Tutorial Playing the ASR-X Demo The ASR-X contains a demo that’ll give you an idea of what the ASR-X sounds like. To play the demo: 1. Locate the Effects section on the ASR-X front panel. Select Edit Demo Bypass 2. Hold down the Select Effect button. 3. While still holding the button down, press the Edit Effect button. 4. Release both buttons. The display shows: Start demo playback? MAINDEMO: Gizmo Bop 5. Press the Enter/Yes button to hear the demo. 6. To stop the demo, press the Track Sound button in the center of the ASR-X front panel. Note: You can actually press any button to stop the demo—the Track Sound button was specified for the purposes of this tutorial.
Selecting Tracks The ASR-X is organized into a framework of 16 tracks. Tracks play an important role in the ASR-X: When you’re playing sounds or sampling/resampling in the ASR-X, you can think of each track as being a container for the sound with which you’re working. When you’re recording—or sequencing —each track contains a recorded performance, as well as the sound that plays it. The ASR-X is a multi-timbral MIDI receiver—the 16 tracks correspond to MIDI channels 1-16. Each track receives MIDI data on its like-numbered channel. You can play a track’s sound or record on a track via MIDI at any time. Each track can transmit MIDI data on its like-numbered channel.
Whenever you do anything in the ASR-X, you’re always on one or another of these tracks, which is referred to as “the currently selected track.” The ASR-X display tells you which track is currently ENSONIQ ASR-X User’s Guide 1 Effects Effects Select Edit Bypass Demo Effects Effects Select Edit Bypass Demo Effects