Introduction - E-Mu Vintage Keys Operation Manual

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INTAGE KEYS
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WHAT'S A VINTAGE KEYS?
Vintage Keys is a musical instrument whose sounds are based on
digital recordings of the classic keyboards of yesteryear. But despite the
name, Vintage Keys is not strictly limited to vintage sounds. The
vintage keyboard samples are simply the starting point for you to take
off in any direction.
To begin with, Vintage Keys contains eight megabytes (internally
expandable to 16 megabytes) of the highest quality 16 bit samples
selected from the Emulator III sound library and stored in ROMs for
instant access. You now have virtually every major keyboard ever
made beneath your fingers. These sounds have been used on literally
thousands of hit recordings over the years. They're all here, without
recording problems, unreliability and the hassles of moving heavy
equipment.
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. For example, the attack of a
flute can be faded out as a vocal pad is faded in, giving you a com-
pletely new sound! The dynamic 2 and 4 pole filters allow you to
shape and mold your sound in order to exactly duplicate classic syn-
thesizer sounds. The 16 bit samples are arranged into 512 preset loca-
tions, 256 of which are user-programmable.
Vintage Keys also features 32 voice polyphony allowing you to take
full advantage of its layering capabilities (up to 8 sounds on each key)
and its ability to respond multi-timbrally to all 16 MIDI channels
makes it ideally suited for multitrack sequencing and composing using
a MIDI sequencer.
Other features include 3 stereo outputs for individually processing
sounds (also configurable as 6 polyphonic submixes with fully pro-
grammable panning), integral sends and returns to allow the addition
of external effects units without the need for a separate mixer, user
definable alternate tuning, and of course, an extensive MIDI
implementation.
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Chapter 1: Basic Setup

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