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Touchstrip,
Transpose,
Keypads &
Glide
Touchstrip Hold
Transpose Buttons
Rubber Keypads
Glide Button
44 E-MU Systems
The Touchstrip is a bi-directional controller which is normally connected to
control pitch. It can, however, be patched in to any modulation destination
in the Cords section of the Preset Edit menu. The Touchstrip is referred to
and programmed as "Pitch Wheel" in the Cords menu. See page 230.
Simply slide your finger along the touchstrip while playing the keypads to
hear pitch bend. There is a slight "dead band" in the very center of the strip
to facilitate starting on pitch. You can press anywhere along the strip and
the pitch will instantly jump to that setting. When you release your finger,
the pitch will jump back to normal.
The Touchstrip Hold button holds the pitch at the position last touched so
that it doesn't jump back to center when released. The LED in the button
illuminates when this function is on.
These buttons transpose the current range of the rubber keyboard up and
down in one octave intervals. The LEDs on either side of the transpose
buttons show the currently selected range. With no LEDs illuminated, the
keyboard is in its normal range, Middle C to High C (60-72). Each LED to
the right of the buttons stands for one octave up. Each LED to the left of
the buttons stands for one octave down.
The velocity and pressure-sensitive keypads can play on any MIDI channel
as programmed in the Controllers menu. They are normally set to play on
the "Basic" channel, which means that they play the preset currently
showing in the preset view screen. The keypads output channel (mono)
pressure internally (routed in the PatchCords) and both channel and
polyphonic pressure over MIDI.
This button turns Glide (portamento) on or off for the current preset. The
LED in the button illuminates when Glide is turned on in the current
preset. See Glide on page 220.
Basic Operations
Touchstrip, Transpose, Keypads & Glide
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