage Bank DISK DRIVE..." and then returns to the Page. The file is Deleted and the Program block it occupied on the disk is now available. *NO* Or Press to cancel the procedure for any reason.
  • Page 182 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual COPY — Making a Backup Copy of a Disk The COPY function lets you duplicate the contents of one disk (the Source Disk) onto another disk (the Destination Disk). It is a good practice to regularly back up your valuable data in this way.
  • Page 183 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual STORING SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE MESSAGES TO DISK What are System Exclusives? Some MIDI information—such as Key events, Controllers, Program Changes, etc.— is understood by virtually all MIDI devices, regardless of manufacturer. The common ability to send and receive these...
  • Page 184 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Of course you should save your work frequently whether or not you use the Sys-Ex Storage feature of SQ-80 — that is a good practice when working with any computer. But it is especially important to...
  • Page 185 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual − > When a complete message has been received, the following Display will appear: The Display shows how many bytes of memory are left. At this point, assuming there's enough memory, you can send SQ-80 another System Ex-...
  • Page 186 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Updating an Existing Sys-Ex File If you want to save an updated version of System Exclusive data already on the disk, press UPDATE OLD FILE after pressing- SAVE. • The procedure for receiving the data is the same as for Saving a new file.
  • Page 187 Instrument involves three steps: 1) First you prepare the receiving Instrument(s) to receive System Exclusive messages via MIDI: 2) next, you Load the data from the SQ-80's Disk Drive into Memory: and then SQ-80. 3) you transmit the data to the remote Instrument(s) from the...
  • Page 188 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual *YES*. -> Press The Display reads "ACCESSING DISK DRIVE,.," while the data is being Loaded. Once the data is in memory, the following screen appears: SEND -> Press to transmit the data. The Display reads "MIDI D A T A B E I N G T R A N S - FERRED"...
  • Page 189 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual MIDI TRANSFER OF SQ-80 DATA SQ-80 can be instructed to send Program and Sequencer Data over MIDI. (These Program and " Sequence "dumps are System Exclusive messages, like those discussed earlier.) Though these SQ-80, procedures are meant for sending data to another they can also be used to send data to any other ESQ-1.
  • Page 190 Sequencer Data to a computer or generic System Exclusive receiver (though since the SQ-80 has its own built-in Disk Drive this won't often be necessary). You can send one Sequence (CURRENT SEQUENCE) to an ESQ-1 via MIDI, but an ESQ-1 cannot receive the entire Sequencer memory (ALL SEQUENCER DATA) from an SQ-80 because of the SQ-80's greater number of Songs and Sequences.
  • Page 191 Receiving SQ-80, replacing whatever was there previously. -> If the Display says *DATA TRANSMITTED - CHECK RECEIVER*, this means that the sending SQ 80 did not receive the expected response from a receiving SQ-80, but it sent the data anyway. •...
  • Page 192 Sequences on the receiving SQ-80 and try again. — > If the Display says *DATA TRANSMITTED - CHECK RECEIVER*, this means that the sending SQ-80 did not receive the expected response from a receiving SQ-80. but it sent the data anyway. •...
  • Page 193 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual TAPE STORAGE The following types of information can be saved to audio Tape (cassette or reel-to-reel) and later loaded SQ-80's back into the Memory from Tape: • The forty Internal Programs, • The entire Sequencer memory, or •...
  • Page 194 (very annoying). To VERIFY SQ-80 Data Saved to Audio Tape > Connect the Output of the channel of your tape recorder that contains the Program Data to the SQ-80's Tape In Jack.
  • Page 195 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual > Rewind the Tape Deck to the beginning of the Data to be Verified. VERIFY. > Press The Display shows the following: > Start the Tape Deck Playing. Listen to the Output, or watch the VU meters, and wait for the Leader Tone which precedes the Data to begin.
  • Page 196 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual LOAD. > Press The Display shows the following: > Start the Tape Deck Playing. Listen to the Output, or watch the VU meters, and wait for the Leader Tone, which precedes the Data, to begin. ONE SEQ, ALL SEQ INT BANKS, >...
  • Page 197 2) *INCORRECT TYPE OF DATA ON TAPE* — same as above 3) *SEQUENCE LOAD FAILED — TAPE ERROR* SQ-80 If the cannot Load the Sequence SQ-80 because of bad Data on the tape or too high a level, the this message will! appear. The will not erase the entire Sequencer Memory while trying unsuccessfully to Load one Sequence.
  • Page 198 Diagram B. Close-up of Key C4...
  • Page 199 80 — Musician's Manual SECTION 7 APPENDICES 188 ....Appendix 1 — MIDI Program Numbers on the SQ-80 189 ....Appendix 2 — SQ-80 MIDI Implementation Specification 197 ....Appendix 3 — SQ-80 Parameter Number List 201 ....Appendix 4 — SQ-80 MIDI Implementation Chart 202 ....Appendix 5 —...
  • Page 200 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual MIDI Program Numbers on the SQ-80 SQ-80. The Chart below shows the Program Number of each Internal and Cartridge Program on the each Program Bank, the chart shows the Program number that corresponds to each of the ten locations SQ-80 on the Display.
  • Page 201 (This is used in the ESQ-1 to determine whether or not the sequencer memory expansion cartridge is required to load the sequence data. It is not an issue with the SQ-80, which as enough internal memory to accommodate any ESQ-1 Sequencer dump.) 1.1.2 Sequencer Variables Request...
  • Page 202 2,2 Program Dumps To be able to receive this data. the SQ-80 must be in program select mode (i.e. one of the program bank pages must be displayed) and the MIDI enable parameter on the MIDI page must he set to receive system exclusive messages.
  • Page 203 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual 2.3.1 All Sequence Dump Alert Packet This message is transmitted by the sending SQ-80 to inform the receiving unit that it wishes to dump the entire sequencer memory. Note: this message will not be recognized by an ESQ-1.
  • Page 204 ESQ/SQ-80 System Exclusive Header 00001001 Program Dump Request code 11110111 End of exclusive 2.4.2 All Program Dump Request This request asks the SQ-80 to dump all 40 of its internal programs. The SQ-80 responds with an All Program SQ-80 MIDI Implementation Specification...
  • Page 205 2.4.3 All Sequence Dump Request This request asks the SQ-80 to dump all sequencer data. The SQ-80 responds with a Sequence Dump Alert Packet (2.3.1). The requesting unit should then respond with an accept or reject packet as described in section 2.3.1...
  • Page 206 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual B u t t o n C o d e s Down SQ-80 MIDI Implementation Specification...
  • Page 207 51 decimal or $33 hex. The Button Code 00 is reserved for illegal key events within the system and should not be sent to the SQ-80 . Also, button codes out of the range specified in the above table should not be sent to the SQ-80.
  • Page 208 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual 2.7.2 Device ID Message When the SQ-80 receives a correctly formatted MIDI Device Inquiry message it will respond with the following Device ID Message. This message follows the MMA recommendations for device ID messages, and contains information about the responding device including manufacturer, product family and software revision.
  • Page 209 The numbers below are the numbers that are sent in the Parameter Select controllers (MIDI Controller #'s 98 and 99). Note that the SQ-80 will recognize MIDI Parameter Selects only if System Exclusive messages are enabled (ENABLE=KEYS+CT+PC+SS+SX on the MIDI Page.)
  • Page 210 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Page Param # P a r a m e t e r d e c h e x ENV4 ENV4 L1 parameter ENV4 L2 parameter ENV4 L3 parameter ENV4 LV parameter ENV4 T1V parameter ENV4 T1 parameter...
  • Page 211 DCA3 modulation source 2 parameter 105 69 DCA3 modulation amount 2 parameter DCA4 106 6A DCA4 modamt parameter 107 6B PAN position parameter 108 6C PAN modulation source parameter 109 6D PAN modulation amount parameter SQ-80 M I D I Parameter Numbers...
  • Page 212 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Param # Parameter Page d e c h e x FILTER 110 6E FILTER Fc (cutoff) parameter FILTER Q (resonance) parameter 112 70 FILTER modulation amount 3 parameter 113 71 FILTER modulation source 1 parameter 114 72...
  • Page 213 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual SQ-80 MIDI Implementation Chart...
  • Page 214 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Program Control Block Structure...
  • Page 215 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual Program Control Block Structure...
  • Page 218 SQ-80 — Musician's Manual SQ-80 SPECIFICATIONS MIDI KEYBOARD • Poly, Omni, Multi and Mono modes • 61 note (C-C) weighted-action keyboard with • "MIDI Overflow Mode" permits slaving velocity sensitivity and Key pressure ( polyphonic additional units for 16 or more voices after-touch) •...
  • Page 219 " I N S T R U C T I O N S P E R T A I N I N G T O A R I S K O F F I R E , E L E C T R I C S H O C K , O R I N J U R Y T O P E R S O N S " I M P O R T A N T S A F E T Y I N S T R U C T I O N S WARNING—When using electric products, basic precautions should always be followed, including the following:...
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