ENSONIQ SQ-80 User Manual

SQ-80 — Musician's Manual
> MULTI — MULTI Mode is an ENSONIQ innovation which was specially designed to make
optimal use of the multi-timbral capabilities of its instruments.
In MULTI Mode the "Straight
Synth" section and each of the Sequencer's eight Tracks can each receive
MIDI information
independently on a different MIDI Channel.
The "Straight Synth" will send and receive on the Base Channel selected on this Page (#1 above).
Each Track of a Sequence will send and receive on its selected Channel (selected on the
Mix•MIDI Page in the Sequencer Section).
Different MIDI Channels should be selected for each Track! If the same MIDI Channel is
selected twice, priority is given first to the "Straight Synth" and then to the lowest numbered
Track that shares the Channel. For example:
• If MIDI Channel 1 is selected on this Page for the "Straight Synth
"
, and Channel 1 is also
selected for Tracks 1 and 3, the "Straight Synth" will receive on Channel 1. and Tracks 1 and 3
will receive nothing. Or:
• If MIDI Channel 6 is selected for Tracks 2, 4, and 7. then Track 2 will receive on Channel 6,
and Tracks 4 and 7 will receive nothing. And so on.
MULTI Mode might be best thought of as "Multiple POLY" Mode. In MULTI Mode, each Track
behaves as a "virtual synthesizer", receiving independently on its own MIDI Channel. but with
access to all eight voices.
MONO — Before MULTI Mode was developed. MONO Mode was about the only way to have a
poly-timbral synthesizer. It is particularly well suited for driving the
SQ-80 from a Guitar
Controller, or any other application where having up to eight independent,
monophonic,
Channels is desirable. When MONO Mode is selected:
• The "Straight Synth" section becomes Monophonic — only one note will play at a time. Unlike
the usual
Mono Mode of the SQ-80, in this state there is no Note Memory — releasing one note
does not retrig
ger another note which is being held.
• The "Straight Synth" Section does not receive any MIDI information at all.
• The Base
MIDI Channel selected on this Page (#1 above) will be received by Track 1 of the
Sequencer. Track 2 will receive on the next Channel, Track 3 on the next, and so on. Each Track
receives monophonically (one note at a a time.) The Base Channel cannot have a value greater
than nine. If you select the
Mix•MIDI Page, you will see the MIDI Channel assigned each Track
displayed properly, but you can't adjust them from there in MONO Mode. You can only adjust
the Base Channel. Though MIDI Channels are automatically assigned to the Tracks of the current
Sequence while you are in MONO Mode, the
SQ-80 remembers which MIDI channel was
previously assigned to each Track of each sequence, and when you select any of the other three
MIDI Modes, those channel assignments will be restored.
The chart at the righ
t
shows the MIDI
channels that will be
received by the eight
Tracks, in
MONO
Mode, for the pos-
sible Base Channels.
If Base Channel=
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Track 1
receives on
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Track 2 .. 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Track 3
"
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1
Track 4
" "
4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2
Tracks
," "
5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3
Track 6
"" "
6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4
Track 7
" 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5
Track 8
" 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6
Section 2 — Global Functions and MIDI Configuration

ENSONIQ SQ-80 Specifications

General

Brand	ENSONIQ
Model	SQ-80
Category	Synthesizer
Language	English