Emax Owners Manual
© 1986 E-mu Systems, Inc. Enhanced by The Emulator Archive 2001 Page 33
GUIDED TOUR #6: DIGITALLY PROCESSING SAMPLES
BACKGROUND and SETUP
Digital processing allows for radically altering Voices stored in the Bank. In this Guided Tour, we’ll learn - -
among other topics - - how to truncate, loop, reverse, splice, and combine samples. First, though, we
need to take a couple of samples with which we can practice.
1. Clear the Bank of memory (MASTER 4).
2. Follow the directions in Guided Tour #5 and make a sample of yourself speaking. However, select a 4
second sample rate (SAMPLE 4). After setting the threshold and such, arm sampling and start
jabbering.
3. De-activate the Sample module, then re-activate and take another 4 second sample. You will not
have to do any setup -- just hit SAMPLE 6 and talk away. You now have two samples suitable for
experimentation.
CHOOSING THE CURRENT VOICE
1. Activate DIGITAL PROCESSING. You will be asked to select a Voice, so press a key within the
range of the Voice that you want to work on and press ENTER.
TRUNCATING A VOICE
1. Choose DIGITAL PROCESSING 1 to truncate the ends off voices.
2. Vary the Data Slider as you play a key in the range assigned to the current Voice. Notice the start of
the Voice will disappear. Use this technique to get rid of silence at the start of a Voice or for effects.
3. Move the cursor using the arrow keys to the End display. Use the Data Slider to truncate any
undesired part off the end of the sample.
4. When you get tired of truncating, press ENTER. When Emax asks if you want to Make Truncation
Permanent, enter NO so that the full sample is available for subsequent experiments in this tour.
5. If desired, change the Current Voice (DIGITAL PROCESSING 0) and experiment with truncating the
other sample you took. Again, when asked if you want to Make Truncation Permanent, press NO.
LOOPING A VOICE
1. If you haven’t yet done so, activate the DIGITAL PROCESSING module and assign the Current
Voice. Select function 4 and turn the loop mode ON.
2. Refer to DIGITAL PROCESSING 2 to graphically see how looping affects a sample. If you play and
hold a key in the Current Voice, it will play indefinitely since the loop function is on.
3. Now try modifying the loop. Activate DIGITAL PROCESSING 2 and adjust the Start and Length
values. Note that if the length equals the full length of the sample, you will not be able to set a new
start point. Reduce the length, and you should be able to adjust the start point. For practice, try
looping individual words or sentence fragments.
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