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Emax Owners Manual
© 1986 E-mu Systems, Inc. Enhanced by The Emulator Archive 2001 Page 23
THE EMAX “MODULAR” PHILOSOPHY
The left side of the Emax front panel includes the volume, data slider,
ON/YES
and
OFF/NO
(Inc and
Dec) buttons, the Liquid Crystal Display, two cursor control buttons, and a numeric keypad. Once you
select a module and function, this area is where you will specify parameters.
The
modules
start towards the right of the keypad. Each module will be discussed in detail later on; the
following is intended mostly as background information. Each module affects a certain area of Emax’s
operation. Refer to the map (Fig.
INTRO-2
) to see how some of these modules fit into Emax’s overall
structure.
Function buttons.
These are the buttons that get you going. Load All and Enter load disk data into
Emax, Dynamic Allocation lets you override existing audio output assignments if they get in the way of
what you are doing, and Transpose, as you probably suspect, transposes the keyboard.
Sequencer.
This module is a 16-track solid state control data recorder. While optimized for downloading
MIDI data from other sequencers, it has some very useful features such as Mono operation when driven
via MIDI, ability to re-assign Presets, track bounce, and so on. It consists of the Sequencer Setup module
(which sets up a Sequence for recording) and the Sequencer Manage module (which lets you load,
erase, copy, and do other sequence “housekeeping”). The column of green buttons controls all sequencer
functions.
Master.
This module contains functions that affect the overall keyboard or Bank (memory remaining,
keyboard velocity curve, master tune, erase all, format disk, and copy disk). This also contains the ever-
popular Bird Run and Special commands, which are explained in the Reference section.
Sample.
This “recording studio” module records sounds from the outside world into the Bank. Features
include adjustable preamp gain, variable threshold setting, and adjustable sample rate and length.
Digital Processing.
With this powerful module, you may edit a Voice’s length, loop (i.e. infinitely sustain)
any portion of the Voice (with several different looping options), have Emax automatically find the best
loop points (“Auto loop”), splice two different Voices together, mix two Voices, amplify or attenuate the
Voice, and more.
Preset Management.
This module handles the Preset “housekeeping”--load Presets from disk; save
Presets to disk; create, copy, rename, or erase Presets; and check on how much memory space a Preset
uses up.
Preset Definition.
This module lets you change parameters within a given Preset. Set up the arpeggiator
or MIDI options, assign the pitch bend and modulation wheels to control various parameters in real time,
copy or erase Voices, edit the Voice assignment, choose Dual Voice mode (more on this later), and set
some keyboard parameters (dynamics and crossfade between overlapping Voices).
Analog Processing.
This module sets parameters that should be familiar to those who have worked with
analog synthesizers. Set the dynamics by adjusting the VCA envelope; control timbre using the VCF
(filter) and its associated AHDSR envelope generator; modulate the signal with the LFO; tie the keyboard
velocity to various parameters; set the tuning, attenuation, and delay for each Voice; and more.
Remember:
if you want to save modified Voices or Presets, save the altered Bank to disk.
Otherwise, any changes will be lost as soon as power to Emax is interrupted.
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