ENSONIQ AVISTA 7600 User manual

User’s Guide

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Avista 7600 User’s Guide
Copyright © 1998
EMU-ENSONIQ® Corp
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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

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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.
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.
Center support
board
LegLeg
When each leg is viewed from
its front edge, the brackets
should look like this
Oval-shaped holes on top
Circular holes

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DC 15V InDamper Soft Stereo
Output +-
MIDI
Thru Out In
Contrast
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.
Rear-Panel Connections

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MIDI Jacks
If you intend to connect the Avista to an external MIDI device, you’ll
need to attach one or more MIDI cables—purchased separately—to the
Avista’s MIDI jacks. MIDI and MIDI operations are described on Page
21.
• In—To transmit MIDI data from an external device into the Avista,
connect one end of a MIDI cable to the device’s MIDI Out jack and
the other end to this jack.
• Out—To transmit MIDI data from the Avista to an external device,
connect one end of a MIDI cable to this jack and the other end to
the external device’s MIDI In jack.
• Thru—When you’re interconnecting a series of MIDI devices and
want to pass MIDI information from one device to the next, connect
a MIDI cable between one device’s MIDI Thru jack and the MIDI In
jack of the next device in the daisychain.
Contrast
The Contrast knob allows you to set the contrast of the Avista’s display
so that its characters are easily readable from any viewing angle. To
adjust the contrast, seat yourself in your intended playing position and
turn the knob clockwise and/or counter-clockwise to achieve maximum
display legibility.

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Listening to the Avista 7600
You can listen to the Avista 7600 through its built-in speakers or by
plugging standard stereo headphones into either of the 1/4” stereo
headphone jacks—labeled “Phones1” and “Phones2”—located below
and just to the left of the lowest key on the keyboard.
Note: When headphones are connected to either Phones jack, the
Avista’s speakers are turned off so that you can listen privately.
Note: If your headphones have a stereo mini-plug, you can purchase a
stereo mini-to-stereo 1/4” adapter at many audio supply stores.
Volume Control
To set the Avista 7600’s overall listening level, adjust the position of its
Volume slider.
To turn the Avista 7600 on, press the front-panel Power
button—the display will light and show “Welcome!” To
turn it off, press the button again.
Volume
Tip: You can also adjust the volume of each sound. See Page 10.
Turning the Avista 7600 On and Off

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The Avista Controls and Display
The Avista’s front panel is divided into five sections, each of which
controls a certain type of activity. These are all described in this User’s
Guide.
• The master controls section allows you to set the sensitivity of its
keyboard, transpose your playing and activate and adjust the built-
in metronome.
• The eight sound buttons under the display allow you to quickly
select and layer sounds.
• The Reverb/Chorus section allows you to select and adjust effects
that can be added to the Avista’s sounds, and contain the very
important minus and plus buttons (described below).
• The buttons in the Disk-Rec/Play section serve a dual purpose.
When the Disk-Rec/Play button’s LED is lit, these buttons control
the Avista’s floppy disk operations. When the LED is unlit, these
buttons control the Avista’s built-in recorder.
The Minus and Plus Buttons
Tip: You can change the readability of the display by adjusting its
contrast. See Page 5.
The minus and plus buttons located above the
Reverb and Chorus buttons play a part in many
of the things you’ll do with the Avista 7600.
Whenever you’re selecting a sound from the list of the Avista’s sounds,
or editing some displayed value, you can select the next lowest item—or
value—by clicking the minus button, and the next highest by clicking
the plus button.
The Display
The Avista’s display is the window through which you view the settings
associated with its many features. Whatever you do, information
relevant to the task at hand appears on the display.
- +
Grand Piano 001

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Playing the Avista 7600 DemoS
Demo
The Avista contains three pre-recorded demonstration
songs—or “demos”— to give you an idea of its capabilities.
• To listen to all three demos, press the blue Demo button.
• To stop the demo, press the button again.
• To select and play one of the demos, hold down the Demo button
and press the plus or minus button to select the desired demo.
Selecting Sounds
Selecting Preset Sounds
Before you can play one of the Avista’s sounds, you must first select the
sound. Each of the eight buttons beneath the display is pre-set to select
one of eight commonly-used sounds.
Button Selects Button Selects
1 Grand Piano 001 5 Strs Ensemble 049
2 Bright Piano 002 6 Brass 062
3 Chorused Piano 006 7 Choir Aahs 053
4 Church Organ 020 8 Vibraphone 012
To select one of the eight preset sounds, press its button.
Selecting Other Sounds
In GM mode, you can select any of the other onboard sounds:
1. Press the blue GM button so that its LED lights.
2. Press the desired sound button.
3. Press the minus or plus button to select the desired sound.
Tip: Hold down the minus or plus button to quickly scroll down or up,
respectively, through the list of sounds.
All of the Avista’s sounds except its drum kits are numbered to show
their place in the GM sound list.
The sound you choose will be assigned to the sound button you pressed
until you exit GM mode (or turn off the Avista). To reset the button to its
original sound, press the GM button again to exit GM mode.
Piano 1
1
Piano 2
2
Piano 3
3
Organ
4
Strings
5
Brass
6
Choir
7
Vibraphone
8
GM
LED
Button

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The Avista 7600’s General MIDI Sounds
Grand Piano 001
Bright Pno 002
E.Grand Pno 003
Honky-T Pno 004
Elec. Pno 005
Chorused Pno 006
Harpischord 007
Clavinet 008
Celesta 009
Glockenspiel 010
Music Box 011
Vibraphone 012
Marimba 013
Xylophone 014
Tubular Bell 015
Dulcimer 016
Hammnd Organ 017
Percus Organ 018
Rock Organ 019
Church Organ 020
Reed Organ 021
Accordion 022
Harmonica 023
Tango Accdn 024
Nylon Guitar 025
Steel Guitar 026
Jazz Guitar 027
Clean Guitar 028
Muted Guitar 029
Overdrv Gtr 030
Distort Gtr 031
Guitar Harm 032
Acoust Bass 033
Finger Bass 034
Pick Bass 035
Fretless Bas 036
Slap Bass1 037
Slap Bass2 038
Synth Bass1 039
Synth Bass2 040
Violin 041
Viola 042
Cello 043
Contrabass 044
Tremolo Strs 045
Pizz Strings 046
Orch Harp 047
Timpani 048
Strs Ensemb1 049
Strs Ensemb2 050
Syn String1 051
Syn String2 052
Choir Aahs 053
Voice Oohs 054
Syn Voice 055
Orch Hit 056
Trumpet 057
Trombone 058
Tuba 059
Muted Trumpt 060
French Horn 061
Brass 062
Syn Brass1 063
Syn Brass2 064
Soprano Sax 065
Alto Sax 066
Tenor Sax 067
Baritone Sax 068
Oboe 069
English Horn 070
Bassoon 071
Clarinet 072
Piccolo 073
Flute 074
Recorder 075
Pan Flute 076
Bottle Blow 077
Shakuhachi 078
Whistle 079
Ocarina 080
Lead 1 081
Lead 2 082
Lead 3 083
Lead 4 084
Lead 5 085
Lead 6 086
Lead 7 087
Lead 8 088
Pad 1 089
Pad 2 090
Pad 3 091
Pad 4 092
Pad 5 093
Pad 6 094
Pad 7 095
Pad 8 096
FX 1 097
FX 2 098
FX 3 099
FX 4 100
FX 5 101
FX 6 102
FX 7 103
FX 8 104
Sitar 105
Banjo 106
Shamisen 107
Koto 108
Kalimba 109
Bagpipe 110
Fiddle 111
Shanai 112
Tinkle Bell 113
Agogo 114
Steel Drums 115
Woodblock 116
Taiko Drum 117
Melodic Tom 118
Synth Drum 119
Rvrse Cymbal 120
Fret Noise 121
Breath Noise 122
Seashore 123
Bird Tweet 124
Telephone 125
Helicopter 126
Applause 127
Gun Shot 128

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The Avista 7600’s General MIDI Drum/Percussion Kits
In addition to the 128 sounds listed on the preceding page, the Avista
7600 contains a set of General MIDI drum kits. Unlike normal GM
sounds, in which a single sound plays up and down the keyboard, in a
GM drum kit, each key plays its own sound. While the keyboard
placement of individual drum or percussion sounds is consistent from
kit to kit, each General MIDI kit has its own musical personality. The
kits are:
Standard Kit Room Kit Power Kit Electronic Kit
TR-808 Kit Jazz Kit Brush Kit Orchestra Kit
Adjusting a Sound’s Volume
You can adjust the volume of any selected sound without affecting the
Avista’s overall volume. To do this:
1. Hold down the sound’s button until “Volume=[the current volume
setting]” appears.
2. Press the minus or plus button to set the volume as desired.
Layering Two Sounds
You can layer two sounds so that when you play a key on the keyboard,
both sounds are heard. This can be done using the eight preset sounds
or sounds you’ve temporarily assigned to the sound buttons (see
“Selecting Other Sounds” on Page 8). To layer two sounds:
1. Press and hold down the sound button for the first sound you want
to use. This sound is called the “primary sound.”
2. While still holding down the first sound’s button, press the button
for the second sound you want to use—this sound is called the
“layer.” The display will show the number of the primary sound
and the layer sound joined by a “+” sign.
3. When the numbers of the two sounds appear, release both buttons.
Adjusting the Volume of a Layer
To adjust the volume of the layer sound:
1. Press and hold down the button for the primary sound.
2. While still holding down the primary sound’s button, press and
hold the button for the layer sound until “LAYER VOL=[the current
layer volume setting]” appears.
3. Press the minus or plus button to set the volume as desired.

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Touch
Transpose Metro Meter Tempo
The Master Controls Section
Using the buttons in the master controls section of the Avista 7600’s
front panel, you can transpose your playing, change the response of the
Avista’s keyboard, and set and activate the built-in metronome.
Transposing the Notes You Play
Transpose
The Avista 7600 can transpose your playing up or
down by as much as an octave in semitone steps.
This allows you to play in whatever key you find
comfortable—the Avista will shift the notes to the
desired key for you. This is accomplished using the
Transpose buttons. The Avista’s display shows the
amount of transposition in effect.
• To transpose your notes upward, repeatedly press the upper
Transpose button until the number of semitones by which you want
to raise your key is displayed.
• To transpose downward, press the lower Transpose button until the
number of semitones by which you want to lower your key is
displayed. A minus sign will be shown before the displayed
number to show that you’re below concert pitch.
Tip: To return to concert pitch, press both Transpose buttons at the same
time—the display will show “00” when no transposition is in effect.
Adjusting the Response of the Keyboard
The manner in which the Avista’s touch-sensitive
keyboard plays its sounds can be adjusted to suit the
amount of force with which you like to play. This
allows you to play comfortably and still get the most
out of the Avista’s sounds. The best way to find the
setting that’s right for you is to experiment by spending
some time with each one. Press the Touch button
repeatedly to select any of the four settings.
Touch
• Soft—This setting is designed for players who use a minimum
amount of force.
• Medium—This average setting will suit most users.

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• Hard—Use this setting if you like to pound the keys.
• Fixed—This setting turns off the touch sensitivity of the Avista’s
keyboard so that, regardless how hard you play, the sounds will
respond as if you’ve hit the keys with maximum force. This can be
handy when recording drum sounds, since it will produce a
recording without any volume fluctuations.
Using the Avista’s Metronome
The Avista provides a built-in metronome as a rhythmic reference for
your playing. This can be handy when practicing. The metronome can
also be heard when you record in the Avista, though the metronome’s
sound is not itself recorded.
Setting the Metronome’s Time Signature
The Avista’s metronome can be set to any of seven meters:
2/4 4/4 6/8 12/8
3/4 5/8 9/8
To select a meter, repeatedly press the Meter button
until the desired time signature is displayed.
Activating the Metronome
To turn the metronome on, click the Metro—for
“metronome”—button. To turn it off, press the
button again.
Meter
Metro
As the metronome plays, the four LEDs above the Tempo buttons light
to show your place in each measure. At the first beat of each measure,
all four LEDs light simultaneously.
Adjusting the Metronome Tempo
The metronome can be set to play at any tempo from 40 beats per
minute to 240 beats per minute. The tempo can be changed when the
metronome is turned off, or when it’s on—when you change the tempo
while the metronome is on, you hear the changes you make and see the
rate at which the LEDs blink change as well.
• To slow down the metronome, press the
left-hand Tempo button until the desired
tempo is displayed and/or heard.
• To speed up the metronome, press the
right-hand Tempo button.
Tempo

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Adding Effects to a Sound
The Avista contains two effects that can greatly enhance sounds:
• Reverb makes your sounds seem as if they’re playing in a large
room or concert hall.
• Chorus adds a lovely swirling shimmer to your sounds.
Either of these effects can be turned on or off at any time. They can be
used alone or together. You can also adjust the volume of the reverb
and/or chorus.
To Turn the Reverb or Chorus Effects On
• To activate the reverb effect, press the Reverb
button so that its LED lights.
• To activate the chorus effect, press the Chorus
button so that its LED lights.
To Adjust the Volume of an Effect
If the desired effect is not currently active, click its button once to
activate it. The Avista’s display will show “REVERB DEPTH” or
“CHORUS DEPTH.”
To decrease or increase an effect’s volume:
1. Press and release the desired effect’s button.
2. Press the minus button to decrease the effect’s volume, or the plus
button to increase it.
Note: If both effects are turned on, the display will show “CHOVERB
DEPTH,” allowing you to adjust their volumes simultaneously.
Reverb Chorus

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Recording Music in the Avista 7600
The Avista 7600 contains a recorder that you can use to capture your
playing. When you play the Avista’s keyboard and use its foot pedal,
each activity automatically generates MIDI data—in fact, it’s this MIDI
data that causes the Avista’s sounds to play. The Avista’s recorder is,
technically , a MIDI sequencer that records all of this data, including:
• which keys you pressed, and when
• how hard you struck the keys
• how long you held down the keys
• when and for how long you depressed any connected foot pedals
When the sequencer plays back the data, the Avista’s sounds play just as
they did when you played the keyboard, though, of course, you don’t
see the keys or foot switches move. In a sense, the recorder acts much
like an old player piano: it doesn’t record music itself; rather, it records
the motions of the keyboard and foot switches.
This has a few interesting advantages:
• You can use the Tempo buttons to change the recording’s tempo as
it plays back.
• You can re-orchestrate the music by selecting a different sound.
• You can easily store a large number of recordings on any single
floppy disk, since MIDI data is much more compact than actual
recordings of sound.
Tip: If you’ve got a computer with a MIDI sequencing program, you can
load your recordings into the computer from floppy for further work.
The Rec/Play Controls
The Avista’s recorder uses a set of buttons that serve a
dual purpose: when the Disk LED is unlit, the buttons
operate the recorder; when the LED is lit, they control
floppy disk operations. To light or unlight the LED, press
the blue Disk-Rec/Play button.
The symbols beneath the buttons show their function when used to
control the recorder.
Disk
Rec/Play
Set Start Set End Top Stop Play Record Pause