Guided Tour #4: Real Time Control And Vibrato Depth; Background - E-Mu EII+ Owner's Manual

THE GUIDED TOURS

GUIDED TOUR #4: REAL TIME CONTROL and VIBRATO DEPTH

BACKGROUND

Ever wanted to add vibrato to a grand piano? Or bend its pitch? The Real Time Control module
can do this, and lots more. Incidentally, for future reference GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS 6
("Selecting Real Time Control Functions") contains a short form version of the material
presented in the first part of this tour.
Note: The Emulator II offers two vibrato functions: Pre-programmed (which adds a constant,
selectable amount of vibrato), and Real-time (where the player adds in vibrato by using one of
the modulation wheels). These two are mutually exclusive; if you specify real-time vibrato, the
pre-programmed vibrato will become inactive and vice-versa.
To make "live" playing as simple as possible, the display works somewhat differently for this
module. Load in the disk of your choice (preferably with fairly long and sustained sounds), then
activate the Real Time Control module. The display shows eight pairs of numbers:
1:0 2:0 3:0 4:0
5:0 6:0 7:0 8:0
The first number of each pair stands for one of the eight possible control sources (the left-hand
column of functions printed in the module), namely:
1. Left modulation wheel (center detent, spring return type)
2. Right modulation wheel (continuously variable type)
3. Control voltage pedal (plugs into rear panel PEDAL A/D jack; also accepts any 0 to +10V
control voltage source)
4. MIDI control channel A
5. MIDI control channel B
6. MIDI control channel C
7. Footswitch 1 (plugs into rear panel FOOT SW1 jack)
8. Footswitch 2 (plugs into rear panel FOOT SW2 jack)
The second number of the pair represents a control destination (the right-hand column of
functions printed in the module) that you assign to a control source.
Each of the destinations printed in the upper right-hand column (0 - 7) can be controlled by
control source 1, 2, or 3 or via data sent through any of the three MIDI control channels. Each
destination can be controlled by only a single source; assigning a destination to another source
de-assigns it from the previous source to which it was assigned.
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