E-Mu EII+ Owner's Manual page 9

CONTENTS
SETUP 5 - Function: SMPTE START ............................................................................. 186
SETUP 6 - COUNTDOWN ............................................................................................... 186
RECORD, PLAY and STOP............................................................................................. 187
Record ..........................................................................................................................................187
Playback .......................................................................................................................................187
Stop ..............................................................................................................................................187
SELECT SEQUENCE ...................................................................................................... 188
EDIT 1 - ERASE TRACK ................................................................................................. 189
EDIT 2 - PUNCH-IN......................................................................................................... 190
EDIT 3 - BOUNCE TRACKS ........................................................................................... 191
EDIT 4 - STORE CONTROLS .......................................................................................... 192
EDIT 5 - REASSIGN PRESET......................................................................................... 193
EDIT 6 - APPEND SEQUENCE....................................................................................... 193
ADVANCED APPLICATIONS ................................................................194
THE ART OF SAMPLING ................................................................................................ 195
PART 1: TAKING THE BEST POSSIBLE SAMPLE........................................................ 196
GENERAL TIPS ...........................................................................................................................196
SAMPLING FROM TAPES ..........................................................................................................197
PART 2: MANIPULATING THE SAMPLE........................................................................ 198
TIPS ON MANIPULATING SYNTHESIZER SAMPLES...............................................................199
"SIGNAL PROCESSING" WITH THE EMULATOR II ..................................................................199
PART 3: EFFICIENTLY COMBINING SAMPLES INTO PRESETS ................................. 201
I. The Situation .............................................................................................................................201
II. Getting ready ............................................................................................................................201
III. Sampling the Voices................................................................................................................202
PART 4: CREATING MULTI-INSTRUMENT PRESETS .................................................. 204
MIDI SUPPLEMENT ...............................................................................207
BASICS: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT MIDI ................................................... 208
What does the MIDI cable do? .....................................................................................................208
How can information control a synthesizer? ................................................................................208
How does MIDI differentiate between different MIDI instruments?..............................................209
16 channels, huh? Sounds like a lot of patch cords to me!..........................................................209
What kind of words does the MIDI language include? .................................................................209
TYPICAL MIDI APPLICATIONS ...................................................................................... 210
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