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PrefaceiWelcome!Congratulations and thank you for your purchase of the ENSONIQ ASR-10 Advanced SamplingRecorder, another milestone in digital sampling

Preface ASR-10 Musician’s ManualxNeed More Help?Whether you’re an aspiring programmer looking for additional information about basic samplingtechnique

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual4 Edit/Effects ParametersEARLY RFLECTION LEV Range: 0 to 99Controls the level of pre-echoes of t

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effects Parameters 5PHASE DEPTH Range: 0 to 99This parameter controls the depth of the notches created by the phasin

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual6 Edit/Effects ParametersREVERB DECAY TIME DIFFUSIONHI FREQ DAMPINGSee the descriptions under Ha

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effects Parameters 7BUS1 REV AFTER CHOR REVERB DETUNE RATE/AMTBUS2 REVERB MIX CHORUS RATE/AMTREVERB DECAY TIME CHOR

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual8 Edit/Effects ParametersDIST GAIN IN and OUT Ranges: 0 to 99These two parameters control the le

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effects Parameters 9DISTORTION MIX Range: 0 to 99Determines the Dry/Wet, or in this case, dirty/clean mix of the sig

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effect Parameters 1ROM-14 SMALL ROOMROM-15 LARGE ROOMROM-16 HALL REVERB2These three algorithms offer a studio qua

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual2 Edit/Effect ParametersPREDELAY TIME Range: 0 to 450 msControls the amount of time it takes for

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effect Parameters 3REFL 1 LEVEL Range: 0 to 99This parameter controls the level of the first pre-echo. This pre-lev

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual4 Edit/Effect Parametersvalues of the components (not user programmable) differentiate the large

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Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effect Parameters 5L/R BALANCE Range: -99 to +99This parameter controls the left/right stereo balance of the plate r

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual6 Edit/Effect ParametersHF DAMPING Range: 0 to 99This parameter sounds best when set to low valu

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effect Parameters 7RELEASE TIME Range: 1ms to 10.0sThis parameter determines the RELEASE TIME after the HOLD TIME ha

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual8 Edit/Effect ParametersBUS1 and BUS2 parameters can be routed into the effect with different Dr

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effect Parameters 9TRIGGER THRESH Range: -96 to +0 dBThis parameter sets the signal level that triggers the gated re

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual10 Edit/Effect ParametersROM-22 NLIN REVRB 1ROM-23 NLIN REVRB 2ROM-24 NLIN REVRB 3Non Lin Rev

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effect Parameters 11frequency energy to be filtered out.HF BANDWIDTH Range: 1 to 99The high frequency bandwidth para

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual12 Edit/Effect ParametersROM-25 MULTITAP DDLMULTITAP DDL produces four independent controllable

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effect Parameters 13ROM-26 EQ + DELAY LFOEQ + DELAY LFO features a stereo digital delay that provides LFO modulatio

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual14 Edit/Effect ParametersDLY CROSS REGEN Range: -99 to +99This parameter allows you to feedback

Section 1 — Controls & Architecture1This section provides an introduction to the ASR-10’s many controls and rear panel connections,a conceptual ov

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effect Parameters 15ROM-27 VCF+DISTORTVCF+DISTORT combines a voltage control filter and a raspy distortion. Three

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual16 Edit/Effect ParametersPOST-DIST VCF FC Range: 01 to 99This parameter determines the filter cu

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effect Parameters 17The parameters available for this algorithm are:PREAMP GAIN Range: -48 to +48 dBThis parameter a

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual18 Edit/Effect ParametersEQ1 FC Range: 0 to 9999 HzThis parameter determines the filter center f

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effect Parameters 19PRE-EQ FC Range: 0 to 9999 HzThis parameter determines the filter center frequency of the parame

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual20 Edit/Effect ParametersGAIN Range: -48 to +24 dBThis parameter adjusts the amount of boost or

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effect Parameters 21MID2 FC MID3 FCGAIN GAINMID2 Q MID3 QThese parameters are identical to the previous ones, but ca

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual22 Edit/Effect ParametersThe parameters available for the EQ+CHOR+DDL are:CHOR RATE Range: 0 to

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effect Parameters 23GAIN Range: -48 to +24 dBThis parameter sets the amount of boost or cut applied to the high shel

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual24 Edit/Effect ParametersL/R LFO Range: OUT-OF-PHASE or IN-PHASEThis parameter controls the vibr

Section 1 — Controls and Architecture ASR-10 Musician’s Manual2 Rear Panel ConnectionsNote: If you are using a single foot switch (SW-2 or SW-6), the

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effect Parameters 25ROM-35 EQ+FLNGR+DDLEQ+FLNGR+DDL combines an EQ with a flanger and a digital delay. Use flangin

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual26 Edit/Effect ParametersThis parameter controls the time delay for the right channel regen dela

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effect Parameters 27ROM-36 EQ+TREM+DDLEQ+TREM+DDL combines a tremolo effect, which is a pulsating change in volume,

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual28 Edit/Effect ParametersDLY TIME L Range: 0 to 1500 msThis parameter controls the time delay fo

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effect Parameters 29to the right channel. This delay topology achieves a 1.5 second ping-pong effect, and is veryef

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual30 Edit/Effect ParametersSAMPLE/HOLD RATE Range: 0 to 100This parameter controls the sample rate

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effect Parameters 31LFO RATE Range: 0 to 99This parameter controls the eight ganged rates of modulation of the respe

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual32 Edit/Effect Parameterspopular because for low pitch shift ratios, splicing is infrequent. Th

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effect Parameters 33MOD SRC 1 MOD SRC 2DST 1 DST 2MIN 1 MIN 2MAX 1 MAX 2These parameters are explained in detail in

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual34 Edit/Effect ParametersVC 2 SEMI Range: -12 to +12This parameter allows you to adjust the pitc

Section 1 — Controls and ArchitectureRear Panel Connections 38) Pedal•CVThis jack is for connecting an optional ENSONIQ Model CVP-1 Control Voltage F

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effect Parameters 35The parameters available for this algorithm are:VOICE 1 FINE Range: -99 to +99This parameter all

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual36 Edit/Effect ParametersThe parameters available for this algorithm are:COMP GAIN Range: -48 to

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effect Parameters 37These parameters are explained in detail in Section 5 — Effect Concepts.

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual38 Edit/Effect ParametersROM-43 EXPANDEREXPANDER performs downward expansion of input signals.

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effect Parameters 39TRIGGER MASK Range: OFF or ONThis parameter enables the trigger mask function. Once triggered,

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual40 Edit/Effect ParametersTHRESHOLD Range: -96 to +0 dBThis parameter sets the threshold level.

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effect Parameters 41ROM-45 INVRS EXPNDRINVRS EXPNDR creates sustain by expanding the signal so that the signal leve

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual42 Edit/Effect ParametersGAIN Range: -48 to +24 dBThis parameter sets the amount of boost or cut

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effect Parameters 43RELEASE TIME Range: 1ms to 10.0sThis parameter determines how long it takes for the compression

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual44 Edit/Effect ParametersROM-47 DUCKERThe DUCKER algorithm is a compressor that automatically l

Section 1 — Controls and Architecture ASR-10 Musician’s Manual4 Rear Panel ConnectionsRear Panel Connections Cont’d.14A/LeftB/RightAudio Input16915Lef

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effect Parameters 45RELEASE TIME Range: 1ms to 10.0sThis parameter determines how long it takes for the compression

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual46 Edit/Effect ParametersROM-48 RUMBLE FILTRRUMBLE FILTR is a high pass filter in cascade with

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effect Parameters 47TREBLE FC Range: 1 to 15 KHzThis parameter sets the center frequency of the high frequency param

Section 7 — Sampling/Signal Source Concepts142This section provides an overview of the sampling process. For a complete list of the samplingparameter

Section 7 — Sampling/Signal Source ConceptsWhat is Sampling? 143Sample RateThe sample rate determines how often the signal is measured (that is, how c

Section 7 — Sampling/Signal Source Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual144 What is Sampling?Getting Ready to SampleHere are a few things you can do that

Section 7 — Sampling/Signal Source ConceptsEasy Sampling 145The available REC SRC Field 1 values are:• INPUTDRY — This is the base setting, and it all

Section 7 — Sampling/Signal Source Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual146 Easy SamplingFor more information about Selecting, Enabling, and Disabling Aud

Section 7 — Sampling/Signal Source ConceptsEasy Sampling 147Setting the Input LevelAs mentioned previously, optimizing the input level is crucial in s

Section 7 — Sampling/Signal Source Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual148 Easy SamplingNote: In order to use the Left Foot Switch to start and stop samp

Section 1 — Controls and ArchitectureRear Panel Connections 514) Audio Input — B/Right and A/LeftThese jacks are the Right and Left Audio Inputs into

Section 7 — Sampling/Signal Source ConceptsMulti-Sampling 149MultiSamplingMany sounds require that you make more than one sample, with each sample cov

Section 7 — Sampling/Signal Source Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual150 Sampling Over an Existing SampleSampling Over an Existing WaveSampleLet’s supp

Section 7 — Sampling/Signal Source ConceptsSampling Over an Existing Sample 151Stereo SamplingThe ASR-10 offers true stereo sampling, through Effects

Section 7 — Sampling/Signal Source Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual152 Sampling Over an Existing Sample• Play the sound to be sampled; play the synth

Section 7 — Sampling/Signal Source ConceptsLooping 153LoopingOne of the fundamental challenges of sampling is to make efficient use of the sampler’s m

Section 7 — Sampling/Signal Source Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual154 Loopingloop end, and vice versa. This does not, in itself, guarantee a good l

Section 7 — Sampling/Signal Source ConceptsLooping 155Adjusting Loop PositionBefore truncating the WaveSample, you may decide that the loop occurs too

Section 7 — Sampling/Signal Source Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual156 Looping• While holding down a key you can scroll back and forth between the LO

Section 8 — Sampling/Signal Source Parameters1This section describes the sampling and signal source parameters. For a general overview of theconcepts

Section 8 — Sampling/Signal Source Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual2 Sampling ParametersSampleSAMPLE RATEInst•TrackPress Sample / Instrument•Track

Section 1 — Controls and Architecture ASR-10 Musician’s Manual6 Front Panel ControlsFront Panel ControlsAlmost everything you do on the ASR-10 — wheth

Section 8 — Sampling/Signal Source ParametersSampling Parameters 3SampleSAMPLE TIMEInst•TrackPress Sample / Instrument•Track / Scroll using the Left/R

Section 8 — Sampling/Signal Source Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual4 Sampling ParametersWhen you sample over an existing WaveSample, the ASR-10 wil

Section 9 — WaveSample & Layer ConceptsWaveSample Configuration 1This section provides an overview of the concepts behind editing an ASR-10 WaveSa

Section 9 — WaveSample and Layer Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual2 WaveSample ConfigurationASR-10 WaveSample ConfigurationBUS1BUS2BUS3AUX1OutputBusAU

Section 9 — WaveSample and Layer ConceptsAbout WaveSamples 3Selecting a WaveSample or Layer for Editing (the Edit Context page)In the next two section

Section 9 — WaveSample and Layer Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual4 WaveSample CommandsWaveSample CommandsThere are many commands for working with Wav

Section 9 — WaveSample and Layer ConceptsModulators 5ModulatorsAbout ModulationTo modulate something is simply to cause it to change. Within the voic

Section 9 — WaveSample and Layer Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual6 ModulatorsTip: When editing any parameter that has a center value (+00), there is

Section 9 — WaveSample and Layer ConceptsModulators 7• VEL 1, VEL, VEL 2 — VelocityVelocity means how hard you strike a key. Selecting VEL 1, VEL, or

Section 9 — WaveSample and Layer Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual8 Modulators• WHEEL — Modulation WheelThe Mod Wheel to the left of the keyboard is a

Section 1 — Controls and ArchitectureFront Panel Controls 73) Page ButtonsWithin each mode, the available disk files, commands, and parameters are or

Section 9 — WaveSample and Layer ConceptsModulators 9Note that not all instruments are necessarily programmed to respond to pressure. If pressureseem

Section 10 — Wave Data ParametersEdit/Wave Page 1This section covers the parameters and commands that relate directly to the wave data, includingsampl

Section 10 — Wave Data Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual2 Edit/Wave PageOnce you have gotten close using the percent setting, press the Left Arrow b

Section 10 — Wave Data ParametersEdit/Wave Page 3Note: The maximum loop length is 1.5 MegaWords.Tip: There is a quick way to copy any of the SAMPLE ST

Section 10 — Wave Data Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual4 Edit/Wave PageUse these parameters to set the amount of wave modulation selected with the

Section 10 — Wave Data ParametersCommand/Wave Page 5Command/Wave PageCMDCREATE NEW WAVESAMPLEWAVEPress Command / Wave / 0A primary function of the ASR

Section 10 — Wave Data Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual6 Command/Wave Page• Select WAVESAMPLE INFORMATION. Press Enter•Yes.• The display reads WS

Section 10 — Wave Data ParametersCommand/Wave Page 7CMDCROSS FADE LOOPWAVEPress Command / Wave / 5The idea behind cross fading is to blend the data pr

Section 10 — Wave Data Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual8 Command/Wave PageCMDREVERSE CROSS FADEWAVEPress Command / Wave / 6The REVERSE CROSS FADE l

Section 10 — Wave Data ParametersCommand/Wave Page 9• The display reads KEEP=OLD/NEW. Press Enter•Yes to complete the command (orCancel•No to keep th

Section 1 — Controls and Architecture ASR-10 Musician’s Manual8 Front Panel ControlsAdditional Front Panel Controls1187987654321ABFX SelectFX BypassSa

Section 10 — Wave Data Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual10 Command/Wave PageCMDBIDIRECTIONAL X-FADEWAVEPress Command / Wave / 9BIDIRECTIONAL X-FADE

Section 10 — Wave Data ParametersCommand/Wave Page 11A Note About the COPIES WILL CHANGE MessageWhen using the following MAKE LOOP LONGER, SYNTHESIZE

Section 10 — Wave Data Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual12 Command/Wave PageNote: When STEREO LAYER LINK= ON, this command will be simultaneously pe

Section 10 — Wave Data ParametersCommand/Wave Page 13CMDCONVERT SAMPLE RATEWAVEPress Command / Wave / scroll using the arrow buttonsThis command effec

Section 10 — Wave Data Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual14 Command/Wave Page• Pressing Enter•Yes from the QUALITY screen will execute the Command.

Section 10 — Wave Data ParametersCommand/Amp Page 15Command/Amp Page (Amplitude Commands)CMDNORMALIZE GAINAMPPress Command / Amp / 0This command maxim

Section 10 — Wave Data Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual16 Command/Amp Page• The display reads USE LOOP FOR RANGE? Press Enter•Yes to automatically

Section 10 — Wave Data ParametersCommand/Amp Page 17CMDMIX WAVESAMPLESAMPPress Command / Amp / 2Mixing WaveSamples is a lot like layering two WaveSamp

Section 10 — Wave Data Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual18 Command/Amp PageCMDSPLICE WAVESAMPLESAMPPress Command / Amp / 4This command takes the end

Section 10 — Wave Data ParametersCommand/Amp Page 19CMDFADE OUTAMPPress Command / Amp / 6This command scales the volume of the wave data from 100% to

Preface ASR-10 Musician’s ManualiiAudio Track Recording CapabilityVersion 2 O.S. adds two tracks of digital audio recording capability to the ASR-10.

Section 1 — Controls and ArchitectureFront Panel Controls 98) FX Select•FX Bypass ButtonThis button acts as the “master” control switch for the built

Section 10 — Wave Data Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual20 Command/LFO Page Command/LFO Page (Data Commands)CMDCLEAR DATALFOPress Command / LFO /

Section 10 — Wave Data ParametersCommand/LFO Page 21CMDREPLICATE DATALFOPress Command / LFO / 0The REPLICATE DATA command is used to append a section

Section 10 — Wave Data Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual22 Command/LFO Page• Press Enter•Yes to complete the command (or Cancel•No to abort the proc

Section 10 — Wave Data ParametersCommand/LFO Page 23CMDSCALE DATALFOPress Command / LFO / 6This command is a “sound sculpting” tool that will enable y

Section 11 — WaveSample & Layer ParametersEdit/Pitch Parameters 1This section covers the parameters which can be edited independently for each ind

Section 11 — WaveSample and Layer Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual2 Edit/Pitch ParametersEDITBEND RANGEPITCHPress Edit / Pitch / 6This parameter al

Section 11 — WaveSample and Layer ParametersPitch Commands 3instrument to use the pitch table that you want to edit (with the PITCH TBL parameter on t

Section 11 — WaveSample and Layer Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual4 Pitch CommandsCMDCOPY PITCH TABLEPITCHPress Command / Pitch / 1This command wil

Section 11 — WaveSample and Layer ParametersAbout Filters 5ASR-10 FiltersEach ASR-10 voice has its own pair of digital filters, F1 and F2, that are co

Section 11 — WaveSample and Layer Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual6 About FiltersEdit/Filters PageUse the parameters on this page to adjust the fil

Section 1 — Controls and Architecture ASR-10 Musician’s Manual10 Performance ControllersPerformance ControllersThe ASR-10 features a number of real-ti

Section 11 — WaveSample and Layer ParametersEdit/Filters Parameters 7• MODE F1=3/LP F2=1/HP. F1 is a 3-pole low-pass filter. F2 is a 1-pole high-pas

Section 11 — WaveSample and Layer Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual8 Edit/Filters ParametersEDITF1 MOD - AMOUNTFILTERSPress Edit / Filters / 7Use th

Section 11 — WaveSample and Layer ParametersEdit/Amp Parameters 9EDITA - B FADE IN - TOAMPPress Edit / Amp / 3EDITC - D FADEOUT - TOAMPPress Edit / Am

Section 11 — WaveSample and Layer Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual10 Edit/Amp ParametersEDITFADECURVEAMPPress Edit / Amp / 5This parameter determin

Section 11 — WaveSample and Layer ParametersASR-10 Envelopes 11ASR-10 EnvelopesEach ASR-10 WaveSample has three envelopes. These envelopes are hard-w

Section 11 — WaveSample and Layer Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual12 Edit/Env 1, Env 2, Env 3 ParametersEdit/Env 1, Env 2, Env 3 PagesEach of the t

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Section 11 — WaveSample and Layer Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual14 Edit/Env 1, Env 2, Env 3 ParametersEDITATTACK TIME VEL AMTENVPress Edit / Env1

Section 11 — WaveSample and Layer ParametersEdit/Env 1, Env 2, Env 3 Parameters 15EDITENVELOPE MODEENVPress Edit / Env1, Env2, or Env3 / 8ENVELOPE MO

Section 11 — WaveSample and Layer Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual16 Edit/Env 1, Env 2, Env 3 ParametersEnvelope TemplatesREVERB099= Key Down= Key

Section 1 — Controls and ArchitectureAbout Pressure 11Pressure (After-touch)Another important controller is Pressure. Pressure (often called after-to

Section 11 — WaveSample and Layer ParametersEdit/LFO Parameters 17Edit/LFO PageThe parameters on this page control the Low Frequency Oscillator (LFO)

Section 11 — WaveSample and Layer Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual18 Edit/LFO ParametersLFO RateThis parameter allows you to set the rate (or speed

Section 11 — WaveSample and Layer ParametersEdit/LFO Parameters 19EDITLFO MODELFOPress Edit / LFO / 5Use this parameter to set the LFO in one of two m

Section 11 — WaveSample and Layer Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual20 Edit/Layer ParametersEdit/Layer PageThe parameters on this page control the la

Section 11 — WaveSample and Layer ParametersEdit/Layer Parameters 21GLIDE MODESMode StaccatoGlideLegatoGlideLegatoRetriggerNoteMemoryLEGATO NO YES YES

Section 11 — WaveSample and Layer Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual22 Edit/Layer ParametersEDITLYR VEL LO - HILAYERPress Edit / Layer / 3This parame

Section 11 — WaveSample and Layer ParametersEdit/Layer Parameters 23EDITSTEREO LAYER LINKLAYERPress Edit / Layer / 9Stereo samples are stored in pairs

Section 11 — WaveSample and Layer Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual24 Edit/Layer ParametersCommand/Layer PageThese commands allow you to create, cop

Section 12 — Sequencer & Audio Track ConceptsSequencer Basics 1This section contains an introduction to the ASR-10 sequencer and all the informati

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual2 Sequencer BasicsWhat is a Sequence?A sequence on the ASR-10 is a collection

Section 1 — Controls and Architecture ASR-10 Musician’s Manual12 ArchitectureArchitecture“Booting” the ASR-10Insert the power cord into the line recep

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsSequencer Basics 3Record StopContinuePlayLeft Foot Switch• Pressing Play will start the current sequenc

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual4 Sequencer BasicsLoading and Saving Sequencer DataThere are two ways that ASR

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsSequencer Basics 5Saving a Single Sequence to DiskUse the SAVE CURRENT SEQUENCE command to save a singl

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual6 Sequencer Basics• Press Enter•Yes. The display will read SAVING <SONG NA

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsSequencer Basics 7Sequence TracksEach sequence is composed of up to eight tracks, which correspond to t

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual8 Recording a SequenceRecording a SequenceHere we will describe recording a ne

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsRecording a Sequence 9“Punching In” on a TrackSuppose you have a track that is fine for the first four

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual10 Recording a SequenceTo Copy an Instrument to Another Location:Yes87654321Ca

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsRecording a Sequence 11MIDI Sequencing on the ASR-10 — MIDI ConnectionsYou can sequence any remote MIDI

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual12 Recording a SequenceMIDI Mode and Channel — Remote MIDI DevicesThe next ste

Section 1 — Controls and ArchitectureAbout Memory 13MemoryDisk Memory vs. Internal MemoryThe instruments, banks, and sequences that the ASR-10 plays a

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsRecording a Sequence 13Recording Program ChangesThe ASR-10 allows program changes to be recorded onto a

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual14 Recording a Sequence• Disable sequence looping on the external sequencer (L

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsSong Mode 15Song ModeThe ASR-10’s Song mode allows you to chain individual sequences together to form a

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual16 Song ModeMaking a Song (Command/Seq•Song, EDIT SONG STEPS)Once you have rec

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsSong Mode 17If you want to mute or transpose any of the tracks during that step, scroll until that trac

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual18 Song ModeTo Delete a Step Anywhere in the Song:• Go to the step that you wa

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsSong Mode 19Now, with the song selected, you can enter Record (by holding down Record and pressing Play

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual20 Song ModeRecording MIXDOWN VOLUME and MIXDOWN PANThe song tracks can record

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsAbout Audio Tracks 21About Audio TracksAudio Tracks serve three basic purposes:• Sing/Play through them

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual22 About Audio TracksSelecting, Enabling, and Disabling Audio TracksWhen you w

Section 1 — Controls and Architecture ASR-10 Musician’s Manual14 About MemoryWhat is a SIMM?SIMM is an acronym which stands for Single In-line Memory

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsAbout Audio Tracks 23When both Audio Tracks are selected (both yellow LEDs lit) and Source Monitor disa

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual24 About Audio TracksMethods of Recording Audio TracksRAMTracks — Record direc

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsAbout Audio Tracks 25Sequence Audio Tracks would look like this:Seq. Track 1Seq. Track 2Seq. Track 3Seq

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual26 About Audio TracksThe ASR-10 can play a maximum of two Audio Tracks at one

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsAbout Audio Tracks 27Memory FragmentationIf you think of memory — either internal RAM or the space on a

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual28 About Audio TracksStep One : Selecting the System Sample Rate1. Select t

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsAbout Audio Tracks 29Step Two : Configuring Audio Tracks for RAMTrack or DiskTrack Recording1. Selec

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual30 About Audio TracksASR-10’s internal memory, where the ASR-10 stores informa

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsAbout Audio Tracks 31Understanding Temporary Record Files (REC FILE)Temporary Record files are the area

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual32 About Audio TracksAuditioning DiskTracksWhen auditioning a DiskTrack record

Section 1 — Controls and ArchitectureAbout Memory 15You will notice that there are two slots with SIMMs installed, and two slots that are empty.These

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsAbout Audio Tracks 33Resampling Audio Track PlaybackIf you are configured for ATRK PLAY/REC=SCSI, and y

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual34 About Audio TracksStep Three : Choosing a Record Source1. Select the sam

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsAbout Audio Tracks 35MixerPANMIXOUTBUS1BUS2BUS3AUX1AUX2AUX3CLICKMain OutAUX OutsFXProcessorAudio Input(

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual36 About Audio TracksOUTBUS1BUS2BUS3AUX1AUX2AUX3CLICKMain Out(DRY)AUX OutsSCSI

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsAbout Audio Tracks 37Audio Input(s)andDigital I/O Inare disabledOUTBUS1BUS2BUS3AUX1AUX2AUX3Main OutAUX

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual38 About Audio TracksStep Four : Preparing Audio Tracks1. Select the sample

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsAbout Audio Tracks 39How to Prepare Song Audio Tracks:The ASR-10 can playback two Audio Tracks at one t

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual40 About Audio TracksPrinciples of Audio Track RecordingWhich Track is Selecte

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsAbout Audio Tracks 41Recording the first AudioSampleWhen you enter record for the first time with an Au

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual42 About Audio Tracks• See the punch-in examples below for more details.☞ Note

Section 1 — Controls and Architecture ASR-10 Musician’s Manual16 About MemoryAbout the SIMM SocketThe SIMM socket uses the pins on the end of the latc

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsAbout Audio Tracks 43PUNCH-IN Example 2:(Punch-in before AudioSample 1, punch-out after AudioSample 1)A

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual44 About Audio TracksPUNCH-IN Example 5:(Punch-in over multiple AudioSamples)A

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsAbout Audio Tracks 45PUNCH-IN Example 7:(Punch-in changes AudioSample that is triggered by multiple Aud

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual46 About Audio TracksPunching In on Copied SequencesRecording Different Audio

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsAbout Audio Tracks 47Bounce-DownBounce-down is the re-recording of the playback of existing tracks. Yo

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual48 About Audio Tracks2-to-1 Bounce-Down2-to-1 Bounce-Down is configured by set

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsAbout Audio Tracks 49Song Audio Track MixdownSong Audio Tracks have the added bonus of recording AUDIO-

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual50 About Audio TracksHow Existing Sequence Commands Affect Audio TracksSequenc

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsAbout Audio Tracks 51How Audio Tracks Function in Command and Edit ModesThere are two sets of track com

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual52 About Audio TracksSystem Optimization TipsApplication Notes to Improve Perf

Section 1 — Controls and ArchitectureAbout Memory 17Retaining PostRetaining PostProper SIMM Installation• Reinstall the trap door with the original sc

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsAbout Audio Tracks 53Error/Informational Messages (in alphabetical order)EDITSEQRECIf you configure for

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual54 About Audio TracksEDITSEQSTOPIf the current Sequence/Song has data recorded

Section 12 — Sequencer and Audio Track ConceptsAbout Audio Tracks 55EDITSEQSTOPThis is displayed when you press Stop•Continue to stopsequencer playbac

Section 13 — Sequencer & Audio Track ParametersEdit/Seq•Song Parameters 1The following parameters control the ASR-10 sequencer. Parameters for cr

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual2 Edit/Seq•Song ParametersEDITTEMPO - LOOPSEQ•SONGPress Edit / Seq•Song / 2

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track ParametersEdit/Seq•Song Parameters 3EDITCLICK PAN - OUT (Output Routing)SEQ•SONGPress Edit / Seq•Song / 7Use th

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual4 Edit/Seq•Song ParametersEDITSEQ REC SOURCESEQ•SONGPress Edit / Seq•Song /

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track ParametersSeq•Song Commands 5Command/Seq•Song PageThese commands are used to create, copy, delete, name, and sa

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual6 Seq•Song CommandsCMDSAVE SONG AND ALL SEQSSEQ•SONGPress Command / Seq•Song

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track ParametersSeq•Song Commands 7CMDERASE SONG + ALL SEQSSEQ•SONGPress Command / Seq•Song / 7Using this command cle

Section 1 — Controls and Architecture ASR-10 Musician’s Manual18 About Memoryinformation concerning the number of blocks, or noise and distortion.• If

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual8 Seq•Song CommandsCMDEDIT SONG STEPSSEQ•SONGPress Command / Seq•Song / scro

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track ParametersSeq•Song Commands 9CMDERASE ALL AUDIOSAMPLESSEQ•SONGPress Command / Seq•Song / scroll using the arrow

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual10 Edit/Track ParametersEdit/(sequence) Track PageThese parameters control t

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track ParametersEdit/Track Parameters 11EDITMIX - PANTRACKPress Edit / Track / 1 (for Mix) 2 (for Pan)Track MIXThe MI

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual12 Edit/Track ParametersTrack PANThe PAN parameter controls the current pan

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track ParametersEdit/Track Parameters 13EDITMULTI-IN MIDI CHANTRACKPress Edit / Track / 6Determines which MIDI channe

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual14 Audio Track ParametersEdit/(audio) Track PageThese parameters affect the

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track ParametersAudio Track Parameters 15The currently implemented Edit/(audio) Track, MIX, PAN and OUT parameters af

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual16 Audio Track ParametersEDITOUT (Audio Track Output Routing)TRACKPress Edit

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track ParametersTrack Commands 17Command/Track PageThese commands allow you to manipulate sequence data on the indivi

PrefaceiiiThank-you again for choosing ENSONIQ. Enjoy the music!

Section 1 — Controls and ArchitectureAbout Instruments 19About InstrumentsWe refer to ASR-10 sounds as Instruments. A grand piano, an electric bass,

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual18 Track CommandsCMDERASE/UNDEFINE TRACKTRACKPress Command / Track / 2Use th

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track ParametersTrack Commands 19take place and you will be placed on the Audition page. If you’ve previously set ed

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual20 Track CommandsThere are always 96 clocks per quarter note. The number of

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track ParametersTrack Commands 21Event LocationShows the current location in terms of Bar, Beat, and Clock. These th

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual22 Track CommandsINSERT and DELETEAfter selecting a location with the Event

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track ParametersTrack Commands 23CMDSCALE EVENTTRACKPress Command / Track / 7Use this command to increase or decrease

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual24 Track CommandsCommand/(audio) Track PageThese commands allow you to manip

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track ParametersTrack Commands 25• Press Enter•Yes. The display shows:CMDSTOPTRACK• This command does not have any A

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual26 Track CommandsRange: A or B (selected by pressing an Audio Track button)C

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track ParametersTrack Commands 27When performing the RENAME AUDIOSAMPLE command, make sure that you are renaming thep

Section 1 — Controls and Architecture ASR-10 Musician’s Manual20 About InstrumentsLOAD INST STOPOnce the instrument has been loaded, the display brief

Section 13 — Sequencer and Audio Track Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual28 Track CommandsCMDFILTER AUDIO EVENTS(Audio) TRACKPress Command /(audio) T

Section 14 — StorageDisk Storage 1This section covers all data storage functions.Disk Storage — Using the Disk Drive to Save and Load DataThe ASR-10’s

Section 14 — Storage ASR-10 Musician’s Manual2 Disk Storage• MACROS — The file structure of the ASR-10 is set up so that each directory can hold up to

Section 14 — StorageDisk Functions 3ASR-10 Disk FunctionsFORMAT FLOPPY DISK — Formatting a Blank DiskBefore it can be used by the ASR-10 to store data

Section 14 — Storage ASR-10 Musician’s Manual4 Disk Functionssame size (both High-Density disks or both Double-Density disks). It is a good practice

Section 14 — StorageLoading Instruments and Banks 5Loading and Saving ASR-10 InstrumentsLoading an InstrumentYou can load up to eight different instru

Section 14 — Storage ASR-10 Musician’s Manual6 Loading Instruments and BanksIf You Run Out of System MemoryYou might have to delete an instrument(s) b

Section 14 — StorageLoading Instruments and Banks 7Loading and Saving ASR-10 BanksTo Load a Bank• Press Load, then Instrument.• Use the Up/Down Arrow

Section 14 — Storage ASR-10 Musician’s Manual8 Loading Instruments and BanksSaving the Contents of Memory as a BankSaving a bank is like taking a “sna

Section 14 — StorageSequencer Data Storage 9Loading and Saving Sequencer DataThere are two ways that ASR-10 Sequencer data can be stored on a disk:• S

Section 1 — Controls and ArchitectureAbout Banks 21About BanksBanks provide a way to load a whole group of instruments and sequences into the ASR-10 w

Section 14 — Storage ASR-10 Musician’s Manual10 Sequencer Data StorageSaving a Single Sequence to DiskUse the SAVE CURRENT SEQUENCE command to save a

Section 14 — StorageSequencer Data Storage 11Saving a Song (along with all Sequences) to DiskOnce you have created a song or made changes to an existi

Section 14 — Storage ASR-10 Musician’s Manual12 Loading and Saving EffectsLoading and Saving ASR-10 EffectsLoading an Effect FileYou can load an effec

Section 14 — StorageLoading and Saving Effects 13A Note About Saving and Loading from a SCSI Storage DeviceThe preceding discussion has dealt with sav

Section 14 — Storage ASR-10 Musician’s Manual14 Audio Track StorageAudio Track StorageSavingWhere is Everything Stored?• Audio Track recording data ca

Section 14 — StorageAudio Track Storage 155. Edit the song name (if needed):CMD SEQSTOPSONGThe display shows the current name of the song, with a curs

Section 14 — Storage ASR-10 Musician’s Manual16 Audio Track StorageAbout Saving the BankUse the SAVE BANK command to save the current Bank. Banks pro

Section 14 — StorageAudio Track Storage 17Loading:Loading Foreign Sequences into the current SONG + ALL SEQS (Project) fileA Foreign Sequence is a seq

Section 14 — Storage ASR-10 Musician’s Manual18 Audio Track StorageDeleting:To Delete a RAM AudioSample:1. Select the appropriate Audio Track by press

Section 14 — StorageMIDI Sys-Ex 19MIDI System Exclusive RecorderWhat is System Exclusive Data?Some MIDI information—such as key events, controllers, p

Section 1 — Controls and Architecture ASR-10 Musician’s Manual22 About Banks• Press Enter•Yes. The ASR-10 will resume loading until completed, or unt

Section 14 — Storage ASR-10 Musician’s Manual20 MIDI Sys-ExSaving Sys-Ex Data Uses the Internal MemoryThe ASR-10 uses the RAM (Random Access Memory) t

Section 14 — StorageMIDI Sys-Ex 21System Exclusive MessagesIf during the reception of Sys-Ex data the ASR-10 display reads STATUS=INCOMPLETE, thismean

Section 14 — Storage ASR-10 Musician’s Manual22 Disk MessagesASR-10 Disk MessagesWARNINGSWarnings are displayed for one second and indicate either s

Section 14 — StorageDisk Messages 23• FILE OPERATION ERROR — one of a number of possible fatal errors occurred during a diskoperation. Probably cau

Section 15 — Sampling ApplicationsResampling through an EQ 1Resampling through the EQ Effect — Using EqualizationOften a sound contains some overtones

Section 15 — Sampling Applications ASR-10 Musician’s Manual2 Resampling through an EQ• Press the left Audio Track button to hear the input source (red

Section 15 — Sampling ApplicationsResampling through an EQ 3Normalizing GainAfter you’ve recorded a satisfactory sample, you should then perform the C

Section 15 — Sampling Applications ASR-10 Musician’s Manual4 Resampling through an EQWith this set-up, you are sending the processed main output signa

Section 15 — Sampling ApplicationsResampling through an EQ 5Using the ASR-10 as a Virtual Multi-Track Digital RecorderBecause the ASR-10 has several u

Section 15 — Sampling Applications ASR-10 Musician’s Manual6 Resampling through an EQINSTRUMENT prompt.• Next, play the sequence and play or sing alon

Section 1 — Controls and ArchitecturePlaying Instruments 23Note: Instruments can be played from an external MIDI controller, without being selected, w

Section 16 — Instrument Programming ApplicationsApplications 1This section provides information on some of the most commonly used Instrument programmi

Section 16 — Instrument Programming Applications ASR-10 Musician’s Manual2 ApplicationsYou’ve just taken a mono WaveSample, copied it to another layer

Section 16 — Instrument Programming ApplicationsApplications 3A-B FADE IN and set the parameters in the display to read, A-B FADE IN=0 TO 40. Scroll

Section 16 — Instrument Programming Applications ASR-10 Musician’s Manual4 ApplicationsVelocity Cross-Switching Between LayersThis application will gi

Section 16 — Instrument Programming Applications5Using the ENTER PLAYS KEY ParameterThe ENTER PLAYS KEY parameter, found on the Edit/System•MIDI page,

Section 17 — Sequencing/MIDI ApplicationsMIDI Connections 1This section covers a number of advanced sequencer applications, including using the ASR-10

Section 17 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications ASR-10 Musician’s Manual2 MIDI ConnectionsThis set up is ideal for controlling everything right from the ASR

Section 17 — Sequencing/MIDI ApplicationsMaking a MIDI Instrument 3use the Arrow buttons to name/rename the instrument. Give the new instrument a nam

Section 17 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications ASR-10 Musician’s Manual4 MIDI Sequencer ApplicationsRecording into the ASR-10 Sequencer from a MIDI Control

Section 17 — Sequencing/MIDI ApplicationsMIDI Sequencer Applications 5Using the ASR-10 with an External SequencerBecause of its multi-timbral capabili

Section 1 — Controls and Architecture ASR-10 Musician’s Manual24 Keyboard Range41231324Now all of #3 is showing:Numbers 1, 2 and 4 are partiallyshowin

Section 17 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications ASR-10 Musician’s Manual6 MIDI Sequencer ApplicationsSome Important Points about MULTI Mode• Each of the eig

Section 17 — Sequencing/MIDI ApplicationsUsing the ASR-10 with a Drum Machine7Using the ASR-10 with a Drum MachineWhen you use the ASR-10 in conjuncti

Section 17 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications ASR-10 Musician’s Manual8 Using the ASR-10 with a MIDI Guitar ControllerUsing the ASR-10 with a MIDI Guitar

Section 17 — Sequencing/MIDI ApplicationsUsing the ASR-10 with a MIDI Guitar Controller 9Using MONO B ModeTo use the ASR-10 in MONO B mode, set it up

Section 17 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications ASR-10 Musician’s Manual10 Using the ASR-10 with a MIDI Guitar ControllerGlobal Controllers in MONO A and B

Section 17 — Sequencing/MIDI ApplicationsMIDI Song Selects 11Song Position PointersThe ASR-10 sends and receives Song Position Pointers via MIDI. Son

Section 17 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications ASR-10 Musician’s Manual12 Delay Times/Tempo BPM ChartDelay Times/Tempo BPM ChartThis chart shows the relati

Section 17 — Sequencing/MIDI ApplicationsDelay Times/Tempo BPM Chart 13BPM 1/4 NOTE 1/8th NOTE 1/8 TRIPLET 1/16th NOTE166 361.45 180.72 120.48 90.3616

Section 18 — Audio Track ApplicationsUsing Audio Tracks for Audio Monitoring 1Using a Microphone with the ASR-10Because the Audio Tracks allow continu

Section 18 — Audio Track Applications ASR-10 Musician’s Manual2 Using Audio Tracks for Audio Monitoring• Press the Sample•Source Select button. The

Section 1 — Controls and ArchitectureKeyboard Range 25If you select the piano, it will play over the whole keyboard, covering up the bass entirely:Bas

Section 18 — Audio Track ApplicationsUsing Audio Tracks for Audio Monitoring 3• Press the left Audio Track button so that the red LED is lit. You sh

Section 18 — Audio Track Applications ASR-10 Musician’s Manual4 An Audio Track TutorialAn Audio Track TutorialBefore beginning this tutorial, make c

ASR-10 Musician’s Manual Section 18 — Audio Track ApplicationsAn Audio Track Tutorial 54. If you do not hear audio when using a microphone, flip the M

Section 18 — Audio Track Applications ASR-10 Musician’s Manual6 An Audio Track TutorialAudition Your RAMTrack RecordingWhen the sequence is finished

ASR-10 Musician’s Manual Section 18 — Audio Track ApplicationsAn Audio Track Tutorial 7Using the SAVE SONG + ALL SEQS CommandOnce you have created a s

Section 18 — Audio Track Applications ASR-10 Musician’s Manual8 An Audio Track Tutorial8. Press Enter•Yes.The display shows SAVING <SONG NAME>

ASR-10 Musician’s Manual Section 18 — Audio Track ApplicationsAn Audio Track Tutorial 9About Saving the BankUse the SAVE BANK command to save the curr

AppendixAdditional 44 kHz Effect Descriptions I44 kHz Effect Descriptions and VariationsVersion 2 Operating System contains 12 additional 44 kHz effec

Appendix ASR-10 Musician’s ManualII Additional 44 kHz Effect Descriptions44EQ+DDL1 LEFT RIGHT CENTR 2 SLAP ECHOES 3 WHEEL ECHO 4 RHYTHMIC ECHOES44EQ+D

AppendixAdditional 44 kHz Effect Descriptions III44DDL+CH+REV1 SWIRLING CHORUS 2 DDL+SLOW CHORUS 3 FLANGED CHORUS 4 WARM CHORUS44 kHz digital delay wi

Section 1 — Controls and Architecture ASR-10 Musician’s Manual26 About the SequencerLoading Sequencer DataThere are two ways that ASR-10 Sequencer dat

Appendix ASR-10 Musician’s ManualIV Additional 44 kHz Effect Descriptions44DDL+CHORUS1 PING PONG CHORUS 2 FAT CHORUS 3 ORGAN VIBRATO 4 CLOCKWORK PIANO

AppendixAdditional 44 kHz Effect Descriptions V44DLYLFO+REV1 PING PONG CHORUS 2 SIDE TO SIDE 3 DETUNER 4 WHEEL WOWCombines a 44 kHz digital delay that

Appendix ASR-10 Musician’s ManualVI Additional 44 kHz Effect Descriptions44EQ+DDL+CHO1 SWIRLING CHORUS 2 DDL+SLOW CHORUS 3 FLANGED CHORUS 4 WARM CHORU

AppendixAdditional 44 kHz Effect Descriptions VII44EQ+REVERB1 LUSH REVERB 2 STANDARD REVERB 3 MEDIUM REVERB 4 LONG REVERBThis effect combines a 44 kHz

Appendix ASR-10 Musician’s ManualVIII Additional 44 kHz Effect Descriptions44ROTO+REVRB1 AMBIENT REVERB 2 SLAP REVERB 3 SHORT REVERB 4 PERC REVERBA 44

AppendixAdditional 44 kHz Effect Descriptions IX44EQ+ROT+DDL1 PATCH SELECT 2 MOD WHEEL 3 TREMOLO PATCH 4 VIBRATO PATCHThis 44 kHz effect combines a pa

Appendix ASR-10 Musician’s ManualX Additional 44 kHz Effect DescriptionsEffect Parameters in Alphabetical order:AM MIN and MAX Ranges: 0 to 127 (corre

AppendixAdditional 44 kHz Effect Descriptions XICROSS REGN (L and R) Ranges: -99 to +99Allows you to feed back the echoed signals to their opposite si

Appendix ASR-10 Musician’s ManualXII Additional 44 kHz Effect DescriptionsDRY 44EQ+DDL Range: 0 to 9944DDL+CHORUS, 44DLYLFO+REV,44ROTO+REVRB, 44EQ+RO

AppendixAdditional 44 kHz Effect Descriptions XIIIER TIME (L & R) Ranges: 0 to 127This controls the amount of time it takes for the early reflecti

Section 1 — Controls and ArchitectureAbout the Sequencer 27Selecting a Sequence/SongPress the Edit button, then the Seq•Song button. The following sc

Appendix ASR-10 Musician’s ManualXIV Additional 44 kHz Effect DescriptionsMID Range: 0 to 20000Sets the center of the mid-frequency parametric.MID BW

AppendixAdditional 44 kHz Effect Descriptions XVSPEED Range: MIN or MAXDetermines how the rotary speaker will switch between slow and fast speeds. Th

Appendix ASR-10 Musician’s ManualXVI MIDI ImplementationASR-10 MIDI ImplementationThe ASR-10 features an extensive MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital In

AppendixMIDI Implementation XVIIMODEL: ASR-10 MIDI Implementation ChartVersion: 2Function… Transmitted Recognized RemarksBasicChannelDefaultChannels

ASR-10 Musician’s Manual IndexIndex 1ASR–10 IndexAAbout Macros 45About MIDI 36About Poly-Key Pressure 37ADD DATA 191Additional Front Panel Controls 8A

Index ASR-10 Musician’s Manual2 IndexDI-10 Digital I/O Board (S/PDIF) viiiDI-10 Digital I/O Interface 4, 352Digital audio output 4Digital I/O — Input/

ASR-10 Musician’s Manual IndexIndex 3List of ROM Effects 77Effects BussesAbout Busses 81Effects Mixing 81ENSEMBLE CROSS FADE 177ENTER PLAYS KEY 41, 33

Index ASR-10 Musician’s Manual4 IndexLevel-Detect mode 157LFO Parameters 209Line Conditioner ivLoad global parameters 44Loading a Song or a Single Seq

ASR-10 Musician’s Manual IndexIndex 5PPage Buttons 7Parameter Illustrations 32Parametric Programming 7Parity 13Patch SelectMaking patch select changes

Index ASR-10 Musician’s Manual6 IndexSaving Effects 87SCALE DATA 192SCALE EVENT 294SCSI ACCESS SPEED 246SCSI BUFFER 243SCSI Interface 4Select the samp

Section 1 — Controls and Architecture ASR-10 Musician’s Manual28 About the SequencerSaving Sequencer DataSaving a Single Sequence to DiskUse the SAVE

ASR-10 Musician’s Manual IndexIndex 7VOLUME SMOOTHING. 184WWarning! 13WaveSampleAbout WaveSamples 161COPY WAVESAMPLE 174CREATE NEW WAVESAMPLE 174DELET

Preface ASR-10 Musician’s Manualiv Disk CarePower12Insert the line cord into the line receptacle on the back of the ASR-10 (2), next to the power swit

Section 1 — Controls and ArchitectureAbout the Sequencer 29Saving a Song (along with all Sequences) to DiskOnce you have created a song or made change

Section 1 — Controls and Architecture ASR-10 Musician’s Manual30 Managing HeadroomManaging Your System HeadroomThe ASR-10’s 16-bit stereo output conve

Section 1 — Controls and ArchitectureManaging Headroom 31-12dBNormal SamplePlayback AttenuationNormal Sample Attenuated SampleCombined Samplesstill re

Section 1 — Controls and Architecture ASR-10 Musician’s Manual32Parameter IllustrationsThe ASR-10 accesses parameters and commands through Pages. Eac

Section 2 — System•MIDI1These pages contain parameters and commands that affect the ASR-10 as a whole.Edit/System•MIDI PageThis page contains global s

Section 2 — System•MIDI ASR-10 Musician’s Manual2 Edit/System•MIDI ParametersEDITTOUCH (Velocity and Pressure Response)SYSTEM•MIDIPress Edit / System

Section 2 — System•MIDIEdit/System•MIDI Parameters 3EDITLEFT FOOT SWSYSTEM•MIDIPress Edit / System•MIDI / scroll using the arrow buttonsWhen the optio

Section 2 — System•MIDI ASR-10 Musician’s Manual4 Edit/System•MIDI ParametersMIDI ParametersFew developments in recent years have had as great an impa

Section 2 — System•MIDIEdit/System•MIDI Parameters 5• When BASECHAN PRESSURE=OFF, no pressure will be transmitted via MIDI.• When BASECHAN PRESSURE=KE

Section 2 — System•MIDI ASR-10 Musician’s Manual6 Edit/System•MIDI ParametersMONO ModesMONO modes are particularly useful for driving the ASR-10 from

PrefaceDisk Care vGround LoopsSometimes currents flowing through the ground line generate a signal seen by another part of thecircuit sharing the same

Section 2 — System•MIDIEdit/System•MIDI Parameters 7EDITMIDI SYS-EX (ON/OFF)SYSTEM•MIDIPress Edit / System•MIDI / scroll using the arrow buttonsThis p

Section 2 — System•MIDI ASR-10 Musician’s Manual8 Edit/System•MIDI Parametersbutton, and send the ASR-10 a program change that is the file number +1 o

Section 2 — System•MIDIEdit/System•MIDI Parameters 9Although the range of this control is from 0 to 127, many of the values other than those listedabo

Section 2 — System•MIDI ASR-10 Musician’s Manual10 System•MIDI CommandsCommand/System•MIDI PageDue to the large number of commands on this page, not a

Section 2 — System•MIDISystem•MIDI Commands 11CMDCOPY O.S. TO DISKSYSTEM•MIDIPress Command / System•MIDI / 1Use this command to put the ASR-10 Operati

Section 2 — System•MIDI ASR-10 Musician’s Manual12 System•MIDI CommandsCMDSAVE GLOBAL PARAMETERSSYSTEM•MIDIPress Command / System•MIDI / 2The SAVE GLO

Section 2 — System•MIDISystem•MIDI Commands 13CMDCHANGE STORAGE DEVICESYSTEM•MIDIPress Command / System•MIDI / 5Use this command to determine whether

Section 2 — System•MIDI ASR-10 Musician’s Manual14 System•MIDI Commandsdestination disk is unformatted, the display will ask ERASE AND FORMAT DISK? P

Section 2 — System•MIDISystem•MIDI Commands 15To save the Sys-Ex file to disk:• Insert a formatted disk into the ASR-10.• Pressing Enter•Yes displays

Section 2 — System•MIDI ASR-10 Musician’s Manual16 System•MIDI CommandsCMDCOPY SCSI DRIVESYSTEM•MIDIPress Command / System•MIDI / scroll using the arr

Preface ASR-10 Musician’s Manualvi Disk CareAmplificationConnect the Main Audio Outputs of the ASR-10 to the line level inputs of a mixer, instrumenta

Section 2 — System•MIDISystem•MIDI Commands 17CMDBACKUP/RESTORESYSTEM•MIDIPress Command / System•MIDI / scroll using the arrow buttonsThe BACKUP/RESTO

Section 2 — System•MIDI ASR-10 Musician’s Manual18 System•MIDI CommandsBACKUPNote: If you are using removable cartridges as your backup storage device

Section 2 — System•MIDISystem•MIDI Commands 19RESTOREThe RESTORE utility first checks the SCSI Storage Device to see if it needs formatting or erasing

Section 2 — System•MIDI ASR-10 Musician’s Manual20 System•MIDI CommandsCMD CONFIGURE AUDIO TRACKSSYSTEM•MIDIPress Command / System•MIDI / scroll using

Section 2 — System•MIDIAbout Macros 21MacrosWhat Is a Macro?It may have occurred to you that with the large number of files that a SCSI Storage Device

Section 2 — System•MIDI ASR-10 Musician’s Manual22 About MacrosNote: All macro operations are performed with the Load button held down, and take effec

Section 2 — System•MIDIAbout Macros 23“Direct Dialing” on CD-ROMs with Direct MacrosENSONIQ formatted CD-ROMs have a unique Direct-Macro number assign

Section 3 — Instrument, Bank, & Preset Concepts1This section offers a basic overview of the concepts involved in selecting, creating, editing, and

Section 3 — Instrument, Bank, and Preset Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual2 About Instruments and BanksLoading an InstrumentYou can load up to eight d

Section 3 — Instrument, Bank, and Preset ConceptsAbout Instruments and Banks 3Saving an Instrument to DiskAfter you have created a new ASR-10 instrume

PrefaceDisk Care viiCare and Feeding of the Disk DriveThe ASR-10’s built-in disk drive is used to store all your Instruments, Banks, and Sequencer dat

Section 3 — Instrument, Bank, and Preset Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual4 About Instruments and Banksinstructions telling the ASR-10 what to load an

Section 3 — Instrument, Bank, and Preset ConceptsAbout Instruments and Banks 5Saving the Contents of Memory as a BankSaving a bank is like taking a “s

Section 3 — Instrument, Bank, and Preset Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual6 About Performance PresetsPerformance PresetsOnce you have a number of inst

Section 3 — Instrument, Bank, and Preset ConceptsAbout Performance Presets 7Note: When the LOAD indicator is flashing, the display is showing you disk

Section 3 — Instrument, Bank, and Preset Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual8 About Performance PresetsSuggested Uses for Performance PresetsThe most ob

Section 4 — Instrument, Bank, & Preset Parameters1This section offers detailed descriptions of the commands and parameters used in selecting,creat

Section 4 — Instrument, Bank, and Preset Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual2 Edit/Instrument ParametersHere’s how a typical instrument might react wh

Section 4 — Instrument, Bank, and Preset ParametersEdit/Instrument Parameters 3EDITKEYDOWN LAYERSINSTPress Edit / Instrument / 1This parameter determ

Section 4 — Instrument, Bank, and Preset Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual4 Edit/Instrument ParametersEDITMIDI OUT PROGRAMINSTPress Edit / Instrume

Section 4 — Instrument, Bank, and Preset ParametersEdit/Instrument Parameters 5When PRESSURE MODE=CHAN:• Local voices played from the ASR-10 keyboard

Preface ASR-10 Musician’s Manualviii Backing-Up the O.S. DiskBacking-up the O.S. DiskSince floppy disks are vulnerable to the affects of magnetic fiel

Section 4 — Instrument, Bank, and Preset Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual6 Edit/Instrument ParametersEDITSIZE (in blocks)INSTPress Edit / Instrume

Section 4 — Instrument, Bank, and Preset ParametersEdit/Instrument Parameters 7EDITINST (Key) RANGEINSTPress Edit / Instrument / scroll using the arr

Section 4 — Instrument, Bank, and Preset Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual8 Command/Instrument PageCommand/Instrument PageCMDCREATE NEW INSTRUMENTIN

Section 4 — Instrument, Bank, and Preset ParametersCommand/Instrument Page 9CMDSAVE INSTRUMENTINSTPress Command / Instrument / 3Use this command to sa

Section 4 — Instrument, Bank, and Preset Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual10 Command/Instrument PageSEQS command on the Command/Seq•Song page.• Sele

Section 4 — Instrument, Bank, and Preset ParametersCommand/Instrument Page 11• Press Load to return to the “Pile.” Pressing the number that you selec

Section 5 — Effect Concepts1This section offers a basic overview of the concepts involved in selecting, creating, editing, andunderstanding Effects.

Section 5 — Effect Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual2 Understanding ASR-10 EffectsINST (Instrument) EffectsEach instrument that you load into the ASR-

Section 5 — Effect ConceptsSelecting Effects 3Selecting EffectsWhen OFFis selected,all soundsare dry,regardlessof theiroutputsetting.When INST is sele

Section 5 — Effect Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual4 Selecting EffectsSMALL ROOM An ambient room reverbLARGE ROOM A room reverb with larger ambienceH

PrefaceAn Important Note ixAccessoriesThese optional accessories are available from your Authorized ENSONIQ Dealer:• OEX-6sr Output Expander — The OEX

Section 5 — Effect ConceptsSelecting Effects 5Sample RateEach Effect has a defined number of voices that it can play, based on its sample rate. To vi

Section 5 — Effect Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual6 Selecting EffectsLoading and Saving ASR-10 EffectsLoading an Effect FileYou can load an effect f

Section 5 — Effect ConceptsSelecting Effects 7Programming EffectsThe ASR-10 effects are highly programmable. Each effect has a wide variety of parame

Section 5 — Effect Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual8 Selecting EffectsSingle Function Effect MixerVolPanLRLREffect 1BUS1BUS2BUS1BUS2Voice OutputMainO

Section 5 — Effect ConceptsSelecting Effects 9Triple Function Effect MixerAUX 1LROutput ExpanderLROutput ExpanderLROutput ExpanderAUX 3AUX 2PanLRLREff

Section 5 — Effect Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual10 Selecting EffectsPredefined Effect Modulation ParametersSeveral of the effects allow real-time

Section 5 — Effect ConceptsSelecting Effects 11Selectable Effect Modulation ParametersMost of the effects allow real-time control of selectable parame

Section 6 — Effect Parameters1This section offers detailed descriptions of the commands and parameters used in selecting,creating, and editing effects

Section 6 — Effect Parameters ASR-10 Musician’s Manual2 Edit/Effects ParametersEdit/Effects PageEach of the effects has multiple screens containing a

Section 6 — Effect ParametersEdit/Effects Parameters 3DETUNE AMT Range: 0 to 99This parameter controls the depth of the detuning, that is, how much th