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Page 2: ...to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications ...

Page 3: ...ing the sound of a part 22 What is a Part 22 Drum parts 1 5 6A B 7A B 22 Synth parts 1 5 22 Accent parts drum synth 22 Listening to the sound of a part 22 Listening to the sound of a drum part 22 Listening to the sound of a synth part the Keyboard function 22 Selecting a part 23 Drum part 23 To select a part during playback without causing it to sound 23 Synth part 23 Accent part 23 Muting a part ...

Page 4: ...on sequence 58 What is a motion sequence 58 Effects FX1 FX2 FX3 58 Drum parts 1 7B 58 Synth parts 1 5 58 Accent parts 58 Recording a motion sequence 58 Playing a motion sequence 59 Checking motion sequence data 59 If a motion sequence is recorded for The following key will light 59 Editing motion sequence data 60 Selecting the motion sequence that you want to edit 60 Editing motion sequence parame...

Page 5: ...bout note on note off 81 Assigning a MIDI Control Change Number to a knob 81 Transmitting sound settings and other data 82 Transmitting receiving a data dump 82 Transmission 82 Reception 82 Switching patterns 82 Setting the pitch bend range 83 Setting the pitch bend range 83 Synchronizing playback with an external MIDI device 83 To use the EMX 1 as the master and synchronize an external MIDI devic...

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Page 7: ...lator the new Drive con trol can create the distinctive sound of analog dis tortion for sharp and powerful analog synth sounds For totally far out sounds we ve added BPF Band Pass Filter Plus with adjustable peak ing plus you can use other parameters in conjunc tion with modulation from the LFO or EG 207 drum waves for immediate use in your dance music The EMX 1 features 207 built in drum waves th...

Page 8: ... while playing patterns you can write and save the pattern without stopping your perfor mance Saving your data on the EMX 1 The patterns and songs you edit and create on the EMX 1 will be lost the patterns and songs will re turn to their un edited state if you select a new pattern or song or turn off the power before sav ing your changes If you want to save a pattern or song that you cre ated or e...

Page 9: ...ts the input level of the audio in put 4 Display p 15 This shows the name of the currently selected pat tern and displays information such as parameter values and messages 5 Common section p 10 The controls grouped in the Common section al low you to switch modes to use the display to edit parameters and to control playback and record ing 6 Edit section p 11 Using these controls you can edit the s...

Page 10: ...f dark and defeat the solo function Also you can hold down this key and turn the dial or use the step keys to transpose a phrase p 24 Trans pose 1 AUDIO IN THRU key Selecting this key will send the sound from the au dio in jack directly to the line output jacks and headphone jacks unchanged This key will have no effect for a synth part whose oscillator type is set to AUDIO IN COMB since turning th...

Page 11: ...l 3 4 output bus p 26 Output bus this control will adjust the panning to the individual out puts INDIV OUT 3 4 LEVEL Adjusts the volume of each part For an accent part this will adjust the strength of the accent AMP EG Selects the amp envelope shape for each part The envelope will alternate be tween decay or non decay each time you press this ROLL For each part this will switch the roll ef fect on...

Page 12: ...cts the type of filter These parameters have no effect on drum parts 1 DRUM PART 1 5 6A 6B 7A 7B drum part keys These keys select drum parts By pressing these keys you can hear the sound that is assigned to each part 2 DRUM PART ACCENT drum accent part key This key selects the drum accent part Step key section 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 SYNTH PART 1 5 synth part keys These keys select synth parts 4 SYNTH PART ...

Page 13: ...se these keys as a keyboard to play a synth part When the Pattern Set function is on blinking you can use these keys to select patterns as well as as signing patterns to the individual keys Arpeggiator section 2 1 1 Ribbon controller When you touch the ribbon controller the selected part will begin sounding automatically When used with a synth part 16th notes will be sounded and the gate time will...

Page 14: ... a mic or to the LINE position if you are connect ing a synthesizer or audio device 5 AUDIO IN jack This jack lets you use an external audio source as an oscillator When the synth oscillator is set to AUDIO IN COMB the sound that is input here will be used as the oscillator sound This is a mon aural jack 6 INDIV OUT 3 4 individual out jacks These are individual output jacks If the output bus of a ...

Page 15: ...s indicator will light After a time it will go dark and the previous display will reappear 7 Original value indicator This will light when the value of the currently operated knob is the same as the value stored in the pattern i e the original value 8 Part status indicator This shows the status of the following parameters for each part PLAY Indicates the mute status of each part On lit This part i...

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Page 17: ... 10 20 30 40 50 60 U 15 U 15 AUX 1 MON EFX 2 EFX U 15 U 12 15 12 U 15 15 PAN SOLO 11 12 MUTE A LT 3 4 EQ HI 12kHz MID 2 5kHz LOW 80Hz L R dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 U 15 U 15 AUX 1 MON EFX 2 EFX U 15 U 12 15 12 U 15 15 PAN SOLO 13 14 MUTE A LT 3 4 EQ HI 12kHz MID 2 5kHz LOW 80Hz L R dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 dB 10 5 U 5 10 20 30 40 50 U 10 U 20 U 20 1 2 AUX1MAS...

Page 18: ...G key a second time 3 Turn the dial to select a song 4 Press the PLAY PAUSE key to play back the song the key will light When the song ends playback will stop automatically the key will go dark To pause playback Press the PLAY PAUSE key the key will blink To resume playback Press the PLAY PAUSE key once again the key will light To stop playback Press the STOP CANCEL key Demo Song List S 01 Tales o...

Page 19: ...Effect Playing a pattern To Start playback 1 Press the PATTERN key the key will light 2 Press the cursor key until the display indicates patter n name 3 Press the PLAY PAUSE key to play the pattern the key will light When the pattern ends playback will return to the beginning of the pattern and will continue to loop While the pattern plays you can use the Keyboard function to play along using the ...

Page 20: ...cted pattern will begin to play The name of the pattern waiting to be played next will blink in the display until the change occurs If you change patterns during playback you may hear noise or un wanted sounds at the transition due to the ef fect or delay settings or in some cases the effect sound may drop out If the patterns before and after the change use the same ef fect but with dif ferent set...

Page 21: ...bletodeterminethetempo thetempovalue display will disappear and will indicate 3 Press the AUTO BPM SCAN key to finalize the tempo the detected tempo will be specified as the TEMPO setting If you decide not to apply the detected tempo value press the TAP key or the TEMPO LOCK key The tempo value will remain at the setting prior to automatic detection Alternatively you can cancel the setting by pres...

Page 22: ... to select various patterns and try out the wide variety of sounds When you press a drum part key the keyboard function of the step keys will be cancelled however the keyboard function will automati cally return to its previous setting when you once again select a synth part Listening to the sound of a drum part Press a drum part key 1 through 7B and you will hear the sound assigned to each key Pr...

Page 23: ...t will be selected At this time the step keys will light to indicate the accented locations of that accent pattern Muting a part Here s how to mute temporarily silence a part 1 Hold down the PART MUTE key and press the part key that you want to mute The PART MUTE key will light 2 While you hold down the PART MUTE key the part status indicator will show the mute status of each part Unmuted part key...

Page 24: ...til the parameter display shows Ac cent Sw The symbols at the bottom of the screen will show the accent status enabled disabled of each part Press a part key and turn the dial to switch the accent function on lit or off dark for that part When you execute Pattern Clear the accent switch will be turned on for all parts Transposing a phrase Transpose TRANSPOSE 24 24 Use this function to transposea t...

Page 25: ...he symbols at the bottom of the screen will show the swing status enabled disabled of each part Press a part key and turn the dial to switch Swing on lit or off dark for that part When you execute Pattern Clear SWING SW will be turned on for all parts Applying a roll to a part Selecting a part and turning on the roll effect ROLL This switches the Roll rapid successive strikes effect on lit or off ...

Page 26: ...t that you want to set and turn the dial to select either L R lit or 3 4 dark When you execute the Clear Pattern operation OUTPUT BUS will be set to L R for all parts Adding distortion to increase the impact of the sound TUBE GAIN This adjusts the level at which the output signal from the line out jacks will be passed through the vacuum tubes Even if you turn down the master control you can use th...

Page 27: ...yed by the arpeggiator will be retriggered each time you release and then touch the ribbon controller If you hold down the SHIFT key the arpeggiator will not retrigger when you release and then touch the ribbon controller 4 Operate the slider to change the pitch within the scale specified by ARPEGGIO SCALE If you want you can exchange the functions of the ribbon controller and the slider p 75 Exch...

Page 28: ...F F G A B C Diminish 12 ComDim C Db Eb E F G A Bb C Combination Diminish 13 MPenta C D E G A C Major Pentatonic 14 mPenta C Eb F G Bb C minor Pentatonic 15 Raga1 C Db E F G Ab B C Raga Bhairav 16 Raga2 C Db E F G A B C Raga Gamanasrama 17 Raga3 C Db Eb F G Ab B C Raga Todi 18 Spansh C Db Eb E F G Ab Bb C Spanish Scale 19 Gypsy C D Eb F G Ab B C Gypsy Scale 20 Arabia C D E F Gb Ab Bb C Arabian Scal...

Page 29: ...ght of the display will light 3 Press the key for the drum part you wish to edit the key will light The name of the wave currently assigned to that part will appear in the display 4 Turn the dial to select a wave and press the part key to hear the sound of the wave Editing the Part Common parameters PITCH 63 63 Sets the playback pitch of the wave Raising the pitch will speed up the playback and lo...

Page 30: ...X SELECT setting selects the effects processor This does not apply to parts whose output bus is set to 3 4 Modulation These are the parameters that create time varying change such as LFO and EG SPEED 0 127 Adjusts the speed of modulation If BPM SYNC is on modulation will synchronize to the tempo The value will correspond to note values of 8 1 1 64 DEPTH 63 63 Adjusts the depth of modulation TYPE S...

Page 31: ...DIT1 Adjusts a single pre selected parameter for each oscillator type OSC EDIT2 Adjusts a single pre selected parameter for each oscillator type Some combinations of oscillator pitch WAVE OSC EDIT 1 and OSC EDIT 2 settings may produce noise Synth filter These controls are used to modify the tone and distort the wave form produced by the oscillator CUTOFF 0 127 Adjusts the cutoff frequency of the f...

Page 32: ...on that smoothly changes the pitch from one legato note to the next without re triggering the note Glide will also occur when the gate time of one note extends past the note on timing of the next note As you raise this value it will take longer to arrive at the new pitch The pattern tempo determines the time from when the next note is played until that pitch is reached The Glide effect is defeated...

Page 33: ...at a motion sequence p 58 Motion sequence is operating Adjusting the tuning of a synth part SYNTH TUNE 50 50 If you want to adjust the pitch of a specific synth part such as when you are using two or more synth parts as layers use this parameter to adjust the pitch in units of one cent Normally you will leave this set at 00 A 440 Hz If you want to adjust the tuning of the entire EMX 1 use the Glob...

Page 34: ...a setting of 0 the waveform will be a basic triangle wave and at a setting of 127 it will be a triangle wave of one oc tave and a fifth higher Sin A sine wave contains only the fundamen tal with no overtones producing an ex tremely mild tone for which it is difficult to hear the effect of subsequent filtering Adjusting the OSC EDIT1 value will modify the waveform as shown in the il lustration belo...

Page 35: ...etune 0 127 Detunes the pitch of the six oscillators relative to each other Higher values will produce a greater detuning making the sound thicker Even at a Detune value of 0 the pitch of the os cillators will not be perfectly identical OSC EDIT2 OSC1 Ptch 63 63 Adjusts the pitch of oscillator 1 A value of 63 creates a pitch difference of 2 octaves and a value of 47 creates a pitch difference of 1...

Page 36: ...tion OSC EDIT2 ModPitch 63 63 Adjusts the pitch of oscillator 2 the modulator A value of 63 creates a pitch difference of 2 octaves and a value of 47 creates a pitch difference of 1 octave With a value of 0 the pitch is the same as oscillator 1 VPM OSC VPM oscillator The VPM Variable Phase Modulation oscillator type uses the output waveform of oscillator 2 the modulator to modu late the phase of o...

Page 37: ... filter At a value of 0 this will be the basic pitch a value of 31 is one octave higher 63 is two octaves higher 95 is three octaves higher and 127 is four octaves higher FORMANT OSC Formant oscillator The formant oscillator type can produce a sound reminiscent of a human voice By moving the formant width OSC EDIT1 you can change between different vowels Formant OSC Formant Width Formant Shift WAV...

Page 38: ...E 001 76 Selects the PCM waveform For the available waveforms refer to the PCM wave list p 40 OSC EDIT1 WavShape 0 127 Adjusts the depth of the wave shaping effect OSC EDIT2 Charactr 0 127 Adjusts the tonal character of the wave shaping effect Some synth part waves are themselves sampled chords Of these some arrange several chords across the keyboard as a single wave These are called chord splits ...

Page 39: ...159 Agogo 160 Triangle 161 Tambouri 162 Junk1 163 Junk2 164 SleighBl 165 Shaker1 166 Shaker2 167 Cabasa1 168 Cabasa2 169 Cabasa3 170 Guiro S 171 Guiro L 172 Wbl DDDH 173 Wbl DDDL 174 Whistle 175 Baya Ghe 176 Baya Mt1 177 Baya Mt2 178 Tbla Na 179 Tbla Tin 180 Tbla Mt1 181 Tbla Mt2 182 Djmb 1a 183 Djmb 1b 184 Djmb 1c 185 Djmb 2a 186 Djmb 2b 187 Djmb 2c 188 Udu 189 Taiko Op 190 Taiko Rm 191 Tsuzumi 1...

Page 40: ... 7 Vibe 8 Cymbell 9 Flute Woodwind 10 AltoSax 11 M1 T Sax 12 Trumpet Brass 13 MuteTp 14 BrassEns 15 VoiceAh Choir 16 M1 Choir 17 VoiceWav 18 Violin String 19 Strings 20 Pizzicat 21 F Guitar Guitar 22 A Guitar 23 MuteGtr 24 FunkGtr 25 Sitar 26 A Bass Bass 27 E Bass 28 M1 Bass 29 PickBass 30 SlapBass 31 FMBass Synth Wave 32 88Bass 33 BoostSaw 34 SawSqMix 35 HPFSaw 36 OctBass1 37 OctBass2 38 Saw5th 3...

Page 41: ...sent to the same effect you cannot change the effect type or effect parameter values individually for each part To edit an effect EDIT SELECT Press this key to select the effect that you want to edit EFFECT TYPE Use this knob to assign one of the 16 effect types to the currently selected effect processor FX EDIT1 Adjusts the character of the effect The result will depend on the effect type FX EDIT...

Page 42: ...G PHASER RING MOD COMPRES SOR DECIMATOR EQ LPF HPF For some of these effects you can adjust the level of the direct sound FX FX INPUT R INPUT L OUTPUT R OUTPUT L 2 Mono mix This group includes REVERB MOD DELAY GRAIN SHIFTER TALKING MOD PITCH SHIFTER DISTORTION For some of these effects you can adjust the level of the direct sound FX INPUT R INPUT L OUTPUT R OUTPUT L 3 Stereo cross This group inclu...

Page 43: ... time can produce a doubling effect giving the impression that multiple instruments are playing together FX EDIT2 Depth 0 127 Adjusts the depth of the delay and the amount of feed back Turning the knob toward the right makes the delayed sound louder and also increases the amount of feedback Panning each part further left or right creates a deeper sense of spaciousness If you increase the depth exc...

Page 44: ...tion phase at which the LFO stops is not written into the pat tern song data In addition the state phase of the LFO is reset when you switch to this effect from a different effect type This means that a pat tern song for which you selected this effect set the speed to 0 and wrote the settings into memory may sound differently the next time you select the pattern song PHASER Phaser This effect crea...

Page 45: ...rd the left will produce a hi fi sound char acteristic of a higher sampling frequency FX EDIT2 Bit 0 127 Sample bit depth Turning the knob toward the right will produce a lo fi sound characteristic of a lower bit depth and turning it toward the left will produce a hi fi sound characteristic of a higher bit depth If the input volume is very low there may be no audio output at all EQ Equalizer This ...

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Page 47: ... REC key to enter record ready mode The REC key will light and the PLAY PAUSE key will blink 4 Recording will start when you press the PLAY PAUSE key The PLAY PAUSE key will light 5 Press the drum keys at the desired timing The step keys will light to indicate the steps you recorded If you want to switch parts without recording a note hold down the SHIFT key and press a part key 6 The pattern will...

Page 48: ...rase While playing back you can hold down the SHIFT key and press and hold the RESET ERASE key to erase triggers that occur during that time for the selected part whose key is lit Step recording The step recording procedure will differ depending on whether you are creating a synth part phrase or a drum part rhythm When you press a drum part key the Keyboard function of the step keys will be defeat...

Page 49: ...nt to begin recording 7 Press the REC key to enter record ready mode At this time playback will not start even if you press the PLAY key 8 Use the step keys to input the pitches of the phrase one by one When you input a pitch the target step the step to be edited will auto matically advance to the next step 9 Recording will end when you input the last step or press the STOP CANCEL key The REC key ...

Page 50: ... STEP REC 1 01 8 16 1 Press the STEP REC key it will light Press the cursor key until the parameter display reads Step Rec The value display will show the target step 2 Turn the dial to select the target step If the KEYBOARD key is off at this time the step key that corre sponds to the target step will blink If the pattern length is 2 or greater you can hold down the SHIFT key and turn the dial to...

Page 51: ...Even if you edit the note number of a step whose trigger is off it will not sound until you turn the trigger on If you want to transpose a part use the Shift Note function p 55 Transposing the pitch of a synth phrase part Editing the gate time GATE TIME 0 25 128 0 1 Press the STEP EDIT key it will light 2 Use the cursor keys to select GateTime in the display 3 Press the synth part key that you wan...

Page 52: ...icate the beat setting The following diagram shows how the step keys notes and maxi mum number of steps are related 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 8Tri 32 16 x16 3 x12 3 x12 x16 16Tri BEAT Correspondence of step keys to notes 1 2 3 4 5 80 96 112 128 16 32 48 64 16 32 48 64 12 24 36 48 12 24 36 48 80 96 112 128 60 72 84 96 60 72 84 96 6 7 8 16Tri 8Tri 32 16 beat display Pattern length number of steps Note value o...

Page 53: ... back 2 Press the PATTERN key it will light 3 Hold down the SHIFT key and press step key 1 The key will blink and the parameter display will read LastStep 4 Turn the dial to set the Last Step and press step key 1 key 1 will go dark If you decide to cancel without setting the Last Step press the STOP CANCEL key 5 If you want to keep the pattern you edited press the WRITE RE NAME key p 64 Saving a p...

Page 54: ...a you want to copy at the same time so that these keys are blinking You can hear the sound of a part each time you press its part key 5 Turn the dial to set the number of times that the data will be copied 6 Press the blinking step key 2 to execute the Move Data operation Key 2 will go dark To cancel without executing press the STOP CANCEL key To move data randomly RANDOM This operation lets you r...

Page 55: ...ound at C4 5 A number will appear in the display Turn the dial to specify the amount of pitch shift 1 is a semitone 2 is a whole step 7 is a fifth and 12 is an octave of pitch shift 6 Press the blinking step key 3 to execute the Shift Note operation key 3 will go dark To cancel without executing press the STOP CANCEL key Randomly shifting the note data of a synth part RANDOM This operation randoml...

Page 56: ...settings of another part to the selected part Step data and motion sequence data will not be copied 1 If the EMX 1 is playing press the STOP CANCEL key to stop play back 2 Press a part key to select a destination copy destination for the part being copied the key will light 3 Hold down the SHIFT key and press step key 5 COPY SOUND Key 5 will blink The copy destination part key will begin blink ing...

Page 57: ...r each step will remain Erasing all data from a pattern CLEAR PATTERN This operation erases all of the data from the currently selected pat tern The sound settings of each part the sequence data including motion sequences tempo length and beat will all be initialized 1 If the EMX 1 is playing back press the STOP CANCEL key to stop playback 2 Select the pattern that you want to erase p 20 Selecting...

Page 58: ...tion sequence for a part select the desired part and then turn on the motion sequence key of the part common section to select either SMOOTH or TRIG HOLD To record a motion sequence for an effect turn on the motion se quence key of the effect section In the following example we will record a motion sequence for the pitch of a drum part If you re record a knob for which a motion sequence has alread...

Page 59: ... 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 On On On On On On On On Playback the motion sequence with Trig Hold setting Knob movements when the motion sequence was recorded Playback the motion sequence with Smooth setting If the motion sequence LED is dark off this setting does nothing Checking motion sequence data Here s how you can check and see what type of motion sequence data has been recorded Hold down th...

Page 60: ...g the motion sequence that you want to edit see above and the value of that parameter 5 Press a step key to select the step that you want to edit If the pattern has a length of two measures or greater use the keys to dis play the desired step 6 Turn the dial to edit the parameter value at that step If you select Disabl the motion sequence value will not be updated at that step MOTION DEST MOTION V...

Page 61: ...or which a motion sequence has not yet been recorded and then use MOTION VALUE to edit the values Erasing a motion sequence for a part or effect CLEAR MOTION Here s how to erase all motion sequence data for a part or effect in a single operation 1 If the pattern is playing press the STOP CANCEL key to stop play back 2 Hold down the shift key and press step key 6 CLEAR MOTION Key 6 will blink 3 Pre...

Page 62: ...ect LEDs will light red to indicate the current pat tern set group By holding down the shift key and pressing the Pattern Set key you can hold the Pattern Set function the key will blink To defeat the held state press the Pattern Set key once again the key will go dark You cannot use Pattern Set while recording Pattern Set will be de feated when you enter record or record ready mode While the Patt...

Page 63: ... which you want to assign a pattern 2 While holding down the Pattern Set key use the dial to select the pattern number that you want to assign To complete the assign ment release the Pattern Set key 3 Continuing to hold down the Pattern Set key press the Write key the Write key will blink 4 The display will ask PtSetWr Use the dial to select Yes and press the Write key to save the data If you deci...

Page 64: ...e Global mode Memory Protect setting before you write When shipped from the factory memory protect is turned on Never turn off the power while data is being written into memory i e while the Write Rename key is lit Doing so may destroy the data Saving a pattern under a different name 1 Hold down the shift key and press the WRITE RENAME key The key will blink The parameter display will indicate Ren...

Page 65: ...u must use Pattern mode to edit sounds What is a Song A song is an arrangement of patterns in the desired order of play back On the EMX 1 you can create and store up to 64 songs In each song you can arrange up to 256 patterns and also record rhythms phrases and movements of the sound editing knobs What is the Position On the EMX 1 position refers to a particular place in the order of patterns that...

Page 66: ...ect one of the sixty four songs S01 through S64 You cannot change the song during playback Switching songs You cannot switch the song during playback however you can pre select the song number When you select a song number during play back that number will blink in the display When the currently playing song ends playback will stop automati cally and the number will remain lit The newly selected s...

Page 67: ...f you use the dial or tap tempo to change the tempo the tempo setting saved in the song will be changed If you have changed the tempo and then switch to a dif ferent song without writing saving the song whose tempo you changed it will r evert to its original tempo If you want to keep the new tempo setting you must W rite the song If you use Event Recording to record tempo events the tempo data wil...

Page 68: ...AY PAUSE key and then press the STOP CANCEL key Alternatively use the cursor keys to select Position in the display and use the dial or the select keys to set the position to 001 and then press the PLAY PAUSE key You can check the patterns assigned to each position of the song or change the pattern assigned to a certain position Call up Pattern in the display and use the select keys to move backwa...

Page 69: ...he pitch note by a semitone 2 by a whole step 7 by a fifth and 12 by one octave When the display reads NoteOfs you can select a new position by using the select keys to move the position backward or forward step by step If a chord split p 38 wave is selected for a part the chor d or octave may change if you adjust the Note Offset ...

Page 70: ...STOP CANCEL key to stop play back 2 Hold down the shift key and press step key 10 DELETE PATTERN Key 10 will blink 3 Use the dial to select the position whose pattern you want to delete For example if you want to delete the pattern at position 5 make the display read 005 4 Press step key 10 once again to delete that pattern the key will go dark If you decide to cancel the operation press the STOP ...

Page 71: ... even when the pattern changes This function makes the song maintain the part mute settings while playback continues MUTE HOLD Off On 1 Press the cursor key until the parameter display reads MuteHold 2 Turn the dial to make the desired setting Off The part mute settings specified within each pattern will be applied as the position within the song changes during play back However if you change the ...

Page 72: ... start recording 4 Press the REC key and then press the PLAY PAUSE key to start Event Recording 5 Operate the step keys or knobs etc to record your performance 6 Press the STOP CANCEL key to stop Event Recording If the performance data of the song conflicts with event data the event data will be given priority for playback Knob movements recorded in Song mode using Event Recor ding are played back...

Page 73: ... will blink The parameter display will indicate Rename and the value display will show six characters of the song name 2 Assign a name to the song Use the cursor keys to move the cursor in the value display to the left or right and turn the dial to edit the character You can assign a name of up to eight characters to a song however only six at a time are visible during naming When you have finishe...

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Page 75: ...ayback or recording the met ronome will be output from individual out jacks 3 4 The metronome will not be output from the line out L R jacks or the headphone jack There will be no count before recording begins Matching the tuning with another instrument You can adjust the basic tuning of the EMX 1 in steps of one cent Normally you will leave this set at 00 A 440 Hz Adjust this setting if you need ...

Page 76: ... data Using SmartMedia You can use a SmartMedia card to save or load the EMX 1 s internal data TheEMX 1uses3V 3 3V SmartMediainarangeof4MB 128 MB capacity Make sure that the SmartMedia card is oriented in the correct direction and insert it all the way into the SmartMedia slot SmartMediaTM is a registered trademark of Toshiba Corporation Never remove the card or turn off the power while the SmartM...

Page 77: ...the value display and turn the dial to edit the character When you are finished press key 13 The parameter display will ask Sure and the value display will read No Turn the dial to change this to Yes and press key 13 to execute the Save operation While the data is being saved the step keys will indicate the state of progress If you decide to cancel press the STOP CANCELkey If an identically named ...

Page 78: ...desired file and then press key 13 7 Select the pattern that you want to load The pa rameter display will indicate Load and the value display will show the pattern number you can hold down the shift key to display the pattern name instead Turn the dial to select the desired pattern and press key 13 to load it When loading is completed you will return to Pat tern mode key 13 will go dark and the PA...

Page 79: ...ther device Setting the MIDI channel of each part 4 When you play the connected MIDI keyboard etc you will hear synth part 1 If you connect a multi track MIDI sequencer to the EMX 1 you will need to set the MIDI channel for synth parts 1 5 and for the drum parts Setting the MIDI channel of each part Set each part to the MIDI channel of the sequencer track you want that part to play and start your ...

Page 80: ...s the STOP CANCEL key or press a mode key Assigning the drum note numbers DRUM NOTE NO C 1 G9 You can assign a MIDI note number as a note name for each drum part If you assign the same note number for two or more parts those parts will sound simultaneously when controlled from an external MIDI device 1 Press the MIDI key 2 Hold down the shift key and press step key 12 MIDI UTILITY key 12 will blin...

Page 81: ...ge Number to a knob CC ASSIGN CC 000 127 You can specify the MIDI control change number assigned to each knob 1 Press the MIDI key 2 Hold down the SHIFT key and press step key 12 MIDI UTILITY Key 12 will blink The param eter display will indicate MIDIUtil 3 Turn the dial to change the value display to CCAsin and press key 12 4 The parameter display will read CCAssign and the value display will sho...

Page 82: ...DI OUT connector of the external MIDI device that will transmit the data dump an other EMX 1 a MIDI data filer or a personal com puter that is running a MIDI data management program to the MIDI IN connector of the EMX 1 2 Set your external MIDI device and the EMX 1 to the same MIDI channel the synth part 1 setting on the EMX 1 If you are transmitting data from a data filer use the same channel set...

Page 83: ...the master CLOCK Int Ext Auto Int The EMX 1 will be the master the exter nal MIDI device will synchronize to it Ext The external MIDI device will be the master the EMX 1 will synchronize to it Auto If MIDI clock messages are being received from a connected external MIDI device the EMX 1 will automatically operate with the Ext setting Otherwise it will operate with the Int setting To use the EMX 1 ...

Page 84: ...ison with the EMX 1 If this occurs change the MIDI channel settings so that they do not conflict To make the EMX 1 and ES 1 play back the identically numbered pattern in synchronization 1 Press the MIDI key it will light 2 Press the key to change the display to read Clock 3 Set the EMX 1 to Int master and the ES 1 to Ext slave 4 Set the EMX 1 s synth part 1 and the ES 1 to the same MIDI channel Fo...

Page 85: ...ge is received during playback Editing sounds By using MIDI exclusive data dumps you can edit all pat terns or one pattern at a time You can also use NRPN messages to edit the knobs that are valid for each part Editing via NRPN NRPN Non Registered Parameter Number messages are a type of message that can be freely used by any manufac turertocontroltheassignedparameternumber OntheEMX 1 you can use c...

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Page 87: ...a MIDI Is the MIDI cable connected correctly When playing the EMX 1 from an external device Is the EMX 1 set to receive MIDI data on the chan nel that the external device is transmitting p 79 Is the MIDI mode MIDI Channel parameter set to the channel you want to use p 79 Are the MIDI mode MIDI Filter settings appropri ate p 80 When playing an external device from the EMX 1 Is the EMX 1 set to tran...

Page 88: ...rom SmartMedia Try the operation once again FileName When saving to SmartMedia an identically named folder already exists Either use your computer to delete the folder from the SmartMedia or change the filename on the EMX 1 and save it again FileSave An error occurred while saving to SmartMedia Try the operation once again MotSqFul The motion sequence cannot be recorded On the EMX 1 you can record...

Page 89: ...um accent part Memory capacity 256 patterns 64 songs Effects Three processors x 16 types Sequences Maximum of 128 steps per part Motion sequences Total of 24 freely assignable sequences totaling Song Maximum of 256 patterns per song Maximum 20 000 events for event recording Connectors PHONES Phone jack stereo Maximum output level 16 mW 33 ohms or more TUBE GAIN min Output impedance 33 ohms OUTPUT ...

Page 90: ...176 8 A64 DnB11 James Bernard 179 8 No Name Programmer Audio In Tempo Length B01 DnB12 James Bernard O 175 8 B02 DnB13 James Bernard O 170 4 B03 DnB14 James Bernard 175 8 B04 DnB15 KORG 174 8 B05 DnB16 KORG O 170 8 B06 DnB17 KORG 184 8 B07 DnB18 KORG 173 8 B08 DnB19 KORG 177 8 B09 DnB20 KORG 175 8 B10 DnB21 KORG 180 8 B11 DnB22 James Bernard O 180 8 B12 DnB23 James Bernard O 175 8 B13 DnB24 James ...

Page 91: ...nTmp5 James Bernard O 75 4 C56 DownTmp6 Tomoki Hirata O 77 8 C57 DownTmp7 Tomoki Hirata 76 4 C58 AmbiHs2 Tomoki Hirata 127 8 C59 AmbiHs3 Tomoki Hirata 123 8 C60 AmbiHs4 James Bernard O 130 8 C61 AmbiHs5 James Bernard O 130 4 C62 AmbiHs6 James Bernard O 125 4 C63 Dub1 James Bernard O 80 4 C64 ER 1 KORG 132 4 No Name Programmer Audio In Tempo Length D01 Demo1 1 KORG 138 8 D02 Demo1 2 KORG 138 8 D03 ...

Page 92: ...O PAN NRPN O O EG TIME NRPN O O AMP EG NRPN O O ROLL NRPN O O FX SEND NRPN O O FX SELECT NRPN O O MOD TYPE NRPN O O MOD DEPTH NRPN O O MOD SPEED NRPN O O MOD DEST NRPN O O MOD BPM SYNC NRPN O O PART MOTION SEQ SW NRPN O SYNTH ACCENT GLOBAL SYNTH1 CH1 LEVEL NRPN O O PART MOTION SEQ SW NRPN O DRUM ACCENT GLOBAL SYNTH1 CH1 LEVEL NRPN O O PART MOTION SEQ SW NRPN O FX1 GLOBAL SYNTH1 CH1 FX TYPE CC 12 X...

Page 93: ... Formatting SmartMedia 77 FX CHAIN 41 FX EDIT 41 FX SELECT 30 FX SEND 30 G GATE TIME 51 GLIDE 32 Global mode 75 GRAIN SHIFTER 43 H HPF 32 45 I INSERT PATTERN 70 K Keyboard function 22 L LAST STEP 53 LENGTH 52 LEVEL 30 Load Pattern 78 Loading a single pattern 78 Loading all data 77 LPF 32 45 M MASTER TUNE 75 metronome 75 MIDI ch 79 MIDI channels 79 MIDI clock 83 MIDI Control Change Number 81 MIDI D...

Page 94: ...FT NOTE 54 SHORT DELAY 43 Sin 34 SmartMedia 76 SMOOTH 58 SOLO 23 Song 65 TEMPO 66 Song mode 65 SPEED 30 STEP REC 50 Step recording 48 SWING 25 synchronization 84 Synth filter 31 SYNTH OSCILLATOR TYPE 31 Synth parts 22 Synth PCM List 40 SYNTH TUNE 33 system exclusive messages 85 T TALKING MOD 44 TAP 21 tempo 20 TEMPO LOCK 21 67 Timing Clock 84 Transpose 24 Tri 34 TRIG HOLD 58 TUBE GAIN 26 TYPE 30 U...

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Page 96: ...ut R FX1 Bus FX2 Bus FX3 Bus 3 4 Bus Indv Output 3 Indv Output 4 Tube Headphones Motion Seq Destination Part Destination Parameter x 24 Free Assignable Motion Sequence Drum Part 2 Drum Part 3 Drum Part 4 Drum Part 5 Drum Part 6A Drum Part 6B Drum Part 7A Drum Part 7B Drum OSC Amp EG Drum Part 1 Level EG Time Wave Pitch Pan Pan Modulation Mod Type Dest Speed Depth BPM Sync to FX1 Bus to FX2 Bus to ...

Page 97: ...nob SW Control Change O 0 127 O 0 127 P Change 0 127 System Exclusive 2 E Song Pos 1 System Common Song Sel O 0 63 O 0 63 P System Realtime Clock 1 Commands 1 Aux Messages Local ON OFF All Notes OFF O Active Sense Reset Notes Consult your local Korg distributor for more information on MIDI IMPLEMENTATION 2003 5 8 MIDI Implementation Chart 2 In addition to Korg exclusive messages also responds to I...

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