ESI4000 : OS Versions

ESI4000 Turbo

Overview The ESI4000 has the same operating system as the ESI-32, which is an enhancement of that developed for the Emulator III in 1988. The ESI4000 has OS Version 3.02 as standard.

OS 3.02 A quick recap of the features:

• 17 filter types
• Assignment Groups
• Sonic Enhancer
• Export Functions
• Velocity Ranges
• Output Boost
• Support for Turbo Card
• Support for NEC CDROM's
• SCSI drives to 4 GB
• Improved operation with JAZ drives
• Improved compatibility with non 512 byte sector drives
• Improved pitch shifting at extreme transpositions
• Pitch Bend up to +/- 12 semitones
• Dynamic Allocation replaced with Assignment Group
• New realtime filter control routing- VCF not on to Q
• Filter Q can be controlled by the position of a real tim controller at not-on time
• Finer Ratio Resolution (1/10 of a percent) in the Digital Processing, Time COmpression alogorithm
• Improved stero phase lock in Digital Processing Time Compression alogithm
• Two additional alogorithms added to Time Compression and Pitch Change
• Improved trigger button response, up to two buttons at once
• H chip filter popping eliminated
• G chip bandwidth improved
• Trigger button ghosting remioved
• Thermal drift of volume knob eliminated
• ESI-32 typo on SCSI page sorted

The digital sonic enhancer is a function that has been added to the Digital Processing menu. It adds brilliance and 'cut' to a sample , making it stand out in the mix.