Transpose buttons (Up&Down) – also preset buttons in the Edit Mode
Press the TRANSPOSE UP and DOWN buttons to higher or lower the keyboard in semitones.
Maximum is 12 semitones up or down. If you are in EDIT MODE, with activated MIDI/Select
button, you can use this 2 buttons to change the active user preset number. The display will show
the active preset number as P-xx. You can use up to 12 user presets.
Synthesizer and Stage Piano Functions
The Soundbanks
The i2-Stage 88 offers you 2 different soundbanks. The first bank comes with 64 high-class EMU
sounds with different Pianos, E-Pianos, Vintage Synthesizer and Keyboard sounds, such as for
example DX, Wurlitzer, B3 etc. (This is Bank Nummer 001). The second soundbank is a General
MIDI compatible soundbank, with 16 times multimode and GM Drums on MIDI channel 10. (Bank
number is 000)
You can listen to the sounds at the back side of the i2-Stage 88 at the AUX out. Please connect the
stereo AUX OUT to a headphone or to an amplifier.
The sliders and the v-pots are ready configured to use them with the EMU sound-engine, but you
can of course re-configure them as you want to use it! How to do this, you will find in the next
chapter.
How to use the sounds
Direct Acess to the 64 EMU sounds:
Press MIDI/Select and use the number keys in the middle of the i2-Stage 88 to choose directly an
EMU sound-number. Starting at C3, you can choose some sound numbers directly, or use the keys
H5 and C6 to step through the EMU sounds one by one. The range is from 01 to 64. After choosing
the number and waiting one second, the sound will be directly activated and MIDI/Select switch off
automatically. The display shows E and the active EMU sound number.
To switch between the EMU and the GM soundbank, you must use an MSB order.
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