ENSONIQ Announces ASR-X Pro Resampling Production Studio
 August 11, 1998ENSONIQ is excited to announce the next generation of the remarkably successful ASR-X, the ASR-X Pro! The original ASR-X was the first to offer a professional quality sampler, expandable synthesizer, sequencer, and effect unit as standard features in a single tabletop unit with patented velocity sensitive drumpads.
New features of the ASR-X Pro include a distinctive new look, and RAM expandable to 66MB for over 12 minutes of 44.1khz mono or over 6 minutes of stereo sampling. The operating system is now stored in Flash memory for convenient software upgrades. Also new to the ASR-X Pro is Stomper, a built in software synthesis program that creates faithful reproductions of classic electronic drum machines - and even phatter sounds! 10 "Essentials" buttons have been added for instant access to 15 sounds of your choice and direct access of patterns. In addition, tempo resolution can now be set to within 1/100 BPM for more accurate matching of audio loops to MIDI sequences.
The ASR-X Pro provides a unique combination of tools for sampling-intensive productions such as Hip-hop, Techno, Industrial, and dance oriented music. The expanded features of the ASR-X Pro also make it suitable for a much wider variety of applications. When the RAM is expanded, the longer sampling times allow the ASR-X Pro to be used for flying in background vocals or other material to supplement a live or recorded performance. Using the advanced capabilities of the ASR-X Pro, grooves may be mixed, resampled with effects, and saved as an industry standard AIFF files for instant compatibility with leading Internet publishing and CD creation software.
Expandability is a key feature of the ASR-X Pro. An optional EXP series sound and wave expansion board may be added to increase the on-board synth's ROM memory up to 26MB. Installing the X-8 output expander allows sounds to be routed to any one of 10 outputs. The included SCSI interface opens the door for a wide variety of storage options, as well as access to a huge library of samples on CD-ROM. Most hard drives, removable media, and CD-ROM drives are compatible. Two RAM expansion slots are provided. Sample memory can be increased to 66MB using industry standard 72-pin SIMMS chips.
Computer users, Internet developers, and multimedia professionals will appreciate the ASR-X Pro's use of standard file formats. Disks are DOS formatted, sounds are saved as AIFF files, and EPS, ASR-10, Roland, AKAI, and .WAV files are easily imported. ENSONIQ has many 3rd party partners who offer a wide range of compatible products. These include editors, sample libraries, MIDI programs, etc. A complete list will be posted to ENSONIQ's website at www.ensoniq.com.
Features:
- 13 Velocity sensitive trigger pads
- 2 MB internal RAM (expandable to 66 MB)
- 2 MB internal ROM
- 1 expansion slot for any EXP Series Sound and Wave Expansion Board
- OS stored in Flash Memory for convenient software upgrades
- 20-bit Analog-to-Digital converter, 18-bit Digital-to-Analog converters, 16-bit Memory.
- New Stomper built in software synthesis program for classic drum machine sounds
- Compatible with all existing ASR-10 & EPS libraries
- Imports Akai (S-1000/1100) and Roland sounds via SCSI
- 32 dynamically assigned voices
- Independent dual multi-mode dynamic digital filters (low-pass, high-pass, variable bandwidth band-pass, resonant low-pass, resonant band-pass)
- Custom 24-bit digital signal processor
- Programmable stereo multi-effects processing with real time modulation of effects parameters
- 40 effects algorithms with many programmable variations
- 16 track sequencer
- 1.4 MB Quad-density (HD) 3.5" micro-floppy
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