Guided Tours - E-Mu ESI-32 Operation Manual

Tour 1
Basics
Tip: ESI-32 banks usually do not fit on a
single floppy disk. To load multiple disk
banks, insert the first disk, then replace it
with the next disk when asked by the ESI-32.
Welcome to the Guided Tours! If you have just met the ESI-32 for the
first time, we suggest that you follow these tours until you complete the
Guided Tours section. This will get you up and running on the ESI-32 in
the fastest possible time. Also, you'll learn some tricks in this section
that will come in handy as you play some more with the ESI-32. This
tour covers how to:
• Load and Save to Floppy Disks
• Select Different Presets within the Bank
• Tune the ESI-32 to Other Instruments
• Transpose the Keyboard
Loading a Bank from Floppy Disks
1. Press the Load button. Position the cursor under the drive number
in line two. Select the floppy drive using the data entry control.
2. Insert the first floppy disk of the selected bank and press
ENTER. The display will say: Loading Bank. Remember that loading
in a new bank will erase the currently loaded bank, so always think
twice before pressing ENTER to load the bank. (Since ESI-32 banks
can be quite large, it may require several floppy disks to hold an
entire bank. Multiple floppy disks must be inserted in the proper
order. That's why it's a good idea to label them numerically.)
Play the sounds from the newly loaded disks. To check out the
various presets within the bank, read on.
Selecting Different Presets
The bank you just loaded contains several presets. To call up a new
current preset, use the up/down cursor buttons to position the cursor
under the preset number, then use the keypad underneath the display.
Note that leading zeroes must be entered for preset numbers (i.e. type 0,
0 and 2, not just 2, to call up preset 002). Now type 0, 0, then 2 on the
keypad; these will replace the numbers indicated by the flashing cursor.
Now call up more presets. If you enter a number for which there is no
preset, the display will list the entered preset number and say "Empty
Preset". Try again.
To scroll through the presets available in the bank, turn the data entry
control. The various preset names will scroll on the lower display line.
When this line shows the desired preset, press ENTER to make that the
current preset. This is an alternative preset selection method.
Yet another method is to use the left and right cursor buttons to incre-
ment or decrement through the presets. This method allows you to
arrange your presets in the proper order, then access them sequentially
with a single press of a button.
When you're ready to check out some more sounds, proceed.
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