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E-Mu PX-7 Owner's Manual

E-Mu PX-7 Owner's Manual (390 pages)

Command Station 128-Voice Synth Multi Track Sequencer

Brand: E-Mu | Category: Recording Equipment | Size: 6 MB

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
2
Introduction

13
- Product Description
  13
Important Safety Instructions

15
- Important Safety Instructions
  17
- Declaration of Conformity
  24
Setup

25
- Unpacking
  25
- Connection Instructions
  26
  - Basic Setup
    26
  - Studio Setup
    27
  - Performance Setup
    28
  - Power down Sequence
    29
Instant Gratification

31
- Playing Patterns & Songs
  31
- Playing Songs
  33
- Playing Demo Sequences
  34
- Auditioning Presets
  34
- Selecting and Quick Editing Presets
  35
- Exploring the Master Arpeggiator
  37
- Multi-Channel Arpeggiator
  38
  - Time to Save
    39
Basic Operations

41
- Power Switch
  41
- Volume Control
  41
- 12VDC Lamp
  41
- Mode/View Buttons
  42
  - Track/Channel +/- Buttons
    43
  - Data Entry Control
    43
  - Left/Right Cursor Buttons
    43
- LED View Select Section
  43
- Basic Operations
  43
- Sequencer Controls
  44
  - Stop Button
    44
  - Play Button
    44
  - Record Button
    44
    
    Song Record Modes (from Song Mode)
    44
    
    Pattern Record Modes (from Pattern Mode)
    44
  - Tap Tempo
    44
- Edit Section
  45
  - Song Edit Button
    45
  - Pattern Edit Button
    45
  - Preset Edit Button
    45
  - Global Button
    45
  - Controllers Button
    45
  - Arpeggiator Button
    46
- Real-Time Controller Knobs
  47
  - Knob Functions
    48
    
    Quick Edit Mode
    48
    
    Programmable Knobs Mode
    49
    
    Multichannel Volume Knobs
    49
    
    Multichannel Pan Knobs
    50
- Trigger/Mute Buttons
  51
  - Trigger Mode
    51
  - Preset Menu Jump Keys
    51
- Touchstrip, Transpose, Keypads & Glide
  52
  - Touchstrip Hold
    52
  - Transpose Buttons
    52
  - Rubber Keypads
    52
  - Glide Button
    52
  - Erase Button
    53
  - Repeat Button
    53
- Preset Screen
  54
  - MIDI Channel Selection
    54
  - Preset Selection
    54
  - Channel Volume
    55
  - Channel Pan
    56
  - Channel Arpeggiator
    56
  - Preset Screen
    56
- Sound Navigator
  57
  - Preset Category
    57
  - Instrument Category
    57
Sequencer

59
- Overview
  60
- Deﬁnitions
  61
  - Events
    61
  - Tracks
    61
  - Patterns
    61
    
    Pattern Recording & Editing
    62
    
    The Asterisk
    62
    
    Standard MIDI Files
    62
  - Songs
    63
    
    Song Record Modes
    63
- Pattern Mode
  64
  - Pattern Play
    64
  - Restart/Pattern Fire Key
    65
  - Realtime Recording
    65
  - Preparing to Record a Pattern
    65
  - Input Quantize
    66
  - Count in
    67
  - First Note Record
    68
  - Pattern Length
    68
  - Metronome
    69
  - Recording a Pattern
    69
    
    Automatic Channel Assignment
    73
  - Replace Record
    74
  - Grid Recording
    75
    
    What Is Grid Recording
    75
  - Step Time Recording
    79
    
    Note Value/Number of Ticks
    80
- Pattern Edit Menu
  82
  - Track Enable/Mute Buttons
    82
  - Name Pattern
    82
  - Pattern Length
    82
  - Setting Meter (Time Signature)
    83
  - Metronome
    84
  - Loop Section
    85
    
    In Pattern Mode
    85
    
    In Song Mode
    86
  - Quantize
    87
    
    Quantize Parameters
    87
    
    More about Swing
    88
  - Scale/Shift Start Times
    89
    
    Tips & Tricks
    89
  - Scale/Shift Duration
    90
  - Thin Events
    92
  - Erase Events
    93
  - Transpose
    94
  - Scale/Shift Velocity
    95
  - Extend Sequence Data to
    96
  - Erase Track
    97
  - Cut Track to Clipboard
    98
  - Copy Track to Clipboard
    99
  - Paste Clipboard to Track
    100
  - Apply Clipboard Settings
    101
  - Explode/Combine Tracks
    102
    
    Combine Tracks
    103
    
    Explode Tracks
    103
  - Channel Assign
    104
  - Multichannel Track Recording
    105
  - Note List Editor
    107
  - Event List Editor
    108
    
    Continuous Controller Edit
    108
    
    Continuous Controller Screen
    108
    
    Pitch Strip Edit
    108
    
    Pitch Strip Screen
    108
    
    Poly Pressure Edit
    109
    
    Poly Pressure Screen
    109
    
    Program Change Edit
    109
    
    Program Change Screen
    109
  - The Conductor Track
    112
    
    Conductor Track Screens
    112
    
    The Conductor Track
    113
  - Revert to Saved Pattern
    114
- Song Mode
  115
  - Song Play
    115
  - Song Step Recording
    115
  - Realtime Song Recording
    119
- Song Edit Menu
  122
  - Song Name
    122
  - Event Source
    122
  - Setting Meter (Time Signature)
    123
  - Metronome
    124
  - Quantize
    124
  - Scale/Shift Start Times
    125
  - Scale/Shift Duration
    125
  - Thin Events
    125
  - Erase Events
    126
  - Transpose
    127
  - Scale/Shift Velocity
    128
  - Cut Track to Clipboard
    129
  - Copy Track to Clipboard
    130
  - Paste Clipboard to Track
    131
  - Song Channel Assign
    132
  - Note List Editor
    133
  - Event List Editor
    134
    
    Continuous Controller Edit
    134
    
    Continuous Controller Screen
    134
    
    Pitch Strip Edit
    134
    
    Pitch Strip Screen
    134
    
    Poly Pressure Edit
    135
    
    Poly Pressure Screen
    135
    
    Program Change Edit
    135
    
    Program Change Screen
    135
  - Revert to Saved Song
    136
- Live Performance Features
  137
  - XMIX
    137
  - Using the Repeat Button for Live Performance
    139
  - Mute Hold
    139
    
    Loop Section
    140
    
    Restart/Pattern Fire Key
    140
    
    Pattern Change Tempo Hold
    140
    
    Track Priority
    141
- Event Timing
  141
- Applications
  142
  - Using the Internal Sequencer with an External MIDI Keyboard
    142
  - How to Record the Audition Riffs
    143
Controllers Menu

145
- Realtime Control Functions
  146
  - Keyboard Transpose
    146
  - Keyboard Channel
    146
  - Aftertouch Curves
    146
  - Local Control On/Off
    147
  - Footswitch Jack Function
    148
  - Trigger Buttons Function
    149
  - Trigger Buttons
    150
    
    Trigger Button Select
    150
    
    Latch On/Off
    150
    
    MIDI Key
    150
    
    MIDI Channel
    150
    
    Destination
    150
    
    Key Velocity
    150
  - Triggers Pattern Select
    151
  - Trigger Mode Quick Select
    152
  - Programmable Knobs
    152
  - Knob Preset Quick-Edit
    153
  - Real-Time Controller Assignment
    153
  - MIDI Footswitch Assign
    155
  - Tempo Controller
    155
Global Menu

157
- Multisetups
  158
  - Restoring Multisetups
    158
  - Multisetup Name
    159
  - Saving Multisetups
    159
- Deﬁning Global Parameters
  160
  - Transpose/Tune
    160
  - Bend Range
    160
  - Velocity Curve
    161
  - MIX Output
    162
  - Output Section
    163
- Master Effects
  164
  - Effects Mode
    164
  - Effects Multi Mode Control
    164
  - Master FXA Algorithm
    165
    
    A Effect Types
    165
  - FXA Parameters: Decay/Hf Damping Fxb -> Fxa
    166
  - FXA Send Amounts
    166
  - Master FXB Algorithm
    166
  - FXB Parameters: Feedback/Lfo Rate Delay Time
    167
  - B Effect Types
    167
  - FXB Send Amounts
    167
  - User Key Tuning
    168
- Miscellaneous Parameters
  168
  - Output Format
    168
  - Screen Viewing Angle
    169
MIDI Menu

171
- Base Tempo
  172
- Pattern Change Tempo Hold
  172
- Rechannelize Input
  173
- Knobs Output MIDI
  174
- Transmit MIDI Clock
  174
- External Song Start/Stop
  175
- Merge MIDI in to MIDI out
  175
- MIDI in Channels
  175
- MIDI Enable
  176
- Receive Program Change
  176
- MIDI Program Change -> Preset
  177
- MIDI Sysex ID
  178
- MIDI Sysex Packet Delay
  178
- Send MIDI System Exclusive Data
  178
- MIDI Mode
  180
- Preset Selection
  180
Programming Basics

181
- Modulation
  182
- Modulation Sources
  183
  - Random Sources
    184
- Modulation Patchcords
  184
- Envelope Generators
  185
  - Tempo-Based Envelopes
    186
  - Envelope Repeat
    186
- Low Frequency Oscillators (Lfos)
  187
- Clock Modulation
  188
- Modulation Destinations
  190
- Modulation Processors
  191
- Preset Modulation Processors
  193
  - Using the Modulation Processors
    195
  - More Examples
    197
- Dynamic Filters
  199
  - What Is a Filter
    200
  - Parametric Filters
    203
  - The Z-Plane Filter
    204
- Signal Flow
  205
- MIDI Channels & Real-Time Controls
  206
  - Bank Select Commands
    208
- Stereo MIX Outputs
  208
Preset Edit Menu

211
- Preset Name
  212
- Four Layer Architecture
  212
  - Selecting Layers
    213
- Deﬁning Layer Parameters
  214
  - Selecting an Instrument
    214
    
    Sound Navigator
    214
  - Defining Key Range
    215
  - Defining the Velocity Crossfade Range
    217
  - Defining the Real-Time Crossfade Range
    219
  - Transposing the Instrument
    222
  - Tuning
    223
    
    Background: Transpose Vs. Coarse Tuning
    223
  - Amplifier
    223
  - Volume Envelope
    224
    
    Selecting the Mode
    224
    
    Defining the Volume Envelope
    225
  - Chorusing the Layer
    226
  - Sound Start Offset, Delay & Key-Up Layer
    226
  - Non-Transpose Mode
    228
  - Solo Mode
    228
  - Assign Group
    229
  - Glide
    230
  - Z-Plane Filters
    231
  - Filter Types
    231
    
    Filter Parameters
    233
  - Filter Envelope
    234
    
    Defining the Filter Envelope
    235
  - Auxiliary Envelope
    235
  - Low Frequency Oscillators (Lfos)
    236
    
    Shape
    236
    
    Sync
    237
    
    Rate
    237
    
    Delay
    239
    
    Variation
    239
  - Patchcords
    240
    
    Modulator Polarity
    241
  - Pitchbend Range
    243
  - MIX Output
    243
- Common Preset Parameters
  244
  - Preset Effects
    244
  - Edit Menu
    245
  - FXA Algorithm
    246
    
    A Effect Types
    246
  - FXA Parameters
    247
  - FXA Send Amounts
    247
  - FXB Algorithm
    247
    
    B Effect Types
    247
  - FXB Parameters
    248
  - FXB Send Amounts
    248
  - Preset Patchcords
    248
  - Initial Controller Amount
    250
  - Keyboard Tuning
    251
  - Preset Links
    253
  - Preset Tempo Offset
    253
  - Audition Riff Selection
    254
  - Play solo Layers
    254
Arpeggiator/Beats Menu

255
- Arpeggiators
  256
  - Arp Controllers
    257
    
    Arpeggiator Resolution
    257
    
    Arpeggiator Extension
    257
    
    Arpeggiator Velocity
    257
    
    Arpeggiator Gate
    257
    
    Arpeggiator Interval
    257
- Master Arpeggiator Parameters
  257
  - Status
    258
  - Mode
    258
  - Note Value
    259
  - Arpeggiator Pattern Speed
    259
  - Pattern
    259
  - Velocity
    260
  - Gate Time
    260
  - Extension Count
    261
  - Extension Interval
    261
  - Sync
    262
  - Pre-Delay
    264
  - Duration
    264
  - Post-Delay
    264
  - Recycle
    264
  - Keyboard Thru
    264
  - Latch
    264
  - Arp/Riff MIDI out
    265
  - MIDI Song Start
    265
- Send MIDI System Exclusive Data
  266
  - Editing a User Arpeggiator Pattern
    266
  - Pattern Step Number
    267
  - Key
    267
    
    Key Offset
    267
    
    Tie
    268
    
    Rest
    268
    
    Skip
    268
    
    End
    268
  - Velocity
    268
  - Duration
    269
  - Repeat
    269
  - User Pattern Name
    270
  - Multichannel Arpeggiating
    270
- Beats
  271
  - Beats Mode
    273
    
    Status
    273
    
    Beats Channel
    273
    
    Trigger Channel
    273
  - Beats Controllers
    276
    
    Beat Velocity Group 1-4
    276
    
    Beat Xpose Group 1-4
    276
    
    Beat Busy
    277
    
    Beat Variation
    277
  - Beats Keys/Trigger Layout
    278
    
    1-Bar Trigger Option
    278
  - Beats Keys Offset
    279
  - Beats Part Velocity
    279
  - Beats Part Transpose
    280
  - Beats Part Group
    281
  - Master Riff
    281
  - Riff Tempo
    282
  - Riff Controllers
    282
Effects

283
- Effects Overview
  283
  - The Effects Sends
    283
- Effect Types
  285
  - Effect Parameters
    285
    
    Decay
    286
    
    High Frequency Damping
    286
    
    Feedback
    286
    
    LFO Rate
    286
    
    Delay
    286
- Effects Programmed in the Preset
  287
- Master Effects
  288
  - Effects Mode
    290
  - Flexible Effects Control
    290
    
    Using the Effects Channel Settings in Multi Mode
    292
  - Effect B into Effect a
    292
- General Effect Descriptions
  294
  - Reverb
    294
  - Chorus
    295
  - Doubling
    295
  - Slapback
    295
  - Stereo Flanger
    295
  - Delay
    296
  - Stereo Delay
    296
  - Panning Delay
    296
  - Dual Tap
    296
  - Vibrato
    296
  - Distortion
    296
Save/Copy Menu

297
- Save Pattern
  297
- Saving a Preset
  298
- Saving a Song
  298
- Copying Information
  299
  - Copy Preset
    299
  - Copy Layer
    299
  - Copy Patchcords
    300
  - Copy Preset Patchcords
    301
  - Copy Arpeggiator Settings
    301
  - Copy Arpeggiator Pattern
    302
  - Copy Preset Bank
    302
  - Copy Sequencer Pattern
    303
  - Copy Song
    303
- Sound Authoring
  304
  - Rename Flash SIMM
    305
  - Duplicate Flash
    306
- Compact Flash Now
  307
- Create Random Preset
  307
Preset Programming

309
- Editing Presets
  309
  - Changing the Tuning of an Instrument
    310
  - Chorus
    311
  - Volume Envelope
    312
  - Working with Filters
    313
    
    Adding the Filter Envelope
    315
    
    Changing Filter Types
    317
    
    Envelope Repeat
    317
  - Practice Modulating
    318
  - Troubleshooting
    319
- Linking Presets
  320
Appendix

321
- Front Panel Knob Functions
  321
  - Knob Controller Descriptions
    322
- Presets
  322
  - Preset Categories
    322
  - Preset Notes
    323
    
    Linked Presets
    323
    
    Default and Template Presets
    323
    
    Retrigger/Strip
    323
    
    Up Layer
    323
    
    Play through
    323
- Preset Listing
  324
- Pattern Listing
  328
- Song Listing
  328
- Riff Listing
  329
- Instrument Notes
  331
  - Flexible Kit Variations
    331
  - Holes
    332
- Instrument Listing
  333
- Instrument Listing
  334
- Example Percussion Maps
  339
  - Arp Map Example
    346
  - Velocity Curves
    347
- Patchcord Amount Chart
  349
- Shift Key Shortcuts
  350
- Rhythmic Notation
  351
- Time Signatures
  351
- Block Diagrams
  352
  - Volume & Pan
    352
  - Pads Routing
    353
  - MIDI in
    354
  - Block Diagrams
    355
  - Triggers & Programmable Knobs
    355
  - Quick Edit
    356
- E-MU Expansion Sound Sets
  357
- Installing Sound Simms
  359
- MIDI
  362
  - Operating System Upgrades
    367
  - Received Channel Commands
    369
  - Sysex Specification
    369
- Technical Speciﬁcations
  370
- Props
  371
- Warranty
  372
Index

375
- Connection Instructions
  377

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