Like you, I've had an ASR since '94. I used it a lot, and then it sat in a corner for a decade. This has been really helpful in remembering everything. Thanks!
Hey really appreciate these videos. Just picked my ASR up and I've got to get some keys repaired. In the meantime, I was wondering if there are workarounds for if your sequence button and effects buttons don't work? Thanks if you're able to get back to me!
Nice nice. Is there a way to truncate a sequence? Let's say I recorded a 4 bar but I only really wanna keep the first 2. One thing that happens quite a bit is that I'll try to record two and end with a third bar of silence.
Command sequence > change sequence length> delete or add however many bars you want. So you can use that for both of your questions. Take some bars out, add a blank bar. You could also use append sequence to glue two together. So you could take two bars of 4/4 and append a bar of 3/4. Things like that. There’s usually at least two ways to get any task done.
Doing fine, thanks. “Static” could be caused by many things. Any single part of the audio chain leading into the sampler could be causing “static”. First figure out what the nature of the noise is. Is it distortion? That comes from to much signal hitting a component of your chain. For instance I could have the output of the turntable mixer too loud which will smack the input of the ASR. Or the input(pre-amp) of the ASR could be too high which will smack and distort one of its internal components like the the output bus. The ASR has a 20 decibel gain switch which is intended to feed a microphone. If you come at it at line level (mixer output for instance) you will no doubt distort. Feel on the back panel and click the switch downward into line level mode. There is also a little trim knob next to it which you can use to fine tune your input level. There are little red LED lights above the audio track buttons that will let you know if you are clipping. A little flicker of the red lights is fine but if they just stay on, you’re smacking the input too much. Try turning everything in your chain down until you don’t hear any more clipping. Of course what could also be causing the noise is a bad connection. While you have the signal playing, wiggle all the connections and see if anything happens. It could be a bad cable or Jack or a bad joint on an internal connection that you won’t be able to access. If the signal you’re monitoring sounds clean but when you sample it, it plays back dirty. Try sampling in a different mode and see if it makes a difference.
@@bandeco75 Ok thanks I turned down the audio input it was up all the way thanks again. It is one more thing I would like to ask u, how do I record to get it right onto the click so it don’t sound messed up right when it loops? How do I count the click count 1,2,3,4, so I could get the loop right on point?
Hey, is there a way to edit sequence loop start and end points, just like you can for wavesample loops? I can make a flawless wavesample loop, but I’m really having trouble getting the start and endpoints of my sequence loops to match up seamlessly.
I just rewatched this and realized that playing with the tempo after recording the sequence can get it to match up pretty well. Still not 100% where I’d like it though, but close enough.
If I understand the question correctly, you’re having trouble getting the loop to sit just right in a sequence. There’s a few things to think about here. Firstly, don’t put your sample in loop mode if you’re just trying to loop bars (as opposed to using loops to make sounds). Put your sample in finish mode in the edit layer section. This is much simpler. Secondly, because the ASR10 doesn’t have incremental tempos (only whole numbers) you may find yourself with a sample that is in between tempos. Too short for 93 BPM but too long for 94, for example. The longer the sample is, the more likely this will occur. There’s a couple things you can do. You can edit the pitch up or down a couple of cents which sometimes makes the sample sound slightly different (upper high frequencies usually), and may require that you do the same to other samples so they match. Also you can go to the higher bpm of the two you’re stuck between and chop your sample into smaller sections and cheat it that way. Lastly the sequencer on the asr can be challenging. It has quirks and sometimes has a weird delay when it loops back to 1. Getting around that is a whole other lesson. Anyway try out those other things. Have fun! Gotta go!
Tony Wise the same rules should apply. Make sure you’re adjusting the pitch of the sample to match the bpm. The longer the sample , the more precise it has to be. You can also break your long sample into smaller sections to make it match a little better or perhaps I misunderstood the question and none of that is relevant. Also practice playing with the click. Whenever my drums are off I usually discover it’s user error.
@@bandeco75 Thanks for the info. Ya I think I have to play with the click a bit more and get it really synchronized. Can you enplane a bit more how I would break a 4 bar sample down into smaller sections ?
Tony Wise check out ep 12 copy wavesample kit building. In the video I explain how to split up one long drum break into individual hits. You’ll be doing the exact same thing with your sample except the pieces are bigger. Let me know if it works out.
MP MI yes. Got some more episodes happening soon. There’s also the mpc series. The next one is geared toward MPC/ASR together. Working on Hifi Lobotomy album. That’s my group. (@hifi.lobotomy) It’s going well. Thanks for asking.
I dont really want to sequence on the ASR, but I do want to learn sampling, editing, filters and the route said sounds to a different sampler/sequencer (elektron digitakt) via midi. Is this doable?
matthew allred yes. Absolutely. It’s a great way to go. I’ll offer this as well. A fun way to track stuff is to play live (no sequencing) right into your daw. Lay down drums or samples and then start overdubbing other sounds over that. You can then go back and edit those tracks however you like. Loop it or let it run. It’s a good way to stumble across ideas outside of your usual workflow.
Thanx to you bro)for this tutorial)
I Appreciate these tutorials. I brought an ASR10 a while ago still taking my time to learn all of it's magic.
Like you, I've had an ASR since '94. I used it a lot, and then it sat in a corner for a decade. This has been really helpful in remembering everything. Thanks!
Awesome and simple. Thanks for the classes 😘
Alexandra Senna thank you! That’s the goal. More coming soon.
thanks for doing this series !! You made things easy...
Lazer Gazelle thanks a lot. That’s the idea. Keep it simple.
@@bandeco75 i hope you do more vids like this with different gear... you should get a tax break, or a government grant for your efforts..
Great informative tutorial series on the ARS10
Really great stuff in this ASR vid series - nice overviews of the basics. Keep up the good work!
Thanks! Hopefully it helps some people out.
Thank you for the whole tutorial
Thank you for this video tutorial!
You kick ass
Hey really appreciate these videos. Just picked my ASR up and I've got to get some keys repaired. In the meantime, I was wondering if there are workarounds for if your sequence button and effects buttons don't work? Thanks if you're able to get back to me!
Nice nice. Is there a way to truncate a sequence? Let's say I recorded a 4 bar but I only really wanna keep the first 2. One thing that happens quite a bit is that I'll try to record two and end with a third bar of silence.
Command sequence > change sequence length> delete or add however many bars you want. So you can use that for both of your questions. Take some bars out, add a blank bar. You could also use append sequence to glue two together. So you could take two bars of 4/4 and append a bar of 3/4. Things like that. There’s usually at least two ways to get any task done.
Hey there how are you doing? I would like to know why do I have Static in the audio input when I do a sample? How can I get the static out?
Doing fine, thanks. “Static” could be caused by many things. Any single part of the audio chain leading into the sampler could be causing “static”. First figure out what the nature of the noise is. Is it distortion? That comes from to much signal hitting a component of your chain. For instance I could have the output of the turntable mixer too loud which will smack the input of the ASR. Or the input(pre-amp) of the ASR could be too high which will smack and distort one of its internal components like the the output bus. The ASR has a 20 decibel gain switch which is intended to feed a microphone. If you come at it at line level (mixer output for instance) you will no doubt distort. Feel on the back panel and click the switch downward into line level mode. There is also a little trim knob next to it which you can use to fine tune your input level. There are little red LED lights above the audio track buttons that will let you know if you are clipping. A little flicker of the red lights is fine but if they just stay on, you’re smacking the input too much. Try turning everything in your chain down until you don’t hear any more clipping. Of course what could also be causing the noise is a bad connection. While you have the signal playing, wiggle all the connections and see if anything happens. It could be a bad cable or Jack or a bad joint on an internal connection that you won’t be able to access. If the signal you’re monitoring sounds clean but when you sample it, it plays back dirty. Try sampling in a different mode and see if it makes a difference.
@@bandeco75 Ok thanks I turned down the audio input it was up all the way thanks again. It is one more thing I would like to ask u, how do I record to get it right onto the click so it don’t sound messed up right when it loops? How do I count the click count 1,2,3,4, so I could get the loop right on point?
Hey, is there a way to edit sequence loop start and end points, just like you can for wavesample loops? I can make a flawless wavesample loop, but I’m really having trouble getting the start and endpoints of my sequence loops to match up seamlessly.
I just rewatched this and realized that playing with the tempo after recording the sequence can get it to match up pretty well. Still not 100% where I’d like it though, but close enough.
If I understand the question correctly, you’re having trouble getting the loop to sit just right in a sequence. There’s a few things to think about here. Firstly, don’t put your sample in loop mode if you’re just trying to loop bars (as opposed to using loops to make sounds). Put your sample in finish mode in the edit layer section. This is much simpler. Secondly, because the ASR10 doesn’t have incremental tempos (only whole numbers) you may find yourself with a sample that is in between tempos. Too short for 93 BPM but too long for 94, for example. The longer the sample is, the more likely this will occur. There’s a couple things you can do. You can edit the pitch up or down a couple of cents which sometimes makes the sample sound slightly different (upper high frequencies usually), and may require that you do the same to other samples so they match. Also you can go to the higher bpm of the two you’re stuck between and chop your sample into smaller sections and cheat it that way. Lastly the sequencer on the asr can be challenging. It has quirks and sometimes has a weird delay when it loops back to 1. Getting around that is a whole other lesson. Anyway try out those other things. Have fun! Gotta go!
As a bald guy with a beard and glasses, I always trust a bald guy with beard and glasses! 😂💯
But what if your sample is 4 bars ? I find when I lay the drums on a 4 bar sample the drums are off time a lot of the time for some reason.
Tony Wise the same rules should apply. Make sure you’re adjusting the pitch of the sample to match the bpm. The longer the sample , the more precise it has to be. You can also break your long sample into smaller sections to make it match a little better or perhaps I misunderstood the question and none of that is relevant. Also practice playing with the click. Whenever my drums are off I usually discover it’s user error.
@@bandeco75 Thanks for the info. Ya I think I have to play with the click a bit more and get it really synchronized. Can you enplane a bit more how I would break a 4 bar sample down into smaller sections ?
Tony Wise check out ep 12 copy wavesample kit building. In the video I explain how to split up one long drum break into individual hits. You’ll be doing the exact same thing with your sample except the pieces are bigger. Let me know if it works out.
@@bandeco75 cool ill check it out asap. Thanks
Peace dude. Are you still doing this series? If not, what do you have going on these days?
MP MI yes. Got some more episodes happening soon. There’s also the mpc series. The next one is geared toward MPC/ASR together. Working on Hifi Lobotomy album. That’s my group. (@hifi.lobotomy)
It’s going well. Thanks for asking.
@@bandeco75 definitely will look out fo this group
hifi-lobotomy.bandcamp.com There’s an album and a free EP. Well …almost free. The album Cherryl is on all digital platforms.
I dont really want to sequence on the ASR, but I do want to learn sampling, editing, filters and the route said sounds to a different sampler/sequencer (elektron digitakt) via midi. Is this doable?
matthew allred yes. Absolutely. It’s a great way to go. I’ll offer this as well. A fun way to track stuff is to play live (no sequencing) right into your daw. Lay down drums or samples and then start overdubbing other sounds over that. You can then go back and edit those tracks however you like. Loop it or let it run. It’s a good way to stumble across ideas outside of your usual workflow.
Just got mine . This is complicated.
Take your time. Concentrate on the most basic concepts and build on that.
@@bandeco75 where is the quantize
Command track
@@bandeco75 thanks man. I've been watching your videos relentlessly . Thank you
@@drnocka-rocksteady cool. That’s what they’re for. they should be able to get you pretty situated on it.