Guided Tour #2: Specifying The "Current Voice; Background; Identifying Which Keyboard Keys Belong To Which Voice - E-Mu EII+ Owner's Manual

THE GUIDED TOURS

GUIDED TOUR #2: SPECIFYING THE "CURRENT VOICE"

BACKGROUND

The Emulator II has three main Voice processing modules:
1. Filter varies a Voice's harmonic content via a four pole, low pass filter and associated
ADSR envelope generator.
2. VCA/LFO varies the Voice's LFO parameters as well as the amplitude attack, decay,
sustain, and release characteristics.
3. Voice Definition provides sophisticated digital processing and also sets the keyboard
dynamics.
Each Voice stored in a Bank can have its own individual Filter, VCA/LFO, and Voice Definition
settings. Therefore, we need a way to specify the Current Voice, which is the individual Voice
(or collection of individual Voices) to be processed.
The concept of the Current Voice is important. To process one Voice out of a Preset, assign the
Current Voice to be that one Voice, and process it. To process more than one Voice at a time,
specify a group of Voices to be the Current Voice and process all Voices simultaneously.'
This section covers how to identify which keyboard keys belong to which Voice, and how to
specify which Voice or Voices make up the Current Voice. For a short form version of this tour,
see GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS 2 ("Assigning the Current Voice").
To begin, if the Grand Piano Performance disk described in Guided Tour #1 has not been
loaded, load it from Drive 1 and select Preset 01. Also, read ENTER (the last chapter in the
Reference Section) on the function of the ENTER button, as it will be used during this and most
subsequent tours.

IDENTIFYING WHICH KEYBOARD KEYS BELONG TO WHICH VOICE

Once the Emulator II Bank has sounds in it, activate the Filter, VCA/LFO, or Voice Definition
module; its LED will light. If a Voice has not been previously selected, the display will say:
No Current Voice
Play a Key
If so, move on to step 2. If a Current Voice has been previously assigned, the display's
top line will give the Module Identifier. The bottom line will give the Voice number (V
followed by two digits), and the Voice name (such as PIANO A.2). If this is the
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