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ENSONIQ VFX Musician's Manual
Dynamic component synthesizer
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Contents
Table of Contents
Bookmarks
Table of Contents
Grounding Instructions
Table of Contents
Power
AC Line Conditioning
Amplification
Running Your VFX through a Home Stereo System
Rear Panel Connections
Data Entry - Communicating with the VFX
Soft Buttons
Parameteric Programming
Pages
Sub-Pages
Changing a Parameter
Performance Controllers
Pressure (After-Touch)
Cartridge Insertion and Removal
Re-Initializing the Unit
Low Battery Voltage - When to Replace the Battery
Available Options
Playing Sounds and Presets
Program Memory
Bank Buttons
Selecting a Sound
Choosing Internal, ROM and Cartridge Sounds
Layering (Stacking) a Sound with the Selected Sound
Primary Sound Vs. Layered Sounds
About Tracks
Preset Mode Vs. Multi Mode
About Presets
Preset Memory
Selecting Presets
Editing a Preset
Saving a Preset
Avoiding Confusion When Using Presets
Replace Program
Replacing a Program in a Preset
Performance Tip - Creating Keyboard Splits
Performance Parameters
Volume Page
Pan Page
Timbre Page
Key Zone Page
Setting the Key Zone
Transpose Page
Release Page
Track Control Parameters
Patch Select Page
Latching Patch Selects
Pressure Page
Sustain Page
Using Effects with Performance Presets
Performance MIDI Parameters Page
MIDI Status
MIDI Channel
MIDI Program Number
Entering Program Change Numbers Directly
Program Changes in the Unit
Effects
Program Effects
Preset Effects
Multi A/B Effect
Programming Effects
The Effects Busses
Single Function Effect
Effects Mixing
Multiple Function Effect
Selecting Effects
Modulators Which Can be Applied to the Effects
Programs and Presets
When Are New Effects Loaded into the ESP?
Performance Control
Controllers Routed to Effects
Effect Parameters
Single Effects
Decay-Time
Pre-Delay
Early-Refl. Level
FX2-Mode
HF-Damping
Decay-Mod
Modsrc
Rate
Depth
Combined Effects
Feedback
Waveshape
Reverb.hf-Cut
MIX-Level
Flange+Dly+Rev.1 & 2
Mode
Stereo-Width
Feedback - LAG
Feedback - Amount
Using the Multi; Multi a and Multi B
Replacing Programs in the Multi
Layering a Program in Multi a (or Multi B)
Multi and the Performance Parameters
Copying a Preset into Multi a or B
Multi Mode - Receiving on 12 MIDI Channels
Using the Unit with an External MIDI Sequencer
System Control
Master Page
Tune
Touch
Bendrng
Footswitch
Slider
CV-Pedal
System Pitch-Table
MIDI Control Page
Base-Chan
XPOS-MIDI Transpose Enable
Send-Chan
XCTRL - External Controller
Mono Mode
Global Controllers
Sys-Ex
Controllers
Prog CHG
Receiving Program Changes
Selecting a New Multi Effect
Programming the Unit
What Is a Program?
Unit Program Structure
Voices and Polyphony
Patch Select Buttons
Compare - Using the Compare Button/Led
Edit Buffer
Abandoning Your Edits
Select Voice Page
Short Cuts (Using the Soft Buttons)
Group Edit Mode - Selecting more than One Voice at a Time
Using the Group Edit Feature
Programming the Patch Selects
Program Control Page
Pitch-Table
Bend-Range
Delay
Restrike
Glide-Time
Write Page - Saving a New Program into Memory
Copying an Existing Program to Another Location
Voice Programming
Unit Voice Configuration
Modulators
Selecting a Modulator
Modulator Amount
Modulation Sources
LFO - Low Frequency Oscillator
Env 1, Env 2, (Env 3)
Noise - Noise Generator
Mixer - Mod Mixer/Sharper
Veloc - Velocity
Keybd - Keyboard Tracking
Timbr - Timbre Control
Pedal - Voltage Control Foot Pedal
Pitch - Pitch Bend Wheel
XCTRL - External Controller (MIDI Only)
PR + VL - Pressure + Velocity/Wl + PR - Wheel + Pressure
Wheel - Modulation Wheel
Press - Pressure (After-Touch)
Wave Page
Wave Class
Wave List
General Wave Parameters (All Wave Classes)
Wave Name
Wave Type
Type-Specific Wave Parameters
Start
Vel-Startmod
Forward/Reverse
Trans-Wave Parameters
Modamt
Waveform and Inharmonic Parameters
Multi-Wave Parameters
Pitch Mode Page
Glide
Filters Page
Low-Pass/High-Pass
Poles: Rolloff Curves
Cutoff Frequency
Output Page
KBD-Scale
Setting a Keyboard Zone
Lo/Hi-Key
Destination Bus
Pan
Pre-Gain
Voice Priority
Velocity Threshold
LFO Page
LFO Waveshapes
Noise Source Rate
ENV 1, ENV 2, ENV 3 - Envelopes
Editing the Envelopes
Sustain
Attack
Decay 1, 2, 3
Release
Kybd-Track
Vel-Curve
Mode - (Env 1 and Env 2)
Mode (Env 3) - Voice Triggering/Stealing Notes
Vel-Lev - Velocity Level Control
Vel-Atck - Velocity Attack Control
Mod Mixer Page
Scale
Shape
Using Pitch-Tables
How to Create a Custom Pitch-Table
Editing a Custom Pitch-Table
Removing a Custom Pitch-Table
Creating and Extrapolating a Custom Pitch-Table
Creating and Interpolating a Custom Pitch-Table
Alternate Tunings for the System Pitch-Table
Using the Copy Functions
Make Copy
Recall
Special Recall Functions
Special Copy Operations
Default
Copying an Effect from One Program to Another
Copying All Parameters from One Voice to Another
Copying a Complete Program to a New Location
Making a Copy of the Compare Buffer
Collecting Parts from Several Sources into the Copy Buffer
Storage Functions
MIDI Sys-Ex
To Send MIDI Sys-Ex Messages
To Send Programs out Via MIDI Sys-Ex
To Set Presets out Sys-Ex
Sending Multi a and B Track Setup out Via MIDI Sys-Ex
Sending Programs, Presets, Multi a and B Tracks out Via MIDI Sys-Ex
Receiving MIDI Sys-Ex Messages
To Copy Program Banks from Internal to Cartridge
To Copy Programs from Cartridge to Internal
To Copy Presets from Cartridge to Internal
To Copy Presets from Internal to Cartridge
To Copy both Programs and Presets from Internal to Cartridge
To Copy both Programs and Presets from Cartridge to Internal
MIDI Implementation Specification - Version 2.10
Universal System Exclusive Device Inquiry Message
System Exclusive Device Identity Reply Message
MIDI System Exclusive Packet Pieces
MIDI System Exclusive Packet Head/Tail
Mesage Format
Receiver Errors
Message Type List
Command Messages (Message Type = 00)
Virtual Buttons (Command Type = 00)
Button Numbers
Parameter Change (Command Type = 01)
Edit Change Status (Command Type = 02)
ESP Microcode Program Load (Command Type = 03)
Poke Byte to RAM or Cartridge (Command Type = 04)
Error Messages (Message Type = 01)
Track Parameter Dump Request (Command Type = 07)
Dump Everything Request (Command Type = 08)
Command Message Error Codes
Bulk Dump of Programs, Presets and Multi-Set
Parameter Block Data Descriptions
Program Parameters
Preset Parameters
Preset Track Parameter Structure
Multi-Set Message Vs. Track Parameter Message
Preset Effect Parameter Structure
Preset Dump Structure
Multi-Set (Multi a and B) Parameters
(Multi a and B) Track Parameters
Parameter Page and Slot Definitions
Index
Voice Configuration Chart
Effects Routing
Envelope
Tracking Curves
Safety Warnings
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