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)
3. Basic operation (Quick Start)
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In the case of a pattern with a length of 2 measures or greater, you can use the Select
keys to move the select LED in the lower line (red) in order to change the step location
that is shown by the step keys.
If you wish to save the completed pattern, press the WRITE key. (Refer to p.21 “Saving
a pattern that you create.”)
What is Length?
In this context, “Length” refers to the length of the rhythm
pattern. The “Length” of the pattern will be either 16 steps
or 12 steps, depending on the Scale and Beat settings of the
pattern. A rhythm pattern in triple meter will be shown in
triplets. Depending on the Length and Beat settings, a single
pattern can have up to 64 steps. (Refer to p.31 “Length,
Scale/Beat settings.”)
Saving a pattern that you create
With the factory settings, memory protect will be on, and it will not be possible to
save data. Before you save data, you must turn off the Memory Protect settings in
Global mode. (Refer to p.48 "Memory Protect (Protect).")
Please be aware that when you save data, the pattern in the save destination will be
overwritten.
1.Edit a pattern as described in "Modifying (editing) the sound of a part" or "Modifying
(editing) a rhythm or phrase pattern."
2.Press the Write key once (the key will blink). The display will blink to indicate the
pattern number.
3.Rotate the dial to select the pattern number in which the data will be saved
(i.e., the "save destination").
4.Press the Write key once again to begin saving the data. While the data is
being saved, the key will blink. When saving is complete, the key will go
dark.
If you decide to cancel, press the Stop/Cancel key. If you do not wish to save
the pattern you created, simply select a different pattern without performing
the Write operation.
Never turn off the power while data is being saved to memory (i.e., while the Write
key is lit). Doing so may damage the data.
It is not possible to Write data during playback or recording.