Tutorial 2. Press the right-hand Octave Transpose button once. The display briefly shows: ¶01 ROM10:002 Pad Xpose=0oct C2-C3 i i The number of the octave being played by the pads The note range being played The Octave Transpose display shows the octave the pads are currently playing. The pads can play five different octaves, each of which has been assigned a number as shown below (Middle C is C4): Octave 0 plays C2-C3 Octave 2 plays C4-C5 Octave 4 plays C6-C7 Octave 1 plays C3-C4 Octave 3 plays C5-C6 3. Tap the right-hand Octave Transpose button twice to set the pads to play Octave 1.
The first tap takes you to the Octave Transpose display, and the second tap raises the octave setting by one. Tip: You can also select an octave by pressing either of the Octave Transpose buttons and turning the Value knob. 4. Play the pads—now you’re playing the sounds contained in the second octave of HeavyDrmKit. 5. Use the Octave buttons to find the other sounds in HeavyDrmKit. Before Proceeding... 1. Press the left Octave Transpose button to bring the pads down to Octave 0. Note: If you see “Kit Mapper” on the display, press the right-hand Octave Transpose button once. The Kit Mapper is described in Chapter 3 of the ASR-X Reference Manual.
Using the Patch Select Buttons The Patch Select buttons call up variations of the currently selected sound. Each sound is made up of layers of waves, and the Patch Select buttons are programmed to turn layers or groups of layers on and off (see Chapter 3 in the ASR-X Reference Manual for more on layers). Depending on the nature of the sound, this can lead to subtle or radical changes in the sound. Patch Select buttons are able to operate in a couple of different ways. The default setting is for them to act as switches that only work as long as they’re physically being held down. There are four possible positions for the Patch Select buttons:
left Patch Select button pressed both Patch Select buttons pressed right Patch Select button pressed neither Patch select button pressed The Patch Select buttons can also be set to “stick,” as described in Chapter 7 of the ASR-X Reference Manual. As part of the demonstration of the Patch Select buttons, let’s select a synthesizer bass sound for Track 2—we’ll need it later on anyway. 1. Press the right-hand Select Track button once to select Track 2. 2. Using the Sound Name knobs, select the sound BuzzSawBass—since the BASS-SYN category was already selected, you didn’t have to turn the Sound Type knob to select a SoundFinder category. 3.
Play a few notes of BuzzSawBass to get an idea of its sound with no Patch Select buttons pressed. 4. Play the pads—with a standard sound such as BuzzSawBass, all the pads play the same basic sound at different pitches. BuzzSawBass is one of the sounds built into the ASR-X’s permanent ROM. Since ROM sounds can contain up to 16 layers of waves, the Patch Select buttons are most useful when used with these sounds. ENSONIQ ASR-X User’s Guide 5