Tour 2: The Current Sample & Current Zone - E-Mu ESI-32 Operation Manual

Tour 2
The Current
Sample &
Current Zone
The ESI-32 has two modules dedicated exclusively to processing
samples within a preset: Sample Management and Digital Processing.
Each sample stored in a bank can be processed by the Digital Processing
module independently. Therefore, we need a way to specify the current
sample, which is the individual sample to be processed.
The concept of the current sample is important. To process one sample
out of a preset, select one sample to be the current sample, and process
it.
Zones are sections of the keyboard which can be selected to apply
Dynamic Processing parameters or to be copied, erased or loaded from
another preset. A copied zone contains samples as well as dynamic
parameters. A zone can be one key or the entire keyboard range.
To Identify Which Keyboard Keys Belong to Which Sample:
1. Activate the Preset Definition module.
2. Select 2. Edit Assignment.
000 pri D2
Sample
Number
001 Sample Name
& Name
No Secondary Sample
3. Play a key on the keyboard. Line two shows the preset number
and the last key pressed. Line three shows the primary sample
assigned to the key, and line four shows the secondary sample, if
any, assigned to the key. As you run your fingers up and down the
keyboard, the primary and or secondary sample numbers will
change indicating the keyboard range of those samples. Moving the
data entry control will also show you the sample boundaries.
4. Choose a sample and press ENTER. The display now shows the
range of the current zone on the upper line of the display. Don't play
any keys but press ENTER again. Now the display shows something
like this, where XX is the name of the key (such as D2).
EDIT ASSIGNMENT
Zone: XX to XX
Select High Key
EDIT ASSIGNMENT
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