Tutorial Press the Track Sound button to see what’s on Track 3 now—it’s a sound called DanceKit_01. When the ASR-X makes a RAM kit copy of a sound, it names the copy after the original, adding a number onto it (if necessary, it automatically abbreviates the name of the original ROM sound). Sounds Were Created that Play the Waves When you sent your waves to pads, the ASR-X created a standard sound in RAM that plays the waves. For each pad to which you sent the waves, it also created a copy of that sound. This allows each pad to play the waves in its own individual way, as you’ll see in a few moments. Let’s take a look at all of these new standard sounds that have been created.
Turn the Sound Type knob to select the *CUSTOM SoundFinder category. If necessary, turn the Sound Name knob all the way counter-clockwise so that the sound SMPL1 is displayed. This is the standard sound created when you sent your wave to pads. Each such sound is assigned a number—if you were to sample something else and send it to pads, its standard sound would be called “SMPL2.” Turn the Sound Name knob clockwise—now you can see SMPL1_01, SMPL1_02 and SMPL1_03, the three copies of SMPL1 that are played by the three pads in DanceKit_01. You can see that the copies of SMPL1 retain its name and are numbered. Tip: You can use the Memory Manager to rename sounds in RAM.
See Chapter 7 of the ASR-X Reference Manual. Before Proceeding 1. Go back to the DRUM-KIT SoundFinder category and select DanceKit_01. A Few Final Sampling/Resampling Thoughts The ASR-X’s sampling/resampling features are designed to be easy and fun to use. To learn about sampling/resampling other kinds of audio, auto-normalization, the different trigger modes, using the rear-panel Audio Inputs and more, see Chapter 5 of the ASR-X Reference Manual. Editing Sampled Waves All wave editing in the ASR-X occurs in the Pads section of the front panel. Let’s tie together what we’ve just discussed by pressing the Pad Sound button to see what sound each pad in DanceKit_01 is playing.
Viewing Pad Sounds 1. Locate and press the Pad Sound button. Sound Edit Process When you’ve pressed the Pad sound button, you can hit the pads to see the sounds they’re playing. Tr un ca te Lo op / Filt er Tip: If the pads you’re viewing are part of a RAM kit, you can—but don’t, for the tutorial—select a new sound for each pad when this display is visible. ENSONIQ ASR-X User’s Guide 15 Pad