ENSONIQ SQ-80 User Manual

SQ-80 — Musician's Manual
The following Controller Numbers have been agreed upon:
Number Controller Number Controller
1 Modulation Wheel 66 Sostenuto Pedal
2
Breath Controller
92
Tremolo
4
Foot Pedal Controller
93
Chorus
6
Data Entry Slider
94
Celeste
7
Volume Pedal
95
Phaser
Though the range of this Control is from 01 to 95, most of the values other than those listed above
have no accepted function, as yet. They are there to accommodate future MIDI standards.
5. PRESS — Pressure (Aftertouch) Control
Pressure (also called Aftertouch) is available as a Modulator in your SQ-80 Programs and is
generated by its keyboard. Pressure is generated by pressing down harder on a key or keys after
the initial keystrike. The
SQ-80 both sends and receives Pressure via MIDI, and its Sequencer
will record and play back Pressure. There are two types of Pressure —
Channel Pressure and
Key Pressure.
This is an important control because it determines which type of Pressure. if any, will be in effect
locally on the
SQ-80 and what will be recorded by the Sequencer. as well as controlling what
Pressure information will be sent and received via MIDI by the
SQ-80. When Pressure has been
selected as a modulator in an
SQ-80 Program, the setting of this parameter determines whether
the keyboard will send Key or Channel Pressure to the voice, or no Pressure at all.
This control has three possible states:
−
PRESS=OFF — This setting turns off Pressure entirely, both Locally and over MIDI.
When PRESS=OFF:
• The SQ-80 keyboard will not send or receive Pressure of either type over MIDI;
• Local voices played from the keyboard will not respond to Pressure:
• The Sequencer will not record Pressure into any Tracks you record, but will play back Pressure
information that was previously recorded into any Tracks.
You should select PRESS=OFF whenever you don't want or need Pressure for a given
application, particularly when sequencing. Pressure eats up Sequencer memory at an alarming
rate, so whenever you record a Track, whether LOCAL or MIDI, with a patch that doesn't
respond to Pressure. set this parameter to OFF. This will avoid wasting valuable Sequencer
memory and also avoid clogging up the MIDI "airwaves" with a lot of unnecessary Pressure
information.
−
PRESS=CHAN — This enables the SQ-80 to generate and send via MIDI the most common type o
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Pressure — Channel Pressure. With Channel Pressure, after a note is played, pressing down
harder on the key modulates every note currently playing. Like a MOD Wheel, Channel Pressure
is "Global" — it affects the entire keyboard when activated. When PRESSURE=CHAN:
• Local Voices played from the SQ-80 keyboard will respond to Channel Pressure only;
• The Sequencer will record Channel Pressure into any Tracks you record:
• The
SQ-80 keyboard will send only Channel Pressure out via MIDI; however
• Either Channel Pressure or Key Pressure will be received via MIDI as it comes in.
Section 2 — Global Functions and MIDI Configuration
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ENSONIQ SQ-80 Specifications

General

Brand	ENSONIQ
Model	SQ-80
Category	Synthesizer
Language	English