Emax II operation manual
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Just like tape, a sound can be manipulated once it has been recorded. Playing back the
samples in the reverse order from which they were stored plays the sound backwards.
Playing back the samples at a faster rate than the rate at which they were stored raises
pitch; playing back at a slower rate lowers pitch (like a tape recorder’s variable speed
control).
THE BANK
The bank contains all of Emax II’s memory, which includes preset, voice, sample and
sequence data. Consider the bank as the central storehouse for all of Emax II’s data.
Although the memory is volatile, meaning that the data disappears when you turn off
power or load a new bank, the bank data can be saved permanently on disk to keep a
record of your work. Since we now have a place to store information temporarily (the
bank), and two ways to store information permanently (saving to disk), let’s take a look
at the different kinds of information being stored.
SAMPLES and VOICES
Sampling a sound (drum sound, oboe, zither, hamster sneeze or whatever) using the
instrument’s “Recording Studio” capabilities creates a Sample, the “raw material” with
which the instrument works. The total available sampling time can be divided up any
way you like—one long sample, lots of short samples, a few medium samples, or any
combination thereof. Note that a “sample” is a digital recording of a complete sound, or
each “snapshot” of the sound that makes up the recording.
THE BANK
An Emax II bank is all the data currently loaded into its memory.
Each preset has its own set of voices which may share sample data with other voices.
Preset 01
All Preset Definition Parameters
Velo, Xfade, MIDI, Arpeggiator, etc.
Keyboard Assignment
Preset 00
All Preset Definition Parameters
Velo, Xfade, MIDI, Arpeggiator, etc.
Keyboard Assignment
Primary
Voice 01
All Dynamic
Parameters
Primary
Voice 02
All Dynamic
Parameters
Primary
Voice 03
All Dynamic
Parameters
Primary
Voice 04
All Dynamic
Parameters
Primary
Voice 02
All Dynamic
Parameters
Secondary
Voice 02
All Dynamic
Parameters
Primary
Voice 01
All Dynamic
Parameters
Secondary
Voice 01
All Dynamic
Parameters
Pri
Sec
Sample
File
Truncation
Loops
Sound Data
Sample
File
Truncation
Loops
Sound Data
Sample
File
Truncation
Loops
Sound Data
Sample
File
Truncation
Loops
Sound Data
Sample
File
Truncation
Loops
Sound Data
Sample
File
Truncation
Loops
Sound Data
Sample
File
Truncation
Loops
Sound Data
EMAX II BASICS
The Bank
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