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Chapter 9
—Supplemental Information
ENSONIQ MR-Rack Musician’s Manual
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Welcome
18
Getting Ready to Listen
18
Powering up
18
Choosing Sounds
19
Understanding the MR-Rack
20
Sounds
20
Parts
20
Performances
21
Choosing Performances on the MR-Rack
21
Effects
21
Drum Kits
22
Staks
22
Soundfinder
22
How the MR-Rack's Memory Works
22
ROM and RAM
23
ROM Cards
23
SRAM Cards
23
EXP Series Wave Expansion Boards
23
The MR-Rack Display
23
Playing the MR-Rack Demo
23
To Play the MR-Rack Main Demo
24
Playing Other Demos
24
To Play Other MR-Rack Demos
24
Other Points of Interest
25
All Notes off
25
The MR-Rack's Battery
25
Battery Low Warning
25
If You Experience Odd Behavior
26
To Perform a Hard Reinitialization
26
To Perform a Soft Reset
26
To Perform a Standard Reinitialization
26
Available Options for Your MR-Rack
27
Need more Help
27
Chapter 2-Connections
29
Introduction
29
To Get Ready
29
What Connections Need to be Made
29
Making MIDI Connections
29
Using the MR-Rack with a Controller
30
Connecting the Rest of Your System
30
To Connect the MR-Rack
30
What You'll Need
30
Using the MR-Rack with a Workstation
30
Connecting the Rest of Your System
31
Using the MR-Rack with a Stand-Alone Sequencer
31
What You'll Need
31
Connecting the Rest of Your System
32
Editing Sounds with the MR-Rack and a Computer
32
To Connect the MR-Rack
32
What You'll Need
32
Connecting the Rest of Your System
33
Sequencing with the MR-Rack, a Computer and a Controller
33
To Connect the MR-Rack
33
What You'll Need
33
Connecting the Rest of Your System
34
Using the MR-Rack with a Computer, Controller and MIDI Merger
34
To Connect the MR-Rack
34
What You'll Need
34
Connecting the Rest of Your System
35
Using the MR-Rack with a Computer, Controller and MIDI Patchbay
35
Connecting the Rest of Your System
36
To Make Your MIDI Patchbay Connections
36
What You'll Need
36
Making Audio Connections
37
Making the Power Connection
38
To Connect the MR-Rack's AC Power
38
Powering up
38
Confirming Your MIDI Connection
39
To Verify that the MR-Rack Is Receiving MIDI
39
To Confirm that the MR-Rack Is Responding to MIDI
40
Setting Volume Levels
40
Using the MR-Rack for General MIDI Music
41
Moving on
41
Chapter 3-Personalizing Your System
42
Using the Global Pitch Bend Settings
42
Global Pitch Bend up and down
43
To Determine the Global Pitch Bend down Range
43
To Determine the Global Pitch Bend up Range
43
Setting the Global Pitch Bend Mode
43
To Determine the Global Pitch Bend's Behavior
44
Retuning the MR-Rack
44
Fine Tuning the MR-Rack
44
To Fine Tune the MR-Rack
44
Using Pitch Tables
44
To Assign a Global Pitch Table
45
To Assign a Part to a Special Pitch Table
45
Synchronizing the MR-Rack to MIDI
45
To Set the Global Tempo Clock as the Timing Reference
45
To Sync the MR-Rack's Clock to an External MIDI Device
45
To Set the Global Clock Tempo
46
Protecting Part Settings
46
To Protect Part Parameter Settings When New Sounds Are Selected
46
To Protect Part Parameters from Reset All Controllers MIDI Messages
46
To Allow the Selection of New Sounds to Reset Part Parameter Settings
47
To Allow Reset All Controllers Messages to Reset Part Parameter Settings
47
Letting the MR-Rack Pick Your Chorus or Reverb
47
To Let the MR-Rack Automatically Pick a Sound's Chorus or Reverb
48
To Protect Part Effect Bus Settings When a New Sound Is Selected
48
Using the MR-Rack's Four Outputs
48
Routing Sounds to Specific Outputs
49
To Send a Part and Its Dry Sound to the Desired Outputs
49
To Send a Part, Its Sound and Effect to the Desired Outputs
49
Determining the Behavior of the aux Outs
50
To Enable Automatic aux out Routing Based on Cabling
50
To Use the aux Outs with Permanently Connected Outputs
50
Auditioning Sounds on the MR-Rack
51
To Set What's Heard When the Audition Button Is Pressed
51
Waking up
51
To Set How the MR-Rack will Wake up
52
Protecting the MR-Rack's Memory
52
To Enable the Write Protect Prompt
52
To Disable the Write Protect Prompt
52
Setting the Stak MIDI Channel
53
To Set the Stak MIDI Channel
53
Adjusting Stak Coherence
53
To Perfectly Synchronize the Start of All Notes in a Stak
53
To Allow All Notes in a Stak to Start Normally
54
Using MIDI Program Changes
54
Changing Performances Via MIDI
54
To Select New Performances with MIDI Program Changes
54
To Disable the Selection of Performances by Program Changes
55
Setting the Global Reception of MIDI Bank Selects and Program Changes
55
To Disable Reception of Bank Selects and Program Changes
55
To Enable Reception of Bank Selects and Program Changes
55
Responding to MIDI "Panic" Messages
56
Setting the MR-Rack's Response to Reset All Controllers MIDI Messages
56
To Set the Response to Reset All Controllers Messages
56
Setting the MR-Rack's Response to All Notes off MIDI Messages
56
To Set the MR-Rack's Response to All Notes off Messages
56
Using MIDI Sysex
57
Enabling and Disabling System Exclusive Communication
57
To Enable or Disable Sysex Communication
57
Using Sysex Device Ids
57
To Set the MR-Rack's Sysex Device ID Number
57
Setting up New Real-Time Controllers
57
To Set up the Four System Controllers
58
Learning How Much RAM Is Available for New Sounds
59
To Find out How Much Free Memory (RAM) Is Available in the MR-Rack
59
Learning the Number of Banks on a Data Card
59
To Learn How Many Banks Are on the Currently Installed Card
60
Identifying Installed Wave Expansion Boards
60
To Identify an Installed Expansion Board
60
Using the MR-Rack to Play General MIDI Music
61
To Use the MR-Rack as a General MIDI Sound Module
61
To Set the MR-Rack to Power up Ready for General MIDI Music
61
To Reset the MR-Rack for Use with Non-General MIDI Music
61
MR-Rack General MIDI Details for the Curious
62
Chapter 4-Parts
63
To Select a Performance
63
To Select a Part
63
Choosing a Sound for a Part
64
To Change Sounds on a Part
64
A Note about Sounds and Effects
65
To Designate a Part as the Insert Control Part
65
Auditioning Sounds
65
To Audition a Sound
65
To Stop the Auditioning of a Sound
65
Editing Parts
65
Understanding Part Parameters
67
The Two Kinds of Part Parameters
67
Parts Parameters and Sounds
67
When a Part Has Been Edited
67
Working with an Edited Performance that Hasn't yet Been Saved
67
To Recall an Edited Performance
68
Saving a Performance
68
To Save a Performance
68
Saving a Part's Sound
69
To Save a Part's Sound
69
The Structure of MR-Rack Sounds
70
How Sound-Related Part Parameters Work
71
Getting Back to Square One in a Flash
72
To Instantly Reset the MR-Rack's Parts, Sounds, and Effects
72
Protecting Your Part Edits
72
To Set What Happens to Edits When New Sounds Are Selected
72
To Set the Mr's Response to Reset All Controllers Messages
73
Muting and Soloing Parts
73
About the Mute LED
73
Mute
74
To Mute a Part
74
To Un-Mute a Part
74
Solo
74
To Learn Whether Other Parts Were Already Muted
75
To solo a Part
75
To Un-Solo a Part
75
Group solo
75
To Group-Solo Parts
76
To Learn Whether Other Parts Were Already Muted
76
To Un-Solo a Part from a Group solo
76
Setting a Part's MIDI Channel
76
To Set a Part's MIDI Channel
76
Using Staks
77
To Create a Stak
77
Controlling a Part's Loudness
79
To Set a Part's Maximum Volume
79
To Adjust the Relative Loudness of a Part
79
To Invert a Part's Response to Volume and Expression Values
80
Adjusting a Part's Stereo Positioning
80
To Set a Part's Panning
80
Adding Effects to Part Sounds
81
To Route a Part to an Effect
81
Routing a Non-Insert Control Part to an FX Bus Via MIDI
81
Controlling a Part's Pitch Bend Response
82
To Set the Part's Response to a Pitch Bend Wheel Pushed Forward
82
To Set the Part's Response to a Pitch Bend Wheel Pulled Back
82
Retuning a Part
83
To Re-Tune a Part by Octaves
83
To Re-Tune a Part by Semitones
83
To Fine-Tune a Part
84
Using Special Pitch Tables
84
To Assign a Part to a Special Pitch Table
84
Determining Whether a Part's Sound will Glide
84
To Enable a Part's Glide Mode from the MR-Rack's Front Panel
85
To Disable a Part's Glide Mode from the MR-Rack's Front Panel
85
To Enable or Disable a Part's Glide Mode Via MIDI
86
Setting a Part's Glide Time
86
To Set a Part's Glide Time
87
Delaying Part Sounds
87
To Set a Part's Delay Time
87
Customizing Part Lfos
87
To Convert Sync'D Lfos and Noise to Normal Lfos and Noise
88
To Set the Relationship of Sync'D Lfos and Noise to the System Clock
88
To Change a Part Sound's Normal (Unsynchronized) LFO Rates
88
To Set a Part Sound's LFO Depth
89
To Set a Part's LFO Delay
89
Controlling the Shape of Part Sounds
89
To Adjust the Attack Time of Notes in a Part
90
To Adjust the Decay of Notes in a Part
90
To Adjust the Filter Attack of a Part
91
To Adjust the Filter Cutoff of a Part
91
To Adjust the Release of Notes in a Part
91
To Adjust the Filter Decay of a Part
92
To Adjust the Filter Release of a Part
92
To Adjust Amp and Filter Envelopes' Velocity Sensitivity
93
Changing a Part's Key Range
93
To Set a Part's Keyboard Range
93
To Create a Keyboard Split
94
To Create a Split with Layered Regions
94
Setting Part Velocity Ranges
95
To Set a Part's Velocity Window
95
Isolating Velocity-Dependent Components of Sounds
95
To Extract Favorite Velocity-Dependent Components of Sounds
96
Setting a Part's Response to MIDI Pressure Messages
96
To Set a Part's Pressure Response
96
Working with Program Changes and Bank Selects
97
To Enable or Disable a Part's Reception of Bank Select Messages
97
To Enable or Disable a Part's Reception of Program Change Messages
97
Finding out What Bank Select and Program Change Values to Send
98
How to Select the Current Sound Via MIDI
98
Enabling and Disabling Part Response to MIDI Controllers
98
To Enable or Disable a Part's Reception of Data Entry Messages
98
To Enable or Disable a Part's Reception of Pitch Bend Messages
98
To Enable or Disable a Part's Reception of Foot Pedal Messages
99
To Enable or Disable a Part's Reception of Mod Wheel Messages
99
To Enable or Disable a Part's Reception of Pan Messages
99
To Enable or Disable a Part's Reception of Volume Messages
99
To Enable or Disable a Part's Reception of Expression Messages
100
To Enable or Disable a Part's Reception of Sustain/Sostenuto Messages
100
Working with System MIDI Controllers
100
To Enable or Disable a Part's Reception of Assigned System Controllers
100
Editing Drum Kits
101
To Edit a Drum Kit You've Chosen for a Part
101
To Edit the Current Performance's Perfeditkit
102
Changing the Source of a Drumkey's Sound
103
Selecting a Drumkey for Editing
103
To Select a Drumkey for Editing
103
Changing a Drumkey's Sound by Its Sound Name
104
To Change a Drumkey's Sound by Its Name
104
To Change the Sound Type Used by the Selected Drumkey
104
Changing a Drumkey's Sound by Its Program Change Number
105
Changing a Drumkey's Volume
105
To Change a Drumkey's Sound by Program Change Number
105
Changing a Drumkey's Panning
106
To Change a Drumkey's Panning
106
To Change a Drumkey's Volume
106
Changing a Drumkey's Effect
107
To Change a Drumkey's Effect
107
Changing a Drumkey's Tuning
108
Saving Your Edited Drum Kit Sound
108
To Change a Drumkey's Tuning
108
To Save Your Drum Kit as a New Sound
108
Using Rpns and Nrpns to Edit Part Parameters
109
Chapter 5-Effects
111
Understanding the MR-Rack Effects
111
Insert Effects
112
Global Chorus
112
Global Reverb
112
Dry
113
Understanding Effect Busses
113
The Insert Bus
113
The Chorus Bus
113
The Three Reverb Busses
114
The Lightreverb Bus
114
The Mediumreverb Bus
114
The Wetreverb Bus
114
The Dry Bus
114
Understanding the Special Alt. FX Bus
114
A Diagram of the MR-Rack Effects
115
Working with the Insert Effect
115
Using the Insert Control Part
116
To Designate a Performance's Insert Control Part
116
Using the Insert Control Part to Determine the Insert Effect
116
Using the Insert Control Part to Pick Insert Effects Via MIDI
116
Editing the Insert Effect
117
To Edit the Insert Effect
117
To Manually Select an Insert Effect
117
Selecting an Insert Effect Preset
118
To Select an Insert Effect Preset
118
Using the Insert FX Bus Input MIX
119
To Set the Insert FX Bus Wet/Dry Input MIX
119
Adding Global Reverb to the Insert Effect
120
To Add Global Reverb to the Insert Effect
120
Adding Global Chorus to the Insert Effect
121
To Add Global Chorus to the Insert Effect
121
Modulating the Insert Effect in Real Time
121
Choosing a Real-Time Insert Effect Modulator
122
To Assign a Real-Time Insert Effect Modulator
123
Verifying that Your Real-Time Controller Is Enabled
123
To Confirm that Real-Time Controller Reception Is Enabled
123
Setting the Real-Time Insert Effect Modulation Reception Window
123
To Set the Insert Effect's Modulation Reception Window
123
Setting the Insert Effect Parameter to be Modulated in Real-Time
124
To Select an Insert Effect Parameter for Real-Time Modulation
124
Setting the Allowable Amount of Real-Time Insert Effect Modulation
125
To Set the Insert Effect Modulation Amount
125
Determining Which MR-Rack Outputs the Insert Effect will Use
126
To Set the Insert Effect's Output Routing
126
Working with the Global Chorus
127
To Access the Global Chorus Parameters
127
Selecting a Global Chorus Preset
128
To Select a Global Chorus Preset
128
Using the Chorus Bus Wet/Dry MIX
128
To Set the Chorus FX Bus Wet/Dry Input MIX
128
Adding Reverb to the Global Chorus
129
To Add Global Reverb to the Global Chorus
129
Adjusting the Global Chorus LFO Rate
130
To Adjust the Global Chorus LFO Rate
130
Adjusting the Global Chorus Depth
131
To Adjust the Global Chorus Depth
131
Adjusting the Global Chorus Center
131
To Adjust the Global Chorus Center
131
Adjusting the Global Chorus Spread
132
To Adjust the Global Chorus Spread
132
Adjusting the Global Chorus Phase
133
To Adjust the Global Chorus Phase
133
Determining Which MR-Rack Outputs the Global Chorus will Use
134
To Set the Global Chorus's Output Routing
134
Working with the Global Reverb
134
To Access the Global Reverb Parameters
135
Selecting a Global Reverb Preset
135
To Select a Global Reverb Preset
135
Setting Reverb Amounts for the Light, Medium and Wet Reverb Busses
136
To Set the Lightreverb Amount
136
To Set the Mediumreverb Amount
137
To Set the Wetreverb Amount
137
Setting the Global Reverb's Volume
138
To Set the Global Reverb Overall Volume
138
Setting the Global Reverb's Decay Time
138
To Set the Global Reverb's Decay Time
139
Setting the Global Reverb's High-Frequency Damping
139
To Set the Global Reverb's HF Damping
139
Setting the Global Reverb's Brightness
140
To Set the Global Reverb's HF Bandwidth
140
Setting the Global Reverb's Diffusion
140
To Set the Global Reverb's High-Frequency Diffusion
141
To Set the Global Reverb's Low-Frequency Diffusion
141
Setting the Global Reverb's Definition
142
To Set the Global Reverb's Definition
142
Determining Which MR-Rack Outputs the Global Reverb will Use
143
To Set the Global Reverb's Output Routing
143
Working with Dry Sounds
144
To Set the Dry Bus's Output Routing
144
Bypassing Effects
144
Bypassing and Un-Bypassing with the Effects Button
145
To Bypass an Individual Effect Using the Effects Button
145
To Un-Bypass an Individual Effect Using the Effects Button
146
To Use the Effects Button Alone to Bypass All Effects at Once
146
To Use the Effects Button to Un-Bypass All Effects at Once
146
Bypassing and Un-Bypassing with the Bypass Parameter
147
To Bypass and Un-Bypass Effects with the Bypass Parameter
147
Quick Bypass of All Effects with the Bypass Parameter
148
Learning Which Effects Are Bypassed When the Red Effects LED Is Lit
148
To Easily Find out Which Effects Are Bypassed
148
Chapter 6-Special Commands
149
The Four Special Commands
149
To Abort a Command
149
Saving Commands
150
Saving the Current Performance
150
To Save the Current Performance
150
Saving the Current Effects Setup
151
To Save the Current Effects Setup
151
Saving the Current Perfeditkit
152
To Save the Current Perfeditkit
152
Saving the Current Part's Sound
153
To Save the Current Part's Sound
153
Dump Functions
155
Dumping the Current Perfeditkit
155
Dumping the Current Performance
155
To Dump the Current Performance
155
Dumping the Current Part's Sound
156
To Dump the Current Part's Sound
156
To Dump the Current Perfeditkit
156
Dumping All RAM Performances
157
To Dump All RAM Performances
157
Dumping All RAM Sounds
157
To Dump All RAM Sounds
157
Performing a System Parameters Dump
158
To Perform a System Parameters Dump
158
Sending Sysex Data Back to the MR-Rack
159
To Receive a Sysex Dump
159
Copy Functions
159
Copying RAM Performances to a PCMCIA Card
159
To Copy RAM Performances to a PCMCIA Card
159
Copying PCMCIA Card Performances to RAM
160
To Copy PCMCIA Card Performances to RAM
160
Copying RAM Sounds to a PCMCIA Card
162
To Copy RAM Sounds to a PCMCIA Card
162
Copying PCMCIA Card Sounds to RAM
163
To Copy PCMCIA Card Sounds to RAM
163
Initialize Functions
164
Initializing a Performance
164
To Initialize a Performance
164
Initializing an Effects Setup
165
To Initialize an Effects Setup
165
Initializing a Perfeditkit
166
To Initialize a Perfeditkit
166
Initializing a Part's Sound
167
To Initialize a Part's Sound
167
Initializing RAM Performances
167
To Initialize RAM Performances
168
Initializing RAM Sounds
168
To Initialize RAM Sounds
168
Initializing the System Setup
169
To Initialize the System Setup
169
Formatting a PCMCIA Card
170
To Initialize and Format a PCMCIA Card
170
Chapter 7-Expanding The MR-Rack
172
Using PCMCIA Data Cards
172
Working with ROM PCMCIA Data Cards
172
To Install a ROM Data Card
172
Accessing a ROM Card's Sounds, Performances and Demos
174
To Remove a ROM Data Card
174
Working with SRAM PCMCIA Data Cards
174
SRAM PCMCIA Cards and Batteries
174
To Install the Battery in an SRAM PCMCIA Card
174
To Install a New SRAM Data Card
175
To Initialize and Format a PCMCIA Card
177
To Install an Already-Formatted SRAM Data Card
177
Accessing an SRAM Card's Sounds, Performances and Demos
178
To Remove an SRAM Data Card
178
Using ENSONIQ EXP Series Wave Expansion Boards
178
An Important Note about Electro Static Discharge
178
Installing and Removing Expansion Boards
179
How to Install an Expansion Board
179
How to Remove an Expansion Board
180
To Identify an Installed Expansion Board
181
Updating the MR-Rack Operating System
182
Learning the Version Number of Your MR-Rack Operating System
182
To Find the Operating System
182
Chapter 8-Insert Effect Parameters
184
List of MR-Rack Insert Effects
184
List of Effect Modulators
184
LFO Wave Shapes
185
Distortion Curves
185
Insert Effect Parameters
186
Common Insert Effect Parameters
186
Common Modulation Parameters
186
Insert Effect Descriptions
186
01 Parametric EQ
186
02 Hall Reverb
186
03 Large Room
187
04 Small Room
187
05 Large Plate
188
06 Small Plate
188
07 Nonlinreverb1
188
08 Nonlinreverb2
188
09 Gated Reverb
190
10 Stereo Chorus
191
11 8-Voicechorus
191
12 Rev→Chorus
192
13 Rev→Flanger
193
14 Rev→Phaser
194
15 Chorus→Rev
194
16 Flanger→Rev
196
17 Phaser→Rev
197
18 Eq→Reverb
198
19 Spinner→Rev
199
20 Ddl→Chorus
200
21 Ddl→Flanger
200
22 Ddl→Phaser
201
23 Ddl→Eq
202
24 Multi-Tap DDL
203
25 Dist→Chorus
204
26 Dist→Flanger
206
27 Dist→Phaser
208
28 Dist→Autowah
209
29 Resvcf→Ddl
210
30 Dist→Vcf→Ddl
210
31 Pitch Detuner
213
32 Chatter Box
214
33 Formant Morph
215
34 Rotaryspeaker
216
35 Tunable Spkr
218
36 Guitar Amp
219
37 Dist→Ddl→Trem
220
38 Comp→Dist→Ddl
221
39 Eq→Comp→Gate
224
40 Eq→Chorus→Ddl
225
Chapter 9-Supplemental Information
231
List of Soundfinder Types
231
Performance Types
231
Sound Types
231
List of Wave Names and Classes
233
What Is MIDI
234
Life in the MIDI World
234
Understanding MIDI
234
MIDI Hardware
234
How MIDI Channels Work
235
How MIDI Messages Work
236
The Art of MIDI
237
What Is General MIDI
237
General MIDI Sounds
237
General MIDI Drum Kits
237
Earning the Logo
237
General MIDI Sound Map
238
GM and GS Percussion Key Maps (Channel 10)
239
MR-Rack MIDI Implementation
242
MIDI Implementation Chart
243
MIDI Controllers Reception Behavior
243
List of MIDI Controller Names
245
Reset All Controllers (MIDI Controller 121) Reception Behavior
246
Registered Parameters
246
Non-Registered Parameters
247
Registered and Non-Registered Parameters (RPN/NRPN)
247
Universal Non-Real-Time Sysex General MIDI On/Off
247
Pitch Tables and the MIDI Tuning Standard Format
249
List of ROM System Pitch Tables
249
Using the MR-Rack Outputs
251
A Note about the Main and aux Output Jacks
251
Ground Compensated Outputs
252
Using XLR Outs with the MR-Rack
252
Using Headphones with the MR-Rack
252
Sending the aux Signals to the Headphones
252
To Route the aux Signals to the Main Outputs
252
Troubleshooting the MR-Rack
253
If the MR-Rack Doesn't Play
253
If You're Hearing Sounds You Don't Expect to Hear
253
If You're Seeing One Sound on the Display but Hearing Another
254
If You're Selecting New Sounds but What You Hear Remains the same
255
If Sounds Are Behaving Unexpectedly
255
If the Sounds You're Hearing Sound Unexpectedly Strange
256
If You're Hearing Music You Don't Expect to Hear
256
Sounds that You Expect to Hear Are Unexpectedly Silent
257
The MR-Rack Is Not Responding to Program Changes or Bank Selects
258
You're Trying to Modulate a Sound Via MIDI, but Nothing's Happening
258
You're Trying to Modulate an Effect Via MIDI, but Nothing's Happening
259
Error/Informational Messages
260
Storage Prompts and Messages
260
The Unisyn MR-Rack Software
262
Using the Unisyn Sound Editor
262
Getting Pre-Existing Standard Sounds from the MR-Rack into Unisyn
262
To Move a Standard Sound from the MR-Rack into Unisyn
262
Creating New Standard Sounds or Editing Pre-Existing Sounds
263
To Prepare Unisyn for Sound Editing
263
Copying Layer Parameters
263
To Copy Layer Parameters Within the same Standard Sound
263
To Copy Layer Parameters between Standard Sounds
264
Sending Standard Sounds from Unisyn to the MR-Rack
264
To Send Sounds from Unisyn to the MR-Rack
264
Sound Editor Overview
265
Sound Settings
266
Edit Context Parameters
267
Select Parameters
268
Pitch Parameters
270
Wave Parameters
271
Envelope 1 Parameters
273
Filter 1 Parameters
275
Filter Parameters
275
Envelope 2 Parameters
276
Filter 2 Parameters
276
Amp Parameters
278
Envelope 3 Parameters
279
LFO Parameters
281
Using the Unisyn Drumkit Editor
283
Creating New Drum Kit Sounds, Editing Pre-Existing Sounds with Unisyn
284
Getting Pre-Existing Drum Kit Sounds from the MR-Rack into Unisyn
284
To Move a Drum Kit Sound from the MR-Rack into Unisyn
284
Sending Drum Kit Sounds from Unisyn to the MR-Rack
285
To Prepare Unisyn for Drum Kit Sound Editing
285
To Send Drum Kit Sounds from Unisyn to the MR-Rack
285
Drumkey Parameters
286
Drumkit Editor Overview
286
Drum Kit Parameters
287
Using the Unisyn Perform (Performance) Editor
288
Creating New Sounds and Editing Pre-Existing Performances with Unisyn
288
Getting the Current Performance from the MR-Rack to Unisyn
288
To Move the Current MR-Rack Performance into Unisyn
288
Part Assign Parameters
289
Perform (Performance) Editor Overview
289
Sending a Performance from Unisyn to the MR-Rack
289
To Prepare Unisyn for Sound Editing
289
To Send a Performance from Unisyn to the MR-Rack
289
Part Edit (1/3) Parameters
290
Part Pan Parameters
290
Part Volume Parameters
290
Part Edit (2/3) Parameters
292
Part Edit (3/3) Parameters
294
Reverb
295
Reverb Routing
295
Chorus
296
Chorus Routing
296
Reverb Params
296
Insert
297
Insert Routing
297
Output Assigns
298
Glossary 278
304
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ENSONIQ MR Rack Specifications
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Brand
ENSONIQ
Model
MR Rack
Category
Synthesizer
Language
English
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