User manual ENSONIQ ZR-76 MUSICIANS MANUAL

[. . . ] Musician's Manual 64 Voice Expandable Stage and Studio Keyboard READ THIS FIRST!WARNING!! Grounding Instructions This product must be grounded. If it should malfunction or break down, grounding provides a path of least resistance for electric current to reduce the risk of electric shock. This product is equipped with a cord having an equipment-grounding conductor and a grounding plug. [. . . ] Press the 16 Track Recorder Play button to hear the new song playlist. Selecting Another Song The ZR-76 can hold as many songs as memory will allow. Each song can contain up to 24 sequences, a song playlist and its own global chorus and global reverb setup. There is always a song available for playing or editing in the ZRs Song Editor. When you create a new song, the song previously in the Song Editor is moved into the ZRs song memory. There are two ways to select a song in the ZR-76: selecting the desired song by dialing it in with the Value knob typing the desired songs name on the ZRs keyboard When you select a song, its global chorus and global reverb settings, its sequences and its song playlist are all installed into the Song Editor. In addition, the setting of the Song Playlist button is restoredif you were most recently working with the song playlist, the Song Playlist LED will be lit; if you were working with an individual sequence, that sequence will be selected. To Select a Song from the ZRs Song Memory 1. Press and hold down the Select Song button. 242 ENSONIQ ZR-76 Musician's Manual Chapter 7Recording If the only song currently in your ZR-76 is already in the Song Editor, the display will show: No songs to select!Song memory is empty If theres a song stored in the ZRs song memory, the display will show: Select another song?SONG #1 :SOMESONG i The first song in the ZRs song memory You can select any of the songs that have been created or loaded since you turned on the ZR 61 or ZR 76. As you turn the value knob, you will see the names of the available songs in the lower right-hand corner of the display. Turn the Value knob or use the up/down arrow buttons to select the song you would like to use. If youd like to load the selected songs sequences into the Song Editor, replacing anything thats currently there, press Yes. The song youve selected will become the active songif there was a song in the Song Editor, it will be moved into the ZRs song memory. If youd rather not continue the procedure, press No. 2. 3. To Select a Song by Spelling Its Name on the Keyboard 1. Press and hold down the Select Song button. If the only song currently in your ZR-76 is the active songwhich is already selectedthe display will show: No songs to select!Song memory is empty If theres a song stored in the ZRs song memory, the display will show: Use keys to spell. SONG #1 :SOMESONG i The first song in the ZRs song memory As long as you keep holding down the Select Song button, you can spell the songs name on the keyboard as if it were a typewriterthe character associated with each key is printed above the key on the ZRs front panel. The C# and D# keys in each octave move the cursor forward and back on the display. The G# types a blank space. ENSONIQ ZR-76 Musician's Manual 243 Chapter 7Recording 2. 3. Type the desired songs name on the ZRs keyboard. [. . . ] See Muting tracks Single foot switches, 460 modification, 461, 462 Single sound, 102 Sixteen-track recorder. See Glide Small Plate, 370 Small Room, 369 SMF. See RAM, Sessions SNARE, 126 Soft Restart, 18 Solo button and LED, 312 Soloing tracks, 312 Song Editor introduction to, 14 song memory, 242 Song Playlist creating, 237 defined, 160 editing, 242 moving to a step in the playlist, 240 overview, 160, 237 effects, 160 playing, 239 Song Playlist button and LED, 160, 162, 237 Song Position Pointer reception enabling/disabling, 52 transmission enabling/disabling, 53 SongEditKit explained, 88 selecting via MIDI, 88 transmitting as SysEx data, 316, 321 Songs checking free memory, 316, 318 copying a song, 244 creating a new song, 237 creating a song playlist, 237 defined, 160 editing a song playlist, 242 effects components, 277 erasing a song from memory, 246 erasing a song playlist, 246 in the Song Editor, 237 loading from floppy disk, 335 single song, 343 song collection, 342 navigating a song playlist, 240 playing a song playlist, 239 renaming, 240 renaming a song with a playlist, 240, 247 saving to floppy all songs in memory, 329 single song, 327 saving to floppy disk, 325 selecting a song from memory, 242 by dialing, 242 by typing songs name, 243 song memory explained, 242 Sound database, 65 Sound drum key parameter, 92 Sound Type drum key parameter, 92 Sound types/categories described, 65 Sound/Rhythm Name knob introduction to, 16 when selecting rhythms, 117 when selecting sounds, 65 Sound/Rhythm Type knob when selecting rhythms, 117 when selecting sounds, 65 Sound/Rhythm Type knob, introduction to, 16 SOUND-BANK, 335 SoundFinder and MIDI, 10912 reception, 112 setting the MIDI channel, 112 transmission, 109 display, 212 display messages, 468 effects overview, 275 favorites factory favorites, 62 introduction, 2 overview, 62 programming after selecting a sound, 63 button-by-button, 63 MIDI-OUT sounds, 63 overview, 63 using foot switches, 64 with foot switches, 49, 63 saving to FLASH memory, 64 to floppy disk, 325, 330 selecting by foot switch, 49, 63 using foot switches, 62 using the Favorites buttons, 62 favorites loading from floppy disk, 335, 344 how it works, 65 introduction to, 12 list of built-in sounds, 434 Perfect Piano sounds, 440 Perfect Piano waves, 440 types, 432 presets, 66 using, 1216 SoundFinder mode LED, 61 SoundFinder parameters controller response, 86 controlling loudness, 7273 Mix (Expression), 73 Vol/MixPolarity, 73 Volume, 72 controlling stereo position Pan, 73 Delay Offset, 78 editing method, 6971 envelopes, 8184 filter Filt Env Attack, 83 Filt Env Decay, 83 Filt Env Release, 83 Filter Cutoff, 82 velocity response Amp&Filt Env Vel, 84 volume Amp Env Attack, 81 Amp Env Decay, 82 Amp Env Release, 82 glide, 77 Glide Mode, 77 Glide Time, 78 how they work, 71 isolating favorite components Velocity Mode, 85 key ranges Key Range Lo and Hi, 84 LFOs and noise generators, 7981 LFO Delay Time, 81 LFO Depth, 80 synchronized SyncLFO&Noise, 79 unsynchronized Normal LFO Rates, 80 pitch bend, 74 Pitch Bend Down, 75 Pitch Bend Up, 74 pressure response PressureMode, 86 RPNs and NRPNs described, 113 saving edits to ZR memory, 9597 memory limits, 95 tuning, 7577 Fine Tuning, 76 Octave Shift, 76 Pitch Tbl, 76 Semitone Shift, 76 velocity window VelocityRange Lo and Hi, 85 Sounds checking free memory, 316, 318 copying, 97 deleting, 316, 319, 320 editing using the Unisyn software, 411 editing method, 6971 effects assigning, 278 components, 277 favorites factory favorites, 62 introduction, 2 loading from floppy disk, 335, 344 overview, 62 programming with foot switches, 49, 63 programming after selecting a sound, 63 button-by-button, 63 MIDI-OUT sounds, 63 overview, 63 using foot switches, 64 saving to FLASH memory, 64 to floppy disk, 325, 330 selecting by foot switch, 49, 63 using foot switches, 62 ENSONIQ ZR-76 Musicians Manual 483 Index using the Favorites buttons, 62 how they use memory, 314 list of built-in sounds, 434 built-in waves, 433 Perfect Piano sounds, 440 Perfect Piano waves, 440 SoundFinder types, 432 loading from floppy disk, 335 single sounds, 336 whole bank, 335 moving, 97 recategorizing, 97 renaming, 97 saving, 95 memory protection, 39 to FLASH and RAM, 95 naming, 96 to floppy disk, 325 single sound, 327 whole bank, 326 write-protected, 39 selecting by name typing on the keys, 66 by type using the knobs, 64 FX bus to be used, 36 methods, 64 retaining track settings, 38 via MIDI, 54 with foot switches, 48 sending to 16 Track Recorder, 1089 into an SMF, 250 selecting a sequence, 109 selecting a track, 109 with or without insert effects, 109 sending to specific outputs, 33 SoundFinder explained, 65 transmitting as SysEx data, 316, 321 two varieties explained, 6869 Sound-stacking. See Layers Space between ideas, 149 Special controllers. [. . . ]