E-Mu Classic keys Operation Manual page 84

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STEP-BY-STEP
EDITING PRESETS
The easiest way to make a preset is to edit
an existing preset. This is also an excel-
lent way of becoming familiar with
Classic Keys. If you don't like what you
hear, simply change the preset and
Classic Keys reverts back to the original
sound. Changes are not made permanent
until you Save them using the "SAVE
PRESET" function, which is the last
screen in the Edit menu. Let's experiment
and modify a few parameters of an exist-
ing preset. We'll start with functions that
have an obvious effect on the sound like
Instrument select, Coarse Tuning, Cho-
rus, and Reverse Sound.
First, choose a preset that strikes your
fancy and press the Edit button.
CHANGING THE INSTRUMENT
This is probably the easiest way to modify
existing presets. Scroll through the Edit
menu functions until you come to:
INSTRUMENT pri
IXXX Instr Name
Move the cursor down to the bottom line
(using the cursor button) and change the
primary instrument with the data entry
control. Play the keyboard as you scroll
through the various instruments. When
you find an interesting instrument, move
the cursor back up to the first line and
select:
INSTRUMENT sec
IXXX Instr Name
Repeat the process for the secondary
instrument. Find an instrument that
sounds good when combined with the
first one you selected. You can probably
see that with all these great instruments
to work with, you really can't go wrong.
Now let's play with the tuning.
CHANGING THE TUNING OF AN
INSTRUMENT
Scroll through the Edit menu functions
until you come to:
TUNING coarse
pri:+00 sec:+00
If the numbers are "00" as in the example
above, it means that the instruments are
tuned to concert pitch (A=440 Hz). Each
whole number in coarse tuning repre-
sents a semitone interval. To tune one or
both of the instruments up an octave,
move the cursor to the number (using
the cursor button) and set the number to
+12 using the data entry control. Try
tuning one of the instruments to a perfect
fifth above the other. Simply set the
coarse tuning to +7.
CHORUS
This is an easy one. With the cursor on
the top line of the display, turn the data
control until you find CHORUS. Chorus
can be turned on or off for each of the
primary and secondary instruments.
Chorus works by doubling the instru-
ments and detuning them slightly. Try it.
CHORUS
pri:Off sec:Off