User manual ENSONIQ E-PRIME REFERENCE MANUAL V1.00

[. . . ] E Reference Manual Version 1. 00 Introduction Welcome! Congratulations, and thank you for your purchase of the ENSONIQ E-Prime Primary Performance Keyboard. E-Prime represents an exciting marriage of ENSONIQ's popular KT technology with the widely acclaimed, wonderful piano sounds of their MR-family synthesizers. With 64-voice polyphony and a weighted action keyboard, E-Prime gives musicians the sound and feel of a real piano -- along with all the benefits of a MIDI synthesizer. It's the ultimate instrument for performance, whether you're playing at home, in the studio, at church, or on stage. [. . . ] To "Lock" a Track Layer combination: 1. Press a {SEQUENCER/PRESET_TRACK} button and layer any combination of tracks, by double-clicking their {SEQUENCER/PRESET_TRACK} buttons. While holding down the {SELECT_SEQ/PRESET} button, press the {EDIT_TRACK} button. Both the {SELECT_SEQ/PRESET} and {EDIT_TRACK} LEDs will light and E-Prime will now be in "Layer Lock" Edit Track mode. All Edit Track Performance Parameter pages are available as usual: from either successive presses of the {EDIT_TRACK} button, pressing the {CURSOR} buttons, or by "direct dialing" with the lower {0} to {9} buttons. Pressing a {SEQUENCER/PRESET_TRACK} button will not change the combination of layered tracks, but instead will select that track for Performance Parameter editing. To exit "Layer Lock" Edit Track mode, press any mode button. ENSONIQ E-Prime Reference Manual 11 Section 8 -- Understanding Presets About the "Save Changes?" Page Along with the notes, controllers and program changes that are recorded on each track, there are many other parameters that are saved with each sequence or song. These are: · · · · · · · · The name of the sequence or song The tempo of the sequence or song The sound assigned to each track All Edit Track parameters for each track of the sequence or song Which tracks are selected and layered on the tracks The setting of the LOOP parameter in the Sequencer Control pages The setting of the CLICK parameter in the Click pages Punch-In and Punch-Out points Whenever you record a track of a sequence or song, these values are automatically saved -- that is, they will be remembered by E-Prime if you leave the sequence (by selecting another one) and return to it later. However, if you change any of the above settings, and then select a new sequence or song before you record any new track data, the following message may appear, depending on the setting of the SaveChangesMode parameter (press {EDIT_SEQ/PRESET}, the upper {1}, then the lower {5} button). See the description of this parameter for more information: Save Changes?<SEQUENCE NAME> · · Pressing {YES} saves the sequence or song, with the current settings of all the parameters listed above, into sequencer memory. Pressing {NO} leaves the settings of the parameters listed above as they were when you last recorded a track. In either case, the track data (notes, controllers and program changes) is always saved. Sometimes it's hard to remember, when you get this page, exactly what you changed. As a rule, if you are happy with the sequence or song as it is, answer YES. If you have just been experimenting with different tempos, programs, MIDI configurations, etc. , and want to leave the sequence as it was before your experiments, answer NO. Tip: While in Select Sequence/Preset mode, there is one quick way to save any changes you make to a Preset or Song. You can also rename the Preset or Song by pressing {ENTER} once, editing the name, and then pressing {ENTER} again. Do not attempt this with a Sequence -- it will invoke the Tap Tempo feature (see the Tap Tempo description earlier in this section). As mentioned above, you can avoid being asked to save changes by setting the Save Changes parameter to U-SAVE MANUALLY. For live performance, and other applications in which you want to experiment with tempo, track parameters, etc. without being bothered about saving the changes, this is the preferred setting. 12 ENSONIQ E-Prime Reference Manual Section 8 -- Understanding Presets Using the Make Default Preset Button The {MAKE_DEFAULT_PRESET} button performs different functions depending on whether you are in Select Seq/Preset or Edit Seq/Preset mode. The Make Default Preset function will only work in the currently selected bank. To Play The Demo Holding down the {MAKE_DEFAULT_PRESET} button and pressing the {PLAY} button will select r:ROM Song 70 and will start playback of the Demo Song. [. . . ] This will be displayed if the Preset/Seq/Song data being saved won't fit into the target memory location. This applies to card data and Sys-Ex data received. This message will be displayed if the currently installed card is write-protected, or if it's a ROM card, and you try to write to the card, either manually from RAM, or remotely via incoming MIDI Sys-Ex. If this message appears when a RAM card is inserted into the card slot, it means that the battery in the card is getting low and should be replaced as soon as possible. [. . . ]