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INTAGE KEYS
C L A S S I C A N A L O G K E Y B O A R D S
OPERATION MANUAL
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  • Page 1 INTAGE KEYS C L A S S I C A N A L O G K E Y B O A R D S OPERATION MANUAL E-mu Systems, Inc.
  • Page 2 Fax: 44-31-665-0473 Important Notice: In order to obtain warranty service on your Vintage Keys unit, the serial number sticker must be intact and you must have a sales receipt or other proof of purchase. If there is no serial number sticker on Vintage Keys, please contact E-mu Systems at once.
  • Page 3 3. Do not use Vintage Keys near water — for example near a bathtub, wash- electric shock to persons. bowl, kitchen sink, in a wet basement, on a wet bar, or near or in a swim-...
  • Page 4 SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS 4. Vintage Keys should be situated so that its location or position does not interfere with its proper ventilation. 5. Vintage Keys should be located away from heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, fireplaces, stoves, or ovens.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS INTRODUCTION & BASIC SETUP Introduction .................... Vintage Keys Organization ..............Connection Instructions ............... BASIC OPERATION Main Controls ..................Selecting MIDI Channels ..............Selecting Presets ................... Adjusting Volume & Pan Position ............ Playing the Demo Sequences ............. Multi-Timbral Operation ..............
  • Page 6 CONTENTS PROGRAMMING BASICS (continued) Filter Modulation ..............33 Vintage Keys Signal Flow ............36 Keyboard & Velocity Modulation ..........37 Key Number ................38 Velocity Curves ................. 38 Realtime Modulation ..............39 MIDI Realtime Controls ............40 Stereo Mix Outputs ..............42...
  • Page 7 ..............Working with the Filter ............... Vintage Synthesis ................. Reverb Spaces ..................Using Vintage Keys with a Sequencer ..........More Advanced Sequencing .............. REFERENCE SECTION Preset Listing ................84 Instrument Listing ..............88 B3 Waves - Drawbar Settings ........... 95 Percussion Instrument Locations ..........
  • Page 9 INTRODUCTION...

  • Page 10: Introduction & Basic Setup

    INTRODUCTION & BASIC SETUP Chapter 1: Basic Setup...
  • Page 11 Vintage Keys Operation Manual...

  • Page 12: Introduction

    Vintage Keys gives you the ability to literally take the sounds apart and reassemble them into a limitless number of entirely new sounds, combining parts of one sound with another or with any of a selection of digital waveforms also stored in ROM.

  • Page 13: Vintage Keys Organization

    VINTAGE KEYS ORGANIZA- TION Vintage Keys is organized as shown in the diagram below. I N S T R U M E N T PRIMARY PRESET SECONDARY I N S T R U M E N T The Preset is a complete set of all program parameters for a complete Vintage Keys sound.

  • Page 14: Connection Instructions

    MIDI In Vintage Keys is controlled by MIDI messages received at the MIDI In connector. Connect the MIDI In of the Vintage Keys to the MIDI Out connector of a MIDI controller such as a MIDI key- board, MIDI wind controller or MIDI guitar controller.
  • Page 15 Outputs Vintage Keys has three sets of programmable stereo outputs; Main, Sub 1, and Sub 2. Specific Vintage Keys presets (or MIDI channels) can be routed to one of these stereo pairs in order to be further processed or mixed separately.
  • Page 16 MIDI In jack. Outputs Each of the Sub 1 and Sub 2 output jacks on the Vintage Keys are stereo jacks. The tip of each jack (accessed when a standard phone plug is inserted) connects to the left or right output of that group.
  • Page 17 Keys and its MIDI controller may be turned on in any order. When power is applied, the liquid crystal display will light, indicating that Vintage Keys is operating. You may have noticed that there is no 110/220 Volt power selector switch on Vintage Keys.

  • Page 18: Basic Operation

    BASIC OPERATION Chapter 2: Basic Operation...
  • Page 19 Vintage Keys Operation Manual...

  • Page 20: Main Controls

    SELECT JACK BUTTON CONTROL Power Switch Switches AC power to Vintage Keys On and Off. MIDI Activity LED Indicates that MIDI data is being received. Master Menu Select Button The Master menu contains parameters that affect the entire machine, not just certain presets. An illuminated LED to the left of the button indicates that you are in the Master menu.

  • Page 21: Selecting Midi Channels

    C01 Vol127 Pan=P Preset No. 000 Preset Name Preset Name • • • If Vintage Keys is not PRESET SELECTION responding properly or plays Press the cursor key repeatedly until the cursor is underneath the the wrong preset, make sure that both Vintage Keys and preset number.

  • Page 22: Playing The Demo Sequences

    Cursor and Data Entry control in the MIDI Channel/ Preset selection screen. Volume PRESET Channel 01 Volume PRESET Channel 02 Volume Channel 03 PRESET Volume Channel 16 PRESET Each of the 16 MIDI channels can be assigned to play a specific Vintage Keys preset. Chapter 2: Basic Operation...

  • Page 23: About Vintage Keys

    Of course, playing back 32 chan- nels at different pitches tends to complicate matters, but this is basi- cally how it works. In Vintage Keys, we have left out the Analog/ Digital converter stage since the sounds are already sampled for you.

  • Page 24: Master Menu

    MASTER MENU Chapter 3: Master Menu...
  • Page 25 Vintage Keys Operation Manual...

  • Page 26: Enabling The Master Menu

    Keys can be tuned to other instruments. The master tuning range is ± 1 semitone in 1/64th semitone increments. A master tune setting of “00” would indicate that the Vintage Keys is perfectly tuned to concert pitch (A=440 Hz). MASTER TUNE...

  • Page 27: Transpose

    MASTER MENU • Transpose This function transposes the key of Vintage Keys in half-step intervals. The transpose range is ± 12 semitones or one octave. TRANSPOSE +12 semitones • Global Bend This function sets the range of the pitch wheel only when it is routed to control pitch.
  • Page 28 MASTER MENU GLOBAL VELOCITY CURVES Curve 2 Curve 1 80 100 80 100 Played Velocity Played Velocity Curve 3 Curve 4 80 100 80 100 Played Velocity Played Velocity Curve 6 Curve 5 80 100 80 100 Played Velocity Played Velocity Curve 7 Curve 8 80 100...

  • Page 29: Mix Output

    Warning: Presets will not be transferred between two between multiple Vintage Keys units. In the case of multiple Vintage Keys units unless the Vintage Keys units, each unit should have a different ID number. ID numbers of both units match. MIDI MODE...

  • Page 30: Midi Mode Change

    Disabled • MIDI Overflow When on, if you play more notes than Vintage Keys has channels (32), the additional note data will be directed out the MIDI Out port to a second Vintage Keys or other MIDI device, thus doubling the number of available channels.

  • Page 31: Midi Controller Assign

    Preset Map could be set to call up preset 12 whenever Vintage Keys receives program change number 26. Any of the presets in Vintage Keys can be mapped to any incoming MIDI program change number. This feature also allows you to call up the presets 128-511, which are not normally accessible over MIDI.

  • Page 32: Send Midi Data

    • Send MIDI Data This function will send MIDI System Exclusive data to the MIDI Out port of Vintage Keys. The MIDI data can either be sent to a computer/ To Record MIDI Data into sequencer or to another Vintage Keys. Using the cursor key and the a Sequencer: data entry control, select the type of MIDI data you wish to transmit.

  • Page 33: User Key Tuning

    MASTER MENU • User Key Tuning In addition to standard twelve tone equal temperament, Vintage Keys contains four additional preset tuning tables (Just C, Vallotti, 19 tone, and Gamelan) and one user definable tuning. User Key Tuning allows ••• Application: The user...

  • Page 34: Programming Basics

    PROGRAMMING BASICS Chapter 4: Programming Basics...
  • Page 35 Vintage Keys Operation Manual...
  • Page 36 Your initial involvement with Vintage Keys will most likely consist of using the existing presets and selecting MIDI channels. While the factory presets are very good, there are probably some things you would like to change, perhaps the LFO speed, the filter cutoff or the attack time.

  • Page 37: Modulation

    If we had a device that would automatically turn the volume control, we would also call that device a modulation source. The Vintage Keys is designed so that for each of the variable parameters, such as the volume, there is an initial setting which can be changed by a modulation source.

  • Page 38: Modulation Sources

    PROGRAMMING BASICS MODULATION SOURCES Vintage Keys uses three kinds of modulation sources. • KEYBOARD AND VELOCITY MODULATION Values which are generated at the start of a note and do not change during the note. Keyboard Key Which key is pressed.

  • Page 39: Envelope Generators

    • Release The time it takes the envelope to fall to the zero level after the ••• The generalized envelope key is released. shapes of a few types of sounds are shown above. level time down released Vintage Keys Operation Manual...

  • Page 40: Low Frequency Oscillators

    LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS (LFOS) A Low Frequency Oscillator is simply a wave which repeats at a slow rate. The Vintage Keys has two multi-wave LFOs for each of its 32 channels. The LFO waveforms are: Triangle, Sine, Square, Sawtooth, and Random, which is a random “sample and hold” type of wave.

  • Page 41: Midi Patch

    MIDIPATCH Connecting a modulation source to a destination is called a patch. Vintage Keys lets you connect the modulation sources in almost any possible way to the modulation destinations. You can even modulate other modulators. Each patch also has an amount parameter which determines “how much”...

  • Page 42: Filter Modulation

    PROGRAMMING BASICS FILTER MODULATION Vintage Keys contains two low pass filters for each of its 32 channels. The block diagram of a single channel is shown below. Low Pass Instrument Tone Filter Sample Pitch Start Volume Aux. Volume AHDSR AHDSR The Tone filter is a simple tone control and can be used to brighten or darken the tone of an instrument.
  • Page 43 For example, a Low Pass Filter, like the one in Vintage Keys, lets the low frequencies pass and removes only the high frequencies. Cutoff Frequency •••...
  • Page 44 Turning up the “Q” will emphasize the frequencies around the cutoff point. Another parameter on the low pass filter is the number of poles it contains. The filters on Vintage Keys can be either 2-pole or 4-pole filters. The number of poles in a filter describes the steepness of its slope.

  • Page 45: Vintage Keys Signal Flow

    PROGRAMMING BASICS VINTAGE KEYS SIGNAL FLOW Going back to the block diagram for a single channel we can re-exam- ine the complete signal path. Low Pass Instrument Tone Filter Sample Pitch Start Volume Aux. Volume AHDSR AHDSR Instrument This is the sampled sound wave. The pitch of the instrument can be modulated by any modulation source.

  • Page 46: Keyboard & Velocity Modulation

    PROGRAMMING BASICS Primary Low Pass Keyboard Instrument Tone Filter Modulation Sources Sample Pitch Start Key Number, Key Velocity Volume Destinations Volume Off, Pitch, Primary Pitch, Portamento X-Fade AHDSR Secondary Pitch, Rate Atk Dec Rel Filter Fc, Primary Filter Fc, Secondary Filter Fc, Filter Q, Primary Filter Q, Secondary Filter Q, Secondary...

  • Page 47: Key Number

    Experiment with the four curves to find the one that works best for your style and MIDI controller. Curve 1 Curve 2 80 100 80 100 Played Velocity Played Velocity Curve 3 Curve 4 80 100 80 100 Played Velocity Played Velocity Vintage Keys Operation Manual...

  • Page 48: Realtime Modulation

    Portamento Rate, Secondary Portamento Rate REALTIME MODULATION In addition to keyboard and velocity modulation, Vintage Keys has multiple realtime modulation sources. Realtime modulation sources are parameters which can be continuously varied over time. The velocity and keyboard modulations, in comparison, are set at the key depression.

  • Page 49: Midi Realtime Controls

    3 types of messages; note on/off, program changes, and continuous controller messages. Your MIDI keyboard, in addition to telling Vintage Keys which note was played, may also send realtime control information, which simply means occurring in real time or live.

  • Page 50: Modulation Wheel

    PROGRAMMING BASICS Let's say for example, that you are using a Yamaha DX7 as your master keyboard. The DX has pitch and mod. wheels, a breath controller, a data slider and a foot pedal, all of which transmit their values over MIDI.

  • Page 51: Stereo Mix Outputs

    PROGRAMMING BASICS STEREO MIX OUTPUTS Vintage Keys has three sets of polyphonic stereo outputs (Main, Sub 1, Sub 2). The channels used by a particular preset may be directed to appear at any one of these three stereo outputs. This feature is useful for signal processing (EQ, reverb, etc.) of individual sounds prior to...

  • Page 52: Edit Menu

    EDIT MENU Chapter 5: Edit Menu...
  • Page 53 Vintage Keys Operation Manual...

  • Page 54: Enabling The Edit Menu

    EDIT MENU The edit menu contains functions that can be modified by the user and then saved as preset information in one of the user presets. For example, the LFO speed or other parameter can be edited, then the preset can be saved to a user location (0-255). WARNING Changes made in the Edit menu will be forever lost unless the preset is “saved”...

  • Page 55: Preset Name

    The charts below show the key- board character assignment. PRESET NAME 000 Untitled -> & " < <- > ¥ C C# D D# E F# G G# A A# B Pitch " % & blank < > ¥ Octave Vintage Keys Operation Manual...

  • Page 56: Primary Instrument

    This sets the keyboard range for the entire preset and will further limit the primary and secondary keyboard ranges. The key range can be set anywhere from C-2 to G8. KEY RANGE C-2 -> G8 Vintage Keys Range MIDI 120 127 Key # Name...

  • Page 57: Primary Key Range

    ••• Entire presets can also be Linked to form split or layered keyboards. Key Range Pri Instr. Sec Instr. This diagram shows how instruments can be layered or “stacked” using the primary and secondary instruments. Vintage Keys Operation Manual...

  • Page 58: Coarse Tuning

    EDIT MENU • Coarse Tuning This function allows you to change the tuning of the primary and secondary instruments in semitone intervals. The coarse tuning range is -36 to +36 semitones. A coarse tuning setting of “00” would indicate that the instrument is tuned to concert pitch (A=440 Hz). TUNING coarse pri:+00 sec:+00...

  • Page 59: Alternate Envelope On/Off

    This function allows you to adjust the alternate volume envelope parameters for the secondary instrument. The parameters are Attack time, Hold time, Decay time, Sustain level, Release time and are ad- justable from 00 to 99. S: A 00 00 00 99 16 Vintage Keys Operation Manual...

  • Page 60: Delay

    EDIT MENU • Delay Delay varies the time between when a MIDI Note On message is re- ceived and the onset of a note. The delay time is adjustable from 0 to 13 seconds (000-127). DELAY pri:000 sec:000 • Sound Start This function allows you to set where a sample begins playing when you hit a key.

  • Page 61: Solo Mode

    Chorus “thickens” the sound by doubling the sound and then detuning it. The chorus amount is variable over a range of 1 to 15. When Chorus is on, the number of channels used by an instrument will be doubled. CHORUS pri:Off sec:07 Vintage Keys Operation Manual...

  • Page 62: Crossfade Mode

    EDIT MENU • Crossfade Mode This function determines which of the following crossfade modes will be selected: Off, Crossfade, or Cross-Switch. When “Off” is selected, none of the crossfade parameters will have any effect. Crossfade When “Xfade” is selected, a control input is used to fade between the primary and secondary.

  • Page 63: Crossfade Direction

    Velocity modulation screens. INPUT CROSSFADE AMOUNT In the example above, crossfading between Primary and Secondary instruments will occur between the values of 12 and 52. Above and below these points, the output will be completely Primary or Secondary. Vintage Keys Operation Manual...

  • Page 64: Crossfade Amount

    EDIT MENU • Crossfade Amount The crossfade amount parameter determines the range over which crossfading will occur. Crossfade amount is variable from 000 to 255. The larger the value, the more modulation will be required to effect a complete crossfade. XFADE AMOUNT •...

  • Page 65: Primary Filter Cutoff & Q

    4-pole lowpass filter, or it can be turned Off. See Primary Filter Type. FILTER TYPE sec 4 Pole Lowpass • Secondary Filter Cutoff & Q This is the same as the Primary Cutoff and Q for the secondary filter. FILTER Fc:255 Vintage Keys Operation Manual...

  • Page 66: Auxiliary Envelope

    EDIT MENU • Auxiliary Envelope This is a supplementary, utility envelope that can be routed to any realtime control destination including the lowpass filter. The auxiliary envelope parameters are: Envelope Amount, Delay, Attack Time, Hold Time, Decay Time, Sustain Level, and Release Time. The delay time is variable from 0 to 13 seconds (000-127).

  • Page 67: Lfo 1 - Shape & Amount

    This function is useful for ensemble effects, where each note played has a slightly different modulation rate. The higher the number, the greater the note to note variation in LFO rate. LFO variation is variable from 000-127. Vintage Keys Operation Manual...

  • Page 68: Lfo 2 - Shape & Amount

    EDIT MENU time Delay down The LFO wave begins after the specified delay time has elapsed. LFO1 RT DLY VAR 000 000 000 • LFO 2 - Shape & Amount LFO 2 is functionally identical to LFO 1. • LFO 2 - Rate, Delay & Variation LFO 2 is functionally identical to LFO 1.

  • Page 69: Keyboard & Velocity Modulation Control

    When Modulating Enve- lope Attack, Decay or KEYBOARD VELOCITY Release Times: CENTER CURVE Positive amounts of modula- tion increase the time. KEY NUMBER Negative amounts of modu- VELOCITY lation decrease the time. Keyboard and Velocity Modulation Sources Vintage Keys Operation Manual...

  • Page 70: Realtime Modulation Control

    EDIT MENU • Realtime Modulation Control These functions allow you to route realtime controllers to any of the modulation destinations on except Tone, Sample Start, Q and Pan. Up Realtime to 8 simultaneous patches may be programmed. For each modulation Modulation Sources Pitch Wheel, patch, there is a source and a destination parameter.

  • Page 71: Footswitch Control

    128 to +127. PRESSURE AMOUNT +127 • MIDI Controller Amount This function allows you to specify an amount parameter (variable from -128 to +127) for each of the MIDI controllers. CONTROLLER AMT CONTROLLER AMT A:+127 B:-090 C:+030 D:+060 Vintage Keys Operation Manual...

  • Page 72: Velocity Curve

    EDIT MENU • Velocity Curve Incoming velocity data can be modified by a velocity curve in order to provide different types of dynamics in response to your playing or better adapt to the MIDI controller. This function allows you to select one of the four velocity curves or leave the velocity data unaltered (Off).

  • Page 73: Keyboard Center

    19 notes per octave. Difficult to play, but works well with a se- quencer. Gamelan (Javanese) tuning (5 tone Slendro and 7 tone Pelog) Pelog-white keys, Slendro-black keys. Exotic tunings of Gamelan flavor. User tuning Defined in the Master menu. Vintage Keys Operation Manual...

  • Page 74: Mix Output Assign

    EDIT MENU • Mix Output This function allows you to direct the channels used by a particular preset to appear at one of these three stereo outputs (Main, Sub 1, Sub MIX OUTPUT Main • Preset Links Presets may be linked to other presets in order to create layering or keyboard splits.

  • Page 75: Save Preset

    Make sure that the destination preset does not contain information that you wanted to keep. To Save a Preset SAVE PRESET to 1. Select the new location. 064 Preset Name 2. Press Enter. Vintage Keys Operation Manual...

  • Page 76: Practice Programming

    PRACTICE PROGRAMMING Chapter 6: Practice Programming...
  • Page 77 Vintage Keys Operation Manual...

  • Page 78: Linking Presets

    This section contains step-by-step instructions on how to get started in programming your own custom sounds. It is recommended that you actually try each example on the Vintage Keys unit, rather than just reading through. The best way to learn something is by actually doing it.

  • Page 79: Editing Presets

    The easiest way to make a new preset is to edit an existing preset. This is also an excellent way of becoming familiar with Vintage Keys. If you don’t like what you hear, simply change the preset and Vintage Keys reverts back to the original sound.

  • Page 80: Chorus

    The larger the number, the more detuning will occur. Warning: Since it works by doubling the instruments, chorus halves the number of notes you can play on Vintage Keys. Chorus is useful when you want to “fatten up” a part quickly and easily. Just turn chorus on! (The single cycle waves love chorus.)

  • Page 81: Alternate Volume Envelope

    Every instrument in Vintage Keys has it's own volume envelope which Percussion is used when the Alternate Envelope parameter is turned Off. By turning the Alternate Envelope On, we can re-shape the instrument's natural volume envelope any way we want.

  • Page 82: Working With The Filter

    PRACTICE PROGRAMMING The envelope will stay at the Sustain level for as long as the key is held. When the key is released, the envelope falls back down to zero at the Release rate. level time down released WORKING WITH THE FILTER The low pass filter makes it possible to remove certain components of the sound.
  • Page 83 Move the cursor down underneath the source and set it to Aux (for Auxiliary Envelope). Next move the cursor underneath the destination and set it to Filter Fc. The screen should look like this: REALTIME CTL 1 Aux -> FiltFc Vintage Keys Operation Manual...
  • Page 84 PRACTICE PROGRAMMING You have just connected the Auxiliary Envelope Generator to the Filter Cutoff as shown in the diagram below. Low Pass Instrument Tone Filter Aux. AHDSR Now go back to the Aux Envelope screen shown below. AUX ENV AMT DLY +000 000 Move the cursor underneath the envelope amount and change the value to about +100.
  • Page 85 Simply examine the various parameters and try to be as analytical as possible as you solve the problem. Usually the solution will be simple. (The filter is already wide open and can't open any more.) Learning to play an instrument takes… Practice. Vintage Keys Operation Manual...

  • Page 86: Vintage Synthesis

    VINTAGE SYNTHESIS Vintage Synthesis is actually just a form of additive synthesis. Only, instead of building a sound from simple sine waves, Vintage Keys supplies you with complete sampled sounds or complex waveforms allows you to combine all or part of these together to form a new sound.

  • Page 87: Reverb Spaces

    Delay: 000 Delay: 003 REVERB SPACES The reverb spaces allow you to add reverb ambience to Vintage Keys drums. By layering an instrument containing only reverb with a “dry” ••• The reverb spaces were drum instrument, the effect of real reverb is created. In addition, the...

  • Page 88: Using Vintage Keys With A Sequencer

    USING VINTAGE KEYS WITH A SEQUENCER We thought you’d never ask. Vintage Keys was designed from its conception with multi-timbral sequencing in mind. Just take a look at the main screen.

  • Page 89: More Advanced Sequencing

    PRACTICE PROGRAMMING Move the cursor down to the second line and change the mode to Multi as shown. Vintage Keys will now respond to multiple MIDI channels. MORE ADVANCED SEQUENCING • Pre-Sequence Setup Suppose that you want to have your sequencer set up everything for you before the start of the song.
  • Page 90 Don't be afraid to use external processing on specific sounds if you feel the urge. The submix sends and returns on Vintage Keys are there for a reason. In many instances a bit of reverb or EQ will be just the thing an instrument needs to give it a distinct identity.
  • Page 91 Vintage Keys Operation Manual...

  • Page 92: Reference Section

    REFERENCE SECTION Chapter 7: Reference Section...

  • Page 93: Preset Listing

    39. Clav 02 82. Pad: ArpStrng 125. Syn Bass 08 40. Clav 03 83. Pad: Obx Saws 126. Syn Bass 09 41. Clav 04 84. Pad: Arp 2600 127. Syn Bass 10 42. Clav 05 85. Pad: PolyMoog Vintage Keys Operation Manual...
  • Page 94 FACTORY PRESETS - RAM 128. Syn Bass 11 171. Misc Cool 04 214. Elec Gtr 02 129. Soft Pad 02 172. Misc Cool 05 215. Elec Gtr 03 130. Soft Pad 03 173. Misc Cool 06 216. Elec Gtr 04 131.
  • Page 95 294. Clav 337. Wurli 380. Hmnd B3 295. Percussion 338. Soft Pad 381. Hmnd Link 296. Hmnd B3 339. Soft Pad 382. Hmnd B3 297. Clav 340. Hard Pad 383. —default— 298. Fndr Rds 341. Hard Pad Vintage Keys Operation Manual...
  • Page 96 FACTORY PRESETS - ROM 384. Link to 419 427. Soft Pad 470. SBas2 4Split 385. Bass Gtr 428. Soft Pad 471. SBas3 4Split 386. Bass Gtr 429. Soft Pad 472. SBas4 4Split 387. Percussion 430. Soft Pad 473. SBas5 4Split 388.

  • Page 97: Instrument Listing

    29. Wurlitzer2 ..........Wurlitzer Electric Piano 2 30. Dyno Rhodes1......Dyno-My-Rhodes Electric Piano 1 31. Dyno Rhodes2......Dyno-My-Rhodes Electric Piano 2 32. FendrRhodes ........Fender Rhodes Electric Piano 33. Clavinet ..............Hohner Clavinet 34. Brite Clavinet ..........Bright Hohner Clavinet Vintage Keys Operation Manual...
  • Page 98 VINTAGE KEYS INSTRUMENTS 35. Mini Moog 1 ........Mini Moog w/Low Resonance 36. Mini Moog 2 ........Mini Moog w/ Med Resonance 37. Mini Moog 3 ........Mini Moog w/High Resonance 38. Mini Moog 4 .......... Mini Moog w/Lower Cutoff 39. Mini Moog 5 ..........Mini Moog Horn Sound 40.
  • Page 99 * The names of the above-mentioned instruments may be trademarks of third parties. In order to create the instrument sounds, E-mu records such sound from the respective instrument and the recording is converted into a digital signal which is then modified as necessary to be stored in a read only memory (ROM) device.
  • Page 100 VINTAGE KEYS INSTRUMENTS SYNTHESIZER & ORGAN WAVEFORMS The single cycle waveforms are sampled waves from various synthesiz- ers and organs. The Moog, ARP & OB waves have been sampled with various filter settings characteristic of each unit. The B3 waves are various harmonic drawbar settings designed to be used alone or layered together with the multi-cycle organ samples (instruments 1-7).
  • Page 101 175. Four Octaves Frequency (log) OCTAVE-5 ODD Harmonic 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 15 1617 Octave As an example, this chart shows the harmonics present in the Octave 5 Odd wave- form. Vintage Keys Operation Manual...
  • Page 102 VINTAGE KEYS INSTRUMENTS SINGLE CYCLE WAVEFORMS These single cycle waveforms were either synthesized or taken from actual sampled sounds. Each wave has a unique tonal quality. 176. Synth Cycle 1 204. Power 5ths 177. Synth Cycle 2 205. Filter Saw 178.
  • Page 103 244. Guitar Pile effects and can provide rhythmic accom- 245. Finger Bass Pile paniment when chords are played. 246. Moog Loop Extreme transpositions can also yield unusual effects. 247. OB Loop 248. Frost Loop 249. Memory Loop Vintage Keys Operation Manual...

  • Page 104: B3 Waves - Drawbar Settings

    B3 WAVES - DRAWBAR SETTINGS DRAWBAR DIAGRAMS Each drawbar controls the volume of its associated harmonic or over- tone. The 8' drawbar is the fundamental pitch of the sound. Note that instruments 1-7 are full length samples while waves 1-18 are single cycle loops.
  • Page 105 B3 WAVES - DRAWBAR SETTINGS B3 Wave 5 B3 Wave 6 B3 Wave 7 B3 Wave 8 B3 Wave 9 B3 Wave 10 B3 Wave 11 B3 Wave 12 Vintage Keys Operation Manual...
  • Page 106 B3 WAVES - DRAWBAR SETTINGS B3 Wave 13 B3 Wave 14 B3 Wave 15 B3 Wave 16 B3 Wave 17 B3 Wave 18 Chapter 7: Reference Section...

  • Page 107: Percussion Instrument Locations

    & snares MIDI (inst. 85 & 87) in these Key # locations using the Dry Tom Dry Kick Dry Snare Dry Tom secondary layer or links. Kick & Snare Drum Kit 3 left Empty Instrument 71 Vintage Keys Operation Manual...

  • Page 108: Drum Kit

    PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT LOCATIONS Dry Kick Dry Snare Dry Tom KICK & SNARE TUNED DOWN MIDI Key # Dry Tom Dry Kick Dry Snare Dry Tom Kick & Snare Drum Kit 4 Tuned down 1/3 Instrument 72 Dry Kick Dry Snare Dry Tom KICK &...
  • Page 109 REVERB SPACES Allows you to add reverb by layering with MIDI Drum Kits 1-7. Key # Reverb Spaces Instruments 76-84 ••• For more information on the Reverb Spaces, see the Practice Programming section of this manual. Vintage Keys Operation Manual...

  • Page 110: Technical Specifications

    TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Audio Channels: ....32 Audio Outputs: ....6 (2 main, 4 submix) Submix Inputs: ....4 Max. Output Level: .... +4 dB into 600Ω Output Impedance: ... 1KΩ MIDI: ........In, Out, Thru Data Encoding: ....16 bit Linear Sample Playback Rate: ..

  • Page 111: Midi Implementation Chart

    Mode 3: OMNI OFF, POLY Mode 4: OMNI OFF, MONO GENERAL INFORMATION FOR VINTAGE KEYS SYSEX • Product ID for Vintage Keys is 0A. • Device ID is [00-0F] (0-15 decimal). • Parameter Number and Parameter Value are 2 bytes each.

  • Page 112: Midi Specifications

    MIDI SPECIFICATIONS RECEIVED CHANNEL COMMANDS Channels number (n) = 0-15. Message bytes are represented in hex. All other numbers are decimal. Running Status is supported. Command Message Comments Note Off 8n kk vv release velocity is ignored Note On 9n kk vv velocity 0 = note off Key Aftertouch An kk vv...
  • Page 113 Warning: When transferring preset banks and tuning table data back and forth from Vintage Keys to a computer, the data should be re- corded as you would a regular sequence. Sending the data in one huge chunk will clog the input buffer on Vintage Keys unless a time period of approximately 100 mS is inserted between each preset.
  • Page 114 MIDI SPECIFICATIONS RECEIVED SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE COMMANDS Command Message Comments Preset Data Request F0 18 0A dd 00 ll mm F7 ll= preset # lsb mm = msb see note 6 ••• 281 bytes per preset Preset Data F0 18 0A dd 01 ll mm … ... cs F7 (272 data + 9 MIDI header) cs=checksum Parameter Value...
  • Page 115 If no expansion set is present, s2 will be 7F and n2 will be zero. Standard Vintage Keys Sound Set = 6.
  • Page 116 F0 18 0A dd 0F (14 bytes per instrument) ..F7 The instruments are transmitted in the same order they appear to the user on Vintage Keys. Note that a given instrument’s position in this list may be different from its actual number within the sound set.
  • Page 117 • Note 6 - Preset Data Request Vintage Keys presets are organized into banks. Each bank consists of 64 presets. Vintage Keys has six banks of presets (0-383). Banks may be requested using the preset request command and the appropriate preset code listed below.
  • Page 118 MIDI SPECIFICATIONS • Note 7 - Alternate Tuning The “user tuning table” allows any key to be tuned to an arbitrary pitch over an 8 octave range. If selected in the preset, an alternate tuning may be achieved by modifying the tuning values from the front panel or downloading a new table into the machine.
  • Page 119 0-99 sec alt. volume sustain 0-99 sec alt. volume release 0-99 sec alt. volume envelope on sec solo mode sec chorus 0-15 sec reverse sound crossfade mode crossfade direction crossfade balance 0-127 crossfade amount 0-255 Vintage Keys Operation Manual...
  • Page 120 MIDI SPECIFICATIONS Parameter No. Parameter Name Range switch point 0-127 LFO 1 shape LFO 1 rate 0-127 LFO 1 delay 0-127 LFO 1 variation 0-127 LFO 1 amount 0-127 LFO 2 shape 0-127 LFO 2 rate 0-127 LFO 2 delay 0-127 LFO 2 variation 0-127...
  • Page 121 A-D numbers 0-31 270-272 footswitch 1-3 numbers 0-15 mode change enable device ID number 0-15 384-399 MIDI channel enable Per MIDI Channel 400-415 MIDI program change enable 416-431 mix out 512-639 MIDI program/preset map 0-383 Vintage Keys Operation Manual...
  • Page 122 MIDI SPECIFICATIONS • Note 9 - Sound Sets A Vintage Keys sound set consists of sample data (sound ROMs), plus additional instrument data in the program ROMs. Each sound set has a unique ID number. The sound set for Vintage Keys is #6.
  • Page 123 Example: To find the “nibble-ized” Hex value of parameter number 257: 257 ÷ 128 = 2 r-1 2 in Hex = 02 = msb 1 in Hex = 01 = lsb Parameter number would be transmitted as 01 02 Vintage Keys Operation Manual...
  • Page 124 MIDI SPECIFICATIONS • Note 10 - Patchcord Destinations The order in which patchcord destinations appear on the screen does not necessarily match the SysEx ordering. This is necessary for various reasons, one being to maintain Proteus compatibility. Key/Velocity Controllers MIDI value Destination Pitch Pri.
  • Page 125 Sec. Attack Decay Pri. Decay Sec. Decay Release Pri. Release Sec. Release Crossfade LFO 1 Amount LFO 1 Rate LFO 2 Amount LFO 2 Rate Aux. Envelope Amount Aux. Envelope Attack Aux. Envelope Decay Aux. Envelope Release Vintage Keys Operation Manual...
  • Page 126 MIDI SPECIFICATIONS Realtime Controllers (cont) MIDI value Destination Filter Fc Pri. Filter Fc Sec. Filter Fc Portamento Rate Pri. Portamento Rate Sec. Portamento Rate Chapter 7: Reference Section...

  • Page 127: Warranty

    • Deterioration or damage of the cabinet. • Damages occurring during any shipment of the product for any reason. • An E-mu product that has in any way been modified by anyone other than E-mu Systems, Inc. Limitation of Implied Warranties No warranty is expressed or implied.

  • Page 128: Index

    Filter Modulation 33, 60, 61, 73, 74 Basic sampling system diagram 14 Fine tuning 49 Basic setup 5 Footswitch 22, 29, 62 Block diagram, Vintage Keys 36, 37, 39 Gamelan tuning 64 Channel pan 12 Glide Channel volume 12 See portamento...
  • Page 129 Change 2 Specifications 102-116 Factory preset listing 84-87 System exclusive 103-117 Links 65 Thru 7 Mapping 22-23 MIDI-patch 32, 40 Naming 46 Mix outputs 20, 42, 65 Recording to a sequencer 23 Saving 66 Selection 12 Vintage Keys Operation Manual...
  • Page 130 INDEX Pressure, key 29, 39, 61 Sub 1 & 2 outputs 7, 8, 42 Amount 62 Submix returns 7,8, 81 Primary 4 Sustain Filter type 55 Envelope generator 30, 50, 57, Instrument 47 Key range 48 Pedal/footswitch 62 Program/Preset map 22-23 Synth mode 52 Programming basics 25 Synthesizer waveforms 91...
  • Page 131 NOTES Vintage Keys Operation Manual...

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