Developers guide

WaveSample Screen
Here’s where you will
edit all your Wavesam-
ples. SPECIAL NOTE: It
doesn’t matter whether
the wave you edit is in the
default patch (OO). When
you enter the screen, the
program will either switch
the Patch Select for you or
edit the present one to include it.
This is where you’ll probably do the vast majority of your work, if you are like
us. There are many parameters on this page; we won’t go through them one
by one, but we’ll give you basic guidelines on operation. Note that the current
edit context (Instrument, Layer, and Wavesample Numbers) is displayed next
to the Wavesample Name, and Copy Status (whether it is a Copied Instrument
or not) is displayed under that. Note also the Envelope Access buttons and the
Sample Close-Up button. Like on the other pages, the display boxes where
you enter text will accept only the acceptable range of values.
WaveSample Name
Place the Text bar over the Name, type in Name, Hit Enter, program will take
rst fourteen characters and rename the Layer
“Combo” Boxes
Cluck on Command arrow and you will see your list of choices. Cluck on the
appropriate one.
Display Boxes
Place the Text bar over the display box, type number, hit Enter
A couple of exceptions: The Boost parameter is a check box, and the Volume,
Pan, and Root Keys are modied by sliding bars.
The Sequencer Screens
Another great feature of Ensoniq MIDI-Disk Tools is the ability to control the
sequencer remotely. This could be the best way of using the onboard Ensoniq
sequencer while getting the most out of your computer (and it’s free!)
Sequencer Control Board
This is accessed through the Main
Menus. This will look familiar; common
transport functions (Play, Stop, Continue,
- Record will be implemented in a future
version), along with a tempo control
and a jump-off point for the Sequencer
parameter page.
To work, simply cluck on Play, and you’ll hear the loaded sequence inside the
EPS/ASR RAM start to play. To stop, cluck on Stop. At that point, to continue,
cluck on Continue, or to restart from the beginning, cluck on Play again. You
can either input a different tempo or use the Up/Down arrow to change it.
You’ll nd this changes in real time.
A word about tempo: Ensoniq’s innite wisdom tells us that their instruments will
not accept a MIDI Start command when the MIDI CLOCK status is INTERNAL.
What this means is that we can’t start the sequencer from Ensoniq MIDI-Disk
Tools for Windows unless we provide the timing clock as well. For our implemen-
tation, when you display the Sequencer Control Box, it automatically changes
the MIDI CLOCK Status to MIDI, and takes the current tempo and interpolates
that with the programs own clock. One persistent bug, and one that delayed
some releases of this program, is this programs inability to provide a consistent
clock. You might nd that the displayed tempo may be a touch fast or slow, and
you’ll denitely nd that the clock has little “jumps” in it. We are working on this.
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Wavesample Screen Sequencer Screens - Sequencer Control Board