SO-SO — Musician's Manual
4) The Display might read *DATA ERROR FROM TAPE WAS FIXED*. This means that the SQ-
80 found one bit of wrong information on the Tape, but was able to correct it. Save the information
to another Tape location,
ERROR MESSAGES— ONE SEQ
If an attempt to Load a single Sequence is unsuccessful. one of the following error messages will appear:
1) *TAPE NOT STARTED ON LEADER TONE* — same as above
2) *INCORRECT TYPE OF DATA ON TAPE* — same as above
3) *SEQUENCE LOAD FAILED — TAPE ERROR* If the SQ-80 cannot Load the Sequence
because of bad Data on the tape or too high a level, the this message will! appear. The
SQ-80 will
not erase the entire Sequencer Memory while trying unsuccessfully to Load one Sequence. This does
not damage the Sequences and Songs that were already in Memory — they should still be intact.
Often this means that the level is too high. Reduce the level of the signal coming into the
SQ-80 and
try again.
4) *INSUFFICIENT MEMORY TO LOAD SEQUENCE* — This message will appear if you try
to Load more Data than the
SQ-80 has Sequencer Memory for. For example, if you have only 8k
of memory left and you try to Load a sequence that consists of 10k of data, you will get this message.
Erase one or more Sequences and try again.
ESQ-1 COMPATIBILITY
Are Programs and Sequences from the
ENSONIQ ESQ-1 compatible with the SQ-80, and vice-versa?
The answer is "Yes and No." Though the
SQ-80 and the ESQ-1 use the same file formats for Programs
and Sequences, there are some key differences between the two instruments which prevent their data
from being totally interchangeable. Generally speaking, any
ESQ-1 data can be understood by the SQ-
80, but not all SQ-80 data can be understood by the ESQ-1,
Programs:
• All ESQ-1 Programs will play properly on the SQ-80.
• All
SQ-80 can be played on the ESQ-1 (that is, they won't blow it up) but any SQ-80 Programs
which use Waves other than the lower 32 Waveforms will produce unpredictable-sounding
results, and are unlikely to resemble the original sound.
SQ-80 sounds which use only Waves
from among the lower 32 Waveforms, however, will play on the
ESQ-1.
• Programs can be transferred between
SQ-80 and ESQ-1 (or vice versa) via MIDI. Cartridge or
Tape by following the
Storage Page directions in either manual. Just remember the above caveat
— not all
SQ-80 Programs will sound right on the ESQ-1,
Sequences:
• All ESQ-1 Sequence data (one Sequence or the entire Sequencer memory) can be transferred via
MIDI or Tape to the
SQ-80 and will play properly on the SQ-80. Once there, however, the
following restrictions apply for returning the data to the
ESQ-1:
• You cannot
transfer the entire Sequencer memory from the SQ-80 to the ESQ-1, Though the
format of the individual Sequences is the same, the
SQ-80's greater number of Sequence
locations makes it impossible for the
ESQ-1 to receive an ALL SEQUENCER DATA dump from the
SQ-80.
• You can, however, send a single Sequence from an
SQ-80 to an ESQ-1 using the MIDI
SEND command on the
MIDI Page. Also you can Load a single SQ-80 Sequence into an ESQ-1
from Tape. So if you want, for example, to transfer an entire Song from an SQ-80 to an ESQ-1, you'll
have to transfer the Sequences one at a time, and then re-create the Song on the
ESQ-1,
• The
SQ-80 can Load ESQ-1 Sequencer data from an ENSONIQ Mirage Digital Sampling
Keyboard or Digital Multisampler. The
SQ-80 cannot send Sequencer or Program data to a
Mirage. (Since the SQ-80 has its own disk drive, you will not need to use the Mirage drive for data
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