Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer
22 ENSONIQ KT Musician’s Manual
Switching Effects in Song Mode
As you are probably aware, when you are playing KT sounds, and you select a sound that uses a
different effect algorithm from the previous one, there is a momentary muting of the audio
output. This is because, like all digital signal processors, the KT requires some time to switch
from one algorithm to another. The software program that defines the algorithm must be
changed for each different effect.
The same holds true when selecting sequences. Each sequence has its own effects set-up, that is
highly programmable and is saved with the sequence. When you select a sequence, if the new
one has a different effect algorithm than the previous one, there will be a brief muting of the
output.
This can pose a problem when playing a song — as a new song step begins to play, if the
sequence in that step has a different effect than the previous one, there might be a muting of the
audio output. Since it is usually not desirable to mute the output during sequencer playback, the
KT offers some alternatives.
The “Song uses effect from=SEQUENCES/SONG” parameter on Sequencer Control page 3 (press
{EDIT_SEQ/PRESET}, the upper {1} button, then the {3} button) determines which effect(s) will
be heard when a song is played:
• When “Song uses effect from=SEQUENCES,” each time a new sequence begins as a step in a
song, its effect will be loaded, resulting in a brief muting of the output (unless the new effect
is the same as in the previous sequence).
• When “Song uses effect from=SONG,” the effect that is stored in the song will be used for all
the song steps and there will never be any muting or “glitching” of the output when new
sequences play.
The setting of this parameter is saved with each song. Whenever a new song is created, it
defaults to “Song Uses Effect from=SONG.” This ensures that there will be no output muting
between sequences, but it also means that a sequence might sound different in a song than when
it was played on its own.
If you do use the “Song uses effect from=SEQUENCES” setting for a given song, you can
minimize the muting by doing the following:
• Whenever possible, use the same effect algorithm in sequences that will be chained together
in the song.
• Program a rest into the beginning of sequences in which the effect will switch to a different
algorithm from the previous one, or create a silent one-bar sequence whose only function is
to switch to a new algorithm. Then make sure the following sequences use the same
algorithm.
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