ENSONIQ SQ-R User Manual

SQ-R Musician's Manual Section 1 - Getting Started
Memory Cards
Memory cards can be used to add more sounds to the SQ-R and allow you to
store your sounds and presets. Before you can access sounds and presets from a
card, you must first insert an ENSONIQ SC or ISC series card, an MC-32 or 64
RAM card, or other SQ card into the Card slot, with the label facing up. Take
care to insert the card straight into the slot in a continuous fashion.
Cards can be inserted or removed at any time (except while you're writing sounds
to them), even when the power is on, without doing any harm to the SQ-R or the
card. For more information regarding cards, see Section 8 — Storage.
Reinitializing the SQ-R
The great power and flexibility of the SQ-R lies in the fact that it is really a
computer — a computer disguised as a keyboard instrument, but a computer
nonetheless. The software that operates the SQ-I^ is very sophisticated. In fact,
there is a 128K computer program that runs inside the SQ-R (the Operating
System code). That's as much as some personal computers. If you have ever
used a computer, you should be familiar with the need to occasionally reboot your
system when you get an error message, etc. Reinitializing the SQ-R is the
equivalent of rebooting your computer.
There are many things that can happen to the SQ-R (or any computer system) that
might scramble the system software — voltage surges, power failures, static
electricity, etc. As with any computer, very infrequently some unforeseen event
or combination of events can cause die software to become confused with strange
and unpredictable results. Sometimes computers that appear to be broken have no
r hardware problem, just corrupted data in the internal RAM (Random Access
Memory). Sometimes, simply turning the SQ-R power off and then on again will
cure the problem. If that doesn't work, perhaps what is needed is to reinitialize
the unit.
When to Reinitialize:
If your SQ-R begins to behave in peculiar ways, if the display shows words or
lines that shouldn't be there, if you start getting Unexpected Event messages, if
the edit functions start doing unpredictable things, try reinitializing the SQ-R
before you seek factory service.
Warning: When you reinitialize your SQ-R all your current internal sounds and presets will
be lost. (The 80 ROM (Read Only Memory) sounds are automatically loaded
back into the internal memory after reinitializing.) Therefore good backup habits
should be an important part of your routine. Save any important data to a storage
card or MIDI Sys-Ex before reinitializing the SQ-R.
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ENSONIQ SQ-R Specifications

General

Brand	ENSONIQ
Model	SQ-R
Category	Synthesizer
Language	English