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Precautions
Location
Using the unit in the following locations can result in a malfunction
•In direct sunlight
•Locations of extreme temperature or humidity
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
Main features
Recording a new sample
Top panel
5. Pattern mode
Playing patterns
Playing the sound of a part
Using the arpeggiator
Editing sounds
6. Song mode
Playing a song
Creating a song
Editing a song
Event recording
About MIDI
MIDI Utility
Transmitting sound settings and other
data
Synchronizing playback with an
1. Introduction
SmartMedia™ slot
Pattern writing on-thefly
Arpeggiator
Display
2. Parts and their functions
Common section
1. AUDIO IN THRU key
2. TEMPO LOCK key
3. AUTO BPM SCAN key
10. RESET, ERASE key
Edit section
1. EFFECT
TYPE (effect type): Selects the type of effect
TYPE
FX EDIT1
Part select section
(DRUM PART) 1...5, 6A-6B, 7A-7B(drum part keys)
SLICE (slice part key)
These keys select drum parts. By pressing these
This key selects the slice part. By pressing this key
Arpeggiator section
1. Ribbon controller
2. Slider
Rear panel
~AC
5. AUDIO IN, ST./MONO (audio in jack)
Connect the included AC/AC power supply to this
This jack is used by the Audio In oscillator type
Items and functions in the display
1. Parameter display
2. Value display
3. PATTERN, SONG, SAMPLE indicator
8. Part status indicator
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3. Basic operation
Preparations
Playing a Demo song
4. Sample mode
Auditioning samples
Recording a new sample
Using the external input sound to trigger sampling
AUTO SAMPLING
Off
If sampling does not start when you begin playback
Editing a sample
Start
Adjusting the pitch of the sample
SAMPLE TUNE
-64.00...+64.00(Cent)
Directly sampling the sound of the ESX-1(Resampling)
Resampling just one note of a part
Slice
Beat
8.Press the WRITE/RENAME key to save the sample
If you decide to cancel mid-waythrough the procedure, press the
STOP/CANCEL key
The sliced sample will have a “ ” following its sample number
If you were not successful in creating a slice sample
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Step No
Stretch
Convenient sample-editingfunctions
before Truncate
after Truncate
Saving a sample
Deleting a sample
1.Use the dial to select the sample that you want to delete
Once deleted, a sample cannot be recovered
Checking the remaining amount of sampling area
You cannot edit this parameter
5. Pattern mode
Playing patterns
Selecting a pattern
To check which pattern is playing
To force playback to restart at the beginning of the pattern
About the timing of changing patterns
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Playing the sound of a part
Listening to the sound of a keyboard part (the Keyboard function)
Selecting a part
Drum part, stretch part, slice part, audio in part
To select a part during playback without causing it to sound
Keyboard part
Accent part
Soloing a part
Adding accents to a part
Specifying the accent locations and strength
Specifying the parts that will be accented
ACCENT SW
Transposing a phrase (Transpose)
TRANSPOSE
TRANSPOSE
Adding “swing” to a pattern
Specifying the amount of swing
Applying a roll to a part
Selecting a part and turning on the roll effect
ROLL
Setting the roll type
ROLL TYPE
Connecting various devices to Audio In
Using the arpeggiator
step key that you want to be the center note (press only one key)
4.Save the pattern
Changing the scale of the arpeggiator
ARPEGGIO SCALE
Chroma...Octave
Editing sounds
Assigning individual slices of a slice sample
SLICE NO
All
Editing the sound of a part
Editing the Part Common parameters
PITCH
-63...+63
Knob value
EG TIME
GLIDE
START POINT
PAN
LEVEL
REVERSE
Modulation
S P E E D
DEPTH
+63
TYPE
LPF
HPF
BPF
BPF+
Effects
Effect types
1. Stereo
2. Mono mix
3. Stereo cross
Effect parameters
FX EDIT1: Speed
FX EDIT2: Balance
CHO/FLG(Chorus/flanger)
Adjusts the speed of the chorus/flanger LFO. Turning the
knob toward the right will speed up the LFO
If the depth setting is too high, distortion may occur for some input sounds
PHASER(Phaser)
PITCH SHIFTER
(Pitch shifter)
FX EDIT1: Pitch
-2400...+2400
COMPRESSOR (Compressor)
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Recording a phrase
To record a keyboard part
To record the audio-inpart
To record during playback
Drum part key
Step keys
Step recording
To record a rhythm for a drum part, slice part, stretch part, accent part
To record a phrase for a keyboard part
To input a rest or tie
To move the target step
Editing pattern sequence data
Editing the trigger locations (the location of the notes)
Editing the note number (pitch)
NOTE NO
C-1...G9
Editing the gate time
BEAT
Setting the beat
BEAT
16, 32, 8Tri, 16Tri
3. Use the [ ]/[ ] cursor keys to select “beat” in the parameter dis- play
4.Turn the dial to set the beat
Moving data within a pattern
MOVE DATA
MOVE, REPEAT, RANDOM
To move data
MOVE
Copying a part
COPY PART
Copying only the sound of a part
COPY SOUND
Erasing the sequence data of a part
To erase all of a part’s performance data
CLEAR PART
To erase trigger data while recording or playing back
ERASE
Comparing the currently-editedpattern with the saved pattern (COMPARE)
Motion sequence
Recording a motion sequence
Playing a motion sequence
MOTION SEQ
SMOOTH:
TRIG HOLD (trigger hold):
Checking motion sequence data
Editing motion sequence data
Selecting the motion sequence that you want to edit
MOTION DEST
Editing motion sequence parameter values
Erasing a motion sequence for a part or effect
CLEAR MOTION
Pattern Set
Assigning a pattern to a Pattern Set
Saving a pattern
Saving by overwriting an existing pattern
Saving a pattern under a different name
6. Song mode
Playing a song
Using the dial to set the tempo
Using the tap tempo key to set the tempo
Locking the tempo of a song
Creating a song
Editing a song
Erasing data from a song
CLEAR SONG
If you erase song data by accident
Changing the pattern in a specific position
Maintaining the part mute settings even when the pattern changes
Event recording
Saving a song
7. Global mode
Saving your Global mode settings
1.Press the Global mode key
Using SmartMedia™
You can use a SmartMedia card to save or load the ESX-1’sinternal data
The ESX-1uses 3V (3.3V) SmartMedia in a range of 4 MB~128 MB capacity
Loading all data from SmartMedia into the ESX-1
Loading a single pattern from SmartMedia (Load Pattern)
You cannot save data on SmartMedia that has little remaining capacity
Loading just a single sample from SmartMedia
Loading a WAV or AIFF file
Loading from an ES (ESX-1or ES-1)file
Deleting an ESX-1file from SmartMedia (Delete File)
About MIDI
MIDI Utility
Making MIDI filter settings
MIDI FILTER
You can select which MIDI messages the ESX-1will receive and transmit
1.Press the Global key
Assigning a MIDI Control Change Number to a knob
Transmitting sound settings and other data
Transmitting/receiving a data dump
MIDI DUMP
PtBnkA...D, AllSng, Global
Transmitting
Setting the pitch bend range
Synchronizing playback with an external MIDI device
CLOCK
6.Return to Pattern mode or Song mode
When you start the sequencer of your external MIDI device, the
Playing back in sync with other Electribe models
To make the ES-1play in synchronization to the tempo of the ESX-1
2.Press the [] cursor key to change the display to read “Clock.”
3.Turn the dial of each device to set the ESX-1to “Int” and the ES-1to “Ext.”
2.Press the [] key to change the display to read “Clock.”
About synchronization in Song mode
Song Select
Song Position Pointer
pp:the number of MIDI beats from the beginning (number of timing clocks / 6))
Editing sounds
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8. Appendix
Error messages
CardBrk
Card Fmt
CardFull
FileSave
Specifications
Number of parts:
Sample capacity:
Sampling frequency: 44.1 kHz
Memory capacity:
Pattrn name list
Sample name list
Knob/Sw - MIDI List
INDEX
arpeggiator
CHO/FLG
data dump
Global mode
Selecting a song
TEMPO
system exclusive messages
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Block diagram
[Production station]
ELECTRIBE·SX (ESX-1)
MIDI Implementation Chart
Function
Transmitted
Recognized
Remarks
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