Operating instructions

MASTER CONTROL MODULE

TRANSPOSE

This function transposes the keyboard in half-step intervals up to ± one octave.

Applications: Use one key’s fingerings in a different key. Modulate to a different key without

having to use different fingerings.

1. Press and hold TRANSPOSE; its LED will light. The display says:

TRANSPOSED C2

PLAY A KEY

2. The display shows the amount of transposition referenced to C2 (see GENERAL

INSTRUCTIONS 8), the second C from the left-hand side of the keyboard. Therefore, if

the display says C2 there is no transposition.

3. To transpose: Continue to hold TRANSPOSE and press a key between C1 and C3. The

display shows which keyboard key you have selected for the transposition ratio

(compared to C2).

4. To retain the transposition: Release TRANSPOSE (its LED stays lit to remind you the

Emulator II is transposed).

5. To cancel the transposition: Press and hold TRANSPOSE, press C2, and then release

TRANSPOSE (its LED should now be off).

Note: When transposing, remember that a Voice cannot be transposed more than

±1 octave. Therefore, if you transpose the keyboard in such a way that the highest note of

the highest Voice is lower than the highest note of the keyboard (or the lowest note of the

lowest Voice is higher than the lowest note of the keyboard), transposition will not occur

beyond this limit. Under these conditions, rather than leaving blank keys the Emulator II fills

the beyond-transposition-limit keys with notes from the closest available octave.

We know this sounds pretty complicated - and the following example sounds pretty

complicated, too - but once you actually try transposing the Emulator II keyboard it should all

make sense.

Example: Suppose a Voice is assigned with its lowest note as C4, its original note as C5,

and its highest note as C6. If you transpose up a fifth (G2), the note that was formerly G5

will end up at C5, and the highest note (formerly C6) will end up at F5. The Voice cannot

“manufacture” new notes higher than the highest note (formerly C6, now F5), so the Voice

will not be transposed between F5 and C6. Instead, the Emulator II fills up these keys with

notes from the nearest available octave. In this case, G5 has the same pitch as G4, A5 has

the same pitch as A4, and so on.