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Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................. 6
2. Front and rear panel............................................................... 8
3. Basic operation (Quick Start) .............................................. 13
4. Sample mode .........................................................................27
5. Pattern mode..........................................................................33
6. Song mode ............................................................................ 48
7. Global mode .......................................................................... 53
8. Appendices ........................................................................... 57
1. Introduction
Main features
The data you create on the ES-1
Make connections and play!
Example connections
Preparing to play
Master volume Part keys
2. Front and rear panel
Common section
Effect section
Part Edit section
Part Select section
Sequence Control section
12 3 45
Step Key section
Connector section
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3. Basic operation (Quick Start)
3. Basic operation (Quick Start)
3. Basic operation (Quick Start)
Part
Delay
Type Parameter Motion sequence
Conceptual diagram of the ES-1
Listening to a Pattern
Listening to a Sample
EDIT
Trying out the functions
Changing the tempo of a song or pattern
Using the dial to change the tempo
Using the Tap Tempo key to change the tempo
Striking keys to play Parts
Modifying (editing) the sound
Editing the effect and delay settings
Striking the part keys along with a song or pattern
Editing the sound of a part, effect, or delay while hearing a song or pattern
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Modifying (editing) a rhythm pattern
Using the step keys to edit the rhythm (Step Recording)
Using the part keys to edit the rhythm (Realtime Recording)
Erase
2 1 14 3,6
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Saving a pattern you create (Write)
Using a Motion Sequence
Connecting various sources to the audio inputs
Lets record a sample
About the Slice function
About the Resample function
Assigning a sample sound to a sample part
1,4 3 2,5
Playing with Pattern Set
Using the ES-1 as a tone generator module
Synchronizing with an EA-1 or ER-1
4. Sample mode
Sample mode
Write
Recording a sample
Selecting a sample
Specifying the start location
Start 0...3145727
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Start End 0
Fadeout
Resampling from the middle of a pattern or song
Resampling just one note of a part
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Slice
Scale/Beat
16 32
Steps to which notes are assigned
Slice sample
Other functions for editing a sample
Start
Normalize
Truncate
End
Deleting a sample (Delete Sample)
1
Lit
2,3
Checking the remaining amount of sampling area (Memory)
5. Pattern mode
Pattern A01
Pattern A01
Rhythm patterns (maximum 64 steps)Parts
Pattern (A01)
The Part Solo function
Selecting parts
The Part Mute function
Display when no parts are muted
Creating a pattern
Assigning a sample
Sample off, 00. (00.) ... 99. (99.) 00.S...49.S
Editing the sound of a part
Effect
Editing effect and delay
EFFECT
Motion Seq (motion sequence)
Effect types and parameters
Reverb
Ring Mod. (ring modulation)
Pitch Shifter
Compressor
Distortion
Decimator
Length, Scale/Beat settings
Length
32
Correspondence between step keys and note values
Scale/Beat
Swing settings
2,4
1
3,5 3
Setting the Length 1, 2, 3, 4
Creating a Rhythm Pattern
Using the step keys (Step Recording)
1
Using the part keys (Realtime Recording)
Adding accents to the rhythm pattern (Accent)
Motion sequence
Playing a motion sequence
Recording a motion sequence
Checking motion data
Playing a delay motion sequence
Recording a delay motion sequence
Copying a part (Copy Part)
4
Convenient functions for editing patterns
Erasing rhythm pattern data from a part
Erasing data during playback or recording (Erase)
Erasing all data from a part (Clear Part)
3
Data Copy within a pattern
Copy Pattern data
22,4
Erasing part, effect, or delay mo- tion sequence data (Clear Motion)
Editing motion sequence data
Selecting a motion sequence
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Editing the parameter values of a motion sequence
Pattern Set
Using Pattern Set to perform (Pattern Set Play)
3,4
1 2 3 4 5 14 15 16 1 2 3 4
Example
Saving a pattern (WRITE)
3 2,4
Playing a song (Song Play)
What is Position?
Fast-forward or rewind a song
6. Song mode
Song (S01)
Selecting a song
Song S01...S16
Setting the playback tempo
Creating a song
Creating a song from scratch
Erasing song data (Clear Song)
2,3 2
Specifying a pattern for each position Position 001...256 Pattern A01...b64
Editing a song
Inserting a pattern at a specified posi- tion (Insert Pattern)
Insert a new pattern at position 3
3
2,4 2
Recording performances or knob movements into a song (Event Recording)
1,3 5 2 4455
Deleting event data from a song
Checking for song event data
Saving a song (WRITE)
3 2,4
7. Global mode
Synchronizing the ES-1 with external MIDI devices (MIDI Clock)
Clock int, Ext
7. Global mode
Metronome settings
Metronome oFF, r-0, r-1, r-2, on
Synchronizing an external MIDI device to the ES-1 as master (int)
MIDI channel settings (MIDI ch)
MIDI ch 1...16
Setting the MIDI note num- ber for each part (Note No.)
Note No. C-1...G9
Setting the audio in mode (Audio In Mode)
Using SmartMedia
WAVE, AIFF ES-1 Save a file
Load a file
Formatting Smart Media (Format)
Saving data to SmartMedia (Save)
Memory Protect (Protect)
Lit
Saving your changes in Global mode (WRITE)
8. Appendices
About MIDI
1. MIDI channels
2. Note-on/off
3. Switching patterns
Troubleshooting
8.
The display does not light up when I press the Power switch!
No sound!
Sound does not stop!
Error messages
Er.1 Er.2
Er.3
Er.4
Er.7
Index
A
B
C
D
R
S
T
W
Pattern Name List
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Song Name List
A Bank
Sample Name List
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