Ensoniq Corporation Avista 7600 User's Guide

User’s Guide

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To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this product

to rain or moisture.

Grounding Instructions

This product must be grounded. If it should malfunction or break down, grounding provides a path of least resistance for electric current to reduce the risk of electric shock. This product is equipped with a cord having an equipmentgrounding conductor and a grounding plug. The plug must be plugged into an appropriate outlet that is properly installed and grounded in accordance with all local codes and ordinances.

DANGER: Improper connection of the equipment-grounding conductor can result in the risk of electric shock. Check with a qualified electrician or service personnel if you are in doubt as to whether the product is properly grounded. Do not modify the plug provided with this product — if it will not fit the outlet, have a proper outlet installed by a qualified electrician.

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RISK OF ELECTRIC

CAUTION : TO REDUCE THE DANGER OF

DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK)

This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electronic shock to persons.

This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

ELECTRIC SHOCK

“INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO A RISK OF FIRE,

ELECTRIC SHOCK, OR INJURY TO PERSONS”

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

WARNING—When using electric products, basic precautions should always be followed and all warnings heeded, including the following:

1. Read and follow all enclosed instructions before using the product.

2. Do not use this product near water - for example, near a bathtub, washbowl, kitchen sink, in a wet basement, or near a swimming pool, or the like.

3. Product should be used only with a cart or stand recommended by the manufacturer.

4. This product, either alone or in combination with an amplifier and headphones or speakers, may be capable of producing sound levels that could cause permanent hearing loss. Do not operate for a long period of time at a high volume level or at a level that is uncomfortable. If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears, you should consult an audiologist.

5. The product should be located so that its ventilation openings are not blocked.

6. The product should be located away from heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, or other products that produce heat.

7. The product should be connected to a power supply only of the type described in the operating instructions or as marked on the product.

8. This product may be equipped with a polarized line plug (one blade wider than the other) or grounding-type plug (two blades and a third grounding prong). If you are unable to insert the plug into the outlet, contact an electrician to replace your obsolete outlet. The wide blade and third prong are provided for your safety—do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug.

9. Unplug this product during lightning storms or when unused for a long period of time.

10. Care should be taken so that objects do not fall and liquids are not spilled into the enclosure through openings.

11. The product should be serviced by qualified service personnel when: a. The power supply cord or the plug has been damaged; or b. Objects have fallen, or liquid has been spilled into the product; or c. The product has been exposed to rain or moisture; or d. The product does not appear to operate normally or exhibits a marked change

in performance; or

e. The product has been dropped, or the enclosure damaged.

12. Do not attempt to service the product beyond that described in the user-maintenance instructions. All other servicing should be referred to qualified service personnel.

13. Clean product only with a damp cloth.

14. Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched, particularly at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the product.

15. Only use the attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer.

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Avista 7600 User’s Guide

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Your Authorized ENSONIQ Dealer is your primary source for service and support. If you have any questions concerning the use of this unit, please contact your Authorized ENSONIQ Dealer first. For additional technical support, or to find the name of the nearest Authorized ENSONIQ Repair Station, call ENSONIQ Customer Service.

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Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the text and illustrations in this manual, no guarantee is made or implied in this regard.

ENSONIQ and Avista 7600 are trademarks of EMU-ENSONIQ Corp.

Part # 9310023301-A Model # MM-171

Table of Contents

Welcome to the Avista 7600 1

The Main Features of the Avista 7600 1 About this User’s Guide 1 Included Accessories 2

Setting Up the Avista 7600 2

Getting Ready 2 Contents of the Stand Box 2 Contents of the Hardware Bag 2 Required Tools 2 Avista 7600 Stand Assembly Instructions 3

Rear-Panel Connections 4

DC 15V In (Power) 4 Stereo Out 4 Foot Pedal Jacks 4 MIDI Jacks 5

Contrast 5 Turning the Avista 7600 On and Off 6 Listening to the Avista 7600 6

Volume Control 6 The Avista Controls and Display 7

The Minus and Plus Buttons 7

The Display 7

Selecting Preset Sounds 8

Selecting Other Sounds 8 Playing the Avista 7600 Demos 8 Selecting Sounds 8

The Avista 7600’s General MIDI Sounds 9

The Avista 7600’s General MIDI Drum/Percussion Kits 10

Adjusting a Sound’s Volume 10

Layering Two Sounds 10

Adjusting the Volume of a Layer 10 The Master Controls Section 11

Transposing the Notes You Play 11

Adjusting the Response of the Keyboard 11

Using the Avista’s Metronome 12

Setting the Metronome’s Time Signature 12

Activating the Metronome 12

Adjusting the Metronome Tempo 12 Adding Effects to a Sound 13

To Turn the Reverb or Chorus Effects On 13

To Adjust the Volume of an Effect 13 Recording Music in the Avista 7600 14

The Rec/Play Controls 14

Making a Recording 15

To Play Back a Recording 15 Using the Other Recorder Controls 15 Playing a Specific Portion of Your Recording 15 To Make a New Recording 15 To Change a Recording’s Tempo 16 To Re-Orchestrate a Recording 16

Using the Avista Floppy Drive 16

The Disk Controls 16 The Floppy Drive 17 Working with Floppy Disks 17 Write-Protection 17 Formatting a Floppy Disk for Use 18 Saving Your Recordings to Disk 18 Updating and Over-Writing Disk Files 19 Loading Recordings from Disk 20 Muting an SMF Recording’s Melody 20

The Avista 7600 and MIDI 21

Transmitting MIDI from the Avista 7600 21 To Select the Channel on Which the Avista Transmits MIDI Data 21 Receiving MIDI Data on the Avista 7600 22 Muting a MIDI Channel 22 Viewing the Sounds Played on Each MIDI Channel 22

Proper Operation of the Avista 7600 23

Temperature Guidelines 23 Care and Feeding of the Disk Drive 23 Clean-Up and Maintenance 24 Polarization and Grounding 24 AC Line Conditioning 25

Welcome to the Avista 7600

Congratulations on your purchase of the ENSONIQ Avista 7600. We’re confident that you’ll experience many hours of pleasure with this elegant, easy to use and great-sounding keyboard.

The Main Features of the Avista 7600

• Your Avista 7600 contains 136 terrific sounds that you can play using its realistic piano-style keyboard. You can listen to these sounds through the Avista’s built-in speakers, your headphones, or you can connect the Avista’s stereo output to the inputs of a home stereo amplifier or audio recorder.

• You can play two sounds at once, layered on top of each other.

• You can instantly transpose your playing into any key with a tap or two of the Avista’s Transpose button.

• You can add reverb and/or chorusing effects to the Avista’s sounds, making them sound even more exciting.

• You can record your playing into the Avista’s built-in recorder— and then hear it instantly played back. Once recorded, you can store your music on a floppy disk using the Avista’s built-in floppy drive. You can load your music back into the Avista’s recorder at any time; you can even load your recording into your home computer with the proper software installed.

• You can play any General MIDI (GM) recording once you’ve loaded it into your Avista from a floppy disk. There are thousands of GM recordings available for purchase from your local music store, or downloadable—often for free—from the Internet. When playing a GM recording, you can mute the melody part, allowing you to sing or play the melody yourself.

• If you’ve got a computer or other external MIDI sequencer, you can play the Avista’s sounds via MIDI.

About this User’s Guide

Throughout this booklet, you’ll see special pieces of information presented as notes, tips and warnings.

• Notes provide important qualifying information relating to the topic being discussed.

• Tips describe handy uses for the feature being described.

• Warnings contain important information that can help you avoid damage to your music, the Avista or yourself.

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Included Accessories

• music stand • foot pedal

• power adapter • Avista 7600 User’s Guide

• warranty card • power adapter line cord

Setting Up the Avista 7600

Getting Ready

Prior to assembling the Avista 7600’s stand, make sure that you have all of the necessary parts and tools.

Contents of the Stand Box

• 2 stand legs (left and right) • Center support board

• 2 metal brackets • hardware bag

Contents of the Hardware Bag

• Four M6 x 30 screws • Four M5 x 30 screws

• Four plated thumbscrews • Eight screw-hole covers

Required Tools

You’ll need a #2 (medium) Philips-head screwdriver.

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Avista 7600 Stand Assembly Instructions

1. Using the four larger screws (8), connect a bracket (4 and 5) to the inside of each leg (1 and 2) so that its lip is facing toward the foot side of the leg. Each bracket has two circular holes on one of its sides, and two oval-shaped holes on its other side. When attaching a bracket to a leg, align the two circular holes with the two bracket holes on the leg. Insert each screw from the outside of the leg and fasten it on the inside of the bracket using a nut (9).

2. Taking care not to crack the center support board (3), use the smaller screws (7) to attach it to the inside of one of the legs and then the other.

Oval-shaped holes on top

Circular holes

When each leg is viewed from

its front edge, the brackets

should look like this

Center support

board

LegLeg

3. Set the stand upright and place the Avista on top of the stand so that its keyboard is facing the leg feet.

4. From underneath, use the plated thumbscrews (10) to attach the keyboard to the oval-shaped holes in the brackets. You may have to slightly re-position the keyboard so that its holes line up with the holes in the brackets.

5. Snap each of the four screwhole covers (6) into a hole on the outside of each stand leg to cover the head of the screw mounted in the hole.

6. Insert the music stand into the slots in the top of the Avista 7600.

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Rear-Panel Connections

Contrast

MIDI

Thru Out In

Output

DC 15V InDamper Soft Stereo

Note: The rear-panel jacks are also labeled on top of the Avista so that

they can be easily located from the front.

DC 15V In (Power)

To supply power to the Avista, connect the small end of the supplied power adapter to the Avista’s DC 15V In jack. Connect one end of the supplied line cord to the adapter, and the other end to a 110-volt grounded wall outlet.

Warning: See “Polarization and Grounding” on Page 24.

Stereo Out

The Stereo Output jack allows you to send the Avista’s high-quality stereo sound output to any pair of line-level inputs such as those found on a home stereo system amplifier, cassette recorder or mixer. The jack is intended for use with a “Y” cable that has a stereo 1/4” plug on one end—the end that connects to the Avista’s jack—and a pair of mono plugs (RCA-type or 1/4”) at the other end. These cables can be purchased at most audio/TV supply stores.

Warning: When connectingthe Avista to a home stereo, set the stereo’s volume carefully to avoid damaging your speakers.

Note: The volume of the Stereo Out jack is set at a fixed line level, and is unaffected by the setting of the Avista’s Volume slider.

Note: Connecting a cable to the Stereo Output jack does not turn off the Avista’s built-in speakers.

Foot Pedal Jacks

• Damper—When a foot switch—such as the supplied foot pedal—is connected to the Avista’s Damper jack, the pedal acts in the same manner as a sustain pedal on a piano.

• Soft—When the foot pedal is connected to the Avista’s Soft jack, the pedal acts in the same manner as a soft pedal on a piano.

Tip: The Avista 7600 ships with one foot pedal. You can purchase a second pedal by calling ENSONIQ Customer Service at 610-647-3930.

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