Specifications
42  E-MU Systems
Basic Operations
Preset Screen
Preset Screen The Preset Select screen is accessed by pressing the Preset View button 
located directly under the LCD. This screen allows you to examine or set 
the Preset, Volume, Pan Position and select the Preset (sound) for each of 
the 32 MIDI channels.
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Realtime changes made 
to this screen are NOT recorded 
as part of your pattern or song. 
See page 59 to learn how to 
record volume and pan 
information into your sequences.
MIDI Channel 
Selection
 To Change the MIDI Channel
1. Press the Preset View button to display the Preset Select screen.
2. Press the Track/Channel buttons located to the left of the liquid crystal 
display to select channels 01A through 16B. The preset, volume and 
pan settings for each channel will be displayed as you scroll through 
the channels.
The channel number shown in the main screen is the Basic MIDI Channel 
when in Omni or Poly modes.
Preset Selection  To Change the Preset
1. Press the Preset View button to display the Preset Select screen.
2. Press either cursor key until the cursor is underneath the preset 
number. (The cursor is a little flashing line underneath one of the 
parameters in the display.) As you rotate the data entry control, the 
preset number and name changes. 
3. The displayed preset is assigned to the displayed MIDI channel. Presets 
are arranged into banks of 128, as shown in the diagram at left.
Using the screen above as an example, the superscripted number 2 in the 
second line of the display identifies the current bank number.
• Select banks independently of the of the preset number by locating the 
cursor on the Bank field and turning the data entry control. 
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Bank Contents
128 RAM Presets
128 RAM Presets
128 RAM Presets
128 RAM Presets
128 ROM Presets
128 ROM Presets
128 ROM Presets
Depending on
ROM sets installed
0
1
2
3
0
1
2
??
USERROM 1
An asterisk in the 
preset view screen indicates 
that the preset has been 
modified. 
(Change the preset without 
saving to remove the 
asterisk.)
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Number
Preset
Bank Number
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2
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Indicates that the
preset was modified 










