Music Production Station Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Front and rear panel
- 3. Basic operation (Quick Start)
- Conceptual diagram of the EM-1
- Listening to a Song
- Listening to Patterns
- Trying out the functions
- Changing the tempo of a song or pattern
- Pressing keys to play the sound of a Part
- Modifying (editing) the sound of a part
- Editing the effect or delay
- Playing the sound of a part along with a song or pattern
- Editing the sound of a part, effect, or delay while hearing a song or pattern
- Modifying (editing) a rhythm or phrase pattern
- Saving a pattern that you create
- Using a Motion Sequence
- Playing with Pattern Set
- Using the EM-1 as a tone generator module
- Synchronizing the playback with other ELECTRIBE models
- 4. Pattern mode
- Selecting a pattern
- Setting the playback tempo
- Playing a pattern (Pattern Play)
- Creating a pattern
- Motion sequence
- Convenient functions for editing patterns
- Transposing a phrase (Transpose)
- Moving data within a part (Move Data)
- Copying a part (Copy Part)
- Data Copy within a pattern
- Copying the sound of a part (Copy Sound)
- Erasing motion sequence data from the part, effect, or delay (Clear Motion)
- Erasing pattern data from a part
- Exchanging data between parts (Swap Part)
- Editing motion sequence data
- Pattern Set
- Saving a pattern (WRITE)
- 5. Song mode
- Selecting a song
- Setting the playback tempo
- Playing a song (Song Play)
- Creating a song
- Creating a song from scratch
- Specifying the Note of each pattern
- Editing a song
- Inserting a pattern at a specified position (Insert Pattern)
- Deleting a pattern from a specified position (Delete Pattern)
- Changing the pattern for a specific position
- Recording knob movements or your performance in a song (Event Recording)
- Deleting event data from a song
- Checking for song event data
- Saving a song (WRITE)
- 6. Global mode
- Metronome settings
- Synchronizing the EM-1 with external MIDI devices (MIDI Clock)
- Setting the MIDI channel of each part (MIDI ch)
- Setting the MIDI note number of a drum part
- MIDI filter settings
- Adjusting the pitch bend range
- Transmit/receive dump data
- Memory Protect (Protect)
- Saving your changes in Global mode (WRITE)
- 7. Appendices
- Index
3. Basic operation (Quick Start)
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Listening to Patterns
1.Press the Pattern mode key to enter Pattern mode (the key will light).
2.Use the cursor [▲][▼] keys to select Pattern (the corresponding LED
will light).
3.Rotate the dial to select the desired pattern (A.01...A.64, b.01...b.64,
C.01...C.64, d.01...d.64 ).
4.Press the Play/Pause key to playback the pattern (the key will light).
When pattern playback ends, the pattern will return to the beginning,
and continue playing repeatedly.
To pause during playback, press the Play/Pause key (the key will blink). To resume
playback, press the Play/Pause key once again (the key will light). To stop playback,
press the Stop/Cancel key.
You can rotate the dial to select patterns when playback is stopped or even during
playback.
When you change patterns during playback, the change will actually occur at the
end of each pattern. (Refer to p.25 "The timing at which patterns will change.")
Depending on the effect and delay settings, slight
noise or unwanted sound may occur at the transition
between patterns if they are changed during playback.
What is a Pattern?
A pattern is a performance of a specific length that consists of drum
sounds played as a rhythm, together with synth sounds played as
a phrase. The EM-1 lets you create and store 256 patterns. Each
pattern consists of 12 parts (see p.15). In addition to the sounds of
each part, you can also record phrases and knob movements (see
p.25 “Pattern mode”).
Trying out the functions
Changing the tempo of a song or pattern
There are two ways to change the tempo. When the Tempo Lock key is off
(key dark), switching patterns or songs will cause the tempo you set here to
return to the tempo of the selected pattern or song.
• Using the dial to change the tempo
1. Press the Mode key to enter Song mode or Pattern mode.
2. Use the cursor [▲][▼] keys to select Tempo (the corresponding LED will
light).
3. Rotate the dial to change the tempo.
If you wish to adjust the tempo in more detail, you can hold down the Shift
key and rotate the dial to modify the decimal portion of the value.
• Using the Tap Tempo key to change the tempo
While a song or pattern is playing, press the Tap key three times or more at
the desired tempo. The EM-1 will detect the interval at which you pressed
the Tap key, and will set the tempo accordingly. The tempo can also be changed
in this way even if the EM-1 is not currently playing a song or pattern.
Use the cursor [▲][▼] keys to select Tempo (the corresponding LED will
light),and the tempo you modified will appear in the display.
Pattern