Emu xl7 owners manual

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ii E-MU Systems Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................. 1 Product Description ....................................................................................... 1 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 Performance Setup .................................................................................. 18 Power Down Sequence ................................................................................ 19 Rack Mounting XL-7 ................................................................................... 19 Instant Gratification ............................................................... 21 Playing Patterns & Songs ........................................................................ 21 Playing Songs .......................................................................................... 23 Playing Demo Sequences ........................................................................ 24 Auditioning Presets ................................................................................. 24 Selecting and Quick Editing Presets ....................................................... 25 Exploring the Master Arpeggiator ........................................................... 27 Multi-Channel Arpeggiator .................................................................... 28 Time to Save? ....................................................................................... 29 Basic Operations .................................................................... 31 Power Switch ........................................................................................... 31 Volume Control ...................................................................................... 31 12VDC Lamp .......................................................................................... 31

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XL-7 Owners Manual iii Mode/View Buttons ..................................................................................... 32 Track/Channel +/- Buttons ..................................................................... 33 Data Entry Control ................................................................................. 33 Left/Right Cursor Buttons ...................................................................... 33 LED View Select Section .............................................................................. 33 Sequencer Controls ...................................................................................... 34 Stop Button ............................................................................................. 34 Play Button ............................................................................................. 34 Record Button ......................................................................................... 34 Song Record modes ............................................................................. 34 Pattern Record modes ......................................................................... 34 Tap Tempo ............................................................................................. 34 Edit Section .................................................................................................. 35 Song Edit Button .................................................................................... 35 Pattern Edit Button ................................................................................. 35 Preset Edit Button ................................................................................... 35 Global Button ......................................................................................... 35 Controllers Button .................................................................................. 35 Arpeggiator Button ................................................................................. 36 Real-time Controller Knobs ......................................................................... 37 Knob Functions ...................................................................................... 38 Quick Edit mode ................................................................................. 38 Programmable Knobs mode ................................................................ 39 Multichannel Volume Knobs .............................................................. 39 Multichannel Pan Knobs .................................................................... 40 Trigger Buttons............................................................................................. 41 Trigger Mode ........................................................................................... 41 Preset Menu Jump Keys .......................................................................... 41 Touchstrip, Transpose, Keypads & Glide ..................................................... 42 Touchstrip Hold ...................................................................................... 42 Transpose Buttons .................................................................................. 42 Rubber Keypads ...................................................................................... 42 Glide Button ........................................................................................... 42 Erase Button ............................................................................................ 43 Repeat Button ......................................................................................... 43 Preset Screen ................................................................................................ 44 MIDI Channel Selection ......................................................................... 44 Preset Selection ....................................................................................... 44 Channel Volume .................................................................................... 45 Channel Pan ........................................................................................... 46 Channel Arpeggiator .............................................................................. 46 Sound Navigator .......................................................................................... 47 Preset Category ....................................................................................... 47 Instrument Category .............................................................................. 47