Ensoniq EPS/ASR to Roland XV-5080 Translation

Ensoniq EPS/ASR Instruments are converted into as many as 4 Performances or Patches, each representing one of the programmed Patch Selects. An Ensoniq Patch Select may not contain valid data, in which case the corresponding Roland object will not be written.

Programs are named with the same 12 characters as their Ensoniq counterparts. The first Patch Select (OO) contains the full name; the other Patch Selects have OX, XO, and XX appended to their names.

Roland Patches only support up to 4 "layers" (simultaneously available pieces of wavedata per key). See Roland XV page for more information how Translator converts objects which exceed this limitation.

Ensoniq's have a "Layer Delay" parameter, where all the wavesamples in that Layer are delayed from sounding until up to 5 seconds. Translator compensates for this parameter by adding data to the sample when possible.

This page refers to the new XV-5080 sample-playback machine. Translator supports both the S-700 and XV-5080 formats; it is able to write to the older Roland proprietary format disk or Virtual Drive, and write the new XV-5080 .svd/.svp/.wav format.

Currently Roland XV-5080 translations are "Level One", meaning that they handle the basics - looping, tuning, mapping, and other basics. The Envelopes and other sound modifiers will be included shortly.