E-Mu EMAX II, Operation Manual

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Emax II operation manual
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If you pressed YES , the display will now say:
Synth Options
[0-9] / Slider
2. Use the slider to catalog the various options.
0. Synthesize!
1. Freq. Spectrum
2. Time Slice
3. Ampl. Contour
4. Pitch Contour
5. Pitch/Ratios
6. Interpolate
7. Load Backup
8. Save backup
9. Erase
SPECTRUM INTERPOLATION SYNTHESIS
Spectrum Synthesis can create dynamically shifting timbres using additive synthesis
techniques. Virtually any imaginable waveform may be created. Up to 24 sine waves are
added together to form
Spectrums . Spectrums are then placed at up to 24 Time Slice
locations over the length of the sound. As the sound is played, it either steps or smoothly
fades through the spectrums. Sounds may be any length (up to the maximum memory)
and can be customized by using the sophisticated complement of edit parameters that
are included. After a sound has been created it may be spliced, combined, and processed
in the same manner as a sound that has been sampled into the Emax II.
ABOUT SPECTRUMS
The spectrum synthesizer development disk contains 95 pre-programmed spectrums
for you to use, or you may create and store your own. Each spectrum may contain up
to 24 sine waves, with each wave having its own specific amplitude (volume). These sine
waves may be tuned to any ratio of the fundamental frequency. These ratios do not need
to be harmonically related to the fundamental pitch of your sound, hence the sine waves
are called
partials , rather than harmonics. Varying the amplitude of a specific partial will
result in a timbre change. Generally, the greater the amplitude of the higher partials, the
brighter the resulting sound will be.
SPECTRUM SYNTHESIS
Spectrums