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ENSONIQ ESQ-M Musician's Manual

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  • Page 2 M u s i c i a n ' s M a n u a l Version 1.0 ESQm Soft Copy Manual Creation and Revision Information OCR and PDF conversion by Mark Wynkoop http://www.markwynkoop.com/ Version 1 September 2007 1. Pages 31, 32 missing 2.
  • Page 3 All Rights Reserved 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 4: Table Of Contents

    19 Section 2 - Getting in Deeper PROGRAM Mode - Changing Programs & Tracks Changing Programs Track 0 Changing Tracks More About Tracks Diagram — The ESQ-M as Nine "Virtual" Synthesizers PARAMETER Mode About Parametric Programming Pages The Param button The Control Keypad...
  • Page 5 29 Section 3 - "Global" Functions MASTER Page Controls Master Tuning, Velocity Sensitivity, Pedal Function & Pitch Bend 32 MIDI Page Controls The ESQ-M's MIDI Configuration 39 Section 4 - Programming the ESQ-M Waveforms Digital Waveform Memory What's a Waveform? Synthetic Waveforms Sampled &...
  • Page 6 Using the ESQ-M with a MIDI Guitar Controller The ESQ-M in conjunction with an ESQ-1 Programming the ESQ-M from an ESQ-1: System Exclusive Messages Sequencing the ESQ-M from an ESQ-1 MIDI Overflow Mode - the ESQ-M as a voice expander for an ESQ-1 Table of Contents...
  • Page 7 ESQ-M — Musician's Manual 101 Section 7 - Appendices About the Program Sheet ESQ-1 to ESQ-M Parameter Reference Blank Program Sheet Program Control Block Structure ESQ-M MIDI Implementation Chart ESQ-M MIDI Implementation Specifications ESQ-M MIDI Parameter List ESQ-M Specifications Introduction...

  • Page 8: Introduction

    If, however, you are one of those who li kes to explore ever y capabilit y of an instrument, and tends to push things to the limit, you are in for a treat. The ESQ-M is just the kind of machine you've been waiting for.
  • Page 9 However, if you can open your mind to a few new concepts (like Track 0), allow yourself to experiment a little, and when all else fails read the Manual, you'll find the ESQ-M becoming one of the most-used, and most useful, instruments in your entire rig.

  • Page 10: Section 1- Getting Started

    ESQ-M — Musician's Manual Section 1 — Getting Started...

  • Page 11: Basic Connections

    BASIC CONNECTIONS POWER Insert the Power Cable into the receptacle on the back of the ESQ-M. Plug the other end of the cable into a grounded AC outlet. (The proper voltage for your ESQ-M is listed on the Serial Number Label on the Rear Panel.) Turn on the ESQ-M and make sure the Display lights up.

  • Page 12: Rear Panel Connections

    M in Stereo, connect this Output to a channel of connected to this input with a standard Spin your Mixer and pan that channel Left. To MIDI cable in order for the ESQ-M to make any operate the ESQ-M in Mono, use this jack sound.

  • Page 13: Front Panel Controls

    Front Panel buttons, the Volume and Data Entry Sliders, and the 16-character fluorescent Display. Many of the controls perform multiple functions depending on what mode the ESQ-M is in You should read the following descriptions carefully in order to get the most out of your ESQ-M. Parameter mode. In Parameter mode the...
  • Page 14 3) the Program number of that Program in it was previously. Once you select a Page, the Internal or Cartridge memory the ESQ-M again waits about 2 seconds for ( ex.— 001) . you to directly enter a parameter number,...
  • Page 15 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual answer "YES" and proceed, or answer "NO" and c a n , h o w e v e r , s c r o l l b a c k w a r d s , t o t h e cancel the procedure.

  • Page 16: Making Noise

    Move the Data Entry Slider up and then all the way down What you have just done is to 1) put the ESQ-M into Program mode, and then 2) select Program #1 (by moving the Data Entry Slider all the way down). The ESQ-M is now on Track 0 with Program #1 selected.

  • Page 17: Internal Memory

    Cartridge facing right-side-up. The Cartridge Memory consists of Programs 041 through 120. The contents of an ENSONIQ Program cartridge are divided into two Banks of forty Programs each. Bank A contains Programs 041 through 080. Bank B contains Programs 081 through 120.

  • Page 18: Selecting A Program

    There is a timer function at work when you enter Program Numbers directly — after you enter a valid digit, the ESQ-M waits two seconds for you to enter another valid digit. If you don't, it goes back to the original program.

  • Page 19: When You Remove The Cartridge

    ENSONIQ Repair Station. The battery that came in your ESQ-M is good for up to ten years of life. You will know when it needs replacing, because the ESQ-M will tell you so. One day you will switch the Power ON, and...

  • Page 20: Section 2 - Getting In Deeper

    ESQ-M — Musician's Manual Section 3 — Getting In Deeper...

  • Page 21: Program Mode - Changing Programs & Tracks

    Track 0, as will Track 2, Track 3, and so on. As it comes out of the box, your ESQ-M will be in OMNI mode — that is, it will respond to all enabled data coming in on any MIDI Channel. This is fine if it's the only remote MIDI instrument you'll be using.

  • Page 22: Changing Tracks

    Track. The display will now show the number of the new Track, along with the Program on that Track and it's Program Number. If the ESQ-M is in OMNI or POLY Mode, the sound you hear will change to that of the new Track (this is not the case in MULTI or MONO Modes).

  • Page 23: Midi Page

    MIDI Channel of each Track, and whatever values you select will be remembered by the even when the power is Off. See the Section on the ESQ-M, MIDI Page 32) for more details. The ESQ-M as nine "virtual" synthesizers...
  • Page 24 Scroll button to advance to the next parameter on the Page. You can think of the ESQ-M in relation to a book -- when the ESQ-M is in Parameter mode, each time you press one of the buttons on the Control Keypad, you are in effect "turning to"...
  • Page 25 Page. SELECTING A PAGE To select to a new Page, first press the Param button to make sure the ESQ-M is in Parameter mode. The display will show the currently selected Page and Parameter, as illustrated previously. To select a different Page, press the button directly above the Page Name.
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  • Page 28 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual THE EDIT BUFFER & THE EDIT PROGRAM You can edit a Program, while keeping the original Program intact, because the edited version is kept in a special area of Memory called the Edit Buffer. Whenever you change any parameter of a Program, the altered Program is put in the Edit Buffer, replacing whatever was previously there.
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  • Page 30 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual Section 3 — "Global" Functions...
  • Page 31 ----> PEDAL=MOD — This is the default value. When PEDAL=MOD, the Foot Pedal will act as a Modulator in the Voice section of the ESQ-M and will have an effect on the sound when PEDAL is selected as a Modulator.
  • Page 32 Note that the ESQ-M must be enabled (on the MIDI Page) to receive Controllers, or else parameters 3 and 4 will have no effect, as Pitch Bend information will not be recognized. See the following section for details on the MIDI Page.

  • Page 33: Controls The Esq-M's Midi Configuration

    MIDI to act like a single 16 Voice synthesizer. You most likely won't be using Overflow on the ESQ-M unless you have two of them. A more practical use of Overflow arises if you have an ESQ-1 driving an ESQ-M. When you turn on Overflow at the ESQ-1, it will send out via MIDI any notes that are played after all eight of its voices are busy (it won't "steal"...
  • Page 34 You won't know why this is happening, and will assume your ESQ-M is broken. The problem is that if Overflow mode is left on, the ESQ–M will send excess notes out via MIDI instead of playing them. The solution is to turn Overflow Off.
  • Page 35 OMNI is the default mode: when it first comes out of the box, or afte r the memory is re- initialized, the ESQ-M will be in OMNI mode. You'll have to select a different mode to use the ESQ-M in any but the simplest set-ups. Once you change the mode, the ESQ-M remains in the new mode until you change it again, even when you turn it off.
  • Page 36 ESQ-M. There are four possible states for this parameter: ----> KEYS — Key Events Only In this state the ESQ-M will send and receive only notes that are played on the Keyboard. Controllers (such as MOD Wheel, Pitch Bend, etc.), Program changes, and Parameter Changes will not be sent or received.
  • Page 37  For the same reason, this parameter is one of the very few on the ESQ-M whose value is not preserved exactly when the ESQ-M is turned Off and then On again. If System...
  • Page 38 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual the Base Channel will receive nothing. •  When any of the other Tracks (1-8) is selected, the Display will show the current Track T1, T2, T3, (indicated as etc.) and the Channel assigned to that Track (indicated as CHAN._ )
  • Page 39 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual PROG — Current Program on the Track This parameter shows, and lets you change, the number of the Program that is on the selected Track. Changing the Program here has exactly the same effect as changing the Program on the Program Page (with the Data Entry Slider or the Up and Down Arrow buttons).

  • Page 40: Section 4 - Programming The Esq-M

    ESQ-M - Musician's Manual Section 4 — Programming the ESQ-M...

  • Page 41: Waveforms

    WHAT'S A WAVEFORM? The Waveforms are the "raw material" of the sounds that the ESQ-M makes. A waveform is a single cycle of a sound wave. It is Digitized, or converted into a series of numbers, and stored in the ESQ–M's Digital Waveform Memory.

  • Page 42: Names

    Waveforms. You don't have to do anything special to use these Multisampled Waveforms. The ESQ-M treats each one as a single Waveform, and they are selected just like the others.

  • Page 43: The Waveforms

    ESQ-M – Musician's Manual THE WAVEFORMS CLASSIC SYNTH WAVEFORMS These Waveforms collectively form the bases of almost all classic Analog synthesizer sounds. Their inclusion here gives the ESQ-M its ability to make those sounds with the best of them. SAW — SAWTOOTH.
  • Page 44 ESQ-M - Musician's Manual ----> REED. One cycle from an Alto saxophone wave. With different Programs it can sound like different Reed Instruments. ----> ORGAN. This Waveform contains the fundamental and four Octaves (2nd, 4th, 8th, 16th and 32nd harmonics). Instant Pipe Organ. Also good for Bells.
  • Page 45 ESQ-M – 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 46: Modulators About Modulation

    MODULATORS ABOUT MODULATION To modulate something is simply to cause it to change. Within the Voice architecture of the ESQ-M 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 47: Modulation Depth

    "center out" almost any parameter, such as Master Tuning, Envelope Levels, etc. MODULATION SOURCES The 15 Modulation Sources available on the ESQ-M are as follows: ----> LFO 1, LFO 2 and LFO 3 The three Low Frequency Oscillators generate only very low frequency waves, which can produce Vibrato, Tremolo, and many other effects, depending on the LFO wave selected, and where it is applied as a Modulator.

  • Page 48: Envelopes

    (though assigning a negative Modulation depth will make the net result be to decrease a Manual Level with Velocity). VEL is velocity with a straight linear curve. Note that if you drive the ESQ-M from a controller which does not send key velocity, this parameter will have no effect. ----> VEL 2 This is Velocity with a different Curve.
  • Page 49 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual ----> KYBD — Keyboard Tracking Uses the position of a note on the Keyboard as a Modulator. The scaling effect of this Modulator is figured from MIDI key 0 to MIDI key 127. As the above illustration shows, the effect of KYBD is only positive-going (though a negative Modulation depth will reverse the effect).
  • Page 50 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual PEDAL — Voltage Control Foot Pedal This selects the Foot Pedal, with which many synthesizers are equipped, as a Modulator. (It SW-10 will also respond to the optional Foot Pedal, which can be plugged directly into the...
  • Page 51 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual USING MODULATORS Following are some examples of ways in which modulators are used within the voice architecture of the ESQ-M. Modulating Oscillator Volume The Volume of each of the three Oscillators within a Program depends on a combination of two things: 1.

  • Page 52: Negative Modulation

    ESQ-M – Musician's Manual Bear in mind that when you use an Envelope or an LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) 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 53: Limits Of Modulation

    ESQ-M – Musician's Manual ----> If, instead, we generate a Triangle-shape wave with one of the LFOs (Low Frequency Oscillators), and apply that LFO wave as a Modulator on the FILTER Page, its effect will be added to the Manual Level, and the Filter Cutoff Frequency will rise and fall with the cycles of the LFO.
  • Page 54 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. For each of the ESQ-M's 8 voices: --> Each Oscillator plays a Waveform from the Digital Waveform Memory;...
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  • Page 56: Programming Pages

    ESQ-M – Musician's Manual PROGRAMMING PAGES...

  • Page 57: Osc

    ESQ-M – Musician's Manual [OSC1] OSCILLATOR PITCH PAGE [OSC2] [OSC3] Controls Oscillator pitch and selects the waveform to be played. The format of the Oscillator Pitch Page is the same for [OSC 1], [OSC 2] and [OSC 3], although each of these Pages is entirely independent.
  • Page 58 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual WAVE Selects the Waveform that the Oscillator will play from among the 32 available Waveforms. (See WAVEFORMS, p. 40.) MOD1 — Modulator #1 Selects the first source of Modulation. The Modulators selected on this page affect only the of the Oscillator.

  • Page 59: Dca

    ESQ-M – Musician's Manual [DCA1] OSCILLATOR VOLUME PAGE [DCA2] [DCA3] Controls The Volume of Oscillators 1 through 3. The format of the Oscillator Volume Page is the same for DCA1, DCA2 and DCA3, although each of these Pages is entirely independent.
  • Page 60 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual OUTPUT — Oscillator Mute Turns the Output of the Oscillator ON or OFF. This control is very helpful when setting up complex Programs, as it allows you to silence any Oscillator, and listen to the others, without disturbing your settings.

  • Page 61: Dca 4 Page

    ESQ-M – Musician's Manual [DCA 4] FINAL VOLUME PAGE Controls Program Volume and Panning. Note: The Modulation Source for [DCA 4] is always [ENV 4]. The outputs of the three Oscillators, after passing through the Filter, go to [DCA4]. This Final DCA (Digitally Controlled Amplifier), together with [ENV4], which is fixed as its Modulator, determines the overall volume envelope of the Program.

  • Page 62: Filter Page

    ESQ-M – Musician's Manual PANLOC — Pan Location, Manual Level Pans the Program the between the Left and Right Outputs. Possible Values range from (all the way to the Left), to (all the way Right). A value of will pan the Program to Center.
  • Page 63 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual [ F I L T ] F I L T E R P A G E Controls the Four-Pole Low Pass Filter The outputs of the three Oscillators pass through the Filter before going to the Final Volume stage, [DCA4].
  • Page 64 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual KBD TRAC — Keyboard Filter Tracking This parameter sets the amount by which the location of a note on the keyboard will modulate Filter Cutoff Frequency. Keyboard Control Voltage (This is comparable to the most Analog synths.)
  • Page 65 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual [LFO 1] LOW-FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR PAGE [LFO 2] [LFO 3] Controls the three Low-Frequency Oscillators (LFO's) The format of the LFO Page is the same for [LFO 1], [LFO 2], and [LFO 3], although each of these Pages is independent. The Low Frequency Oscillators are used as Modulators, and may be applied wherever a Modulation Source is to be selected.
  • Page 66 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual NO TE: Controls # 4, 5, and 6 combine to f orm a li near Ram p w hich def ines t he LFO The Ramp goes from which is the starting Level, to which is...

  • Page 67: Understanding The Envelopes

    Times and Levels The four Envelopes on the ESQ-M are defined in terms of Time and Level. For each Envelope, you have control over four Time segments (TIME 1, TIME 2, TIME 3, and TIME 4) and three Levels (LEVEL 1, LEVEL 2 and LEVEL 3).
  • Page 68 Notice that the Envelope shape depicted above resembles the ADSR Envelope discussed earlier. Though this is only one of many shapes that are possible with the ESQ-M Envelopes, it is one of the most useful for modulating the Volume and Brightness of a Sound.
  • Page 69 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual Such an Envelope allows you to modulate a signal to levels below the Manual settings, as well as Filter Cutoff above them. Sa y you apply the Envelope shown above as a modulator to the Frequency.
  • Page 70 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual This could be a rather long, dramatic "slide", or an almost imperceptibly short one, depending on the value you assign to TIME 2. How much the Pitch is altered will depend on the value of LEVEL 1 and the Modulation depth.
  • Page 71 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual [VEL Tl] — Velocity Attack control The second velocity-related parameter is VEL T1 — Velocity Attack Control. As the name implies this parameter makes TIME 1, the Envelope attack time, respond to keyboard velocity. When the value of VEL T1 is increased, a harder keystrike will...
  • Page 72 ESQ-M - Musician's Manual ENVELOPE TIMES The chart below gives the approximate amount of Time, in seconds, that corresponds to each possible value of the Time components of the Envelopes (TIME 1, TIME 2, TIME 3 and TIME 4). The numbers in bold type are the values that can be assigned to TIME 1, TIME 2, TIME 3 or TIME 4;...
  • Page 73 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual [ E N V 1 ] E N V E L OP E P A G E [ENV [ENV [ENV 4] Controls the parameters of the four Envelopes. The format of the Envelope Page is the same for ENV 1, ENV 2, ENV 3 and ENV 4, although each Page is independent.
  • Page 74 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual VEL T1 — Velocity Attack Control This control makes TIME 1 respond to Keyboard Velocity. Raising its value will cause a decrease in the value of TIME 1 as a key is struck harder, shortening the Attack Time. The greater the value, the faster LEVEL 1 will be reached with a hard keystrike.

  • Page 75: Modes Page

    ESQ-M – Musician's Manual [MODES] MODES PAGE C o n t r o l s G l i d e , S y n c , A M , a n d M o n o M o d e s , a s w e l l a s V o i c e , E n v e l o p e a n d Oscillator Restart Modes.
  • Page 76 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual MONO In MONO mode the ESQ 1 behaves like a classic one-voice Monophonic synth. It is useful with lead-type sounds where chords are not necessary or desirable. With MONO mode ON, only one note can be played at a time. Priority is given to the last note played -- even if another note is being held down, the most recent note you play will sound.
  • Page 77 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual 7. ENV 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 ESQ 1 pays no attention to whether you hold the key down or let it go immediately —...

  • Page 78: Split/Layer Page

    Controls Splitting the Keyboard and Layering Different Sounds together Programs on the ESQ-M can be Layered (so that two Programs play at once over the whole keyboard), Split (so that each half of the keyboard plays a different Program), and Split/Layered (so that the Split Program is layered with yet another Program).
  • Page 79 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual When this control is selected, you can choose a new SPLIT/LAYER Program by using the Data Entry Slider and the Up and Down Arrow Buttons to browse through the various Programs in Memory until you find the one you want.
  • Page 80 Whenever you select a Layer Program, a Split Program, or a Split/Layer Program, the ESQ-M only "remembers" the Location of that Program in Internal or Cartridge Memory — not the Program itself. If you move a Program, put another in its place, or transfer an entire Bank of Programs, the Layer, Split, or Split/Layer Program on this Page might still be "pointing to"...
  • Page 81 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual 6. SPLITKEY — Select SPLIT T h i s d e s i g n a t e s t h e n o t e o n t h e k e y b o a r d a t w h i c h t h e P r o g r a m s w i l l S p l i t , i f...

  • Page 82: Programming Conventions

    ESQ-M – Musician's Manual PROGRAMMING CONVENTIONS There are a number of Programming conventions that have been followed within the 1 factory Programs. 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.
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  • Page 84: Section 5 - Saving And Storing Programs (& "Hidden" Functions)

    ESQ-M — Musician's Manual Section 5 — Saving and Storing Programs (and "Hidden" Functions)

  • Page 85: Write Page

    ESQ-M – Musician's Manual [ W R I T E ] W R I T E P A G E To Save a New or Edited Program into Memory, or Copy an Existing Program to another Location. SAVING A NEW PROGRAM INTO MEMORY...

  • Page 86: Bailing Out

    Compare light should not be lit. If it is, press the Param/Compare button until it goes out. Press the WRITE Button. Pressing the WRITE Button when the yellow Compare light is not lit causes the ESQ-M to ask you if you want to replace the Edit Program with the Current Program: REPLACE EDIT PRG...

  • Page 87: Storage Page - Data Transfer

    Scroll MIDI TRANSFER OF PROGRAMS The ESQ-M can be instructed to send Program Data over MIDI to another ESQ-M or ESQ-1. This Data could also be received by a Computer which has been programmed to receive such Data. Here we are concerned with sending Programs from one ESQ (the Sending Unit) to another (the Receiving Unit).

  • Page 88: Bank To Midi - Sending All Internal Programs To Another Esq

    Copying an entire Bank from a Cartridge to the Internal Memory takes only about two seconds. When the transfer is complete the ESQ-M will return to the Storage Page. The 40 Cart A Programs are now in the Internal Memory of the ESQ-M.

  • Page 89: Cart B To Int

    Bank from a Cartridge to the Internal Memory takes only about two seconds. When the transfer is complete the ESQ-M will return to the Storage Page. The 40 Cart B Programs are now in the Internal Memory of the ESQ-M.

  • Page 90: "Hidden" Functions

    SOFT RESET Soft Reset has the same effect as turning the ESQ-M's power off and then on again. Let's face it — there are those rare occasions when MIDI gets totally out of control and notes mysteriously hang, or some modulation effect just won't go away.

  • Page 91: Memory Reset

    ESQ-M – Musician's Manual MEMORY RESET Also referred to as re-initializing the ESQ-M. This is one function you do not want to treat lightly. Memory Reset will erase all the Internal Programs, and reset all "Global" parameters to their default, fresh-out-of-the-box, values. It is primarily used by service personnel after performing operations which can scramble the unit's memory, such as replacing the O.S.

  • Page 92: Section 6 - Applications

    ESQ-M — Musician's Manual Section 6 — Applications...
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  • Page 94: Using The Esq-M With A Sequencer

    If you haven't already done so, you should read the sections in this manual entitled "More About Tracks" (pp. 21- 22) and "MIDI Page" (pp. 32 -38) for a fuller understanding of the ESQ-M's MIDI controls and how to configure them to your particular needs.

  • Page 95: The Esq-M As Nine Synthesizers

    The illustration below shows a typical configuration with the ESQ-M in MULTI Mode: As you can see, the set-up is similar to the earlier POLY Mode example, except that now the ESQ-M is responding to nine MIDI Channels rather than one. The SPM-1 and the Mirage have been set to receive on MIDI Channels 10 and 11 respectively.

  • Page 96: Using The Esq-M With A Midi Guitar Controller

    Now you're ready to play. The picture om the next page shows the optimal settings for both the ESQ-M and the guitar synth. You will notice that since the guitar has only six strings it only sends to six of the ESQ-M's Tracks. Tracks 7 and 8 won't be used in this set-up. They would, however, respond to MIDI information on MIDI Channel 7 or 8 if any were to come in.
  • Page 97 Notes played on each string will play only the corresponding Track. Each String/Track combination is totally independent.  You can change the Program for each Track manually from the ESQ-M's front panel or by sending Program Changes from the controller via MIDI. ...
  • Page 98 ENABL=KCPSYS (Keys, Controllers, Program Changes and System Exclusive messages.) The ESQ-M will now respond to the Data Entry Slider and the Up and Down Arrow buttons of the ESQ-1, as well as Parameter Selects, and the Compare button. When, for instance, you select the WAVE parameter on the OSC1 Page of the ESQ-1, the same parameter will be selected on the ESQ–M.
  • Page 99 MIDI OVERFLOW MODE: THE ESQ-M AS A VOICE EXPANDER FOR AN ESQ-1 The second way to use the ESQ-M with an ESQ-1 is to turn on the ESQ-1's Overflow Mode and let the ESQ-M play when the ESQ-1 runs out of voices. This has the advantage of allowing the two instruments to function as a single synthesizer with 16 dynamically assigned voices.
  • Page 100 The first thing you need to do is to establish a standard for the relationship between the Tracks of the two units, and set each Track of the ESQ-M to the same MIDI Channel as the corresponding Track on the ESQ-1. The most logical and least confusing set-up is as follows: ESQ-1.
  • Page 101 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual if you are operating the ESQ-M and the ESQ-1 in stereo you should be sure to Pan the right outputs of both instruments right, and the left outputs of both instruments left, to avoid differences in the pan locations between the two instruments.

  • Page 102: Section 7 - Appendices

    ESQ-M — Musician's Manual Section 7 — Appendices...

  • Page 103: About The Program Sheet

    — it refers to parameter names as they appear on the ESQ-1. In most cases it will be obvious to you which parameter name on the Program Sheet corresponds to which ESQ-M parameter. But in a few cases you may not be sure. For this reason the table below has been provided as a reference to help you in using the Program Sheet to transcribe your own sounds or to program sounds which you have obtained in parameter sheet form..
  • Page 104 PROGRAM SHEET PROGRAM: DEPTH MOD#2 DEPTH OCT= SEMI= FINE = WAVE= MOD#1 --> OSC 1 OSC 2 OSC 3 I LEVEL= OUTPUT= MOD#1 . DEPTH MOD#2 DEPTH DCA 1 DCA 2 DCA 3 FREQ= KEYBD= MOD#1 DEPTH MOD#2 I DEPTH I Filter Fin&...
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  • Page 108 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual M O D E L : E S Q - M MIDI e: 3/16/87 Implementation Chart Version: 1.0 Function... Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Default 1- 16 1- 16 Channel Channel 1, 3, 4, Multi memorized Default...

  • Page 109: Esq-M Midi Implementation Specifications

    1.2 Program Dumps To be able to receive this data, the ESQ-M must be in program select mode (i.e. the program page must be displayed) and the MIDI enable parameter on the MIDI page must be set to receive system exclusive messages.
  • Page 110 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual 1.3 Received Virtual Keypad Events This system exclusive message allows an external device to simulate the pressing of the ESQ-M's front panel buttons. The format of the message is an ESQ System Exclusive Header, followed by the Keypad Command Code, and then a stream of button down and button up codes which is terminated by an End of Exclusive.
  • Page 111 1.4 Compare Button Status Message This message is both sent and received by the ESQ-M. It is sent whenever the Compare status of the ESQ-M is changed by pressing the Param/Compare button. The same message format is recognized when it is received from another ESQ product if recognition of system exclusive messages is enabled (MIDI ENABL=KCPSYS).
  • Page 112 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual 1.6 Device ID Message When the ESQ-M 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 113 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual Page Param # ENV2 ENV2 L1 parameter ENV2 L2 parameter ENV2 L3 parameter ENV2 LV parameter ENV2 T1V parameter ENV2 T1 parameter ENV2 T2 parameter ENV2 T3 parameter ENV2 T4 parameter ENV2 TK parameter ENV3 ENV3 Ll parameter...
  • Page 114 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual Param # Parameter Page LFO3 LFO3 frequency parameter LFO3 reset parameter LFO3 humanize switch parameter LFO3 modulation waveform parameter LFO3 Ll parameter LFO3 delay parameter LFO3 L2 parameter LFO3 modulation source parameter OSC1 OSC1 octave parameter...
  • Page 115 ESQ-M – Musician's Manual Param # dec Page Parameter DCA3 100 64 DCA3 level parameter 101 65 DCA3 output enable parameter 102 66 DCA3 modulation source 1 parameter 103 67 DCA3 modulation amount 1 parameter 104 68 DCA3 modulation source 2 parameter...
  • Page 116 ESQ-M — Musician's Manual Page Param # Parameter MIDI MIDI base channel parameter 138 8A MIDI overflow switch parameter 139 8B MIDI xcontrol parameter MIDI 140 8C pressure parameter MIDI mode 141 8D parameter MIDI enable parameter 142 8E * The parameters on the MIDI Page (137-142) can be selected but not modified via MIDI.

  • Page 117: Esq-M Specifications

     Poly, Omni, Multi and Mono modes One year, parts and labor Refer to Warranty card enclosed  "MIDI Overflow Mode" permits slaving other ESQ-M's for 16 or more voices (each ESQ-M Specifications subject to change without notice. adds 8 voices)

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