Emu orbit3 owners manual

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ii E-MU Systems Table of Contents Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................ 1 Product Description ............................................................................. 1 Overview ............................................................................................. 3 Important Safety Instructions ................................................. 4 Foreign Language Warnings - German .................................. 7 Foreign Language Warnings - French .................................. 10 Setup ..................................................................................... 15 Unpacking ......................................................................................... 15 Connection Instructions ..................................................................... 16 Basic Setup ................................................................................................ 16 Studio Setup .............................................................................................. 17 Power Up! ................................................................................................. 18 Instant Gratification ........................................................................... 19 Playing Demo Sequences ........................................................................... 19 Auditioning Presets .................................................................................... 19 Selecting and Quick Editing Presets ........................................................... 20 Playing BEATS ............................................................................................ 22 Exploring the Master Arpeggiator .............................................................. 24 Multi-Channel Arpeggiator ........................................................................ 25 Basic Operations ................................................................... 27 Front Panel ........................................................................................ 27 Volume Control ......................................................................................... 27 Master Button ............................................................................................ 27 Edit Button ................................................................................................ 27 Control Button .......................................................................................... 27 Audition Button ......................................................................................... 28 Left/Right Cursor Buttons .......................................................................... 28 Save/Copy Button ..................................................................................... 28 Home/Enter Button ................................................................................... 28 Data Entry Control ..................................................................................... 29

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Orbit-3 Operation Manual iii Table of Contents Front Panel Controller Modes ............................................................. 29 Real-time Control ...................................................................................... 29 Quick Edit ................................................................................................. 30 Deep Edit Mode ........................................................................................ 30 Main Screen ....................................................................................... 32 MIDI Channel Selection ............................................................................. 32 Preset Selection ......................................................................................... 32 Channel Volume ........................................................................................ 33 Channel Pan .............................................................................................. 34 Channel Arpeggiator ................................................................................. 34 Sound Navigator ................................................................................ 35 Preset Category ......................................................................................... 35 Instrument Category ................................................................................. 35 Multitimbral Operation ...................................................................... 36 Arpeggiator/Beats Menu .......................................................37 Base Tempo (Master Clock) ....................................................................... 38 SuperBEATS ........................................................................................ 38 BEATS Mode .............................................................................................. 41 Status ..................................................................................................... 41 Beats Channel ...................................................................................... 41 Trigger Channel .................................................................................... 41 BEATS Controllers ...................................................................................... 43 Beat Velocity Group 1-4 ........................................................................ 43 Beat Xpose Group 1-4 ............................................................................ 43 Beat Busy ............................................................................................... 43 Beat Variation ......................................................................................... 44 Beat Variation .......................................................................................... 44 Beats Trigger Layout .................................................................................. 45 1-Bar Trigger Option .............................................................................. 45 Beats Trigger Offset ................................................................................... 46 Beats Part Velocity ..................................................................................... 46 Beats Part Transpose .................................................................................. 47 Beats Part Group ....................................................................................... 48 Master Riff ................................................................................................. 48 Riff Tempo ................................................................................................ 49 Riff Controllers ........................................................................................... 49 MIDI Song Start ........................................................................................ 50 Arp/Riff MIDI Out ...................................................................................... 50 Arpeggiators ...................................................................................... 51 Arp Controllers .......................................................................................... 52 Arp Resolution ....................................................................................... 52 Arp Extension ......................................................................................... 52 Arp Velocity ........................................................................................... 52 Arp Gate ................................................................................................ 52 Arp Interval ........................................................................................... 52