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Getting Around on the E4K

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A word about housekeeping…

After a session with the toolbox, you could find that your RAM bank con-
tains quite a few “weeds” - bits and pieces that are by-products of preset
building. A good and safe method of keeping your disk neat and tidy is to
simply “export” presets rather than try to clean up the bank and save it. This
is the method:

1. Enter the 

Disk 

module, press 

Browse

 and go to the 

Folders 

level.

2. Press 

Utils 

(F1). Press 

New 

(F2) to create a new folder and label it “My

Presets”.

3. Go back to the Tool Box bank that you have been working on. Select the

new preset that you have constructed.

4. Enter the 

Preset Manage

 module. Select 

Export 

(F5).

5. In the dialog box, choose the folder “My Sounds”, and then the first

empty Bank. Press 

OK 

(F6).

6. Your preset will be saved as its own bank (Sprint style) in its own folder.

Discard the bank in RAM with all its weeds - the original toolbox is safely
intact on the hard drive.

SOUND DESIGNING

Summary of Contents for E4k

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Page 2: ...an loop with several auto matic looping options or edit the length of a sample This module also contains many types of digital signal processors which actually modify the raw sample data Fortunately the E4K contains an Undo function which lets you restore the original sample if you aren t happy with the results Preset Manage Module This module handles the preset housekeeping chores such as naming ...

Page 3: ...book When you re finished with a module either press its button again to deacti vate or simply activate a new module Any time you make a mistake get confused or otherwise get lost in the module you can bail out by simply deactivating then reactivating the module Main Screen When all the module LEDs are off you are in the main preset selection screen shown below This screen can also be accessed by ...

Page 4: ...anel adjacent to the power cord The display will appear as shown below 2 Press the Arrow function key F6 in the lower right corner of the display Tip You could also press Assignable key 3 to instantly jump to the sprint page Don t hold the key too long or it will reassign itself Press 3 A row of soft keys will appear along the bottom of the display Press Sprint F3 to access SoundSprint mode After ...

Page 5: ...most important aspects of the sound The back of this booklet contains a Sprint preset listing with a description of what the real time controllers do in each preset For many of the Sprint presets the sliders are programmed according to the diagram below These are only generalized labels many of the presets use the sliders for wildly different uses Don t forget to check out the other real time cont...

Page 6: ... set the bookmark Press the Set Save function key F3 if you want to save the bookmarks to nonvolatile memory The numeric keypad selects a bookmark from the rank of 10 you last selected with the Lock engaged 5 Press the Go function key F6 to go to the currently selected preset 6 Press Cancel F1 to cancel the operation þ Alternate Method to Set a Bookmark 1 From the SoundSprint Browser select the pr...

Page 7: ...9 you would press 0 then 9 4 With the most significant digit locked only one key press is required to select a bookmark Indicates first digit is locked at 0 5 To select another rank of 10 bookmarks press and hold the Lock key and press one of the numeric keys The display will inform you which rank of 10 bookmarks is now selected SoundSprint preset locations When you load a preset via SoundSprint i...

Page 8: ...wser press the Browse key A second row of function keys will appear From the main screen press the Disk module key then the Browse key 2 Select Folders by pressing F2 The following screen will appear 3 Use the cursor keys to select folders For now select the Demos folder then press Browse again 4 Select Banks to view the banks in the Demos folder The following screen will appear Up Down Left Right...

Page 9: ...l as well as a lot of other information You can read all about this in the main operation manual For now press the sequencer Play button on the front panel and listen to a demo sequence Press Stop to stop 11 Using a feature called Magic Load Preset the next demo bank will be automatically loaded when the current sequence ends When the bank is finished loading press Play on the sequencer controls t...

Page 10: ...orry about losing any sounds unless you Save a bank over another one So go forth and conquer The E4K is an incredibly powerful instrument and you won t learn it all overnight Be patient and don t be afraid to get in there and experiment Going back into SoundSprint mode When you try to load SoundSprints after loading a bank you will inevitably come across a small roadblock in the form of a Sample M...

Page 11: ...samples is a set of looped sine waves tuned to the first 32 partials of the harmonic series based on A 440 Hz Following these is a set of short complex waves labelled Cpx tuned to A3 440 Hz and looped as single cycles These are interesting because their structure changes over very few samples and by moving the loop point a dramatic change in timbre can be achieved After this there are two air samp...

Page 12: ...ncing Presets 003 006 also use a layered set of 32 partials but in this case the partials are dissonant or the faders have a more complex effect Experiment to find the sound that you need then resample it 1 Turn the right channel on since these presets are stereo 2 Set the sample length to 2 4 seconds or longer 3 Set the automatic loop parameter to 1 2 xfd This should produce an acceptable loop Se...

Page 13: ... life by multiplying it with the Multi Whatever preset template Try recording your voice sing an aah tone then use the multi whatever technique to generate a choir Preset 010 is a simple example of using source waves as oscillators for a synthesizer Find some good source waves then load them into the preset and use the real time faders as basic sample loop filter filter amount and chorus controls ...

Page 14: ...he Disk module press Browse and go to the Folders level 2 Press Utils F1 Press New F2 to create a new folder and label it My Presets 3 Go back to the Tool Box bank that you have been working on Select the new preset that you have constructed 4 Enter the Preset Manage module Select Export F5 5 In the dialog box choose the folder My Sounds and then the first empty Bank Press OK F6 6 Your preset will...

Page 15: ...þ To Record a Multitimbral Sequence 1 From the main screen press the Arrow function key F6 in the lower left corner of the display Four additional soft key choices will appear 2 Press the Multi function key F6 The following screen will appear 3 Use the up down cursor keys to select the MIDI channel you want to record Ch 1 might be a good place to start Press SetKybd F2 to select the MIDI channel T...

Page 16: ...reset the track status to R record Then re record the track Try out the Solo and Mute modes on one of the tracks You can adjust the volume and pan position of each channels in the Multimode screen 15 After recording you can change the presets associated with each channel in the Multimode screen Sequencer trick Record a sequence moving just the real time control sliders Play the keyboard while the ...

Page 17: ...tch LFO Pan None Classic ElPiano Filter Decay Attack Chorus LFO Pan LFO Rate None Groove Monkey Filter Samp Retrig Filter Env Chorus Amp Off LFO Pan None Angels Choir Filter Chor Pan Attack Chorus FF Pitch None None FM Piano Pad Xswitch Filt Atk Add Voice Attack LFO Pitch LFO Pitch LFO Pitch Bender Filter Samp Start Pitch Chorus Pitch 4th LFO Pitch LFO Pitch Gothic Tower Filter Add Voice Attack Ad...

Page 18: ...orus FF Glide Oct LFO Pitch None Ice Mirage Filter Sub Voice Attack Pitch FF Pitch 5th LFO Pitch None Dance Split Filt Chor Resonance Release Pitch FF Chorus LFO Pitch None EuroBass Filter Resonance Samp Start Chorus Lag Pitch LFO Pitch None Kaleida Filter Sub Voice Attack LFO Pan FF Glide LFO Pan None Breathy Bonettes Filter Vc 1 Add Voice Filter Vc 2 Chorus Vc 2 Pitch Filter LFO Pitch Mister Min...

Page 19: ...Pitch 1 Step LFO Pan None Sinthy Trumpets Filter Resonance Add Voice Attack AddPitch Oct Add Vc Filter LFO Pitch FM Tine Piano Filter Attack Filter Env Chorus Chorus LFO Pitch None Endland Journey Filter Resonance Vc 2 Pitch Chorus Vc 2 Pitch Filter Freq None Pulse Mod Bass Filter Resonance Filter Env Chorus Mom Glide LFO Pitch None French Horn Filter Add Voice Attack Chorus Pitch 4th LFO Pitch No...

Page 20: ...ch None Q Bass Filter Decay LFO Pitch Chorus Lag Pitch LFO Pitch None Pan Flutes Filter Samp Start Attack Chorus Pitch 1 2Step LFO Pitch Pitch Shamisen Filter Glide Release Chorus Pitch 1 2Step LFO Pitch LFO Pitch Coming Along Add Voice Resonance Filter Chorus LFO Pan LFO Pitch None Basic Kit Filter Resonance S Start Chorus Pitch 1Step LFO Pan None E Saw Stack Filter Resonance Attack Release Mom P...

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