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Ensoniq Disk Tools

for Windows

Windows Disk Utility and Conversion Software for

the EPS, EPS 16-Plus, & ASR 10/88 Samplers

and TS - Series Keyboards

Glossary Table of Contents

LAYER

A unit on the EPS/ASR that holds wavesamples across one keymap of the keyboard. You can have up to 8 layers in an INSTRUMENT.

OBJECT

A unit within an Ensoniq le - for Instruments, a Layer or Wavesample; for Songs, a Sequence or Track; for Banks, a Slot Location.

PATCH SELECT

A Ensoniq innovation that selects a pre-programmed group of layers from a pair of momentary

onboard buttons.

RUBBER CHICKEN SOFTWARE CO.

The makers, developers, sole distributors or Ensoniq MIDI-Disk Tools for Windows. They also make samples for the EPS/ASR series, and other items, specically for Ensoniq samplers.

SAMPLER NAME

This area tells you what kind of sampler the computer is expecting. Once you read the EPS/ASR through MIDI, the computer nds out for itself and changes this automatically.

SOUNDVERT

The original .WAV-to-Ensoniq program. Developed by Tim Dorcas, it inspired this program.

SYS-EX (or, more properly, System Exclusive)

A MIDI standard that communicate specic messages to specic instruments. Ensoniq MIDI-Disk Tools uses this to changes just about any parameter in the EPS/ASR.

TOOLBAR LIGHTS

These lights tell you (from the left) if the MIDI is turned on so the computer can receive MIDI signals, if MIDI is coming into the computer, and if MIDI is transmitting out of the computer.

.WAV FILES

This format was developed by Microsoft (who else). It is sometimes called RIFF (Resource Interchange File Format), in contrast to AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format). The Windows-Intel platform (PC) uses mostly .WAV les. Think of it this way - it is the “PC’s sound le format. .WAV Files cannot be looped, nor do they contain multiple wavesamples. There is another .WAV type called ADPCM, which is a compressed type of .WAV le. These are usually low-quality, and are very small in size. Ensoniq Disk Tools does not support these les - convert them using a Sample Editor such as SoundForge or CoolEdit, or Awave.

WAVE OVERVIEW

A function where you can view the entire waveform, as opposed to just part of it.

WAVESAMPLE

A unit on the EPS/ASR that holds a set of parameters affecting the wavedata, and also either the

actual sample data or pointers to another wavesample that actually holds the data.

COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER Ensoniq Disk Tools for Windows is the sole property of Rubber Chicken Software Co. You are granted a license to use Ensoniq Disk Tools for Windows for your own personal use but YOU MAY NOT COPY OR DISTRIBUTE any version of Ensoniq Disk Tools for Windows. All rights reserved. Unauthorized use, duplication, or distribution is prohibited by law.

Table of Contents

Introduction Page 2 Installation Instructions Page 3 List of Files Page 3 Screen Description Page 4 Menus Page 7 Ensoniq Explorer Page 8 Settings Page 9 Instruments Page 9 Sequences Page 11 File-Type Conversions Page 12 Unformatter Page 13 Bank Builder Page 14 Wave Creator Page 16 Find Utility Page 17 Viewing Ensoniq Devices Page 18 Ensoniq CD-ROM's and ATAPI/IDE CD-ROM Drives Page 19 Waveplayer Page 21 Batch Write Page 22 Information Screens Page 23 Options Page 24 How To's Page 27 Tutorials Page 42 Troubleshooting Page 47 Contact Information Page 47 Update Policy Page 48 Final Notes Page 49 Thank You's and Legal Notices Page 50 Glossary Page 51

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Introduction Glossary

DISK IMAGE

Introduction

Ensoniq Disk Tools for Windows is the ultimate Ensoniq disk utility. Since

Ensoniq uses a proprietary disk format with the EPS/ASR samplers, you can’t use standard Windows and DOS functions with the disks and les - they simply aren’t recognized. Thus the need for a program.

Ensoniq Disk Tools for Windows not only reads, writes, and formats any oppy

or SCSI device, it also performs a number of le transfer, le converting, and le building operations. You can transfer any amount of les to and from Ensoniq oppy disks, DOS hard drives, SCSI hard drives, and any CD-ROM drive. You can convert other le formats, such as the standard .WAV and AIFF formats, and transfer them to and from Ensoniq les. And lastly, you can create and edit your own Ensoniq les - build them from scratch, add or subtract the amount of objects, and edit any paramter within. Powerful? You bet!

Ensoniq Disk Tools for Windows was conceived from and handy little util-

ity called SoundVert 1.03, a nifty .WAV to Ensoniq le conversion utility. We knew it could go a lot farther. After the rst development, it used to be called TS Tools, since the program was originally designed for TS-series owners to sample and edit their own sounds. (in fact, the name of the main executable still bears it’s name.) But since the program does have a wider scope, the name was changed to Disk Tools.

Ensoniq Disk Tools for Windows is also part of our agship program, Ensoniq MIDI-Disk Tools for Windows. It is sold separately as well, since TS-Series

owners cannot take benet of the EPS/ASR MIDI functions implemented in that program.

If you are a registered owner, you are qualied for free updates for the life of the program, which will be sent to you automatically from Rubber Chicken Software Co. There are many things we intend to add to this program to

make it more versatile for you to use.

This is an Image of an entire disk of les, as dened in the EPS/ASR. The les contained within can be Instrument, Bank, Sequence, Song, MacroFile, System-Exclusive, Effects, or Backup Files. It comes in Giebler format (.ede or .eda), or GKH format (.gkh).

EFFECTS

The Ensoniq 16-Plus and ASR-10/88 have a built-in effects chip, which you can assign param-

eters per instrument and bank.

ENSONIQ DEVICE

Refers to a oppy disk or SCSI drive that is formatted to be read by the EPS/ASR/TS equipment.

FILE IMAGE

This is an Image of a single le as dened in the EPS/ASR. It can be an Instrument, Bank, Sequence, Song, MacroFile, System-Exclusive, Effects, or Backup File. It comes in Giebler format (.efe or .efa), or .GKH format (.ins or .gkh). These images can exist on their own, or reside inside a Disk Image le.

FRAGMENTATION

In most les, the data is arranged with the data being read one byte after the other; in other words, the information is in order. But certain les may have been worked with in such a way that the le is disarranged. The le works because there is a “table of contents” (called the FAT, or File Allocation Table) that arrange it. Such a le is called a Fragmented.

GIEBLER DISK IMAGE FORMAT

Giebler Enterprises introduced this le format. It really is a 512 byte header, and afterwards it contains the exact byte contents of the Ensoniq Disk File. Within the header there is a table that lists which blocks have all zeros, and which don’t. That way the le is only as large as it as to be. EPS images use the .EDE extension (max 1585 blocks); ASR images use .EDA (max 3167).

GIEBLER FILE IMAGE FORMAT

Giebler Enterprises introduced this le format. It really is a 512 byte header, and afterwards it contains the exact contents of the Ensoniq File. It can be an Instrument, Bank, Sequence, Song, Macro, System-Exclusive, Effects, or Backup File. EPS les use the .EDE extension, and ASR les use the .EDA extension. NOTE: the differences between an EPS and ASR le-type are minimal. Really, it species if the le has pertinent information relating to new parameters within the 16-Plus/

ASR, or that the type of effect is and ASR or 16-Plus.

.GKH IMAGE

This format is the oldest, developed by a guy named Goh King Wah (what a name - thus the G K H format). It is a short header, followed by the exact contents of the Ensoniq le. There is no skip table, and the bytes do not follow 512 byte boundaries. To make it more confusing, les with this extension MAY BE A DISK IMAGE OR FILE IMAGE OF EPS OR ASR TYPE. Ensoniq Disk Tools’ rule is that .GKH should be Disk Images, and .INS les are File Images, and converts things that way. However, Ensoniq Disk Tools will recognize both types.

.INS FILE IMAGE

The .ins le extension was implemented by Michael Chen, the author of EPSDisk, a program that put together many of Goh King Wah’s programs. Michael needed a le type that would represent a File Image, and since by that time the Giebler utilities had come, he adapted the exact same header, but used a different extension. So a .ins le is exactly the same format as the Giebler .efe./,efa format.

INSTRUMENT

A unit on the EPS/ASR that contains up to 8 Layers and up to 127 wavesamples.

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Thank You's and Legal Notices

Thanks to the excellent set of beta-testers involved with this project (in particular Ted Bicknell, Fred Hoover, Nathaniel Gillette). You can be a pseudobeta-tester too - just contact us and give us your opinion!

Thanks to Michael Hyman for the clever designer icon.

Thanks also to Robby Berman, Steve Coscia, Al Blake, Tony Ferrera and Bert

Nuskirk of Ensoniq, whom we always count on for assistance and friendship, and Eric Geislinger and Jane Talisman of the Transoniq Hacker, whom it only seems days ago when we had a Mirage and we picked up our rst Hacker and

read it cover to cover.

Installation Instructions

1. Take your CD-ROM and insert it into your CD-ROM Drive. The setup program should start up; otherwise type d:\setup in START-RUN, where “d” is the drive letter of your CD-ROM Drive.

2. Double-cluck on the Chicken icon within the new Ensoniq Disk Tools Program Group, and you are ready to roll! If the program has problems at any point, don’t hesitate to call or write Rubber Chicken Software Co. at contact

addresses.

And nally thanks to the programs of CoolEdit (David Johnston), WinZip, EPSSENSE (Jeffery Richter), and the Ensoniq Disk Manager (Gary Giebler) for the creative genius and inspiration these programs gave ours.

Legal Notices

Ensoniq Disk Tools for Windows was compiled using Microsoft Visual Basic

3.0, 4.0, and 5.0 Professional Version, Microsoft Word 7.0 for Windows 95, and the Ensoniq ASR-10, EPS 16-Plus, and Original EPS (no TS was used!).

ENSONIQ, EPS, EPS-16 PLUS, TS-10, TS-12, and ASR-10 are trademarks

of ENSONIQ Corp.

“GIEBLER”, GIEBLER ENTERPRISES, ENSONIQ DISK MANAGER, ENSONIQ DISK EXTRACTOR, “EDA”, “EDE”, “EFE”, and EFA are trademarks of

Giebler Enterprises.

Glossary

.AIFF FILES

This format is usually used with Apple computers. It stands for Audio Interchange File Format. The format is actually better used with Ensoniq wavesamples because the byte-ordering (the way the bytes are arranged in the le) is the same, whereas .WAV orders the bytes in an opposite way. Think of AIFF this way - it is “Apples sound le format.”

4. If you are updating this program, don’t hesitate to delete the old les or

directories.

After this, you’re set!

LIST OF FILES

Program Files

dt32.exe

rcsfx.efx

Text and Help les

readme.txt disktool.hlp

ActiveX Controls

tabctl32.ocx msoutl32.ocx msghoo32.ocx

Operating Systems and Templates

eps249os.efe eps13os.efe asr353os.efa

Dynamic Link Code Libraries

msvbvm50.dll System directory esd32.dll App directory

.DLL OLE les (all in system directory)

(note: these are all 16-bit versions of the le. In the

shipping version of Windows 95, there are 32-bit

versions of the same les, with the same names.

That is why they are not necessary to be included

with the 32-bit version of Tools.)

typelib.dll storage.dll oc25.dll compobj.dll ole2.dll ole2disp.dll ole2nls.dll

If the program has problems at any point, don’t hesitate to call or fax us at

our contact addresses.

COMMON DIALOG

A standard Open or Save As Windows dialog that navigates Drives, Directories, and Files within DOS devices. Ensoniq Disk Tools uses these whenever possible; however, it uses a replacement when it becomes necessary to navigate Ensoniq devices as well.

DISK FILE

A le saved to your hard drive that stores all the parameters of an instrument read by Tools. See

File Image.

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Screen Description Final Notes

Screen Description

The Main Screen of

Ensoniq Disk Tools is

designed for most of your major functions. It can be used as a starting point for almost all

operations. Please note

that it can be resized,

to offer a wider view to

your screen. However,

you will notice it has

a minimum size. The program will show properly down to a 640x480 screen

resolution.

.WAV-AIFF List Box

This displays all or some of the .WAV Files on the drive marked above in the drive box. In the Options dialog, you can set whether this box shows all the les

in a particular directory, or all the les in the drive itself. Ensoniq Disk Tools stores the path information, so it isn’t shown.

Typical Functions:

Click to select a .WAV-AIFF le, or select multiple les Press Space Bar to hear the .WAV le (if you have a sound card) Right-click selected .WAV-AIFF le(s) to perform operations Drag a selected .WAV le to another Box to convert or transfer it

Disk List Box

This displays all or some of the Disk Images on the drive marked above. In the Options dialog, you can set whether this box shows all the les in a particular

directory, or all the les in the drive itself. Ensoniq Disk Tools stores the path information, so it isn’t shown. If the Disk Image is invalid, it will give you a warning when you click on the selection. If there is fragmentation, Disk Tools automatically defragments it when selected.

Typical Functions:

Click to see the contained les in the Instrument/Layer/WS box Right-click selected Disk Image(s) to perform operations Drag to extract les to File Images or .WAV/AIFF Files

Final Notes

A couple of things to keep in mind. Please report any alleged bugs that you might come in contact with. Also, if you have any ideas about how to make Ensoniq Disk Tools for Windows better or easier to use let me know. Here are a few numbers to

keep in mind.

EPS/ASR/TS Internet users Group

epsasrts@soundcentral.com

Send subscribe requests to epsasrts-request@soundcentral.com Essential for in-depth Ensoniq probing

These next two numbers may not be available anymore. Ensoniq does not exist, and the Transoniq Hacker ceased publication a couple years ago.

Ensoniq Corp.

155 Great Valley Parkway Malvern, PA 19355 Customer Service (610)-647-3930 Customer Service e-mail: music-support@ensoniq.com

Transoniq Hacker

1402 SW Upland Dr. Portland, OR 97221 (503)227-6848 E-mail: interface@transoniq.com

Thank You’s and Legal Notices

Thanks very much to John Bodenstein, whose extra patience and helpful assistance made this project possible.

Thanks to James Olsen for his generous help and partnership in SoundCentral.

File List Box

This displays all or some the File Images on the drive marked above. In the Options dialog, you can set whether this box shows all the les in a particular

directory, or all the les in the drive itself. Ensoniq Disk Tools stores the path information, so it isn’t shown. If the File Image is invalid, it will give you a warning

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Thanks also to Stephan Sprenger of Prosoniq, who helped us immensely with the effects le format.

Thanks to everyone who gave their comments and help, especially on the Internet Ensoniq mailing list; especially Dietmar Tinhof and Paul Najar.

Update Policy

Updates to this program are free for the lifetime of the program. Starting with updates after Version 2.2, Revision/Build 22, Ensoniq Disk Tools updates will be available again on our Web Site. They will be in the form of "Patches", les you download to update your currently installed program.

You will need at least Version 2.2, Revision/Build 22 to use this system. You will simply click the Update Button on the main screen in the program - that will bring up your browswer, dial the Internet, and take you to a Web page that will inform you on the availability of an update. If there is one, it will display a

link for you to download it. You will not need to incrementally update. Your only concern is to update your version to the current one displayed.

Screen DescriptionUpdate Policy

when you click on the selection. Unlike the other boxes on the Main Screen, you can only select one File Image at a time.

Typical Functions:

Click to select a File Image Right-click the selected File Image to perform operations Drag to extract waves, include in a Disk Image, or write to Ensoniq volume

Objects List Box

This displays the Objects (Layers, Waves, Sequences, Bank Listings, etc.) contained within a Disk Image or File Image, depending on what is currently

selected in the other boxes.

Typical Functions:

Click on a Layer (Sequence) to see the Wavesamples (Tracks) Right-click the current selection to perform operations Drag to convert Objects into les Click on [space bar] to hear Wavesample over sound card

These "Patches" ARE NOT COMPLETE PROGRAMS. They only update your current installation. If you need another complete version, it will need to be snail-mailed to you at a $5.00 ($8.00 international) charge.

You can always be fully updated; that is, get all the les needed for a full installation, by following these steps:

Download the Disk Tools Setup File and install it on your computer. Make

sure you note the directory you installed it in.

Start the Disk Tools program le, named dt32.exe (it must be version 2.2

revision 22 or later) from within the directory you specied when installing the Disk Tools Setup File.

IF YOU CAN CONNECT TO THE INTERNET FROM THIS COMPUTER

Click the Update button on the Disk Tools main screen, and follow the

prompts from the web page that it dials.

IF YOU CANNOT CONNECT TO THE INTERNET FROM COMPUTER

Click Help, and go to the About box. Note the Version number and the Revision number (such as 2.2.25). When you can connect to the Internet, use this syntax to get to the correct web page:

www.chickensys.com/cgibin/update.cgi?type=Disk%20Tools&maj=[Major

Version Number]&min=[Minor Version Number}&rev=[Build Number]

For example, for Version 2.2, Revision/Build 29, you would go to: www.chick-

ensys.com/cgibin/update.cgi?type=Disk%20Tools&maj=02&min=02&rev=29

Save your update le to oppy disk or other backup medium.

Ensoniq Devices List Box

This displays the current contents of the selected device in the Drive Box for Ensoniq volumes. You may drag items to any other List Box to exchange les.

Typical Functions:

Status Bars

This displays critical info you need to know as you work with the program.

Drive Box for .WAV Files

Click on this to change the Drive for the .WAV-AIFF List Box

Drive Box for Disk and File Images

Click on this to change the Drive for the Disk List Box and the File List Box

Drive Box for Ensoniq Devices

This selects which device you want to see Ensoniq-format information for.

Object Button

This reloads the contents of the Objects List Box.

Ensoniq Devices Button

Reloads the contents of the selected device the Drive Box, and displays it in the Ensoniq List Box.

.WAV-AIFF Button

Adds to the WAV-AIFF List Box. Displays a Common Dialog where you can nd a particular le from any directory or drive.

Right-click the selected le(s) to perform operations Drag to write a le to DOS hard drive

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Screen Description Troubleshooting/Support

Disk, Files Button

Adds to the WAV-AIFF List Box. Displays a Common Dialog where you can nd a particular le from any directory or drive.

Refresh Files

Clicking the Refresh Button on the Main Screen refreshes the contents of all the List Boxes with their current les.

Explorer

This displays the Ensoniq Explorer screen. You may do intensive Ensoniq oppy disk and SCSI management here. For more information see Page 8

Find

This enables you to nd an Instrument le within a Drive’s worth of Disk Images or File Images. Click to bring up the Find dialog to start your search. For more

information see Page 17

Options

Displays the Options dialog, where your major program preferences are made.

See Page For more information see Page 24

About

This tells you how to reach us, and what version:revision the program le is.

Troubleshooting/Support

At Rubber Chicken we pride ourselves for the personal support we can give, because we believe the only important problem to you is your own problem! (Makes sense, doesn’t it?)

But before you call/write in for support, we do ask you of some requirements.

a) Please describe the problem specically (what screens come up,

what do they say VERBATIM, any repeatable steps we can describe so we can duplicate the error here). If you say “it doesn’t work”, we’re sorry, that just isn’t enough for us to go on. IT IS VITAL THAT WE CAN REPLICATE THE ERROR. We need to know what is the dif-

ference in your computer that is causing the conict.

b) It is VERY HELPFUL, in case of errors in reading parameters, to

send us the File Image le that your are reading. Zip the le up using WinZip or related program (it will compress to a very small size)

and attach it in an e-mmail message to us. These are very helpful in determining what the problem is.

d) Tell us which revision of the program you are using, what platform (Win95 or Win 3.x).

e) If the program “crashes”, please be specic - does the computer

freeze, or do you get an error dialog? What does the dialog say?

Contact information

Rubber Chicken Software Co.

714 5th Street SE Willmar, MN 56201 USA Toll Free Order Line: 1-800-8-PRO-EPS (800-877-6377) Tech Line, Fax, and Int’l: 1-320-235-9798 E-mail: support@chickensys.com Web Page: www.chickensys.com

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Tutorial - Building a directory & saving files to Ensoniq SCSI Drive

the left-hand box again, and selecting Write Directory.

7) You may enter a directory just like you do a regular dialog box - double-click

on the name or icon.

8) After you are nished writing the directories, start adding your les.

9) Click on the DOS option on the screen - then you will nd the standard DOS directory-le structure.

10) Find your File Image - a double-click on it - a button will appear that will be ashing Write…

11) Click again on the Ensoniq option, and nd the directory where you want the File Image.

12) Click on the ashing Write… button - the File Image will be written there.

13) Continue until you are done.

Automatic Method: This is a more efecient method, especially for large op-

erations.

1) Prepare yourself - have a piece of paper written out (or text le written out) saying exactly where you want to put things.

2) Make a directory that will hold all the sounds you intend to put on your hard drive - give it any name you want.

3) Within that directory, make your total directory structure, like want you wrote down, and follow the rules below:

a) Do not put more than 38 les and directories within a single directory

- since Ensoniq only allows 38 les in a directory, Disk Tools will ignore all les after writing 38.

b) To make a directory, create a DOS directory, and name it with a digit

between 1-38; this will be the le number of the directory when it is written on your hard drive. Then make a text le named x.rcs (x representing the same number as your directory), and write within it the name of that

directory. This method is required because a directory require two pieces

of information: the le number and name.

4) After you are nished, use the Restore SCSI Drive function to “restore” your volume setup into the SCSI Drive.

Menus

Ensoniq Disk Tools holds a lot of power behind right-clicks. That’s the way of Windows! The following are a list of menu items. NOTE: Not all options may be available, depending the status of your settings. For example, if you have a Song File Image selected in the File List Box, your options will be slightly different than if you had a Instrument File Image selected. Please see the correspoding Page number For more information see Page on a certain menu item.

Pop-up for .WAV-AIFF List Box

Write to Disk -Single Inst Page 34 Write to Disk - Multi Inst Page 34 Convert to File Image Page 34 Convert to Multiple Images Page 34

Edit

Normalize Gain Page 38 Sample Rate Page 39 Sample Editor Page 38 Info Page 23

Pop-up for Disk List Box

Write to Floppy Page 29 Read From Floppy Page 28 Batch Write Page 22 GKH -> Giebler Page 42 Extract Page 35 Edit Disk Image Page 35 Create Disk Image Page 35 Settings… Page 9 Test Disk Image Page 42 Info Page 23

Pop-up for File List Box

Write to Floppy Page 29 Create Disk Image Page 37 Add To TS Disk Image Page 41 Create Bank Page 14 Optimize Song Page 36 Import SMF Page 39 Export to SMF Page 39 Settings… Page 9

Test

File Page 41 Directory Page 41 Drive Page 41 Info Page 23

Pop-up for Object List Box

Create Layer Page 37 Create Wavesample Page 37 Delete Page 37 Copy Page 37

Edit

Normalize Gain Page 38 Sample Rate Page 39 Sample Editor Page 38 Rename Page 37 Settings… Page 9

Pop-up for Ensoniq Devices List Box

Format Device Page 29 Write to Disk Image Page 28 Write to File Image Page 28 Save As… Page 28 Write Operating System Page 41 Write Directory Page 33 Format Page 29 Delete File Page 37 Create Bank Page 14 View Blocks Page 18 Check Disk Page 38 Unformatter Page 13 Info Page 23

Pop-up for Ensoniq Explorer (DOS-Mode)

Disk Image to Floppy Page 29 File Image to Floppy Page 29 File Image to SCSI Page 31 .IMG to SCSI Page 31 Save As…

Pop-up for Ensoniq Explorer (Ensoniq-Mode, Directory Tree)

SCSI to .IMG Page 31 DOS Batch to Ensoniq Page 31 Write Operating System Page 41 Write Directory Page 33 Format x Page 29 Delete File/Directory Page 37 Check Disk Page 38 Modify Banks Page 14 Backup SCSI Device Page 32 Restore SCSI Device Page 32 Print Page 42 Info Page 23

Pop-up for Ensoniq Explorer (Ensoniq-Mode, File Tree)

Floppy to Disk Image Page 28 File Image to SCSI Page 31 Save As… Page 28 Write Operating System Page 41 Info Page 23

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Ensoniq Explorer Tutorial: Altering parameters directly to disk

7) When you are nished, right-click on the File List Box, and select the

Ensoniq Explorer

Although the Main Screen may do all you want out of Ensoniq Disk Tools, you may need a tool that gives you ultimate control of your Floppy or SCSI Drive. This is the Ensoniq

Explorer.

Write To Floppy option, write it to disk, and pop it into your Ensoniq

instrument.

You should have a full-edged Instrument!

Tutorial: Altering parameters directly to disk

Let’s take an example where you have a EPS/ASR disk you have been using, and want to change the release time a sample.

The Ensoniq Explorer provides a

way of seeing your whole heirarchy of les on your SCSI Drive at the same time. It also enables batch moving and copying of les from one platform

to another.

There are two modes: DOS and Ensoniq, selectable with the option control on the right. DOS Mode is mostly identical to the standard Common Dialog box. Ensoniq Mode shows the Disk Label text box above the Mode Selector, and a space information box. Also, the Drives box shows Floppy (for the oppy drive), the corresponding SCSI numbers, and ATAPI Drive 0 for ATAPI/IDE CD-ROM Drives.

SCSI Compatibility

Ensoniq Disk Tools for Windows is equipped to communicate through ASPI

compatible SCSI devices on your computer. This requires two things:

ASPI software drivers

ASPI (Adaptec SCSI Protocol Interface) was produced by Adaptec, a major leader in SCSI technology, and is pretty much the de facto standard with SCSI interfaces. Adaptec has made the ASPI-protocol public, and would like all SCSI interface manufacturers to make their SCSI interfaces and their drivers compatible with the ASPI specication. If your SCSI Interface is an Adaptec, then the card and the drivers are fully ASPI compliant. Many other drivers are fully, or at least partially, ASPI compliant. If you have a question, contact your SCSI interface manufacturer. Disk Tools uses standard ASPI calls, thus it requires ASPI-compliant drivers to communicate to.

An ASPI-compatible SCSI interface

Obviously, the drivers don’t do any good if the Interface doesn’t understand what the drivers say. Again, contact your SCSI Interface manufacturer on ASPI-compatibility.

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1) Put the disk in your computer’s oppy drive, right-click on the Disk List Box, and select Read From Floppy.

2) Once the Disk Image is nished being written, use the Extract… option to extract the desired Instrument as a File Image. (Note: this will not be necessary in future versions of this program - you will be able to modify the actual Disk Image.)

3) Go to the File List Box, and select the new File Image.

4) Right-click on the selection in the File List Box, and select the Set- tings… option. The Settings dialog will come up.

5) From there, nd the WaveSample that you want to modify, and click the ENV3 tab.

6) Change the Release parameter setting to the desired length.

7) Close the Settings dialog with the OK button, and right-click the selection in the File List Box, and select Write To Floppy - this will write the File Image onto your diskette again (note: it will ask you to Overwrite

- do so).

Tutorial: Building a directory structure and saving

les onto a Ensoniq SCSI Drive

Major project, but Ensoniq Disk Tools gives you the “tools” to do so. You can do this manually, writing the les one by one, or do it automatically, which for most medium or large operations, is more efcient.

Manual Method: This is good for small operations. For larger operations, see

the Automatic method.

1) Prepare yourself - have a piece of paper written out (or text le written out) saying exactly where you want to put things.

2) You must have all the les ready on your computer in File Image format (this will change in future versions of Ensoniq Disk Tools).

3) Click on the Explorer button. This brings up the Ensoniq Explorer.

4) Right-click on the left-hand box, and select the Format SCSI Device option.

5) The prompts will guide you through the formatting process.

6) Once it is nished, start by writing all your directories - do this by right-clicking

Tutorial: Editing an Ensoniq Wavesample with an external Sample Editor

This is a powerful feature of Ensoniq Disk Tools. Directly from Disk Tools, you can open up your favorite Sample Editor and edit a .WAV-AIFF le, or even an Ensoniq wavesample, and directly do edits on it. Works with great programs like CoolEdit and SoundForge. This is a great way to truncate waves exactly, or normalize their gain, add amplitude envelopes, create effects within the sample, and many other features.

1) Open the Options dialog, and under the Sampler Editor frame, browse to nd the executable le (.exe) which is your Sampler Editor.

2) If your Sampler Editor supports AIFF les, select the AIFF button. Otherwise, select .WAV.

3) Type 44100 in the Sample Rate box. This ensures that your le will

play back at a rate which your Editor can play back at.

4) Close the Options dialog, and select the desired Wavesample you

want to edit.

5) Right-click, and select Edit…Sample Editor

6) Your Sample Editor will start, and load in your wavesample.

7) Perform any edit with it - truncate, normalize, compress, chorus, what-

ever.

8) Close the Editor; at that point control will turn over to Disk Tools, which will write the new le information back to the File Image where the Wavesample existed. NOTE: If you changed the length in anyway, the looping information will be incorrect. You will need to re-loop the

sample.

SettingsTutorial: Editing an Ensoniq Wave with an external Sample Editor

Settings

Viewing and Changing Disk, Instrument, and Sequence Parameters

This is where you can change individual settings of any Instrument. Below is an explanation of

the Tabs.

General Information: Tells you the size in

bytes on the disk, block size, how many layers, wavesamples. In the case of Disk Files, it also tells you what les are within the Disk Image.

Instrument List Box (Disk Files only): Shows you what les are contained within the Disk Image. Click on any one to show the Layers and Waves in their respective boxes, and to edit the individual parameters within.

Layer List Box: Shows the Layers within the presently selected Instrument. Selecting a Layer will automatically select the rst Wave within the Wavesample List Box, if there is one.

Wavesample List Box: Shows you the Waves contained within the currently selected Instrument. Selecting the Wave will also automatically select the proper Layer in the Layer List Box.

Tutorial: Building new Ensoniq instruments

This is a little tougher, but let’s stick it out.

1) Find several .WAV or AIFF les in the WAV-AIFF List Box, and select

them.

2) Right-click on the WAV-AIFF List Box.

3) Click on Convert to File Image option.

4) Your les will start converting, but after the rst wavesample, the KeyRange dialog will appear, asking you to select the keyrange in the Layer for that specic wavesample. Select it using the mouse and the keyboasrd, and select Save Changes.

5) After you are done with that, if you need to create a New Layer in the new Instrument, right-click on the Inst-Layer-WS List box, and click on

the Create Layer selection.

6) If you wish to change any of the default parameters, right-click on the Inst-Layer-WS List Box, and choose the Settings… option. This will bring up the Settings dialog, where you can edit the parameters.

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Instrument

You can edit the Instrument’s Name, Key Range, Pitch, Transposition, Pressure Mode, and MIDI Status from here.

Layer

You can edit the selected Layer’s Name, Delay, Glide Mode, Glide Time, Legato Layer, and Delay from here.

Pitch

You can edit the selected Wave’s Root Key and Key Range from here. You can access to the KeyRange dialog from this Tab:

Settings Tutuorial: Saving File Images to Floppy Disk

Filter

You can edit the selected Wave’s Filter Cut-Off’s and Env2 Amounts from

here.

Tutorial: Saving File Images to Floppy disk

There are many of these les on the Internet. This is how you can write them to a oppy disk to use with your Ensoniq.

Amplitude

You can edit the selected Wave’s Volume, Pan, and Output Bus from here.

Env 1, 2, and 3

You can edit the selected Wave’s envelopes from here. NOTE: This is not available in the current version.

Wave

You can edit the selected Wave’s Loop Mode, Sample Start, Sample End, Loop Start, Loop End from here.

LFO

You can edit the selected Wave’s Mode, Speed, Delay, Speed Mod Source,

and Speed Mod Amount from here.

Effect You can edit whichever effect is selected effects. WARNING: This does not

work with 3rd-party effects, such as Waveboy’s.

Lists

These record the contents of the currect File Image or Disk Image. By clicking on these you determine which object you are working with. There is a Layer List, Wavesample List, and in the case of Disk Images, a File List.

This closes the Settings box, saving all your edits that have not been applied

already.

This closes the Settings box, but reverts all your edits back to the original settings, except the ones saved by Apply.

Apply

This permanently saves your edits made so far without closing the dialog.

1) Find the proper le in the File List Box, and select it.

2) If you can’t nd the le, click on the Disk, Files Button, which brings up a Common Dialog, where you can nd it

3) Right-click on the Disk List Box.

4) Click on Write To Floppy option - the prompts will lead you from there.

If the le is larger than the space available on the diskette that is inserted, the program will let you know. If the le is larger than the capacity of the disk, Disk Tools will split the le into however many disks is required.

Tutorial: Converting .WAV or AIFF les directly to

Ensoniq Floppy/SCSI Device

Again, we have tried to make this as easy as possible.

1) Find the .WAV or AIFF le in the WAV-AIFF List Box, and select it.

2) Right-click on the WAV-AIFF List Box.

3) Click on Write To Disk - Single Inst option

4) A Save As… Dialog will display - you will be able to choose what En-

soniq device you want to write to.

Tutorial: Converting Ensoniq wavesamples into

.WAV or AIFF les

Right now, you are able to extract WaveSamples only from File Images - in the future you will be able to do this from Disk Images as well.

1) Locate the File Image in the File List Box, and select it - note the hier-

archy of the Instrument comes up.

2) Find the WaveSample you want to convert to a .WAV or AIFF le

3) Drag that WaveSample over to the .WAV-AIFF List Box, and drop it.

4) A Common Dialogwill come up, asking you which directory to place that WaveSample. If you wish to rename or change the type of le you want to write, you may do so here.

5) Click OK on the Common Dialog, and there you have your le! It will be 16-bit, since all Ensoniq wavesamples are 16-bit. You now can play the le from the Windows Media Player or other utility. This function supports both Mono and Stereo WaveSamples.

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Converting GKH to Giebler/Tutorial Viewing Ensoniq Disk Directories Settings - Song and Sequences

Converting .GKH les to .EDE/EDA (Giebler) les

Methods

Right-Click in Disk List Box, if .gkh le is selected, select GKH -> Giebler

A .GKH le has a slightly different format than the Giebler le format (which is the more popular, and is which this program uses). You can convert a .GKH le type to a Giebler type using this feature.

Writing Ensoniq Volume Listings

Methods

Right-Click in Ensoniq Explorer Directory List, select Print

Writes a Tab-delimited le called Rcvolume.txt to the Tools application directory. Doesn't print anything to the Printer.

Tutorial: Viewing Ensoniq Disk Directories

This is where you can view and modify Song and Sequence information.

Song Name

Displays the selected Song Name. You may edit this to be changed.

Sequence Name

Show the Name of the selected

Sequence within the Song. You may

edit this as well.

Time Signature

Edit the Time signature for the selected Sequence.

Tempo

Edit the Tempo of the selected Sequence.

1) Put the Ensoniq Disk in your oppy drive.

2) Click on the Ensoniq Devices button

3) The Root directory will display.

Tutorial: Saving Ensoniq Floppies to your Computer

You do not need to view the Ensoniq directories before this operation.

1) Insert the Ensoniq oppy into your drive.

2) Right-click on Ensoniq Devices List Box, and select Write To Disk Image

3) You will get a Common Dialog so you can name your disk image and select the directory where it will go. Your named extension must be .eda (for HD disks) or .ede (for DD disks). If it is not, it will use the Default File Type as noted in the Options dialog.

Tutorial: Saving Disk Files to Floppy

We have tried to make this as easy as possible.

1) Find the proper le in the Disk List Box, and select it.

2) If you can’t nd the le, click on the Disk, Files Button, which brings up a Common Dialog, where you can nd it

3) Right-click on the Disk List Box.

4) Select the Write To Floppy Disk option - the prompts will lead you.

The program will know if you will need a low-density or a high-density diskette, based on what the Disk Image requires.

Loop

Turns on or off the Loop for the selected Sequence.

Time Display

Shows how many bars and how long in minutes and seconds for the selected

Sequence.

Tracks

Select the Track you wish to view and edit the Event Information for, per the selected Sequence. All unused Tracks are grayed out.

Event Screen

Shows all the events, in chronological order, of the selected Track for the selected Sequence. Double-clucking on the event allows you to edit all aspects of it. INSERT allows you to add an event, and DELETE allows you to delete

the selected event.

File Name

Displays the DOS le name that you are editing.

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File-Type Conversions How To: Testing Files

FileType Conversions

Testing Files

Methods

Ensoniq Disk Tools for Windows can convert File Image to many different

formats - Original EPS, EPS 16-Plus, and ASR-10/88 format. With the EPS/ ASR’s themselves, there are certain restrictions - you can’t load an ASR Song in a Original EPS; you lose the effects that are programmed in an ASR sounds when you load them into and 16-Plus, and so on. Ensoniq Disk Tools can convert les to different platforms with the minimum of quality loss.

File conversions are made using the Restore SCSI Device command, or on the Main Screen level by choosing Convert…, which brings up the dialog on the right:

Right-Click in Disk List Box, select Test Disk Image Right-Click in File List Box, select Test…

This operation tests the selected le thoroughly and checks if it is a error-free le to run in a EPS/ASR without crashing.

Within the File List Box, you may test the selected le to test only, or all the Instrument les in a directory or Drive. Currently only Instrument les and Disk Images are testable. Other les will be testable in a later version.

Splitting Large Files to Multiple Floppies, Combining

Presently only these File-Types can be translated:

ASR Inst to 16+ Inst ASR Bank to 16+ Bank ASR Song to 16+ Song ASR Seq to 16+ Seq 16+ Inst to ASR Inst 16+ Bank to ASR Bank 16+ Song to ASR Song 16+ Seq to ASR Seq

For example, if you have a backup of a CD-ROM that was done with ASR FileTypes, you can do a Restore, and select the 16-Plus File Type. All the ASR Banks, Instruments, and Songs/Seqs will be translated to 16-Plus format. Otherwise, these les would not even show up for loading on a 16-Plus!

When translating ASR Instruments, the Effects les are switched and the parameters preserved whenever possible - when an ASR effect does not have a 16-Plus counterpart, the closest possible effect is selected.

When 16-Plus les are translated to ASR format, they are actually changed to the ASR File-Type (as if the ASR actually wrote them). It may be true that the ASR shows the 16-Plus le-types, but there is some small translations as they come in (effects, one or two additional parameters). If you change a 16-Plus le to ASR File-type, and then change it back to 16-Plus File-type, you will have the exact same le.

Splitting

If you have a File Image that is bigger than the oppy that you are attempting to write it to, Disk Tools will erase all the contents of that disk and write all the possible blocks of information. It then will continue to prompt you for oppy disks until the le is written.

Combining

When Disk Tools encounters a le that is Part 1 of a multi-part le (formed by the above), it will write that le as normal. If it encounters a multi-part le that is above Part 1, it will prompt you to select the le it is to append itself to. Disk Tools will not write a Part 2+ le to your computer - it must append it to Part multi-part le.

Writing Operating Systems to Ensoniq Volumes

Methods

Right-Click Ensoniq Devices List Box, select Write Operating System Right-Click Ensoniq Explorer Directory List, select Write Operating System

This will write an Operating System to your selected Ensoniq volume. You will be prompted on which OS you want to write (EPS, 16-Plus, or ASR). The exception is if it is a DS/HD, then it will write the ASR OS. Note that it is NOT required that the volume be empty, as the Ensoniq requires.

The OS les are provided along with the program, and their locations are determined by what is inputted in the Options dialog.

Eventually, all File-types will be made available for conversion, and in addition, cross-conversions will be available (such as ASR Sequence to a EPS Song).

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How To: Working with TS-type files and disks Unformatter

Standard MIDI File (SMF) Conversions

Unformatter

Methods

Right-Click File List Box while a Song File selected, and select Import SMF Right-Click File List Box while nothing is selected, and select Import SMF Right-Click File List Box while Song/ Seq File is selected, select Export SMF Right-Click in Object List Box while a Song or Sequence File, or Track Ob-

ject is selected, select Export SMF

Standard MIDI Files are what we Ensoniq-ers would consider Sequence les with an innite amount of tracks. The Ensoniq format supports Song les, which are les that contain up to 80 Sequence les, with 8-10 Track objects

inside them.

Importing

You can import a SMF and make a new File Image by right-clicking the File List Box while nothing or something other than Song File Image is selected. You can insert a SMF as a new Sequence le in a Song le (provided that there is less then 80 within the le) by choosing Import SMF while a Song le is selected.

Exporting

You can export a Song or Sequence le into a SMF. With Sequence les, the le is simply converted into a single SMF. With Song les, you are given the option of creating separate SMFs for every Sequnce le contained, or you can make one SMF that has all the Sequences linked together.

This is accessed by right-clicking on the Ensoniq Devices List Box on the Main

Screen when no device is selcted. This powerful feature can restore previously

erased les due to formatting, accidental (or purposeful) damage or erasure.

Files are really magnetically erased when they are deleted. Instead, the Directory entry is simply cleared so the le isn’t available anymore, and the blocks in the File Allocation Table (FAT) are set to empty. The magnetic data is still there, until the space is needed by another le being written.

Running the Unformatter scans your Ensoniq device (be it oppy or SCSI Drive) and grabs the contiguous Ensoniq les it sees. (Contiguous means that the le is all in one place, and not scattered around the disk.) It then tests them for integrity, to make sure they are valid contiguous les, sorts them out, and writes them to your computer’s hard drive as File Images. It then takes the used leftover blocks (not the empty ones, of course), and tries to piece together as many les as it can. Lastly, it looks in all possible recoverable directories and tries to guess the entire original directory structure, and sorts it out on your computer’s hard drive.

After that is nished, you can perform a Restore SCSI Device command from the Ensoniq Explorer and restore your hard drive, either the original one or another or a another cartridge (if it is removable).

Working with TS-type les and disks

Methods

Select le in File List Box, if TS 1-SEQUENCE le, select Write to Floppy Drag TS 1-SEQUENCE File Image from File List Box, drop on Ensoniq

Devices List Box

TS 1-Sequence les are integrated into the Disk Tools paradigm. They have the extension .eft in the File List Box; you may Export them to SMF, or you can import a SMF to a TS 1-SEQUENCE le. You also may save them to a TSformatted oppy disk.

TS-type oppy disks are readable, writable, and can be viewed in Ensoniq Disk Tools.

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Bank Builder How To: Editing Sample Rate

Bank Builder

Editing Sample Rate

Methods

One of Ensoniq Disk Tools most exciting fea-

tures, the Bank Builder allows you to create and

edit any EPS or ASR Bank le and supplement it with

your own parameters. This is an incredibly powerful tool that enables you to avoid the tedious process

of blindly building the bank

from within the EPS/ASR.

Right-Click in .WAV-AIFF List Box or Object List Box, and select Edit…

Sample Rate

Displays a dialog showing the present Sample Rate and a box asking you

what rate you want to convert it to. NOTE: This function does not affect the wavedata in any way - it simply changes the parameter of the .WAV/AIFF le

or Wavesample Object. Sample Rate is NEVER a function of wavedata itself. With Ensoniq’s CONVERT SAMPLE RATE, they change the wavedata to preserve the pitch of the sample at the Root Key. We don’t, since the root key can be changed to accommodate this function - and even better, you can change the rate and be non-destructive about it.

Playing .WAV les

Bank Name

This shows the bank name and it’s path. With Ensoniq volumes, this makes a template le called tempbank.efe (or tempbank.efa for ASR banks). It is removed after editing or cancelling.

Methods

Hit [space bar] while le in the .WAV-AIFF List Box is selected Hit [space bar] while an Ensoniq Wavesample in Object List Box is selected

Bank Type

Each Ensoniq sampler has a different type of bank le. The Original EPS did not use bank labels, so it did not take those into account. The 16-Plus used bank labels, plus the idea of individual tracks and effects were taken into account. Finally, the ASR implemented a longer bank entry, in order to store longer paths (in cases of hard drives). This allows you to select the bank type.

This cancels any edits you have done, or in case of creating a new Bank le, does not write the Bank le in the selected device.

Presets

Opens or closes the screen to include the Preset information.

Drive (edit)

This allows you to select the drive that the selected entry will point to.

Label (edit)

This allows you to specify the disk label you want the selected entry to point to.

Path (edit)

This allows you to specify the Ensoniq le path for the selected entry.

Be careful to press the [space bar] again after the sound has nished, whether you are in Loop mode or not. For more information see Page

Converting Different Ensoniq File-Types

Methods

Right-Click in File List Box, select Convert…

Ensoniq made three related samplers - the Original EPS, the EPS 16-Plus, and the ASR-10/88. Each improved on a basic le structure. Disk Tools allows you to translate each le format to work with a different sampler. For more

information see Page 12

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How To: Check Disk Bank Builder

Check Disk

Methods

Right-Click in Ensoniq Explorer Directory List (when in Ensoniq Mode),

select Check Disk

This scans the entire Ensoniq volume, verifying the location and integrity. Errors are given with a message dialog at the end of the scan.

Entry List

This shows you the specic entries that the bank contains. There are 8 slots, plus one for the Song.

Volume (edit), Pan (edit), or Output Bus (edit)

This allows you to specify the volume, panning, or Output for the selected entry.

Bank Effect

This allows you to specify the Effect that is stored within the Bank le.

Editing Samples with an external Sample Editor

Methods Right-Click in .WAV-AIFF or Object List Box, select Edit…Sample Editor

Preset Volume

This allows you to specify the Volume that is stored within the selected Preset.

Selecting the above method opens up the Sample Editor chosen in the Options dialog. Perform your edits, and then close the Sample Editor application. This will write the edited data back to the le automatically. You also have the option of predetermining the sample rate of the sample as edited in the Sample Editor

- this will NOT be permanent, as the original Sample Rate is written back to the le upon closing. It is also advised that you select the AIFF option in the Options dialog; as it is much faster to translate the Ensoniq wavesample into an AIFF le than it is a .WAV le for the Sample Editor to edit.

Normalizing Gain

Methods

Right-Click in .WAV-AIFF or Object List Boxes, select Edit…Normalize Gain

Depending on which you select, this will modify the wavedata so it will output at the maximum possible level. This does not basically affect the sound, although there is some argument on whether a low-level-recorded wavesample “sounds” better than high-output wavesample with the Volume parameter down. Just like the Ensoniq Normalize Gain parameter, this function does not have an Audition or Undo - since it is hardly necessary. (If you think the function adds noise to the sample - it doesn’t; it just raises the perceptible audible level of the noise. Simply lower the volume using the appropriate Volume parameter, or better yet, resample the sound at a better signal-to-noise ratio (or get rid of that hum!!!).

Preset Pan

This allows you to specify the Panning that is stored within the selected Preset

for the selected Instrument.

Preset Output Bus

This allows you to specify the Output Bus that is stored within the selected

Preset for the selected Instrument.

Preset Key Range

This allows you to specify the Key Range that is stored within the selected

Preset for the selected Instrument.

Preset Transpose

This allows you to specify the Transposition that is stored within the selected Preset for the selected Instrument.

Preset FX Control

This allows you to specify the Effect Control parameter that is stored within the

selected Preset for the selected Instrument.

Instrument for Preset

This selects the Instrument Slot in which the the selected Preset is pointing to.

Preset Number

This selects Preset Number.

Effects Control (edit)

This allows you to specify the Effects Control parameter for the selected entry.

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Wave Creator How To: Deleting Files/Directories

Wave Creator

The Ensoniq Disk Tools ex-

clusive enables you to make your own waveforms. It is quite

primitive at the moment, it only supports basic waveforms,

which you can mix and match

in differing ways.

Image. Upon choosing Settings when a Layer is selected, it will route you to the Layer tab, while when a Wavesample is selected, it will route you to the Pitch Tab. Of course, once you are in the Settings dialog, you can route yourself anywhere within the Image you want. For more information see Page 9

Deleting Files/Directories

Methods

Select desired les, Right-Click on any List Box, select Delete File/Dir Select desired les, press DELELTE

Harmonics

Set the various harmonics levels that current wavesample will have.

Waveshapes

This is the list available waveforms that can be written.

Add

Adds a waveshape to the list.

Clear

Clears the waveshape list.

Waveshape List

These are the waveforms that will be added together and mixed harmonically using the Harmonics frame to form your nished waveform.

Play

If you have a sound card on your system, it will play the current waveform as composed on the dialog.

Create

Displays a Common Dialog so you can name your composed waveform, and save it as a .WAV or AIFF le.

Single les, multiple les, and whole directories (including contained les).

Working with Banks

Methods

Double-Click on any Bank le on a Ensoniq volume or a File Image

Displays the Bank Builder dialog, and shows the current parameters of your Bank le. For more information see Page 14

Working with Objects ( Layers and Wavesamples)

Methods

Right-Click in Object List Box, select Create, Delete, Copy, or Rename

Layer or Wavesample (depends on current selection)

Create

Create Layer makes a blank layer within a File Image, while Create Wavesample makes a new Wavesample within the selected Layer. This will be a 1 block (128 sample) wave. The waveshape can be selected in the Options dialog box.

Delete

This works seemlessly with Layers and Wavesamples. If there are any original wavesamples in the deleted Object, Disk Tools passes the data to the lowestnumbered copy that exists; if not, then the wavedata is deleted.

Copy

The Copy dialog will appear, giving you the option of making parameter-only copies, or parameter+data copies.

Rename

This creates a text box over the Object in the Object List Box, allowing you to rename it. Pressing Enter saves the operation.

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How To: Automatically Adding File Images to Disk Images Find Utility

Create Image

Creates a Disk Image with all the listed les in it.

Add to List

Brings up a Common Dialog, asking you to insert a le. You can delete a le by selecting it & pressing DELETE.

File List

Shows the current les contained in the Disk Image. Pressing INSERT allows you to add a le, pressing DELETE deletes the selected le.

Status

Shows how many free and used blocks in the Disk Image.

Cancel

Stops operation and does not create an image or edit the selected Disk Image.

Find Utility

What if you don’t know where a certain Ensoniq le is, and you don’t know the DOS le name

- you just know the Ensoniq 12-character name? This is a common situation - especially if the le is in a Disk Image - how can you nd it?

The Find Utility looks in the selected drive, and checks all the Disk image directories and File Images, looking for the le in question.

Automatically Adding File Images to Disk Images

Methods

Drag File Image from FileList Box, drop on desired Disk Image in Disk List Box

This will put a File Image into the Disk Image you have dropped it on. Disk Tools will then prompt you, asking you if this is what you want to do. In the case that the File Image is too large to t in the Disk Image, Disk Tools will inform you, and cancel. This works with fragmented or unfragmented Disk Images.

Optimizing Song Files

Right-Click in File List Box, when a Song is selected, select Optimize Song

All Ensoniq OS's have a bug where a Song will grow to consume a large amount of memory. This function wil take a Song le and erase the unnecessary data, shrinking it ot it's smallest possible size.

Batch Writing

Methods

Right-Click in Disk List Box, select Batch Write

This invokes the Batch Write function, where you can write multiple Disk Images to oppies very easily. For more information see Page 22

Parameter Editing

Methods

Right-Click in Disk, File, or Object List Boxes, select Settings…

Name

Ensoniq 12-character (maximum) names you are looking for. They can be ANY name - Instrument, Directory, Song, Sequence, Effect, etc. For multiple names, separate using a semi-colon (;) and DO NOT include a space. Leftand Right-leading spaces are ignored by the Find Utility; in other words, { MR BRASS} and {MR BRASS} are the same. However, spaces within a name are

essential to the name.

Type

To shorten your search, you can specify what le extensions you want to look under. Options are provided for Disk Images (.ede, .eda, and .gkh) and/or File Images (.efe, .efa, .ins), or even your own custom extension.

Write to Floppy

During or at the end of your search, you can have the Find Utility attempt to write the le to oppy. If the le is in a Disk Image, it will be extracted and written.

Find

Starts the operation.

Status Bars

Shows you the status of the operation and what directories are being checked.

This is your access to editing parameters in a File Image or Disk Image. On a Disk Image, this will route you to the General tab, where you can choose the File you want to edit. On a File Image, it will take you to the General tab as well, which will be slightly different due to the unique characteristics of a File

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View Ensoniq Devices How To: Converting Ensoniq Wave(s) to .WAV/AIFF file(s)

View Blocks on Ensoniq Devices

Ensoniq Disk Tools enables you to

view and edit the byte contents of an

Ensoniq oppy disk or SCSI Drive. This

viewer also shows the locations of the

objects within a le, and allows you to directly access them. Three viewing preferences are available; Hex, Dec,

or ASCii (Hexadecimal-base16, Decimal-base 10, alphanumeric characters). The PageUp and PageDown

buttons on your keyboard increment or

decrement the current Block. A Block is 512 bytes.

Read Block

Reads the block (512 bytes) indicated in the text box below, and displays the contents on the Byte Screen.

Save

This saves the changes you have made, and continues the process.

Restore

Restores the original settings when the dialog appeared.

Key Range Keyboard

Drag across the keyboard to select keyranges for wavesample selected on the WS List.

Status

Shows you the current layer in which you're editing the key map, and the current Wave selected.

Wavesample List

This shows the current Wavesamples within the Layer listed in the Status area.

Converting Ensoniq Wave(s) to .WAV-AIFF le(s)

Methods

Drag selected Layer or Wavesample from the Object List box, drop on

.WAV/AIF List Box

Dragging a layer will extract all wavesamples within that layer to individual .WAV or AIFF les. Copied wavesamples will get their wavedata from the original wavesample, so there is a possibility of having many wavesamples with the same/ redundant data. A Common Dialog will display, giving you the option to change the default names and le-type. The default name given the new .WAV-AIFF le will be the Instrument Name plus the Wavesample number; and the type will depend on what is selected under the Sample Editor option in the Options dialog.

Block Number

The Block (512 bytes) that is being read.

View Type

When Hex is selected, all values in the Byte Screen are in Hexadecimal notation (0-F). If selected to Dec, everything is notated in Decimla notation (0-9). If selected to ASCii, everything is displayed in Character notation. Standard ASCii charcters are shown (32-127), and spaces are indicated by dots.

Device

The device that is being read. This must be an Ensoniq device.

Extracting File Images from Disk Images

Methods

Right-Click in Disk List Box, select Extract Drag selected object from Object List Box (when a Disk Image is selected),

drop on File List Box

With the Extract method,you will be prompted for the DOS directory in which to put the new File Images in. All the les within that Disk Image will be extracted. This works on fragmented and unfragmented Disk Images. The Drag method allows individual les to be extracted.

Byte Number

The current starting byte of the line.

Creating and Editing Disk Images

Methods

Byte Screen

Shows the bytes in the current Block (512 bytes) as indicated in the Text Box to the right.

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Right-Click in File List Box, select Create Disk Image Right-cluck on Disk List Box, select Edit Disk Image or Create Disk Image

This allows you to create a New Disk Image, or edit a Disk Image with the selected File Images contained within. Create Disk Image starts a new Disk Image, while Edit Disk Image shows the current state of the Disk Image. Create Disk Image within the File List Box starts a new Disk Image with that File Image contained automatically.

How To: Converting .WAV/AIFF files to Ensoniq format Ensoniq CD-ROM's on ATAPI/IDE CD-ROM Drives

Converting .WAV or .AIF les to Ensoniq format

Ens

oniq CD-ROM’s on ATAPI/IDE Drives

Methods

Right-Click in .WAV-AIFF List Box, select Write to Disk - Single or Write to

Disk - Multi

Right-Click in .WAV-AIFF List Box, select Convert to File Image or Write

to Multiple Images

Drag selected .WAV-AIFF le, drop on Object List Box

Ensoniq Disk Tools supports reading Ensoniq CD-ROM’s on both SCSI CDROM Drives and ATAPI (IDE) CD-ROM Drives. CD-ROM Drives are treated just like hard drives, although you cannot write to them. ATAPI/IDE CD-ROM Drives appear just like SCSI Drives, underneath the Ensoniq Devices List Box

on the Main Screen.

The Write To Disk methods enable a no-hassle way of getting .WAV of .AIF

les directly to a oppy disk. This can be helpful for TS owners who use EPS/ ASR samples. You may make multiple selections on the .WAV-AIFF List Box.

The Convert to File Image and Convert to Multiple Images options simply

makes a File Image(s) from the les you have selected.

Write to Disk - Single means that all the .WAV-AIFF les selected will go into one Instrument File on the oppy disk, and Write to Disk - Multi means that 1 Instrument File will be made for every .WAV-AIFF le selected. The Convert x functions work the same way, only they refer to File Images.

Process: Select the .WAV-AIFF le(s) you want to convert. Right-click on the appropriate option. If you are only converting one le, the conversion will do it’s thing, and then complete (if you choose a Write to Disk option, it will write to disk). However, if you are converting multiple les, a KeyRange dialog will appear, looking like this:

Select the wavesample you want to select the keyrange for on the List Box, and then drag the cursor across the keyboard to denote the key range. When you release the cursor, the keyranges in the List Box will be updated, with even the other keyranges reecting the changes you made on the wavesa-

mple you selected. BE CAREFUL! You can make it so a wavesample you are

not editing be without a keyrange at all - if this happens, it will disappear from the List Box.

Select Save Changes to continue converting - or if you made a mistake, press Restore Original Settings, and try again.

The information below is included for completeness; the information is obsolete, however.

Ensoniq CD-ROM’s, ATAPI Drives, and Win95

In it’s innite wisdom, Microsoft chose in Win95 to disallow any low-level access to CD-ROM drives. Yikes! That’s the way we can read Ensoniq-formatted CD-ROM’s on Disk Tools. But you can still make this happen - you will have to follow these steps to go back to the 16-bit (Win 3.x) way of accessing the CDROM drive. This way, the CD-ROM drive is open to low-level access.

INSTALLING THE CD-ROM DRIVER and MSCDEX.EXE

Older versions of Windows (called Win 3.x), treated IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM’s like this: since the Operating System (MS-DOS) didn’t support CD-ROM Drives, it had to use an OS extension. This le is MSCDEX.EXE. A typical MSCDEX.EXE line in AUTOEXEC.BAT goes something like this:

C:\WINDOWS\MSCDEX.EXE /S /D:ASPICD0 /V /L:L /M:12

(NOTE: new Win95 users may not have a AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG. SYS le. This is the le that older Windows versions used to load startup programs automatically. Win95 still supports it - if you don’t have one in your Root directory, make one using NotePad.) This tells DOS to run MSCDEX.EXE, placed in the C:\WINDOWS directory. The following switch is very important:

/D:ASPICD0

This is very important. There is one other le that must be loaded BEFORE MSCDEX.EXE, in CONFIG.SYS, in order for MSCDEX to work. This is the CD-ROM driver itself. This is usually supplied by the CD-ROM Drive maker - or it comes with the computer, if your CD-ROM Drive came

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computer. Part of the standard protocol of a CD-ROM Driver is that it names itself, like this:

DEVICEHIGH=C:\SCSI\ASPICD.SYS /D:ASPICD0

MSCDEX must refer to the same name you specify in the driver line in

order to connect them up.

To summarize, you must have:

1) Both MSCDEX.EXE and the proper CD-ROM Driver on your system.

2) An AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS le in your Root Directory on

your Boot drive (usually c:)

with a name that is similar to the actual Instrument Name. This way you can

identify the le in DOS easier. However, the .RCS extension for the directory are retained, because otherwise you would lose the last 4 letters in the directory name, because DOS only permits 8 character directory names. The .RCS le contains the full Ensoniq 12-character name, for reference

upon Restore.

Remember that if you back up using this method, you will lose the order in which the les are placed within the directory. Files are given the appropriate extension according to their le type (ASR-type gets .efa, EPS gets .efe). You may make multiple selections, and copy to a single DOS directory.

Please see Page 8 (Ensoniq Explorer section) for further information about

what Ensoniq Disk Tools requires from your computer to work via SCSI.

DISABLING THE WIN95 CD-ROM DRIVER

But Win95 is more evil than this! Upon startup, by default, Win95 unloads this CD-ROM Driver/MSCDEX stuff and loads it’s own CD-ROM Driver, called CDFS.VXD. Very evil! This driver says “NO” to ddling, and so far we have not found a way to directly access the drive, and Windows95 does not let us read a non-standard format like Ensoniq’s from it’s CDFS. VXD system. So we are back to square 1.

The solution is to turn off the 32-bit CD-ROM Driver system (CDFS.VXD) from within Windows95, thus allowing the CD-ROM Driver/MSCDEX com-

bination to stay in effect. To turn off CDFS.VXD, go to CONTROL PANEL- SYSTEM-DEVICE MANAGER-CD-ROM’s. Uncheck the CD-ROM from it’s

normal conguration.

If this doesn’t work for you, or if you don’t see this prompt or checkbox, you can also rename the CDFS.VXD le in the windows\system\iosubsys directory. This causes an invisible error when Win95 loads up, and in turn does not unload the CD-ROM Driver/MSCEDEX drivers.

To summarize: Windows 3.x used a somewhat elaborate system to get CDROM Drives to work in the system. It also is open to ddling - which is good for programmers like us. Ensoniq Disk Tools can import les Ensoniq CD-ROM’s in a IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM Drive only if it uses the Driver/MSCDEX system.

Currently, most computers we have tested will work with the CD-ROM Driver/ MSCDEX approach, as far as Ensoniq Disk Tools reading Ensoniq CD-ROM’s. If you encounter, please contact us.

SCSI Mapper

When perform the Restore SCSI Drive command, Ensoniq Disk Tools al- lows you to change certain aspects of the les written to the SCSI Drive, in order to t a specic requirement.

Bank Mapping

You can change the Disk Label and the SCSI numbers on each Bank le that is written. This can preserve the locations the Bank le points to, so it will work with the new SCSI ID of the drive and the new Disk Label. Each SCSI ID can be mapped to another.

File Type Conversions

You are given the option of translating each le type to correspond to another, ensuring the best possible compatibility with the Ensoniq sampler that will be using it.

For more information see Page 12 on converting File-types.

Writing Directories to SCSI Drives or Floppies

Methods

Right-Click in Ensoniq Devices List Box (when a SCSI Device is selected),

select Write Directory

Right-Click in Ensoniq Explorer Directory List (in Ensoniq Mode when SCSI

is selected), select Write Directory

Writes a Directory in the currently selected Directory. A dialog comes up,

asking you to name the Directory.

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Backing up and Restoring SCSI Drives

Methods

Right-Click in Ensoniq Explorer Directory List (in Ensoniq Mode when SCSI

is selected), select Backup SCSI Drive

Right-Click in Ensoniq Explorer Directory List (in Ensoniq Mode when SCSI

is selected), select Restore SCSI Drive

WavePlayer

Ensoniq Disk Tools supports the playing of .WAV les and Wavesamples within Ensoniq File Images.

Playing .WAV les from the .WAV-AIFF List Box

Select a .WAV les from the .WAV-AIFF List Box. The le must be the only one selected. Hit the [space] bar, and the .WAV le will start playing.

Playing Ensoniq Wavesamples

Select a Wavesample from the Instruments, Layers, and Waves List Box. Press on the [space] bar, and the wavesample will convert itself to a temporary .WAV le, and begin playing.

This is for le-by-le backup of your SCSI drive. Takes the les one by one off your drive, and makes File Images under the proper DOS directories on your DOS drive, in the same conguration as organized on your SCSI drive. It is recommended that you use a fresh drive, as well as with the Restore command.

We wanted to improve on the Giebler EDM method of backing up - EDM’s method is to make a big proprietary .EFE le (notice that with EDM it doesn’t become EFA with ASR - it stays EFE). The problem with that is that you can’t

view the contents nor modify it.

Our method is an improvement. Within the destination directory, Disk Tools creates an identical directory structure within DOS. This way you can edit the

directory placements and move the instruments around as you please.

There are two methods of backing up and restoring.

File Numbers

This looks a little tricky, but there are reasons for it. Since DOS has no “le numbers” within a directory, but the Ensoniq le system does, what we do is make the File Image le names the le number (e.g.; if MR BRASS is File #2, it becomes 2.efa). The instrument names are kept intact. In the case of directories, there are two possible problems - 1) DOS le names are 8 characters, and that is not enough for a 12 character Ensoniq directory, and 2) directories are stored within le numbers as well. So, we name the directory with a number as well (for example, 3), and store the name in a le with the

extension *.rcs.

File Names

This does what you would expect - extract each le and name it under DOS

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Within the Options dialog there is a prompt named Loop Played Sounds. If this is selected, the .WAV le will loop continually until you press the [space] bar again. Then it will play once more, and stop. If it is not selected, the .WAV le will play only once, but the [space] bar still needs to be pressed again to

clear the system.

NOTE: The .WAV le MUST have a sampling rate that is supported by your sound card/driver in order to play. Otherwise, it will not sound. For example, if DOG.WAV is sampled at 30K, and your sound card only supports 44.1, the .WAV File will not play.

Also, remember that using Edit…Sample Editor on a Ensoniq wavesample transports it to an external Sample Editor, where the wavesample can be

played.

Batch Write How To: Copying Ensoniq Files from SCSI Drive to Computer

Copying Ensoniq Files from SCSI Drive to Computer

Batch Write

Ensoniq Disk Tools includes a handy Batch Writer, for you to specify groups of Disk Images that you want to write to oppy without the hassle of selecting

them all the time.

Admittingly, this is something we use at Rubber Chicken Software Co. for mass disk duplication - it makes the job much easier. Hopefully you

will have a use for it as well.

Titles

This is a name that you give to each category of File Names. Pressing INS enables you to add Titles, while pressing DEL enables you to erase Titles.

(File Images)

Methods

Double-Click on File in the Ensoniq Explorer Right-Click in Ensoniq Explorer File List (in Ensoniq Mode), select Ensoniq

to File Image

Files are given the appropriate extension according to their le type (ASR-type gets .efa, EPS gets .efe).You may make multiple selections, and copy to a single DOS directory.

Please see Page 8 (Ensoniq Explorer section) for further information about

what Ensoniq Disk Tools requires from your computer to work via SCSI.

Copying File Images to Ensoniq SCSI Drives

Methods

Double-Click on a File Image in the Ensoniq Explorer (in DOS mode) Right-Click in Ensoniq Explorer File List (in Ensoniq Mode), select DOS

Batch to Ensoniq

Files Names

These are the File Names that are associated with the Title selected. Pressing INS enables you to add Files Names, while pressing DEL enables you to erase File Names.

Start

This starts the process of writing the Disk Images to oppy.

With the Double-Click method, the dialog will automatically switch to Ensoniq Mode, and uncover a blinking Write button - select the directory you want to the File Image to go to, and the le will be written to that directory.

The DOS Batch to Ensoniq function is for when you want all the File Images in a DOS directory to go to a single directory within the SCSI Drive.

1) In Ensoniq mode, select the Ensoniq directory you want the les to go.

2) Perform the Method above.

3) You then will be prompted for the name of the directory you want created to put the les in. If you do not want a directory created, select Cancel. Note: If the le number chosen is 5, Tools will warn you that a

MacroFile is best placed on that File Number, for boot reasons.

Please see Page 8 (Ensoniq Explorer section) for further information about

what Ensoniq Disk Tools requires from your computer to work via SCSI.

Reading/Writing Raw Images of SCSI Drives

Right-Click in Ensoniq Explorer Directory List, select SCSI to .IMG Right-Click in Ensoniq Explorer Directory List, select .IMG to SCSI

Simply reads or writes a raw image le (stored as an .IMG le). Everything

stays as it was stored.

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Operating System

If checked, will write the Operating System le; which one depending on the radio button

selection.

Information Screens

Type

Choose the proper media you want to format.

Please see Page 10 for further information about what Ensoniq Disk Tools requires from your computer to work via SCSI.

Viewing Ensoniq Device Info

Methods

Right-Click in Ensoniq Devices List Box, select Info

This shows the amount of blocks available on a non-formatted disk, the amount of free blocks to be used on the disk, the revision, and the disk label.

Viewing Disk Image and File Image Info

Methods

Right-Click in File List Box, select Info Right-Click in Disk List Box, select Info

For Disk Images, this shows Disk Type, Disk Label, Blocks Used, Blocks Free, the DOS File Size, and the full path of the Disk Image. For File Images, this shows the Instrument Type, the File Type, the Name, how many Blocks it occupies, the DOS File Size, and the full DOS path.

When you select Info on a Menu, you will get one of the corresponding Info screens describing the object you want Information for.

This is the Information screen for Disk Images.

This is the Information screen for File Images.

This is the Information screen for

.WAV and AIFF les.

Navigating through Ensoniq SCSI Drives

You will nd this limited within the Main Screen - the Ensoniq Devices List Box only shows you the one directory at a time. For full, expanded viewing, use the

Ensoniq Explorer.

The Ensoniq Explorer functions like the Win 3.x Common Dialog screen. You may peruse through many directories of a Ensoniq SCSI drive (hard drive and CD-ROM), and identify any le you desire. You may make multiple selections from the le box, and use a number of operations to write the les to your

computer.

For more information, see the Ensoniq Explorer menu options, or see Page 8, the section on Detailed SCSI Drive Navigation, or for further information about what Ensoniq Disk Tools requires from your computer to work via SCSI.

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This is the Information screen for Ensoniq volumes.

Options How To: Copying File Images to Floppies

Copying File Images to Floppies

Options

Of course, there are many ways of setting up Ensoniq

Disk Tools to fit your own personal needs. This is what

the Options dialog is all about.

Default File Extension and Effect

This the File Extension given when creating new Instruments, or the defaults in Common Dialogs when they are accessed. The Effects box contents are different with each File Type, since different effects are available for the EPS and ASR, and even when they are the same they use different le information.

Methods

Right-Click in File List Box, select Write To Floppy Drag selected le in File List Box, drop on Ensoniq Devices List Box

If the disk you insert is not formatted, Ensoniq Disk Tools will prompt you to format the disk. Files may span across multiple disks - the rst disk must be completely full, and further les may be broken up in any size on any amount

of disks. Multiple selections may be made only from the Ensoniq Explorer. If

the le will not t on the oppy, Ensoniq Disk Tools will prompt you.

Copying Disk Images to Floppies

Methods

Right-Click in Disk List Box, select Write To Floppy Right-Click in Ensoniq Devices List Box (when Floppy is selected), select

Write To Floppy

Drag selected le from Disk List Box, drop on Ensoniq Devices List Box

Loops

When new Ensoniq wavesamples are created (either from scratch or from WAV-AIFF les), this determines whether they will be looped, and by how much. You may indicate a percentage - 100% means the entire wavesample will be looped; while 1% usually means a short loop.

Primary Drives

You have the option of selecting the a: drive as your Floppy Drive, or the b: drive. You can select both drives, for writing Disk Images.

Initial Wavesample Key Range

When new Ensoniq wavesamples are created (either from scratch or from WAV/AIFF les), this determines what KeyRange they will occupy.

Operating System Locations

This species what File Image Ensoniq Disk Tools will read out of when writing a OS to a oppy or SCSI device. The three most current Ensoniq operating systems come with the program - EPS249OS.EFE, EPS13OS.EFE, and

ASR353OS.EFA.

New Wavesample Waveshape

This determines the waveshape of new wavesamples that are created from

scratch. You have the option of Triangle, Square, Sine, Sawtooth Forward, Sawtooth Backward, and Pulse.

You may unformatted or formatted oppy disks - the Ensoniq formatting is dovetailed while the Disk Image is being written. You may select which oppy drive (a or b) that is written to in the Options dialog. You may select the a: drive, the b: drive, or both if you wish. You may make multiple sections in the Disk List Box (drag-and-drop is not available then)and the program will consecutively write them to the oppy drive, or you may use the Batch Write feature to organize specic groups of Disk Images to write. .EDE, All Disk Image types are supported.

Formatting Floppies and SCSI Drives

Methods

Right-Click in Ensoniq Devices List Box,, select Format x Right-Click in Ensoniq Explorer, select Format x

Displays the Format dialog.

Disk Label

Enter in the Disk Label of the disk you want to format, maximum 7 characters. Does not apply to Original EPS disks.

Quick Format

Will simply erase the root directory and FAT table of already-Ensoniq-formatted disks. Hard Drives are always Quick-formatted; there is no low-level formatting, as it is usually not

necessary.

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How To: Copying Floppies to Computer (Disk Images) Options

Copying Floppies to Computer (Disk Images)

Methods

Right-Click in Disk List Box , select Write To Disk Image Right-Click in Ensoniq Device List Box (when Floppy is selected), select

Write To Disk Image

Drag mouse from Ensoniq Device List Box (when Floppy is selected), drop

on File List Box

Error Protection

This is for debugging purposes only - we suggest that you leave this on; otherwise, the program will not work as designed.

Loop While Play

When playing a sound with the space bar, this species if the sound will keep on looping innitely, or stop when it comes to an end.

Ensoniq Disk Tools will automatically select the proper extension for you

in the Common Dialog that comes up. .GKH les cannot be created in Disk Tools; however, they can be read.

Copying Ensoniq Files from Floppy to Computer (File Images)

Methods

Double-Cluck on a le in the Ensoniq Devices List Box Double-Cluck on a le in the Ensoniq Explorer Drag selected le in Ensoniq Devices List Box, drop on File List Box

Ensoniq Disk Tools will automatically select the proper extension for you in

the Common Dialog or Save As… dialog that comes up. .INS les cannot be created (they can be read from); however, you can always rename the exten-

sion from efe/efa to .ins yourself.

Copying Files between Ensoniq Devices

Methods

Right-Click in Ensoniq Devices List Box, select Save As… Double-Cluck on selected le in Ensoniq Devices List Box

Only Ensoniq Disk Tools allows you to write an Ensoniq File from an Enso- niq Device to another Ensoniq Device. The Save As… Common Dialog is an imitation of the stand Common Dialog, but adds several options in the Drives box (Flop a for Ensoniq oppy, and SCSI x for Ensoniq SCSI drives), and is more specic when an Ensoniq drive is selected to save to (since a File Number has to be specied). You can change the Instrument Name by changing it in the File Name box. When an Ensoniq Device is selected as the one to save to, you must specify a File Number to write to (by selecting it in the File list), or the OK button will not be available.

Sample Editor

Location: This identies the location of the .exe le of your external Sample

Editor (CoolEdit, SoundForge, etc.). When this is not blank, the Edit… context menu will come up when you right-cluck the Objects List Box when a File Image is chosen.

Sample Rate: Since most sound cards play back at limited rates (usually

only 44.1K), this options allows the Edit-Sample Editor function to change

the Sample Rate for you before the temporary copy is sent to the external

Sample Editor. This way the Sample Editor will audibly play it without giving your a “invalid sample rate” message.

.WAV/AIFF: This is the format in which the external Sample Editor will use to

edit. If your Editor supports AIFF, use this option - it imports much faster.

Test Files

Brings up a Common Dialog, allowing you to select any Instrument File Image or Disk Image to test for validity. If there are errors, a dialog box shows up to

tell you what they are.

View Blocks

This allows you to view the individual contents on a Ensoniq oppy disk or SCSI Drive. For more information see Page 18

Adjust efe/a

If this box is checked, during a Refresh Files command, Disk Tools will check if the actual File Type is and EPS or and ASR type le. If the extension is wrong (efe should be EPS, and efa should be ASR), the extension is changed and

the records updated.

Main Screen List Mode

The Disk Tools Main Screen can view either a Drive’s worth of information, or only a Directories worth. Sometimes a Drive can have thousands of .WAV les, or File Images, for example. Selecting Directory List Mode allows you to simply look at a Directories’ worth of les at a time. You will notice that the Drive Buttons disappear for the appearance of Directory Labels.

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Wave Create

This gives you the ability to create your own waves. In the furture, this area will house a Transwave maker, more complex Csound-type of sound creation, among other things.

Command Line Options

Ensoniq Disk Tools supports opening up les directly from the Win95 Explorer. Here’s how to change your set up to accomplish this:

1) Within Explorer, double-click on any one of these les: *.EDE; *.EDA; *.EFE; *.EFA; *.GKH; *.INS.

2) You will get a dialog like the one on the right:

3) Type a description of the le in the top box (e.g. Ensoniq File image, Ensoniq ASR Disk Image, etc.)

4) Click the Other… button and select tstools.exe for the program to open the le.

5) Repeat this step with the other extensions.

Now, each time you double click on any of those extension, Ensoniq Disk Tools will go immediately to that le upon starting up.

Other Command Line options

/D: {ab[ab][ba]}

The parameter a species that the Primary Floppy Drive to be used is the a: drive, and that Ensoniq Disk Tools will not write to both drives. The parameter b species that the Primary Floppy Drive to be used is the b: drive, and that Ensoniq Disk Tools will not write to both drives. The parameter ab species that the Primary Floppy Drive to be used is the a: drive, and that Ensoniq Disk Tools will write to both drives. The parameter ba species that the Primary Floppy Drive to be used is the b: drive, and that Ensoniq Disk Tools will not write to both drives.

How To:

Ensoniq Disk Tools for Windows has many functions - use this guide to learn

about main uses of the program.

Floppys

Copying Floppies to Computer (Disk Images) Page 28 Copying Files to Computer (File Images) Page 28 Copying File Images to Floppies Page 29 Copying Disk Images to Floppies Page 29 Copying Files of Floppy to Ensoniq SCSI Devices Page 28 Formatting Floppies Page 29 Viewing Floppy Disk Info Page 30 Viewing Instrument Info Page 30

SCSI Drives

Navigating through SCSI Drives Page 30 Copying SCSI Drive Files to Computer Page 31 Copying File Images to SCSI Drives Page 31 Copying Ensoniq Files to other Ensoniq SCSI Drives or Floppies Page 28 Backing up and Restoring SCSI Drives Page 32 Reading/Writing Raw Images to/from SCSI Drives Page 31 Writing Directories Page 33

Conversions

Converting .WAV or AIFF les to Ensoniq Files Page 34 Converting Ensoniq Wavesamples to .WAV or AIFF les Page 35 Extracting File Images from Disk Images Page 35 Creating Disk Images Page 35 Converting Ensoniq File Types Page 39 Optimizing Song Files Page 36 Converting to/from SMF les Page 39

Other Subjects

Parameter Editing Page 36 Batch Writing of Disk Images to Floppies Page 36 Deleting Files or Directories Page 37 Working with Banks Page 37 Working with Objects (Layers and Wavesamples) Page 37 Normalizing Gain Page 38 Editing .WAV-AIFF or Ensoniq Waves with an external Sample Editor Page 38 Playing .WAV les Page 39 Working with TS-type les Page 40 Testing Files for Integrity Page 41 Splitting Large Files to Floppy, Combining Multi-Part Files from Floppy Page 41 Writing Operating Systems to Ensoniq volumes Page 41 Converting .GKH to Gielber le format Page 42 Writing Ensoniq Volume Listings Page 42

Tutorials

Viewing Ensoniq Disk Directories Page 42 Saving an Ensoniq Disk on your computer Page 42 Writing Disk Images to Floppy Disk Page 42 Writing File Images to Floppy Disk Page 43 Converting .WAV les into Ensoniq format Page 43 Converting Ensoniq les to .WAV format Page 43 Editing Ensoniq wavesamples using an external Sample Editor Page 44 Ensoniq File Building Page 44 Altering Ensoniq Parameters directly to disk Page 45 Making a Ensoniq volume on computer, transferring to SCSI device Page 46

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Chicken Systems Ensoniq Disk Tools User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual