Emu vintage pro owners manual

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ii E-MU Systems Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................. 1 Product Description ............................................................................. 1 Overview ............................................................................................. 3 Important Safety Instructions .................................................. 4 Wichtige Sicherheitsvorschriften ............................................. 7 Consignes de sécurité importantes ....................................... 10 Setup ...................................................................................... 13 Unpacking ......................................................................................... 13 Connection Instructions ..................................................................... 14 Basic Setup ............................................................................................... 14 Studio Setup ............................................................................................. 15 Performance Setup ................................................................................... 16 Power Up! ................................................................................................ 17 Instant Gratification ........................................................................... 18 Playing Demo Sequences .......................................................................... 18 Auditioning Presets & Beats ...................................................................... 18 Selecting and Quick Editing Presets .......................................................... 19 Basic Operations .................................................................... 21 Front Panel ........................................................................................ 21 Volume Control ........................................................................................ 21 Master Button .......................................................................................... 21 Edit Button ............................................................................................... 21 Control Button ......................................................................................... 21 Audition Button ........................................................................................ 22 Left/Right Cursor Buttons ......................................................................... 22 Arps/Beats Button ..................................................................................... 22 Save/Copy Button .................................................................................... 22 Home/Enter Button .................................................................................. 23 Data Entry Control .................................................................................... 23 Controller Knobs ...................................................................................... 23

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Vintage Pro Owners Manual iii Front Panel Controller Modes ............................................................. 23 Real-time Control ..................................................................................... 23 Quick Edit ................................................................................................ 24 Deep Edit Mode ....................................................................................... 25 Main Screen ....................................................................................... 26 MIDI Channel Selection ............................................................................ 26 Preset Selection ........................................................................................ 26 Channel Volume ....................................................................................... 27 Channel Pan ............................................................................................. 27 Channel Arpeggiator ................................................................................ 28 Sound Navigator ................................................................................ 29 Preset Category ........................................................................................ 29 Instrument Category ................................................................................ 29 Multitimbral Operation ...................................................................... 30 Arp/Beats Menu ......................................................................31 Base Tempo ............................................................................................. 33 Beats .................................................................................................. 34 Beats Mode .............................................................................................. 36 Status ................................................................................................... 36 Beats Channel ....................................................................................... 36 Trigger Channel ................................................................................... 36 Beats Controllers ...................................................................................... 38 Beat Velocity Group 1-4 ........................................................................ 38 Beat Xpose Group 1-4 ........................................................................... 38 Beat Busy ............................................................................................. 39 Beat Variation ....................................................................................... 40 Beats Keys Layout ..................................................................................... 40 1-Bar Trigger Option ............................................................................ 40 Beats Keys Offset ...................................................................................... 41 Beats Part Velocity .................................................................................... 42 Beats Part Transpose ................................................................................. 43 Beats Part Group ...................................................................................... 44 Master Riff ................................................................................................ 44 Riff Tempo ............................................................................................... 45 Riff Controllers .......................................................................................... 45 MIDI Song Start ....................................................................................... 46 Arp/Riff MIDI Out ..................................................................................... 46 Arpeggiators ...................................................................................... 47 Arp Controllers ......................................................................................... 48 Arpeggiator Resolution .......................................................................... 48 Arpeggiator Extension .......................................................................... 48 Arpeggiator Velocity ............................................................................. 48 Arpeggiator Gate ................................................................................. 48 Arpeggiator Interval ............................................................................. 48