The ASR-10/88 isn't being made anymore, so we assume that the Operating System development is closed. No official word has been heard from Ensoniq. The last OS version was 3.53.

Nevertheless, the job isn't totally finished - there are still several bugs left. Here's a run down on some. If you know of anymore, please contribute them and we'll add them here.

• The EFFECT CONTROL= copy item that Waveboy alludes to.
• The expanding Song bug -Songs grow in memory size, and when you go to save them to disk, they are HUGE (15,000 blocks for example...)
• Error 215 comes up in relation to Audio Tracks: a) Turn CONFIGURE AUDIO TRACKS: SOURCE=OFF; b) sequence away, save Song; c) turn off; d) Turn on, load song; e) record on track, notice that CONFIGURE AUDIO TRACKS: SOURCE=RAM; f) CONFIGURE AUDIO TRACKS; SOURCE=OFF; g) Play Song - get Error 215 sometime into the Song.
• 4) Virtual Button Press System Exclusive messages are useless, since the ASR snaps to the EDIT screen upon receipt of them
• When files are written, the first two bytes of Instrument names are not exactly the ASCii equivalents (they use the hibyte to "leverage" it correctly). This will never show up on the instrument itself, however.
• (general) "Massage" the sequencer to lessen the Error 129 errors
• (feature, not a bug) Include Configure Audio Tracks in Global Parameters, so it is saved upon bootup.
• Stop the ASR from accessing the floppy drive (if it's set to that) when processing sys-ex commands

and heck, one for the 16-Plus OS 1.3

• Fix the amount of bars registered to a Song after translating a Original EPS Song; they list 0. Workaround: use OS 1.1.

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