ENSONIQ EPS-16 PLUS Musician's Manual

Section 10 — Sequencer Applications
EPS-16 PLUS Musician's Manual
Using the EPS-16 PLUS with a Drum Machine
When you use the EPS-16 PLUS in conjunction with a drum machine or other
rhythm sequencer, there are three ways to have them operate together:
1) Sync the drum machine's clock to the EPS-16 PLUS;
2) Sync the EPS-16 PLUS' clock to the drum machine; or
3) Sequence the drum machine from the EPS-16 PLUS, just as you would a
synthesizer.
To Sync a Drum Machine to the EPS-16 PLUS:
• Connect the MIDI Out of the EPS-16 PLUS to the MIDI In of the drum
machine.
• Set the drum machine to sync to MIDI clocks.
• Set the drum machine to receive on an unused MIDI Channel, OMNI Off; or
disable channel information. You don't want the drum machine playing
EPS-16 PLUS sequence data intended for other instruments. MIDI clocks,
start, stop, and continue are real time commands, and are sent and received
regardless of MIDI channel or mode.
• The drum machine should now sync to the EPS-16 PLUS' clock. Pressing
Play or Stop•Continue will start, stop, and continue the drum machine,
assuming it receives those commands.
To Sync the EPS-16 PLUS to a Drum Machine:
• Connect the MIDI Out of the drum machine to the MIDI In of the EPS-16
PLUS.
• Set the EPS-16 PLUS to sync to MIDI clocks. On the EDIT/Seq•Song page,
select CLOCK SOURCE=MIDI.
• Set the drum machine to not send channel info, or to send on a MIDI Channel
that is not being used by any of the EPS-16 PLUS tracks. Again, MIDI
clocks, start, stop, and continue are sent and received regardless of MIDI
channel or mode.
• The EPS-16 PLUS should now sync to the drum machine's clock. Starting,
stopping, or continuing the drum machine will start, stop, and continue the
EPS-16 PLUS.
To Sequence a Drum Machine from a Track of the EPS-16 PLUS:
• Connect the MIDI Out of the EPS-16 PLUS to the MIDI In of the drum
machine.
• Set the drum machine to Tape Sync or External Clock, or any setting other than
Internal or MIDI Clock. This way it will not play its own patterns, but will act
only as a sound-producing device, sequenced from a track of the EPS-16
PLUS.
• Set the drum machine to POLY (OMNI Off) mode, and select a MIDI Channel.
• On the EDIT System•MIDI page, set TRANSMIT ON=INST CHAN
• From the EDIT/Instrument page, assign a track on the EPS-16 PLUS MIDI
status, and set it to the same MIDI channel you assigned the drum machine.
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Using the EPS-16 PLUS with a Drum Machine

ENSONIQ EPS-16 PLUS Specifications

General

Brand	ENSONIQ
Model	EPS-16 PLUS
Category	Recording Equipment
Language	English