E-Mu Vintage Keys Operation Manual page 90

• Using the 32 Channels
As stated earlier, Vintage Keys has 32 independent audio channels
which are utilized dynamically. With 32 channels and 383 presets,
you have a universe of sonic textures at your disposal. You may have
noticed that many of the very big sounding presets in Vintage Keys are
linked with other presets or they have chorus applied to them. While
this is fine when the preset is played solo, you may begin to run out of
channels when Vintage Keys is played multi-timbrally. Linking and
chorusing cause twice as many channels to be used by the preset.
Learn to "budget" your output channels for maximum efficiency.
• Channel Ripoff
When Vintage Keys uses up all its 32 channels and needs more, it
steals a channel from the key that has been held the longest. This is
commonly known as "channel rip-off". You will most commonly
encounter this "rip-off" when using Vintage Keys in multi-timbral
mode or when using massive preset links. Since Vintage Keys dynami-
cally allocates channels as needed, to eliminate rip-off you must
either, play fewer notes, use simpler sounds, turn off doubling (pri/sec,
chorus, or linked presets), or use MIDI overflow to another Vintage
Keys unit.
• Using External Processing
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. Incidentally, an
external fuzz box can work
wonders on the clean guitar
sound. If you think about it,
adding distortion to a clean
guitar sound is much closer to
the way an electric guitar is
normally processed. By dedi-
cating one of your old fuzz
boxes to a submix out/in, you
can have programmable
distortion for use on guitars,
organs or whatever.
OUTPUTS
R - SUB2 - L R - SUB1 - L
Tip Ring
Tip Ring
Fuzzman
Stereo
Fuzz Box Reverb Unit
Using the programmable outputs and returns,
specific presets can be routed through your
favorite effects without using up precious
mixer channels.
Chapter 6: Practice Programming
PRACTICE PROGRAMMING
R - MAIN - L
MONO STEREO
Tip Ring
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