Table of Contents
ENSONIQ ZR-76 Musician's Manualiv
Playing a Song .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 239
Renaming a Song .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 240
Editing an Existing Song Playlist..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 242
Selecting Another Song................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 242
Erasing a Song Playlist or an Entire Song.................................................................................................................................................................................... 246
Working with Standard MIDI Files (SMFs)........................................................................................................................................................................................... 248
The Two-Step Process of Converting an SMF into a ZR Sequence................................................................................................................................. 249
16 Track Recorder MIDI .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 252
Transmitting MIDI from 16 Track Recorder ............................................................................................................................................................................ 252
Receiving MIDI on the ZR-76....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 254
Recording Into the 16 Track Recorder From MIDI.......................................................................................................................................................................... 256
Using the ZR-76 with a Computer Sequencer.................................................................................................................................................................................. 260
ZR to Computer to ZR .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 260
The Transportability of ZR-76 Sequences ............................................................................................................................................................................... 261
Using the ZR as a Master Controller for External Sequencing............................................................................................................................................ 261
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Mixing Your ZR-76 Music ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 263
Two Mixers In One .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 264
Mixing with the SoundFinder FX/Mixdown Strip ............................................................................................................................................................................. 264
SoundFinder FX/Mixdown............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 264
Mixing with the 16 Track Recorder FX/Mixdown Strip................................................................................................................................................................. 268
16 Track Recorder FX/Mixdown ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 268
Recording Real-Time Mix and Pan Changes in a Sequence ............................................................................................................................................... 269
Recording Volume Changes for Multiple Tracks ................................................................................................................................................................... 270
Working with the Mix Knob..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 271
Working with the Pan Knob...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 273
Understanding How the ZR-76 Effects Work ................................................................................................................................................................................... 275
The ZR-76 Effects ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 275
Understanding Effects Busses ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 276
Understanding the Special Alt. FX Bus ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 277
Effects, Sounds, Sequences and Songs ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 277
A Diagram of the ZR-76 Effects ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 278
Applying an Effect to a Sound or Track ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 278
Assigning a SoundFinder Sound to an Effect............................................................................................................................................................................. 278
Assigning a Split or Layer Sound to an Effect............................................................................................................................................................................279
Assigning a 16 Track Recorder Track to an Effect................................................................................................................................................................. 280
Working with the Insert Effect.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 281
Selecting an Insert Effect.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 285
General Technique for Editing an Insert Effect ......................................................................................................................................................................... 286
Working with the Global Chorus............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 295
General Technique for Editing the Global Chorus.................................................................................................................................................................. 295
Working with the Global Reverb ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 301
General Technique for Editing the Global Reverb.................................................................................................................................................................. 301
Working with Dry Sounds and Tracks.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 309
Bypassing the ZR-76 Effects ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 310
Muting and Soloing Tracks in the 16 Track Recorder..................................................................................................................................................................... 312
Mute/Solo ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 312
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Understanding ZR-76 Memory ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 313
ZR Memory Management....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 314
Introducing The Librarian ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 314
Working with Floppy Disks ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 323
About the ZR-76 Disk Drive......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 323
Saving Files to Floppy Disk ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 324
Loading Files from Floppy Disk..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 335
Loading and Using Samples In the ZR-76........................................................................................................................................................................................... 346
Disk File Management ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 351
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