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Table of Contents
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Read this First
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Table of Contents
5
Booting" the EPS-16 PLUS
17
Power - Grounding Information
18
Section 1 - Getting Started
18
AC Line Conditioning
19
MIDI Connections
20
Amplification
20
Running Your EPS-16 PLUS through a Home Stereo System
21
Care and Feeding of the Disk Drive
22
Disk Memory Vs. Internal Memory
23
Internal Memory
23
Flashbank
23
Rear Panel Connections
25
Audio in
25
Right/Mono
25
Left/Mono
25
Pedal/CV
25
Foot Switch Input
26
MIDI In/Out/Thru
26
Optional SCSI Connector
26
Auxiliary Outputs
27
AC Line in
27
The Front Panel - Communicating with the EPS-16 PLUS
28
Headphone Jack
28
Volume Slider
28
Sample
28
Page Buttons
28
Effect Select/Bypass
29
Display
29
Mode Buttons
30
Instrument•Track Buttons
30
Sequencer "Transport Controls
31
Data Entry Controls
31
Parameter Illustrations
32
Parametric Programming
32
Loading and Playing Instruments and Banks about Instruments
33
Loading an Instrument
33
Deleting an Instrument from the Internal Memory
35
About Banks
35
To Load a Bank
36
Playing Instruments
36
Instrument•Track Buttons
37
Keyboard Range (How Instruments Share the Keyboard in LOAD Mode)
38
Available Accessories
40
Need more Help
42
System Parameters
45
Edit/Systen•MIDI Page
45
Free System Blocks
45
All Notes off
47
Eps-16
64
Section 3-Instruments and Banks
64
Instruments
64
Banks
64
A few Important Notes about Banks
65
To Load a Bank
65
Performance Presets
66
Additional Notes about Performance Presets
66
Suggested Uses for Performance Presets
67
Creating a Performance Preset
67
Performance Tip - Creating Keyboard Splits
68
The MIDI Connection
69
The Smart Transmit Function
69
Making a MIDI Instrument
71
Edit/Instrument Page
74
Using the Patch Select Buttons
74
Programming Patches
74
Keyup Layers
76
MIDI Status
77
Patch Select
79
Transpose
80
Command/Instrument Page
81
Create New Instrument
81
Copy Instrument
81
Section 4 - Effects
83
Understanding EPS-16 PLUS Effects
83
Effect Type
84
Selecting Effects
85
Instruments and Banks
86
When Are New Effects Loaded into the ESP Chip
86
Performance Control of Tracks When Using Bank Effects
86
Programming Effects
87
The Effects Busses
87
Single Function Effect Mixer
87
Effects Mixing
88
Dual Function Effect Mixer
88
Triple Function Effect Mixer
89
Effect Parameters
90
Hall Reverb, 44KHZ Reverb, Room Reverb
90
Chorus + Reverb 4 - 1
92
Phaser + Reverb 4 - 1
93
Command/Effects Page
100
Section 5 - Sampling
101
What Is Sampling
101
What Is Sampling? Sample Rate Aliasing
101
What Is Sampling
102
Sample Rate
102
Getting Ready to Sample
104
Easy Sampling
104
Setting the Input Level
107
Multisampling
108
Resampling an Existing Sample
109
Using Equalization
110
Looping
112
Auto-Loop Finding
113
Short (Single-Cycle) Loops
113
Adjusting Loop Position
114
Long Loops
115
Section 6 - Wavesample Parameters
116
Wavesample Commands
124
Selecting Wavesamples for Editing
124
Command/Wave Page
125
Create New Wavesample
125
Wavesample Information
126
Reverse Cross Fade
128
Ensemble Cross Fade
129
Bidirectional X-Fade
130
Make Loop Longer
131
Synthesized Loop
132
Resample with Effects
133
Copy Wave Parameters
134
Command/Pitch Page
135
Edit Pitch Table
135
Copy Pitch Table
136
Clear Data
137
Reverse Data
138
Scale Data
139
Command/Amp Page
140
Volume Smoothing
140
MIX, Merge, and Splice
141
Merge Wavesamples
142
Fade In.
143
EPS-16 PLUS Voice Configuration
145
Modulators
148
About Modulation
148
Selecting a Modulator
148
Modulation Amount
148
Modulation Sources
149
Edit/Pitch Page
153
Pitch Bend Range
154
PLUS Envelopes
155
Edit/Env 1, Env 2, Env 3 Page
156
Keyboard Time Scaling
158
Envelope Templates
159
Copying Envelopes 7 - 1
160
EDIT/LFO Page
161
LFO Wave
161
LFO Speed
162
About Filters
164
Poles: Rolloff Curves
164
Low-Pass and High Pass
164
Cutoff Frequency 7 - 2
164
Tutorial - Keyboard Crossfade
169
Edit/Layer Page
172
Layer Glidemode
173
Command/Layer Page
176
Section 8 - Sequencer Basics
177
The MIDI Connection
178
Sequencing on the EPS-16 PLUS
178
Digital Sequencing
179
What Is a Sequence
179
What Is a Song
180
Banks
180
Sequencer "Transport Controls
180
Sequencer Status
181
Playing Sequences and Songs
182
Sequencer Tracks
182
Creating a New Sequence
182
Edit/Seq•Song Page
183
Clock Source
184
Record Mode
185
Effect Control
189
Edit/Seq•Song Page
184
Recording a Sequence
190
Punching In" on a Track
191
Recording Another Track with a Copy of the same Instrument
191
To Copy an Instrument to Another Location
191
MIDI Sequencing
192
MIDI Connections
192
Additional Notes
192
MIDI Mode and Channel - Destination Instruments
193
Recording Program Changes
194
Recording MIDI Tracks
194
Song Mode
195
Making a Song
196
To Go to a Different Step in the Song
198
To Change Anything in an Existing Song Step
198
To Insert a Step Anywhere in the Song
198
To Delete a Step Anywhere in the Song
198
Song Tracks
199
Recording Song Tracks
199
Sequencer Basics
200
Command/Seq•Song Page
202
Copy Sequence
202
Delete Sequence
202
Save Current Sequence
202
Rename Song/Sequence
203
Append Sequence
204
Change Sequence Length
204
Edit Song Steps
205
Command/Track Page
206
Quantize Track
206
Copy Track
207
Erase/Undefine Track
207
Filter Event
208
Merge Two Tracks
209
Event Cursor
211
Current Event Type
211
Event Value
211
Event Location
212
Event - Event Type Filter
212
Insert and Delete
213
Transpose Track
214
Scale Event
214
Song Position Pointers
215
Using the EPS-16 PLUS with a Drum Machine
216
To Sync a Drum Machine to the EPS-16 PLUS
216
To Sync the EPS-16 PLUS to a Drum Machine
216
Using the EPS-16 PLUS with a MIDI Guitar Controller
217
Patch Selects and Presets
219
Recording into the EPS-16 PLUS Sequencer from a MIDI Controller
220
Recording into a Single Track (One MIDI Channel)
220
Using the EPS-16 PLUS with an External Sequencer
221
Poly Mode - the EPS-16 PLUS as One Instrument
221
MULTI Mode - the EPS-16 PLUS as Eight Independent Instruments
222
Some Important Points about MULTI Mode
222
Disk Storage
223
PLUS Disk File Types Disk Capacity - Bytes, Blocks and Files
223
Disk Capacity - Bytes, Blocks and Files
225
PLUS Disk Functions: Format Floppy Disk
226
Copy Floppy
227
Loading and Saving EPS-16 PLUS Instruments and Banks Loading an Instrument
228
To Load a Bank
230
Saving the Contents of Memory as a Bank
231
Deleting an Instrument or Bank File from a Disk
232
Loading a Song or a Single Sequence from Disk
232
Saving a Single Sequence to Disk
233
Saving a Song (Along with All Sequences) to Disk
233
Deleting a Song or Sequence File from a Disk
234
Loading and Saving EPS 16 PLUS Effects
235
Loading an Effect
235
Saving an Effect to Disk
235
A Note about Saving and Loading from FLASHBANK and Hard Drives
236
MIDI System Exclusive Recorder
237
What Is System Exclusive Data
237
System Exclusive Storage
237
Saving Sys-Ex Data Uses the Internal Memory
237
Saving System Ex Data from an External Device
238
Loading System Ex Data from Disk to an External Device
239
PLUS Disk Messages
241
Appendix - EPS-16 PLUS MIDI Implementation
244
Important Safety Instructions
259
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Model
EPS-16 PLUS
Category
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Language
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