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Following the January 1999 press release of version 4.0 software for the ENSONIQ ASR-X Pro, it was never made available for
distribution following the merger of ENSONIQ into E-mu by Creative Technology, The working beta release was OS v3.20. The
announced features - Direct Audio Sampling, Xplode!, and SoundFont bank importing were functional in OS v3.20 for the
ENSONIQ ASR-X Pro.
Extracting audio directly from a standard audio CD is a two step process: First, audition the Track(s) on your audio CD to note the
start and end times of the audio to be extracted; Second, set the From and To points, i.e., duration, of audio to be extracted.
Once you have successfully extracted the audio sample it will appear on the ASR-X Pro Scratch pad where it may be assigned to
a RAM-KIT for further processing, looping and playback.
Under Disk / Global, press LOAD - use the Value knob to scroll to the the ID of your SCSI CD-ROM - press ENTER. The display
will read...
Under Disk / Global, press LOAD - use the Value knob to scroll to the ID of your SCSI CD-ROM - press ENTER. The display will
read...
Under Disk / Global, press LOAD - use the Value knob to scroll to the the ID of your SCSI CD-ROM - press ENTER. The display
will read...
Load x: CD xx Trks
Folder: *NO FOLDERS*
Use the Parameter knob to scroll to the next option, the display will read...
Load x: CD xx Trks
1-WAV WAVE: Track 01
You can use the Value knob to scroll thru the available Tracks on the audio sample CD - press ENTER, the display will read...
Xplode!
Xplode splits up parts of an audio loop, into separate samples, similar to beat slicing tools such as Propellerhead Software
ReCycle, iZotope pHATmatic PRO, and Native Instruments Intakt.
Whether you import a sampled sound or create a sampled loop on the ASR-X Pro, your sample will appear on the Scratch Pad.
Use the SEND To Pad(s) button to invoke the the Xplode option:
Under the Resampling section, press SEND To Pad(s), the display will read...
C2...0oct..C3 SendTo
xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pads?
Press SEND a second time, the display will read...
Xplode to pads?
Press YES to proceed - the status of the Xplode process will appear in the display.
Finding events.
Please wait.
Stereo explode:
found event x.
Assigning to pads.
Please wait.
Once complete, the individual hits from your sampled loop will appear on the Pads in a new RAM-KIT, under the SoundFinder
Category DRUM-KIT, with a name similar to XploddKt_01. Save the results to a 1-SOUND
Tip: If a sample assigned to the Scratch Pad is looped, then the individual Hits generated by the Xplode process will also be
looped. Make certain your sampled loop is a one shot loop, or PlayMode=OnceForward if created on the ASR-X Pro, to create
individual hits that will playback correctly without having to go back and change the PlayMode for each individual sample
generated from the Xplode process.
Under Disk / Global, press LOAD - use the Value knob to scroll to the ID of the desired floppy or SCSI disk and folder - press
ENTER. The ASR-X Pro will recognize the SOUND FONT format (.SF2) and import the SoundFont into the RAM location into
which you want to load the sound.
Results of SoundFont bank importing vary from excellent to poor - it seems to depend on the quality and complexity of the
source .SF2 file. As stated in the ENSONIQ ASR-X Pro reference manual, a direct translation of every parameter in an imported
sound to the ASR-X Pro's architecture is not always possible (p. 91). The ASR-X Pro with OS v3.20 has difficulty recognizing a
SoundFont file on disk when the SoundFont name exceeds eight characters - it doesn't appear the ASR- X Pro can truncate the
sound file name in excess of eight characters as efficiently as it does with an ASR-SND.
Where Direct Audio Sampling and Xplode! appear to be fully functional, SoundFont importing might have stood up to further
scrutiny to make the results more predictable.