Specifications

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Audio Track Recording
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Auditioning DiskTracks
When auditioning a DiskTrack recording, you cannot switch between OLD and NEW on the
Audition page while the sequencer is in play. This is because the sequencer must be stopped to
properly prepare DiskTracks. The STOP SEQUENCER FIRST error message will be displayed if
you try. You must first press (STOP.CONTlNUE) , select OLD or NEW, and then press PLAY.
About Syncing Audio Tracks to MIDI Clocks
When recording or playing back Audio Tracks, we highly recommend the Edit/Seq*Song,
CLOCK SOURCE=INTERNAL (i.e., not slaved to an external MIDI clock). This is because the
external MIDI clock may not have a consistent tempo, and the Audio Track playback could drift
out of sync with the sequence tracks. When you configure Audio Tracks for DiskTracks (ATRK
PLAY/REC=SCSI), the ASR-10 automatically sets the sequencer CLOCK SOURCE parameter to
be INTERNAL. Then, as long as you have Audio Tracks configured for SCSI, you cannot change
the CLOCK SOURCE parameter. Whenever the Audio Tracks are reconfigured for RAM or OFF,
the CLOCK SOURCE parameter can be changed.
When Does the System Automatically Reconfigure for RAMTracks?
When the system boots up, it is configured for RAMTrack recording by default. Once it is
configured for SCSI, there are several ways it can be reconfigured back to RAM. One way is to
run the CONFIGURE AUDIO TRACKS command and set it manually. There are times when the
ASR-10 automatically reconfigures for IV&Tracks (in order to free up memory that is being used
by the SCSI Buffers). This happens when you enter Sampling, BACKUP/RESTORE, DAT
BACKUP/RESTORE, COPY FLOPPY DISK, COPY SCSI DRIVE, or use the MIDI SYSEX
RECORDER. In all these cases, the ASR-10 needs the maximum RAM memory that’s available,
and that means releasing the SCSI buffers. Most of these actions (except entering sampling) will
prompt you with “MUST ERASE MEMORY-OK?” before continuing.
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ENSONIQ ASR-10 Version 3 Operating System