Specifications

298 E-MU Systems

Preset Programming

Editing Presets

6. Play the keyboard as you scroll through the various instruments.

 To Change the Instrument for any Layer in the Preset

7. Move the cursor back up to the ﬁrst ﬁeld in the ﬁrst line (the layer).

8. Use the data entry control to select the layer you want.

9. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each selected layer. Find an instrument that

sounds good when combined with the previous instruments selected.

With all these great instruments to work with, you really can’t go wrong.

Now let’s play with the tuning.

Changing the Tuning

of an Instrument

Tuning the selected layer of the preset changes the pitch of the key on the

controller. If the numbers are “00,” it means that the instruments are tuned

to concert pitch (A=440 Hz). The Coarse tuning value represents whole

semitone intervals. The Fine tuning value shifts the pitch in 1/64 semitones

(or 1.56 cents).

 To Tune the Instrument of the Current Layer

1. Press the #3 Jump button twice to jump directly to Tuning page.

2. Move the cursor to the Coarse ﬁeld (using the cursor button).

3. Set the value to +12 to shift the pitch up a whole octave. To shift the

pitch in smaller units than a semitone, use the Fine ﬁeld.

Try tuning one of the instruments to a perfect ﬁfth above the other by

setting the Coarse value to +7.

Tuning an instrument far out of its normal range completely changes the

character of the sound. For example, if you tune a bass drum up 2 octaves,

it's going to sound rather petite. On the other hand, if you tune it down an

octave, you can probably rattle plaster off the walls! Experiment with

radical pitch shifting. You'll be surprised at the results.

INSTRUMENT ROM:DRUM

0028 kit:808

TUNING

Coarse: +36 Fine: +6