Emax II operation manual
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3. Set the level (SAMPLE 1). Sing "ahhhh" into the microphone (This is an easy sound
to loop). The VU level should not quite reach the top of its range. Adjust the gain (use
the data slider) until a good level is attained.
4. Set the threshold (SAMPLE 5). This should be set about 5 or 6 bars from the left. When
the input sound exceeds this level, recording will start.
5. OK, now get ready to sing "ahhhhh" and press (SAMPLE 6) to arm the sampling
process.
6. Now sing "ahhhhh". When you are out of breath, press (SAMPLE 8) to stop sampling.
7. Play the keyboard in the assigned range (lower keyboard, C1-B1) to hear the results.
8. Now we can truncate the silence from the beginning and end of the sound. Press
(DIGITAL PROCESSING), the display will say: Select a Voice. Play a key in your sample
range (C1-B1) and press ENTER. Now press 1 to select truncation.
9. Adjust the start and end points by moving the slider to remove any silence or
unwanted portion of the sound (You must play the keyboard after you move the data
slider in order to hear the results of the slider change). Press ENTER then NO to exit
truncation.
10. Now we are ready to loop the sound. Press 2 to select looping. To loop, first move the
data slider to make the loop length about 10,000 to 14,000 samples long. Next move the
start point into the sustained portion of the ahhh sound so that the ticking sound
becomes softer. When you get a fairly good loop press ENTER. The display says:
Autoloop Y/N. Press YES. You now should have a fairly good loop. If not, adjust the
start point and again press autoloop. It takes practice, but you’ll get it. That’s it! Feel free
to play around with other processors such as chorus and LFO.
11. In summary; these are the steps you will go through every time you have a sampling
session (of course you will develop your own order and style of doing it).
■ Take the sample
■ Truncate the sample
■ Loop the sample (if desired)
■ Assign the voice to a keyboard position
■ Continue to refine and make presets
TIME TO SAVE?
Maybe you haven’t created any masterpieces during these experiments...but maybe you
have. If you want to save a preset to disk, take your blank formatted disk prepared in the
last Guided Tour and Save All 16 bit (PRESET MANAGEMENT 8). Moral of the story:
Always have a blank formatted disk around (or an empty hard disk bank) just in case you
come up with something you want to save.
GUIDED TOURS
Guided Tour #6
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