ENSONIQ MR Rack

Chapter 2—Connections
12 ENSONIQ MR-Rack Musician's Manual
To Confirm that the MR-Rack is Responding to MIDI
1 . P r e ss t h e P e r f o r m a n ce b u tt o n o n t h e M R - R a c k ’ s f r o n t p a n e l .
Performance System Effects
Sound Params Mute
Part
Bypass
2 . T u r n t h e l e f t - h a n d S o u n d T y p e k n o b s o t h a t t h e l o w e r l e f t - h a n d p a r t o f t h e d i s p l a y
l oo k s li k e t h i s :
perf ROM004:000
ALL-PERF:~PlaySounds
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Performance Type
3 . I f " → P l a y S o u n d s " d o e s n ' t a l r e a d y a pp e a r i n t h e l o w e r r i g h t - h a n d c o r n e r o f t h e d i s p l a y ,
t u r n t h e r i g h t - h a n d S o u n d T y p e k n o b u n t il t h e d i s p l a y l oo k s li k e t h i s :
perf ROM004:000
ALL-PERF:~PlaySounds
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Performance Name
4 . P l u g a p a i r o f s t e r e o h e a dp h o n e s i n t o t h e M R - R a c k ’ s f r o n t - p a n e l P h o n e s j a c k .
5 . B r i n g u p t h e M R - R a c k ’ s V o l u m e k n o b a s y o u p l a y y o u r c o n t r o ll e r .
Y o u s h o u l d b e h e a r i n g n o t e s a s y o u p l a y . I f y o u ’ r e n o t h e a r i n g a n y t h i n g , c h ec k y o u r
M I D I c a b li n g , a n d m a k e s u r e t h a t y o u r M I D I c o n t r o ll e r i s s e t t o t r a n s m i t M I D I .
Se t t ing Vol um e Le ve ls
T h e M R - R a c k ’ s b e s t s o u n d i s o b t a i n e d w h e n i t s V o l u m e k n o b i s t u r n e d a ll t h e w a y u p — y o u
s h o u l d a l w a y s s e t i t a s h i g h a s p o ss i b l e . H o w h i g h y o u c a n g o b e f o r e a u d i b l e d i s t o r t i o n
o cc u r s w ill v a r y , d e p e n d i n g o n h o w y o u ’ r e u s i n g t h e M R - R a c k . H e r e a r e s o m e t i p s :
• I f y o u ’ r e u s i n g t h e M R - R a c k ’ s P h o n e s j a c k , t h e V o l u m e k n o b c o n t r o l s y o u r li s t e n i n g
l e v e l . S e t i t t o a c o m f o r t a b l e l e v e l .
• I f y o u ’ r e u s i n g t h e M R - R a c k w i t h a k e y b o a r d o r g u i t a r a m p li f i e r , s t a r t w i t h y o u r a m p
i n p u t a t a l o w s e tt i n g . T u r n t h e M R - R a c k ’ s V o l u m e u p a s f a r a s y o u c a n w i t h o u t
e x p e r i e n c i n g d i s t o r t i o n ( u n l e ss t h a t ’ s w h a t y o u w a n t ) . T h e n t u r n u p y o u r a m p c h a nn e l
t o a c o m f o r t a b l e li s t e n i n g l e v e l .
• I f y o u ’ r e r o u t i n g t h e M R - R a c k d i r ec t l y t o a m i x i n g c o n s o l e , o r i n d i r ec t l y t h r o u g h a
p a t c h b a y , t u r n t h e M R - R a c k ’ s V o l u m e a ll t h e w a y u p a n d m a k e a d j u s t m e n t s t o t h e
i n p u t g a i n o f y o u r m i x e r f a d e r s t o e n s u r e t h e s o u n d d o e s n ’ t u n d e s i r a b l y d i s t o r t .
• I f y o u ’ r e li s t e n i n g t o t h e M R - R a c k t h r o u g h a h o m e s t e r e o , s e t y o u r s t e r e o ’ s v o l u m e t o i t s
n o r m a l l e v e l . W i t h t h e M R - R a c k ’ s V o l u m e k n o b a ll t h e w a y d o w n , p l a y y o u r c o n t r o ll e r
w i t h m a x i m u m f o r ce , o r l o a d u p t h e l o u d e s t s e q u e n ce y o u h a v e a n d p r e ss P l a y . S l o w l y
b r i n g u p t h e M R - R a c k ’ s V o l u m e k n o b a s f a r a s y o u c a n w i t h o u t h e a r i n g d i s t o r t i o n . T h e