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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Modifying (editing) the sound of a part
For a drum part you can select the wave of the drum sound, and for a synth part you
can select the wave of the synth sound.
Use the Level and Pan knobs and the Effect and Amp EG keys to edit the sound of each
part.
The sound of each part in the pattern that you edit in this way can be saved by the Write
operation. (See p.21 “Saving a pattern that you create.”)
When you press a drum part key, the keyboard function of the step keys will be
defeated, but will return to the previous setting when you once again select a synth
part.
The knobs that are valid will differ depending on the part. (See p.27 “Editing the
sound of a part.”)
If a motion sequence is operating for a knob and you have difficulty editing the sound
as you wish, turn off the motion sequence before editing the sound. (See p.34 “Mo-
tion sequence.”)
What is a Wave?
“Waves” are the pieces of waveform data inside the EM-1 that are the basis for the sound of each part.
There are 144 waves for use by drum parts, and 50 waves for use by synth parts, making a total of 194
waves. You can freely assign these waves to each part. (See p.27 “Assigning a wave”)
Editing the sound of a drum part
1.Press the PATTERN mode key to enter Pattern Mode.
2.Use the cursor keys [▲][▼] to select Wave (the corre-
sponding LED wil light).
3.Press a Drum Part key to select the part that you wish
to edit.
4.Turn the dial to select a wave while you press the key
you selected in step 3 to hear the sound.
5.Operate the knobs and keys of the Part Common sec-
tion to modify the sound. When a knob position or key
setting is the same as the original sound, the Original
Value LED will light to indicate this.
Editing the sound of a synth part
1.Press the PATTERN mode key to enter Pattern mode.
2.Use the cursor keys [▲][▼] to select Wave (the corresponding LED wil light).
3.Use the Synth Part keys to select the part (1 or 2) whose sound you wish to edit.
4.Turn on the Keyboard function (the key will be lit),
and then press a step key to play the sound.
5.While pressing the step keys to hear the sound, turn
the dial to select a wave.
6.Operate the knobs and keys of the Synth Filter sec-
tion or the Part Common section to modify the sound.
When a knob position or key setting is the same as
the original sound, the Original Value LED will light
to indicate this.