Tutorial Changing a Sequence’s Insert Effect Now that the bass is being sent to the sequence’s insert effect, let’s find out what that effect is, and then change it. 1. Locate the Effects Select button. Select Edit Demo Bypass 2. Press the Effects Select button once. The display shows the sequence’s insert effect: Insert Effect= 20 DDL™Chorus 3. Turn the Value knob to select different insert effects and play some notes on the pads to hear what they sound like. Note: Insert effects sometimes take a few moment to be installed, or “downloaded.” 4. When you’re done experimenting, select insert effect 25 Dist Chorus. Play a few notes—the bass has now become something rough and wide.
A Few Final Effect Thoughts A sequence’s global reverb can be selected in the same way as its insert effect (press the Effects Select button a second time to view the global reverb selection page). The ASR-X effects provide a wide selection of parameters that let you get each effect sounding just the way you want it to—these parameters can be accessed by pressing the Effects Edit button, selecting the appropriate question and pressing the Yes button. Effect selection and all of the effect parameters are described in Chapter 4 of the ASR-X Reference Manual. Sampling/Resampling The ASR-X captures audio using a process called sampling , which is another term for digital recording.
When you sample in the ASR-X, you create a wave, or if you’ve sampled in stereo, a pair of waves. The ASR-X creates a sound based on each wave (or pair of waves) you create, and when you play that sound, you play the wave. The ASR-X can sample audio that you feed it through its rear-panel Audio Input jacks, or it can resample sounds and sequences from the ASR-X itself—or both sources at once. In addition, you can set up the ASR-X to automatically begin sampling when it “hears” audio—a feature we’ll try out in the following tutorial. Note: The techniques for sampling and resampling are the same—the only difference is the source of the audio being sampled.
Resampling a Beat Remember that you’re always on a track in the ASR-X. This is even true when you sample or resample. So that we don’t get in the way of the tracks we’ve recorded, let’s select an unused track to begin. 1. Press the right-hand Select Track button to select Track 3. 12 ENSONIQ ASR-X User’s Guide Effects