Emax Owners Manual
© 1986 E-mu Systems, Inc. Enhanced by The Emulator Archive 2001 Page 3
EMAX OWNERS MANUAL
TABLE OF CONTENTS
GENERAL SAFETY INFORMATION
Grounding Instructions
User Maintenance Instructions
Instructions Pertaining to a Risk of Fire, Electric Shock, or Injury to Persons
Important Safety Instructions
FOREWORD
WHAT’S AN EMAX?
SEND IN YOUR WARRANTY CARD NOW!
INSTANT GRATIFICATION!
HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
PART 1 INTRODUCTION
EMAX BASICS
DEFINITIONS, BACKGROUND, and BASICS: HOW EMAX ORGANIZES SOUND
SAMPLING BASICS
THE EMAX “MAP”
THE BANK
SAMPLES and VOICES
MAKING A “PRESET"
THE CURRENT PRESET
THE CURRENT VOICE
MORE ABOUT SAMPLES: THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SAMPLE
MODULE
FUNCTION
ACTIVATING A MODULE
THE MODULE IDENTIFIER
VELOCITY-SENSITIVE KEYBOARD
PRESSURE-SENSITIVE KEYBOARD
OTHER DEFINITIONS
The Disk Archives
The Keyboard
The Channel Outputs
Booting
Default
Cursor
Data Slider & Increment/Decrement
Saving
THE BIG RE-CAP
THE REWARD
PART 2 GUIDED TOURS
1. MEET EMAX
2. SPECIFYINGTHECURRENTVOICE
3. ANALOG PROCESSING
4. REAL-TIME CONTROL PROGRAMMING
5. BASIC SAMPLING
6. DIGITALLY PROCESSING SAMPLES
7. MANAGING THE BANK
8. THE SEQUENCER
9. MAKE YOUR OWN