ENSONIQ SQ-R User Manual

SQ-R Musician's Manual
Section 3 - Presets
• OFF Incoming MIDI data will not play internal voices nor retransmit to the
SQ-R's MIDI Out jack. This is useful for turning off certain tracks
when using the SQ-R as a multi-timbral receiver in MULTI Mode,
thereby limiting the number of channels to which the SQ-R will
respond.
The chart below details the behavior of sequencer tracks for each status:
Track Status =
Incoming MIDI plays local voices
Incoming MIDI retransmits out MIDI
BOTH
Yes
Yes
LOCAL
Yes
No
•
MIDI
No
Yes
OFF
No
No
Pressure
Parameter Bank
Pressure
The Pressure screen enables you to assign one of three pressure modes to each
Track. This parameter controls which pressure mode a track will respond to via
MIDI. Pressure will be retransmitted according to the pressure mode (see the
retransmit function later in this section).
• NONE — Pressure information will not be received from MIDI or
retransmitted.
• KEY — This setting enables the track to receive the most expressive kind of
pressure — Polyphonic Aftertouch. Polyphonic Aftertouch lets you add
pressure modulation to each note independently. If you press down on any
particular key within a chord, only that note will be affected by pressure — all
others remain unaffected. This innovative and highly expressive type of
pressure is found on many of ENSONIQ's keyboards, including the EPS, and
VFX50. Only Key pressure will be retransmitted. If channel pressure is
received it will be ignored.
• CHANNEL — This enables the track to receive via MIDI the most common
type of pressure — channel pressure. With channel pressure, after a note is
played, pressing down harder on a key modulates every note currently playing.
Like a mod wheel, channel pressure is "global," it affects the entire keyboard
when activated. Only Channel pressure will be retransmitted. If Key pressure
is received it will be converted to Channel pressure before being retransmitted.
You should consult the MIDI implementation chart of the MIDI device you will be
using in conjunction with the SQ-R to see which (if any) type of pressure it
responds to and transmits. For best results, set the SQ-R Pressure parameter to
match the type of pressure supported by the external MIDI device which will send
to or receive from the track you are setting.
Performance Parameters
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ENSONIQ SQ-R Specifications

General

Brand	ENSONIQ
Model	SQ-R
Category	Synthesizer
Language	English