ENSONIQ SQ-80 - Page 160

SQ-80 — Musician's Manual
In the example on the previous page we have a sequencer connected to an
SQ-80, a Mirage Digital
Multisampler and an
ESQ-M Digital Wave Synthesizer module. With the SQ-80 in POLY Mode and
the Base Channel set to CHAN=1, it will play information received on MIDI Channel 1. The
ESQ-M
will respond to information on MIDI Channel 2, the Mirage to information on MIDI Channel 3. With
this set-up you can send Keys, Controllers and Program Changes independently to each unit by sending
on the proper
MIDI Channel.
The SQ-80 as Nine Synthesizers
As we have discussed earlier, when you select MULTI Mode on the
MIDI Page the SQ-80
b
ecomes nine
"virtual synthesizers," each receiving on its own MIDI Channel, but all sharing the same eight voices"
The "Straight Synth" receives on the Base Channel and each of the eight Tracks of the Current Sequence
can receive on its own Channel.
− > On the
MIDI Page, set the MIDI Mode parameter to MODE=MULTI.
− > Also on the
MIDI Page, set the Base MIDI Channel to whichever Channel you want the
"Straight Synth" to receive on. For this example, set it to
CHAN=01,
---> Create a new Sequence.
− > On the Tracks Select Page, select Track 1. The word "UNUSED" is replaced by the name
of the current Program.
Select the
Mix
•
MIDI Page, and go to the MIDI CHAN sub-Page (by pressing "MORE"). Press
the Up Arrow Button to set Track 1 ' s MIDI Channel to 2.
___ -> Select Track 2. Press the Up Arrow Button to set Track
2's MIDI Channel to 3.
− > Select Track 3. Press the Up Arrow Button to set Track
3's MIDI Channel to 4.
− Do the same for the remaining Tracks, selecting each Track in turn and assigning it the next higher
MIDI Channel.
___ > Press the
SEQ Button to go to the Sequence Select Page, and select the same Sequence again
(press the "Soft" button above or below the Sequence Location that's already underlined). The
Display will ask "SAVE CHANGES TO OLD SEQUENCE.
"
Answer YES. This saves the
Track assignments you made.
> You don't need to Record anything on this Sequence — just leave it as a template for receiving
on nine different MIDI Channels. Whenever you want the
SQ-80 to act as a multi-channel MIDI
receiver, just select this same Sequence.
The illustration below shows a typical configuration with the
SQ-80 receiving on nine MIDI Channels
in MULTI Mode:
148 Section 5 — Sequencer and Controller Applications