ENSONIQ ESQ-1 Manuals

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ENSONIQ ESQ-1 Musician's Manual (218 pages)

Digital wave synthesizer and sequencer

Brand: ENSONIQ | Category: Synthesizer | Size: 3 MB

Front Panel Control
2
Credits
4
Table of Contents
5
Introduction
11
Getting Started
13
Power
13
Amplification
13
Basic Connections
13
Rear Panel Connections
14
Audio Outputs
14
Left/Mono
14
CV/Pedal
14
Tape out
15
Sequencer Foot Switch
15
Sustain Fool Switch
15
MIDI Oun/In
15
About the Programmer
16
The Programmer Is Made up of
16
Getting at the Sounds
17
Master Banks
17
Internal Memory
17
Cartridge Memory
17
Bank Select Buttons
18
Selecting a Program-Internal
18
To Select an Internal Sound
19
Selecting a Program-Cartridge
19
To Select a Cartridge Sound
19
Cartridge Insertion and Removal
20
Battery Maintenance
20
Available Options
20
Programming the ESQ 1
21
About Page-Driven Parametric Programming
22
"Soft" Buttons
22
Using the Programmer
23
Changing a Parameter
23
"C"- Change/Compare
24
Edit Buffer
25
Bailing out
25
Active and Inactive Buttons
26
"Global" Pages
27
Master Page
28
Controls Keyboard Tuning, Velocity Sensitivity and Bend Range
28
Tune
29
Velocity
29
Bend Mode
29
MIDI Page
30
Control MIDI Functions
30
CHAN-Base MIDI Channel
31
OVFL-MIDI Overflow Mode
31
XCTRL-Select External Controller
31
Press-Pressure (Aftertouch) Select
32
Mode-Select MIDI Mode
32
Base Channel Minus One
34
Enable-MIDI Enables
34
Digital Waveform Memory
35
What's a Waveform?
35
Synthetic Waveforms
36
Sampled and Multisampled Waveforms
36
Names
36
Selecting a Waveform
37
Check Them out
37
Classic Synth Waveforms
38
Sampled Waveforms
38
Additive Synthesis Waveforms
39
Formants
39
Band Limited Waveforms
40
About Modulation
41
Selecting a Modulator
41
Modulation Depth
42
Modulation Sources
43
LFO 1, LFO 2 and LFO 3
43
ENV 1, ENV 2, ENV 3 and ENV 4
43
Vel-Velocity
44
Vel 2
44
KYBD-Keyboard "Control Voltage"
44
Kybd 2
45
Wheel-Modulation Wheel
45
Pedal-Voltage Control Foot Pedal
45
XCTRL-External Controller (MIDI Only)
45
Press-Pressure (Aftertouch) (MIDI Only)
46
Negative Modulation
48
Modulating the Filter Cutoff Frequency
48
Limits of Modulation
49
An ESQ 1 Voice
50
Programming Pages
51
Program Parameters
51
Oscillator Pitch Page
52
Active Controls
53
Oscillator Volume Page
54
Filter Page
56
Final Volume Page
58
Low-Frequency Oscillator Page
60
Understanding the Envelopes
63
The ADSR Connection
63
Times and Levels
64
Time, Not Rate
65
Negative Levels
65
Filter Cutoff Frequency Modulated by a Complex Envelope
65
Other Envelope Shapes
66
Velocity Control of Envelopes
67
[LV] Velocity Level Control
67
[T1V] Velocity Attack Control
68
[TK] Keyboard Decay Scaling
68
Envelope Times
69
Envelope Page
70
Mode Page
73
Split/Layer Page
76
Split Select
78
Select Split Program
79
Select Split Key
80
MIDI Key Numbers
80
Programming Conventions
81
Lfo's
81
Envelopes
81
Program Names
81
Saving and Storage of Programs
83
Write Program Page
84
Saving a New Program into Memory
84
Copying an Existing Program to Another Location
87
Storage Page
88
Cartridge-Bank Copy
88
Transferring Internal Programs to a Cartridge
89
To Transfer All 40 Internal Programs to Cart a
89
Transferring Cartridge Programs to Internal Memory
89
To Transfer All Cart a Programs to the Internal Memory
89
Tape Storage
90
A 'Decent" Tape Deck
90
Tape Connections
91
To Save All 40 Internal Programs to Audio Tape
91
To Verify Program Data Saved to Audio Tape
92
To Load Program Data from Audio Tape
93
MIDI Transfer of Programs
94
MIDI Connections
94
To Send All Internal Programs Via MIDI to Another ESQ 1
94
To Send One Program Via MIDI to Another ESQ 1
95
About the Sequencer
97
The Sequencer
99
The MIDI Connection
99
Digital Sequencing
99
The ESQ 1 System
101
Sequences and Songs
102
What Is a Sequence?
102
Sequencer Master Bank
102
Sequencer Banks
103
Selecting a Sequence
103
Selecting a Song
104
Playing Sequences
104
Playing Songs
104
Sequencer Expander Cartridge
105
To Install the Cartridge
105
"Transport" Controls
106
When the Sequencer Is Stopped
106
When the Sequencer Is in Play
106
When the Sequencer Is in Record
106
Sequencer States
107
When a Sequencer Is Selected
107
When a Song Is Selected
108
Utility Pages
109
Keep First Track
109
Play/Keep Page
109
From the Play/Keep Page
110
Save Changes to Old Sequence
110
Altering a Sequence in Song Mode
111
Tracks and Other Sequencer Pages
113
Tracks
114
About Tracks
115
In General
115
When Recording Tracks
115
Tracks Select Page
116
Selecting a Track
116
When a Track Is Selected
117
Changing the Program on a Track
117
The Procedure for Selecting an Internal Program for a Track Is as Follows
118
"Unselecting" a Track-Straight Synth Mode
118
Straight Synth Operation=No Track Selected
118
Track Displays
119
Dot=Data
119
Flashing Underline-Playing the Edit Program on a Track
120
[MIX/MIDI] Tracks MIX/MIDI Page
121
Sub-Pages
121
Track Status
122
Track Prog Num - Track Program Number
123
Track MIX
124
Muting a Track
124
Track MIDI Channel
125
Other Sequencer Pages
127
Sequencer Control Page
128
Sequence Locate Page
131
Readouts and Active Controls
132
Auto-Locate Controls
132
Create/Erase Page
134
Available Memory
134
To Create a New Sequence
135
Create New Song
135
To Erase a Song
137
To Erase All Sequences and Songs
137
Recording a Sequence
139
Sequencing on the ESQ 1
140
To Record the First Track of a Sequence
140
Using the Foor Switch to Define Sequence Length
141
Recording Other Tracks
142
Recording from the Beginning of a Track
142
Overdub Mode-"Punching In"
143
To "Punch In" on a Track
143
"Punching Out"
145
MIDI Sequencing on the ESQ 1
145
Basic MIDI Connections
145
Using a MIDI Thru Box
146
MIDI Mode and Channel- Destination Instruments
146
For each Destination Instrument
147
Track Configuration
147
Recording the First Track
148
Other Tracks
148
Edit Page
150
Sequencer Edit Functions
151
Editing a Track
153
To Transpose a Track
154
Rem CTRLS-Remove Controllers
154
To Remove Controllers from a Track
155
To Quantize a Track
155
To Erase a Track
157
To Merge a Track into Another Track
158
To Copy a Track to Another Track
159
Step-Track Step Editing
160
Step Size
161
Time
161
In-Punch in
162
Out-Punch out
162
Step-Advance One Step
163
Clock-Advance One Clock
163
Using the Step Edit Mode
163
Editing a Sequence
165
Sequence Edit Functions
165
To Append a Sequence to the Selected Sequence
166
To Change the Length of the Selected Sequence
166
To Copy a Sequence to Another Location
167
Making a Sequence Template
168
Song Mode
169
Song Edit Rage
170
Making a Song
172
Song Locate Page
174
Readouts and Activate Controls
174
Sequencer Applications
177
Using the ESQ 1 with a Drum Machine
178
To Sync a Drum Machine to the ESQ 1
178
To Sync the ESQ 1 to a Drum Machine
178
To Sequence a Drum Machine from a Track of the ESQ 1
178
Song Position Pointers
179
MIDI Song Selects
179
Tape Sync
180
Recording a Sync Track
180
Syncing the ESQ 1 to a Recorded Sync Track
180
The ESQ 1 as a System Controller
181
Storage of Sequencer Data
183
Saving All Sequencer Memory to Audio Tape
185
Saving One Sequence to Audio Tape
186
To Verify Sequencer Data Saved to Audio Tape
186
Loading All Sequencer Memory from Audio Tape
188
Loading One Sequence from Audio Tape
189
MIDI Transfer of Sequencer Data
190
Sending All Sequencer Memory Via MIDI to a Mirage
190
Loading All Sequencer Memory Via MIDI from a Mirage
191
Sending All Sequencer Memory Via Mldt to Another ESQ 1
192
Sending One Sequence Via MIDI to Another ESO 1
193
Appendices
195
MIDI Program Numbers on the ESQ 1
196
ESQ-1 MIDI Implementation Specifications (Software V. 2.0)
197
Sequencer Dump - Miraoe Format
197
Mirage Wavesample Absolute Dump Format
197
Formation Ot the Sequence Dump Data Messages
197
Sequencer Variables Packet
198
Sequence Data Packet
198
Internal Bank Programs
198
Wave Sample Requests
198
Sequence Data Request
199
Voice Program Request
199
ESQ-1 System Exclusive Header
199
Program Dumps
199
Single Program Dump
200
All Program Dumo
200
Sequence Dumps
200
All Sequence Dump Alert Packet
201
One Sequence Dump Alert Packet
201
Accept Message
201
Reject Message
202
No Free Sequence Message
202
All Sequence Dump Packet
202
One Sequence Dump Packet
203
Request Messages
203
Current Program Dump Request
203
All Program Dump Request
203
All Sequence Dump Request
204
Ore Sequence Dump Request
204
Received Virtual Keypad Events
204
Button Codes
205
Ensoniq ESQ-1 MIDI Parameter Number List
207
System Parameters
211
MIDI Implementation Chart
213
Program Sheet
214
PCB Structure
215
Low Frequency Oscillators
215
Miscellaneous
216
Complete PCB Structure
216
Track Sheet
217

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