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Performance/Composition SynthesizerMusician’s ManualVersion 3.0

TS-12 Musician’s Manual PrefaceiiiPower1 2Insert the line cord into the line receptacle on the back of the TS-12 (2), next to the power switch(1). Pl

Section 5 — Preset/Track Parameters1This section offers detailed descriptions of the commands and parameters used in selecting,creating, and editing P

Section 5 — Preset/Track Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual2• Press the Attack/Release button to get to the Attack page:Attack Page Range: -64 to +63T

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 5 — Preset/Track Parameters3All tracks whose MIDI Status is set to SEND/RECV, SEND/----, LOCAL-OFF or VOICE-OFF willse

Section 5 — Preset/Track Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual4• Press the Brightness/Timbre button again to get to the Timbre page:Timbre Page Range: 00

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 5 — Preset/Track Parameters5• Press the Key Zone/Velocity button to get to the Key Zone page:Key Zone Page Range: A0 t

Section 5 — Preset/Track Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual6• Press the Key Zone/Velocity button again to get to the Velocity Range page:Velocity Rang

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 5 — Preset/Track Parameters7• Press the Tuning button to get to the Transpose page:Transpose Page Octave Range: -4 to

Section 5 — Preset/Track Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual8• Press the Tuning button a third time to get to the Rate page:Rate Page Range: -64 to +63

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 5 — Preset/Track Parameters9For example, it may be useful to turn off sustain events on a track set up as a bass sound

Section 5 — Preset/Track Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual10• Press the Controllers On/Off button a fourth time to get to the Mod Wheel page:Mod Whee

Preface TS-12 Musician’s ManualivGround LoopsSometimes currents flowing through the ground line generate a signal seen by another part of thecircuit s

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 5 — Preset/Track Parameters11• Press the Performance Options button to get to the Patch Select page:Patch Select Page

Section 5 — Preset/Track Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual12• Press the Performance Options button again to get to the Pressure page:Pressure Page Ra

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 5 — Preset/Track Parameters13• Press the Performance Options button again to get to the Pedal page:Pedal Page Range: (

Section 5 — Preset/Track Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual14Note: When MIDI-TRK-NAMES=OFF on the System page, Tracks with a MIDI Status of VOICE-OFF

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 5 — Preset/Track Parameters15• Press the Track/MIDI button a third time to get to the MIDI Program Number page:MIDI Pr

Section 5 — Preset/Track Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual16The second field determines whether the BANK value represents the LSB or MSB of the MIDIB

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 5 — Preset/Track Parameters17• Press the Track Effects button again to get to the Effects Controller page:Effects Cont

Section 6 — Understanding Effects1This section offers a basic overview of the concepts involved in selecting, creating, editing, andunderstanding Effe

Section 6 — Understanding Effects TS-12 Musician’s Manual2will send controller information to the effect. The remaining pages contain the effect para

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 6 — Understanding Effects316EQ- -DDL+ROTOSPKR+REV 41 STEREO DELAY + DELAY 66 VCF- -DISTORTION- -VCF17DELAYLFO+ROTOSPKR

TS-12 Musician’s Manual PrefacevTemperature GuidelinesThe inner workings of the TS-12 contain a substantial amount of computerized and electroniccircu

Section 6 — Understanding Effects TS-12 Musician’s Manual44) When you change the sound on a track by double-clicking the Replace Track Sound button(e.

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 6 — Understanding Effects5The first effect parameter page is similar for all of the effects (the display shows VARIATI

Section 6 — Understanding Effects TS-12 Musician’s Manual6Effects MixingAlmost all of the effects have separate mixing controls for the FX1 and FX2 bu

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 6 — Understanding Effects7Parallel Effect MixerAUXVoice OutputVolEffect BFX1 LRFX2MixerDestinationBusMainOutputsLRAuxO

Section 6 — Understanding Effects TS-12 Musician’s Manual8Modulators that can be applied to the EffectsThe following modulation sources are available

Section 7 — Effect Parameters1This section offers detailed descriptions of the sub-pages and parameters used in selecting,creating, and editing effect

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual2SENDS A- -B Range: 00 to 99Controls the amount of Effect A (DDL) being sent into Effect B (the

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters3CHORUS MIX Range: 00 to 99Controls the Dry/Wet mix within the chorus itself. For starters, we

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual4density to build at a rate that exceeds the decay rate. For the best performance, try to select

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters503 DELAYLFO+CHORUS+REVThis parallel effect combines a digital delay that provides LFO modulatio

Preface TS-12 Musician’s ManualviBe Careful!The TS-12 outputs are line-level, and are intended to be connected only to line-level inputs, suchas those

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual6This parallel effect combines a rotary speaker with a chorus and a reverb. The second sub-page(

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters7For a complete description of the remaining parameters, refer to the DDL+CHORUS+REValgorithm fo

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual806 PARAM EQ+CHORUS+REVThis parallel effect combines a parametric EQ with a chorus and a reverb.

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters9VCF FC Range: 000 to 127Determines the filter cut off-frequency. Higher values have a brighte

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual10• Voices assigned to FX1 (and panned right) are sent to Effect B (PHLANGR)• Voices assigned to

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters11For a complete description of the remaining Reverb parameters, refer to theDDL+CHORUS+REV algo

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual1211 ROTOSPKR+PHLANGR+REVThis parallel effect combines a rotary speaker with a phlanger (a combin

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters13For a complete description of the SENDS parameters, refer to the DDL+PHLANGR+REValgorithm foun

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual14A- -REVRB Range: 00 to 99Controls the amount of Effect A (DDL) being sent into the reverb. Thi

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters15• KEYDN, PATCH, SUSTN, SOSTU, FX-SW — These modulation sources toggle the rotor speedbetween s

TS-12 Musician’s Manual PrefaceviiCare and Feeding of the Disk DriveThe TS-12’s built-in disk drive is used to store all your Programs, Sampled Sounds

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual1618 ROTOSPKR+ROTOSPKR+REVThis parallel effect combines a rotary speaker with another rotary spea

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters17For a complete description of the remaining Reverb parameters, refer to theDDL+CHORUS+REV algo

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual18PRE-DLY TIME Range: 0000 to 0300 msControls the amount of time it takes for the input signal to

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters19EQ- -REVB Range: 00 to 99Controls the amount of EQ being sent into the plate reverb. A settin

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual20HF - DAMPING Range: 00 to 99Increasing the value of this parameter will gradually filter out in

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters21(creating a decay). The signal is then routed to the output, and then goes through a low pass

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual2226 LARGE PLATE REVERB 2This plate reverb shares the same signal routing topology as the previou

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters2328 HALL REVERB 2This algorithm can be programmed with a high degree of precision. HALL REVERB

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual24the more high frequencies are allowed to pass. This functions like a tone control on a guitar.

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters25PRIMARY SEND Range: -99 to +99Controls the level of the diffused input signal into the reverb

Preface TS-12 Musician’s ManualviiiReinitializing the TS-12The great power and flexibility of the TS-12 lies in the fact that it is really a computer

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters130 SMALL ROOM REVERBSMALL ROOM REVERB features a short, room-like decay. The FX-1 and FX-2 para

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual2DECAY TIME Medium Room Range: 0.20 to 1.33Large Room Range: 0.20 to 1.83Controls the amount of

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters31 LEVEL to create a natural sounding echo.REF-2 SEND Range: 00 to 99Controls the level of the se

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual4BANDWIDTH Range: 00 to 99The high-frequency bandwidth acts as a low pass filter on the signal go

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters5DEPTH Range: 00 to 99Controls the depth of the detuning, that is, how much the pitch will change

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual6TIMEENVELOPE LEVEL 1ENVELOPE LEVEL 9ENVELOPE LEVEL 2SIGNALLEVELENVELOPE LEVELS (1 to 9) Ranges:

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters7REFL-1 SEND Range: -99 to +99Controls the level of the first pre-echo.REFL-2 TIME Non Lin 1, 3 R

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual8DIFFUSION-2 Range: 00 to 99Similar to and in series with DIFFUSION-1, this parameter controls lo

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters939 REVERSE REVERB 1REVERSE REVERB 1 produces a reverberation that gradually increases, simulatin

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual10LEVEL Range: 00 to 99Adjusts the volume of the slapback (internal dry) signal. A value of 00 w

TS-12 Musician’s Manual PrefaceixAvailable Options for your TS-12These optional accessories are available from your Authorized ENSONIQ Dealer:• ENSONI

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters11RELEASE Range: 1 msec to 10.0 secDetermines the RELEASE time after the HOLD time has elapsed.

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual12PAN Range: -99 to +99Determines the location of the delays in the stereo spectrum. A value of

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters13DELAY INPUT R Range: OFF or ONDisables the input into the right side delay line. The right del

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual14EIGHT VOICE CHORUS Signal RoutingFX-1 LeftFX-2 LeftFX-1 RightFX-2 RightDelayRegen4 VoiceChorus4

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters15WIDTH Range: 00 to 99Controls the depth of vibrato and tremolo.REGEN Range: -99 to +99Controls

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual16WIDTH Range: 00 to 99Controls the depth of vibrato and tremolo.STEREO SPREAD Range: 00 to 99Thi

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters1747 DDL- -CHORUS + REVRB 1This effect algorithm is a serial version of the DDL+CHORUS+REV parall

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual18DDL REGEN L Range: -99 to +99Determines the amount of signal that will be fed from the output o

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters19PRE-DLY TIME Range: 0000 to 0300 msecThis parameter creates a time delay before the original si

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual20DEFINITION Range: 00 to 99Controls the rate at which echo density increases with time. Higher

Preface TS-12 Musician’s ManualxMIDI, THE INS, OUTS AND THRUS, Jeff RonaSAMPLINGTHE SAMPLING BOOK, Steve De Furia, Joe ScacciaferroSAMPLING BASICS, Bo

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters2150 EQ- -CHORUS + EQ- -DDLEQ- -CHORUS + EQ- -DDL combines an EQ and a chorus, with an EQ and a d

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual22ECHO - LEVEL Range: 00 to 99Controls the volume of the discrete echo for both the left and righ

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters23HF - DAMPING Range: 00 to 99Controls the rate of attenuation of high frequencies in the decay o

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual24FLANGE CENTER Range: 00 to 99Controls the sweep center of the flanger effect. The larger the f

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters25LEVEL Range: -48 to +24 dBSets the amount of boost or cut applied to the low shelving filter.TR

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual26DETUNE - RATE Range: 00 to 99Controls the LFO rate of detuning incorporated within the reverb.

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters27REGEN Range: -99 to +99Controls the amount of feedback applied to the left and right channel ph

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual28from the two discrete echoes has one level control. There is also an external Dry signal (nots

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters2956 EQ- -VIBRATO + DELAYEQ- -VIBRATO + DELAY combines an EQ and a vibrato effect (a pitch shifte

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual30TIME R Range: 0000 to 1500 msecControls the time delay on the right non regenerated delay.ECHO

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TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters31FINE Range: -99 to +99Lets you to fine tune the pitch of Voice-1.LEVEL Range: 00 to 99Allows yo

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual32PAN Range: -99 to +99This parameter allows you to assign the location of Voice-1 in the stereo

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters33FINE Range: -99 to +99Allows you to fine tune the pitch of Voice-1.LEVEL Range: 00 to 99This pa

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual34ROTOR SLOW Range: 00 to 99Determines the rate of the rotary speaker when in the “Slow” setting.

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters3562 TUNABLE SPEAKERTunable Speaker offers an EQ controllable speaker sound that is brighter than

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual36bad. Tube bias and preamp gain are independent parameters. For low preamp gain, it may bedesi

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters37MAIN EQ MID-2 FC Range: 0000 to 9999 HzDetermines the filter center-frequency of the second par

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual38ON Range: -96 to +00 dBSets the upper threshold level at which the noise gate passes audio. Th

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters39The EFFECT MIX FX-1 and FX-2 parameters can be routed into the algorithm with differentDry/Wet

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual40will go low, and then go back up to its nominal setting How quickly it does so is determined b

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TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters4168 FLNG- -CMP- -DIST + REVA screaming guitar-and-amp simulator that features not only compressi

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual4269 DISTORT + CHORUS- -REVA brighter guitar-and-amp simulator that features distortion, chorus,

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters43DETUNE - RATE Range: 00 to 99Controls the LFO rate of detuning incorporated within the reverb.

Section 7 — Effect Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual44ThresholdTimeSignal LevelPassAttenuateCOMPRESSOR RATIO Range: 1/1 to 40/1, infinitySets the amo

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 7 — Effect Parameters4572 RUMBLE FILTERRUMBLE FILTER is a high pass filter in cascade with a low pass filter, fourth o

Section 8 — Understanding Programs1In this section, we will show you how to edit a TS-12 Program. For detailed descriptions of themany parameters, re

Section 8 — Understanding Programs TS-12 Musician’s Manual2The TS-12 is “smart” about voice allocation — there are a number of things you can do to in

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 8 — Understanding Programs3You can return to the edit program, even after selecting another program (as long as you do

Section 8 — Understanding Programs TS-12 Musician’s Manual4Pressing the Up Arrow on an active (un-muted) voice will solo that voice. Solo voices ared

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 8 — Understanding Programs5Using the Group Edit feature• Make sure that the voices you want to edit are not muted and

T S - 1 2 M u s i c i a n ’ s M a n u a l : Written, Designed,and Illustrated by: Tom Tracy, Bill WhippleCopyright © 1994ENSONIQ® Corp155 Great Va

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Section 8 — Understanding Programs TS-12 Musician’s Manual6Write Page — Saving a New Program Into MemoryOnce you have modified an existing program or

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 8 — Understanding Programs7Compare Button. The Compare LED will light. Now press Write Program to return to the Writ

Section 8 — Understanding Programs TS-12 Musician’s Manual8MIXERDepthDelayTRIANGLESINESINE/TRIPOS /SINPOS /TRISAWTOOTH SQUAREENV 1ENV 2ENV 3Filter Mod

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 8 — Understanding Programs9ModulatorsAbout ModulationTo modulate something is simply to cause it to change. With the

Section 8 — Understanding Programs TS-12 Musician’s Manual10Modulation SourcesThe 15 Modulation Sources available on the TS-12 are as follows:• LFO —

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 8 — Understanding Programs11• WHEEL — Modulation WheelThe Mod Wheel to the left of the keyboard is assignable wherever

Section 8 — Understanding Programs TS-12 Musician’s Manual12• XCTRL — External ControllerLike the TIMBR modulator, the External Controller (XCTRL) mod

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 8 — Understanding Programs13• KEYBD — Keyboard TrackingThis uses the position of a note on the keyboard as a modulator

Section 8 — Understanding Programs TS-12 Musician’s Manual14Wave PageEach TS-12 voice will play one of the 254 waves in its memory. These waves are t

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 8 — Understanding Programs15Complete TS-12 ROM Wave CatalogThe wave class is shown in bold at the top of each ROM Wave

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Section 8 — Understanding Programs TS-12 Musician’s Manual16JAZZSNARE WINDCHIME ANA-WAVE2SNARE-ROL WNDCHIME2 ANA-WAVE3RIMSHOT-1 FNGR-SNAP ANA-WAVE4RIM

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 8 — Understanding Programs17Using the Copy FunctionsThe Copy page provides programming utility functions for:• copying

Section 8 — Understanding Programs TS-12 Musician’s Manual18There is a well-defined group of copy contexts that are available for your use. The copy

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 8 — Understanding Programs19buffer is loaded with the currently selected primary program before the recall is complete

Section 8 — Understanding Programs TS-12 Musician’s Manual20Special Copy OperationsThere are also some special command options that appear in the disp

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 8 — Understanding Programs21SYSTEMFor the PITCHTABLE parameter context only:When entered from the Edit Pitch-table pag

Section 8 — Understanding Programs TS-12 Musician’s Manual22Copying a complete program to a new locationIt is easy to copy programs from one location

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 8 — Understanding Programs23About Pitch-TablesAlternate pitch-tables enable you to chart new musical territories as we

Section 8 — Understanding Programs TS-12 Musician’s Manual24As mentioned earlier, whenever you create a custom pitch-table, the TS-12 will delete voic

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 8 — Understanding Programs25Go to sub-page forExtrapolate & InterpolateSource KeyPlayback Pitch(in Semitones)Playb

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Section 8 — Understanding Programs TS-12 Musician’s Manual26You are now free to create a new custom pitch-table in your current program.Now that you u

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 8 — Understanding Programs27The KEY-RANGE defines the area of the keyboard that the TS-12 will use as a reference by w

Section 8 — Understanding Programs TS-12 Musician’s Manual28Using the Copy page with Pitch-Tables• Select a program which contains a custom pitch-tabl

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 8 — Understanding Programs29Dynamic Pitch-Table SelectionThe TS-12 allows you to easily switch between different syste

Section 8 — Understanding Programs TS-12 Musician’s Manual30• Press the Up Arrow button. The display reads:Whenever you create a wave-list, the TS-12

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 8 — Understanding Programs31When the displayed wave name for a voice is WAVE-LIST, the actual individual wave name for

Section 8 — Understanding Programs TS-12 Musician’s Manual32About Drum-MapsDrum-Maps are similar to pitch-tables in that they replace voices 5 and 6 i

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 8 — Understanding Programs33KICK DRUMSSNARE DRUMSHI-HATSCYMBALSTOM TOMSMISC. PERCUSSIONEnsoniq Drum MapHow to Create a

Section 8 — Understanding Programs TS-12 Musician’s Manual34• Press the Wave button. The display shows:• As you can see, activating a Drum-Map in a P

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 8 — Understanding Programs35Removing a Drum-MapIf a program contains a custom drum-map and you wish to remove it (thus

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Section 9 — Program Parameters1This section covers the parameters which can be edited independently for each Voice within aProgram. For a general ove

Section 9 — Program Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual2of the soft button above RATE will toggle between the Rate value and the Track RATE Modselector

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 9 — Program Parameters3LFO Waveshapes0+100-100TRIANGLE SINESINE/TRIPOS/SINE POS/TRI SAWTOOTHSQUARE0+100-1000+100-1000

Section 9 — Program Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual4ENV1, ENV2, ENV3 — TS-12 EnvelopesAn Envelope is a shape, or contour, which we apply to a signa

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 9 — Program Parameters5Press the Env 3 button to get to the first ENV3 sub-page containing the five TIME parameters:No

Section 9 — Program Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual6012345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849.00.0

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 9 — Program Parameters7Press the Env 3 button again. This displays the final sub-page for ENV 3:MODE (ENV 1 and ENV 2

Section 9 — Program Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual8A looped (sustaining) wave will continue to use the voice until the envelope reaches zero. For

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 9 — Program Parameters9CONVEX-20500 50 100CONVEX-105050 1000CONVEX-30500 50 10050 100QUIKRISE050LATERISE0501000 50 100

Section 9 — Program Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual10OCTAVE Range: -4 to +4 octavesChanges the pitch of the voice by octaves.SEMITONE Range: -11 to

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TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 9 — Program Parameters11GLIDE MODESMODEStaccatoGlideLegatoGlideLegato EnvelopeRetriggerNoteMemoryPEDAL(WITH PEDAL DOWN

Section 9 — Program Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual12• SYSTEM — Uses whatever is selected as the system pitch-table on the System page. Normallyth

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 9 — Program Parameters13velocity, etc. You can create some very interesting filter configurations by using a differen

Section 9 — Program Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual14Filter 1 KeyboardScaling AmountFilter 1 ModeFilter 1 CutoffFrequencyModulation AmountModulatio

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 9 — Program Parameters15MODSRC Range: variousSelects a modulation source for the filter cutoff frequency from among th

Section 9 — Program Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual16OUTPUT KBD-SCALE Range: -99 to +99, or ZONCan be used to fade the voice in or out between th

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 9 — Program Parameters17The next two parameters on the top line of the display provide a powerful tool for shaping th

Section 9 — Program Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual18DESTINATION-BUS Range: FX1, FX2, DRY, or AUXEach voice within a sound can be routed to one of

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 9 — Program Parameters19to protect a voice or voices from being stolen — such as cymbals or a sustaining “pad” sound

Section 9 — Program Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual20Class-Specific Wave ParametersThe parameters shown on the lower line of the display on the Wa

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TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 9 — Program Parameters21TRANSWAVE -Specific Wave ParametersEach Transwave is actually composed of many different sing

Section 9 — Program Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual22Hyper-Wave™ -Specific Wave ParametersHyper-Wave architecture allows up to 16 waves to be defi

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 9 — Program Parameters23MOD-DESTINATION Range: *-NONE-*, START-STEP, LOOP-START, END-STEP, TRAVELER, or START+LOOP• W

Section 9 — Program Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual24Mod Mixer PageThe Mod Mixer is a unique feature which allows you to:• combine and assign two

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 9 — Program Parameters25SHAPE Range: variousHere you select which of the 16 tracking curves will be applied to the mo

Section 9 — Program Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual26Smootherx 1Smootherx 1x 2Linearx 1Convexx 1Concavex 1Quant-08Input (Src-2): Scale Factor: Sha

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 9 — Program Parameters27Program Control PageThe parameters on this page control aspects of the program that affect al

Section 9 — Program Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual28OPTION Range: *-NONE-*, PITCHTBL, WAVELIST, orDRUM-MAPThe setting of this parameter indicates

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 9 — Program Parameters29Press the Program Control button again to get to the second sub-page:The following parameters

Section 9 — Program Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual30Press Program Control again to get to the third sub-page:TIMBRE V1 to V6 Ranges: -64 to +63T

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TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 9 — Program Parameters31Fine Tune Parameter Range: 00 to 99 centsEnables you to fine tune the pitch, or create micro-

Section 9 — Program Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual32Copy Pitch-Table ParametersPressing Copy from the Edit Pitch-Table sub-page will display the

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 9 — Program Parameters33Wave-List Editor ParametersThe following parameters are only available when OPTION=WAVE-LIST

Section 9 — Program Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual34XFADE-TIME Range: 00000 to 60000 (0 to 60 sec)Sets the amount of time that the selected wave

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 9 — Program Parameters35Copy Wave-List ParametersPressing Copy from the Edit Wave-List sub-page will display the Copy

Section 9 — Program Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual36PAN parameter are:*VOICE* Uses Patch VOICE panningL------ Hard Left-L----- Medium Left--L----

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 9 — Program Parameters37sounds through unchanged, but then closes down to create a gate-type effect.Can be used for a

Section 9 — Program Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual38Copy Drum-Map ParametersPressing Copy from the Drum-Map Editor page will display the Copy pag

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 9 — Program Parameters39Program Effects PageUnderstanding the effect algorithms and their related parameters are desc

Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer1This section contains an introduction to the TS-12 sequencer and all the information you’ll needto get starte

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Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer TS-12 Musician’s Manual2A sequence has a fixed length (though you can change it at any time) which is set by

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer3• Pressing Play while holding down Record will start the sequencer recording on the c

Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer TS-12 Musician’s Manual4Song names are alwayspreceded by a "$"Select a -BLANK- location tocreate a

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer5Sequencer TracksEach TS-12 sequence and song has twelve independent polyphonic Tracks

Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer TS-12 Musician’s Manual6Replacing the Sound on a Sequence or Song TrackTo replace the TS-12 sound on a given

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer7• Press the Bank 0 button. The display shows:• Press the lower right soft button ben

Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer TS-12 Musician’s Manual8assignment when the sequencer is playing.• Now that we’ve auditioned Programs within

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer9Sound NameSound NameWhen you then select any of the Track parameter pages, the displa

Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer TS-12 Musician’s Manual10Important:In Sequencer mode, selecting and editing a track from a Track Parameter p

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer11Copying a Preset Along With its Effect into 3 Sequencer TracksTo copy a preset along

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Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer TS-12 Musician’s Manual12Creating a New Song• On any Sequencer Bank page, select a -BLANK- sequencer locatio

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer13button next to that track. This defines the track and puts the currently selected s

Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer TS-12 Musician’s Manual14to put the sound of your choice on the selected track.• Press Record/Play to begin

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer15“Punching In” on a TrackThe TS-12 offers two methods for “punching in” (or re-record

Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer TS-12 Musician’s Manual16Finding the BankSet, Bank, and Display Location for Sounds on SequencerTracksTo fin

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer17Edit Sequence Page — Sequence Edit FunctionsPressing the Edit Sequence button displa

Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer TS-12 Musician’s Manual18This set up is ideal for controlling everything right from the TS-12. Simply by se

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer19receiving unit is playing. While playing the TS-12 Keyboard, adjust the program num

Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer TS-12 Musician’s Manual20Changing a Sound within a Sequence or Song Track (Recording ProgramChanges)The TS-1

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer21To send/record a MIDI program change:01 234567 8 9Bank1) Press and hold thetrack&apo

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Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer TS-12 Musician’s Manual22• The TS-12 keyboard will only transmit Channel pressure out via MIDI, however.• Ei

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer23Edit Track Page — Track Edit FunctionsPressing the Edit Track button displays the to

Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer TS-12 Musician’s Manual24Song ModeThe TS-12’s Song Mode is the key to unlocking its true power as a Performa

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer25Edit Song Page — Song Edit FunctionsPressing the Edit Song button displays the top l

Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer TS-12 Musician’s Manual26To change anything in an existing Song Step:• To change any of the variables (seque

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer27SONGSong Step 1:Sequence 01 (4 bars)Song Step 2:Sequence 02 (8 bars)Song Step 3:Seq

Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer TS-12 Musician’s Manual28Viewing Sequence Tracks in Song ModeWhen a song is selected, what you see on the Se

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer29To Record Mix or Pan Changes to a Song Track:• Select a song containing song tracks

Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer TS-12 Musician’s Manual30Sequencer Tempo TrackAs of software version 2.0, songs are created with Song Track

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer31location (bottom right in the display).• Press the soft button beneath *TEMPO-TRK* t

T S - 1 2 M u s i c i a n ’ s M a n u a l : Written, Designed,and Illustrated by: Tom Tracy, Bill WhippleCopyright © 1994ENSONIQ® Corp155 Great Va

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Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer TS-12 Musician’s Manual32time using the Data Entry Controls.4) Press Record then Play.5) At the bridge (song

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer3327) Press the soft button above *EXIT*.28) You can audition your tempo changes by pr

Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer TS-12 Musician’s Manual34If external sync is being used (CLOCK=MIDI), recording begins with the first clock

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer35Recording into the Sequencer in a MIDI LoopUse the following basic procdure if you w

Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer TS-12 Musician’s Manual36Using the Step Entry RecorderAll notes played and all control changes made in Step

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 10 — Understanding the Sequencer37Whenever you record any track of a sequence or song, all of these values are automat

Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters1The following parameters control the TS-12 sequencer. Parameters for creating and manipulatingsequences, songs, and

Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual2INFO Sub-PagePressing the soft button above INFO displays a page containing information abou

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters3• Use the data entry controls to select a location for the copied song. Note that only unde

Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual4FS stands for Foot Switch. In order to use this function you must first assign one of the F

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TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters5Edit Sequence Page Parameters• Press the Edit Sequence button. The display shows:These comm

Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual6SIZE Range: (read only)Displays the size of the current sequence in events.TEMPO Range: 025

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters7From the Edit Sequence page, press LENGTH. The display shows:This sub-page shows the name,

Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual8• Press DELETE BARS — the display shows the following:• Use the data entry controls to deter

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters9• To set the key range, press the soft button beneath the low and high keys, underlining the

Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual10• Make sure the track you want to quantize is selected.• Press Edit Track, then select QUAN

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters11SWING Range: 50 to 74%When you specify a SWING percentage value, you are defining the offse

Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual1216th 16th8th50%(Original)At 0%At 25%At 50%At 100%Quantize points:Q = StraightS = SwingPER

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters13Using the Quantize OptionsPercentage quantization can be used to “tighten up” a track witho

Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual148th 74%Quantized to Straight EighthsQuantize points:Q = StraightS = SwingTime01 25 49 73

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TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters15Destination SequenceDestination TrackStarting Bar• If you want to copy the source track to

Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual16The track editing functions contained on this sub-page are as follows:TRANSPOSEThe Transpos

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters17KEY-VELOCITY — Note-On VelocityCNTL-1.MODWHL — Mod WheelCNTL-4.PEDAL — Foot PedalCNTL-7.VOL

Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual18EVENT-TYPEControls which types of events will be shown as you scroll up through the events

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters19• Time locations with no event are shown as EVENT=***.000.Note: For TMP (tempo event type)

Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual20Event Starting Time Seq Values: Bar, Beat, and ClockSong Values: Step, Repeats, Bar, Beat

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters21Auditioning Event Edit ChangesIf you press *EXIT* to leave the Event List function without

Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual22CNTL-7.VOLUME — Volume PedalCNTL-10.PAN — Track or MIDI PanCNTL-64.SUSTN — Sustain Foot Swi

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters23MERGEThis command will take the data in the selected track and merge, or combine, it togeth

Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual24• QUIET — the countoff will occur in Play or Record modes without the click.TEMPO (Tap Temp

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TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters25RECORD-MODE Range: REPLACE, ADD, LOOPED, or MIXDOWNSelects between the three recording mode

Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual26• Press Sequence Control again to display the second sub-page:SONG STEP EFFECT Range: SEQ o

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters27EDIT TRACKS Range: SEQ or SONGThis determines which set of tracks will be displayed on the

Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual28• ON — Whenever you go into Record with this switch set to ON, the TS-12 will automatically

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters29TIME Range: (described below)Allows you to set the current location on the track. The trac

Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual30Locate PagePressing the Sequencer Locate button displays a page which provides valuable seq

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters31GOTO — Sequence Autolocate ControlDisplays the GOTO sub-page where the auto-locator destina

Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual32The following are display only parameters, provided here for your information:Sequence Name

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters33• Press GOTO. The display shows:GOTO is flashing and the destination may be set using the

Section 11 — Sequencer Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual34• Press Record/Play and play along with the track. The TS-12 will automatically enter reco

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Section 12 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications1This section covers a number of advanced sequencer applications, including using the TS-12 witha variety of

Section 12 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications TS-12 Musician’s Manual2Song Position PointersThe TS-12 transmits and receives Song Position Pointers via MI

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 12 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications3that track.• You see that from the Seq/Song Tracks 1-6 or 7-12 pages, you can chan

Section 12 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications TS-12 Musician’s Manual4the tracks, defining them and putting the current sound on them. Press 7-12 and do

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 12 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications5• You may not want all 12 Tracks to receive. Tracks that you leave in the UNDEFIN

Section 12 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications TS-12 Musician’s Manual6Using The TS-12 with a MIDI Guitar ControllerThe TS-12 makes an ideal voice module t

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 12 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications7The default values are as shown above. If you want to receive on a different set

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Section 12 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications TS-12 Musician’s Manual10What is General MIDI?General MIDI (GM) is an industry standard for program mapping

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TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 12 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications11Why use General MIDI?While the TS-12 instruments are a superb sound source, with g

Section 12 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications TS-12 Musician’s Manual12General MIDI Sound MapThe following map shows the General MIDI sound name and progr

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 12 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications13GM and GS Percussion Key Maps (Channel 10)MIDINote #1 - STANDARD-KIT33 - JAZZ-KIT9

Section 12 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications TS-12 Musician’s Manual14GM and GS Percussion Key Maps (Channel 10)MIDINote #26 - TR-808-KIT 41 - BRUSH-KIT

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 12 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications15• There are four additional sounds assigned to keys in the MT-32-KIT:90 (F6+) Cras

Section 12 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications TS-12 Musician’s Manual163. Press the Up Arrow button to enter General MIDI mode.If the sequencer is running

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 12 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications17TS-12 General MIDI ParametersRECV (MIDI Reception) Range: ON or OFFThis parameter

Section 12 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications TS-12 Musician’s Manual18Manually Assigning GM Sounds to Each MIDI Channel1. Press the soft button beneath t

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 12 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications19Disabling General MIDITo Disable General MIDI• Press the soft button above *EXIT*

Section 12 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications TS-12 Musician’s Manual20Sound Canvas MT-32 Mode Program Change MapThe Roland® MT-32 was an early, pre-Gener

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TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 12 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications21the previous page.MIDI Controller Implementation in General MIDI ModeWhen in Gener

Section 12 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications TS-12 Musician’s Manual22General MIDI Mode Controller Implementation ChartFunction… Transmitted Recognized N

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 12 — Sequencing/MIDI Applications23Program Change YES YES 0-127.

Section 13 — Storage1The Storage page provides data storage functions that enable you to:• save and load Program, Preset, Sequencer and System data to

Section 13 — Storage TS-12 Musician’s Manual2Double-Sided High-Density (DSHD)Write Protect TabDiskWindowThe 3.5” disks have a sliding write-protection

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 13 — Storage3TS-12 Disk File TypesThe TS-12 disk storage system has been designed to allow maximum flexibility in savi

Section 13 — Storage TS-12 Musician’s Manual4Disk Capacity — Bytes, Blocks, and FilesThe TS-12 has a high-density (HD) drive, allowing you to use both

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 13 — Storage5From here you select which of the 6 disk functions you want:• FORMAT — This formats a blank disk for use

Section 13 — Storage TS-12 Musician’s Manual6FORMAT DISK Error Messages:There are a number of messages you might encounter while formatting a disk:• D

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 13 — Storage7RENAME — Changing a Disk's NameThe RENAME function lets you change the seven character Disk I.D. to

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Section 13 — Storage TS-12 Musician’s Manual8SAVE — Saving Data to DiskWhen you press SAVE from the Disk Storage menu, you will see the following disp

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 13 — Storage9DELETE OLD VERSION? Press *YES* to save the file, replacing the one on the disk. This isfor updating fi

Section 13 — Storage TS-12 Musician’s Manual10Saving Sample-Banks along with a 60 SEQ/SONGS FileWhen you save a 60-SEQ/SONGS file, the TS-12 also giv

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 13 — Storage11File Bank Locations containing FilesEmpty File Bank Locations• File bank locations containing a file sho

Section 13 — Storage TS-12 Musician’s Manual12Tip: Press the Storage button twice to get to the Load File display quickly.• Press the soft button abov

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 13 — Storage13sequencer data, when you later go to load the file, a PS will flash on the display next to the filename

Section 13 — Storage TS-12 Musician’s Manual14DELETE — Deleting (Erasing) Files from DiskWhen you press DELETE from the Disk Storage menu, you will se

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 13 — Storage15This is the SCSI STATUS page, where you select the SCSI DEVICE ID from which you want toload Sampled Sou

Section 13 — Storage TS-12 Musician’s Manual16DirectoriesWhat is a Directory?Files on Sampled Sound disks are organized in directories. A directory i

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 13 — Storage17To Enter or Move Down into a Directory• Press the Storage button.• On the SELECT STORAGE OPTION page, pr

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Section 13 — Storage TS-12 Musician’s Manual18Letting go of the top left soft button will invoke the Direct Macro for the value that is displayed.Dire

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 13 — Storage19PROGRAMSTo Send Programs out via MIDI Sys-ExFrom the MIDI SYS-EX page:• Press the soft button for PROGRA

Section 13 — Storage TS-12 Musician’s Manual20SEQUENCER DATATo Send Sequences/Songs out via MIDI Sys-ExFrom the MIDI SYS-EX page:• Press the soft butt

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 13 — Storage21MIDI System Exclusive RecorderWhat are System Exclusives?Some MIDI information—such as key events, cont

Section 13 — Storage TS-12 Musician’s Manual22SAVING System Exclusive Data from an External DeviceUsing the TS-12’s disk drive for storing data from

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 13 — Storage23• Once you have successfully received the Sys-Ex message (or messages), press SAVE. Thestandard SAVE F

Section 13 — Storage TS-12 Musician’s Manual24• Press *YES*.• If there is not enough free sequencer memory to hold the Sys-Ex data, the display shows

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 13 — Storage25TS-12 Disk MessagesDisk messages are displayed for one second and indicate either successful completion

Section 13 — Storage TS-12 Musician’s Manual26• FILE OPERATION ERROR — one of a number of possible fatal errors occurred during a diskoperation. Pro

Section 14 — Understanding Sampled Sounds1This section provides an overview of the concepts behind understanding and editing a SampledSound. For deta

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Section 14 — Understanding Sampled Sounds TS-12 Musician’s Manual2Purchasing SIMMsSince you will need to purchase your SIMMs before you bring them to

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 14 — Understanding Sampled Sounds3About WaveSamplesThe WaveSample is the most basic unit of a Sampled Sound. A WaveSa

Section 14 — Understanding Sampled Sounds TS-12 Musician’s Manual4currently displayed BankSet. As it comes from the factory, the TS-12 has 4018 block

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 14 — Understanding Sampled Sounds5Here you can select which BankSet you want to load your Sampled Sound into (BankSet

Section 14 — Understanding Sampled Sounds TS-12 Musician’s Manual6When the Sampled Sound Status is showing:• SAMPLED-SOUND — You will hear the Sampled

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 14 — Understanding Sampled Sounds7Sampled Sound OPTIONS pageThe bottom right field on the Sampled Sound Bank pages pro

Section 14 — Understanding Sampled Sounds TS-12 Musician’s Manual8Lack of Memory MessageIf you try loading a Sampled Sound, and do not have enough fre

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 14 — Understanding Sampled Sounds9identifying the data on the current floppy disk in the disk drive and any connected

Section 14 — Understanding Sampled Sounds TS-12 Musician’s Manual103) If the Sampled Sound originated from a SCSI volume that has a disk name, the dis

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 14 — Understanding Sampled Sounds11to find the Sampled Sound to load it. Make sure you leave each SCSI Storage Device

TS-12 Musician’s Manual List of TipsList of Tips 1List Of TipsDirect Dialing Between BankSets...

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Section 14 — Understanding Sampled Sounds TS-12 Musician’s Manual12Selecting a WaveSample or Layer for Editing — the Edit Context page (Select Voice b

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 14 — Understanding Sampled Sounds13Tip: When editing Sampled Sounds, alternate presses of the Edit (Select Voice) butt

Section 14 — Understanding Sampled Sounds TS-12 Musician’s Manual14TS-12 Sampled Sound MessagesSampled Sound messages are displayed for one second and

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 14 — Understanding Sampled Sounds15Assigning a Surrogate Program to a TrackA Surrogate Program can be assigned to each

Section 14 — Understanding Sampled Sounds TS-12 Musician’s Manual16Saving Sampled Sound InformationAlthough you cannot save Sampled Sound wave data fr

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 14 — Understanding Sampled Sounds17Here’s how:• Press Sounds.• While holding down the BankSet button, press the Bank 8

Section 14 — Understanding Sampled Sounds TS-12 Musician’s Manual18Updating Sample-Banks Files Saved with Software Earlier than Version 2.0If you have

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 14 — Understanding Sampled Sounds19Loading a Sampled Sound into an Occupied Sampled Sound BankWhen loading a Sampled S

Section 14 — Understanding Sampled Sounds TS-12 Musician’s Manual20flashing• To load RS PERCS into BankSet 8, Bank 0 (replacing GUITR STRUMS), while h

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 14 — Understanding Sampled Sounds21Lack of Memory MessageIf you try loading a Sampled Sound and do not have enough fre

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Section 14 — Understanding Sampled Sounds TS-12 Musician’s Manual22ModulatorsAbout ModulationVarious parameters within the voice architecture of Sampl

Section 15 — Sampled Sound Parameters1This section offers detailed descriptions of the specific parameters used in editing SampledSounds. A Sampled S

Section 15 — Sampled Sound Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual2TRK Defaults Page (Write Program button)The parameters on this page are the default sett

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 15 — Sampled Sound Parameters3LFO PageThe LFO Page contains the parameters related to the Low Frequency Oscillator. E

Section 15 — Sampled Sound Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual4WAVESHAPE Range: various (see below)Determines how the LFO signal will rise and fall. T

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 15 — Sampled Sound Parameters5RESTART-MODE Range: OFF or ONDetermines whether the LFO will restart with each keystrike

Section 15 — Sampled Sound Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual6WaveSample EnvelopesEach WaveSample has three envelopes associated with it. These envel

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 15 — Sampled Sound Parameters7ENV1, ENV2, ENV3 PagesThe ENV1, ENV2, and ENV3 Pages, parameters and ranges are all the

Section 15 — Sampled Sound Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual82ndreleasetimeT5Key heldT4T3T1 T20990123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 15 — Sampled Sound Parameters9The following diagram illustrates how the 2ND-RELEASE-TIME and REL-LEVEL interact withth

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Section 15 — Sampled Sound Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual10SOFT-VEL-CURVE Range: OFF, VEL, VEL1, VEL2Determines how incoming velocity will affect

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 15 — Sampled Sound Parameters11Pitch Mods PageThe Pitch Mods page parameters control WaveSample pitch modulation.Press

Section 15 — Sampled Sound Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual12TS-12 FiltersEach TS-12 WaveSample has its own pair of digital filters, F1 and F2, that

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 15 — Sampled Sound Parameters13amplitudefrequency0freq.cutoff18 db / octFilter 1 = 3 pole / Low-passamplitudefrequency

Section 15 — Sampled Sound Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual14FILTER 1 PagePress the Filters button. The display shows the FILTER1 page.FILTER1 Mode

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 15 — Sampled Sound Parameters15Output PageThe parameters on this page control the amplitude (or volume) of the WaveSam

Section 15 — Sampled Sound Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual16Press the Output button again. The display shows the second OUTPUT sub-page:DESTINATIO

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 15 — Sampled Sound Parameters17Wave PageThe parameters on this page control all the WaveSample pointers such as sample

Section 15 — Sampled Sound Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual18Start in steps of one percent of the entire WaveSample. Use the Data Entry Slider or t

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 15 — Sampled Sound Parameters19backward (toward the beginning of the WaveSample) with negative MODAMT values.• START —

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Section 15 — Sampled Sound Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual20Volume Mod Source Shaper PagePress the Mod Mixer button. The VOL MODSRC SHAPER page is

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 15 — Sampled Sound Parameters21since only one WaveSample can occupy a given key within a single layer.CURVE Range: CRO

Section 15 — Sampled Sound Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual22GLIDEMODE Range: various (see below)Enables Glide (portamento) and several forms of mon

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 15 — Sampled Sound Parameters23LEGATO-LYR Range: layers 1 to 8The legato layer is an ENSONIQ innovation that enables t

Section 15 — Sampled Sound Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual24VEL-MODAMT Range: -99 to +99This parameter determines the amount by which velocity will

AppendixITS-12 MIDI ImplementationThe TS-12 features an extensive MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) implementation. Fornormal applications,

Appendix TS-12 Musician’s ManualIIMODEL: TS-12 MIDI Implementation ChartVersion: 2.0Function… Transmitted Recognized RemarksBasicChannelDefaultChann

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TS-12 Musician’s Manual IndexIndex 1TS-12 IndexAAbout Drum-Maps 168AC Line Conditioning ivAccessories ixADDMode 272ADD-TEMPO-TRK command 248Adding and

Index TS-12 Musician’s Manual2 IndexDDL+ROTOSPKR+REV 80DDL- -CHORUS + REVRB 1 109DDL- -CHORUS + REVRB 2 111Delay Times/Tempo BPM Chart 288DELAYLFO+CHO

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TS-12 Musician’s Manual IndexIndex 3EQ+CHORUS + REVERB 112EQ- -CHORUS + EQ- -DDL 113EQ- -COMPRESSOR 135EQ- -DDL+CHORUS+REV 71EQ- -DDL+PHLANGR+REV 78EQ

Index TS-12 Musician’s Manual4 IndexHHALL REVERB 89HALL REVERB 2 90Headphones 295Hyper-Wave architecture 193Hyper-Wave™ 165IINCOMPATIBLE DISK CAPACITY

TS-12 Musician’s Manual IndexIndex 5Modulation Sources 146, 147MODULATION WHEEL 7Modulator 146ModulatorsAbout Modulation 349Modulation Amount 349Selec

Index TS-12 Musician’s Manual6 IndexPreset mode 12Difference from Sequencer Mode 34PresetsDefined 34Editing 36Number contained in the TS-12 35Replacin

TS-12 Musician’s Manual IndexIndex 7About 211Creating a new Sequence 221Creating a new Song 222Defined iiErasing Sequencer Memory 222Playing a Song or

Index TS-12 Musician’s Manual8 IndexBasic information 14System PITCH-TABLE 21, 203System PRESS-MODE 26SystemWAKE-UP-MODE 26TTemperature Guidelines vTe

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TS-12 Musician’s Manual Table of ContentsTable of Contents - 29Setting the GOTO Locate Time While the Sequence Plays... 278Song Locate Pag

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TS-12 Musician’s Manual Table of ContentsTable of Contents - 31RECV (MIDI Reception)...

Table of Contents TS-12 Musician’s ManualTable of Contents - 32Section 13 — StorageDisk Storage — Using the Disk Drive to Save and Load Data...

List of Tips TS-12 Musician’s Manual2 List of Tips62Changing Effect Types Quickly...

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Table of Contents TS-12 Musician’s ManualTable of Contents - 34Direct-Dialing Macros on Sampled Sound CD ROMs...

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Table of Contents TS-12 Musician’s ManualTable of Contents - 36Lack of Memory Message...

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Table of ContentsTable of Contents - 37Updating Sample-Banks Files Saved with Software Earlier thanVersion 2.0...

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Section 1 — Controls & Basic Functions1This section provides an introduction to the TS-12’s many controls and rear panel connections, aconceptual

Section 1 — Controls and Basic Functions TS-12 Musician’s Manual2System sub-page. For more information about assigning the foot switches, refer to S

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 1 — Controls and Basic Functions3Front Panel ControlsAlmost everything you do on the TS-12, whether it’s selecting a

TS-12 Musician’s Manual List of TipsList of Tips 3229To change the sound and install its effect as the current sequence or song effect...

Section 1 — Controls and Basic Functions TS-12 Musician’s Manual4Tip: Because you can use the BankSet button and the ten Bank buttons to “shop around”

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 1 — Controls and Basic Functions5Parametric ProgrammingThe method used to modify or edit sounds, presets and system p

Section 1 — Controls and Basic Functions TS-12 Musician’s Manual6To select and modify another parameter on the same page, press the soft button above

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 1 — Controls and Basic Functions7• MODULATION WHEEL — Perhaps the most common use of the Mod Wheel is to addvibrato,

Section 1 — Controls and Basic Functions TS-12 Musician’s Manual8Playing Sounds and PresetsSound MemoryEach TS-12 internal sound (ROM and User RAM) is

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 1 — Controls and Basic Functions9Using the BankSet ButtonShows the currently selected Bankpage. Pressing the Bank 0-

Section 1 — Controls and Basic Functions TS-12 Musician’s Manual10Layering (Stacking) a Sound with the Selected SoundTo layer (or stack) any sound wit

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 1 — Controls and Basic Functions11Using SoundFinder in Sounds ModeHere’s how to select Programs that have the same de

Section 1 — Controls and Basic Functions TS-12 Musician’s Manual12• Press the Up Arrow button again. The display now shows:• FULL-BODY (now underline

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 1 — Controls and Basic Functions13Sampled Sounds and SIMMsThe TS-12 has the ability to read and edit sample sound fil

List of Tips TS-12 Musician’s Manual4 List of Tips316To Quickly Return to the Root Directory...

Section 2 — System Page Parameters1These parameters control instrument-wide system functions. The settings of these parameterswill remain in effect a

Section 2 — System Page Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual2Velocity Curve DiagramKeyboard Velocity0 127MIDINote OnVelocity01276432 96643296The Velocit

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 2 — System Page Parameters30 12701276432 96643296VEL3• PNO/SYN-VEL3 — This default setting represents average velocity

Section 2 — System Page Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual40 12701276432 96643296VEL6• PNO/SYN-VEL6 — This velocity setting is for the player who want

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 2 — System Page Parameters5VEL-MAX Range: 001 to 127This parameter determines the maximum keyboard velocity value that

Section 2 — System Page Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual6actions of the Play and Stop buttons on the front panel.• STOP/CONT — the Foot Switch will

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 2 — System Page Parameters7sound while any Sounds or Presets bank page is displayed. As a performance controller, the

Section 2 — System Page Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual8Press the System button again to show the third sub-page:PITCH-TABLE Range: NORMAL, CUSTOM,

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 2 — System Page Parameters9Various ROM System Pitch-TablesBy using the data entry controls, you can select from a larg

Section 2 — System Page Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual10• JAVA-PELOG1 — One of the two main scales of the gamelan orchestras of Java and Bali is t

TS-12 Musician’s Manual PrefaceiWelcome!Congratulations, and thank-you for your purchase of the ENSONIQ TS-12Performance/Composition Synthesizer. The

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 2 — System Page Parameters11• HARMONIC-C — This is a mathematically generated scale based on the relationships of thep

Section 2 — System Page Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual12Using the U1-Programs Pitch-TablesNote: You will need the TSD-100 floppy disk that was inc

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 2 — System Page Parameters13PRESS-MODE Range: CHAN or PSETThis parameter determines the default Track Pressure setting

Section 3 — MIDI Control Page Parameters1These parameters set instrument wide MIDI parameters, such as the Base Channel number andMIDI Reception mode,

Section 3 — MIDI Control Page Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual2Note: When a Sequence or Song Track is selected, SEND will automatically be set to TR

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 3 — MIDI Control Page Parameters3Global Controllers in Mono ModeGlobal controllers are controllers sent on one channel

Section 3 — MIDI Control Page Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual4Suppose for example, you are playing the TS-12 from a keyboard with a breath controll

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 3 — MIDI Control Page Parameters5Working with MIDI LoopsWith a MIDI loop setup, the MIDI Out of the TS-12 is either di

Section 3 — MIDI Control Page Parameters TS-12 Musician’s Manual6PROG-CHG — Program Changes Range: OFF or ONThis switch controls how the TS-12 handles

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 3 — MIDI Control Page Parameters7Selecting a New Sequence or Song Effect from MIDI Program ChangesAs indicated in the

Preface TS-12 Musician’s ManualiiThe SequencerTo capture and expand on a creative idea, the TS-12 has an over 30,000 note, 24-track sequencerwith exte

Section 4 — Understanding Presets 1This section offers a basic overview of the concepts involved in selecting, creating, editing, andunderstanding TS

Section 4 — Understanding Presets TS-12 Musician’s Manual2Tip: Because you can use the BankSet button and the ten Bank buttons to “shop around” in var

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 4 — Understanding Presets 3Editing a PresetIn addition to the presets stored in memory, there is one more preset that

Section 4 — Understanding Presets TS-12 Musician’s Manual4What are Preset/Track Parameters?Preset/Track Parameters provide easy access and control for

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 4 — Understanding Presets 5• The display shows the current name of the preset with a cursor (underline) beneath the f

Section 4 — Understanding Presets TS-12 Musician’s Manual6Avoiding Confusion when using PresetsWhenever you create and save a preset, the TS-12 only “

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 4 — Understanding Presets 7Using SoundFinder in Presets ModeHere’s how to scroll through Programs that have the same

Section 4 — Understanding Presets TS-12 Musician’s Manual8the STEREO-PNO Program. STEREO-PNO is also defined with the same Program Type asFULL-BODY.•

TS-12 Musician’s Manual Section 4 — Understanding Presets 9• Press and hold Presets, and then press Sounds. The display will show:Program BankSet Lo

Section 4 — Understanding Presets TS-12 Musician’s Manual10Using Effects With Performance PresetsAll three tracks in each preset, and all twelve track