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The Independent
Newsletter for Ensoniq Users

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Seriously,
PARIS is here --— a
hardware/softcross-platform,
hardware/s0ftware combo that consists of a choice of
EDS-I000 PCI card (with Mac
audio interfaces, EDS-1000
and Windows drivers), Control 16
I6 "human
“human interface," and hard disk recording software.

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The hardware is a joy. The 20-bit audio interface
sounds great and also offers SPDIF I/O. The Control 16
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The PCI sound card includes six 24-bit DSP chips.
PARIS ' s onboard
These are the engines behind PARIS’s
signal processing,
processing, real time action, and smooth
"“feel.”
feel." Using dedicated hardware is far more
powerful than making the host computer processor
eve ryth ing. When you move a fader, change
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The hardware is a joy. The 20-bit audio interface
sounds great and also offers SPDIF I/O.
I/O . The Control 16
I6 is a compact, ergonomic hardware control
surface with 16 long-throw channel
channel faders, master
jog/shuttle/editing! data entry wheel, transfader, jog/shuttle/editing/
port buttons, keypad, EQ/aux send/pan adjustments, and numerous buttons for functions such as
mute, solo, punch, loop set, jump to auto-location
markers, etc. Two nulling LEDs simplify automation (sliding the fader until the LEDs go out
matches the fader's
fader’s physical position with the
it 's a joy to use.
programmed value). Overall, it's

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EQ , pan, or whatever, the action is instanEQ,
Couple this with the Control 16, and
taneous. Couplc
the result is a system that can please even the
impatient.

Software
You'll need a big monitor running at I024
1024 X

768 --— just fitting the mixer on screen takes a
lot of space. PARIS can open Sound Designer
II and WAV
files,
W AV file
s, as well as the native
nati ve PARIS
PAR IS

format. Although there is no substantial audio
editing, the Mac version of PARIS comes
with BlAS’s
BIAS's Peak LE and the Windows version with Steinberg
' s Wavelab Lite.
Steinberg’s
Although there are several windows, you'll
mostly use the Editor, Mixer, and Mini
Mixer. The Editor is pretty standard, with a
few nice touches like scroll bars that can also
zoom, an "objects
“objects bin"
bin” that shows all bits of
audio used in a project, and 32 clipboards
that can store groups of audio segments (not
parts) .
justindividual parts).
A more unusual option is a choice of "con“constrained"
strained” or "free
“free form"
form” track layouts. In constrained mode, 16
I6 tracks tie to the 16 faders.
In free form mode, each fader controls an Instrument, which can consist of an almost unlimited number of virtual tracks. Free form is
primarily for constructing composite tracks
and saving alternate takes, as only one virtual
track can play through its associated fader at
any time.

are automatable; EQ and DSP settings are
not.
n0t.
The Mini Mixer is simply a scaled-down version of the main mixer that takes up less
space, but still shows most of what you need.

DSP
PARIS ships with several editable, real-time
plug-ins: mono and stereo compressor/expander/
gate, chorus, delay, long delay,
delay , tap
pander/gate,
delay, plate reverb, room reverb, and
non-linear
non-Linear reverb. Dynamics and delay can
insert in individual channels; all effects work
with the aux busses. One PCI card supports 8
stereo or 16
I6 mono effects.
I was particularly impressed by the reverb;
the dynamics processing is also ﬁne,
fine , although rudimentary (e.g., no multiband compression). Add all this to the EQ, and PARIS
delivers some pretty potent processing.

MIDI Options

Mixer
This window looks and acts like a regular
hardware mixer, with faders, panning, 4-band
parametric EQ, up to 8 aux sends, a master
section, channel inserts, meters, and so on.
What keeps it from becoming hopelessly
cluttered is that you can hide/show just about
anything -— if you're
you’re in an EQ-adjusting
mood, show all 4 stages and hide the aux
sends and inserts. Faders, mutes, and panning

PARIS currently has no MIDI capabilities,
but can sync with sequencers such as Vision,
Cubase, etc
etc.. running in the background.
Check with the Ensoniq web site (www.ensoniq.com) for details on compatibility with
particular sequencers.

The Bottom Line
While getting acquainted with PARIS, I ran

into several minor bugs and a couple major
ones. I felt the software was released prematurely, but when I brought these bugs to the
attention of Intelligent Devices (the company
responsible for the application; Ensoniq
covers the hardware and drivers), they were
extremely responsive and started working on
fixes for the bugs I found. In any event, development is ongoing, and free updates are
available from the PARIS web site.

Ensoniq is promising a lot for the future, and
it's all very enticing -— but given the nature
of vaporware, can be risky for the consumer.
Fortunately, with Creative Labs'
Labs’,. recent acquisition of Ensoniq, I feel confident that not
only will any shortcomings be ironed out, but
Ensoniq will deliver on their promise to grow
the system.
PARIS isn
' t a budget system, as it competes
isn’t
more with Pro Tools than, for example,
Cubase VST. However, the hardware is
rock-solid; once the software matures, PARIS
is going to be a major force to contend with
in the world of hard disk recording. Even in
its early form, it's
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Ensoniq News
The acquisition of Ensoniq by Creative Technology (announced here last month) has been

the Ensoniq ASR series and EPS-16 Plus
samplers. It is a simple procedure to copy any
of the effects files from Syntaur's
Effects
Syntaur’s Pro Eﬂeczs
Disk onto a sampled instrument, to add a
wah-wah pedal to a guitar sample, for instance, to apply a "telephone"
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($16.955 for the EPS-16
version, $22.95 for the ASR version) are
available from Syntaur Productions, 500 W.
Prairie Ave., Eagle Lake, TX 77434; call
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wah-wah pedal to a guitar sample, for in-

Prairie Ave., Eagle Lake, TX 77434; call
4-1288.
(409) 234-2700 or (800) 33
334I288.

The acquisition of Ensoniq by Creative Technology (announced here last month) has been
completed. Now we wait...

stance, to apply a "telephone"
“telephone” filter to a vocal
line, to fatten up an analog synth patch, or to
"decimate"
“decimate” a sample tastefully into a lo-fi
"street"
“street” sound.

Sound Engineering announces:
Ensoniq ASR-X Drum Patterns

One good
· sign: Ensoniq is at NAMM this
goodsign:
month and rumors are flying
ﬂying about a new
keyboard announcement. We'll
We’Il have more
news next month.

Hypersoniq -— New Products
Syntaur Productions Releases New Effects
Disks for Ensoniq Samplers
In many instances, a sound can really be
taken into a new dimension simply by the application of carefu
lly crafted digital effects.
carefully
Syntaur Productions now has a stellar collection of effects programs available, for both

John Gould and Sam Mims did most of the
effects programming, with additional programs by Todd Speer and Kyle Kee. The Pro
Effects Disk for the EPS-16 Plus contains 20 .
Ejjfects
effects programs of a wide variety, while the
ASR disk contains 38 (the 20 EPS-16 effects,
plus 18
ASR's more powI8 more utilizing the ASR’s
erful algorithms). The new programs go far
beyond simple "tweaks"
“tweaks” of reverb patches -—
they each add a unique quality to a sample or
to a live processed sound. Full documentation
is included, describing the program itself, the
modulators used, and the effects produced at
each of the three output buses.
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Sound Engineering, a leader in sound and
sample design since 1991
I991,, is proud to announce the availability of 100
I00 drum beats for
Ensoniq’s newest sampler, the ASR-X. The
Ensoniq's
new library is available at a special introductory price of just $29.95 (less than 30 cents
per pattern).
pattem).
“The ASR-X’s
"The
ASR-X's built in drum sounds and effects, in combination with these groovy new
drum beats, make an instant party,”
party," said
allNoam Sane, head Gizmologist. “These
"These a11new drum beats, like most of the sample and
synth patch material we've
we’ve developed over

the years, really target the needs of the
UrbanlDance/Electronic
Urbant’DancelE.lectronic music writer and
producer. Best of all, they're
they’te studio tested."
tested.”
The 100
programmed by drum
ldb drum
drurn beats, prograrnrned
drurn
beat maven
eleven Joel
loel B.,
S, is a fantastic tool for all
ASR-X owners.
Beats Volume
ASR-X Seats
t/olusse 1Z Overview: Ballad
Sallad
Beats, Dance Beats, Euro Beats,
Seats, Acid Beats,
beats,
Rock Beats, Funk Beats, R&B
RS8 Beats, Straight
Beats,
Seats, Latin Beats, and many
rnany more.
inure.
Pricing: XS-S63
XB-OOO Brute
Drum Seats
Beats Volume
‘Volume 11‘ is
ts

$29.95,
S29.S5, with Internet delivery available.
Sound Engineering has been a leading sound
design firm
flnn since 1991.
i991. Gffeting intense snp~
port for AKAI, Kurzweil,
Kutawetl. Peavey, Roland,
Oberheim,
Gberheirn, Sequential, Yamaha,
Yarnaha, and Peavey
patches,
products. It
it offers a full line of synth patches.
sarnpler floppies, and CD-ROMs.
CE»R$lvls. Online
Saline oron
dering
daring and a cornplete catalog are available
online at: http;o’www.soundengine.cotnf.
Sound Engineering, Box
Sou 2226,
2226. Southeastern
PA 19399,
19-WAVE.
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llifitlsout further
farther ado, let's
let’s dissect both
the Acoustic and the Electric Piano sets
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“Everybody talks about the
weather, but nobody does anything about it."
it.”
The same holds true of acoustic
acoustic. piano samsam»
ples: everybody has an opinion on it, but few
do anything about it. And with good reason:
acoustic piano is the hardest sound to samsane
pleJeditimanage/massage into being. Even
pie/edit/ntanage./rnussage
edit»
veteran loopers cringe at the prospect of edit·
ing an instrument comprised of 50+
She» multi·
n'tulti~
samples, tweaking loops to minimize
tninirniae the
static decay loop after the initial attack, and
then getting it small
stnall enough to fit into a 2X
expander. Not for the faint of
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heart...

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let’s just load the factory piano samples
sarnples
and work with what little memory
rnernury is left
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let’s just load the factory piano samples
saraples
and work with what little memory
nternory is left
available. Kinda tough to do if your favorite
piano is the 16
l6 Mb "7-FT-BALDWIN"
“"l~FT-S.nL§Wlhl” for
jf you’re
the ASR,
ass. ain't
ain’t it? Kinda impossible
trnposstble if
using a 4X
dX in your EPS
BPS Classic or 16+,
lbs». ain't
ain’t
it? So
Se you just load the 1500+
asset block factory
Steinway into the boa
box and deal with it...
Well,
pretties:
ll/ell, not any more,
snore, my
ray little pretttes:
AudioWrx has just released a series of 7·disk
nudtowra
7-dtsk
sets for all Malvern
lvialvern leopbcses that may
rosy very
well comprise the only eﬁeeuvs alternative to
the factory piano sataples shipped with your
instrurnent. A relatively new company (see
their ad in the Sauteed), AudioWrx
nudtowra kicks
locks off
their entry into the Ensoniq market
ntarket with these
7·disk
7-disk DSDD (thanx
(titans you!)
youl) sets that load into
all the Malvern loopboses. appears they do

All acoustic piano samples
sarnples load in under
2000
Zddb blocks. This may not seem
scent like much
rnuch
unless you own an EPS Classic or 16+;
l6-t-; it's
it’s
very convenient for a 16+
I61» with the FlashRAM option. Why?
Why‘? Any of these pianos will
load into Flash with enough memory
headroom to install the OS.
CIS. Very cool to boot
your 16+ from Flash and load the acoustic
...
piano without shuffling any disks
disks...
Well thought out: the 1960-block "Bright
“Bright
Grand"
ly different from the 1834-block
Cirand” is tru
truly
I834-block
"Traditional
“Traditional Grand."
Grand.” Above G3 the former
sparkles and is guaranteed to cu
cutt through a
mix
rnis without taking it over. No undamped
undarnped
sarnples above F5: a grateful implementation
(llvillﬁ), but purists may
rnay take offense: kinda
like B-3
SW3 samples
sarnples with heavy EQ processing
to remove
tetnove the 60-cycle
6d=-cycle hum
hunt in those inducinduc~
tive beasts (much
(cinch better sounding, but not
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like B-3
EMS samples
sarnples with heavy EQ processing
to remove
tensove the 60-cycle
6d=-cycle hum
hunt in those inducinduc~
tive
live beasts (much
(utuctt better sounding, but not
faithful to the original). The "Dark
“Dark Grand"
Grand”
doesn't
doesn’t appear to be a velocity-edited
velocityedited
"Bright"
“bright” or "Traditional"
“Traditional” grand: harder
velocities play louder without roswitching a
different sarnple into play. Mod wheel gratefully nonfunctional:
LFO leaking into
nonfunctional; no LPG
your acoustic emulations
cavulattous here.
All
an acoustic sets avoid the "woodiness"
“woodtness” in the
midrange
tntdrange area of the Ensoniq Steinway; it
would appear that keyrange required 400+
too».more
rnore blocks to eradicate Uudging
{judging by the
block count). Good level on all samples:
sarnplcs: no
tweaking the "Boost"
parameter required
“Boost” paransetet"
(EPS
(BPS Classic users take note). Discernible
split points but no glaring harmonic
harrnonic distracdistracw

lion between them. Very transportable instruments:
rnents; sound quality was as close to identical
across the board when Il auditioned these instruments on an EPS
BPS Classic, a 16+ (with
Flash), and an ASR-IO.
ASR-I6. Given the sonic differences between the 13-bit
l3-bit Classic vs. 16-bit
l6-bit
ASR playback, Il discerned virtually no
16+/
lbe./ASR
harmonic differences; this leads me
rne to
believe Digidesign
Dtgidesign massage
rnassage has been ementployed here.
The "Electric
“Electric Piano Series"
Series” is very comcornprehensive: Classical Rhodes, Dyno-Rhodes,
preheusive:
Dyno-Shades,
DX, Roland MKS-series and SA-type
Sn.-type pianos
are represented. There're
There’re even a coupla
couple Korg
liotg
as well as D-50 piano samples
santples as well.
Well-rounded representations at memorytnernory~
conservative sizes in the EP set. The MKS-20
llviliS~2G
3 (652
blocks) replaced my
(d52 blocks}
rny OX
DX sample
sarnple for
Robin Ford's
Daughter": well
Fordls "Talk
“Talk to your §uughter”:
done,
dune, no editing required. The MKS-20
MKS-SQ 2
suffered from
frorn a funny amp
arnp envelope:
envelope; forfor»
tunately, Ensoniq included those 19
l9 preset
envelopes, so two buttons later.
later, life was
good. The D50 EP's
EP’s aliased in the top two
octaves and were just too granular for my
any
taste, but D50's
D5tl’s are way too granular for my
ray
taste anyway. With the "Chorus
“Chorus &
dc Reverb"
Reverb”
FX
PX algorithm
algorltiun selected on the 16+
lot» and ASR,
they really cleaned up and because
became palatable,
but EPS Classic owners beware.

The Thorns
Acoustic Pianos still suffer from
front the "1“lsecond static decay"
decay” loop syndrome. Not as
problem for the 16+ and newer; a very slow
and light chorus will enhance credibility, but
don’t have this
veteran EPS Classic users don't
it’s a far sight better
hardware luxury. Still, it's
than the 112
l/2 second loop decay of most
rnost 3rd
party piano samples. Minimal patch select
rnuted
variations. Only patch selects I caught muted
layers; OX
GK muted hard
velocity-switched layers:
X9 muted
routed softlnormal
soft/notrnal
velocity layer, XO
glut»
velocity layer. Possible moot point, but glaring oversight for veteran Ensoniq tweakers
like us...
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velope tweak will correct
sensibilities.

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do is the Wurlitzer EP:
ES: 847
Se? blocks is a bit
large for a rnultisatnpled reed piano. Then
Then

again, if you're
America"
you’re a "Breakfast
“Breakfast In America”
type, you wouldn't
wouldn’t settle for anything less.
But you'll
you’ll need to tweak the velocity switch
point: mine switched to hard reed buzz way
too soon for my taste. Then again, I keep my
keys set to a soft to normal touch
toucb in the
global pages, so might just be me. At any
rate, at least you won't
won’t break any reeds if you
really get inspired.

your 16+ or EPS Classic to feverishly edit to
size required. Disk labels indicate these guys
are pretty
pre.tty Mac-savvy: I'd
I’d surmise they've
they’ve
...
done some Sound Designer tweaking
tweaking...

AudioWrx has kicked off their season, as

This set does not represent the commensurate
acoustic (or electric) piano library, nor does it
market itself as such. Rather, this is a robust
and memory-conscious set of emulations for
%
Ensoniq owners who don't
don’t wish to lose 75
75%
of available memory by loading a reasonable
piano facsimile into their instrument or cabling up an outboard module.

well as 1998, with a very respectable and affordable set of acoustic pianos that would do
credit to any sampler's
sampler’s arsenal. No hunting
up a CD player to load samples into a 16+ or
ASR, saving to low-D diskettes to load
l.oad into

An excellent first time out: we'll
we’ll be hearing
more from these guys. Time to oil up that
glove and play deep centerfield, 'cause
’cause that's
that’s
... —
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where most of these pitches land
land...

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The Dea
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A SR-X versus ASR-l0
ASR- 10
ASR-X
Eric Montgomery

Lots of questions have been posed about the
ASR-X going from sequencing to file management to sample file conversions. One
question that seems to come up quite a bit in
“What is the difference bemusic stores is "What
tween the ASR-10/88
ASR-I0/88 and the ASR-X?"
ASR-X?” The
only way I can answer that is by pointing out
the differences in capabilities and specs and
just plain practical use of both units.
I suppose we can start with the simple fact
pads . The
that the X has 13 velocity sensitive pads.
ASR-IO
ASR-10 has 61 keys or 88 weighted action
keys. (I guess you knew that.)
In the effects section the ASR-IO
ASR-10 has 50
ROM effects and has the ability to load additional effects algorithms from floppy
ﬂoppy or a
hard drive. This is a really unique feature.
Waveboy has designed additional effects to
do some very neat things with an ASR-I0
ASR-10
t.hat
that it was not canahle of doing before (mv
tional effects algorithms from floppy
ﬂoppy or a
hard drive. This is a really unique feature.
Waveboy has designed additional effects to
do some very neat things with an ASR-I0
ASR-10
that it was not capable of doing before (my
favorite is the RES Filter type stuff). The X
has a resonant filter built in as a part of the
programming architecture. They both have a
bussing system that allows the user to route
bu snds through different effects buscertain sou
sounds
ses. The 10 has 11 effects processor that has a
total of 3 busses. The X has 5 effects busses
consisting of 11 Insert bus, 3 reverb buses and
a dry bus
bus.. On the X there are 40 insert effects. This is very, very cool. Now the user
has the ability to use (for example) distortion,
digital delay and tremolo as an insert effect
on one or more sounds, then pan other sounds
or tracks to a big reverb, medium reverb,
light reverb or to a dry bus setting. With that
you’ve
kind of separation it will sound like you've

been to a studio!

The sequencers in the 10 and the X are completely different from each other. The ASR10 sequencer is like that of the EPS and 16+
families with 16 tracks. The X has a 16 track
linear sequencer like that of the MR family.
The ASR-IO
ASR-10 is 8 part multitimbral and the X
is 16
l6 part multitimbral. I suppose I have said
something contradictory. The ASR-I0,
ASR-10, EPS
and 16+ are 8 part multitimbral so how could
they have 16 track sequencers?
sequencers‘? Song Mode
(8sequence and 8 song tracks, pattem
pattern based).
The ASR-IO
ASR-10 song mode is only a means of
telling the ASR to play certain sequences in a
certain order. Once it is in Song Mode you
can overdub on top of the same sounds with
new sequence data. The X song mode does
not have the ability to overdub over the same
tracks, but it is 16 part multitimbral. The X
has 32 notes of polyphony and the 10 has 31
notes max. Polvnhonv in the ASR-IO
ASR-10 denew sequence data. The X song mode does
not have the ability to overdub over the same
tracks, but it is 16 part multitimbral. The X
has 32 notes of polyphony and the 10
IO has 31
notes max. Polyphony in the ASR-IO
ASR-10 depends on what the effects processor is set to.
If the effects are set to 44K then you have 23
notes, 30K you have 31 notes of polyphony.
There are sequencer editing features in the 10
like quantize and event editing. Quantizing
just shifts the note start times to ones that fit
into a “grid”
"grid" so to speak. If you are quantizing to 16th notes then the ASR will try to
shift the
the note to the closest line on the grid
that it thinks will work. The event editing is
mostly used for deleting notes that you don't
want or maybe inserting program changes or
controllers per track.
The X has some unique quantizing features

Bio: Pat's not having much luck leading a
normal life. Pat's wife recently had a baby
boy. During all the hoopla she claims she
vaguely recalls receiving SysEx messages
from him
him,, but that was months ago.

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called Humanize, Tighten and Delta quantizing. Humanize quantizing does a random
shifting of notes to give the track a better or
more random "feel."
“feel.” Tighten quantizing
shifts the notes closer to perfect but not so
much as to make the data sound mechanical.
Delta quantizing is a method of quantizing
that is exclusive to Ensoniq
Ensoniq.. It was first introduced in the MR family of workstations. This
procedure actually keeps the sequence data
(rhythmic value of the notes and space between each note) intact and shifts the whole
track forward or backward to help make it fit
the rest of the sequence. Imagine if what you
played was rhythmically accurate but not in
time with the rest of the sequence -— Delta
the rescue.
quantizing to tbe
In the X there is no event editing. To combat
not having this much-needed feature the Ensoniq designers decided to put in some-up-todate cool real-time editing called Scoop editing.
For example;
example: Assume you are recording a
drum track. You record the kick, snare and
hi-hat, but you found that while recording the
snare you made a mistake. While recording,
For example: Assume you are recording a
drum track. You record the kick, snare and
hi-hat, but you found that while recording the
snare you made a mistake. While recording,

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encouragement?

hold the record bu
tton and press the ssnare
nare
button
pad, the X will start erasing that instrument
out of the sequence as long as that particular
pad is being held down. Cool! Let's
Let’s try the
same scenario + a cowbell, and that cowbell
just won’t
won ' t do. Stop recording, press and hold
pad . The X will
record, now play the cowbell pad.
then ask you if you want to erase all of that
note on the whole track. Answer yes and it is
done. Quick and easy.

When
Wheo it comes to reading file types the ASR10/88
0001
l0l88 will read EPS, EPS-16+, Akai S-l
S-l000/
Il 100
I00 and Roland S-700 series formats. The X
reads ASR-10,
S-l000/1100, Roland
ASR-I0, Akai S-10001II00,
S-700 series, AIF (Mac) and .wav (Windows)
formats. The X al
so has 11 EXP sslot
lot for using
also
maybe the Urban/Dance expansion board that
many people use in the MR-61/76
MR-61176 and MRRack. Keep in mind that when the ASRs read
other formats, they also read the patch data
that's
too. You will not just get a sample and that’s
you'll get as close as possible to the patch
it, you’1l
data (the way pitch, key maps, amplitude, filters etc. would have been programmed on
that patch). The ASRs will do conversion of
other manufacturers'
manufacturers’ sounds only via SCSI.
The question was raised that there was some
concern that the X may not be able to read
wav's or aif's
..wav’s
aif’s from some other SCSI source

like a CD-ROM. Why not? The X writes its
sounds as aif files. To lay the thought to rest [I
tried it and it does work. There is also some
EPS/ 16+
concern that the X cannot read EPS/16+
sounds. Well, if you have a software version
that is 2.05 or less than it does not. If
lf you
have access to an ASR-IO
ASR-10 or Giebler'
Giebler’ss EDM
-10 or
you can load the sound into an ASR
ASR-10
into EDM then write the sound back to a new
DSHD floppy and the X will read it. In the
near future there will be software that will
allow you to read EPSI16+
EPS/16+ directly from that
so give you a
disk! The new software will al
also
song mode and a pattern play mode. The song
mode is pretty clear, you can now assemble
your sequences into one big playlist. The pattern play mode now allows you to audition
the patterns by playing them and just selecting the next pattern, the X will automatically
play the next pattern without missing a beat.

J. D. Ryan

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so quirky (under the "you
“you get what you pay
for"
I' ll
for” doctrine). Perhaps it is my fear that l’l1
end up three somersaults across the room
with a blackened hand bemoaning my fried
486, detecting the faint smell of ozone as my
pupils re-dilate from the the brilliant blue
crackling spark that did this to me. Nah...
Nah ...
never happen. Bzzzz!

don’t
Since my EPS 16+ has no digital outs I don't
mind a bit encoding it right through the elcheapo 16-bit stereo soundcard aboard my
calJed an OptiMAD 16
board. It is called
l6 Pro, and if
you
ou have one of these consumer-level cards
you may have never tried to push it due to its
low promise for studio application. When
you want to put some audio on your webpage
page., bowever,
however, you begin to realize that your
pristine
pris tine all-digital-domain masterpiece is
go noa get played back on ...
OHMYGA WD!
gonna
...Ol-IMYGAWD!
oot a pa.ir
no-t
pair of $6.95 computer speakers!?
speakersl‘?

Bio:
Bio : Eric Montgomery
Montgom ery is a upandcoming
song writer/producer who has published his
work with Salt Records, Integrity Music and
several local compilation CDs
CD5 in Gary Ind.
a/Chicago
and in CAMS of
Chicago Ill.
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The last thing I should mention is that the
ASR family does have sample editing parameters like truncate, time compression/expansion, normalize and many others. The
ASR-10/ 88 does have a few extra tools like
ASR-l0/88
bowtie crossfade and crossfade to name a
few. Those extra features do allow more control over the actual sample
sample..

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Weaving
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Sometimes I'm
I’m a bit of a technophobe when
it comes to plugging this computer in to use it
as a recording system. Perhaps it is the
machine's Taiwanese heritage that make
machine’s
makess it
so quirky (under the "you
“you get what you pay
for"
I'll
for” doctrine).
doctrine). Perhaps it is my fear that I’ll
end up three somersaults across the room
with a blackened hand bemoaning my fried

ASR- I0 is great in some
As you can see, the ASR-10
areas and the X has strengths of its own.
They both have excellent sound quality and
are very user friendly. Obviously if you are
trying to decide between them each scenario
is different and has to be weighed accordingly.. If you already own one or the other and
ly
are thinking about adding another sampler to
your rig then maybe this article can help in
the decision making process. Both ASRs are
among (in my opinion) the most user-friendly
_
and best sounding samplers in the world
world.. In

Nor do these cheap cards wanna give up any
you have to work at it. You
performance ...
...you
will need:
need:
I)
1) A stereo phono plug cord from your source

to the soundcard input (more on this later)
2) Stereo female-phono to male-miniplug.
al-(Mavbe the card will take it in mono,but I ai
l) A stereo phono plug cord from
trom your source
1)
to the soundcard input (more on this later)
2) Stereo female-phono to male-miniplug.
(Maybe the card will take it in mono,but I always use two-channel cabling just in case
and it makes monitoring more pleasant.)
3) Headphones and your Ensoniq or other
sound source (tape deck, etc
etc.).)
4) A computer w/soundcard
wl soundcard that has mic and
line inputs and speaker output.
5) Any software that will record and playit,
back your new .WAY
.WAV or AIFF file (CoolEd
(CoolEdit,
HQ9000,
I-IQ9000, etc
etc.).) and we are ready to patch in.
If your soundcard is anything like mine, it
may have these protruding plastic rings
around the miniplug in/outs. It
's almost as if
It's

these are designed to make it difficult because the weight of the cords with adaptors in
place wants to mess up the connection as the
plug gets pulled down by the cord and
gravity. You may even have to build a little
support arm or wedge it with a book or such
but we're
we’re gonna get digital conversion out of
this thing yet!
Okay, boot up and bring your software reYU
corder to screen (I use CoolEdit) with its VU
meters switched on and run
ntn the source cable
“mic”" or "line"
“line” input as required by
to the "mic
tum off any
your card. You may wish to turn
screensavers or other potential interrupts. I
usually take signal right out of a headphone
jack
feed))
iack on a tape deck (hence the stereo feed
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tum off any
interrupts. I
screensavers or other potential interrupts.
usually take signal right out of a headphone
jack on a tape deck (hence the stereo feed)
and one would expect the "“line”
line" input to
signal, maybe, maybe not.
render adequate Signal,
The easiest way to determine this is to let
your source play and put your soft recorder
into "“record”
record" or "“record
record pause”
pause" mode and
watch for signal as you plug in. There may be
a mixer section in your software that could
require attention too. When you see signal
you must stabilize the input until you are
satisfied that you have a secure connection.

Now we want to get signal in our phones to
monitor the “take.”
" take." My soundcard does not
‘m
let me monitor the digitized signal while I 'm

recording and it doesn't even present the signal to the speaker outs of the soundcard so I

have to monitor the source signal from somewhere else on the system (such as the headphone out on your Enson.iq
Ensoniq keyboard or even
the speakers of your analog sound/playback
system.)
In preparing your segment for the web, remember that at 44.1
44. 1 kHz samples per second,
you're
you’re encoding about 10 megabytes per
minute per stereo side. I guarantee you that
no-one (well, maybe your mom) out there is
going to bother to download anything that
takes more than five minutes or so. Your
source signal should have few red (0 db)
peaks in it on its way to your analog/digital
converter (card).
When you are satisfied that you have captured the segment you want you have to
check it now in playback. I have my headphones plugged into the speaker-out on the
back of the soundcard when recording digital
audio so that I don't
don’t have to run over to
switch anything over on the system. CAUTION: Just drape the phones around your
neck for the first listen. You may be glad you
did
...
did...
Your newly captured waveform file should
be on the screen and your software may require you to name or save it now, or you may
just be able to hit "PLAY"
“PLAY” and hear it
through the headphones. There it is! If it’s
it's intelligible and entirely intact at playback
that's
it's gonna get (and
that’s about as good as it’s
that can be surprisingly acceptable for
uploading to your webpage). Keep it short
and sweet and trim it to the max. If there is
too much background hiss, crackle, or hum
that wasn't
wasn’t there as you recorded it, you may
be able to filter/
enhance/normalize it some
filter/enhance/normalize
depending on the editing capabilities in your
software but as the say, "You
“You get what you
st of these
play for!"
for!” Remember too, that mo
most
cards are MIDI MPU-401 interface equipped
and will provide many hours of Ensoniq
MIDI fun on your way up the learning curve
to a Soundscape Elite or other studio quality
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Jeffrey P. Fisher
Jeﬁrey
It happens. You simply run out of ideas. What
should you do when you've
you’ve exhausted every
possible means to wrench more music from
your soul? Here are a few techniques I use
consistently to overcome this terrible affliction.
IIOI1.

Too many people believe they must be in a certain mood to compose. If the mood’s
mood 's not there,
they procrastinate. You must fight being
seduced by this unfortunate behavior. You just
need to start. If you let your inner voice of
judgment interfere with your creative flow,
you severely inhibit your work as an artist.
Tum
Turn off the messages in your head and let go.
Sit down at the keyboard, call up your favorite
patch, play that chord or riff you always play
when you first touch the keys, and then see
what happens. Often I'
ll just put the sequencer
l’ll
play ... and play...and
play ... and play...and
play ... and
into record and play...and
I'll listen back to see if anything is
play. Then I’ll
useful. Often nothing worthwhile happens
other than I get in some practice. But sometimes a little flourish sparks my imagination
and suddenly the composer in me wakes up
and starts creating.

If your well of creativity really dries up, you
might enlist some help from your PC. Art Song
is a terrific algorithmic music composition program that helps you create original MIDI sequences. This unique program produces
musical passages by tracing a path over any
Windows bitmap file. Art Song converts pictures to music by turning colors into MIDI
notes. I've
I’ve found the program inspiring.
Though you get lots of unusable material, you
do get the occasional passage that is very
I've generated few stand-alone sequenclever. I’ve
I've used bass lines and wacky chord
ces, but I’ve

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Bio: With apologies to Mr. Paul Simon, J.D.,
JD.,
t/a
Ryan , is still crazy after all
r/a The Bros. Ryan,
these years...
years ... (If you don't
don’t believe him or if
you want to check out his honest results on
the el-cheapo soundcard please go to http://
home.dmv.coml-brosryan
h0rrte.dmv.corn/~brosryan and download one
of the
Ihe .WAV or .zIP
files. He answers ALL
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his e-mail at the address you’ll
you'll ﬁnd
find there
too.)

Typically I'll
I’ll load a picture bitmap into the
program, select a tracing pattern, and choose a
style. Another mouse click and the music
flows. I’ll
I'll doodle arou
nd for some time loading
around
different pictures, changing the programs
various setting, and so forth. I always save the
most interesting bits as standard MIDI files.
After an hour or so, I’ll
I'll convert the
the sequences
to my Ensoniq SD-l
SD-1 using that infamous conversion utility from Giebler Enterprises. Next,

Next: Converting your Ensoniq format
samples directly to .WAY
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Creative lyrics
Here
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I-Iere are two exercises I use when faced with
the blank page. First, it's
it’s very important for
you to ignore your temporary writer’s
writer's block.
Grab a writing instrument, paper, and begin.
' t need to be structured, just
jus t start writwri tYou don
don’t
ing what comes naturally. If the sheer act of
anything ...
doesn't stimudoing something ...
...anything
...doesn’t
late your mind, try this next idea.
I think a useful tactic is to take wild ramblings
and force them into a structure. If you first
write down what comes into your mind and
then whittle, twist, and squeeze the words into
a specific
spec ific form, you will arrive at aanew
' new
thought altogether. Start writing some Haiku
Haiku..
don’t you? Three line poems
You remember, don't
consisting of five syllables, seven syllables,
syllables.
and then five again. The economy of words
creates a focused abstraction. And the rhythm
of the words is instantly musical.
It ' s five seven five
It’s
ﬁve
That's
That’s all you really need know
As a path to use

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Though you get lots of unusable material
material,, you
do get the occasional passage that is very
clever. I've
I’ve generated few stand-alone sequences, but I've
I’ve used bass lines and wacky chord
sequences as the basis for other songs. A little
tweaking here and there, an overdub or two of
my own, and soon I've
I’ve written some new
music. If you need a little help to generate an
idea or two that you can transform into your
own musical creation, Art Song is worth
checking out.

cards are MIDI MPU-401 interface equipped
and will provide many hours of Ensoniq
MIDI fun on your way up the learning curve
to a Soundscape Elite or other studio quality
soundcard.

I'll
I’ll call up the sequences in the SD-I
SD-1 and make
changes, add bits, fiddle with sounds
... you
sounds...you
know, all those little things we do to breathe
life into our music. Soon I'll have a few complete tunes and lots of ideas for other musical
passages. This is all I usually need to spark my
mind during a creative block.

It's five seven five
It’s
ﬁve
That's
That’s all you really need know
As a path to use
Creativity
Look: beyond the obvious
Look
Unleash it right now
Creativity is all around us. It is both inside and
outside. Though you can name creativity (inspiration, muse, discovery, understanding) you
cannot define it. You cannot grasp it, nor can
you learn it. Creativity is. And you can harness
it in your life. It can guide you, fulfill you,
help you, and hurt you. You cannot control it
and it cannot control you. It is there to be used,
it denies nothing, asks for nothing and
demands nothing. It just is. While the physical
it's often the indisworld has its advantage, it’s
cernible and invisible that becomes truly useful. You should use these principles to free

your mind and open up your true pathway to
endless and boundless creativity
creativity..

risk shutting out this world and stifling your
musical talent? Then what are you waiting for?

To overcome your temporary impasse, look
outside the boundaries.
boundaries . Don
Don’t'( stay tied to a
single way of doing things. Try many different
approaches. You'll
You’ll find the solution if you
open up your mind to all the infinite
inﬁnite possibilities. Leaving your comfort zone is the
doorway to your best work. You will find the
true creativity within. Do you really want to

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Contact Info: Dirk Nusink, p.a.
NUSEMUSIC NL, Toldijk 28, 3209 BD,
Hekelingen, Netherlands; Phone:
0181-633387;
Distributor's website
0l8l-633387; Distributor‘s
(Groove Unlimited):
http://www.mcs.nllgroove/ .
httpzl/www.mcs.nllgroove/.
Equipment: Ensoniq EPS-16+, ESQ-l,
Yamaha TG-55, Roland Juno 60, MC-303
Groove Box, XP-50, Korg WaveStation,
Digitech DSP-16, Ibanez
lbanez DM-500 delay,
Boss RRV-IO
RRV-10 digital reverb, D &
& R model
2 analog spring reverb, Alecto EQ-2400
graphic equalizer, Atari IlO40STf
040STf running
v2.0 I, Fostex MC-I02
MC-I 02 keyboard
Cubase v2.01,
mixer, Sony amplifiers, Goodmans
Maxim, Beyer DT-440 and DT-811
DT-81 I
monitoring, Aiwa XD-S260 DAT.

"TRANZIT"
“TRANZIT” is Dirk Nusink, who brings us
his version of "synthesizermusic"
“synthesizermusic” from the
Netherlands on his first CD, entitled
"Voyage."
“Voyage.” This CD is packed (almost 72
minutes) with trancey European electronic
music in the tradition of Jean Michael Jarre
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Records (Groove Unlimited)
Unlimited).. Because of the
tremendous amount of electronic music that
is released by Cue Records, he started with
an old love, and that is synthesizermusic."
Although most of Dirk's
Dirk’s sound sources are
digital, he manages to coax wonderful analog-sounding timbres from them. The production quality on "TRANZIT
“TRANZ1T -— Voyage"
Voyage” is
superb and the mix is excellent, showing
Dirk's
Dirk’s great engineering chops. Composition- Voyage"
tight"
ally, "TRANZIT
“TRANZ1T—Voyage” has that "“tight”
European electronic music feel, but within
these boundaries
bou ndaries floats
ﬂoats an emotional and
dreamy feeling that entrances the listener.
Let's
.. .
Let’s take a Voyage into Dirk's
Dirk’s music
music...
Lowlands -— Arpeggiating harp samples
create the repetitive focus that induces the
trance on this tune, with a single synth note
filter-sweeping over and over. Percussion
finally floats
ﬂoats in about 2:30 minutes into the
song, along with a melodic line and bell-like
accoutrements. Finally the track settles into
its groove after 4 minutes with a flute-like
melody line. A wonderful, evolving, mellow
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Netherlands on his first CD, entitled
"Voyage."
“Voyage.” This CD is packed (almost 72
minutes) with trancey European electronic
music in the tradition of Jean Michael Jarre
and Tangerine Dream.

song, along with a melodic line and bell-.ike
bell -like
accoutrements. Finally the track settles into
its groove after 4 minutes with a flute-like
wonderful,, evolving, mellow
melody line. A wonderful
dreamscape.

From the CD liner notes (with some slight
editing to aid the translation from Dutch to
English): "Dirk
“Dirk Nusink got most of his influences out of the'
70s and'
80s ties. Having
Havin g
ﬂuences
the ’70s
and ’80s
listened to different styles of music while
growing up, he started on guitar in several
rock bands. A few years later he switched
over to play percussion in fusion and dance
satisﬁed playing percussion,
music. Although satisfied
there still was a need for expressing his own
independence,, so the digital doideas and independence
main brought the solution, and setting
selling up a
to his needs. He
home studio was the answer 10
ﬁrst
ofNew
New Age music and
fir st explored the area of
finally he came into contact with Cue
ﬁnally

-form
Nostalgia -— This dark, dreamy free
free-form
track haunts with wind-noise in the background and wine glass and bell hybrid sounds
weaving a nostalgic fabric over which float
ﬂoat
string lines.

Desertdust -— Cool, repetitive percussion and
an 8th-note octave pulse provide the transportation for this long (12:20) musical journey
during which suspended fourths are resolved
into major chords over and over, building
resolv ing the slightest tensions, propellthen resolving
ing the entire experience in a forward direc
direc-tion. One could imagine this as a soundtrack
to a travel documentary.

Rick's Them
Rick’s
Themee -— A departure from Dirk's
Dirk’s
electronic synth formula, this
thi s song uses
acoustic piano as its main instrument. Digital
bells add to the dreamy piano melody later in
the track. Although the song never departs
from the alternating two-chord progression,
its repetitiveness is not boring; on the contrary, its simplicity frees the mind to wander.
Quiet Waters -- Lush sweeping pads wash
over a crisp analogue-ish arpeggio, with an
almost subliminal vox-type "melody"
“melody” hinting
at ideas in the background. Toward the end of
the song, synthesized chirping sounds emulate birds, insects, and other creatures coming
to drink at this virtual stream.

Alexandria -- Interes
Interesting
ting percussion adds a
world-music feel to this middle-eastern influenced
ﬂuenced track. Dirk apparently does
docs not attempt at finding "real"
“real” samples of ethnic
instruments,
instntments, but uses analog (or digitally
produced, analog-sounding) emulations of
real instruments. I have always favored this
"emulative"
"sug“emulative” approach; one need only “suggest"
gest” the particular sound, and the human ear
forgivingly compensates, and (speaking for
my own ears only here) actually prefers to
use its own imagination, rather than suffer
the artifacts of an instrument being played
outside its "real"
“real” range, or even worse
worse,, the
aliasing that ocpain of listening to the nasty aliaSing
curs when an instrument is poorly multisampled. Two thumbs up to emulative
production!

CryplOnite
Cryptonite -— Here is crisp European electronic dance music that, perhaps due to suggestion from its title, conjures images of a
busy chemical factory, but without any
noxious associations.
After Age --- Piccolo snare hints at a hip-hop
beat, bringing synthesizermusic into the
nineties. Very cool bass timbres used in this
syncopated, rhythmically intriguing track.
Synth chords chop out percussive lines
reminiscent of Information Society.
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syncopated, rhythmically intriguing track.
Synth chords chop out percussive lines
reminiscent of Information Society.
L.F.O. -— As the title suggests, Dirk animates
synths with every filter, envelope, and
his syntbs
L.F.O. trick in the book, leading us into a
wonderful exploration of timbral complexities. Anyone who thinks that electronic
should
ld listen to
sources of music are boring shou
this track. Beautiful sounds are woven
together to create another entrancing experience. There is a slightly dark edge to this
track, with a very low male-sounding voice
“aahh..”
.. " in a Darth Vader-like spirit.
saying "aahh
Haunting. We also get to hear some of Dirk’s
Dirk's
soloing chops as he
be breaks out of the patient,
slow-building mold periodically to give us
some of his lead-synth licks.

Anklung --— Not to be outdone by "L.F.O.",
“L.F.0.”,

this track starts with a fast sample-hold or arpeggiating synth, morphing into a wash of
beau tiful chords which are fascinatingly
beautiful
molded by pitch-bend and/or detuning to
move us slightly out of the surgically-clean
world of synth music into a more human
dimension. The CD ends with this rootless,
dreamy trance fading into silence.

Dirk included a copy of Dutch National
Radio's
Radio’s (KRO-Ararat) response to his CD.
For you Dutch speakers in the Hacker
Ha cker crowd,
they said: "Beste
“Beste Dirk, Dank voor toezending
van je CD "Tranzit-voyage"
“Tranzit-voyage”.. Met je typering
"kosmische
synthesizermuziek" heb je geen
“kosmische synthesizermuziek”
woord teveel gezegd. Ik
lk vind hem zeer de
moeite waard in zal proberen hem in de
Ararat-uitzending van 8 decenber a.s.
a.s. onder

Nu sink displays great patience in buildDirk Nusink

de aandacth te brengen, en wellicht daarna

ing compositional tension over long periods
of time in his tracks; many of his pieces are 7
to 12 minutes long. He will often use the first
firs t
one to three minutes of a track to slowly add
instruments without any melody, percussion,
or direction, before bringing in these anchors
anchors..
Then it may sometimes be another three to
five minutes before any melody even kicks
in.
in. This creates a very dreamy and relaxing
mood which departs from the frantic world of
pop music and its frequent attempts to hook
us in the first few seconds of a song. Dirk
's
Dirk’s
mu sic is a generous, slow-building, laid-back,
music
entrancing soundscape which helps the mind
and soul to release tension, not unlike progressive muscle relaxation techniques that
have you slowly tense up, then release, every
muscle group in your body, until your entire
being is totally relaxed (usually you fall asleep before you're
you’re finished!).
finishedi). "TRANZIT“TRANZIT —
Voyage
Voyage“" is a musical equivalent of this approach to relaxation.

ook nog eens. lk
Ik wens je veel succes met deze
CD en eventuele toekomstige plannen.
plannen. Met
vriendelijke grot, Sylvia Bodnar, samensteller
KRO-Ararat. "
KRO—/lrarat.

CDs. It's
It’s a great place to
tons of other CDs.
browse for electronic music
browsefor
music.. Lots of sample
listen-before-you-buy
sound clips for the listen-before-you
-buy
crowd.
m going to put on my headphones and
Now I'
I’m
...
trance out to "TRANZIT
“TRANZIT -- Voyage"
Voyage"...
Thanks, Dirk._
Dirk.—
If you want your tape run through the
wringer, err, Hacker, just mail it off to: Basement Tapes, Transoniq Hacker, 1402 SW
Upland Dr., Portland OR 97221. Please include your e-mail address!

II think
think they
they liked
liked it.
it.
You can listen to a sound clip of track 7,
"Cryptonite,"
“Cryptonite,” (39 sec
sec.,., 269k) at Groove
Unlimited's
nl!
Unlimited’s website (http://www.mcs.
(http://www.mcs.nl/
groove!).
' s music in the catalog
groovel). Look up Dirk
Dirk’s
- Voyage”
Voyage" (you won’t
won't
under "TRANZIT
“TRANZIT _
find it under “Nusink”).
"Nusink"). Since soundclips
from this website are in .mp3 (instead of
.wav) format, you will need to download the
shareware program Winamp in order to listen
to it (this is a painless download at 271k, and
it
' s a cool little program with excellent sound
it’s
quality; check it out). To download Winamp,
go to http://winamp.lh.nel.
http:llwinamp.lh.net. You can order
"TRANZIT
“TRANZIT -- Voyage"
Voyage“ directly from the
Groove Unlimited website, which also has

Bio: Steve Vincent produces demos and CDs
at his home- based Portent Music, and can be
reached via email at vincents@harbornet.com,
www.ksnet.com, or at his website at htrp:!/
http.'//www.kspace .com/ vincent.
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Hello
sisllo Hackers,
Heesete,
A while back, I had mentioned that Ilwas
was unable to record

I'm
juS! read the las!
I’nt a new subscriber and jest
lest year
yesr of issues,
issues.
Great
Greet info! I felt compelled to respond to Anon
sees letter on
berating Ensoniq
page 18 of Issue
issue #147,
em‘. This person was
tees beretiztg
ﬁssoeiq
for selling
some begs
bugs
sellisg him
sits an
est expensive
eseeesise MR·61
ZsiR~6t thaI
test had
see setee
buy a
in
is version
eesséos 1.64,
tee. Ii have
esee ae solution,
sotttties. Don't
ﬁes? eey
s new
sets segboard when
boeté
ezisett itZt initially
tttitieiiy comes
eoetes out.
ottt. You'l!
‘t’ott’tt save
seve money
mosey see
the kinks
be mostly
brand
sizzles will
sejttt its
teostty worked ouL
oett Il eettget ttty etseo
new
ttese MR·61
ease; with
tsite version 2.01
2&1 for
{es $1200
$t2ﬁ@ in
ts Qeteeet 97'
9%’.
A second
back to ae pencil, paper, and
seeese solution. Go beet:
see electric
piano, Technology,
piese,
Teehselogy, or anything for !hal
that maller,
tttsttet, will never
be perfect. Deal
{fleet wilh
with ilit and accept it or don't
don’t use it, but
prOblems to the rest of
please don't
eon’: complain about your problems
the world.
world“ Example: when Windows 95 first came out
there were problems with it. I chose to stay with my 3.11
3.! E
seal Ie!
let everybody else work
were the begs out so II
for as while and
didn't
dietft have
ease 10,
to, Leave
sesse it 10
to those who enjoy ae··qulrKlng
eeesisking
technology,
products to
teeteteiegy. IE think
tease Ensoniq must
most have
tteee good steoeets
te
have
publication like TH,
ltsee the seewtt of •e peeiieettoe
sts If Ihey
they waited
teettee
for it to ee
be oerfeet they'd
teeyd release
setesse as new
sees keyboard
seyeesse esesy 20
to
... ) If
yeetst (Maybe
(sseyee slight
sttgst exaggeration
eseggesetioe...}
if it was
sees sttteeet
flees, tees would
sens Ihink
titieit -itit was
was eeefeet
see they'd
tsetse slOp
stop
perfect and
etesitittg to izttpsove it.
working

Ken Hoffman
Heffmstt
Ken
kjhoff@execpc,com
kjhoff@es eepeeem

(PF
And yes,
{PF -~ Webers:
slieoeesr "Never
‘Weser buy
st; V,
V. 1.0
t’.§ of anylhing,
eeyt3t£eg.”" est}
people who
Ihe lechnology
peoeie
wee rely
set}: all
on the
ieefzeoiogy ra/her
reteet‘ than
tees their
tests OWII
owe
abilily
fooling themselves,
And yes, if enebitfty are
see merely
ezsreiy footing
titeetseiees, see
est»
gineers ran
Ihey'd be
gieeers
see companies,
eoetpeetes, t5tey’e‘
st so busy
easy improving
Zetergsieg the
site
tsekeeiegy
ens? adding
seeing new
eeet feetttres
it would
tsoeial sever
lecnnﬂW'Y'£i,

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thing
Zest“ than
qssiiry and
ondﬁnesse
0fFino£e
charts are
ere
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Ihan the
Ihe quality
finesse of
Finale charls
verbotee. If all
oil you pies
to do
de is
Es 10
to hand
hone? off these
tximrts
verbOlen,
plan 10
Ihese charts
to guys in
its YOllr
yew‘ band,
best}, teotm~
sent es»
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Freestyle does both
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fraction
quencing
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TH-

Is there
there any
any way to
to hookup
hookup or
or hardwire
hsrdwire something
something like
like as
Is
zip disk
disk to
to my EPS’? Also,
else, do
do you
you have
have a list
tie: of
of bees
is~
zip
back is·
nee on
ott how
ltew to gel
get the mosl
most 0,,1
net of an
sat
sues available with info
original EPS with 4X?
4X‘?
Thanx
Teens in
ie advance
eesettee for
Yet your
yees answers,
eesszets,
xen@ix21-ix.netcom.com
cili
etttsee@is2
t .is.eeteetsteee't

1’PF -- QC:
’3'?2e EPS foiiottis
SCSI-E protaeoi.
[PF
DC: The
follows the SCSI-l
protocol. As the
Zip drive is ae SCSJ-2
5‘C5'1~2 device
tieviee il
it wfll
wiii 1101
not work.
worit. Sasieasty,
vaenum».teeIee' SCSI canislers
canisters work with the
only vacuum-sealed
Ihe EPS,
theft only if
ifs’:
fans the
SCSZ interface,
interface“ if
doestft,
and thai's
il has
Ihe SCSI
If it doesn'l,
Ihe SCSI
Ihe EPS
you may be aul
our of luck,
leek, as the
.S'(.YSl' inlerface
interface for the
went OUI
on; of
ofpredueiios
ago. Ann’
wenl
produclion years ago,
And no oteer
Dlher 3rd per-t
par-

ties manufacture them anymore as well.
well, so unless you
knoll'
Ihe SCSI expander this
Ihis journey will
know of a source for the
fruilless.
prove fruitless.

Ihe top
lOp or bOllom
Ihis page
As for back issues, scroll 10
to the
bottom of this
and click on the
Ih e "Back
Index" ...]}
“Back Issue Index"...

[PF -- Addendum: RCS (hllp:llwww.soundcenlral.coml
(http://www.soundcentraI.com/
-chickeneps) has picked up the
Ihe slack and has available
avaiillble
NOWaa SCSI in/erface
Ihe EPS and the
Ihe l6+
16+ for
NOW
interface for bOlh
both the
$147 plus shipping. Alas.
Alas, il
won'l make a Zip drive work
it won’t
with
but il
it will alWw
allow a 16+
l6+ to
10 access a Zip
wilh the EPS, bUI
the fact
drive. Just
Jusl Ihe
fOCI that
Ihal there's
Ihere's an interface
inlerface available
again should prove revitalizing for EPS owners who
couldn
't afford the
Ihe original Ensoniq SCSI interface.
couldn't
Check oul
out RCS's home page from our "Relaled
“Related Links"
header allhe
Ihis forum...]
forllm ... }
at the lap
top of this
Pal...
.fchickenEPS@Willmar.com
[chickenEPS@willmar.com -— Merry Chrislmas,
Christmas, Pat...
how's the
Ihe new kid? By the
Ihe lim
Ihis is printed
prinled l’ll
I'll have
timee this
mine ... ahem.
mine...
ahetn.
AClually, the
Ihe reason the
Ihe Original EPS is nOI
Actually,
not compaJible
compatible
wilh the
Ihe ZipDrive is nOI
Ihe SCSI-lJSCSI-2
with
not because of the
SCSI-I/SCSI-2 difAli SCSI protocols
pro lOcals are upward and downward
ference. All
il? Il don’!
don'l know -- the
Ihe
compatible by design. Why isn'l
isn't it?
reason I give is that
Ihal "SCSI
Ihe
"SCSl as implemented by the
Original EPS‘
EPS is simply primitive;
primilive; il
sllpporl
it does nol
not support
in modern hard drives.”
drives." (Note:
(Nole:
CD-ROM Drives nor cerra
certain
Ih e Syquesl
EZ-F/yer is compalible
Ihe Original EPS,
the
Syquest EZ-Flyer
compatible wilh
with the
based on Our
Ihe same price as the
Ihe Zip as of
our leslS,
tests, and is the
Ihis wriling.)
this
writing.)
Ihe Casllewood
Also worlhy
worthy of nOle:
note: Be looking for the
Castlewood Orb
drive, due to
10 be introduced ﬁrst
firsl quaner
2.lgig,
quarter 1998.
I998. 2.Igig,
Ihink the
Ihe Zip's days,
days, allhough
SCSI, $199. I really think
although good,
limiled.}
are limited]
[PF -- Garlh:
Garth: Thanx for the
compatIhe heads up. The EPS is compal-

Ihe Syquest
Syquesl 135?
I'li have 10
fry that
Ihal —
- that
Ihal could
ible wilh
with the
I35? I'll
to try
make for an inlereSling
inlernal cart drive. How does the
Ihe
interesting internal
yOu switch
swilch carts?
EPS reaclwhen
react when you
Ihe EPS SCSI expander beThe way Alan Smith
Smilh described the
havior was that
Ihal il
Ihe I9
19 original Apple
it used aboul
about 12 of the
prolocols (one of which il
didn'l implemenl
Reqllesl
protocols
it didn’t
implement was Request
AI/enlion, which is why 1I asked my previous queslion).
Attention,
question).
This probably explains the
Ihe CDROM issue.
li ce you've got
gal a 4-drive CD jukebox for $150!
BTW, I no
notice
Whal
What mechanisms are inslalled?
installed? VERY inferesled.
interested.
Ihe good work: I see Disk Tools now xlates
Keep up the
SM F' s 10
formal. Looks like ii's
gel
SMF’s
to Ensoniq format.
it’s only going 10
to get
beller.
Ihe new Ensoniq board coming oul
better. Any word on the
out in
January?}
January
?]

Hi.

V. 2.II
2. 1 I ﬁxes
fixes some timing
liming anomalies when punching in
and punching oul
out of a sequence, as well as punching in
alld aUf
Ihe exacl
illioUI points.
poinlS. I guess 2.1 was a little
lillie
and
out of the
exact in/out
sloppy about this under some obscure or arcane situasilualions,
bUf Ensoniq, nonetheless,
none/he/ess, felt
fell il
imporlOnI
tions, but
it was an important
eJwugh
maimeMnce revision 10
chrislen il
2.11.}
enough maintenance
to christen
it 2.11.]
{chickenEPS@wilbnar.com
JuS( as a nole:
[chickenEPS@willmar.com -- Just
note: check
hllp:llwww.ensolliq.comlb
illarylrhylhmbuilder.zip. It
II is a
http:/twww.ensoniq.comIbinary/rhythmbuilder.zip.
new lillie
wrillen for Will95
(32-bi/, I think)
Ihink) that
Ihal
little program written
Win95 (32-bit,
allows you to
10 make drum patterns
pallems complele
wilh ﬁlls
fills and
complete with
variations for the
Ihe MR. Check out
OUI the
Ihe new MR Unisyn
profile as well.}
proﬁle
well.]

101 on fancy software and interface hardware? JI have 100s
lot
I005
of soundbanks saved on disk using the
Ihe C64. II figure Ican
I can
transfer sounds I want to keep from my (C-64) discs back
to the ESQ—l
ESQ-I and then to my Pc.
PC.
2. I want to buy a sound module. Do you see any disadto Ihe
the
vantage with
wilh using my ESQ-I as a controller
conlroller due 10
faCI that
Ihat it is 10-year-old
fact
I0-year-old technology?
NS5R half rack that was super.
3. I recently heard a Korg NSSR
oul?
Is there an Ensoniq sound module I should check out‘?
Thanks,
rkreid@juno.com
rk reid@jlU'lO.C0m

TH-

[PF --- RK: Answers, in orderorder -

I have a VFX-SD that will, whenever il
10, play
it decides to,

(I)
Ihis for your
( I J Any number of generic librarians will do this
www.soundcenlral.com for a shareESQ-I. Check aUf
ESQ-l.
out www.soundcentral.com
compatible. You
You’d
warelfreeware sysex librarian the’s
Ihe's PC compalible.
'd
need a MIDI inlerface
interface card for your PC (or a soundcard
joys/ick port
pan doubles as a MIDI inlerface
whose joystick
interface using a
gamepon-Io-MIDI cable) to
10 conneCilhe
Ihe comgameport-to-MIDI
connect the ESQ 10
to the
puler 10
Ihese Sysex lramjers
gel the
Ih e ESQ-I
puter
to do these
transfers once you get
info xferred from the C64. Alas, no C64-PC conversion
utililies
ou.! there tha/I'
m aware of: readers
utilities are out
that I'm
readers??

al ear blasting levels. Once this happens,
happens , it
random notes at
refuses to listen to MIDI Note Off messages (i.e., PANIC
bUlton) sent from my 8-port SE. This problem seems to
button)
happen more when there has been a temperature change.
hil under the
Sometimes it can happen when the unit is hit
Ihal there is an upgrade that
I,hal can be
display. I have heard that
wiH up the polyphony and sounds. If this
Ihis
installed that will
wilh Ihis
upgrade is slill
still available, will II still have to deal with
this
goofy intermittent problem'?‘?
problem??

(2) The ESQ-I makes a ﬁne
fine MIDI controller:
conlroller: just
jusl because
il
jusl means that
Ihal it's
it doesn'l
doesn’t have polyphonic afrenouch
uftertouch just
it’s
exactly
current keyboards oul
out there. Plus
exaclly like 97% of the
Ihe currelll
the
it’s capable of xmitting
on any of 16
I 6 MIDI
Ihe fact that
Ihal it's
xmilling On
...
channels is a bonus
bonus...

Thanks for your time!
lime!
Kevin Newman
agrdude@mail.sage.net
agrdude@rnaiI.sage.net
Kevin : The SD-H32
SD-1132 upgrade was disconlinued
Iwo
[PF -- Kevin:
discontinued two
Ihe problem 01
years ago this coming February. As for the
at
hand, ['
suggesl opening the
Ihe lid and resealin
Ihe
I’dd suggest
resentingg 01/
all the
Ihe wiring harness from one end of the
Ihe inslrucables on the
instrumenl
Ihe olher.
conneclors Gre
suspeci
ment 10
to the
other. The display connectors
are suspect
Ih ere and the
Ihe problem stops).
slops). If
(since you can hit
hil it there
YOI/'re
Ihe hood on your VFXsd, lake
you’re leery aboul
about popping the
take
ilia
perform these
Ihes e lips
it to an Ensoniq dealer 10
to perj/brm
tips for YOIl.
you.
Beller than
rhan 90% of Ensoniq keyboard problems revolve
Better
oxidizedJimermil/em connectors.
conneclors. Once they're
Ihey're
around oxidized/intermittent
eleaned
eCled, your instrument
inslrumenl should be as
cleaned and reconn
reconnected,
... }
good as new
new...)
[Dave P (shelby@micro-nel.com){Dave
(shelby@micro-net.com) — You should also check
oul
found on lhe
Jan.16 , I996...
1996 ...
out a documentl
document [found
the web daled
dated Jan.l6,
"VFX
Recalibralion Errors.”
Errors." Visit: http:llwww.
hllp:Jlwww.
“VFX Keyboard Recalibration
cs.colorado.eduf-mccrearylvjxl
Ihe conneclor
cs.colorado.edul~mccrearylvﬁc/ -- all aboul
about the
connector
problem.}
problem.j

T]-]_
TII-

Just got an EPS-I6
EPS-16 Plus. TS-I0
can 'l read samples [made
TS-10 can’t
I made
on the EPS. Says "Disk
Formatted." Disk was for“Disk not Formatted.”
mailed for EPS 10
matted
to make sound. TS-IO manual says rI
should be able to read these disks. I can read sounds made
by Ensoniq for Ihe
the EPS on my TS-IO.

(3) The MR-Rack
MR-Ra ck comes to
10 mind, but the
Ihe real beauty of
the
it also has an expansion port internally
Ihe NS5R is that
Ihal il
infernally
10
to add a Yamaha Waveforce daughlercard,
daughtercard, expanding il
it
10
of polyphony. Plus you get
gel bOlh
GMIGS and
to 96 voices ofpolyphony.
both GM/GS
XG compalibility
compatibility in one box. As long as you can locale
locate an
Inslrumem Deﬁnition
Definilion Table (if you plan 10
Instrument
to use Cakewalk
or olher
applicalion), either
eilher will
other professional sequencing application),
work ﬁne...
fine ... Good Lucklj
Luck!}
[ "mall & corey"
[“matt
corey” (m5012@gorilla.llel)
(m50I2@gorilla.net)‘ -— This man needs
Ihe ESQ!-specific
ESQI-specific edilor/librarian
(jr~eware) which can
the
editor/librarian (freeware)
be downloaded from Aaron Rodden’s
Rodden's excel/enl
ESQI
excellent ESQ!
www.olemiss.edul-aaronlesqI.hlnl!.
page. The URL is: www.olerniss.edu/~aaron/esql.html.
You're
You’re welcome.
-mallhew
-rnatthew (ESQI
(ESQ! fan)]

{PF
Mall, RK: Correclion:
hllp:llwlVW.
[PF -— Matt,
Correction: URL is http://www.
olemiss.edul-aaronfesqI.hlml, and ii's
flaky lVhen
olemiss.edu/-aaron/esq-l.html,
it’s a lillie
littleﬂaky
when
dumping afull64k
afull 64k of
ofsequence
ifyour
sequence data
dOlO if
your ESQ-I has the
Ihe
SQX -70 inslal/ed.
Don' l know if ii's
buffer
SQX-70
installed. Don’!
it’s a program buﬂer
Ih e same problem Cakewalk does
overJlow
overﬂow or if il
it has the
wilh
Ihe lOOms
be/Ween the
Ihe l7-byle
Ihe
with the
I00ms delay between
l7-byte header and the
dOlO
look six tries
Iri es for me 10
data dump, bU1
but il
it took
to move a full 64k
successfUlly. Then again, it's
sequence load inlO
into my PC successfully.
it’s
so ... ]}
free, so...

Great magazine. I[ just purchased an MR-61 (great keyh ....... .. .i f ,)'r.r(,.c-t"t;r.."
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Hi .
Hi.
Great magazine. [I just purchased an MR-61 (great keyI'm having problems changing sounds
board/workstation). l’m
in a SMF. They play back fine,
ﬁne, but in GM mode. The
sounds in the
Ihe MR-61 (non-GM mode) are much better.
\:>etter. I
Iry
Ihe sounds, but when I hit the play button
try to change the
Ihe sounds revert back to the GM mode. [I am using 2.10
2. JO
the
OS. I'm
they're now at2.
11. What's
l’m told they’re
at 2.II.
What’s the difference?
Thanks,
ANA YV@aol.com
ANAYV@aol.com
Ihe patch
palch info,
[PF —- Ana: An SMF has the
info, volume info, and
olher
pertinenl track
frock info embedded. Just
Jusl changing the
Ihe
other pertinent
sound ofthe
oflhe MR track
frock il
Ihe patch
pG/ch
it plays does NOT change the
info the
Ihe SM
F sends oul
Ihe sequence slarls
ce
SMF
out when the
starts -- hen
hence
Ihe reversion 10
Ihe tracks
Iracks you've changed
the
to a GM sound on the
the
Ih e sounds on.

l-lp\1"\...tTlP\
Ha-ln__mPl

dala
Iries for me 10
a full 64k
data dump, bU1
but il
it look
took six tries
to move aﬁtll
sequence load into my PC successfully. Then again, it's
it’s
free, so...]
so ... }
ﬂee,

Help me!
YesMcKay@aol.com
Yes
Mc I(ay@a0I.com

TH-

{PF
McKay:
floppy -— NOT DSHD. EPS
[PF -— Yes M
cKay: Use DSDD ﬂoppy
and 16+
NOI make sound using DSHD.
I 6+ nOI
not like DSHD. Not
/Wo holes in them.
Ihem.
EPS-16+ and TS-IO
TS-I0 nollike
not like disks wilh
with two
EPS-16+ one hole disks. Format
Fonnal single
Feed TS-IO
TS-I0 and EPS-l6+
hole disk on EPS or 16+,
l6+, save EPS or 16+ sound 10
to
single hole disk, and feed TS-IO
TS-I0 single hole disk. Disk will
make sound...
sound... All better
beller now
... ]}
now...

TH-

iI
[he necessary changes YOIl
it,, make the
you wan!
want on the "aF
"af-

I subscribed to TH from 1986
I986 to 1990
I990 after purchasing an
ESQ-\.
ESQ-l. AI
At that lime,
time, II was using a Commodore 64 to
slore
store sequences and sounds. I[ now have a 486 laplop
laptop and
on buying a desktop PC with a soundcard among
also plan On
other options.
oplions .

flicled" tracks,
Ira cks, and THEN resave in MR format.
formal. Then
flicted"
Ihe song, the
Ihe proper patches
palches will be
whenever you load the
sent out.

I.
l. Can you tell me whal
what I would need to store ESQ-I
ESQ-l sequences and sounds to a PC without
withoul needing to spend a

What 1
to
to resa
ve the
Whal
0 do is 10
resave
Ihe song in MR format.
formal, then
Ihen load

TH TH-

on the
Ihe EPS. Says "“Disk
Disk not
nOI Formatted.”
Formatted." Disk was formailed for EPS 10
matted
to make sound. TS-IO
TS-I0 manual says I
should be able to read Ihese
these disks.
disks. I can read sounds made
TS-IO.
by Ensoniq for the EPS on my TS-I0.

Just purchased an MR-76 and need a bit of guidance.
that require some
There are new paradigms in this board [hal
rethinking. I'm using a TS-12
TS-I2 with
wilh an SQ-2. The SQ will
rethinking.
be replaced by the MR as soon as I can figure out all the
changes I need 10
to make to my sequences on the TS. It
controls the SQ.
I. How/
where can I obtain a version of the Steinway 1I
l.
How/where
sound that
Ihat came with
wilh the TS Ihat
that will work OIl
on the MR?
It 's perfect for my needs, and I[haven't
haven't fallen in love wilh
It’s
with
any of
the MR ROM pianos.
ofthe

2. My present use is heavy into church service work. II
TS-I2 and take ilit
usually load 30-40 sequences into my TS-12
that Ihe
the MR doesn'l
doesn’t allow any
on the road. IIIt appears thai
more than 24 sequences compared to 60 for the TS. A
workaround appears to be to make songs that can hold 24
apiece and load Ihem
them up to the available memory. But
does that mean that I can no longer have the sequences
play one at a time? Or do II have 10
to program a 5 second

period of silence at the end of all my sequences so II can
run over to the keyboard and hit STOP?
3. How does the memory for sequences translate? I've
I’ve expanded my TS to the 97,000 note/event max. Sufficient
KBytes
for my needs at present. I don't
don’t know how many KByles
this works out to. Isee
I see that the MR has a max sequencer
Ihis compare to my TS?
memory of about 200k. How
I-low does this

4. Is it my imagination/lack of knowledge or does the MR
seem to playa
play a lot quieter than the SQ and TS? My other
boards seem twice as loud in real-time play. There is also
an option on the SQ called BOOST to allow some (l
(I think
12
I2 DB) output boost Ihat
that allows me to have greater playing range witho"t
without pounding on the keyboard. Can IJ do
something like Ihal
that in the MR? ['ve
I’ve already tried the
various velocity sensitivities without success.
i've
!t
I’ve been digging into the manual which is well-written. It
is a little shy about clearly listing some of the
Ihe shoncomshortcomings of the board which would help me to decide the
thc best
thaI JI should conway to use my rig. At present, it seems that
tinue to use the TS as a sequencer and have it control the
MR's sounds and polyphony.
polypbony.
MR to take advantage of the MR’s
Any problems there?

Any thoughts/experience would be greatly appreciated.
Christmas is approaching and I'm anxious to get the new
gear in service.
Yours,
Greg, jolicoeu@MNSi.Net
jolicoeu@MNSLNet
[PF -— Greg: Answers, in order:
(1) You'll need the
Ihe 4 Mb Wave expansion cardfor the
Ihe MR
10
Ihis. And you'll need some sort
sorl of compUler
to do this.
computer edilor
editor
RCS' s Ensoniq Disk Tools) 10
Ihe EPS 1900
(like RCS’s
to massage the
I900
block Steinway
Sleinway samples inlO
.wav formal
formal 10
Ihe
into •*.wav
to load inlo
into the
{weak the
Ihe MR’s
MR's piano samples 10
MR. Or you can tweak
to lasle.
taste.
Eilher will require some work -— if's
queslion of
Either
it’s more a question
Ihe MR’s
MR' s ROM waveS
Ihe expanyour budgel,
budget, as the
waves are free; the
...
sion board is $499
3499...

(2) Yes, the
Ihe limilalion
Ihe 8 "seclion"
Ihe
limitation of the
"section" bullons
buttons limes
times the
Ihree "varia
lions" are the
Ihe culpril
BUI that's
Ihal's what
whal
three
“variations”
culprit here. But
Ihe disk drive is for...
for ...
the

TH-

Do you know of any plans to replace the keyboard lines
Ensoniq just dropped? Is there going to be something new
at NAMM?
Patrick Duff
pSduff@MIS.Net
psduft'@MIS.
Net

Thanks,
Jim Stroeder
stroeder@ibl.bm
stroeder@ibl.bm

TH-

matter) does
[PF -- Jim: The SQ-1
SQ-I (or SQ-1+, for that mailer)
NOT multitimbral record (like the SD-1).
SD-I). Consequently, if
you want to move sequences into the SQ-I
SQ-I,, you have two
options:

Can JI get more sounds for my TS-12 through you? Like a
belter sax, a mandolin, possibly a bag pipe??? Or am [I
better
blowin' wind?
just blowin’
Thank
‘Thank you,
JUD
IUD
JUDL
Y I@aol.com
J U DLY
l@aol.com

[PF -— Jud: Indirectly,
Illdireclly, yes. By subscribing to the Transoniq Hacker you are boarding a ship which is solely
driven by Ensoniq gear. MANY 3rd parties hang here,
write articles,
articles , share tips and tricks,
lricks , as well as offer
ojffer
sounds , etc. for exchange. Most of the elile
patches, sounds,
elite Ensoniq 3rd party people party here. Check through a
coupla back issues, or get that subscription
subscriplion going: besl
best
$14 you'll ever spend...]
spend ... ]
[chickenEPS@Willmar.com
[chickenEPS@willmar.com -— You'"
You'll see many people in
the mag (like Pat, "PF")
“PF”) lusting over TS's,
TS’s, because it is
able to load in EPS/ASR
EPSIASR samples, whereas the newer MR
doesn't. This capability makes the TS an open sound sysIf you like your TS, hang on to il
tem. really. Ifyou
it -- make sure
you expand the RAM to 8megs, perhaps get the SCSI option, and check out the various EPS/ASR
EPSIASR sampled sound
libraries available. Using a computer and appropriate
soflWare, you can extract any sound off
software,
oﬂ a CD-ROM, and
write it to a ﬂoppy
floppy or Ensoniq SCSI drive -- even build
YOllr own SCSI drivef,,11
of material. Good luck!]
your
drive ﬁtll ofmaterial.
.

€

[I have an EPS Classic. I’ve
I've enjoyed it up to this point.
Lately, I've
I’ve had occasional problems loading my System

(4) Funny: I ﬁnd
find the
Ihe MR’s
MR's OUIPUIIO
Ihan that
Ihal of
output to be hOlier
hotter than
SD-I, which was roughly equivalenr
Ihe OUlpur
my SD-1,
equivalent 10
to the
output of
my trusty
Irusly SQ-I (nOI
(not a + model, BTW).

the words "ENSONIQ
“ENSONIQ EPS"
EPS” on the LCD. If I need a
repair (Le.,
(i.e., replace a disk drive) how much should that
cost? Is
[s there a reputable repair shop in Cleveland tbat's
that’s
capable
prOblem?
capable of handling
handling this rype
type of
of problem?

(5) See the
Ihe July or November issues of
Ihe Hacker’s
Hacker' s InterInferofthe
Ihe delails
Ihe MR keyboards in conjuncface for the
details ill
in using the
lion
wilh your TS (Issues 144
tion with
I44 and 149
l 49 respeclively).
respectively).
Ihe holiday season.
season, a subscription
subscriplion 10
Ihe
And since il
it is the
to the
presenllo
yourself .. ]
Hacker could be considered a present
to yourself...]

[Greg Jolicoeur (jolicoeu@MNSi.Nel)
(jolicoeu@MNSi.Net) -- Thank you for
your quick and considered replies. 1I have a MR-FLASH
expansion on order. 1f'1/
It'll be nice nollo
not to have 10
to load waves
afrer
ger them
Ihem 10
poinl where I like them,
Ihem, bUI
Ihen I
after I get
to rhe
the point
but then
have 10
to reload sequences -— 6 of IJ half a
0 dozen of the
other. The sequences will probably take
less rime
lake Iess
time 10
lo load.
Oh, BTW, I have a subscription 10
Ihe Hacker, for a
to the
couple of
years now. Thank you very much for the monthofyears
ly updates. I have gone back and started to dig inro
into any
articles that mention the MR. It's
II's nice to
10 have the Hacker
on computer. I just string all the issues together and do a
search for the info.
Sort of like music; string sequences to make a song —
string issues to make a support community.

(A) You can record them to the SQ one track at a time,
arid
utililies.
and (B) use Gary Giebler's
Gieblefs sequence conversion utilities.
Gary
's utilities are very cool, cost $40, and will let you
Gary's
sysex sequences into your SQ keyboard. You can reach
him at 610.933.0332 voice. RCS also distribut
distributes
es his applications: check our "related
“related links"
links” page...]
page ... ]
i

Hello Hacker,

Great mag, I haven't gotten it in a while, but since I still
use Ensoniq, JI will sub again. Two questions:
Rackmount. Is
My LCD display went out on my EPS-16+ Rackmount.
this
this aa hard fix?
fix? First
First and
and only problem I've
I’ve ever
ever had with
' t do squat with it without
witllout a display.
it. But Ican
I can’t
One of the notes on my KS-32, middle C to be exact
exact,,
ls this a hard fiat?
sometimes plays twice when I strike it. Is
fix ?

Unfortunately, the sbop
shop that sells Ensoniq boards here has
a very undependable repair facility, and I am reluctant to
take my stuff there.
Glad I found you again.
Thanks,
Armand
AJDNova@aol.com

T‘H_
TH-

disk into the unit. It seems to stan
start and just "hangs"
“hangs” with

Ihe holidav
subscrivlian la
Ihe
And since il
it is the
holiday season. a subscription
to the

And all is well
well....
... except I'm in the dark as to how JI can
MLDJ sequences 10
I?? I can
download MIDI
to the keyboard. Can 1??
I need a two-way
generate MIDI
MlDI sequences on the PC
PC,, but [need
street. What am ldoing
1 doing right/wrong?
rightlwrong?

[PF -— Patrick:
Palrick: Latest news is that
Ihal Ensoniq
Ensolliq plans 10
to release a new keyboard some time in January. Stay
Slay tuned
.. ']
tuned...]

(3) Good queslion.
bUI I’d
I'd assume
question. I'm only guessing here, but
iI's
approximalely the
Ihe same as your TS (considering
it’s approximately
(considering
nole·ons
note-ons and nOle-offs
note-offs are 1W0
two messages for one evenO.
event).

Ihe July or November issues ofthe
of Ihe Hacker’s
Ha cker's InterImer(5) See the
Ihe delails
Ihe MR keyboards in conjuncface for the
details ill
in using the
lion with
wilh your TS (Issues I44
144 and 149
l 49 respeclively).
respectively).

-Tunle-Beach
-Turtle-Beach MultiSound sound card
-MidiSoft Studio
-Win3.1
-Win 3.1
-DOS v6.22

Thanks,
ED, erid@star2l.com
erid@star2 I .c0m

[PF -— Ed: If you're not getting to the "Please
“Please Insert
Disk" Dfﬂmnl
nrnmn{ or
thp. LED
r.F.D intiirmnr
",,), hlink
hlinZ- nn
Disk”
Or the
indicator nnp.
rIm>.t'n’t
rm Inp
tho
Thanks,
ED, erid@star2l.com
erid@star2 l .c0m

[PF -- Ed: If you're
you ' re not getting to the "Please
“Please Insert
Disk" prompt or the LED indicator doesn'l
Disk”
doesn't blink on the
floppy when you start it
il up,
up , something is wrong in
ﬂoppy
EPS,"
hardwareland. If it just lays there at the "Ensoniq
“Ensoniq EPS,”
it's
sli/l doing its hardware routines before the ﬂoppy
floppy
it’s still
even gets polled (hence the reason you wanna
drive evell
IVanna see if
the ﬂoppy
floppy LED indicator comes on or winks)
...
winks)...

[PF -- Armand: Take your EPS-l6+
EPS·I6+ to the dealer and
have him replace the display driver xistors in the
Ihe power
supply. That'
That’ss all that's
that’s wrong with your 16+ unless
you've banged the display tube and broken it. Just have
him check out the power supply -- common failure
failure in 16+
Tacks.
racks.
The KS-32 needs the
Ihe middle C contact cleaned -— someIhlng is making
makillg it double trigger,
Irigger, probably a speck of
thing
minute yet maddening. Point
dust, cobweb, something minule
your browser to http://www.ensoniq.com/mid/servlist.htm
http://www.ensoniqcomlmid/sen/list.htm
ff]

ﬁnd /‘|'

rlpnlpr ;l'l

UIIIIT ITPDII‘ Ulhfl \In||'rn vunwn

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The KS-32 needs the middle C contact cleaned - somelhing is making
makillg it double trigger, probably a speck of
thing
minute yet maddening. Point
dust, cobweb, something minule
your browser to http://www.ensoniq.com/mid/servlist.htm
hltp://www.ensoniq.c0mln/tidlservlisl.hlm
comfortfind a dealer in your area who you're
you ' re more comfor/to ﬁnd
able with ...]
... j

Hackers,

l've seen this problem in two
fWo other EPSs. One had power
I’ve
fix), the other had a
supply problems (around a $50 ﬁx),

Does anyone out there know where I can find Cakewalk
instrument definitions for expanded MR Rack? Any tips
using these two products together would be appreciated.

floppy power connector. In either case,
looseiinlermittenr
loose/intermittentﬂoppy
comimid/
point your browser to http://wllw.ensoniq.
http://www.ensoniq.cotnlmidl
servlist.hlm to locale
set-vlist.htm
locate the closest dealer in your area.

Thanks,
Bob Henderson (cashender@aol.com)

' t sound like a serious problem,
problem , bllt
It doesn
doesn’t
but neither does a
flal tire until you drive it Iii
ﬂat
til the rim fractures...]

TH-

noted in las/
last month's Interface coillmn
column
[PF -- Bob: As nOled
(you ARE a subscriber, aren't you?), point your browser
10
http://
www.rain.org/-msavard/Sojrware/MR_ins.zip).
to
http://www.rain.org/~msavardlSoﬁware/MR_ins.zip).
the Dance ExpanThis is an IDF for the MR series with rhe
.. .}
sion Board option installed
installed...]

Thanks once again
again,, Greg]

I've reviewed your site and only came .across
across one
reference to the SQ-I Plus (apparently it's
it’s much better
than the SQI) .... Anyway, I too am looking to conneCt
SQ-1)....
connect

THTH-

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nnrl
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mtino"

allow you to use the EPS-16+ effects in real
realtime
time via the
sample input jack in thc rcar of the keyboard. Have you
heard of this as well? Where could I get this?
this’?

equally random and insidious bit of MID[
MIDI terrorism.
(Maybe
just jealous; it was my only keyboard for
(Maybc itit’s
' s JUSt
many years). Again
Again,, reinitializing will fix this for a while.

TIM,
lind0704@tc.umn.edu
lindO'704@tC.umn.edu

I' m not sure if this is something repairable, or if it’s
it's time
l‘m
to send it off to the glue factory. Can anyone help me?

[PF -- Tim: The only source Jar
for alternate FX algorithms is
Waveboy. Point your browser to hllp:l/wwlV.soundcenhttp.'l/www.soundcentral.coml-chickeneps
Jor an explanalion
Ihe absence oj
tral.com/~chickeneps for
explanation on the
of
3rd party FX for
Jar Malvern boxes, and call Waveboy Industries at 610.408.8078 to see if
iJ they have an input
plug-in Jar the 16+.}
plug-infor
l6+.]

David Rubinstein
grubby@ibm.net

[chickenEPS@Willmar.com
[chickenEPS@wt'llmar.com -- IIlhink
think the 610.408.8078 is
Iheir fat
Jax number. Their voice #
their
it is 610.251.9562.

[PF -— David: I'd
/' d have a keyboard tech
lech clean every contacI
poillt in your ESQ-l.
ESQ-I. Electronic
EleClronic devices with
wilh any type
Iype
tact point
of clock signal runnillg
aroulld a logic board at 8 MHZ
MHz or
ofclock
running around
Ihe least
leasl little
lillie thing
Ihing loppling
Ihem off
o!f
above are prone 10
to the
toppling them
Ihe top.
the
fWo-step procedure —- (A) using a zero
I recommend a two-step

The disk you are looking for
Jar is the Audio In/Time
InlTime Dicer
($39.95). I like il
-I can bring my 16-Plus
it a lot —1
I6-Plus (wi
(wt inlerinterbox, and cwo
nal ZipDrive), my guitar,
guirar, power cord, direct box,
two
114" cables to a solo gig, and I can play sequences as acI/4"
companisl
guirar tones with my guitar runcompanist and play great guitar
ning through
Ihrough the
Ihe 16-Plus's
greal.
I6-Plus's e!fecls,
effects, and itil works great.
only I could sing
... J
Now iJ
ifonly
sing...)

TH-

hete’s something everyone might be a little interAnd here's
"Creative To Acquire ENSONIQ."
ested ilL
in..... “Creative
ENSONIQ.” (Announcementlink
ment
link -— See last month's front page article.)
[Kevin Cooler
Cooter (kcooler@mail.iex.nel)
(kcooter@mail.iex.net) -— Congratulations,
Ensoniq. Not
“little” private
Nol bad for
Jar a "little"
privale company. Let’s
Let's
just
stomach isn'l
isn't because
jusl hope that
Ihal sick feeling
Jeeling in my slomach
10 a competing conglomerate. Perhaps
you're selling oUl
out to

Juture prices WON'T
compelilive, bUI
your future
WON’T be as competitive,
but thai's
that’s
nol
Jamous Ennot really whal's
what's bugging me. 1I just hope the famous
Jorward
soniq quality and innovation can somehow limp forward
with Crealive.
oJ wishes 10
JUlure.}
Creative. Best of
to our future.]

residue cleaner
clf!aner to clean all connectors.
connectors, wiring harnesses,
ele.,
subslallce called Cramolyn
....hich is nol
etc., alld
and (8)
(B) a substance
Crarnolyn which
not
only QII
antioxidam (10
recurre nces of this
Ihis
an antioxidant
(to prevenT
prevent further recurrences
nature), but
bUI it’s
it's a conductanl
il makes for a bener
conductant aid; it
better

physical AND electrical contacl.
contact.
flucluaEarlier Ensoniq gear was VERY prone 10
to vollage
voltage ﬂuctualions. Ensure the power supply in your ESQ-l
ESQ-I is dead on
tions.
Ihe money 01
And I don’t
don'l mean
meall
the
at +5. -5. +/2
+12 and -12 V. Andl
-13.88 or +4.76: +12.00
A bil
+I2.00 is golden. A
bit over is acceptundervollages simply make the
Ihe instrument ill.
able, bUI
but undervoltages
Regulators can regulate
regulale vollages
voltages down, bUI
but the)'
they can'l
can’!
Ihem up. Are you using any type of line conditioner
condilioner
pump them
(a Radio Shack spike protector
proteclor doesn’t
doesn ' t count),
counl), or
UPS-type box be/ll'een
Ihe wall outlet and the ESQ-I?
ESQ-l?
between the
unlillI put
Pili a 60 pound
poulld Isobar line
Mine was kinda noisy until
condilioner
conditioner on my eleclronic
electronic gear.

And lastly, heal
heat is an enemy of earlier Ensoniq gear. They
Ihe heal
prolrudillg out of
lhe back of the
Ihe inillclaimed the
heat sink protruding
ofthe
mel UL and CSA specs: mine get
gel hot
hal enough 10
strument met
to
touch 10
to burn things.
the lauch
Ihings. Try a small clip-on or other
olher type
circulale air around your inslrumenJ.
fan 10
to circulate
instrument.

[Eric
Monlgomery (Ensoniq) -- I would suggest, to
{Eric Montgomery
everyone who is concerned, 10
to be very happy and excited
about the
Ihe Crealive
scenario. It
II is aa good thing
Ihing for
Jar
Creative Labs scenario.
Ihis situation
silualian we are now putting
pUlling oul
Ensoniq. Because oj
of this
out
of projects are going 10
a new keyboard 01
at NAMM. A 101
lot ofprojects
to
move forward now. Gel
Get ready for an exciting new year!

The combination oj
of all these lips
tips should keep your ESQ-I
running til
Iii Microsoﬁ
Microsoft buys Crealive
Labs ... }
Creative Labs...]

We are also releasing an EXP board and new OS versions

I have several questions concerning the connection of two
samplers 10
to a computer. Specifically,
Speciﬁcally, the samplers are a
Emu Emax and an EPS. Is it possible to have them con-

for the ASR-X and PARIS lhat
that have brand new features. I
Ihe new products
producls and Ensoniq’s
Ensoniq'S
am very excited about the
Ihis year. Everything
Everylhing looks very
presence 01
at NAMM this
promising!}
promising!)

Help,
I have an ESQ-I
ESQ-1 from the very early years. II love it and it
has given me many good years, but now Il think it's
it’s trying
to send me to an
art early grave. It has become very
vety unstable
and unreliable. It has, of course, chosen a time when I'm
right in the middle of a big project to stan
start acting up. The

Hello,

nected in such a way as to permit the computer to control
sounds on both samplers? Also, how can the Ensoniq EPS
assign different instruments to different channels within
the MIDI sequencing software'
Wben the Ensoniq is
software? When
hooked up, one instrument works fine but multiple instruments cannot be accessed simultaneously. [I appreciate
your time and help.

I)
l) Sometimes when I turn it on after it's
it’s been off for an
extended period of time (a couple of weeks) nothing happens, but if I just leave the power switched on and go
it's on when I come back.
make a cup of coffee, it’s

2) It will
will work
work fine
fine for somewhere between 20 seconds
and several hours and then it will just freeze up. Sometimes the display is blank, sometimes it looks fine but
the buttons work.
none of
ofthe
3)
3) Sometimes,
Sometimes, while I'm
I’m playing along
along happily, the
the pitch
stans
starts to "wobble."
“wobble.” If I reinitialize it at this point it will be
fine again. This is true either with the internal sounds, or
if I'm
I’m using it as a MIDI controller.
4) Sometimes it sends random MIDI data to external sequencers or other MIDI devices. This has led to many
long
long hours trying
trying to figure
ﬁgure out
out why
why some
some piece of equipequipment is not making any sound before II realized that my
darling ESQ-l
ESQ-I has turned the volume down, or some other

When II have created a drum kit by importing .wav files
ﬁles
and then saving this kit as an ASR-X sound, the wave
files are stored in the "waves"
“waves” folder, ';'d
ahd the sound name

and wave parameters are stored in the "sounds"
“sounds” folder.
This II understand.
don’! understand is why the ASR-X asks me if I
What II don't
want to replace all
all of
of the wave files
files when
when all
all II have done
is changed some of the parameters, or just renamed the
drum kit. Shouldn't
Shouldn’t the file saved in the "sounds"
“sounds” folder
be the one to be replaced, or a new one added if the kit is
renamed. [s
ls there something I'm
I’m missing here?
My main concern here is disk fragmentation. If I am using
the same drum kit for different songs with different routings for each wave, this means that I would want to
rename this drum kit each time without replacing the
waves each time. I c"n',
can’t do this.

Is itit possible for
for the
the ASR-X
ASR-X to
to know that the
the waves have
not been destructively
destmctively edited and that all is needed is for it
to write another file into the "sounds"
“sounds” folder pointing to
the same waves as the
tb.e some of the
tne other files? This would
allow many different drum kits to be created based on a
“waves” folder without conlarge number of waves in the "waves"

stantly re-writing the waves.
Can I create my own file
ﬁle structure
stmcture that would allow this to
happen?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Sincerely,
John Dougherty
houseman@earthlinlcnet
housema.n@earthlink.net

argumenl that
Ihal has centered around
[PF -- John: This is an argument
Ihe EPS Classic days. Unlike Roland,
Ensoniq gear since the
Akai, or other samplers.
samplers, you cannot save just routing and
and
Ihe
keymap changes on
-on an inslrument
instrument WITHOUT saving the
Ihis makes a single set
sel of sample
sound as well. I know this
ﬁles
times the
it normally would if
files occupy 5-6 limes
Ihe disk space il
YOIl
jusl save the
Ihe edits as pointers 10
Ihe same set
sel oj
you could just
to the
of
samples (inslrumenl).
galla ch!wge
(instrument). No can do: you gotta
change the
inSlrumenl by one characler
name of the instrument
character and save il
it so
it’s a different instrument
that won't
won’! overwrite its parent.
it's
inslrumentthat
Bul 1I wouldn’t
wouldn'l worry 100
fragmental ion
But
too much aboul
about disk fragmentation
you're running a small SCSI drive. Garth Hjelte
Hjelle
unless you’re
jllsi released ASR Disk Tools for $60, and if you've got
gal a
just
wilh a SCSI card in ii,
PC compalible
compatible with
it, it'll defragmenl
defragment all
your dOlO
data if you do a simple backup and reSlore.
restore. Disk
fragmentarion used 10
fragmentation
to be an issue when we only had 90
funnel all our data in. These days, a JI gig
meg drives 10
to ﬁtnnel
too small for most
drive is considered 100
mosl uses, and the
Ihe prices
refleci
Ihis shift...)
shift .. ·}
reﬂect this

Thanks,
Lindsay Hunt

Imhunt@erols.com
lrnhunt@erols.con:1
tttcttta udtttlul.

I have an ESQ-I
ESQ-1 from the very early years. lI love it and it
gi~en me many good years,
it's trying
has given
years. but now Il think it’s
to send me to an early grave. It has become very unstable
and unreliable. It has, of course, chosen a time when I'm
big project to stan
right in the middle of a b.ig
start acting up. The
symptoms are as follows (by the way, I'm running 3.5):

confusion of the ASR-X's
file structure.
ASR-X’s ﬁle

UC auucaacu -DllllUl\(lltUUU.§l_y'. 1 ayptuvtntv

your time and help.
Thanks.
Thanks,
Lindsay Hunt
Imhunt@erols.com
lmhunt@erols.com

scralched my head at
al this
Ihis
[PF -- Lindsay: Of course. I scratched
Iype of problem unlil
,\10TU Mit;-ro
Micro Extype
until 1I purchased a MOTU
press. ANY mulliport
multiport MIDI interface will allow your compuler to address both instruments simultaneously while
\'vhile
puter
keeping MIDI
MI DI illformalion
from one away from the
Ihe other.
information ﬁ-om
Ihe Micro Express is that
Ihal
The only reason JI recommend the
it's
Ihe cheapest
cheapesl out
auf there
tltere ($299 lisl),
it’s the
list), alld
and comes will all
so/nt,'ore 10
eilher (or both,
both , in my
cabling Qnd
and software
to work Oil
on either
case)
Ihe PC or Macintosh
Macilltosh platform...
plalform ...
case ) the
dOIl't think
Ihink there are Sysex codes 10
1I don’t
to emulale
emulate
double-clicking instrument logelher
bUI you
together (Slacking),
(stacking), but
parlicular "Slack"
inslrucould save a particular
“stack” of double-clicked instruments as a "presel"
presel via sysex. Call
“preset” and select the preset
Ihe Sysex
S)'sex documentalion
- it
Malvern 10
to order the
documentation for lhe
the EPS was free the
Ihe lasllime
looked ... }
last time I looked...)

[Johll
Dougherty —
- Even when I change the
Ihe name of the
Ihe
[John Daugherty
"sound"
file, the
Ihe ASR-X looks in the
Ihe "waves"
“sound” ﬁle,
“waves” folder for
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ft?
jtﬁrantzn.
tin-‘uni
,,\c;.,s''t.c,
I ..... "
(02 ].\.,
...... ..l
.... va.,

uhnu
nt."'17ac...u-..
u- 1 6'~6
5':/5
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..........
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''''''.f~1 .....

mosl uses, and the
Ihe prices
drive is considered 100
too small for most
refleci this
Ihis shift
... )
reﬂect
shift...)

[John
[Johll Dougherry
Dougherty -- Even when I change the name of the
Ihe
"sound"
file, the ASR-X looks in the "waves"
“sound” ﬁle,
“waves” folder for
duplicate .aifﬁles
to overwrite
duplicale
.aif files and then
Ihell asks me if I want 10
overwrile
If I say no, the
Ihe ASR-X does nothing.
nOlhing. Evidently]
Evidently I
Ihesefiles.
these
ﬁles. If1
have no choice bUI
Ihese ﬁles
files every time JI
but 10
to overwrile
overwrite these
lise
Ihem in a new "sound" ﬁle.
file. The only work-around for
use them
this is 10
Ihe name of the "wave" ﬁle
file as well. Or,
to change the
creole sub-directories
sub-direclories within
wilhin the
Ihe "sounds"
maybe I can create
“sounds”
Ihis yet,
yel, so I
folder or "waves" folder. I haven'l
haven’! tried this
don’t
work. I guess 1’Il
don'l know if it will >York.
I'll end up spending
moSI ofm)'
files rather than creating music.
most
of my time naming ﬁles
Jar some of that
Ihat excelGarlh,
Garth, I'll be contaclillg
contacting you soon for
lenl software you keep putting
pUlling oul.
lent
out. Hopefully il
it will make
things go a 101
lot quicker.
Ihe help...)
help ... }
Thanks for the
[PF -- John: NOW Isee
I see the ﬂaw
flaw -— you gotta
galla change the
Ihe
name of every *.wav ﬁle
file as well to avoid overwriting a
Malvern's
previous "instrument"? Glaring oversight on Malvern’s

Dear Hackers --

pari. Hope I'm wrong
... }
part.
wrong...I

I own an ASR-X, and I have a question concerning
conceming my

[chickenEPS@Willmar.com-John'srighl.
[chickenEPS@willmar.com
— John's right. Every lime
time you

make a programming change in a I-SOUND or RAM-KIT,
Ihe ASR-X: I) looks for corresponding AIF
AlF ﬁles
files in the
Ihe
the
WAVES directory and, 2) ifil
finds them,
Ihem, it
iI asks you if you
if it ﬁnds
overwrile - if nOl,
Ihem from memory, 3)
wanl
want 10
to overwrite
not, il
it wriles
writes them
if you say no, the
Ihe wrile
10 as
write is aborled.
aborted. (This is currenl
current to
OS
22.03.
.03 . ))

Ihink you are exhibiling
Ihe
Yeah, defrag is an issue, bUI
but I think
exhibiting the
.EPS/ASR
emotions. The DOS disk format
formal (and probably
EPS/ASR emotions.
the ASR-X as
OS file ops) are more robust
robust,, and you can
defrag the
Ihe disk very easily wilhin
within a PC using Win95'
Win95’ss
defrag or Norton.
Norlon. In other
olher words, "juS(
10 the
deﬁag
“just say YES" to
overwrile
overwrite prompt.

is unstable? If so, wouldn't
WOUldn ' t this make the sequences play
badly when they are triggered internally too?
too‘?

SCSI present.
present, no digital out, as
ASR-IO 12903,
OS 3.5.3, ASR-I0
04/10/95.

My hook-up is: Midi-out EPS to Midi-in Pocket sync,
Midi-in EPS to Midi-out Pocket Sync, Headphone-out
Pona one to Audio-in Pocket sync, Channel 4 input Pona
Porta
Porta
one to Audio-out Pocket sync. Interchanging Porta
Pona one
Tape! channel 4-out doesn't
Headphone-out and Tape
doesn’t seem to
make a difference. The sequencer keeps running for about
a second after I tum
turn off the Pona
Porta one if I tum
turn it off in the
middle of the sequence so I know that the "lam
“Jam Sync
Time Select"
working. Can
Select” feature of the Pocket sync is working.
you please offer me any suggestions or assistance?

Thanxxx,
Batcha, fua_batcha@hotmail.com

BalCha: Whal
revision ? Check your ﬁrmware
firmware
[PF —- Batcha:
What ROM revision?
if you might be a rev or two behind the
version. Sounds as ifyou
current V. 1.5.}
I.5.]

THTH My SQ-80 doesn
doesn’t' t love me anymore. :-(

Going a little
lillie ﬁtrther,
jurther, with the EPS/ASR,
EPS/ASR, we were always
Ihe parameters
screaming about having the ability 10
to edil
edit the
wilhoUI
file. The EPSIASR
EPS/ASR OS,
as, in the
without rewriting the whole ﬁle.
IhOi. But
BUI now,
/lOW, the
files, didn't
didll' t allow that.
way it deals with ﬁles,
separalefile (.SOU),
ASR-X stores th
thee the parameters in a separateﬁle
but the
Ihe as
Ihe system
syslem Simply
simply overwrile
Ihe
OS still doesn'
doesn’tI let the
overwrite the
.SOU ﬁle.
file. Hopefully
Hopejully this will be coming up in a new as.
OS.
Lei's Ihank
Let’s
thank Ensoniq for continuing 10
to update the ASR-X
consistently. Let’s
Lei's also hope thaI
Ihey will follow through
that they
with th
thee inslrument
instrument and not stop short from making it
what it could be,
be.
JUJt for correction, the ASR-X will read
read..WAV
WAV ﬁles,
files, but
Just
files. For education, the
Ihe probable reason
stores only AIF ﬁles.
files slore
for Ihis
this is because .WAV ﬁles
store wavedata in Intel
file format,
formal, whereas AIF ﬁles
files Slore
processor ﬁle
store it in
file format
formal-— and the ASR-X is 01
Motorola processor ﬁle
at least
Ihen the ASR-X uses the
Ihe
a Motorola environment. But
Bul then
MS-DOS disk format. ThO(
That was smart, since Mac's usually read both
bOlh Mac and DOS disk formats,
formalS, whereas PC’s
PC's
read only DOS format
formal and not Mac. Wheww
.... }
Wheww....]

Thank you very much.
Howard
buiefam@ac.net
buiefarn@ac.net
[PF -— Howard: Thefirslline
configuralion points
pOillls
The ﬁrst line of your conﬁguration
Midi-in
the presence of a MIDI loop: "Midi-oUl
“Midi-out EPS 10
to Midi~in
Pockel sync,
sync, Midi-in EPS 10
Pockel Sync." This
Pocket
to Midi-out Pocket
definilion a MIDI loop where Ihe
is verboten.
verboten. This is by deﬁnition
the
10 its own MIDI
MIDI out of the EPS is directly connecled
connected to
Ihrough the
Ihe Pocket Sync.
In through

Send Ihe
Pockel Sync 10
Ihe MIDI In of
the MIDI out of the Pocket
to the
the EPS. Set
Sellhe
the EPS 10
to follow External Clock 10
to allow it
Ihe Pocket
Pockel Sync.
Sync. And that should
shollid do il
... }
to sync 10
to the
it...]

[John Daugherty
Dougherry (houseman@eaTlhlink.net)
jusl
(houseman@earthlink.net) -— I just
Ihe lalest
as (ver 2.53).
received and installed the
latest ASR-X OS
NOlhing has changed. The X still asks if you want to overNothing
files wilh
Ihe same names. If you choose not to
write .aif
.aifﬁles
with the
do so, the X does 1I0lhing.
nothing. I 100
too am in hopes thaI
that Ensoniq
will follow through wilh
with this instrumelll
instrument -- especially concerning this issue.

ASRI EPS-formal disks.
[PF -- Brendan: The TS only reads ASRIEPS-format
To get a ·.wav
file inlO
"‘.wav ﬁle
into a TS, you need a conversion program 10
to translate
‘.wav ﬁle
into a readable ASR forIransUJte the *.wav
file inlo
mal.
mat.

Brendan
brendan@monitor.net
brendan@monitor.net

Ihal question
queslion (answer no by
Now, if you answer no to that
pressing the Exit/No
X will write
bUllo'IJ the
Ihe X
wrile the new
Exil/No buttorp
Ihe old samples. I have
sound and continue 10
to address the
fine.)
done it and il
it works ﬁne.]

Hello.
II am rrying
trying to
to record a sync track on
on aa Tascam
Tascam Porta one
one
and then trigger the EPS from this sync Irack.
track. I have an
Anatek Pocket Sync to translate the MIDI clock. I record
the track but when I play it back and try to use it to trigger
the sequencer there are invariably tempo glitches which
are impossible to work with. I have tried various recording levels for the sync track. There is a red LED on the
Anatek that blinks with the MIDI clock. This LED is
visibly not consistent tempo-wise during recording of the
sync track. Could it be that the MIDI clock from the EPS

Does anyone have any experience with these types of
problems, and what you went through to get them fixed?

Anyone have any repair experience for the SQ-80 drives?
I know there’s
there ' s info on Mirage disk drives, but how about
the SQ-80?
Any help appreciated.

RCS' s Ensoniq Disk Tools does this VERY well (/ookfor
RCS’s
(look for
cosls $60, and runs under Windows
an upcoming review), costs
jloppies illlo
95/3.1
withoul a hilch.
95/3 .I without
hitch. It even formats blank ﬂoppies
into
well ... }
ASR/EPSformat
ASR/EPS
format as well...]

Thanks!
westner@media.mit.edu
Alex Westner .. westnet@media.mit.edu
[PF -- Alex: YOll've
You’ve got
connection in your
gal an intermittent conneClion
SQ-80. Take il
it to your music dealer and have him clean
reseal all connectors.
all contaCl
contact points and reseat
connectors. If your lech
tech
uses a zero residue cleaner and an antioxidant on all conpoinls, harnesses, and connectors (a two-step
Iwo-step
tact points,
process) your SQ-80 will be golden for years 10
to come.

I have a trouble when I’m
I'm in 44kHz. There is a soft delay
between the first signal in (micro) and the out (ampli
(arnpli out)
ASR-IO makes some noise as bad as a
and sometimes the ASR-10
30!-cl-lz.
vinyl!!! But no problem in 30kHz.

The problem with your disk drive is in the power connector. It’s
intermittent. While your tech is inside
II's equally intermillelll.
lor.
Ihe
your SQ-80, have him pull the righl
right cheekblock with the
drive and pitchtmod
pilch/mod wheels and have him reseat both
bOlh the
data cable and power cable following the
Ihe above two-step
Ihis disk drive behavior on my own
procedure. I've seen this
oflhem
slarted prompting me to "Please
EPSs . One of
EPSs.
them started
“Please Insert
wouldn'l come on
...
Disk" bUllhe
but the drive light wouldrt’t
on...

I have a trouble when I'm in 44kHz.
44kH2. There is a soft delay
between the first signal in (micro) and the out (ampli out)
ASR-IO makes some noise as bad as a
and sometimes the ASR-10
vinyl!!! But no problem in 30kHz.

drive and pitch/mod wheels and have him reseat
re.eat both the
Ihe
data cable and power cable following the
Ihe above two-slep
two-step
procedure.
I'v e seen this
Ihi. disk
di.k drive behavior on my own
procedure. I’ve
EPSs.
them started
to "Please
“Please Insert
oflhem
slarted prompting
promptillg me 10
EPS•. One of
Disk" butlhe
but the drive lighl
light wouldn’t
on...
wouldn'l come on
...

TH-

overwrillell.
overwritten.

I can re-initialize it (Record & Top-left soft-key) and it’s
it's
fine again (well, I have to reload everything from the last
10 disk).
time I saved its internal
intemal memory to

you...
While I have you
... My disk drive is a little screwed, too. I
have to tilt the keyboard back at a 90 degree angle for the
work . Strange, huh?
thing to work.

THI have a TS-10
TS-IO board and would like to download
internet, but I have no idea how to
sampled sounds off the Internet,
go about that. Could you possibly tell me? But at any rate,
I'll be goin
goin’.' .

for as the
Ihe defrag
defrog and
[Eric Montgomery (Ensoniq) -- So far
file structure
slructure situations I agree with
wilh all of the above. If
ﬁle
you have 2.53 and you load a sound that has samples,
instrumelll and nOI
then make edils
edits 10
to that instrument
not the samples,
Ihe new patch the X will ask you if
then allempt
attempt to save the
11'0111 to overwrile
you want
overwrite the samples. ThaI
That is just a
Il!:TlC Montgomery (i!nsoniq)
jilr as the
Ihe defrag
defrog and
ttsrtc
(Ensoniq) -— :;0
So for
file structure
slruclure situations I agree with
wilh all of the above. If
ﬁle
Ihat has samples,
you have 2.53 and you load a sound that
then make edils
edits 10
to that instrunlelll
instrument and not the samples,
allempt to save the
Ihe new patch
palCh the
Ihe X will ask you if
then attempt
jusl a
you 11'0111
want to overwrile
overwrite the samples. ThaI
That is just
wanl lhem
safeguard so the X does nol
not assume thaI
that you want
them

Each time it recalibrates, something new happens and I
look forward with great anticipation to see what new
me ... not.
parameter values my keyboard will offer me...

pockel sync as a simple MIDI cable connectImagine the pocket
Oul. This is your conjiguraing the MIDI In to the MIDI Out.
conﬁguralioll
loop.""
tion,, which defines
deﬁnes the term "MIDI
“MIDI loop.

MOIIIgomery explained 10
[PF -— Garth: Eric Montgomery
to me thallhe
that the
reason the ASR-X saved in -.aif
format was to allow in"‘.aifformat
clusion of loop pointers
poilllers and stujfﬂ
stuff. It's
II's VERY good to know
Ihal an ASR-X hard drive is DOS formatted -—- Norton’s
Norton's
that
Speed Disk should work famously on it. I wouldn'
wouldn’tt trust
WIN95'
WIN95’ss Defrag -- it leaves WAY 100
too many orphaned bits
jloating around as unmovable bytes/sectors...]
bytes/sectors ... }
ﬂoating

Ihank all who conI would also like to take the time 10
to thank
tributed 10
It' s nice 10
Ihal the
Ihe support
to this thread. It's
to know that
there for those who ask. Cheers.}
is therefor
Cheers.)

I'm playing it, it’ll
it ' ll ’recalibrate’
'recalibrate' itself. Fine,
Often when I’m
but this unrequested recalibration process screws with
some internal memory -— I get funky readouts on the display like "“TEMPO:
TEMPO: BIL,"
B IL," patch names change, my pitch
bend range becomes 0 to 50 (and it actually shifts it by
50, too!)
tool),, and so on.

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any use for, ads for copies of copyrighted material will
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The above steps are recommended to bring your SQ-80
into spec after a/l
all these years. Even if it turns out to be
eise, the above should be done as preventative
something else,
maintenance anyway
... J
anyway...)

limited to loading only those files that reside in whatever
particular EPS-16+
EPS-l6+ directory I'm in at the start of the
song?

TH-

Never had this problem in the four years I've been using
my ASR-IO.
ASR-I0.

Thanks for your ideas.
Kevin Cooter

I've noticed today that the the right channel is not
I’ve
processing through the effects.

TH Tl-I[I have an ESQ-)
ESQ-1 which has recently started acting up a
bit. The display sometimes blinks and many of the patch
names become unreadable.

kcooter@access.ie~.net
kcooter@access.iett.net

[PF
What you need to
to
(PF -— Kevin: This can be done. Whal
fa do is 10
emulate but/on
button presses on the 16+ via Sysex. Feel free 10
to
call Ensoniq al
at 610.647.3930 and reqllest
request a copy of the
EPS-16+ External Command Specification
Speciﬁcation Document.
DOCllmenl.
document
what sysex
This is the Sysex do
cllment that describes whal
codes are required to
10 rem
01 ely navigate around
arollnd Ihe
remotely
the instrument. At last observation, Ensoniq ojffered
offered this docudoclImenl free to interested individllals
.. .]
ment
individuals...)

Instrument-l L+2L, effect=stereo
effeCl~stereo delay
Example: Instrument-lL+2L,
Stereo delay time: L-600
L-=60O R-300.
R=300.

[s
Is there anything I can do? Do [I need to change the battery?

Effect is applied to L-600,
L=600, but not applied to R-300.
(I've
(I’ve tried +increment and -increment.) Il tried using other
effects and found the same. Right is not processed.

Please advise. Thanks.
Jim S.
JDSav@aol.com
.IDSav@aol.com

Please help...
help ...
John C Gaiser
penehead@mindspring.com
ponehead@mindspring.com

(PF
gal an intermitlenl
[PF -— Jim: You've got
intermittent display cable. The
older Malvern keyboards conlact
pain Is get oxidized after
contact points
a few years and start behaving this way. Clean 0/1
all contact
points and wiring harness connectors with a zero residue
cleaner. Ifyou
If you feel uncomfortable doing this, by all
a/l means
Ihis for you. It shollldn'
have your local keyboard tech do this
shouldn'tI
take much longer than an hour on the
fhe bench...)
bench ... J

{PF -- John:
Juhn: I’d
I'd call Ensoniq directly at 610.647.3930, as
[PF
don' t know the rhyme or reason behind their FX alI don’!
pretry much shun
shlln people from developing
gorithms. They pretty
3rd party
parry eﬂects
effecls to to the proprietary nature
nalllre of their DSP
chipset, so I’d
I'd defer to Malvern for their explanation. And
there might be the outside chance that
Ihat something is amiss
in your DSP chip. Ensure
Ensllre you’re
you' re running the
Ihe most current
OS .-version
version and ROM version for your particular
parlicular keyboard, as this could be suspect...)
suspect ... J

{chickenEPS@Willmar.com
[chickenEPS@Willmar.com -— Actually, the bUllon
button presses
Button Presses) don't
don’t work. 11 wish Ensoniq
(VBP, Virtual Bllt/on
wOllld
fix/alter the Sys-Ex behaviour of the VBP's,
would fix/alter
VBP’s, bllt
but
they have not done that.
ere' re several ways of doing what YOIl
Bllt til
But
there're
you want. When
the 16-Plus
I6-Plus is in Multi-In Mode YOIl
you can send Program
Change commands (they are not Sys-Ex messages) and
load the corresponding ﬁle
file in the current directory to the
16-Pllls
I6-Plus memory. Also, Program Changes 100-127 will in1-28. So by using this information:
voke Macros I-28.

TH[I have an SQ-)
SQ-1 and lI want it to play
What do 1) do? By the way my manual
thought the Ensoniq would become just
sequencer!

Cakewalk tracks.
reads, they never
a voice instead of

{Von
Iried dif[ Von Krogh (VonKrogh@aol.com)
(VonI(rogh@aol.com) -- Have you tried
ferent instruments
instruments?? Perhaps both layers were assigned to
the right channel, or the whale
whole instrument has been set to
page...
hard right pan on the edit-track page...
DerekJ
Hope this helps, Derek)

Thank you for any reply you can give.
David
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ly needs service. When I run into this situation I usually
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2) When you want to load a sound, a) Send the macro
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file (1-38).
directory, b) Send the Program Change for the ﬁle
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beller
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directory on your

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