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

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2.Front and rear panel
2.Front and rear panel
Effect/Delay section
1. Type
Selects the effect type.
2. Original Value (LED)
This will light when the knob etc. that you are currently moving
arrives at the same position as originally programmed in the
pattern.
3. Delay Edit key
Each time you press this key, Delay Edit will be turned on (lit) or off (dark). When this
is on, you can use the Edit 1 and 2 knobs to control the delay. When you use the Type
knob to switch effects, this will be forced off.
4. Motion Seq (motion sequence) key
Each time you press this key, it will be turned on (lit) or off (dark). When this is on,
movements of the Edit 1 and 2 knobs will be recorded and played back. When Delay
Edit is on, Delay motion sequence will be selected. When Delay Edit is off, the motion
sequence of the effect selected by Type will be selected.
5. Edit 1/Time
This knob adjusts the character of the effect. The result will differ according to the effect
type. When the Delay Edit key is on, this knob adjusts the length of the delay time.
6. Edit2/Depth
This knob adjusts the character of the effect. The result will differ according to the effect
type. When the Delay Edit key is on, this knob adjusts the depth of the delay.
Part common section
1. Motion Seq (motion sequence)
This key lets you record and play back knob movements
for each part. Each time you press this key, the setting
will alternate between on (Smooth lit), on (Trig Hold lit),
and off (dark)
2. Amp EG
Select the amp envelope for each part. Each time you press
this key, the envelope will switch between a decaying envelope “ ” (key lit) and a
sustaining envelope “ ” (key dark).
3. Roll
For each part, this key switches the roll effect (successive strikes) on (lit) or off (dark).
4. Effect
For each part, this key switches the effect send on (lit) or off (dark).
5. EG Time
This knob adjusts the envelope time (the time until the sound disappears) for each part.
6. Pitch/Glide
This knob sets the pitch of the drum part. For a synth part, it sets the time over which
the pitch will change smoothly between two notes.
7. Level
This knob adjusts the level. For the Accent part, it adjusts the accent level.
8. Pan (panpot)
This knob sets the stereo location of the sound.
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