Ensoniq ASR-10 help, for ASRonians.

press sample.

It will ask input source= make it say Main Outs

make sure the instrument you want to resample is solo'd or highlighted (depending on if you are sampling the sequence playback, or just playing one note. (also make sure your effect is what you want it to be at this point.

Press yes

It will be waiting for sound.

Press play to play the sequence

or

press the note you want to sample and hold it for as long as you want the sample to be (or chord, whatever)


then you win.


THAtSHOWYoUBECOMEaPLAYA

Hey ASR X / Pro users,

I have a backup problem.

I saved allsessions on zip.
from zip to my mac harddrive.

when i copy the files, and all the folders...(sessio, sounds, waves, etc..) back from mac to a zip, the ASR wont be able to read it.
it says "not readable".

any idea?

thx

#digidesigndatabasefileautocopy?

Can anyone tell me how to remove the old EPROMs from my ASR?

I've located them on the digital board from looking through the service manual but they are secured on there pretty tight and I'm reluctant to force anything in case it damages the board.. Not sure how these things are usually removed. Also, is there anything I should be careful with when putting the new ones in?



Thanks in advance.

Here you go. The ASR-10 Service manual. Check out Pg 53...
http://www.deepsonic.ch/deep/manuals/ensoniq_asr_service_manual.pdf

Check out Radio Shack for an IC or PLCC extractor tool to remove them.

Thanks JUKE 179r. I'll pick one of those up. Does it matter which extractor I get (IC or PLCC)?

...picked up a IC extractor

This kind -



I'm presuming you're supposed to use it to grip the eproms from either side and pull them away. In trying that it doesn't feel like they will come away easily. Still feels like I might damage the board if I force them. Anyone got any ideas how I can get them out safely without damaging anything..

I'd clean the pins with a q-tip and rubbing alcohol. Let it soak in and saturate the pin slots. Then ise a small flat head screwdriver and a small piece of wood to set on the board to use as a lever or pry point. Then pry with the flathead by rotating the handle, not see-sawing it. Make sure slots dry out when you are done

Thanks Grublet!

I didn't have any alcohol to clean the pins with but wedging a small screwdriver in there worked nicely.

Now have a booting ASR10

corrosion is quite an issue with the older stuff. Gets stuff shorted or stuck in or both

Now comes the next year of headaches!

I have a question that some of you may be able to answer. a producer named Eligh (i don't know if you know him) still uses the ASR-10, but his beats don't sound like they are coming out of such an old machine. (NOTE: i'm not asking "how does he do it?") but, i don't know if its the quality i'm sampling with or the cables i'm using between my equipment or my record needle, but i can never sample something and have the quality be so good. this is especially apparent in my drums, which always sound a bit dirty, even when sampled from the computer. usually it's a good thing, but if i want a really clean sample, what could i do to achieve that? i'm hearing some shit off his new album, and he uses the asr-10, but if you listen to specific things (listen to snare in this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnKyDC6Bzys), i can't imagine a sound that clean and polished coming out of my asr. is it my external equipment like my cords, or purely post-production, or what?


and i may be exaggerating a bit when i talk about how my samples are dusty, but i'm just saying, a lot of the time i have a hard time sampling cleanly and having sounds that don't sound old or stale. (mostly with drums)

the asr-10 is a very versatile machine when it comes to its sound.

you can get dirty & raw like RZA and old Alchemist

or

you can get clean & punchy like The Neptunes and Timbaland

it's all about the samples you put in, your sample source, your cables, what you're tracking your beat out to and the engineering involved.

also, make sure you're sampling at the highest quality in the ASR. you know you can lower the bit rate to get a dirty sound and more sample time.

hey,

i just bought an ASR-10 keyboard maxed out.

As soon as i turn it on it makes a humming sound...is this normal? i unplugged the SCSI drive and booted from the floppy, still getting the same noise.

peace.

Drunk

eligh still uses the ASR for all his stuff...


He uses a ton of resampliing and internal effects while he makes beats as well

download his new album Grey Crow from I tunes.



you can hear it all over the album, from the way he filters samples to the reverses and sped up loops.



the sound he gets comes from the huge analog boards Living Legends tracks through.

all of their engineering is done at a huge studio on a big board... they make scratch tracks then go record the masters there.


makes all the difference.

how do you know all this, is there an interview somewhere?
and yeah i have grey crow