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ENSONIQ VFX SD User Manual (258 pages)

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Brand: ENSONIQ | Category: Synthesizer | Size: 13 MB

Grounding
2
Table of Contents
5
Getting Started
9
Power
9
AC Line Conditioning
9
Amplification
9
Running through a Home Stereo System
10
Rear Panel Connections
11
Phones
11
Main out Right/Mono
11
Main out Left/Mono
11
Foot Switch Input
12
MIDI in
12
MIDI out
12
MIDI Thru
12
Data Entry
13
Communicating with the VFX
13
Soft Buttons
13
Parametric Programming
14
Pages
14
Sub-Pages
14
Changing a Parameter
15
Hint
15
Performance Controllers
16
Pressure
16
Modulation Wheel
16
Cartridge Insertion and Removal
17
Re-Initializing the VFX
18
Warning
18
Low Battery Voltage
19
When to Replace the Battery
19
Available Options
19
Playing Sounds and Presets
21
Program Memory
21
Internal
21
Rom
21
Bank Buttons
22
Selecting a Sound
22
Choosing Internal, ROM and Cartridge Sounds
22
Layering
23
Primary Sound Vs. Layered Sounds
23
About Tracks
24
Preset Mode Vs Sequencer Mode
24
About Presets
25
Preset
25
Performance Parameters
25
Preset Memory
26
Selecting Presets
26
Editing a Preset
26
Saving a Preset
28
Avoiding Confusion When Using Presets
28
Replace Program
29
Replacing a Program in a Preset
29
Replacing a Program and the Effect in a Preset
30
Performance Tip - Creating Keyboard Splits
30
About Performance Parameters
31
Volume Page
32
Pan Page
33
Timbre Page
33
Key Zone Page
34
Setting the Key Zone
34
Transpose Page
35
Release Page
36
Track Control Parameters
36
Patch Select Page
37
Latching Patch Selects
37
Pressure Page
38
Sustain Page
39
Using Effects with Performance Presets
39
Performance MIDI Parameters Page
40
MIDI Status
40
MIDI Channel
41
Transmit
41
MIDI Program Number
42
Entering Program Change Numbers Directly
42
Programs Changes in the VFX
42
Effects
43
Understanding VFX Effects
43
Program Effects
44
Preset Effects
44
Sequencer Effect
44
Programming Effects
45
The Effects Busses
45
Single Function Effect
45
Effects Mixing
46
Multiple Function Effect
46
Selecting Effects
47
Modulators Which Can be Applied to the Effects
47
Programs and Presets
48
When Are New Effects Loaded into the ESP Chip?
48
Performance Control of Effects in Preset or Sequencer Mode
49
Controllers Routed to Effects
49
Effect Parameters
50
Single Effects
50
Decay-Time
51
Pre-Delay
51
Early-Refl.level
51
FX-2 Mode
51
HF-Damping
52
Decay-Mod
52
Modsrc
52
Diffusion
52
Rate
53
Depth
53
Delay
53
Feedback
53
Combined Effects
54
Gated+Room.verbs
54
Time
55
Slope
55
Threshold
55
Release-Time
55
Chorus+Reverb 1 & 2
56
Depth MOD
57
MIX
57
Waveshape
57
MIX Level
60
Sequencer Basics
65
Introduction
66
The MIDI Connection
66
Digital Sequencing
66
Loading the Sequencer Operating System from Disk
67
What Is a Sequence?
68
What Is a Song?
68
Sequencer Transport Controls
68
Sequencer Status
69
Sequencer Banks
70
Selecting a Sequence or Song
70
Playing Sequences and Songs
70
Sequencer Tracks
71
Replacing the Program on a Track
72
Layering Programs on the Track Pages
72
Sequencer Tracks and the Performance Parameters
72
Copying a Preset into 3 Sequencer Tracks
74
Creating a New Sequence or Song
75
To Create a New Sequence
75
Click Page
77
Click
77
Seq Control Page
78
Record-Mode
78
Tempo
79
Autopunch
79
Loop
79
Song Step Effect
79
Edit Tracks
80
Free
80
Save Changes
80
Seq-OS
80
Locate Page
82
Sequence Locate Page
82
Song Locate Page
83
Song Tempo Offset
84
Song Autolocate Control
84
Using the Autopunch Feature
85
Reset
85
Set
85
Edit Times in Song Mode
86
Setting the Edit Times in Real Time
86
Recording a Sequence
87
Record Additional Tracks
88
Punching in on a Track
89
Playing Along with a Sequence/Auditioning New Sounds
90
MIDI Sequencing on the VFX
90
MIDI Mode and Channel - Destination Instruments
91
MIDI Track Configuration
91
Recording MIDI Tracks
92
Additional Sequencer Functions
93
Recording Controllers into Sequencer Tracks
93
Recording Program Changes
93
Assigning a Track to the Aux Outputs
94
Using the Aux Outputs as Separate Mono Outs
95
Track Volume Functions
95
Song Mode
96
Switching Effects in Song Mode
96
Song Tracks
97
Viewing Sequence Tracks in Song Mode
98
Mixing down Sequence and Song Tracks in Song Mode
99
A few Notes about Mixdown Mode
100
System Control
101
Master Page
101
Tune
101
Touch
101
Bendrng
102
Footswitch
102
Fs1
102
Fs2
102
Slider
103
CV-Pedal
103
System Pitch-Table
103
MIDI-TRK-Names
104
Kybd-Naming
104
Voice-Muting
104
MIDI Control Page
105
Base-Chan
105
XPOS - MIDI Transpose Enable
105
Send-Chan
106
XCTRL - External Controller
106
MIDI in Mode
107
Mono Mode
107
Global Controllers in Mono Mode
108
Controllers
108
Song-Sel
108
Start/Stop
108
Sys-Ex
109
Prog Chg
109
Receiving Program Changes
109
Subsequent Program Changes
109
Selecting a New Sequence or Song Effect from MIDI
110
Programming
111
What Is a Program?
111
VFX Program Structure
111
Voices and Polyphony
112
Patch Select Buttons
112
Using the Compare Button/Led
113
Edit Buffer
113
Abandoning Your Edits
113
Select Voice Page
114
Short Cuts
115
Group Edit Mode
115
Using the Group Edit Feature
115
Programming the Patch Selects
116
Program Control Page
117
Pitch Table
117
Bend Range
117
Restrike
118
Glide-Time
118
Write Page
119
Saving a New Program into Memory
119
Copying an Existing Program to Another Location
120
Voice Programming
121
Modulators
123
About Modulation
123
Selecting a Modulator
123
Modulation Sources
124
Low Frequency Oscillator
124
Noise
124
Noise Generator
124
Mod Mixer/Shaper
125
Velocity
125
Keyboard Tracking
125
Timbre Control
125
Voltage Control Foot Pedal
126
Pitch Bend Wheel
126
External Controller
126
Pressure + Velocity
126
Wave Page
128
Wave Class
128
Wave List
129
General Wave Parameters
130
Wave Name
130
Type-Specific Wave Parameters
131
Start
131
Vel-Startmod
131
Forward/Reverse
131
Trans-Wave Parameters
132
Modamt
132
Waveform and Inharmonic Parameters
133
Multi-Wave Parameters
133
VFX Drum Sounds
134
Multi-Drum Wave Layouts
134
Pitch Page
136
Octave
136
Semitone
136
Fine
136
Pitch Mod Page
137
Glide
137
Filter 1 Page
140
Cutoff
140
Kbd
140
Filter 2 Page
141
Output Page
143
Vol
143
Lo/Hi-Key
144
Setting a Keyboard Zone
144
Destination Bus
144
Pan
145
Voice Priority
146
Velocity Threshold
146
LFO Page
147
LFO Frequencies
147
VFX Envelopes
150
Editing the Envelopes
151
Initial
151
Peak
151
Break
151
Attack
152
Decay
152
Release
152
KYBD-Track
153
VEL-Curve
153
Mode
154
Voice Triggering/Stealing Notes
154
Velocity Level Control
155
Velocity Attack Control
155
Mod Mixter Page
156
Scale
157
Shape
157
Using Pitch-Tables
159
About Pitch-Tables
159
How to Create a Custom Pitch-Table
160
Editing a Custom Pitch-Table
161
Removing a Custom Pitch-Table
162
Creating and Extrapolating a Custom Pitch-Table
162
Using the Copy Functions
167
About the Copy Functions
167
Make Copy
168
Recall
169
Special Recall Functions
169
Default
170
Special Copy Operations
170
System
171
Copying an Effect
171
Copying All Parameters
171
Copying a Complete Program to a New Location
172
Making a Copy of the Compare Buffer
172
Storage Functions
173
Disk Storage
174
VFX Disk File Types
174
Disk Capacity - Bytes, Blocks and Files
175
File Banks
176
VFX Disk Functions
176
Formatting a Blank Disk
177
Making a Backup Copy a Disk
178
Saving Data to Disk
179
Naming with the Keyboard
180
Saving Internal Programs Along with Sequencer Data
180
Specifying a File Bank Location When Saving a File
181
Loading Data from Disk
182
Using File Banks to Locate Files for Loading
183
Deleting Files from Disk
184
MIDI Sys-Ex
185
Programs
185
To Send Programs out Via MIDI Sys-Ex
185
Presets
186
To Send Presets out
186
Sequencer Data
186
Receiving MIDI Sys-Ex Messages
187
Cartridge Storage
187
Both
190
MIDI System Exclusive Recorder
192
What Are System Exclusives?
192
Saving Sys-Ex Data Uses
192
Saving System Exclusive Data from an External Device
193
Loading
195
Additional Sys-Ex Recorder Notes
196
VFX Disk Error Messages
197
Fatar Error Messages
197
Sequencer Edit Functions
199
Edit Song Page - Song Edit Functions
199
Erase
200
Copy
200
Edit Steps
201
Song Step Editor Page
201
Using the Song Step Editor
202
Sequence Edit Functions
204
Append
204
Info
204
Length
206
Add Bars
206
Delete Bars
207
Edit Track Page
208
Track Edit Functions
208
Setting the Time and Key Range
208
Shift Track by Clocks
209
Quantize
210
Transpose
212
Event-List
213
Num
214
Event
214
Duration
215
Auditioning Event Edit Changes
216
Filter
217
Merge
218
Sequencer Applications
219
Song Position Pointers
220
MIDI Song Selects
220
MIDI Controller Tricks - Creating Template Sequences
220
Receiving on up to 12 MIDI Channels
222
Important Points about Multi Mode
222
Using the VFX with an External MIDI Sequencer
223
Using the VFX with a MIDI Guitar Controller
224
MIDI Implementation Specification
227
Universal System Exclusive Device Inquiry Message
227
MIDI System Exclusive
228
MIDI System Exclusive Packet Head
228
Message Format
228
Receiver Errors
228
Message Type List
229
Command Message
229
Virtual Buttons
229
Parameter Change
230
Edit Change Status
230
ESP Microcode Program Load
230
Poke Byte to RAM or Cartridge
230
Single Program Dump Request
231
Single Preset Dump Request
231
Track Parameter Dump Request
231
Single Sequence Dump
232
All Sequence Memory Dump
232
Single Sequence Dump Request
232
All Sequence Dump Request
232
Error Messages
233
Command Message Error Codes
233
One Program
233
All Programs
233
One Preset
234
All Presets
234
Parameter Block Data Descriptions
235
Program Parameters
235
Preset Parameters
237
Track Parameter Structure
237
Preset Effect Parameter Structure
238
Track Parameters
239
Single Sequence Dump Parameters
240
All Sequence Dump Parameters
240
Parameter Page and Slot Definitions
241
Hall Reverb
245
Dynamic Reverb
246
Multi-Voice Chorus
246
Chorus and Reverb
246
Flanger and Reverb
247
Delay and Reverb
247
Flanger, Delay and Reverb
247
Rotary Reverb Simulator
248
Hall and Room Reverb
248
Gated and Room Reverb
248
Rotary Speaker Simulator with Distortion
248
MIDI Implementation Chart
249
Voice Configuration
254
Tracking Curves
254
Envelope Parameters
254
Effects Routing
255
Envelope
255
Important Safety Instructions
256

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