Emu vintage keys owners manual

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ii E-MU Systems Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................. 1 Product Description ....................................................................................... 1 Important Safety Instructions .................................................. 4 Setup ...................................................................................... 13 Unpacking .................................................................................................... 13 Connection Instructions .............................................................................. 14 Basic Setup .............................................................................................. 14 Performance Setup .................................................................................. 15 Studio Setup ............................................................................................ 16 Instant Gratification ............................................................... 19 Playing Demo Sequences ........................................................................ 19 Auditioning Presets ................................................................................. 20 Selecting and Quick Editing Presets ....................................................... 20 Exploring Beats Mode ............................................................................. 22 Exploring the Master Arpeggiator ........................................................... 24 Multi-Channel Arpeggiator .................................................................... 26 Time to Save? ....................................................................................... 28 Basic Operations .................................................................... 29 Power Switch ........................................................................................... 29 Volume Control ...................................................................................... 29 Channel +/- Buttons ............................................................................... 29 Data Entry Control ................................................................................. 29 Cursor Buttons ........................................................................................ 30 Pitch & Mod Wheels ............................................................................... 30 Edit Section .................................................................................................. 30 Global Button ......................................................................................... 30 Controllers Button .................................................................................. 30 Arp/Beats Button ..................................................................................... 31 MIDI Button ............................................................................................ 31

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Vintage Keys Operation Manual iii MIDI Panic Button .................................................................................. 31 Audition Button ...................................................................................... 31 Compare Button ..................................................................................... 31 Save/Copy Button ................................................................................... 31 Preset Edit Button ................................................................................... 32 Home/Enter Button ................................................................................ 32 Real-time Controller Knobs ......................................................................... 32 Knob Functions ...................................................................................... 33 Quick Edit mode ................................................................................. 33 Screen View Buttons .................................................................................... 34 Main ........................................................................................................ 34 Multi ....................................................................................................... 34 Mix Screen .............................................................................................. 34 Demo Mode ............................................................................................ 35 Command Functions ................................................................................... 36 Preset Selection ....................................................................................... 36 Trigger Mode ........................................................................................... 36 Preset Menu Jump Keys .......................................................................... 36 Main Screen ................................................................................................. 37 MIDI Channel Selection ......................................................................... 37 Preset Selection ....................................................................................... 37 Channel Volume .................................................................................... 38 Channel Pan ........................................................................................... 39 Channel Arpeggiator .............................................................................. 39 Sound Navigator .......................................................................................... 40 Preset Category ....................................................................................... 40 Instrument Category .............................................................................. 40 Multisetups .................................................................................................. 41 Restoring Multisetups ............................................................................. 41 Multisetup Name .................................................................................... 42 Saving Multisetups ................................................................................. 42 Arp/Beats Menu ......................................................................43 Beats ............................................................................................................. 44 Beats Mode .............................................................................................. 46 Status ................................................................................................... 46 Beats Channel ..................................................................................... 46 Trigger Channel .................................................................................. 46 Beats Controllers ..................................................................................... 49 Beat Velocity Group 1-4 ...................................................................... 49 Beat Xpose Group 1-4 ......................................................................... 49 Beat Busy .............................................................................................. 49 Beat Variation ...................................................................................... 50 Beat Variation ...................................................................................... 50 Beats Keys Layout ................................................................................... 51 1-Bar Trigger Option ........................................................................... 51 Beats Keys Offset ..................................................................................... 52 Beats Part Velocity .................................................................................. 52 Beats Part Transpose ............................................................................... 53