Specifications
Audio Track Recording
Audio Track Recording
We recommend reading all of the Audio Track information, as well as pertinent sections in the
ASR-10 Musician’s Manual. Doing so will help you thoroughly understand how Audio Tracks
work and how they are integrated into the overall ASR-10 Operating System. Recognizing that
you want to get up and running quickly, we strongly recommend that you try the following
section titled “Give it a Try
-
An Audio Track Tutorial” to get a feel for the Audio Track
recording process. Then, continue reading to learn about the other features and how to use them
(you may want to scan the headings to find specific information).
Give It a Try!
-
An Audio Track Tutorial
Before beginning this tutorial, make certain that any Instruments or sequences that you might
want to save have been backed up to floppy (or a SCSI storage device).
Load the Audio Track Tutorial Bank and Play the Song
1.
Insert the disk “ENSONIQ ASR-10 Operating System Version 2 (or higher)” into the ASR-10
floppy drive.
2
Press the (LOAD) button.
3.
Press the (INSTRUMENT) button.
4.
Use the
a
and
a
buttons to locate the “FILE 11 ATRK TUT BNK” Bank file.
5.
With the BANK indicator lit (in the upper left of the display) and the display reading
FILE 11 ATRK TUT BNK, press (ENTER-YES).
The ASR-10 will begin to load Instruments into various (INSTRUMENT-SEQUENCE TRACK)
locations. Once loading has completed, the display will read BANK LOAD COMPLETED.
6.
Press the (PLAY) button.
You will hear ATRK TUT SNG, which is based on the classic
12-bar
blues pattern. Later in
the tutorial, you will be using a sequence from within this song to record your first
RAMTrack. When the song reaches the end, it will automatically stop. If you want to stop
listening to the song sooner, you can hit the (STOP-CONTINUE) button, located immediately
to the left of the
IPLAY)
button.
Select the Sequence for Recording
1.
Press
IEDIT),
then the (SEQ. SONG) button. The name of the song (ATRK TUT SNG) should
be underlined.
2 Press the
a
and
m
buttons to select the sequence named “ATRK BLUES.” This is the
sequence that we’ll be using to record the first RAMTrack. You can listen to this sequence by
pressing (PLAY) . Notice that the sequence repeats after 12 bars, because Edit/SeqeSong,
LOOP=ON. This
allows
you to continually practice your part (after basic set-up) as the
sequence plays, until you‘re ready to record.
3.
Press (STOP-CONTINUE) to stop the sequence.
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