Developers guide

the works. It's MUCH faster than MIDI, and it can get ALL the information. The
disadvantage is that you can't audition your changes (nd out what a certain
change will sound like) immediately, since the info isn't in the samplers memory.
So, Ensoniq MIDI-Disk Tools attempts to merge these to methods of getting the
EPS/ASR information into an acceptable work format. Let's look at an optimum
setup for working with sounds, using a sound called MR BRASS for example:
1. Using the EPS/ASR, load MR BRASS from the SCSI Drive.
2. Using MIDI-Disk Tools, save MR BRASS as a File Image in the computer.
3. Click the READ ALL button on the MIDI-Disk Tool Main Screen; this will query
the EPS/ASR for the contents of the memory.
4. The EPS/ASR will tell MIDI-Disk Tools that MR BRASS is loaded; MIDI-Disk
Tools will nd the MR BRASS File Image in the computer, and ask you if you
want to load from MIDI, or from the File Image. Choose File Image.
5. You will have full access to most of the parameters within MR BRASS.
Editing Common Parameters
Example: editing the release time of the wavesamples of Layer 1. Go to
the ENV3, and use the graphical envelopes to edit the release time. The
parameters will be updated via MIDI to the EPS/ASR, so you can paly the
EPS/ASR to see when the release time is just right. The File Image in the
computer will be updated as well.
Editing Effects
These parameters cannot be changed via MIDI, so they are only changed
to the File Image. The only way to audition these is to reload the File Image
to the SCSI Drive, and then load that into the EPS/ASR.
Editing the Wavedata
Ensoniq MIDI-Disk Tools remotely works the Looping and other data-editing
functions via MIDI; however, only some of them update the File Image. You
are able to auditon these directly. Another method is to use your favorite
computer editor (Sound Forge, etc.) to edit the File Image wavedata. Of
course, this will not update your EPS/ASR via MIDI, so you will have to
reload the Instrument to hear the total edit. But immediately, you can hear
the wavedata with the sound card while you edit it in the sample editor.
EPS/ASR
SCSI Drive
Computer running
MIDI-Disk Tools,
with a Sound Card
and a Sample Editor
(Sound Forge, etc.)
EPS/ASR MIDI OUT to Computer MIDI In
SCSI Cable
SCSI Cable
Computer MIDI OUT to EPS/ASR MIDI In
Update Policy
Starting with updates after Version 3.5, Revision/Build 22, Ensoniq MIDI-Disk
Tools updates are available again on our Web Site. They are in the form of
"Patches", les you download to update your currently installed program.
You will need at least Version 3.5, Revision/Build 22 to use this system. You will simply click
the Tools On The Web/Update menu option under Help in the program - that will bring up
your browser, dial the Internet, and take you to a Web page that will inform you on the avail-
ability of an update. If there is one, it will display a link for you to download it.
You will not need to incrementally update. Your only concern is to update your version to the
current one displayed.
These "Patches" ARE NOT COMPLETE PROGRAMS. They only update your current installa-
tion. If you need another complete version, it will need to be snail-mailed to you at a $5.00
($8.00 international) charge.
You can always be fully updated; that is, get all the les needed for a full instal-
lation, by following these steps:
Download the MIDI-Disk Tools Setup File and install it on your computer. Make sure you note
the directory you installed it in.
Start the MIDI-Disk Tools program le, named mt32.exe (it must be version 3.5 revision 22 or
later) from within the directory you specied when installing the MIDI-Disk Tools Setup File.
IF YOU CAN CONNECT TO THE INTERNET FROM THIS COMPUTER: Click the Tools on
the Web/Update menu option, and follow the prompts from the web page that it dials.
IF YOU CANNOT CONNECT TO THE INTERNET FROM THIS COMPUTER: Click Help, and
go to the About box. Note the Version number and the Revision number (such as 1.4.13).
When you can connect to the Internet, use this syntax to get to the correct web page:
www.chickensys.com/cgibin/update.cgi?type=MIDI-Disk%20Tools&maj=[major ver]&min=[minor ver]&rev=[build number]
Major Version Number, Minor Version Number, and Build number MUST BE two digits!
For example, if you have Version 3.6, Revision/Build 9, you would type:
www.chickensys.com/cgibin/update.cgi?type=MIDI-Disk%20Tools&maj=03&min=06&rev=09
Save your update le to oppy disk or other backup medium.
Start your program by going to the Start button, go to Programs, go to the Ensoniq MIDI-Disk
Tools Program Group, and click on Ensoniq MIDI-Disk Tools selection.
Updates, full versions, registration numbers, and/or printed manuals sent
through snail-mail or e-mail carry a charge of $5.00 ($8.00 international) for
each item. You can order these at the Rubber Chicken Software Order Page.
No programs will be transmitted via e-mail - they must be sent snail-mail.
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Important Concepts Update Policy