User manual ENSONIQ ASR-10

[. . . ] Preface Welcome! Congratulations and thank you for your purchase of the ENSONIQ ASR-10 Advanced Sampling Recorder, another milestone in digital sampling keyboards. The ASR-10 revolutionizes the way sampling is integrated into a workstation, by including 24-bit dynamic effects processing and allowing the stereo audio input to be monitored, sampled, and resampled through the effects. And only ENSONIQ offers all the expressive control that turns a sampler into a truly musical instrument. Sampling The ASR-10 features true stereo Sigma-Delta (one-bit) 64 times oversampling technology with a selectable sample rate of 30kHz or 44. 1 kHz. Samples can be recorded from a variety of input sources including: the stereo audio inputs, the optional DI-10 Digital I/O Board (consumer AES/EBU digital interface) or the ASR-10's own Main Audio Output (for resampling). [. . . ] It lets you search for the perfect loop location after you've set up an optimal loop length. EDIT WAVE MOD / SRC Press Edit / Wave / 6 (Mod Type) 7 (Mod Source) These parameters allow you to modulate certain parameters of the wave and select the mod source. This specifies which of the wave parameters the modulation will be affecting. There are seven possible MOD TYPES: · OFF -- Wave modulation is disabled. · LOOP POS -- Selecting this setting will modulate the loop position of the wave, moving it forward (towards the end of the wave) with positive values and backward (toward the beginning of the wave) with negative values. · START -- The SMPL START will be modulated. · START+LP -- Both the SMPL START and the Loop Position will be modulated. When START+LP is selected, sample playback will always begin at the LOOP START value, rather than at the SMPL START value. · LOOPSTRT -- Modulates the Loop Start parameter. This will have the effect of either making the loop shorter (by using positive modulation values to move the Loop Start point closer to the Loop End) or longer (negative values moving the Loop Start away from the Loop End). · LOOP END -- Works the same as LOOPSTRT, but from the back end. · LPSTRT­X -- This setting works the same as LOOPSTRT, but a pitch correction scheme is now employed to keep the pitch constant as the loop gets longer and shorter. · TRANSWAV -- Similar to LOOP POS, but the loop will move in increments of exactly one loop length. For example, with LOOPSTART at 0 and LOOPEND at 100, positive modulation will cause the loop to jump to LOOPSTART 100, LOOPEND 200, and then LOOPSTART 200, LOOPEND 300, etc. When this setting is selected, the MOD RANGE parameter (see below) has no effect, but the MOD AMOUNT (also below) sets the number of "jumps" that will happen over the full range of the controller (MOD SRC). Any of the 15 ASR-10 modulation sources can be used as the SRC (Modulation Source) for the wave modulation. EDIT WAVE MOD AMT / RANGE Press Edit / Wave / 8 (Mod Amount) 9 (Mod Range) Edit/Wave Page 3 Section 10 -- Wave Data Parameters ASR-10 Musician's Manual Use these parameters to set the amount of wave modulation selected with the previous parameter. The wave modulation amount has two components: · MOD AMT -- This determines the amount of modulation that will be added to the wave parameter specified in the WAVE MOD TYPE parameter. This parameter has a value range of -99 to +99, allowing both positive and negative modulation amounts. · RANGE -- This portion of the parameter determines range that will be covered by the MOD AMT. The reason for this is due to the nature of sampled instruments. Where on a synthesizer you would have waves or oscillators that had a defined length that was always the same, with samplers the wave size is always different from instrument to instrument, due to the sample time and rate at which each was sampled. [. . . ] GAIN R Ranges: -99 to +99 These four parameters control the output volume of the four right taps. TIME L Ranges: 0 to 127 These parameters set four output tap positions (early reflections) for the left side within the reverb. Higher numbers create a more delayed early reflection. TIME R Ranges: 0 to 127 These parameters set four output tap positions (early reflections) for the right side within the reverb. [. . . ]