Programming instructions

Section 5 — Effect Concepts ASR-10 Musician’s Manual
2 Understanding ASR-10 Effects
INST (Instrument) Effects
Each instrument that you load into the ASR-10 contains an effect and a complete set of parameter
values that determine how that effect will sound. The effect is present even if none of the voices
in the instrument are routed through the effect (e.g. all voices are sent to the AUX 1, 2, or 3
destination busses), or FX= OFF, BANK, or ROM on the FX Select•FX Bypass page. Whenever
you save an instrument, the effect settings are also saved with the instrument.
The current Instrument effect is displayed by pressing the FX Select•FX Bypass button and
scrolling with theData Entry Slider or the Up/Down Arrow buttons until the display shows FX=
INST, and edited by pressing Edit, then Effects.
Note: To delete an instrument’s effect, use the Command/Instrument DELETE INST EFFECT
Command.
Tip: When the FX Select•FX Bypass page is displayed, and FX= INST, pressing a loaded
Instrument•Sequence Track button will display that instrument’s effect. This feature provides a
quick way to view which effect is assigned to each instrument.
BANK Effect
Each bank contains an effect and a complete set of effect parameters. When selected, this effect
applies to all instrument/tracks (or their instrument voices) that are routed to BUS 1, 2, or 3. You
can think of Instrument Effects as individual effects and Bank Effect as a global effect.
The Bank Effect is saved with each bank. It will remain unaffected until a new bank is loaded,
unless it is specifically edited. Switching instruments within the bank will not select a new effect.
Whenever an independent effect file (one that is not attached to either an instrument or a bank) is
loaded from disk into the ASR-10, it is placed in the Bank Effect location.
The Bank Effect is displayed by pressing the FX Select•FX Bypass button and scrolling with the
Data Entry Controls until the display shows FX= BANK, and edited by pressing Edit, then
Effects.
ROM Effect
In addition to the Bank Effect, that can be changed by loading in a new effect from disk, or
Command/Effect, COPY CURRENT EFFECT command (more on that later in the section), there
are a large number of additional ROM Effects.
ROM Effects are similar to the Bank Effect in that they perform globally, affecting all instruments
residing in memory. However, they differ in the fact that while the Bank Effect can be replaced,
the ROM Effects are stored in Read Only Memory and will always reside in the ASR-10. Even after
turning off the ASR-10, the ROM Effects will stay in memory.
The ROM Effects are displayed by pressing the FX Select•FX Bypass button and scrolling with
the Data Entry controls. If you edit any of the parameters of a ROM effect (on the Edit/Effects
page), that effect is instantly copied into the Bank Effect location.
Tip: To return to the ROM Effect location after editing any parameters (after the ROM effect has
become the Bank Effect), from the FX Select•FX Bypass page, press Cancel•No. This function
can also serve as a handy “MIDI panic button” (all notes off) to stop any droning notes received
via MIDI.