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Summary of Contents for ESI2000

Page 1: ...en frame rack must be used USER MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS 1 The ESI should be kept clean and dust free Periodically wipe the unit with a clean lint free cloth Do not use solvents or cleaners 2 There ar...

Page 2: ...dphones and speakers may be capable of producing sound levels that could cause permanent hearing loss Do not operate for a long period of time at a high volume level or at a level that is uncomfortabl...

Page 3: ...st such interference in a residential installation How ever there is no guarantee that the interference will not occur in a particular installation especially if a rabbit ear TV antenna is used If the...

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Page 5: ...a Entry Control 21 Inc Dec Buttons 21 Ten Key Pad 21 Escape 21 Enter 21 Cursor Page 22 Preset Selection 22 Save Bank 23 Load Bank 23 Drive Select 24 Audition 24 Trigger Mode 24 Multimode 25 Transpose...

Page 6: ...63 5 Disk Status 64 6 Format Disk 65 7 Backup 67 8 Special 70 1 Recalibrate 71 2 Contrast 71 3 Headroom Boost 72 4 Main Output Format 73 5 Software Version 73 6 View Channels 74 7 Trigger Buttons 74 8...

Page 7: ...Create Preset 110 6 Preset Size 111 7 Merge All Presets 111 7 Digital Processing Background 114 0 Select Sample 121 1 Setup 121 2 Loop 122 3 Truncation 125 4 Copy Region 125 5 Cut Region 127 6 Paste...

Page 8: ...rtamento Attack 184 9 Effects 185 9 Dynamic Processing Background 189 0 Select Zone 196 1 Setup 197 2 VCA 198 3 VCF 200 4 LFO 202 5 Auxiliary Envelope 204 6 Velocity To 205 7 Keyboard Mode 207 8 Realt...

Page 9: ...ntro Basic Setup 1 1 General Instructions Introduction 3 The ESI 4 Connection Instructions 6 Connection Diagram 7 Connecting to a Hard Disk 9 Sampling Basics 10 Definitions 11 Additional Definitions 1...

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Page 11: ...al tips which might not be readily apparent If you are totally unfamiliar with samplers and synthesizers in general you may need more information than this manual provides We suggest that you read som...

Page 12: ...ins advanced tools such as Auto Correla tion Loop Compression and Crossfade Looping which allow even the most difficult sounds to be easily looped Samples can be digitally spliced and mixed with other...

Page 13: ...ious mixer channels The Turbo option card adds four additional submix outputs plus an Effects main output The ESI can access up to 999 samples per bank arranged in up to 256 presets The integral 3 5 f...

Page 14: ...ubmix Outputs are stereo jacks with 10 dBm outputs on the tip of the jack Output impedance is 1K ohm The ring of each submix jack is a return input to the main outputs By using a special cable shown a...

Page 15: ...vices Mic or Line Inputs MIDI In Mains Submix Out Mix In Power Cord Power Amp Mixer DAT Recorder etc Digital Input Device To Mixer Main FX Outputs Turbo Option Card SCSI SCSI Device 60 mS Digital Effe...

Page 16: ...nection Control pedals and footswitches can be connected if your MIDI keyboard has inputs for them most do The MIDI keyboard translates the controller movements into MIDI data which is received by ESI...

Page 17: ...xternal SCSI device uses the DB connector you can use an adaptor cable to eliminate the mismatch 3 Set the SCSI ID of your external SCSI device to any number other than 5 or 0 5 is the default ID of t...

Page 18: ...imes a second for compact discs and sequentially recording these different levels in memory Once stored these samples may be played back in the proper sequence of course to reconstruct the original si...

Page 19: ...e one long sample lots of short samples a few medium samples or any combination thereof The term sample commonly means two different things 1 A digital recording of a complete sound or 2 Each snapshot...

Page 20: ...mples to partially or fully overlap other samples thus producing doubling effects or assigning dynamic control to individual samples in a preset You can modify zone parameters and set up MIDI and dyna...

Page 21: ...he ESI is used mainly as a convenient way to load and save small sound banks When a bank size larger than 2 MB is used which requires 2 disks the floppy disk becomes impractical for backing up sound d...

Page 22: ...hat the disk itself can be removed and replaced with another disk Disk densities can range from 44 Mbytes to over 270 Mbytes per platter Removable media hard disk drives allow you to build a sound lib...

Page 23: ...ent sample the last time you saved the bank then the next time you load the bank the current sample defaults to sample 029 You can always hear the current sample by pressing the audition button or ent...

Page 24: ...nce the disk contains a record of the bank data loading the disk back into the bank transfers all the sample and preset data into the bank This will replace the existing bank data if any Default A def...

Page 25: ...or the INC DEC buttons instead The Big Re Cap A sample is a raw sound that is loaded into the bank To create a new preset make sure you have all the samples required for the preset in the bank number...

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Page 27: ...Master Volume 21 Data Entry Control 21 INC DEC Buttons 21 Ten Key Pad 21 Escape 21 Enter 21 Cursor Page 22 Preset Selection 22 Load Bank 23 Save Bank 23 Drive Select 24 Audition 24 Trigger Mode 24 Mul...

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Page 29: ...amounts For instance if you wanted to jump to preset 10 enter 010 on the ten key pad and the new preset number will be instantly selected eliminating the process of finding the number with the data en...

Page 30: ...ding or deleting a space when naming A quick and easy way to add or delete a space when naming samples or presets is to use the left and right cursor keys The up key adds a space and the down key dele...

Page 31: ...nd press ENTER LOAD BANK from D1 Internal HD Select a Bank 3 Select the bank number that contains the bank to be loaded then press ENTER The display will say Loading Bank After a few seconds the bank...

Page 32: ...ntroller The current sample is selected in the Digital Processing module When you are in the Load Sample submodule the Audition button allows you to preview samples directly off the hard disk without...

Page 33: ...r Pan setting If you do not want the ESI to respond to certain MIDI channels set the preset for those channels to Unassigned which is located just below preset 000 MIDI CHANNEL 02 Volume 116 Pan 01 Un...

Page 34: ...produce the same effect as pressing keys C 2 C3 3 While holding Transpose check the display to confirm the transposition interval Upward transpositions are indicated with a symbol downward transpositi...

Page 35: ...Guided Tours 27 3 Guided Tours 1 Basics 29 2 Selecting Zones 33 3 Dynamic Processing 35 4 Realtime Controls 42 5 Sampling 45 6 Digital Processing 47 7 Managing the Bank 54 8 On Your Own 54...

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Page 37: ...om the newly loaded disks Saving Data to a Floppy Disk The floppy disk drive can be used to make permanent backups of your work This can be a time consuming process especially with large bank sizes an...

Page 38: ...nal SCSI device BEFORE the ESI 4 Turn on the ESI To Format a Hard Disk Drive Like a floppy disk a hard disk must also be formatted before it can be used to store information 1 Activate the Master Glob...

Page 39: ...ontains several presets To call up a new current preset use the up down cursor buttons to position the cursor under the preset number then use the keypad underneath the display Note that leading zeroe...

Page 40: ...posing the Keyboard Refer to the Transpose button While holding the transpose button play a key on the keyboard in the lower two octaves The second C from the bottom C2 corresponds to normal or no tra...

Page 41: ...SSIGNMENT 000 pri D2 001 Sample Name No Secondary Sample 3 Play a key on the keyboard Line two shows the preset number and the last key pressed Line three shows the primary sample assigned to the key...

Page 42: ...y then instructs you to Select High Key Press a key on the keyboard near the top of the keyboard then press ENTER The display now shows the current zone and prompts you to Select a Submodule At this p...

Page 43: ...same note is played softer there will be fewer of the high frequencies generated by the string We can simulate this effect by routing the velocity of the keyboard to control the amount of high frequen...

Page 44: ...r numbers mean a higher filter cutoff frequency more high frequencies Observe how only the notes within the current zone are affected by the Data Entry Control setting To Change Filter Q Increasing th...

Page 45: ...s Hold 0 00s Decay 0 00s Sus 99 Rel 0 40s Move the cursor under the Attack time on line one and vary the Data Entry Control With larger values it will take more attack time for the filter frequency to...

Page 46: ...to 0 49s After entering these values press ENTER to return to the Module Identifier Changing the Volume Envelope with the Voltage Controlled Amplifier The way the volume of a sound changes over time d...

Page 47: ...lay shows LFO Rate 4 25Hz Shape triangle Delay 0 00s If the LFO rate is different change the rate so that it is about 4 25 Hz 3 Use the right cursor page button to move to the next page of the LFO con...

Page 48: ...the Data Entry Control to scroll through the auxiliary envelope destinations Select Pitch as the destination then set the Envelope Amount to 50 2 Select the next page using the right cursor Set the p...

Page 49: ...v 0 Move the Data Entry Control to select different values and note the effects With positive velocity sent to the VCA the ESI plays softer as you play softer In other words the ESI equates harder pla...

Page 50: ...s a constant selectable amount of modulation and Realtime where the player adds in modulation by using one of the wheels or other controllers Each wheel on your MIDI controller can be assigned to a pa...

Page 51: ...tinations 3 7 are from the EIII You ll be happy to know that Realtime Control settings are memorized for each individual preset so if desired each preset can react to the Realtime controls and MIDI co...

Page 52: ...is one where a portion of the sound is put into an infinite repeat loop for as long as you hold down the key This is similar to the infinite repeat function on digital delay lines Looping allows you t...

Page 53: ...Yes to the display s query This clears out the memory which gives us maximum sampling time 3 Activate the Sample Management Module 5 Setup The display shows SETUP AdcGain 04 Thresh L on R on If you ar...

Page 54: ...m noise does not cause the ESI to trigger falsely Press ENTER to return to the Module Identifier 9 Select Arm Sampling 7 You re ready to sample Speak into the microphone As soon as the level exceeds t...

Page 55: ...ond sample De activate then re activate the module to sample You will not have to do any setup just hit 7 Arm Sampling and talk away You will then have two samples suitable for experimentation 4 Assig...

Page 56: ...ment 5 Setup Sing Ahhhh into the microphone This is an easy sound to loop The VU level should not quite reach the top of its range Adjust the gain using the Data Entry Control until a good level is at...

Page 57: ...is guided tour is to acquaint you with the concept of looping There is much more to the subject than simply fooling around with looping words from a spoken sample Please remember too that looping is a...

Page 58: ...This exercise details how to cut portions out of a sample and paste it into another sample or even the same sample at a different location 1 Erase all memory using Master Global Erase Bank 3 2 Take y...

Page 59: ...ten a feel for cut and paste make up your own experiments using the various other options such as mixing and crossfading Gain Change Taper Sample your voice saying Ahhh for one second This time when y...

Page 60: ...tal Processing module Undo 9 to cancel the effects of Gain Change Use this feature to further experiment with different Gain Change settings 5 Select Taper 1 Now let s taper the end of the sample so t...

Page 61: ...e samples in memory at this point Use the Select Sample function to pick the one you want to Pitch Change Use the data entry knob to select the samples then press ENTER Each sample will be placed over...

Page 62: ...Preset 5 Create Preset and 6 Preset Size Try these various functions to get a feel for how they work The proceeding guided tours cover only the basics To cover every possibility of how to use the ESI...

Page 63: ...nk 63 4 Lock Bank Drive 63 5 Disk Status 64 6 Format Disk 65 7 Backup 67 8 Special 70 1 Recalibrate 71 2 Contrast 71 3 Headroom Boost 72 4 Main Output Format 73 5 Software Version 74 6 View Channels 7...

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Page 65: ...to exit the submodule The ESI will return to the Module Identifier This submodule allows you to rename the current bank 1 Activate Master Global module 2 Select Rename Bank 2 3 Rename the bank Choose...

Page 66: ...es and presets in the current bank ERASE BANK Erases All Presets and Samples Are You Sure Y N 4 Press Yes to erase the bank or No to cancel the operation In either case the ESI will return to the Modu...

Page 67: ...atible with older ESI s Banks created in version 1 04 format must first be loaded into a v3 00 system and then saved into v3 00 format before samples and presets can be loaded To Export a Bank 1 Make...

Page 68: ...e brief descriptions of each subsection More extensive descriptions follow 0 SCSI Setup Allows you to change the ESI s SCSI ID number and configure SCSI for a Macintosh or PC on the bus 1 Mount Drives...

Page 69: ...d Consult the operation manual of the external device for information on changing the SCSI ID number The ESI also contains special SCSI software that allows two master devices the ESI and a Macintosh...

Page 70: ...2 Rename Disk Bank This function allows you to name your hard disk banks 1 Activate Master Global module 2 Select Disk Utilities 7 Rename Disk Bank 2 3 Select an installed drive then press ENTER RENA...

Page 71: ...on t want to risk curious hands unintentionally erasing a bank or drive here s a safeguard A complete drive or any bank within that drive can be locked against inadvertent erasure or tampering and sub...

Page 72: ...ier 5 Disk Status This function displays the amount of space that is available on a hard disk drive and if the drive is locked or not For floppy disks this func tion indicates if it is a software disk...

Page 73: ...tilities 7 Format Disk 6 3 Select the drive to be formatted and press ENTER The ESI defaults to the floppy drive FORMAT DISK D0 Floppy Drive Select a Drive 4 Consider the implications of your action F...

Page 74: ...MAT message appears in the ESI display about 10 seconds Hard Disk Interleave The ESI contains an internal list of recognized hard disk drives which also contains parameter information designed to opti...

Page 75: ...ore a portion or the entire contents of the hard disk This function makes it so easy that you really will have no excuse for not backing up all your hard disk banks If you d hate to lose it BACK IT UP...

Page 76: ...all the banks on your hard disk Range Copies a selected range of disk banks 6 Select the bank type and press ENTER If you selected All or Updated as the bank type the screen shown in step 9 will appea...

Page 77: ...cations on the destination disk 10 Select the bank destination and press ENTER The display will inquire if you are sure Press Yes if you are and backup will proceed Press No to cancel the operation an...

Page 78: ...mance when using either the main analog outputs or the optional digital I O 5 Software Version States the current version of the operating system software 6 View Channels Allows you to monitor your ch...

Page 79: ...ck the movement of the control Verify that the volume control operates properly Press ENTER 6 To save the calibration press Yes To cancel the calibration press No In either case the ESI will return to...

Page 80: ...ntains an excel lent signal to noise ratio while keeping a reasonable amount of head room in reserve If you hear clipping from the ESI raise the amount of headroom The headroom setting is retained whe...

Page 81: ...ESI will return to the Module Identifier 4 Main Output Format The optional Turbo card adds a digital audio output for interfacing with other digital audio gear The digital audio interface carries two...

Page 82: ...View Channels 6 3 Use the left right cursor buttons to place the cursor under the channel to be disabled VIEW CHANNEL LEVELS 4 Press Escape to exit the submodule The ESI will return to the Module Iden...

Page 83: ...8 RAM Test RAM is an acronym for Random Access Memory RAM is used to store presets and samples in the ESI s bank There is also another block of RAM used by the ESI s main computer This function allow...

Page 84: ...the volume and pan settings of all 16 MIDI channels at once It also lets you override the submix output settings made in the zone and assign them according to MIDI channel 2 MIDI Globals MIDI global...

Page 85: ...MIDI channel and a decimal readout of the volume setting for that channel Use the Data Entry Control or INC DEC buttons to change the volume levels MIX C 01 Volume 127 zzzz zzzz zzzz zzzz 4 Move the...

Page 86: ...ESI will send and receive MIDI information MIDI Mode In Omni mode the ESI will receive data transmitted over any of the 16 MIDI channels In Poly mode the preset will receive data only over the specifi...

Page 87: ...rol Source B to a MIDI continuous controller number This works the same way as assigning MIDI Control Source A to a MIDI continuous controller number EXAMPLE Here is an example of how MIDI control sou...

Page 88: ...lable assignments include Off and switch controllers 64 through 79 Footswitch 2 Assign footswitch 2 to a MIDI switch controller number The process is exactly the same as assigning a switch controller...

Page 89: ...regardless of MIDI Global settings 1 Activate Master Global module 2 Select MIDI 9 MIDI Load Bank 3 MIDI LOAD BANK Magic Preset Off 3 Select the Magic Preset or Off to disable MIDI Load Bank 4 Press...

Page 90: ...ect whether or not you want the ESI to automatically respond to the volume and pan MIDI controllers 7 10 when in multimode 4 Press ENTER to exit the submodule The changes will be stored and the ESI wi...

Page 91: ...m an Akai formatted SCSI device Load time varies and may be either slightly longer or shorter than the Akai There are a few fundamental differences between the Akai samplers and the ESI For this reaso...

Page 92: ...ess ENTER to confirm your choice and return to the option select screen WARNING If you have an Akai S1000 or S1100 connected to the SCSI bus you MUST enter the SCSI ID number of the Sampler not the HD...

Page 93: ...sample are taken from the left sample The right side parameters are ignored When Combine L R is set to Off stereo samples are not combined and each sample will be placed in a separate ESI zone 6 Selec...

Page 94: ...h mode was selected the following screen will appear AKAI LOAD Searching If an Akai disk cannot be found an error message will be generated indicating No Akai Drive Found If a valid Akai device is fou...

Page 95: ...te the current bank or No to merge the programs with the existing bank Loading will begin immediately AKAI LOAD from P A Vol PIANOS Program none Select Program If None is selected the following screen...

Page 96: ...Bank prompt will not appear Data will be merged with the current bank Important Note Certain Akai disks have samples and programs stored in separate volumes in order to save space on the disk If you...

Page 97: ...X II IMPORT Select a Submodule 3 Select the desired import function There are three options available Refer to the chart below 0 Emax II SCSI Setup Allows the ESI to specify the ID of the Emax II devi...

Page 98: ...ES the ESI will issue an extra prompt whenever a load operation is about to destroy the current bank Press ENTER after selecting your choice EMAX II IMPORT Confirm new bank Y N 6 Press 2 to select the...

Page 99: ...D from B01 Bosendorf8M ALL PRESETS Overwrite Bank Y N 9 Select Yes to overwrite the current bank or No to merge the data with the current bank Loading will begin immediately EMAX II LOAD Converting sa...

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Page 101: ...nt 93 5 Sample Management 0 Select Sample 95 1 Load Sample 95 2 Rename Sample 96 3 Erase Sample 97 4 Copy Sample 98 5 Sample Setup 99 6 Place Sample 101 7 Arm Sampling 102 8 Force Sampling 102 9 MIDI...

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Page 103: ...SELECT SAMPLE 001 Selected Sample Stereo 44100Hz 10 Presets 5 3secs Samples can be loaded individually from the floppy disk the internal ZIP disk or external storage devices 1 Activate Sample Manageme...

Page 104: ...he ten key pad Data Entry Control and keyboard You can also use the up cursor to insert spaces and the down cursor to delete spaces See Sample Management Rename Sample 2 9 Press ENTER to exit the subm...

Page 105: ...sample to be erased then press ENTER ERASE SAMPLE 001 Current Sample Select a Sample 4 If the sample is stereo select whether you want to erase the left side right side or the entire stereo sample ERA...

Page 106: ...to overwrite Press Yes to replace the existing sample or No to cancel the opera tion COPY SAMPLE to 001 Selected Sample 001 Empty Sample Select Dest Sample 5 Rename the sample Choose the characters to...

Page 107: ...nel only turn off the other channel to conserve memory R Right Channel Line four shows the right input level record status and whether on or off Press Yes or No to enable or disable recording into the...

Page 108: ...ting absolute will increase the amplitude of both the left and right samples to full level When sampling in mono selecting absolute or relative makes no difference Auto Placement selects the transposi...

Page 109: ...west key of the sample range then press ENTER The display will indicate the preset status described in step four PLACE SAMPLE pri G1 C1 Select Low Key 6 Select the highest key of the sample range then...

Page 110: ...nst re sampling To erase a locked sample use Erase Sample 3 Force Sampling lets you initiate sampling manually as an alternative to threshold sensitive sampling This is useful for situations where the...

Page 111: ...Sample Dump A closed loop connection greatly accelerates MIDI Sample Dumps I VOLUME PHONES O TRANSPOSE DIGITAL PROC SAMPLE MGT MASTER GLOBAL MULTIMODE PRESET MGT DYNAMIC PROC PRESET DEF DRIVE SELECT L...

Page 112: ...ransmit Select Direction 4 Select the word size and press ENTER MIDI SAMPLE DUMP Direction Transmit Word Size 16 Bits Select 14 16 Bits 5 Select a sample to be transmitted and press ENTER If the selec...

Page 113: ...Preset Management 105 6 Preset Management 1 Load Preset 107 2 Rename Preset 108 3 Erase Preset 109 4 Copy Preset 109 5 Create Preset 110 6 Preset Size 111 7 Merge All Presets 111...

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Page 115: ...Select a Bank 6 Select the preset to be loaded then press ENTER LOAD PRESET from P00 Current Preset Select Source Preset 7 Select the destination preset number into which the source preset will be lo...

Page 116: ...l through the presets available for renaming When the display shows the desired preset press ENTER RENAME PRESET P00 Current Preset Select a Preset 4 Rename the preset Choose the characters to be chan...

Page 117: ...This is useful if you want to create variations on a particular preset For example you may want to alter the MIDI velocity or Dynamic Process ing parameters 1 Activate Preset Management module 2 Selec...

Page 118: ...preset 1 Activate Preset Management module 2 Select Submodule Create Preset 5 3 Select the preset to be created then press ENTER If you try to overwrite an existing preset you will be asked if you wa...

Page 119: ...it the submodule The ESI returns to the Module Identifier This function allows you to load all the presets from any bank on any hard disk into the currently loaded bank This is a very handy feature wh...

Page 120: ...d Presets in the selected bank will be added to the current bank starting at the number you specify Presets will not be overwrit ten under any circumstances 6 Press ENTER to merge the presets The disp...

Page 121: ...s 1 131 0 Sample Calculator 131 1 Taper 132 2 Gain Change 133 3 Reverse Section 135 4 Stereo Mono 135 5 Left Right 136 6 DC Filter 136 7 Sample Integrity 137 8 Digital Tools 2 138 0 Sample Rate Conver...

Page 122: ...own to a comparatively steady sound Listen carefully to a plucked guitar string The first part of the sound consists of a complex mixture of pick noise and several harmon ics after a while the string...

Page 123: ...ape the attack sustain and decay characteristics of a sample You can create a decay during the looped portion and simulate pluck or struck sounds Artificial Decay can be applied to a looped sound Loop...

Page 124: ...e data at those loop points is identical In the example above a sine wave is crossfaded with silence to illustrate the process Crossfade looping is very effective with complex ensemble sounds which ca...

Page 125: ...data stays intact when you call up another sample data can be cut or copied from one sample and pasted to another Undo and Redo During several ESI digital processing operations such as cut paste and s...

Page 126: ...crossing refers to the point at which the positive slope of a waveform passes through zero In many digital processing applications such as splicing and looping it is useful to locate zero crossings i...

Page 127: ...Wave Slope of Wave 96dB 30dB Adjust the zero crossing threshold according to the type of wave you are processing A setting of 96 dB is most sensitive and can be used for finding the start point of a...

Page 128: ...board while in a Digital Processing function such as Truncation or Looping If the pitch wheel is moved slightly forward the sound will play slowly through its length If the wheel is pushed forward all...

Page 129: ...odule Identifier This submodule lets you turn looping on and off loop in release on and off and sets various parameters concerning other Digital Processing functions For more information see Backgroun...

Page 130: ...VCA release 5 Select page two by pressing the right cursor button The second page displays the following parameters SETUP Beep off Zero X Thresh 54dB Beep when on the ESI gives an audible indication w...

Page 131: ...anges the size and the start point remains constant 4 The display asks if you want to Auto Correlate Press YES to Auto Correlate or NO to proceed directly to step six Compress Loop Auto Correlation us...

Page 132: ...tches For more information see Background About Looping at the beginning of this section LOOP secs samples Start 1 96 43280 End 3 54 78162 Compress Loop Y N The two types of crossfade looping are EqPw...

Page 133: ...act with the size value on line four in these ways Truncating the Start causes the size to change to maintain a constant End Point Truncating the End causes the size to change to maintain a constant S...

Page 134: ...ted Sample Side Stereo Select L R Stereo 5 Specify the start point on line two and end point on line three for the portion of the sample to be copied then press ENTER Use the up and down cursor to cho...

Page 135: ...cted Sample Select a Sample 4 Specify the start point on line two and the end point on line three for the portion of the sample to be cut then press ENTER Use the up and down cursor to choose the appr...

Page 136: ...tion Sample The sample on the clipboard is pasted into the break in the destination sample or crossfaded in and out of the break in the destination sample Crossfade Size Mode Insert 1 Activate Digital...

Page 137: ...ed in step three Nor mally you will always use Equal Power Use Linear Mix when the signals are very similar or when Equal Power causes a gain in amplitude 6 If you chose insert in step five proceed to...

Page 138: ...ot select any Xfade time for best results Your choices are Equal Power This is a weighted crossfade that produces no apparent level shift It is the most commonly used mode Linear This provides a strai...

Page 139: ...nstructing the sample header 0 Sample Calculator Use the Sample Calculator to compute the sample rate for a perfect single cycle loop You provide the pitch and sample rate the Single Cycle field displ...

Page 140: ...ct the left side right side or both sides stereo then press ENTER Otherwise proceed to the next step TAPER Side Stereo Select L R Stereo 4 Select the desired taper points and press ENTER The display w...

Page 141: ...are not satisfied with the resulting taper or want to compare before and after proceed to Digital Processing Undo 9 2 Gain Change Gain Change alters the level of all or part of a sample 1 Activate Di...

Page 142: ...s with the Data Entry Control and press ENTER The sample will be tapered between the selected start and end points with the type of curve selected FADE secs samples Size 0 00 000000 Type Linear Size...

Page 143: ...e the endpoints of the current sample The sample will be reversed between the selected start and end points 5 If you are not satisfied with the reversal or want to compare before and after proceed to...

Page 144: ...to the other side if it is in mono SWAP SIDES Swap Sides Y N 3 Press YES to swap or change sides or NO to exit the submodule The ESI returns to the Module Identifier 6 DC Filter Removes the DC compone...

Page 145: ...ll return to the Module Identifier 7 Sample Integrity Samples may occasionally have slight looping problems due to data corruption of the sample header file This function remedies the problem by recon...

Page 146: ...This function changes the length of a sample without changing the pitch This can be very useful for fitting samples to the beat of a song or fitting dialog into a spot Samples can be compressed or exp...

Page 147: ...ate and sample size SAMPLE RATE CVT f 0 Rate 22050Hz Size 107220 Loop Size 5035 00 3 Select the new sample rate and press ENTER The display updates the sample size to reflect the new sample rate The L...

Page 148: ...ew tuning The loop size display shows the size of the resulting loop If a fractional number is shown listen to the resulting loop carefully The loop size will be slightly altered by the conversion pro...

Page 149: ...Select the desired area to be compressed and press ENTER COMP secs samples Start 0 00 000000 End 3 13 137873 Size 3 13 137873 The display will show the current points of the sample to be com pressed...

Page 150: ...Below Only signal levels below the threshold will be affected by the compressor Determines the threshold level as a percentage of 100 of 16 bits Compression Ratio Variable from 0 01 1 to 99 8 1 Determ...

Page 151: ...cted by the compressor Only signal levels BELOW the Threshold will be affected by the compressor Only signal levels ABOVE the Threshold will be affected by the compressor 0 1 1 2 1 10 1 50 Threshold 1...

Page 152: ...keep the volume constant generally to increase the sustain of the instrument As the note dies away the compressor will boost the level in an effort to keep the level constant Set the controls as follo...

Page 153: ...ncy Amplitude 1 Activate Digital Processing module 2 Select Digital Tools II 8 Parametric EQ 3 3 If the current sample is stereo the following screen will appear Select the left side right side or bot...

Page 154: ...ime compression ratio and signal type TIME COMPRESSION Ratio 110 Type broad Length 3 1 3 4s 3 Select the desired time compression or expansion ratio The lower line of the display changes to show the r...

Page 155: ...ngth of the compressed or expanded sample 4 Select the general type of sample to be processed The choices are deep Predominant deep bass to 14 Hz bass Predominant bass to 20 Hz mid 1 Average source ma...

Page 156: ...Entry Control or the keypad The third line of the display shows the characteristics of the second sample L R or L R the length and the sample rate 6 Press ENTER to select the second sample The displa...

Page 157: ...st by L R Sound moves left to right quickly Slow by L R Sound moves left to right slowly Far Near fast Sound moves far away to close quickly Far Near slow Sound moves far away to close slowly Near Far...

Page 158: ...shorter Path Duration if desired The Path Duration allows you to scale the path time so that it runs to completion in a time shorter than the length of the sample The default value is always the lengt...

Page 159: ...a user path Copy copy a path into one of the user paths Reverse cause a user path to be played in reverse Flip flip a user path around the X axis Offset apply an x and or y offset to a user path Clea...

Page 160: ...een to appear FLIP PATH Flipping path user path 2 Are You Sure Y N Offset Path This function allows you to add an offset to the left and right path points moving the entire path closer or farther or m...

Page 161: ...elected the following screen will appear PATH EDIT 0 0 00s 999 500 1 0 52s 0 0 2 0 86s 224 999 Each line of this screen is a point in the path specified by X Y position numbers inside the brackets and...

Page 162: ...if this path is applied to a different sample all time values will be scaled to the length of the different sample The diagram above shows the extreme positions of the path coordinates Once path editi...

Page 163: ...art point for the effect to fade in to the programmed amount Fade Out Sets the amount of time before the end point that it will take for the effect amount to fade out to zero To Enhance a Sample 1 Pre...

Page 164: ...isplay will show whether backup is currently enabled or not If backup is not enabled you will not be able to restore the sample Otherwise press ENTER The original sample will be restored the processed...

Page 165: ...he backup data the ESI may become confused The ESI will select a fixed hard disk as the backup drive if available If you have only removable disks and still want to use Undo insert one removable disk...

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Page 167: ...set Definition 0 Realtime Controls 161 1 Load Zone 166 2 Edit Assignment 169 3 Erase Zone 172 4 Copy Zone 173 5 Crossfade Switch 176 6 Velocity Switch Preset Link 183 7 Pitch Bend Range 184 8 Portamen...

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Page 169: ...connected to a destination in order to have any effect The second line of the display shows the realtime control source and the third line shows the destination or what will be controlled by the sour...

Page 170: ...all control sources may be turned Off Each destination can be controlled by only one controller Tip Brass sounds often increase in brightness towards the end of the note Simulate this effect by using...

Page 171: ...mmed in Dynamic Processing VCA 2 For this destination to have any effect the initial level of the zone must be set to a value less than 100 4 LFO Pitch This destination controls the extent to which th...

Page 172: ...ound will appear at the extreme right 8 Attack This destination controls the VCA and VCF envelope attack rate When assigned to the mod control rotating the wheel away from you increases the attack tim...

Page 173: ...l alternate between the two samples This function must also be enabled under Preset Definition 5 Crossfade Switch 3 Unused 1 4 Unused 2 5 Unused 3 6 Unused A 7 Unused B 8 Preset Increment Press the fo...

Page 174: ...5 4 Select the drive containing the zone to be loaded then press ENTER LOAD ZONE from D1 Main HD Select a Drive 5 Select the bank that contains the preset from which the zone will be loaded then pres...

Page 175: ...plays the secondary sample number associated with the note on line two 9 Select the highest key of the zone to be loaded then press ENTER The default is the highest note of the sample that contains th...

Page 176: ...primary or secondary samples select whether you want to load them into the preset as primary or secondary samples This step allows you to load primary sample s into secondary locations and visa versa...

Page 177: ...Data Entry Control After selecting a note the third line will display the primary sample number and the fourth line will display the secondary sample number associated with the note on line two 5 Use...

Page 178: ...you set the new zone assignment If you extend the new zone so that it overlaps another sample on the same layer it will replace the other sample in that area of the keyboard After pressing ENTER the E...

Page 179: ...in the zone being transposed up one octave Moving the original key up from G1 to G2 would transpose the zone down one octave APPLICATION Transpose Part of a Zone Suppose you wanted to transpose the a...

Page 180: ...rd to specify any note as the lowest note of the zone ERASE ZONE P00 both C1 Select Low Key The second line shows the note being played on the keyboard or scrolled with the Data Entry Control After se...

Page 181: ...ontrol After selecting a note the third line displays the primary sample number and the fourth line displays the secondary sample number associated with the note on line two 6 Press Yes to erase the z...

Page 182: ...olls through the highest key of each sample on the keyboard The Data Entry Control is the fastest selection method if you want the highest key of the zone to coincide with the highest note of a sample...

Page 183: ...ip this step as these samples are always copied into both primary and secondary sample slots of the destina tion preset COPY ZONE from P01 pri Select pri sec 9 Select the low key where the low key of...

Page 184: ...ways The Data Entry Control scrolls through the lowest key of each sample on the keyboard The Data Entry Control is the fastest selection method if you want the lowest key of the zone to coincide wit...

Page 185: ...line displays the secondary sample number associated with the note on line two 5 Select the desired type of crossfade from the following choices then press ENTER CROSSFADE SWITCH P00 C1 to C2 Crossfa...

Page 186: ...the ESI will return to the Module Identifier 7 For Positional Crossfade select whether the primary or secon dary sample will increase in level as you play higher on the keyboard then press ENTER The o...

Page 187: ...lowest note of a sample Or you can use the keyboard to specify any note as the lowest note of the zone CROSSFADE SWITCH P00 C1 Select Low Key The second line shows the note being played on the keyboar...

Page 188: ...e Velocity Switch Preset Link Submodule 6 7 Press the Right Cursor key The following screen appears VEL SWITCH PT LINK Velocity Ranges Pri 0 to 95 Sec 96 to 127 8 Set the Primary and Secondary Velocit...

Page 189: ...sfade 5 Select submodule Vel Switch Pt Link 6 The following screen appears Move the Cursor down to the lower line using the down cursor key VEL SWITCH PT LINK Vel Switch Point 60 Link Preset to 001 Pe...

Page 190: ...ur layers now have their own velocity range and press ENTER After pressing ENTER the ESI returns to the Module Identifier 15 Return to the first preset 16 Play the Keyboard soft at first then harder a...

Page 191: ...ll also play The polyphony of the ESI will vary according to the voice architecture of each preset in the stack If two presets are linked to themselves forming a loop those two presets will play in un...

Page 192: ...arately for the primary and secondary layers Values are entered in number of seconds per octave from the last key to the current key Portamento glides at a linear rate with a range programmable from 0...

Page 193: ...Programmed in the Preset This function is available only when the Turbo Option Kit is installed in the ESI For detailed instructions on how to use the Effects submodule refer to the Appendix When play...

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Page 195: ...187 9 Dynamic Processing Background 189 0 Select Zone 196 1 Setup 197 2 VCA 198 3 VCF 200 4 LFO 202 5 Auxiliary Envelope 204 6 Velocity To 205 7 Keyboard Mode 207 8 Realtime Control Enable 208 9 Chan...

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Page 197: ...pletely different sets of analog parameters applied to it The zone concept makes the programming and modifying of parameters quite straightforward The Zone Concept A zone is simply a selected range of...

Page 198: ...how DYNAMIC PROCESSING P00 both C 1 to C 5 Quick Zone off Select a Submodule Use the left and right cursor buttons to select Off Pri Sec or Both Quick Zone remains on until you turn it off or until th...

Page 199: ...60 80 100 40 80 160 360 720 14402880 Frequency Amplitude Output of Filter Cutoff Frequency The point at which the frequencies are rejected is called the Cutoff Frequency or Fc for short A filter that...

Page 200: ...round the cutoff tend to ring with high Q settings If the filter is swept back and forth slowly with a high Q various overtones will be picked out of the sound and amplified as the resonant peak sweep...

Page 201: ...de the selected band The parametric filter is quite flexible Any range of frequencies can be either amplified or attenuated Often times several parametric sections are cascaded placed one after anothe...

Page 202: ...The Q parameter can control various parameters such as boost cut and mouth cavity size and of course resonance or Q ESI Filter Types 2 pole Lowpass Lowpass filter with 12dB octave rolloff and Q contro...

Page 203: ...lter Cutoff moves the position of the notches Q varies the depth of the notches Bat Phaser Phase shifter with peaks as well as notches Filter Cutoff moves the position of the peaks and notches Q varie...

Page 204: ...you can use the keyboard to specify any note as the lowest note of the zone SELECT ZONE P00 both C 1 Select Low Key The second line shows the note being played on the keyboard or scrolled with the Dat...

Page 205: ...ge of 100 to 100 cents One hundred cents equals 1 semitone Delay varies the time between when a MIDI Note On message is received and the onset of the note up to 1 53 seconds Chorus thickens the sound...

Page 206: ...o pages Page one sets the overall zone level and stereo placement pan Page two sets the AHDSR envelope characteristics that alter VCA dynamics with respect to time 1 Activate Dynamic Processing module...

Page 207: ...the envelope sustain level from 0 to 100 of the peak level Rel Release varies the release time from 0 to 163 69 seconds 5 Press ENTER to exit the submodule The ESI will return to the Module Identifier...

Page 208: ...uencies hence a sound with more treble The maximum filter sweep range is most obvious with envelope amount set to 0 Q varies the resonance from 0 to 100 Higher values correspond to increased resonance...

Page 209: ...to 100 which is the maximum positive envelope It is usually necessary to raise the filter cutoff value when using inverted envelopes Initial Cutoff Freq ZONE Keyboard Tracking varies the filter cutoff...

Page 210: ...The LFO submodule contains three pages Page one sets the LFO rate shape of the LFO waveform and the delay before onset of modulation Pages two and three determine the degree to which the rate is varie...

Page 211: ...ng effects to a sound 5 Select page three by pressing the right cursor button The third page displays the following LFO routing options LFO LFO VCA 0 LFO Pan 0 LFO VCA produces tremolo effects by alte...

Page 212: ...LFO Pan Using the auxiliary envelope to control pitch gives automatic pitch bending Controlling the LFO rate can increase or decrease the LFO speed over the duration of a note Adding envelope control...

Page 213: ...ics Use velocity to add dynamics to sampled sounds that don t contain dynamics such as samples from older synthesizers VCA Attack ties velocity to the VCA envelope attack time With negative values pla...

Page 214: ...VCF envelope attack time With negative values playing softly gives shorter attack times while playing more forcefully lengthens the attack With positive values playing softly gives longer attack times...

Page 215: ...lude a gate or trigger Envelope Mode a monophonic Solo Mode and a Nontranspose function for maintaining a constant pitch throughout a zone 1 Activate Dynamic Processing module 2 Select Keyboard Mode 7...

Page 216: ...to hit a single key 4 Press ENTER to exit the submodule The ESI will return to the Module Identifier This function lets you to exempt specific realtime control destinations within a zone from being a...

Page 217: ...fere with Zones assigned to other groups By assigning zones in the preset to groups important parts can be protected from being stolen if ESI s polyphony is exceeded Alternatively a zone such as an op...

Page 218: ...thermore you want the closed high hat to cut off the open high hat to simulate a real drum kit Zones assigned to groups will only steal channels from within that same group Alternatively multiple zone...

Page 219: ...Assignment Groups 1 Press the Dynamic Processing key 2 Select Channel Assignment 9 The following screen appears CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT AssignGroup Poly All Submix main 3 Move the cursor down to the third...

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Page 221: ...ts Parameters 230 Using SCSI 236 Disk Drive Compatibility 240 Keyboard Character Chart 241 ESI Menu Map 242 MIDI Key Number Chart 243 MIDI Implementation Chart 244 Specifications 245 Error Codes 246 T...

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Page 223: ...cluded with the Turbo option Additional Y cables are available from Radio Shack or from your local electronics supplier The FX Output is a copy of the Main Output run through the effects processors Wh...

Page 224: ...mable Decay Time and High Frequency Damping The B effects have user programmable Feedback LFO Rate and Delay Time The Effects Sends On a mixing console you can control the amount of signal each channe...

Page 225: ...e ONLY connected to the FX Outputs If a plug is inserted into a Sub Output jack the dry signal from that bus is removed from the effects processor This feature allows you to have three dry mixes from...

Page 226: ...as part of the preset Because there are only two effects processors for the entire machine each preset cannot be have its own effect in Multimode where up to 16 presets can be played at once To Progra...

Page 227: ...fects Globally for all Presets 1 Press the Preset Definition key The LED illuminates and the Preset Definition screen appears 2 Select the Effects submenu 9 The Effects menu will appear 3 Select Effec...

Page 228: ...settings of the preset on a special MIDI channel In this example the Master Effects will be used Use this setting if you don t need to change the effects during the song To Use the Master Settings in...

Page 229: ...ve the system To Assign MIDI Channels to the Main Output or to a Submix Bus In Multimode each MIDI channel can be assigned to the main outputs or to one of the submix busses If a plug is inserted into...

Page 230: ...e Set the submix bus to z using the Data Entry Control or INC DEC keys Now the submix bus will be determined by the zone assignments in the preset assigned to that MIDI channel To set up Submix Assign...

Page 231: ...4 Effects Preset 02 Percussion MIDI Channel 1 Zone Submix MAIN Zone Submix Sub 1 DYNAMIC PROCESSING 9 Channel Assignment Note Submix Sends Assign Submix to Zone Select Zone Routing Assign FX Sends to...

Page 232: ...ate special presets without samples to be used as Effects Presets By assigning these effects presets to the Multimode Effects Control Channel you can use Program Change commands to switch between effe...

Page 233: ...ets To Bypass the Effects 1 Press the Master key The LED illuminates and the Memory Statistics screen appears 2 Select Effects 4 The main Effect screen will appear 3 Select Effects Setup 2 The followi...

Page 234: ...Room Panning Delay Warm Room Delay Chorus Perfect Room Pan Delay Chorus 1 2 Tiled Room Dual Tap 1 3 Hard Plate Dual Tap 1 4 Warm Hall Vibrato Spacious Hall Distortion 1 2 Bright Hall Distorted Flange...

Page 235: ...decays according to the time set by the Decay Time parameter High frequency energy tends to fade away first as a sound is dissipated in a room The High Frequency Damping parameter allows you adjust t...

Page 236: ...rib ute to the overall chorus effect The LFO Rate and Depth settings are critical to achieving a realistic effect with faster LFO rates generally requiring less LFO amount and vice versa Doubling When...

Page 237: ...f runaway because of an automatic gain control in the feedback path Stereo Delay Similar to delay except that the delay line outputs a stereo signal from the mono input The two output signals are a fe...

Page 238: ...rols the room size and the reflectivity of the room On a delay effect decay time controls how many echoes are produced or how long the echoes will last 1 Press the Preset Definition key The LED illumi...

Page 239: ...Parameters screen appears PRESET EFFECT A Decay Time 48 HF Damping 64 FxB FxA 0 6 Move the Cursor down to the second line and adjust the High Frequency Damping as desired 7 Press the Preset Definitio...

Page 240: ...Send Amounts down to zero since we only want to hear the two effects in series PRESET EFFECT A Sends Main 0 Sub2 0 Sub1 0 Sub3 0 9 Press the ESCAPE key to return to the Effects submenu 10 Press the R...

Page 241: ...The Effect Parameters screen appears PRESET EFFECT B Feedback 88 LFO Rate 3 Delay Time 6 Move the Cursor down to the second line and adjust the Feed back as desired 7 Press the Preset Definition key...

Page 242: ...es the length of the delay or how much time passes before you hear the delayed signal On some effects this parameter is not adjustable indicated by a dash in the field 1 Press the Preset Definition ke...

Page 243: ...ally controlled 1 Press the Preset Definition key The LED will illuminate and the Preset Definition menu will appear 2 Select Effects 9 The main Effect screen will appear 3 Select Preset Effect A or B...

Page 244: ...ts own ID number so that it can distinguish its data from data meant for another device If data is being saved to a device with ID 2 for instance all the other devices on the SCSI bus will ignore that...

Page 245: ...can either be hidden inside a SCSI device or they can take the form of termination blocks which can simply be plugged into the SCSI port Terminators apply power to an array of resistors which ensure...

Page 246: ...SI compatible files Simi larly a Macintosh can access an internal ESI Zip drive with a cartridge that has been formatted for the Macintosh The ESI is strictly a Slave Device when using SMDI meaning th...

Page 247: ...aster Global Disk Utilities 1 2 Check the SCSI ID numbers No two numbers can be the same 3 Read the documentation again Learn all you can about your peripheral devices The answer may be right in front...

Page 248: ...16 18 483 L 27 G 54 1_14 N5A AOL Capacity 270 MB 1 GB 1 GB 2 1 GB 4 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 500 MB 2 GB 1 GB 1 GB 3 6 GB 9 GB 1 7 GB 1 05 GB 2 1 GB 127 MB 1 GB 1 GB 365 MB 730 MB 240 MB 270 MB 525 MB 540 MB 1...

Page 249: ...an be named or renamed using these characters Select the characters using the ten key pad data entry knob and keyboard You can also use the up cursor to insert spaces and the down cursor to delete spa...

Page 250: ...al Tools I 8 Digital Tools II 9 Undo DIGTIAL PROCESSING 0 Realtime Controls 1 Load Zone 2 Edit Assignment 3 Erase Zone 4 Copy Zone 5 Crossfade Switch 6 Vel Switch Link 7 Pitch Bend Range 8 Portamento...

Page 251: ...d range 23 24 21 22 25 27 30 32 34 37 39 42 44 46 49 51 54 58 56 61 68 66 70 75 73 78 80 82 85 87 90 92 94 102 104 106 97 99 63 28 29 26 33 35 31 38 40 36 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C0 43 45 41 48 50 47 53...

Page 252: ...k Commands Aux Messages Local On Off Active Sense Reset No No 1 1 16 Memorized No No No No 21 108 A 1 thru C7 21 108 A 1 thru C7 No No Yes No v 1 127 No No No Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes 0 127 Yes 0 1...

Page 253: ...THD Less than 0 03 Signal Quiescent Noise Better than 100 dB Stereo Phase Phase Coherent 1 at 1 kHz Weight 10 lbs 4 5 kg Dimensions W 17 125 43 5cm H 3 5 8 9cm L 9 75 23 7cm Power 100 240 VAC 50 60 Hz...

Page 254: ...Disk Error Bad disk or floppy drive Floppy Seek Error Bad disk or floppy drive Insert Unlocked FD Floppy disk is locked Loop Start End Zero Sample header is corrupted and needs to be repaired using t...

Page 255: ...Not enough sample memory for the operation Sample Overload A D converter headroom has been exceeded SCSI Bank Locked Trying to write to a locked bank SCSI Hardware Error No HD Cable No power Wrong SC...

Page 256: ...e Solution Try listening directly to the stereo output using head phones to verify that the ESI is at fault Check that proper audio connections have been made Problem The ESI powers up normally but do...

Page 257: ...g 1 off in the zone Problem Audible hum in system when ESI is connected Cause There is a ground loop present in the audio system Solution Find and eliminate the ground loop Functional Problems Problem...

Page 258: ...als Problem The ESI does not respond to the MIDI parameters as programmed Cause MIDI Globals are turned off Solution Turn on MIDI Globals Master Global 9 MIDI 2 MIDI Globals Problem The ESI does not r...

Page 259: ...ces have power Change one of the SCSI ID numbers If this fails try another SCSI cable or another SCSI device if possible Problem Data from an external SCSI device is being scrambled or lost Cause The...

Page 260: ...e unit at E mu s option In no event shall E mu Systems Inc be liable for damages based on inconvenience whether incidental or consequential loss of use of the unit loss of time interrupted operation o...

Page 261: ...ng game 50 bandwidth EQ 146 bank 13 confirm new 85 definition 13 erasing 58 60 63 exporting 59 loading 23 29 loading from a hard disk 31 loading MIDI 76 81 locking 60 63 management 54 renaming 57 60 6...

Page 262: ...quency boost 146 193 cut region 50 127 cutoff frequency 35 191 200 changing 36 D damping high frequency 227 231 data entry control 16 21 data backing up 67 restoring from backup 69 saving to a floppy...

Page 263: ...201 204 inverted 37 mode 208 trigger gate 207 equal power crossfade looping 124 crossfading 130 mix in paste 129 equalizer parametric 138 145 erase bank 58 disk bank 60 63 preset 54 109 sample 97 zon...

Page 264: ...hold VCF 202 I import Akai 83 Emax II 83 89 functions 83 increment decrement buttons 16 increment decrement presets 165 insert mode paste 129 insufficient drive memory 117 integrity sample 137 interf...

Page 265: ...t paste 129 keyboard 207 MIDI 78 mono A 1 210 multi 25 78 transpose 25 trigger 24 modulation destinations 42 43 module 15 monitor through while sampling 100 mono A I mode 210 morphing filter 193 mount...

Page 266: ...size 111 templates creating 101 pressure aftertouch 79 primary and secondary layers 15 processors dual effects 216 program See also Preset change MIDI 23 78 effects 227 Q Q 35 36 192 200 VCF note on 1...

Page 267: ...rm 202 scrub wheel 120 SCSI Akai sampler connection 83 avoid host on ID 61 background 236 connecting a drive 9 236 Emax II connection 89 ESI SCSI ID 61 ID number 9 236 problems 239 setup 61 using 236...

Page 268: ...100 truncating a sample 47 tune master 57 sonic enhancer 155 tuning alternate template 197 digital 138 140 dynamic setup 197 ESI to other instruments 32 turbo option 8 U undo 117 156 utilities disk 60...

Page 269: ...193 zero crossing 22 118 zero X threshold 118 122 Zip drives formatting 66 zone 12 34 189 copying 173 definition 12 erasing 172 level 198 loading a 166 quick 190 selecting 12 196 specifying 34 submix...

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Page 271: ...Is this your first piece of E mu gear If no what other E mu gear do you own 2 What influenced your decision to buy this particular E mu product i e recommendation price features sounds etc 3 How did...

Page 272: ...POSTAGE HERE E mu Systems Ltd Suite 6 Adam Ferguson House Eskmills Industrial Park Musselburgh East Lothian Scotland United Kingdom EH21 7PQ Fold Here 1600 Green Hills Road P O Box 660015 Scotts Vall...

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