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Korg EMX-1 Musical Instrument User Manual

1. 4 Pattern mode mE No Name Category No Name Category No Category 1 BD Dark Kick 70 SD Brk1 139 Bng Slap 2 991 71 SD Brk2 140 Bng Lo1 3 BD 99 2 72 SD Brk3 141 Bng Lo2 4 BD Syn1 73 SD Brk4 142 Cng Hil 5 BD Syn2 74 SD D amp B 143 Cng Hi2 6 BD Syn3 75 SD Clap1 144 Cng HiMt 7 BD Syn4 76 SD Clap2 145 Cng Lo1 2 8 BD Syn5 77 SD R amp B1 146 Cng Lo2 9 BD Syn6 78 SD R amp B2 147 Cng LoMt 10 BD Syn7 79 SD R amp B3 148 Cng LynH 11 BD Syn8 80 SD R amp B4 149 Cng LynL 12 BD Syn9 81 SD R amp B5 150 Timb Hi1 13 BD Syn10 82 RM Ambil Rim 151 Timb Hi2 14 BD Dist1 83 RM Ambi2 152 Timb Lo1 15 BD Dist2 84 RM Dry 153 Timb Lo2 16 BD Dist3 85 RM DDD 154 Timb Rim 17 BD Dist4 86 RM Lynn 155 2 18 BD Dist5 87 RM 88 156 Cowbell 19 BD Dist6 88 Clp 99 1 Clap 157
2. ee O MASTER VOLUME This knob adjusts the output volume of the line out jacks and the headphone jack The master vol ume does not adjust the volume of the individual out jacks TUBE GAIN This knob adjusts the level of the EMX 1 s output signal that is being sent through the vacuum tubes As you increase this level the vacuum tubes will produce more distortion Normally you will leave this set to the minimum level A The effect of the vacuum tubes applies to the line out jacks L MONO R and headphone jacks AUDIO IN LEVEL This knob adjusts the input level of the audio in put Display 15 This shows the name of the currently selected pat tern and displays information such as parameter values and messages 5 Common section p 10 The controls grouped in the Common section al a low you to switch modes to use the display to edit parameters and to control playback and record ing 6 Edit section 11 Using these controls you can edit the sound of each part and edit the effect settings 7 Part select section p 12 Here you can select each of the drum and synth parts 8 Step key section p 12 Here you can view and edit the triggers of the rhythm or phrase pattern You can also use the step keys as a keyboard to play the sounds of the synth parts 9 Arpeggiator section rp 13 This section lets you sound each
3. EMX 1 Music Production Station rises Owner s Manual i eum Sma aa G PPP KORG Precautions Location Using the unit in the following locations can result in a malfunction n direct sunlight Locations of extreme temperature or humidity Excessively dusty or dirty locations Locations of excessive vibration Close to magnetic fields Power supply Please connect the designated AC AC power supply to an AC outlet of the correct voltage Do not connect it to an AC outlet of voltage other than that for which your unit is intended Interference with other electrical devices Radios and televisions placed nearby may experience reception interference Operate this unit at a suitable distance from radios and televisions Handling To avoid breakage do not apply excessive force to the switches or controls Care If the exterior becomes dirty wipe it with a clean dry cloth Do not use liquid cleaners such as benzene or thinner or cleaning compounds or flammable polishes Keep this manual After reading this manual please keep it for later reference Keeping foreign matter out of your equipment Never set any container with liquid in it near this equipment If liquid gets into the equipment it could cause a breakdown fire or electrical shock Be careful not to let metal objects get into the equipment If something does slip into the equipment unplug the
4. Normal Revers Normal Slider Pitch control synth parts Ribbon Gate time synth parts Reso lution drum parts Note on Revers Slider Gate time synth parts Resolu tion drum parts Ribbon Pitch control synth parts Note on fo wv A ful fal 9 75 Saving your Global mode settings Here s how to save the settings you made in Global mode and MIDI mode If you want to keep the changes you made you must execute the Write operation described below The settings you save will take effect each time you turn on the power If you don t want to keep the changes you made simply turn off the power without executing Write 1 Press the Global mode or MIDI mode key 2 Press the WRITE RENAME key once the key will blink The display will ask GlobIWr Use the dial to select Yes and press the WRITE RENAME key once again to begin saving the data While the data is being saved the WRITE RENAME key will light and will go dark when saving is completed If you decide to cancel select No or press the STOP CANCEL key A You can write Global mode and MIDI mode set tings regardless ofthe Memory Protect setting see above A Never turn off the power while data is being saved to memory i e while the WRITE RENAME key is lit Doing so can destroy the data Using SmartMedia You can use a SmartMedia card to save or load the EMX 1 s internal data The EMX 1 uses 3
5. 5 Playing a song 66 To pause playback 66 To resume playback 66 To stop playback 66 Fast forwarding or rewinding the playback 66 Selecting SO oet ce tees 66 Switching songs 66 To play back from the beginning of the current position OF Song eiie be ipto ern Pte 66 To continue playing another a song 66 Setting the playback tempo 66 Using the dial to set the tempo 66 Using the tap tempo key to set the tempo 67 Locking the tempo of a song 67 Creating song 68 Specifying a pattern for each position 68 To play back the completed song from the beginning 68 Transposing the pitch of a Pattern for a specific 68 Editing a song 70 Inserting a pattern 70 Deleting a pattern 70 Erasing data from a song 71 If you erase song data by accident 71 Changing the pattern in a specific position 71 Maintaining the part mute settings even when the
6. 79 MIDI channels 79 MIDI clock 83 MIDI Control Change Number 81 MIDI DUMP 82 MIDI FILTER 80 MIDI mode 29 MIDI Utility 80 MOD DELAY A3 Modulation 3d MOTION DEST 60 Motion sequence 58 MOTION VALUE 60 MOVE DATA 53 multi track 79 MUTE HOLD 71 NEXT SONG 71 NOISE OSC 37 NOTE 51 NOTE OFFSET 68 note on note off 81 85 OSC EDIT 31 OSC 36 Oscillator type list 34 OUTPUT BUS 26 2 30 iuuenum 29 Parti see 22 Part Common 32 PART 23 PATTERN 68 Pattern 19 pattern name 19 Pattern Set 62 PEEN s 80 PCM OSC COMB 38 PCM OSC WS 38 PHASER 44 HIG n 29 pitch bend 83 PITCH SHIFTER 45 Playing motion sequence59 Playing a song 66 POSITION
7. ai A Raising the pitch may cause noise PART common 6 Knob value Pitch Example pitch for an input of C3 Pire cune 63 2 octaves 5 41 43 59 61 C 4 D4 A 4 B4 39 1 octave C4 fe ile 9 12 33 36 03 D 3 A 3 6 Semitone up C 3 0 C3 OR2 6 Semitone down B2 Pd smoot 9 12 36 A 2 2 2 TRIG 39 1 octave C2 41 43 61 B1 marion seo 63 2 octaves C1 EG MME 0 127 Sets the decay time of the EG The way in which the volume decays will depend on the Amp EG setting L63 R63 Sets the stereo position panpot of the sound The sound will be located in the center when the knob is set to the center Turning the knob toward the left moves the sound toward L and turning it to ward the right moves the sound toward R 29 30 Sets the output level Turning the knob toward the right will increase the level AMP EG c Switches the operation of the amp EQ Each time you press this key the envelope type will alternate between K the volume will gradu ally decay over the time specified by EG TIME and the sound will stop after the time specified by EG TIME This enables on or disables off the Roll effect for each part The roll interval is determined by the tempo of the pattern the
8. g 123 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 On On On On On On On A If the motion sequence LED is dark off this setting does nothing a Checking motion sequence data Here s how you can check and see what type of motion sequence data has been recorded Hold down the shift key and press the motion sequence key of the part common section and the step keys will light to indicate the motion sequence data that has been recorded The display will indicate FreeMot and the number of remaining motion sequences that you still record If a motion sequence is recorded for The following key will light Part Common section knobs Step keys 1 and 2 Synth Filter section Step key 3 Part Common section keys Step key 4 Effect 1 motion sequence Fx Edit 1 data Step key 5 Effect 1 motion sequence Fx Edit 2 data Step key 6 Effect 2 motion sequence Fx Edit 1 data Step key 7 Effect 2 motion sequence Fx Edit 2 data Step key 8 Effect 3 motion sequence Fx Edit 1 data Step key 9 Effect 3 motion sequence Fx Edit 2 data Step key 10 Modulation knobs Step key 11 Modulation keys Step key 12 Synth oscillator OSC Edit 1 Step key 13 Synth oscillator OSC Edit 2 Step key 14 A You cannot check the motion sequence data during playback or re cording or while playing a pattern set 57 Editing motion sequence data Here s how you can edit motion sequence data for ea
9. 0 127 Adjusts the depth of cross modulation OSC EDIT2 63 63 Adjusts the pitch of oscillator 2 the modulator A value of 63 creates a pitch difference of 2 octaves and a value of 47 creates a pitch difference of 1 octave With a value of 0 the pitch is the same as oscillator 1 VPM OSC VPM oscillator The VPM Variable Phase Modulation oscillator type uses the output waveform of oscillator 2 the modulator to modu late the phase of oscillator 1 the carrier producing metal lic sounding overtones Mod Depth Mod Saw Squ Tri Sin Selects the basic waveform of oscillator 1 the carrier OSC EDITI ModDepth 2127 Adjusts the depth of the VPM effect OSC Edit2 00 25 32 00 Specifies the pitch of oscillator 2 the modulator as a har monic multiple of oscillator 1 WS Wave shaping Wave shaping creates complex waveforms by mixing two os cillators and then passing the result through a wave shaper non linear transformation d OSC2Pitch es WAVE 2 Switches the type of wave shaping effect OSC EDITI WavShape 0 Adjusts the depth of the wave shaping effect OSC BDIT2 OSC2Ptch 63 63 Adjusts the pitch of oscillator 2 A value
10. 17 amp MR 17 Turning the power 17 To turn the power 17 To turn the power off 17 Playing a Demo song 18 To pause playback 18 To resume playback 18 To stop playback 18 Demo Song list 18 Pattern mode 19 Playing patterns 19 What is a Pattern sss 19 Playing pattern 19 To Start playback 19 To pause playback 19 To resume playback 19 To stop playback 19 Selecting a pattern 20 To check which patterns playing 20 To force playback to restart at the beginning of the iecit i eer ce eva a en 20 About the timing of changing patterns 20 Setting the playback tempo 20 Using the dial to set the tempo 20 To set the tem
11. 78 MIDI mode 79 About MIDI channels 79 Using the EMX 1 as a sound module 79 If you connect a multi track MIDI sequencer to the EMX 1 TS 79 Setting the MIDI channel of each part 79 MIDI Utility 80 Making MIDI filter settings 80 Assigning the drum note numbers 80 About 81 Assigning a MIDI Control Change Number to AMD DIRE URBEM m 81 Transmitting sound settings and other ddld eeu od Transmitting receiving a data dump 82 Transmission rere irt 82 RECOPHON ces 82 Switching patterns 82 Setting the pitch bend range 83 Setting the pitch bend range 83 Synchronizing playback with an external MIDI device 83 To use the EMX 1 as the master and synchronize an external MIDI device to it 83 To use the external MIDI device as the master and synchronize the EMX 1 to 83 Playing back in sync with other Electribe models E 84 To make the ES 1 play in synchronization to the tempo Ob the EMX 84 To make the EMX 1 and ES 1 pla
12. 68 Position 65 PROTECT 75 protect label 76 Pulse 34 Realtime Recording 47 WAY Ea 29 Recording a motion sequence RARE 58 73 REPEAT 54 RESONANCE 31 REVERB 43 RING MOD 35 44 ROLL 25 30 Saving a pattern 64 Saving a song 73 Saving data to SmartMedia 77 Saving your Global mode settings 76 SOW 34 Selecting a song 66 SHIFT NOTE 54 SHORT DELAY A3 STE 34 SmartMedia 76 SMOOTH 58 SOLO 23 DONG MM 65 TEMPO 66 Song mode 65 SPEED 5 30 STEP REC 50 Step recording 48 SWING 25 synchronization 84 Synth filter 31 SYNTH OSCILLATOR TYPE 31 Synth parts 22 Synth PCM List 40 SYNTH TUNE 33 system exclusive messages EE UH 85 TALKING MOD 44 TAP x isses 21 tempo 20 TEMPO LOCK
13. 34 Drum PCM list 39 Synth PCM list eoim tttm 40 522222 Using the 41 To apply an 41 To edit an effect 41 Effect types 42 aii Cre es E 42 2 MONO mix eec 42 3 Slereo TOSS sesioetan 42 Effect parameters 43 Recording a phrase 47 Realtime recording see 7 Step recording Se 47 Recording a phrase during playback Realtime To record drum part To record a synth part To record during playback To erase unwanted triggers during playback Erase 48 Step recording nui ee edd 48 To record a rhythm for a drum part 48 To record a phrase for a synth 49 To input a rest or fie esses 49 To move the target step 49 Editing sequence data 50 Editing a phrase pattern Note Edit 50 Selecting the step you want to edit 50 Editing the trigger locations the loca
14. 4 Pattern mode OSC EDITI Detune 0 127 Detunes the pitch of the six oscillators relative to each other Higher values will produce a greater detuning making the sound thicker Even at a Detune value of 0 the pitch of the os cillators will not be perfectly identical OSC EDITZ QSCT Pteh 63 63 Adjusts the pitch of oscillator 1 value of 63 creates pitch difference of 2 octaves and a value of 47 creates a pitch difference of 1 octave With a value of 0 the pitch will be the same as the other five oscillators RING MOD Ring modulator This oscillator type creates new overtones that are ArE sum and difference of two oscillator waveforms It can produce shifting metallic resonances You can choose the combination of wave forms for the two oscillators OSC2 Wave NHI 69 AMA OSC Balance ModPitch gt twenty different combinations of oscillator 1 Saw Squ Tri Sin oscillator 2 Saw Squ Tri Sin Ns Noise OSC EDITT ModDepth 0 127 Adjusts the volume balance of oscillator 1 and the ring modulation effect With a value of 0 only oscillator 1 will be output and with a value of 127 only the ring modula tion sound will be output OSC EDIT2 ModPitch seitens 63 63 Adjusts the pitch of oscillator 2 the modulator value of 63 creates a pitch difference of 2 octaves and a value of 47 creates a
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16. Drum part When you press a drum part key the assigned sound will play and that part will be selected the part key will light The step keys will light to indicate the trigger locations for that part within the rhythm pattern During playback the currently playing step will also light amp When you press a drum part key to make it sound it will sound at its accented volume select part during playback without causing it to sound Hold down the shift key and press a drum part key Synth part When you press a synth part key the key will light and that part will be selected With the KEYBOARD key lit you can play the part using the step keys as a keyboard way in which the step keys will light at this time will depend on the status of the KEYBOARD key On lit keys corresponding to each pitch will light successively during playback to indicate the pitch that is sounding at that moment Off dark The keys will light at the trigger locations of the phrase pat g tern for that part Accent part When you press an accent part key the key will light and that part will be selected At this time the step keys will light to indicate the accented locations of that accent pattern a Muting a part Here s how to mute temporarily silence a part 1 Hold down the PART MUTE key and press the part key that you want to mute The PART MUTE key will light 2 While you hold down the PART
17. 5 FILTER 83 FILTER CUTOFF 74 FILTER RESONANCE 71 FILTER EG INT 79 FILTER DRIVE 84 LEVEL 7 10 75 86 ROLL CC 85 FX SEND 91 FX SELECT CC 81 87 CC 90 MOD SPEED 89 MOD DEST 88 MOD BPM SYNC CC 82 PART MOTION SEQ SW CC 80 E WAVE NRPN X X PITCH NRPN LEVEL NRPN NRPN EG TIME NRPN NRPN ROLL NRPN FX SEND NRPN FX SELECT NRPN MOD NRPN MOD DEPTH NRPN MOD SPEED NRPN MOD DEST NRPN 5 NRPN PART MOTION SEQ SW NRPN LEVEL NRPN PART MOTION SEQ SW NRPN LEVEL NRPN PART MOTION SEQ SW NRPN 12 X EDIT1 92 FX EDIT2 93 FX MOTION SEQ SW CC 20 13 X FX EDIT1 94 FX EDIT2 95 FX MOTION SEQ SW 21 24 X EDIT1 CC 25 FX EDIT2 26 FX MOTION SEQ SW CCH22 X SWING NRPN X X ROLL TYPE NRPN X X BEAT X X LENGTH X X LAST STEP X X FX CHAIN CC 23 X MUTE STATUS NRPN X ACCENT STATUS X X SWING STATUS X X OUTPUT BUS STATUS X X DTE e asd 52
18. 62 Pattern Set What is Pattern Set Pattern Set is a function that lets you assign a favorite pattern to each of the sixteen step keys and select these patterns by pressing the appropriate key This gives you an easy way to switch between favorite patterns while performing There are eight Pattern Groups and each one can hold sixteen of your favorite patterns You can also use the Chain Play function with Pattern Set to play your favor ite patterns as a loop You can assign any pattern you choose to the pattern set p 63 Assigning a pattern in the pattern set A You cannot use Pattern Set in Song mode If you switch patterns during playback the change will occur at the end of the currently playing pattern 39 20 About the timing at which patterns will change Performing with a Pattern Set When you use Pattern Set Play operations such as the timing at which patterns change tempo adjustments and Reset amp Play will function in the same way as in Pattern Play mode 1 Press the PLAY PAUSE key to begin playback 2 By holding down the Pattern Set key and pressing a step key you can select the pattern that is assigned to that step key By holding down the Pattern Set key and using the select keys you can switch to a different pattern set group One of the lower row of select LEDs will light red to indicate the current pat tern set group By holding down the shift key and pressing the Pattern Set key you can
19. verb time FX EDIT2 Level 0 127 Turning the knob toward the right will increase the re verb level A With long reverb time settings some input sounds or level values may cause distortion BPM SYNC DELAY sync delay This is a cross delay synchronized to the BPM FX EDITI 1 64 1 1 Adjusts the delay time synchronized to the BPM in note value units Turning the knob toward the right lengthens the delay time You can set this in a range from a 64th note to a whole note EDIT2 Depth DEP 0 127 Adjusts the depth of the delay and the amount of feedback Turning the knob toward the right makes the delayed sound louder and also increases the amount of feedback Panning each part further left or right creates a deeper sense of spaciousness The feedback sound may disappear if you turn the TIME knob or change the BPM while producing sound Depending on the tempo setting some long delay times may not be available In this case the delay time will be halved and may be halved again if necessary Depending on the tempo setting some short de lay times may not be available In this case the delay time will be doubled and may be doubled again if necessary If you lower the time value too far the sound may distort clip 4 4 4 SHORT DELAY Short delay This is a cross delay with a short delay time It is not synchro ni
20. If you want to keep the sound that you modified save it in the current pattern by pressing the WRITE RENAME key 64 Saving a pattern The available knobs will differ depending on the part If you find it difficult to edit the sound because a motion sequence is affecting a knob you can turn motion sequence off while editing p 58 Mo tion sequence Editing the sound of a drum part Assigning a wave m 1 207 You can choose one of 207 waves to assign to a drum part 1 Press the PART EDIT key it will light 2 Press the cursor key until the display reads wavename The WAVE indicator in the lower right of the display will light Farin 3 Press the key for the drum part you wish to edit the key will light Serene Esse name of the wave currently assigned to that part will appear in e eren werent Cum Cen the display ios 4 Turn the dial to select a wave and press the part key to hear the sound of the wave Editing the Part Common parameters 63 63 Sets the playback pitch of the wave Raising the pitch will speed up the playback and lowering the pitch will slow down the playback You can adjust the pitch over a range of 2 octaves The settings correspond to the pitches shown below ARPEGGIATOR l A Drum part key
21. Restoring the factory settings About the vacuum tubes Do not attempt to remove replace or change the tubes in the EMX 1 The tubes are not a user ser viceable part What is VALVE C FORCE VALVE FORCE is KORG s proprietary vacuum tube audio technology The VALVE FORCE sys tem provides the smooth distortion and rich overtone structure that is uniquely characteris tic of analog tube circuitry By providing the tube circuit with its own gain control the VALVE FORCE system delivers excellent tonal quality in any situation What is Multi Modeling Technology new cutting edge Multi Mod eling Technology engine is based on the vast knowledge aquired from years of DSP devel opment development that created the Proph ecy Z1 MS2000 OASYS PCI and Electribe se ries This technology provides amazingly ad vanced sound possibilities while maintaing the simple operation that has been the hallmark of the Electribe series 2 Parts and their functions Top panel 1 2 3 4 2 Parts and their functions m9 PART common 1 Music Production Station 9 D on O e SYNTH OSCILLATOR CROSS MOD m SYNTH FILTER ws ase sve inc mon coms 271 rnm noise buat ase TT ST WAVEFORM anig p PCOS m rs
22. The parameter display will indicate Rename and the value display will show the current data name Use the A W cursor keys to move the cursor left right in the value display and turn the dial to edit the character When you are finished press key 13 rs 6 Global mode The parameter display will ask Sure and the value display will read No Turn the dial to change this to Yes and press key 13 to execute the Save operation While the data is being saved the step keys will indicate the state of progress If you decide to cancel press the STOP CANCEL key A If an identically named user file already exists on the SmartMedia the parameter display will ask OverWrt and the value display will read If you turn the dial to select Yes and press key 13 to overwrite the data the data that was originally on the SmartMedia will be lost so please use cau tion A If a file or folder of the same name as the file you renamed already exists on the SmartMedia the parameter display will indicate FileName and the value display will indicate Error Either use your computer to erase the file or folder from the SmartMedia or change the name of the file you are attempting to save and try again A You cannot save data on SmartMedia if a write protect label is affixed to it Remove the write pro tect label from the SmartMedia before you execute the Save operation A Never turn off the power or remove the Sm
23. play the desired step 6 Turn the dial to edit the parameter value at that step If you select 12 pung due Disabl the motion sequence value will not be updated at that step MOTION DEST MOTION VALUE only for synth parts Fx1Ed1 FX1 EDIT1 Disabl 0 127 depends on FX TYPE Fx1Ed2 FX1 EDIT2 Disabl 0 127 depends on FX Fx2Ed1 FX2 EDIT1 Disabl 0 127 depends on FX TYPE Fx2Ed2 FX2 EDIT2 Disabl 0 127 depends on FX TYPE Fx3Ed1 FX3 EDIT1 Disabl 0 127 depends on FX TYPE Fx3Ed2 FX3 EDIT2 Disabl 0 127 depends on FX Pitch Glide PITCH GLIDE Disabl 63 63 Disabl 0 127 EGTime EG TIME Disabl 0 127 Pan PAN Disabl L63 R63 Level LEVEL Disabl 0 127 AmpEG AMP EG Disabl Off On Roll ROLL Disabl Off On FxSend FX SEND Disabl Off On FxSel FX SELECT Disabl Fx1 Fx2 Fx3 ModSpd SPEED Disabl 0 127 ModDpt DEPTH Disabl 0 127 ModTyp TYPE ModDst DST ModBPM BPM SYNC OscEd1 OSC EDIT1 OscEd2 OSC EDIT2 Disab Saw Squ Tri SH Env Disabl Pitch Amp Pan OSCEd1 OSCEd2 Cutof Disabl Off On Disabl depends on OSC TYPE Disabl depends on OSC TYPE Cutoff CUTOFF Disabl 0 127 Eglnt EG INT Disabl 63 63 Disabl 0 127 Drive DRIVE Disabl 0 127 FitTyp TYPE Disabl LPF HPF BPF BPF 4 Pattern mode
24. ChaChaBl 20 BD Dist7 89 Clp 99 2 158 MamboBel 21 BD Squas 90 Clp 88 1 159 Agogo 22 BD 88 1 91 Clp 88 2 160 Triangle 23 BD 88 2 92 Clp Nois 161 Tambouri 24 BD Digi 93 Clp R amp B1 162 Junk1 25 BD DDD1 94 Clp R amp B2 163 Junk2 26 BD DDD2 95 HH 99 1 Hi Hat 164 SleighBl 27 BD Lynn 96 HH 99 10 165 Shaker1 28 BD Dry1 97 HH 99 2 166 Shaker2 29 BD Dry2 98 HH 99 2H 167 1 30 BD Dry3 99 HH 99 20 168 Cabasa2 31 BD Dry4 100 HH 99 3C 169 Cabasa3 32 BD Soft 101 HH 99 30 170 Guiro S 33 BD Hip 102 HH 88 C 171 Guiro L 34 BD R amp B 103 HH 88 O 172 WbI DDDH 35 BD Jazz 104 HH Syn1C 173 WbI DDDL 5 36 BD Break 105 HH Syn1H 174 Whistle 37 BD Ambi 106 HH Syn1O 175 Baya Ghe 38 BD Def 107 HH Syn2C 176 Baya Mt1 39 BD D amp B1 108 HH Syn20 177 Baya Mt2 40 BD D amp B2 109 HH Syn3C 178 Tbla Na 41 BigBreak 110 HH Syn3O 179 Tbla Tin 42 SD 991 Snare 111 HH Nrm1C 180 Tbla Mt1 43 SD 992 112 HH Nrm10 181 Tbla Mt2 44 SD 993 113 HH Nrm2C 182 Djmb 1a 6 45 SD 994 114 HH Nrm20 183 Djmb 1b 46 SD 995 115 HH CrspC 184 Djmb 1c 47 SD 881 116 HH CrspO 185 Djmb 2a 48 SD 882 117 HH OldC 186 Djmb 2b 49 SD 883 118 HH OldO 187 Djmb 2c 50 SD Synl 119 HH LynnC 188 Udu 51 SD Syn2 120 HH LynnO 189 Taiko Op 52 50 77 121 Rid 99 1 Ride Cymbal 190 Taiko Rm 53 SD Lynn 122 Rid 99 2 191 Tsuzumi 54
25. DR SDs Drum Set 18 Violin String 042 094 19 Strings 75 DR CymTm Drum Set 20 Pizzicat 095 137 21 EGuitar Guitar 76 DR Percs Drum Set 22 A Guitar 138 207 23 MuteGtr 24 FunkGtr 25 Sitar 26 A Bass Bass 27 E Bass 28 M1 Bass 29 PickBass 30 SlapBass 31 Synth Wave 32 88Bass 33 BoostSaw 34 SawSqMix 35 HPFSaw 36 1 37 OctBass2 38 Sawb5th 39 Squ5th 40 SynSinl 41 SynSin2 42 SynSin3 43 SynSin4 44 SynSin5 45 SynWirel 46 SynWire2 47 Digil 48 Digi2 49 Digi3 50 Digi4 51 SynVoxl 52 SynVox2 53 Endless 54 Syn FX1 Motion 55 2 56 OrchHit Hit 57 BandHitl 58 BandHit2 59 DiscoHit 60 RaveHitl 61 RaveHit2 62 RaveHit3 63 RaveHit4 64 RaveHit5 65 RaveHit6 4 Pattern mode Effects Using the effects The EMX 1 contains three separate effect processors For each pattern you can use up to any three of the sixteen effect types The sound of each part can be sent to any one of the effect processors You can also change the way in which the three effects are connected to each other and in this way apply more than one effect to a part To apply effect 1 Either begin playback or if you are editing a synth part turn the KEYBOARD key on lit so that you can play the sound 2 Press a
26. HPF High Pass Filter Cuts the low frequency region making the sound sharper BPF Band Pass Filter Outputs only the region in the area of the cutoff frequency BPF Band Pass Filter Plus Adds the output of the band pass filter to the original waveform Part Common parameters EG e 0 127 PAAT Coina Specifies the decay time of the EG a PA In order for this setting to have an effect the AMP EG needs to be set to N and the filter EG INT needs to have a value other than 0 us 8 4 6 TIME LEVEL Glide also called portamento is a function that smoothly changes the pitch from one legato note to the next without re triggering the o note Glide will also occur when the gate time of one note extends On past the note on timing of the next note As you raise this value it will take longer to arrive at the new pitch TRIG HOLD A The pattern tempo determines the time from when the next note is Fy SEND moron seo played until that pitch is reached A The Glide effect is defeated if the ROLL key is on lit Ql L63 R63 EL 0 127 Switches the operation of the EG setting will change each time you press the key sound will decay to silence over the specified EG Note on Note
27. OSCFreq 0 127 Specifies the frequency used to apply modulation Turn ing the knob toward the right raises the frequency FX EDIT2 Balance 0 127 Adjusts the balance between the effect sound and direct sound Turning the knob toward the right increases the effect sound and decreases the direct sound TALKING MOD Talking modulator This effect adds vowel formants to the input sound FX EDIT Formant 0 Specifies the formant As you turn the knob clockwise from 0 to 127 the formant will change smoothly between a e i o u EDIT 2 63 63 Specifies the pitch of the formant frequency PITCH SHIFTER This effect modifies the pitch FX EDIT1 Pitch 2400 2400 Specifies the amount of pitch change units of cents Pitch shifter When the knob is in the center position the pitch of the input sound will not be changed Turning the knob to ward the left will lower the pitch and toward the right will raise the pitch The range is 2 octaves FX EDIT2 Balance Adjusts the balance between the effect sound and direct sound Turning the knob toward the right increases the effect sound and decreases the direct sound COMPRESSOR Compressor Acompressor boosts low level sounds and reduces high level sounds decreasing variations in volume and making the sound
28. Transposing a phrase Transpose 24 7156 M 24 24 SB Use this function to transposea the pitch of synth parts 1 5 While you hold down the TRANSPOSE key the display will indi cate the current transpose setting Hold down the TRANSPOSE key and turn the dial to transpose the phrases in semitone steps A setting of 1 transposes the pitch by one semitone 2 by a whole step 7 by a fifth and 12 by one octave If transposition is being used the TRANSPOSE key will blink When you set the value to 0 the key will go dark You can also hold down the TRANSPOSE key and use the step keys and select keys to specify the transpose amount If you hold down the TRANSPOSE key and press a step key to trans pose step key 4 will correspond to the normal pitch of C If you transpose while soloing a part the key will remain lit not blink ing It will blink when you defeat the Solo setting The transpose setting is not remembered It is reset to 0 when you turn on the power If a wave of the PCM Chord Set category s p 40 is selected for the synth part the chord or octave may change if you edit the transpose setting Level Velocity 127 Accent On 100 30 Accent Off Accent Level ACCENT mmm 123 4 5 fl 6B 7A 7B 1 2345 DRUM PART Bee on off 123456168717812 345 DRUM PART 2 ra LN UA S REST TIE TRANSPOSE DRUM P
29. hold the Pattern Set function the key will blink To defeat the held state press the Pattern Set key once again the key will go dark A You cannot use Pattern Set while recording Pattern Set will be de feated when you enter record or record ready mode A While the Pattern Set key is blinking the step keys are used to con trol the Pattern Set function this means that the Keyboard function will not be available Using Chain Play with Pattern Set This function lets you select the starting and ending pattern of the pattern set and play these patterns as a loop With the Pattern Set function in the hold state press two step keys to specify a starting pattern and an ending pattern For example if patterns are assigned to the step keys as shown in the following table you would use the procedure described below to loop the playback in the order of patterns A01 A20 03 B04 and A51 A01 is step key 1 and A51 is step key 5 of group 1 E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 OE Og TAP PART a UE 2 gt einai 5 5 Ja DRUM PART key EFO Ope OO 4 Pattern mode Press step key 1 of group 1 select LED 1 lit Continue holding down step key 1 and press step key 5 Step keys 1 through 5 will be selected for chain play and will all light While chain play is playing back you can press the
30. 21 67 Timing Clock 84 Transpose 24 34 TRIG HOLD 58 TUBE GAIN 26 TYPE ict 30 UNISON OSC 35 VPM OSG 36 Block diagram OSC Type Wave OSC Editt Filter Type EG Int OSC Edit2 Cutoff Glide Resonance Drive Audio In Level Multi Mode Line Mic Synth OSC gt Synth Part 1 Modulation Mod Type Dest Speed Depth BPM Sync Output Bus 3 46 H gt t0 3 4 Bus t0 FX1 Bus FX 0 FX Send p t0 FX2 Bus Level to FX3 Bus EG Time Filter Driver to L R Bus Pan e Pm Ez Audio In Audio Thru Synth Part 2 Synth Part 3 S ree Assignable Motion sequence Synth Part 4 Mc 9 Synth Part 5 otion Seq x 24 Destination Part Destination Parameter ol ALAN Drum Part 1 Output Bus 3 4 to 3 4 Bus Mod Type Dest Speed Depth BPM Sync oe ar Modulation ss io FX1 Bus EG Time FX Select o 1 21 9 FX Send t FX Bus _ Wave Pitch Level 6 0 PX3 Bus Drum OSC 2 to Bus
31. 3 4 4 For each part you can route the sound to the line out jacks L MONO R or to the individual out jacks 3 4 Press the PART EDIT key it will light Use the cursor keys to select OutBus in the parameter display The m symbols at the bottom of the screen indicate the output destination of each part Press the part key for the part that you want to set and turn the dial to select either L R lit or 3 4 dark When you execute the Clear Pattern operation OUTPUT BUS will be set to L R for all parts Adding distortion to increase the impact of the sound TUBE GAIN PN 26 This adjusts the level at which the output signal from the line out jacks will be passed through the vacuum tubes Even if you turn down the master control you can use the TUBE GAIN knob to ad just the amount of distortion This strengthens the distortion produced by the vacuum tube Raising the TUBE GAIN knob excessively may damage your exter nal speaker system Please use caution This has no effect on the sound that is sent from the individual out jacks 3 4 4 Pattern mode Using the arpeggiator Performing with the arpeggiator To arpeggiate a drum part 1 Select the drum part that you want to play 2 When you touch the ribbon controller the selected part will begin playing automatically The timing of the repeated notes will vary depending on the location you touch The sp
32. 52 ACCENT 24 Accent parts 22 ADDITIVE OSC 37 AMP EG 30 ARP CONTROL 75 arpeggiator 27 ARPEGGIO SCALE 27 Audio 38 AUDIO IN COMB 38 Auto BPM 21 52 BEND RANGE 83 32 BPFE 32 BPM 5 30 BPM SYNC DELAY A3 76 CHO ELC AA CHORD OSC 35 CLEAR PART 56 CLEAR 56 CLEAR SONG 71 83 COMB OSC 37 COMPRESSOR 45 COPY PART oeei 55 COPY SOUND 55 Creating a song 68 CROSS MOD 36 CUTOFF a 31 data dump 82 DECIMATOR 45 Delete File 78 DELETE PATTERN 70 DEPTH E seta 30 30 DISTORTION 45 DRIVE See 22 DRUM NOTE NO 80 drum part 29 Drum parts 22 Drum PCM List 39 DUAL OSC tech 34 Editing sequence data Effect parameters FORMANT OSC Formatting SmartMedia Loading a single pattern Loading all data MASTER TUNE 75 metronome 75
33. AC AC power supply from the wall outlet Then contact your nearest Korg dealer or the store where the equipment was purchased THE FCC REGULATION WARNING for U S A This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the imits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Unauthorized changes or modification to this system can void the user s authority to operate this equipment CE mark for European Harmonized Standards CE mark which is attached to our company s products of AC
34. Clock 4 Turn the dial to select Ext external clock 1 fo fu fa fo 83 84 12345686570751234 5 DRUM PART 5 Make settings on your external MIDI device mas ter so that it will transmit MIDI clock messages 6 Return to Pattern mode or Song mode 7 When you start the sequencer of your external MIDI device the EMX 1 will playback in synchroniza tion with it If MIDI clock messages are being received at the MIDI IN connector you can press the EMX 1 s PLAY PAUSE key to make it start playing in syn chronization to the tempo of your external MIDI device A If the EMX 1 s MIDI Clock setting is Ext or Auto and it is synchronized to an external MIDI clock it will follow the tempo of the external sequencer you will be unable to adjust the tempo on the EMX 1 If the EMX 1 receives a MIDI Start message while synchronized to MIDI clock it will begin playing from the beginning of the currently playing pattern in the case of a song the beginning of the pattern that was playing when the Start message was re ceived Playing back in sync with other Electribe models You can enjoy even greater possibilities by playing the EMX 1 in sync with other models in the Electribe series such as the Electribe S ES 1 or M EM 1 To make the ES 1 play in synchronization to the tempo of the EMX 1 Use a MIDI cable to connect the EMX 1 s MIDI OUT connector to the ES 1 s MIDI IN connector
35. It is suitable for creating a wide range of sounds including synth basses and synth leads Adjusting the OSC EDITI value will modify the waveform as shown in the il lustration below At a setting of 0 the waveform will be a standard sawtooth wave and at a setting of 127 it will bea square wave Pulse A pulse waveform produces a tone that is often heard in electronic music OSC EDIT1 adjusts the pulse width At a set ting of 0 the waveform will be a basic square wave and as you increase the set ting the pulse width will decrease pro ducing a more clavi like tone At a setting of 127 the pulse width will be 0 meaning that there will be no sound By selecting a triangle wave as the modulation type and applying modulation to OSC EDIT 1 you can produce a PWM Pulse Width Modu lation effect giving depth to the sound Tri Atriangle wave has a stronger fundamen tal and fewer overtones than a sawtooth wave or pulse wave It is suitable for mel low bass or arpeggiated sounds Adjust ing the OSC EDITI value will modify the waveform as shown in the illustration below Ata setting of 0 the waveform will be a basic triangle wave and at a setting of 127 it will be a triangle wave of one oc tave and a fifth higher Sin A sine wave contains only the fundamen tal with no overtones producing an ex tremely mild tone for which it is difficult to hear the effect of subsequent filtering Adjusting the OSC EDIT1 value will modify the wav
36. MUTE key the part status indicator will show the mute status of each part Unmuted part keys will light PART MUTE and muted part keys will be dark You can mute more than one part if desired 3 defeat all mute settings press the SOLO key To defeat muting for individual parts press the part key that you want to un mute Part key Soloing part 1 Hold down the SOLO key and press the part key that you want to solo You will hear only that part The SOLO key and part key will light 2 While the SOLO key is lit you can press another part key to solo that part 3 If you want to solo two or more parts hold down the SOLO key and select the parts that you want to solo Alternatively hold down the SOLO key or PART MUTE key while the SOLO key is already lit and press a part key to add it to the soloed parts 4 When you press and then release the SOLO key the Solo function and Mute function will be defeated the key will go dark fac By holding down the SHIFT key and pressing one of the part keys you can turn all keys of that part drum or synth on off 29 Adding accents to a part Specifying the accent locations and strength 4 You can apply an accent volume emphasis independently to the drum parts and to the synth parts If accent is on notes at the accented location step will
37. Please check this correspondence for the device you are connecting Each drum part knob can be edited using NRPN MIDI messages About note on note off When you press a drum part key a note on mes sage of the note number assigned to each drum part key will be transmitted on the specified MIDI chan nel When you use the Keyboard function to play the step keys a note on message 9n kk vv n chan nel kk note number vv velocity of the note num ber assigned to each step key and a velocity value corresponding to the strength with which you pressed the key will be transmitted On the EMX 1 the vv velocity value is adjusted by the level of each accent part When you release a key a note off message 8n kk vv will be trans mitted However very few devices receive note off velocity data and the EMX 1 does not transmit it When the EMX 1 receives note on off messages on the MIDI channel assigned for a part that part will be sounded If the EMX 1 s MIDI filter N setting is set to x note on off messages will not be transmitted or re ceived p 80 Making MIDI filter settings Assigning a MIDI Control Change Number to a knob CC ASSIGN 000 127 You specify the MIDI control change number assigned to each knob Press the MIDI key Hold down the SHIFT key and press step key 12 MIDI UTILITY Key 12 will blink The param eter display will indicat
38. PtBnkD pattern bank D data 001 64 AllSng all song data Global global data 7 Press key 12 once again to transmit the data If you decide to cancel before you have begun transmis sion press the STOP CANCEL key Reception Here s how to receive an EMX 1 system exclusive data dump from an external MIDI data filer or com puter connected to the EMX 1 s MIDI IN connec tor If the Global mode Protect setting is MIDI data dump reception is disabled except when you are in Global mode 1 Connect the MIDI OUT connector of the external MIDI device that will transmit the data dump an other EMX 1 a MIDI data filer or a personal com puter that is running a MIDI data management program to the MIDI IN connector of the EMX 1 2 Set your external MIDI device and the EMX 1 to the same MIDI channel the synth part 1 setting on the EMX 1 If you are transmitting data from a data filer use the same channel setting as when you saved the data 3 Press the MIDI key or the GLOBAL key the key will light 4 Hold down the shift key and press step key 12 MIDI UTILITY key 12 will light The parameter display will indicate MIDIUtil 5 The value display will indicate Filter Turn the dial to change this to Dump and then press key 12 6 The parameter display will indicate MIDIDump Operate the external device to make it transmit the data dump to the EMX 1 IM For details on data dumps refer t
39. While the pattern plays you can use the Keyboard function to play along using the step keys play drum sounds using the drum part keys or operate the knobs and keys to modify the sound By using the various functions of Pattern mode as part of your perfor mance technique you can create a wide range of expressive variety To pause playback Press the PLAY PAUSE key the key will blink To resume playback Press the PLAY PAUSE key once again the key will light To stop playback Press the STOP CANCEL key Part vs p 22 PATTERN PLAY BER 123456168 71812345 DRUM PART morion Tempo carerime Postion ore no STEP REC ARP mbi CH master Beno Rance PROTECT su RECEDT SU morion 2657 y sons METRONOME CLOCK mG ter p rir Cierra T T mum i Son fe fx fo fu 9 fs 19 Selecting pattern 1 Press the PATTERN key the key will light Press the A cursor key until the display indicates patter n name 3 Turn the dial to select a pattern You use the dial to select from a total of 256 patterns 01 64 01 64 01 64 D 01 D 64 You also select patterns while the 1 is playin
40. and on board effects Two channel individual output jacks In addition to the L MONO and R main stereo audio outputs you can route any combination of parts to the two independent audio outputs Auto BPM detection The 1 can automatically detect the tempo of an audio source connected to the audio in jack and apply that tempo to the current pattern Of course you can also use tap tempo to input the tempo or synchronize to an external MIDI clock SmartMedia slot Patterns and songs you create on the EMX 1 can be saved on SmartMedia Arpeggiator Use the ribbon controller and slider for intuitive and hands on control of automatically generated arpeggios Display The large back lit LCD keeps you informed of the operating status and provides other information Pattern writing on the fly If you unexpectedly come up with a cool pattern or riff while playing patterns you can write and save the pattern without stopping your perfor mance Saving your data on the EMX 1 The patterns and songs you edit and create on the 1 will be lost the patterns and songs will re turn to their un edited state if you select a new pattern or song or turn off the power before sav ing your changes If you want to save a pattern or song that you cre ated or edited or changes you made to global data you must perform the Write operation You can always restore all songs and patterns to the factory settings if desired p 89
41. be empha sized Press either the drum part ACCENT key or the synth part ACCENT key the step keys will indicate the accented locations Each time you press a step key the accent will be turned on off for that location letting you specify the accent pattern Use the level knob in the Part Common section to adjust the amount of accent Turning the knob toward the right will produce a greater difference between the accented and un accented sounds If you turn the knob all the way to the left there will be no difference between the accented and un accented sounds Pressing the accent part key will not produce any sound Also when you press a part key to play its sound the sound will play at the accented level By playing back the pattern while you make this adjustment you can hear the results Accent settings will not af fect a part whose ACCENT SW is turned off Specifying the parts that will be accented ACCENT SW On Off 4 You enable disable the accent function separately for each part Press the PART EDIT key it will light Use the A cursor keys until the parameter display shows cent Sw The m symbols at the bottom of the screen will show the accent status enabled disabled of each part Press part key and turn the dial to switch the accent function on lit or off dark for that part When you execute Pattern Clear the accent switch will be turned on for all parts
42. device Is the EMX 1 set to receive MIDI data on the chan nel that the external device is transmitting p 79 Is the MIDI mode MIDI Channel parameter set to the channel you want to use re p 79 Are the MIDI mode MIDI Filter settings appropri ate p 80 8 Appendix When playing an external device from the EMX 1 Isthe EMX 1 set to transmit MIDI data on the chan nel that the external device is receiving r p 79 Are the MIDI mode MIDI Filter settings appropri ate p 80 Can t write a pattern or song The Global mode Memory Protect setting may be turned On rp 75 Pressing the step keys doesn t play the specified sound Did you perform the Write operation after editing the sound of the part Is the Keyboard switch turned on Is a motion sequencer operating 58 Can t use SmartMedia Could the SmartMedia have been formatted on a device other than the EMX 1 Ifthe SmartMedia was formatted on a computer or digital camera you must format it on the EMX 1 before use t p 77 Is the SmartMedia inserted correctly Turn off the power and re insert the SmartMedia correctly p 76 Sound is distorted Is the TUBE GAIN knob set to the minimum posi tion The DRIVE knob of the synth part controls the amount of distortion r p 32 ix fa ful fal fo fN 88 Error messages If an error message is display
43. different pattern number than the cur rently selected program 1234560607071 234 5 DRUM 123456168 717812345 1 DRUM RENAME 1234548812345 F WRITE onum Phi WAVE sor SYNTH T ourpursus eare rime n STEP REC ECT SU METRONOME CLOCK CONTROL TUNE Bt ET Bent ARPEGGIO COMPARE ser re STOP CANCEL 5 Song mode 5 Song mode Each song consists of patterns arranged in a particular playback order You can create and store up to 64 songs in the EMX 1 In addition to the pattern playback event recording allows you to record drum part performance synth phrase per formance arpeggiator performance knob movements solo mute operations and tempo changes into a song A Edited sounds cannot be stored in a song You must use Pattern mode to edit sounds What is Song A song is an arrangement of patterns in the desired order of play back On the EMX 1 you can create and store up to 64 songs In each song you can arrange up to 256 patterns and also record rhythms phrases and movements of the sound editing knobs What is the Position On the EMX 1 position refers
44. ee nme 6 9 on m on om OZ On 1 In this section you can select the type of effect and adjust various parameters supports motion se quence TYPE effect type Selects the type of effect FX EDIT1 effect edit 1 Adjusts the effect The actual parameter being controlled will depend on the effect type FX EDIT2 effect edit 2 Adjusts the effect The actual parameter being controlled will depend on the effect type FX CHAIN effect chain On the EMX 1 the output of one effects processor can be fed to the input of another The connection will change each time you press this and the connection that is lit will be used EDIT SELECT Chooses which effects processor is currently being edited MOTION SEQ motion sequence Records and plays back movements of the FX EDIT1 and FX EDIT2 knobs This will alternate between on lit and off dark each time it is pressed 2 PART COMMON These are the parameters that are common to the drum parts and to the synth parts supports motion sequence MOTION SEQ motion sequence Turning this function on will allow you to record and playback knob movements for each part This key will change successively be tween on SMOOTH lit on TRIG HOLD lit and off dark each time it is pressed PITCH GLIDE For a drum part this knob sets the pitch For a synth part it specifies the time it takes for t
45. gate time in detail If you want to be more precise you can readjust the trigger or note number and adjust the gate time A phrase pattern for a synth part consists of the following three items of data You can adjust each of these three items for each step Trigger whether the part will sound at this step Note number the pitch that will be sounded Gate time the duration that will be sounded E e Ne Step 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Trigger On On On On On On Note number 2 G2 F2 D2 D2 1 2 A2 Gate time 125 200 0 9 08 400 1 50 2 00 1 00 duration of the sound Beat 16 Selecting the step you want to edit First you will select the step that you want to edit The step to which your editing will apply is called the target step STEP REG 1 01 8 16 1 Press the STEP REC key it will light Press the W cursor key until the parameter display reads Step Rec The value display will show the target step 2 Turn the dial to select the target step If the KEYBOARD key is off at this time the step key that corre sponds to the target step will blink fee Ifthe pattern length is 2 or greater you can hold down the SHIFT key and turn the dial to advance by one unit of length As an alternative to using the dial you can also select
46. in con junction with other keys r amp p 13 Select LEDs In Song mode you can use these keys as fast for ward rewind keys 5 Select LEDs The upper row of LEDs green indicates the loca tion within the currently playing pattern length 1 through 8 The lower row of LEDs red indicates the posi tion shown by the step keys length 1 through 8 When the Keyboard function is on these LEDs indicate the octave position When the Pattern Set function is on these LEDs indicate the pattern set group registered to the step keys Arpeggiator section 2 Parts and their functions 6 Step keys 1 16 These keys can be used to enter data into a pat tern and will light to show the position or timing where each part will sound When the KEYBOARD key is on lit you can use these keys as a keyboard to play a synth part When the Pattern Set function is on blinking you can use these keys to select patterns as well as as signing patterns to the individual keys Ribbon controller When you touch the ribbon controller the selected part will begin sounding automatically When used with a synth part 16th notes will be sounded and the gate time will change depending on where you touch the ribbon controller When a drum part is selected the note resolution will depend on where you touch the ribbon controller 2 Slider Moving this slider will change the pitches played by the arpeggiator If a drum part is sel
47. keys Record ing a motion sequence There are two types of motion sequence one type for effects and one type for each of the parts The knobs and keys that can be recorded using a motion sequence are listed below You can record a total of twenty four effect and part motion sequences in each pattern Effects FX1 FX2 FX3 FX EDITI FX EDIT2 Drum parts 1 78 The Part Common parameters PITCH EG TIME PAN LEVEL AMP EFFECT ROLL FX SEND FX SELECT and the Modulation param eters SPEED DEPTH BPM SYNC MOD TYPE MOD DEST Synth parts 1 5 The Part Common parameters GLIDE EG TIME PAN LEVEL AMP EG ROLL FX SEND FX SELECT the Modulation parameters SPEED DEPTH MOD TYPE MOD DEST the Synth Oscillator pa rameter OSC EDIT 1 OSC EDIT 2 and the Synth Filter parameters CUTOFF EG INT RESONANCE DRIVE FILTER TYPE Accent parts The Part Common parameter LEVEL Recording a motion sequence Here s how to record a motion sequence knob or key movements for a part or effect To record a motion sequence for a part select the desired part and then turn on the motion sequence key of the part common section to select either SMOOTH or TRIG HOLD To record a motion sequence for an effect turn on the motion se quence key of the effect section In the following example we will record a motion sequence for the pitch of a drum part A If you re record a knob for which a motion sequence has already been recorded
48. mains operated apparatus until December 31 1996 means it conforms to EMC Directive 89 336 EEC and CE mark Directive 93 68 EEC And CE mark which is attached after January 1 1997 means it conforms to EMC Directive 89 336 EEC CE mark Directive 93 68 EEC and Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC Also CE mark which is attached to our company s products of Battery operated apparatus means it conforms to EMC Directive 89 336 EEC and CE mark Directive 93 68 EEC 1 Table of Contents Introduction 7 Main features 7 Saving your data on the EMX 1 8 About the vacuum tubes 8 What is VALVE C FORCE 8 What is 7 2 Multi Modeling Technology 8 Parts and their functions 9 7 Common section 10 Edit section 11 Part select section 12 Step key section ce ntn patet aes 12 Arpeggiator section 13 Rear panel 14 Front 14 Card section 14 Items and functions the display 15 Basic operation 17 Preparations
49. more consistent This compressor automatically detects the levels of the Land R input signals and responds to the louder of the two FX EDIT1 Sens Sensitivity Adjusts the sensitivity of the compressor BDIT2 Attack 0 127 Adjusts the speed at which the compressor begins to ap ply Turning the knob toward the right will slow down the attack DISTORTION Distortion This effect drastically boosts the level to create distortion pro ducing a richer overtone structure FX EDIT1 Gain Adjusts the degree of distortion Turning the knob toward the right will produce more intense distortion 0127 Adjusts the output level Turning the knob toward the right will increase the output level DECIMATOR Decimator This effect decreases the sampling frequency and bit depth to give the sound a rougher character typical of inexpensive sam plers FX EDITI 0 127 Sampling frequency Turning the knob toward the right will produce a lo fi sound characteristic of a lower sampling frequency and turning it toward the left will produce a hi fi sound char acteristic of a higher sampling frequency PX EDIT Psp 0 Sample bit depth Turning the knob toward the right will produce a lo fi sound characteristic of a lower bit depth and turning it 4 Pattern mode toward the left will produce a hi fi sound characteristic of a higher bit depth A If
50. motion sequence 58 Effects FX1 FX2 FX3 58 Drum parts 1 7B iate 58 Synth parts 1 5 58 Accent pats cis 58 Recording a motion sequence 58 Playing motion sequence 5 Checking motion sequence data 5 If a motion sequence is recorded for The following key WIN Might 59 Editing motion sequence data 60 Selecting the motion sequence that you want to edit 60 Editing motion sequence parameter values 60 Erasing a motion sequence for a part or effect 61 62 What is Pattern Set 62 Performing with a Pattern Set 62 Using Chain Play with Pattern 62 Assigning a pattern to a Pattern Set 63 Saving a pattern 64 If you decide not to save a pattern you create 64 Saving overwriting an existing pattern 64 To overwrite onto a different pattern 64 Saving a pattern under a different name 64 Song mode 65 What is a Song 65 What is the Position
51. of 63 creates pitch difference of 2 octaves and a value of 47 creates a pitch difference of 1 octave With a value of 0 the pitch is the same as oscillator 1 ADDITIVE OSC Additive oscillator The additive oscillator creates a waveform by adding three oscillators This is a good way to make organ or bell sounds osc 5 OSC3 o_o OSC3 Harmonics Saw Squ Tri Sin Selects the basic waveform OSC OSC2Harm 00 25 32 00 Specifies the pitch of oscillator 2 a harmonic multiple of oscillator 1 OSC EDITZ OSC3Harm 00 25 32 00 Specifies the pitch of oscillator 3 a harmonic multiple of oscillator 1 COMB OSC Comb oscillator This oscillator type contains an internal comb filter and modifies abasic waveform by passing it through the comb filter to change the tone By using the LFO to modulate the frequency OSC EDIT2 of the comb filter you can create the same result as a flanger effect Level NoteNo Comb Pitch Feedback Frequency WAVE Saw Squ Tri Sin Noise Selects the basic waveform of the oscillator OSC EDITI Feedback 0 127 Raises the amount of feedback returned to the comb fil ter As the feedback amount increases the comb filter ef fect will be applied boosti
52. pattern changes 71 Playing back songs in succession 71 Event recording 72 Recording song event 72 To record using Event Recording 72 To erase event data from a song 72 To check the event data a song 72 Saving a song 73 To simply save the song 73 To overwrite onto a different song 73 To rename and save the song 73 Global mode 75 Setting the metronome 75 Matching the tuning with another instrument 75 Protecting the data in memory 75 Exchangeing the arpeggiator functions 75 Saving your Global mode settings 76 Using SmartMedia 76 About cards iei tte dete 76 Handling precautions 76 Formatting SmartMedia 77 Saving data to SmartMedia Save 77 Loading all data from SmartMedia into the 77 Loading a single pattern from SmartMedia Load Pattern 78 Deleting an EMX 1 file from SmartMedia Delete File
53. pitch difference of 1 octave With a value of 0 the pitch is the same as oscillator 1 fe fx fo fu e fs 36 5 5 Oscillator sync This oscillator type forcibly resets the phase of the oscillator 2 waveform the slave at the frequency of oscillator 1 the master producing new overtones WAVE Tri 1 1 ModPitch 0 vara i ModPitch 8 1 1 1 1 1 ModPitch 1 Phase Reset Waveform Mod Pitch aoe WAVE Saw Pulse Tri Sin Selects the basic waveform of oscillator 2 OSC EDITI WaveForm 0 127 Continuously modifies the shape of the oscillator 2 wave form The change in waveform shape is exactly the same as for the Wave Form oscillator type described earlier OSC EDIT2 0 127 Adjusts the pitch of oscillator 2 the slave waveform A value of 31 is one octave higher 63 is two octaves higher 95 is three octaves higher and 127 is four octaves higher CROSS MOD Cross modulation This oscillator type uses the output waveform of oscillator 2 the modulator to modulate the frequency of oscillator 1 the carrier producing complex overtones twenty different combinations of oscillator 1 Saw Squ Tri Sin oscillator 2 Saw Squ Tri Sin Ns Noise Mod Depth CROSS Mod Pitch OSC2 MOD OSC EDITI ModDepth
54. the smallest unit within a pattern Each part contains a sound a rhythm or phrase pattern effect on off settings and mo tion sequence data For each individual part you can edit the sound store a rhythm or phrase pattern and store motion sequence data 29 Editing sounds The EMX 1 uses three types of parts for a total of sixteen parts Drum parts 1 5 6 7A B Each of the drum parts contains a drum sound rhythm pattern note timing and motion sequence data Synth parts 1 5 Each of the synth parts contains a synth sound phrase pattern trig ger note number gate time and motion sequence data Accent parts drum synth Accent parts do not contain any sound data Instead they can add extra volume to particular beats or steps in a pattern Each of the accent parts contains an amount of volume emphasis accents and motion sequence data Listening to the sound of a part 22 You listen to the sound of each part by pressing the drum part keys or by selecting a synth part and pressing the step keys with the KEYBOARD key turned on The sound of the part will differ depending on the pattern Turn the dial to select various patterns and try out the wide variety of sounds When you press a drum part key the keyboard function of the step keys will be cancelled however the keyboard function will automati cally return to its previous setting when you once again select a synth par
55. the song If you operate an event recorded knob during playback event data of that knob will be cancelled until playback arrives at the next position To erase event data from a song You can erase event data from a song by holding down the SHIFT key and pressing and holding the RESET ERASE key for the region that you want to erase All event data in that region will be erased from the song To check the event data in a song When you hold down the SHIFT key and press the MOTION SEQ key of the part common section step keys 15 and 16 will light if event data is recorded in the song and the display will indicate SongEvnt to show the number of events recorded in the currently selected song A You cannot check event data in this way during playback or r ecord ing Saving a song If you want to keep song data that you created you must perform this Write Rename operation If you don t want to keep the song you created simply switch songs without performing Write Rename Be aware that when you save a song the song that had peviously occupied the save destination will be overwritten To simply save the song 1 Press the WRITE RENAME key The parameter display will indicate WriteTo and the value dis play will indicate the save destination song number At this time you can press the SHIFT key to change the display from the save destination song number to the corresponding six char acters of the Song na
56. this key will immediately reset the cur rent pattern or song back to the beginning Dur ing playback you can hold down the shift key and press this key to erase data from the current part 11 REC key Use this key to record rhythms phrases or knob movements During playback or recording you can use this key to toggle recording on and off 12 STOP CANCEL key Use this key to stop playback of a song or pattern or to cancel execution of an operation 13 PLAY PAUSE key Use this key to begin pause or resume the play back of a pattern or song 14 TAP key You can set the tempo by pressing this key at quar ter note intervals of the desired tempo 15 PART MUTE REST TIE key During playback hold down this key and press a part key to mute that part When you mute a part this key will turn on lit and the muted part key will go dark During step recording use this key to input a rest or tie 16 SOLO TRANSPOSE key During playback hold down this key and press a part key to solo that part i e you will hear only that part When you solo a part this key will turn on lit If you want to solo more than one part hold down the solo key and select each part that you want to solo Press this key once again to turn it off dark and defeat the solo function Also you can hold down this key and turn the dial or use the step keys to transpose a phrase r p 24 Trans pose Edit section PRRT common em
57. to the 2 position The step keys will light to indicate the rhythm of the selected pat tern You can press the step keys to change the rhythm of the pat tern Each time you press a step key it will alternate between on lit and off dark You can make these changes even during playback Drum parts 6A and 6B and 7A and 7B cannot be played simulta neously If both A and B are triggered simultaneously only B i e 6B or 7B will sound COMPARE REST TIC TRANSPOSE BRPEGGIRTOR DRUM PART A Drum part key CEID 1 wil 3 5 PATTERN 4 Pattern mode To record a phrase for a synth part 1 If the EMX 1 is playing press the STOP CANCEL key to stop play back Press the PATTERN key it will light Press the A cursor key until the display reads pattern name Turn the dial to select the pattern that you want to record Press the synth part key of the part you want to record The key will light Turn the KEYBOARD key on lit Press the STEP EDIT key and then press the cursor key until the display reads Step Rec The display will show the target step Turn the dia
58. value of 63 creates pitch difference of 2 octaves and a value of 47 creates a pitch difference of 1 octave With a value of 0 the pitch will be the same as the pitch of oscillator 1 CHORD OSC Chord oscillator This oscillator type provides four oscillators that can output basic waveforms Using this you can produce a chord of the form specified by the OSC EDIT1 setting by playing just a single note Chord Name Pitch Calculator WAVE Saw Square Tri Sin Selects the basic waveform used by the wave form oscil lators The same waveform is used by all four oscillators OSC EDITI ChordNam Major 6th 7th M7 m7 5 minor m6 m7 mMaj7 dim dim7 m7 5 aug aug7 sus4 sus7 Selects the chord form OSC EDIT2 Voicing 3 3 Adjusts the voicing of the chord UNISON OSC Unison oscillator This oscillator type provides six oscillators that output basic waveforms Using this you can produce extremely thick sounds by playing just a single note OSC EDIT1 adjusts the pitch of one oscillator independently of the other five oscillators OSC1 Pitch Es m 5 4 Unison Detune OSC5 WAVE 3Saw 6Saw 3Squ 6Squ 3Tri 6Tri 3Sin 6Sin Selects the basic waveform of the unison oscillator this will be the same for all six oscillators and the number of oscillators that will sound
59. want to keep a song that you edited you must perform the Write operation If you switch songs or turn of f the power without writing the song will r evert to the state prior to editing Inserting a pattern INSERT PATTERN This operation lets you insert a pattern at the desired position Sub sequent patterns will move toward the end of the song 1 If the EMX 1 is playing press the STOP CANCEL key to stop play 123456065707512345 back DRUM PRRT 2 Hold down the shift key and press step key 9 INSERT PATTERN Key 9 will blink 3 Use the dial to select the position at which you want to insert a pat Insert a new pattern at position 3 tern For example if you want to insert a pattern at position 3 make the display read 003 4 Pressstep key 9 once again to insert one pattern at that position the key will go dark If you decide to cancel the operation press the STOP CANCEL key The pattern that will be inserted will be identical to the pattern in 4 Pattern Pattern 001 Pattern 01 Pattern ADT Pattern 820 Pattern 35Steps G2Steps 32Steps 16Steps 24steps aesteps END cluding the note offset setting that was previously assigned to that after inserting Ss os eg Roa position Now you can change the pattern and note number as nec essary All data following the inserted patter
60. 1 in steps of one cent Normally you will leave this set at 00 A 440 Hz Adjust this setting if you need to match the pitch of the EMX 1 to another instrument Use the A W cursor keys to select MstTune in the pa rameter display Turn the dial to make the desired setting MASTER 50 50 This value will changed by MIDI Master Fine Tune messages received from an external device A The pitch of drum parts will not change Protecting the data in memory This setting lets you protect the Pattern mode and Song mode data Use the A W cursor keys to select Protect in the pa rameter display Turn the dial to select Off or On Off On On The WRITE RENAME key will be dis abled and it will be impossible to rewrite data or receive MIDI data dumps Off Edited data can be saved and data dumps can be received fe With the factory settings this is turned On The memory protect setting applies to Pattern mode Part Edit mode Step Edit mode and Song mode However you can write your settings in Global mode and MIDI mode regardless of the memory protect setting Exchangeing the arpeggiator functions This setting switch the functions of the arpeggiator slider and ribbon controller 1 Press the cursor until the display reads ArpCntrl 2 Turn the dial to select Normal or Revers 3 Press the Pattern key or Song key etc to return to the previous mode ARP
61. A The motion sequence you edit will return to the state prior to editing if you switch to another pattern before you write the data If you want to keep the edited motion sequence execute the Write operation 64 Saving a pattern A You cannot use the step keys to turn steps on off while editing a motion sequence Depending on the part some parameters cannot be selected The REC key will not function while you are editing a motion se quence When selecting MotDest you can hold down the shift key and use the dial to select a parameter for which a motion sequence has not yet been recorded and then use MOTION VALUE to edit the values Erasing a motion sequence for a part effect CLEAR MOMON Here s how to erase all motion sequence data for a part or effect in a single operation 1 Ifthe pattern is playing press the STOP CANCEL key to stop play back 2 Hold down the shift key and press step key 6 CLEAR MOTION 1234588712345 Key 6 will blink DRUM PART 3 Press the motion sequence key of the part drum synth accent or effect whose motion sequence data you want to erase You may se lect more than one The selected key s will blink 4 Press step key 6 once again to execute the Clear operation If you decide to cancel press the STOP CANCEL key A This will erase all motion sequences for the selected part or effect fe Nx fa 61
62. ARD key off dark 5 The step keys will indicate the trigger locations for the phrase pat tern of the part you selected 6 Press the step key for the location whose note number you want to edit the key will blink 7 Turn the dial to change the note number for that step Alternatively 4 LA youcan turn the KEYBOARD key on and press a step key to specify the desired note number If you then want to specify a different tar get step for editing turn the KEYBOARD key off temporarily While the display indicates Note pressing the step keys will not switch triggers on off Even if you edit the note number of a step whose trigger is off it will not sound until you turn the trigger on If you want to transpose a part use the Shift Note function 55 Transposing the pitch of a synth phrase part Editing the gate time KGATIE TIME cists 0 25 128 0 1 Press the STEP EDIT key it will light 2 Use the cursor keys to select GateTime in the display 3 Press the synth part key that you want to edit The key will light 4 Turn the KEYBOARD key off dark 5 The step keys will indicate the trigger locations for the phrase pat tern of the part you selected 6 Press the step key for the location whose gate time you want to edit the key will blink 7 Turn the dial to change the gate time for that step The value shown in the display is the gate time length in u
63. ART w aC NG maus sss OO 90055552222 Making pattern swing Specifying the amount of swing 4 Swing setting modifies the timing at which certain steps are played You can use this to transform a straight 16 beat rhythm by giving it a slight shuffle character You can adjust the amount of swing a range of 50 to 75 and this will affect the timing of the even numbered steps A setting of 50 will produce a straight 16 beat rhythm and a setting of 66 will produce a shuffle The Part Edit mode SWING SW setting lets you enable disable the Swing setting independently for each part Press the PATTERN key it will light Use the W cursor keys to call up Swing in the parameter display Turn the dial to adjust the amount of swing The swing setting is ignored if the beat is set to 8T ri x12 or 16Tri x12 Specifying the parts that will swing caine This lets you enable disable Swing independently for each part 1 2 4 Press the PART EDIT key lit Use the A W cursor keys to select SwingSw in the parameter display The gy symbols at the bottom of the screen will show the swing status enabled disabled of each part Press a part key and turn the dial to switch Swing on lit
64. Bernard Init ER 1 KORG OO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO BR CO CO CO A A BR BR CO CO CO CO BH CO Init Init apap a a a a a a a a a a O OO OO All Patterns and Songs 2003 KORG Inc rights reserved B fa fu fal fo fN 91 92 Knob Sw MIDI List PART 1 5 DRUM1 7B SYNTH ACCENT DRUM ACCENT FX1 FX2 FX3 COMMON MIDI CH INITIAL 1 GLOBAL CH1 2 CH2 3 CH3 4 CH4 5 5 1 7B CH10 GLOBAL SYNTHI CHI GLOBAL SYNTH1 CH1 GLOBAL SYNTH1 CH1 GLOBAL SYNTH1 CH1 GLOBAL SYNTH1 CH1 GLOBAL SYNTH1 CH1 PARAMETER CC INITIAL MOTION SEQ SONG EVENT OSC TYPE CC 70 X X WAVE NRPN X X SYNTH TUNE NRPN X X OSC EDIT1 14 OSC EDIT2 15 GLIDE
65. Drum Part 2 m Lge LRBUS etronome Drum Part 3 to 3 4 Bus Drum Part 4 Drum Part 5 Drum Part 6A xclusive L Drum Part 6B cC eee Part 7A Xclusive Drum Part 7B Effect Type FX FX Edit2 O e FX1 Bus Effect 1 FX Chain gt Effect Type FX Edit FX Edit2 FX2 Bus Effect 2 4 Chain Effect Type FX Edit1 FX Edit2 FX3 Bus Effect 3 VALVE FORCE Master Tube Gain Volume gt gt M output L Y v v v WY K 8 Headphones Output Indv Output 3 us Indv Output 4 96 Production station ELECTRIBE MX EMX 1 MIDI Implementation Chart 2003 5 8 Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Default Memorized channel Changed Default Messages Altered Note number True voice Note ON 9 30 127 9 1 127 Transmitted velocity is specified by Accent level Velocit Note OFF 64 After Polyphonic Touch Channel Pitch Bender Bank Select MSB LSB NRPN LSB MSB Data Entry MSB Reset All Controllers Data Entry MSB Panel Control Knob SW Program O0 127 Transmitted received in Pattern mode Change oco ob sb ob cb ob ob ob ob o ob always be transmitted received System Exclusive in the MIDI Dump page 2 Song Pos Transmitted received Song mode 51 System Common _ Song Sel Tune System Realtime Clock Commands Aux Messages Local ON OFF All Note
66. E knob or change the BPM while producing Sound Depending on the tempo setting some long delay times may not be available In this case the delay time will be halved and may be halved again if necessary Depending on the tempo setting some short de lay times may not be available In this case the delay time will be doubled and may be doubled again if necessary 4 4 GRAIN SHIFTER Grain shifter This effect samples an extremely brief portion of the sound at a certain interval and repeatedly plays back this brief sample Itiseffective when applied to a constantly changing source such as Audio In Sampling interval Sampling time Input audio Output audio fo fu fs 43 44 1 Seed 14 127 Specifies the sampling interval and the sampling time The sampling interval is synchronized to the number of steps in the sequencer When the BPM changes the length per step will also change so the sampling interval will change together with this The following table shows how the sampling interval cor responds with the speed value SPEED Sampling interval number of steps 0 1 128 2 5 32 6 9 16 10 13 12 14 21 8 22 25 6 26 33 4 34 37 3 38 41 8 3 42 49 2 50 53 4 3 54 83 1 84 127 9 10 1 10 in 21 steps amp Even if the sampling interval is in the same re gion increasing
67. Garan sone Caton LAY PAUSE Meg lell 4 Pattern mode A If you press the STOP CANCEL key to stop playback and then save the pattern as described in Saving a pattern the motion sequence data you recorded will be saved together with the pattern A You can record a maximum of twenty four motion sequences in each pattern Playing a motion sequence You can play back a motion sequence in one of the two modes described below The playback mode can be selected independently for each part Effect motion sequences will always play back using the SMOOTH mode of a part motion sequence Motion sequences for an accent part will always play back using the TRIG HOLD mode AMP EG ROLL FX SELECT FX SEND MOD TYPE MOD DEST BPM SYNC and SYNTH FILTER TYPE motion sequences will al ways play back using TRIG HOLD even if SMOOTH is selected SMOOTH Knob movements will be played back smoothly you will here the effect of the knob being turned even as a single note is sustained TRIG HOLD trigger hold Each new note being triggered will hold the motion sequence knob value as it was when the note was first triggered Playback the motion sequence with Smooth setting Knob movements when the motion sequence was recorded 12345678 OnOn On On Playback the motion sequence with Trig Hold setting a 23456 Ae oneal
68. RESET ERASE key to play the currently playing pattern from its beginning To stop chain play either re select Pattern Set or defeat hold for the Pattern Set function Assigning a pattern to a Pattern Set 1 With playback stopped hold down the Pattern Set key and press the step key to which you want to assign a pattern While holding down the Pattern Set key use the dial to select the pattern number that you want to assign To complete the assign ment release the Pattern Set key Continuing to hold down the Pattern Set key press the Write key the Write key will blink The display will ask PtSetWr Use the dial to select Yes and press the Write key to save the data If you decide to cancel select No or press the STOP CANCEL key You will be unable to write if the Global mode Memory Protect set ting p 75 Protecting the data in memory is on In this case turn off the Global mode Memory Protect setting before you write Never turn off the power while data is being written The data may be lost if you do so fe fx fo fu 63 64 Saving a pattern If you want to keep a pattern that you edited or created you must perform the Write Rename operation explained below When you perform the Write Rename operation the Copying data within a pattern operation will be performed automatically depending on the length of the pattern If you decide not to save a pattern you creat
69. Roll Type and the Swing setting p 25 Setting the Roll Type If you hold down a part key when Roll is turned on a roll will play for as long as you hold down the key FX SELECT iata b a ADEM METRE FX1 FX2 FX3 Here you can select which effect processor will be applied to the part The effect will switch each time you press the key If the effect send FX SEND is on the selected effect will be applied This does not apply to parts whose output bus is set to 3 4 p 26 Assign ing the output of each part Soil P On Off This specifies whether the selected effect will be applied The set ting will alternate on lit and off dark each time you press the key The FX SELECT setting selects the effects processor This does not apply to parts whose output bus is set to 3 4 Modulation These are the parameters that create time varying change such as LFO and EG SPEED m 0 127 Adjusts the speed of modulation If BPM SYNC is on modulation will synchronize to the tempo The value will correspond to note values of 8 1 1 64 Selects the type of modulation With settings other than EG the modulation will vary cyclically With the EG setting the effect will start at maximum and then decay smoothly If the modulation type is triggering will not reset the phase of the modulation For other types the phase of modulation will be reset at each trig
70. SD Disco 123 Rid KPR 192 GtrWah Synth Perc 55 SD Dry1 124 Rid Edg1 193 Zap1 56 SD Dry2 125 Rid Edg2 194 7 2 57 SD Dry3 126 Rid Jazz 195 SynPerc1 58 SD Dry4 127 Crs 99 1 Crash Cymbal 196 SynPerc2 59 SD Dry5 128 Crs 99 2 197 SynPerc3 60 SD Dry6 129 Crs Norm 198 SynPerc4 61 SD Ambil 130 Crs Spls 199 SynPerc5 62 SD Ambi2 131 Tom 99 Tom 200 SynPerc6 8 63 SD Ambi3 132 Tom 88 201 Rev BD Reverse 64 SD Picl1 133 Tom Simm 202 Rev SD1 65 SD Picl2 134 Tom NrmH 203 Rev SD2 66 SD Picl3 135 Tom NrmL 204 Rev Crsh 67 SD Bras1 136 Tom NrmF 205 Scratch1 Scratch 68 SD Bras2 137 Tom Jazz 206 Scratch2 69 SD Crckl 138 Bng Hi Percussions 207 Scratch3 39 Synth PCM List No Name Category No Name Category 1 Piano Keyboard 66 CH Piano Chord Set 2 E Piano Maj min Maj7 min7 3 Clav 67 CH MIPia Chord Set 4 M1 Organ Maj min Maj7 min7 5 Organ 68 CH EPian Chord Set 6 Marimba Mallet Maj min Maj7 min7 7 Vibe 69 CH Organ Chord Set 8 Cymbell Maj min Maj7 min7 9 Woodwind 70 CH Strgs Chord Set 10 Maj min Maj7 min7 11 M1 T Sax 71 CH Gtr1 Chord Set 12 Trumpet Brass min sus47 min7 13 MuteTp 72 CH Gtr2 Chord Set 14 BrassEns min min sus4 Oct 15 VoiceAh Choir 73 DR BDs Drum Set 16 M1 Choir 001 041 17 VoiceWav 74
71. TERN 01 64 End Here s how to specify a pattern for each position Make sure that the Keyboard function key is off dark 1 Use the A cursor keys to select Position in the display Notice that the display indicates 001 2 Press the W cursor key until the display reads Pattern 3 Use the dial to select the pattern that you want to assign to position 001 4 Press the select key to advance to the next position The display will indicate End 5 Use the dial to select a pattern The pattern you select here will be the pattern for position 002 6 When you select a pattern for position 002 the next position will be End Continue steps 4 and 5 to input as many patterns as you need To play back the completed song from the beginning Press the PLAY PAUSE key and then press the STOP CANCEL key Alternatively use the W cursor keys to select Position in the display and use the dial or the select keys to set the position to 001 and then press the PLAY PAUSE key You can check the patterns assigned to each position of the song or change the pattern assigned to a certain position Call up Pattern in the display and use the select keys to move backward or forward through the positions Use the dial to change the pattern number that is displayed at each position Alternatively when the display reads Position you can use the dial or th
72. Use audio cables to connect the ES 1 s line output jacks to your mixer or powered monitor system ampli fied speakers 1 Press the MIDI key it will light 2 Press the A cursor key to change the display to read Clock 3 Turn the dial of each device to set the EMX 1 to Int and the ES 1 to Ext 4 Press the EMX 1 s PLAY PAUSE key to start the pattern or song the PLAY PAUSE key will light The ES 1 will play in sync with the EMX 1 s tempo A If the MIDI channel of one of the EMX 1 s parts matches the ES 1 s MIDI channel the ES 1 may sound in unison with the EMX 1 If this occurs change the MIDI channel settings so that they do not conflict To make the EMX 1 and ES 1 play back the identically numbered pattern in synchronization 1 Press the MIDI key it will light 2 Press the A key to change the display to read Clock 3 Set the EMX 1 to Int master and the ES 1 to Ext slave 4 Set the EMX 1 s synth part 1 and the ES 1 to the same MIDI channel For example set both to 01 5 Setthe EMX 1 s MIDI Filter parameter P to O Set the EMX 1 s MIDI Filter parameter N to X About the MIDI messages used for synchronization The MIDI messages used for synchronization Realtime Messages are Timing Clock F8 Start FA Continue FB and Stop FC Only one master device e g sequencer in the connected system can transmit these messages the remaining slaved devices seque
73. V 3 3V SmartMedia in a range of 4 MB 128 MB capacity Make sure that the SmartMedia card is oriented in the correct direction and insert it all the way into the SmartMedia slot SmartMedia is a registered trademark of Toshiba Corporation mm uu Uri M SsmartMediar 4 Never remove the card or turn off the power while the SmartMedia card is being accessed while the card indicator is lit Doing so may damage the card About cards The EMX 1 supports 3 3V SmartMedia or SmartMedia with ID in a range of 4 128 MB pacities Never use any other type of SmartMedia the EMX 1 may stop operating if you do If you affix a write protect label the round silver label to the SmartMedia it will not be possible to write or erase the data on that card If you want to save data by writing it to SmartMedia you must remove the write protect label ma p Write protect sticker Handling precautions Do not bend the card or subject it to strong impact or high temperature Do not touch the electrical contacts of the card Static charges may damage the card When you are finished using a card store it in its special anti static case Formatting SmartMedia Here s how to format a SmartMedia card so that it can be used by the EMX 1 Formatting will erase the entire contents of the SmartMedia Insert the SmartMedia into the SmartMedia slot Press the GLOBAL key it will ligh
74. X 1 is playing press the STOP CANCEL key to stop play back Hold down the SHIFT key and press step key 2 MOVE DATA 3 The display indicates Move turn the dial to change this to Re peat and then press step key 2 once again 4 The selected part key will blink Press the part or motion sequence keys whose data you want to copy at the same time so that these keys are blinking You can hear the sound of a part each time you press its part key 5 Turn the dial to set the number of times that the data will be copied Press the blinking step key 2 to execute the Move Data operation Key 2 will go dark To cancel without executing press the STOP CANCEL key To move data randomly RANDOM err This operation lets you randomly rearrange the pattern data When you execute this the existing steps and note data only in the case of synth parts will be randomly rearranged to other steps 1 Ifthe EMX 1 is playing press the STOP CANCEL key to stop play back 2 Hold down the SHIFT key and press step key 2 MOVE DATA 4 Pattern mode 3 The display indicates Move turn the dial to change this to Ran dom and then press step key 2 once again 4 selected part key will blink Press the part or motion sequence keys whose data you want to at the same time so that these keys are blinking You can hear the sound of a part each time you press its part key 5 Press the blinking step key 2 to exe
75. adjusted If you wish to obtain the MIDI Implementation which includes information on the MIDI Exclusive format please contact Korg distributor fo fa fu fal 9 N si 85 86 8 Appendix Troubleshooting Nothing appears in the display when press the POWER switch Is the AC AC power supply connected Isthe AC AC power supply plugged into the wall No sound Are your amp mixer or headphones connected to the correct jacks Can you play patterns If so the connections are OK Are you amp and or mixer turned on and set cor rectly Is the EMX 1 s master volume knob turned up Sound does not stop If for some reason the sound will not stop you can switch between Pattern mode and Song mode to stop the sound Ifanote is stuck when you are playing the EMX 1 via MIDI hold down the SHIFT key and press the STOP CANCEL key to perform a MIDI Reset When playing a pattern the selected pattern will continue repeating When you have finished listening to it press the STOP CANCEL 19 The sound or operation is not the way edited it Did you execute the Write operation after editing v p 64 73 After editing you must execute the Write opera tion before switching songs or patterns or before turning the power off Can t control the EMX 1 via MIDI Is the MIDI cable connected correctly When playing the EMX 1 from an external
76. and with the KEYBOARD key turned on play the step keys as a keyboard to enter the desired pitch at the desired time When you have finished recording press the REC key the key will go dark If you want to save the pattern press the Write key p 64 Saving a pattern To erase unwanted triggers during playback Erase While playing back you can hold down the SHIFT key and press and hold the RESET ERASE key to erase triggers that occur during that time for the selected part whose key is lit Step recording The step recording procedure will differ depending on whether you are creating a synth part phrase or a drum part rhythm When you press a drum part key the Keyboard function of the step keys will be defeated but the Keyboard function will return to its previous setting when you select a synth part once again To record a rhythm for a drum part 1 Press the PATTERN key it will light Press the cursor key several times until the display reads pat tern name Turn the dial to select the pattern you want to record Press the drum part key of the part you want to record The key will light Use the select keys to select which area of the pattern you want to edit The lower line of LEDs will indicate the area in which you will be editing For example if the pattern to be edited has a length of 2 and you wish to edit the second half of the pattern you would use the select keys to advance the red led
77. artMedia while saving or formatting Doing so may render the SmartMedia unusable A You will need approximately 2 megabytes of space to save one file You cannot save data to a SmartMedia card that has less free space than this Loading all data from SmartMedia into the EMX 1 Here s how you can load pattern data song data and glo bal data from SmartMedia into the EMX 1 1 2 3 Insert the SmartMedia card into the SmartMedia slot Press the GLOBAL key It will light Hold down the Shift key and press step key 13 CARD key 13 will blink The parameter display will indicate CardMenu The value display will indicate Load Press key 13 1234 5 6A6B7R72B12345 DRUM PRRT Wubi fo A fu fal 9 77 78 5 6 The parameter display will indicate Load and the value display will indicate All Press key 13 123456168717812 345 1 DRUM Select the file that you want to load The value dis play will indicate LdFile and the parameter dis play will show six characters of the filename Turn the dial to select the desired file and press key 13 The parameter display will ask Sure and the value display will read No Turn the dial to change this to Yes and press key 13 to execute the Load operation While the data is being loaded the step keys will indicate the state of progress When loading is compl
78. attern name light and the PLAY PAUSE key will blink 4 Recording will start when you press the PLAY PAUSE key The PLAY PAUSE key will light 5 Press the drum keys at the desired timing The step keys will light to Turn the dial to select the pattern you want to record WRITE RENAME 5 3 Press the REC key to enter record ready mode The REC key will E ED mx rattan REC fe PLAY PAUSE I o indicate the steps you recorded If you want to switch parts without recording a note hold down the SHIFT key and press a part key 6 Thepattern will play back repeatedly You can continue adding notes while the REC key is lit 7 When you have finished recording press the STOP CANCEL key The REC key and PLAY PAUSE key will go dark Alternatively you can press the REC key instead of pressing the STOP CANCEL key only the REC key will go dark and recording will end but playback will continue uw 0 Bo 80 5 0268 o 8 If you want to name and save the pattern you finished recording hold down the SHIFT key and press the Write key p 64 Saving a pattern record synth part 1 Press the PATTERN key it will lig
79. attern number 00 00 0 127 01 64 00 01 0 127 01 64 Setting the pitch bend range When the EMX 1 receives a pitch bend message En vv vv vv vv lower and upper bytes of the value together express ing a range of 16384 steps with 8192 vv vv 00H 40 pitch bend will be applied to the synth part receiving on that chan nel The bend range setting described below specifies the amount of pitch change that will actually occur in response to MIDI pitch bend messages Setting the pitch bend range BEND RANGE 12 12 Here s how to specify the maximum amount of pitch change that can occur when a MIDI pitch bend message is received Press the MIDI key the key will light 2 Press the w key to change the display to read BendRnge 3 Turn the dial to select the range of pitch change A setting of 1 allows a semitone of change 2 a whole step 7 a fifth and 12 one octave For some sounds it may not be possible to raise the pitch all the way in the specified range EL 7 MIDI mode Synchronizing playback with an external MIDI device You can synchronize the tempo of the EMX 1 to the tempo of an external MIDI device that is able to send or receive MIDI clock data For details on synchronization settings on your external MIDI device refer to the manual for that device We recommend that you use the EMX 1 as the master CLOCK Int Ext Auto Int The EMX 1 will be the master t
80. before executing press the STOP CANCEL key When loading is completed the EMX 1 will be ini tialized and after a few seconds will enter Pattern mode with the display indicating pattern number 01 A Never turn off the power while data is being loaded Doing so may destroy the data 8 Appendix Specifications Number of parts 16 parts 5 synth parts 9 drum parts 1 synth accent part 1 drum accent part Memory capacity 256 patterns 64 songs Effects Three processors x 16 types Sequences Maximum of 128 steps per part Motion sequences Total of 24 freely assignable sequences totaling Song Maximum of 256 patterns per song Maximum 20 000 events for event recording Connectors PHONES Phone jack stereo Maximum output level 16 mW 33 ohms or more TUBE GAIN min Output impedance 33 ohms OUTPUT L MONO R Phone jacks mono x 2 Maximum output level 0 dBu or more TUBE GAIN min Output impedance 220 ohm 110 ohm at MONO Load impedance 10 k ohms or more INDV OUT 3 4 Phone jacks mono x 2 Maximum output level 7 dBu or more Output impedance 220 ohm Load impedance 10 k ohms or more INPUT AUDIO IN Phone jack mono unbalanced Input impedance 10 k ohms at LINE 910 ohm at MIC Maximum input level at LINE 20dBu AUDIO IN LEVEL max at 52 dBu AUDIO IN LEVEL max Source impedance 600 ohms MIDI IN OUT THRU 5 pin DIN SmartMedia 4 128 3 3V Vacu
81. ch part or effect You can edit the data in units of a single step Selecting the motion sequence that you want edit MOMON in 1 Select the part containing the motion sequence data that you want to edit Press the step edit key the key will light 3 Press the A cursor key to until the display reads MotDest Turn the dial to select a parameter for which a motion sequence has 1234568607875 1 2 3 4 5 P DRUM PART BAILAN already been recorded for the currently selected part If you want to select a parameter for which a motion sequence has not yet been recorded for the currently selected part hold down the shift key while you turn the dial 2 When selecting MotDest you can hold down the shift key and use the dial to select a parameter for which a motion sequence has not yet been recorded and then use MOTION VALUE to edit the values Editing motion sequence parameter values Press a part key to select the part that you want to edit Press the step edit key the key will light Use the V cursor to select MotValue in the display The display will alternately show the name of the parameter you selected in Selecting the motion sequence that you want to edit see above and the value of that parameter 5 Press a step key to select the step that you want to edit If the pattern has a length of two measures or greater use the lt 4 P gt keys to dis
82. cute the Move Data operation Key 2 will go dark To cancel without executing press the STOP CANCEL key Transposing the pitch of a synth phrase part BOTE SHIFT RANDOM Shifting the pitch of note data gm 24 24 3 This operation lets you shift the pitch of the note data i e trans pose for all steps in the selected synth part s 42 MR 1 If the EMX 1 is playing press the STOP CANCEL key to stop play back Hold down the SHIFT key and press step key 3 SHIFT NOTE 3 Verify that the display indicates Shift and then press step key 3 once again 4 The synth part keys will blink Press the keys to turn off any parts that you do not want to transpose The part will sound at C4 g 5 Anumber will appear in the display Turn the dial to specify the amount of pitch shift 1 is a semitone 2 is a whole step 7 is fifth and 12 is an octave of pitch shift 6 Press the blinking step key 3 to execute the Shift Note operation key 3 will go dark To cancel without executing press the STOP CANCEL key BRPEGGIRTOR a Randomly shifting the note data of a synth part This operation randomly shifts the note data of all steps in the se gE PA SHIT NOTE PART VAST l
83. drum or synth part key to select the part to which you want to apply an effect 3 Inthe edit section part common area press the FX SELECT key to select the effect processor that you want to use Press the FX SEND key lit to send the sound of that part to the selected effect proces sor 4 Inthe edit section press the effect CHAIN key to select how the effects will be connected A You can turn effects on off individually for each part However if two or more parts are being sent to the same effect you cannot change the effect type or effect parameter values individually for each part To edit an effect EDIT SELEC De Press this key to select the effect that you want to edit EFFECT Use this knob to assign of the 16 effect types to the currently selected effect processor FX EDN pee Adjusts the character of the effect The result will depend on the effect type gui pee Adjusts the character of the effect The result will depend on the effect type FX CHAIN Specifies how the effects are connected Each time you press this the connection will change connections whose indicator is lit will be active 1 Inthe edit section press the effect EDIT SELECT key to select which effect processor you want to edit 2 In the edit section use the effect type selector t
84. e 58 sequence is operating Adjusting the tuning of a synth part SYNTA TUNE 50 50 If you want to adjust the pitch of a specific synth part such as when you are using two or more synth parts as layers use this parameter to adjust the pitch in units of one cent Normally you will leave this set at 00 A 440 Hz Ifyou want to adjust the tuning of the entire 1 use the Global LS UR d ali REC mode parameter Master Tune instead of this 1 Press the PART EDIT key it will light 2 Use the A W cursor keys to select SynTune in the parameter display 3 Press the key for the synth part whose tuning you want to adjust the key will light 4 Turnon the KEYBOARD switch and press the step keys to hear the sound while you turn the dial to make adjustments fe fx fa 33 34 Oscillator type_list WAVE FORM Wave form This oscillator type provides two oscillators whose waveform you can modify continuously OSC EDIT2 adjusts the pitch of oscillator 2 i e the pitch difference relative to oscillator 1 letting you create detuned sounds or octave doubled sounds Waveform OSC2Pitch os MUBVE citus MR RR Saw Pulse Tri Sin Selects the basic waveform for the wave form oscillator Oscillator 1 and oscillator 2 will have the same waveform Saw A sawtooth wave is the most widely used waveform on an analog synthesizer
85. e Boosts the region of the cutoff frequency giving the sound a distinctive character Turning the knob toward the right will increase the resonance A High resonance settings may cause distortion de pending on the cutoff frequency and the input sound 4 fe fx fo fu H 9 46 4 Pattern mode Recording a phrase You can specify a synth sound or rhythm sound for each part and record a phrase pattern for it If you want to erase the rhythm and phrase data of each part before you create a pattern refer to Erasing the sequence data of a part v p 56 Realtime recording This method lets you use the drum pads or the Keyboard function to record a new rhythm or phrase while you listening to the pattern Step recording This method lets you use the step keys to create a sequence pattern with pattern playback stopped You can create a pattern by input ting the pitch and note length for each step one at a time Recording a phrase during playback Realtime Recording You can record rhythm pattern using the drum part keys or a synth part phrase using the step keys with the Keyboard function by pressing the keys at the timing at which you want the sound to play You can also sound the metronome while you record p 75 Setting the metronome To record a drum part 1 Press the PATTERN key it will light 2 Press the A cursor key until the display reads p
86. e MIDIUtil Turn the dial to change the value display to CCAsin and press key 12 1234 5 6A6B7R7BI1 2345 DRUM PART The parameter display will read CCAssign and the value display will show the name of the cor responding knob Turn the dial to select the knob whose assignment you want to change and press 1234 56R6B7A7BI 2345 DRUM PART The parameter display will read CCNumber and the value display will show a control change number Turn the knob to select the desired con trol change number and press key 12 7 MIDI mode 12345686078751234 5 DRUM PRRT Press step key 12 and the display will ask Con tinue If you want to make settings for another knob use the dial to select Yes and press step key 12 Then repeat steps 4 and 5 If you are finished making settings use the dial to select No and press step key 12 to return to MIDI mode If you decide to cancel press the STOP CANCEL key or press any mode key Support for control change numbers will be differ ent for each manufacturer Refer to the manual of the device you want to connect fu fal fu fs 8 82 Transmitting sound settings and other data Song pattern global and MIDI settings can be transmit ted from the EMX 1 as MIDI exclusive data and stored on an external device Transmitting receiving a data dump Data dumps are transmitted and received on th
87. e Simply switch patterns without performing the Write Rename operation Saving by overwriting an existing pattern 1 Press the WRITE RENAME key The parameter display will indicate WriteTo and the value dis play will indicate the save destination pattern number At this time you can press the SHIFT key to change the display from the save destination pattern number to the corresponding six characters of the pattern name To overwrite onto a different pattern Use the dial to change the pattern number to the desired save desti nation Be sure to select a pattern number that does not contain im portant data you want to keep 2 Press the WRITE RENAME key to begin saving The WRITE RE 4 LA 4 key will light while the data is being saved and will go dark when the operation is completed If you decide to cancel press the STOP CANCEL key When the data has been saved the save desti nation pattern number will be selected Be aware that when you write a pattern in this way the pattern data in the save destination will be overwritten You will not be able to write if the Global mode Memory Protect set ting p 75 Protecting the data in memory is on In this case turn off the Global mode Memory Protect setting before you write When shipped from the factory memory protect is turned on Never turn off the power while data is being written into memory i e while the Write Rename key is lit Do
88. e MIDI channel specified by the MIDI mode MIDI Ch setting Data dumps can be transmitted manu ally as described below and are also transmitted in response to a Data Dump Request message of the appropriate type MIDI DUMP PiBnkA D AllSng Global Transmission Here s how to transmit an EMX 1 system exclusive data dump pattern song or global mode settings from MIDI OUT to a connected MIDI data filer or computer 1 Connect the EMX 1 s MIDI OUT connector to the MIDIIN connector of an external MIDI device that is able to receive the MIDI data dump e g another 1 a MIDI data filer or a personal computer that is running a MIDI data management program 2 Set your external MIDI device and the EMX 1 to the same MIDI channel If you are transmitting to a MIDI data filer you do not normally need to set the MIDI channel to match 3 Press the MIDI key the key will light 4 Hold down the shift key and press step key 12 MIDI UTILITY key 12 will light The parameter display will indicate MIDIUtil 5 The value display will indicate Filter Turn the dial to change this to Dump and press key 12 6 The parameter display will indicate MIDIDump The value display will read data to be transmit ted Turn the dial to select the data that you want to transmit PtBnkA pattern bank A data A01 64 PtBnkB pattern bank B data 01 64 PtBnkC pattern bank C data 01 64
89. e Delete operation While the file is being deleted the step keys will indicate the state of progress A Only EMX 1 user files can be deleted by the EMX 1 7 MIDI mode In this mode you can set the MIDI channel clock and pitch bend range If you want to save the settings you make in MIDI mode you must perform the Write operation 76 Saving your Global mode settings About MIDI channels Just as a television set receives only the program that is being broadcast on the channel to which it is set a MIDI device receives only the data that is being transmitted on the channel it is set to receive The MIDI mode MIDI Ch setting lets you set the EMxX 1 s transmit receive channel independently for each synth part 1 5 and collectively for all drum parts together Using the EMX 1 as a sound module Use a MIDI cable to connect the MIDI OUT connector of your MIDI keyboard etc to the EMX 1 s MIDI IN connector 1 2 3 Press the MIDI key it will light Use the A cursor keys to select MIDI ch in the display Press the EMX 1 s synth part 1 Part key and then turn the dial to set the MIDI channel for part 1 to match the channel being transmitted by the con nected MIDI keyboard or other device Setting the MIDI channel of each part When you play the connected MIDI keyboard etc you will hear synth part 1 If you connect a multi track MIDI sequencer to the 1 you will need to set
90. e center position it will have no effect If the gate time length of a step extends beyond the timing of the next step the EG will not be retriggered by the next step RESONANCE A 0 127 Adds a distinctive character to the sound by boosting the region near the cutoff frequency By raising the resonance and then moving the cutoff frequency knob or adjusting EG INT or EG TIME you can create the classic resonant filter sweep sound that is characteristic of analog synthesizers If the resonance is excessively high the sound may be distorted depending on the cutoff frequency or on the pitch you play fs cross YP ws osc sync ADDITIVE 3 RING unison FORMANT CHORD NOISE DUAL OSC Pcm COmB WAVEFORM PEM WS COMB OSC EDIT 1 OSC EDIT 2 7 Bp TRIG HOLD MOTION SEQ SYNTH FILTER 660 O ur HPF BPF O BPF VAX 31 This is a new circuit that controls the amount of distortion intro duced by the filter By adjusting this in conjunction with the cutoff frequency and resonance of the synth filter to intentionally create distortion you can generate overtones that were not present in the original waveform mo LPF HPF BPF BPF Selects the type of filter LPF Low Pass Filter Cuts the high frequency region making the sound more mellow
91. e data from the song If you decide to cancel press the STOP CANCEL key If you erase song data by accident Turn the dial to re select that song without saving it and you will revert to the data that was previously saved Changing the pattern in a specific position If the EMX 1 is playing press the STOP CANCEL key to stop playback Use the A V cursor keys to select Position in the display Use the dial to select the position whose pattern you want to change Press the V cursor key until the display reads Pattern OF meo c Use the dial to select the pattern that you want to assign to that posi tion If you want to listen to the selected pattern to hear whether it is the one you want press the Pattern mode key to enter Pattern mode and play it To return to Song mode press the STOP CANCEL key to stop playback and then press the Song mode key Maintaining the part mute settings even when the pattern changes This function makes the song maintain the part mute settings while playback continues MYTE MOID oter Off On 1 Press the W cursor key until the parameter display reads MuteHold 2 Turn the dial to make the desired setting Off The part mute settings specified within each pattern will be applied as the position within the song changes during play back However if you change the position but the pattern is still the same the part mute settings will be maintained On Th
92. e part mute status will not change even if the position moves to a different pattern However at the beginning of the song the part mute status will be as specified by the pat tern selected for position 1 Playing back songs in succession NEXT SONG Off S 01 5 64 When a song finishes playing this function immediately continues playback with the next specified song 1 Press the W cursor key until the parameter display reads NextSong 2 Turn the dial to select which song will play back following the cur rent song If you select Off playback will stop when the current song finishes playing A The NEXT SONG setting is ignored when playing back in synchr oni zation with MIDI Clock messages sent from an external device The EMX 1 will obey Song Select messages F3 ss ss song number sent from the external device 123456168717812 345 1 DRUM fal fw p 72 Event recording fe v 71 Event recording Recording song event data In addition to letting you arrange patterns to create a song the EMX 1 s Song mode also lets you record your realtime performances using the drum pad keys the keyboard function the arpeggiator and knob operations Recording your Song mode performance and operations in this way is referred to as Event Recording Event Recording can record the following six types of data event data Your performance on the drum
93. e power off 1 Turn down the master volume to the minimum position Also minimize the volume on your connected equipment Make sure that the card indicator in the display is not lit Set the power switch to the standby position If you will not be using the EMX 1 for an extended period of time unplug the AC AC power supply from the AC outlet A You must turn off the power before mak ing any connections Careless operation can damage your speaker system or other equipment and may cause malfunctions You must first connect the AC AC power supply to the EMX 1 and then plug it into the AC outlet fx fo uw fal f 17 18 Playing a Demo song The EMX 1 contains several demo songs Here s how you can listen to the demo songs to get an idea of the EMX 1 s sound and potential 1 Press the SONG key The SONG key will light 2 The display will show the current song name and number If it does not press the SONG key a second time 3 Turn the dial to select a song 4 Press the PLAY PAUSE key to play back the song the key will light When the song ends playback will stop automatically the key will go dark To pause playback Press the PLAY PAUSE key the key will blink To resume playback Press the PLAY PAUSE once again the key will light To stop playback Press the STOP CANCEL key Demo Song List S 01 Tales of the Epic KORG A The factory set preset data has been cre 6 02 Garage Oliv
94. e programmed specifically for dance music and other modern music styles 64 songs A sequence of patterns mute data and knob move ments can be saved as a song in each of the 64 song memories Intuitive pattern programming The sixteen step keys on the front panel allow you to enter data into pattern quickly easily and intu itively Of course you can also use realtime record ing or step recording Motion sequencing The EMX 1 s Motion Sequence feature lets you record and loop knob movements and switch op erations letting you create time varying changes in the tone during playback Newly developed VALVE FORCE vacuum tube circuit The EMX 1 features Korg s newly developed VALVE FORCE technology a completely analog circuit that contains two actual vacuum tubes and can be used as a mastering effect to enhance the overall sound level It delivers a rich warm and clearly defined sound that cannot be replicated by digital technology alone Use the TUBE GAIN knob fe fx fo fu fal fo RM to adjust the level of the EMX 1 s output signal being sent through the vacuum tubes controlling the smooth distortion and rich overtone structure that vacuum tubes add to the sound Even at lower volume levels you can adjust the TUBE GAIN to enjoy great tube quality sound in any situation Process external audio sources You can connect an audio source to the audio in jack and process that sound using the internal fil ter
95. e select keys to choose the position you want to check and then make the display show pattern name so that you can check or edit the pattern Transposing the pitch of a Pattern for a specific Position NOTE OFFESE iesu bares reece 24 24 4 This lets you offset the pitch of the synth parts played by the pattern at a particular position of the song Note Offset merely adjusts the pitches that are played at that posi tion of the song it does not change the pitches within the pattern itself If the song is playing press the STOP CANCEL key to stop play back Use the A cursor keys to select Position in the display Use the dial or the select keys to select the position where you want to offset the pitch 4 Use the A cursor keys to make the display read NoteOfs 5 Use the dial to specify the pitch A setting of 1 offsets the pitch note by a semitone 2 by a whole step 7 by a fifth and 12 by one octave When the display reads NoteOfs you can select a new position by using the select keys to move the position backward or forward step by step A If a chord split 38 wave is selected for a part the or octave may change if you adjust the Note Offset 5 fe fx fo fal 9 6 Editing a song You can edit a song by inserting or deleting patterns Knob movements and your own performance can also be added to a song If you
96. eate rhythms and phrase patterns without the need to use any other equipment The EMX 1 is the ideal tool for the mu sician DJ sound creator or desktop music user who wants an easy way to add originality to their music It s also an ideal compliment to any of the other models in the ELECTRIBE series Main features The ideal tool for producing dance and many other types of music The EMX 1 provides nine drum parts and five synth parts Since song arrangement editing is uni fied with the sound editing for each part song pro duction is quick and easy MMT Multiple Modeling Technology tone generator system The synth engine of the EMX 1 features Korg s lat est technology MMT Multiple Modeling Tech nology This system builds on the know how that was developed for the DSP technology used in the Z1 MS2000 and Electribe series to create a wide range of timbral variations with a few simple op erations The oscillator section provides a total of sixteen different synthesis models that include not only standard analog synthesizer models such as Wave form Sync Cross Mod and Ring Mod but also new types not previously available such as a Chord type that can produce a full chord from a single note a Unison type that lets you detune the pitch of up to six oscillators to create an extremely thick sound and a Waveshape type that mixes two oscillators and then modulates the result to generate complex waveforms The caref
97. ected the slider will have no effect A The GLOBAL mode CONTROL setting lets you exchange the functions of the ribbon control ler and the slider 75 fx fo uw fal fo lg 14 Rear panel AC 9V Connect the included AC AC power supply to this connector STANDBY ON power switch Pressing this switch will alternate between power on and standby conditions MIDI connectors IN This connector receives MIDI data Use this when you want to control the EMX 1 from an external MIDI device or to re ceive a data dump OUT This connector transmits MIDI data Use this when you want to use the EMX 1 to control another MIDI device or to trans mit a data dump THRU This connector re transmits MIDI data that was received at the MIDI IN con nector Use this when you want to send the same data to two or more MIDI de vices MIC LINE gain select switch This switches the gain level of the audio in jack Set this to the MIC position if you are connecting a mic or to the LINE position if you are connect ing a synthesizer or audio device Front panel Card section 1 SmartMedia slot You can insert a SmartMedia card here and use it to store or load EMX 1 data 5 AUDIO IN jack This jack lets you use an external audio source as an oscillator When the synth oscillator is set to AUDIO IN COMB the sound that is input here will be used as the o
98. ected synth part When you execute this the note data of the exist ing steps will be randomly reassigned to the existing step locations the original combination of notes will be maintained 1 Ifthe EMX 1 is playing press the STOP CANCEL key to stop play back Hold down the SHIFT key and press step key 3 SHIFT NOTE 3 The display indicates Shift turn the dial to change this to Ran dom and then press step key 3 once again If you decide to cancel without making settings press the STOP CANCEL key 4 The synth part keys will blink Press the keys to turn off any parts for which you don t want to randomize the pitch The part will sound at C4 5 Press the blinking step key 3 to execute the Shift Note operation key 3 will go dark To cancel without executing press the STOP CANCEL key 5 56 Copying a part Here s how you can copy the selected part with its sound settings and sequence data including motion sequence to another part If the EMX 1 is playing press the STOP CANCEL key to stop play back Press a part key to select a destination copy destination for the part being copied the key will light Hold down the SHIFT key and press step key 4 Copy Part Key 4 will blink The copy destination part key will begin blinking Use the dial to select the pattern number of the part to be copied copy source Press a part key
99. ed you can clear it by press ing the STOP CANCEL key Card Fmt The SmartMedia could not be read Use your computer or other device to back up the data on the SmartMedia card Then format the SmartMedia on the EMX 1 rewrite the desired files to it and access it once again from the EMX 1 CardFull There is insufficient free space in the EMX 1 or on SmartMedia gt Ifyou want to save data you must delete unneeded files from the SmartMedia card to create suffi cient free space Then write or save the data The SmartMedia must have a minimum of approxi mately 2 MB of free space in order to save EMX 1 data EventOvr You have exceeded the maximum number of events that can be recorded in a song Delete unneeded song event data FileDelt An error occurred while deleting a file from SmartMedia Try the operation once again FileLoad An error occurred while loading a file from SmartMedia Try the operation once again FileName When saving to SmartMedia an identically named folder already exists Either use your computer to delete the folder from the SmartMedia or change the filename on the EMX 1 and save it again FileSave An error occurred while saving to SmartMedia Try the operation once again MotSqFul The motion sequence cannot be recorded the EMX 1 you can record a maximum of 24 motion sequences for each pattern Use CLEAR MOTION p 61 to d
100. eed of the repetition will depend on the specified tempo fac If ARP CONTROL p 75 is set to Revers the slider will vary the timing of the notes To arpeggiate a synth part 1 Select the synth part that you want to play 2 Use the step keys to specify the pitches that you want to arpeggiate For example if you want to arpeggiate C E G hold down the C key and press the E and G keys 3 When you touch the ribbon controller the sound of the selected part will play automatically The gate time will change depending on where the ribbon is touched The speed will depend on the tempo The notes played by the arpeggiator will be retriggered each time you release and then touch the ribbon controller If you hold down g the SHIFT key the arpeggiator will not retrigger when you release and then touch the ribbon controller 4 Operate the slider to change the pitch within the scale specified by ARPEGGIO SCALE If you want you can exchange the functions of the ribbon controller and the slider p 75 Exchanging the arpeggiator functions Specifying the center note When using the arpeggiator with a synth part you can specify the a note that will correspond to the center of the slider i e the center note This setting is also saved when you save the pattern 1 Press the Pattern mode key Select one of the synth parts and turn on the keyboard function 3 Use the lt q p gt select keys to specify the pitch ran
101. eform as shown in the il lustration below changing the overtones that are produced At a setting of 0 the waveform will be a basic sine wave OSC EDITI Waveform 0 127 This continuously modifies the shape of the wave form The waveform shape will change in the same way for oscillator 1 and oscillator 2 SAW P OSC EDIT1 0 OSC EDIT1 63 OSC EDIT1 127 PULSE OSC EDIT1 0 OSC EDIT1 63 OSC EDIT1 126 TRIANGLE My OSC EDIT1 0 OSC EDIT1 63 OSC EDIT1 127 SINE n N OSC EDIT1 0 OSC EDIT1 63 OSC EDIT1 127 OSC EDITZ OSC2Ptch 63 63 This adjusts the pitch of oscillator 2 value of 63 ates a pitch difference of 2 octaves and a value of 47 creates a pitch difference of 1 octave For values in the region of 0 only the sound of oscillator 1 will be output DUAL OSC Dual oscillator This oscillator type provides two oscillators that output basic waveforms You can choose the combination of waveforms for the two oscillators OSC Balance Osca 0502 twenty different combinations of 1 Saw Tri Sin Osc2 Saw Squ Tri Sin Ns Noise OSC EDITI OSCBlnce tct 0 127 Adjusts the volume balance of oscillator 1 and oscillator 2 A setting of 0 outputs only oscillator 1 and a setting of 127 outputs only oscillator 2 OSC EBIT2 OSC2Ptch 63 63 Adjusts the pitch of oscillator 2 A
102. elete unneeded motion sequences and then input your data once again NoFiles The SmartMedia does not contain any files that the EMX 1 can recognize The 1 can load only files Protect You attempted to write the data into memory when the data protect setting was turned on In Global mode turn memory protect off If the write protect label is affixed to the SmartMedia remove it SongEvnt While writing a song to a different numbered song you exceeded the maximum number of events that can be re corded Delete unneeded event data to free up more memory space Write The data could not be written Try the writing operation once again Restoring the factory settings The pattern and song data with which the EMX 1 was shipped from the factory is called the preload data You can load this preload data to restore the EMX 1 to its factory set condition When you do this the patterns or songs you created will be erased and replaced by the preload data If you want to keep the patterns or songs you created you must save them to SmartMedia first 1 While simultaneously holding down the Transpose key Solo key and the Write key turn on the power 2 The display will indicate Preload and the PLAY PAUSE key will blink 3 Ifyou want to load the preload data press the blink ing PLAY PAUSE key It will take approximately 30 seconds for the data to be loaded If you decide to cancel
103. entatonic 14 mPenta C Eb F G Bb C minor Pentatonic 15 Raga1 C Db E F G Ab B C Raga Bhairav 16 Raga2 C Db E F G A B C Raga Gamanasrama 17 Raga3 C Db Eb F G Ab B C Raga Todi 18 Spansh Db Eb E F G Ab Bb Spanish Scale 19 Gypsy C D Eb F G Ab B C Gypsy Scale 20 Arabia D E F Gb Ab Bb Arabian Scale 21 Egypt C D F G Bb Egyptian Scale 22 Hawaii C D Eb G A C Hawaiian Scale 23 Pelog C Db Eb G Ab Bali Island Pelog 24 Japan C Db F G Ab C Japanese Miyakobushi 25 Ryukyu C E F G B C Ryukyu Scale 26 Whole C D E Gb Ab Bb C Wholetone 28 m3rd C Eb Gb A C m3rd Interval 27 Ab C M3rd Interval 29 4th C F Bb C 4th Interval 30 5th 5th Interval 31 Octave Octave Interval In the factory set preset patterns the center note and ARPEGGIO SCALE are set so that the sound of synth part 5 will be played optimally by the arpeggiator 123456008 717812345 DRUM PART 4 Pattern mode Editing sounds For each drum part you can select a drum sound wave or sample For each synth part you can select synth oscillator model You can then edit the sound of each part using the oscillator level and pan knobs and the effect and amp EG keys Sounds can be edited even while the pattern is playing You can also use an ex ternal MIDI device to control the values of each knob p 79 MIDI mode
104. er Munyak ated so that the optimal tone is produced 5 03 Knob Twister James Bernard when the TUBE GAIN knob is at the 0 S 04 Smooth MX James Sajeva position 5 05 Butterflyz Chris Petti S 06 Jack Oliver Munyak All Patterns and All Songs 2003 KORG Inc rights reserved 4 Pattern mode Playing patterns What is a Pattern A pattern is a short segment of a performance that consists of rhythm patterns created by drum parts drum sounds and phrase patterns melodic lines created by synth parts The EMX 1 lets you create and store 256 patterns Each pattern con sists of 16 parts In addition to the sound of each part a pattern contains effect settings and phrases and can also record knob move ments e Pattern name Tempo Arp Scale i 12 la 15 I 2 3 4 5 6 lt g a Motion sequence data a a 15 la 2 3 4 5 G4 Motion sequence Playing a pattern To Start playback 1 Press the PATTERN key the key will light 2 Press the A cursor key until the display indicates pattern name 3 Press the PLAY PAUSE key to play the pattern the key will light When the pattern ends playback will return to the beginning of the pattern and will continue to loop
105. essing a range of 16 384 steps to set the value About system exclusive messages Since the way in which system exclusive messages are used is left completely up to the manufacturer these messages are used mainly to transmit or receive sound parameters or editing data that is specific to a particular device The EMX 1 s system exclusive message format is F0 42 69 ff F7 F0 exclusive status 42 Korg ID n 0 F global MIDI channel 1 16 69 the EMX 1 s model ID ff function ID type of message F7 end of exclusive Some USB MIDI interfaces are unable to transmit or receive the EMX 1 s MIDI exclusive messages Universal system exclusive messages There is a special category of system exclusive mes sage whose uses are publicly defined These are called Universal System Exclusive messages The EMX 1 implements the following Universal System Exclusive messages Inquiry Message Request 0 7E nn 06 01 F7 Inquiry Message F7 7E nn 06 02 9 bytes F7 When the EMX 1 receives an Inquiry Message Re quest it will respond by transmitting an Inquiry Message with the meaning of Iam a Korg EMX 1 with system version Master Fine Tuning FO 7F nn 04 08 vv mm F7 A value of 8 192 mm vv 40 00 is the center po sition a value of 4 096 mm vv 20 00 is 50 cents and 12 288 mm vv 60 00 is 50 cents If the EMX 1 receives this message its Master Tune setting p 75 will be
106. eted the EMX 1 will enter Pattern mode with 01 selected If you decide to cancel press the STOP CANCEL key A With the factory settings memory protect is turned so you will not be able to execute this opera tion Turn memory protect off before you execute the Load operation p 76 Saving your Global mode settings Loading a single pattern from SmartMedia Load Pattern 1 2 3 Insert the SmartMedia card into the SmartMedia slot Press the GLOBAL key It will light Hold down the Shift key and press step key 13 CARD key 13 will blink The parameter display will indicate CardMenu The value display will indicate Load Press key 13 The parameter display will indicate Load and the value display will indicate Turn the dial to select 1Ptrn and then press key 13 1234560607071 234 5 1 DRUM PART Select the file the filename you specified for Save All that contains the pattern you want to load The value display will indicate LdFile and the param eter display will show six characters of the filename Turn the dial to select the desired file and then press key 13 Select the pattern that you want to load The pa rameter display will indicate Load and the value display will show the pattern number you can hold down the shift key to display the pattern name instead Turn the dial to select the desired pattern and press key 13 to load it Whe
107. following diagram shows how the step keys notes and maxi mum number of steps are related BEAT Correspondence of step keys to notes J J J 55225252 t m 16 8 B 16Tri 12 3 o o Note value of Pattern length number of steps each step key 16 1 16th note beat display 32 d 16 32 note 8Tri 12 8th note triplet 16Tri X12 16th note triplet Setting the length LENGTH M 1 8 1 Ifthe EMX 1 is playing press the STOP CANCEL key to stop play back Press the PATTERN key it will light 3 Use the A V cursor keys to select length in the parameter display Turn the dial to specify the length of the pattern in measures If you want to keep the pattern you edited press the WRITE RE NAME key p 64 Saving a pattern Setting the beat 16 32 8Tri 16Tri 1 If the EMX 1 is playing press the STOP CANCEL key to stop play back Press the PATTERN key it will light 3 Use the V cursor keys to select beat in the parameter dis play 4 5 4 Pattern mode Turn the dial to set the beat If you want to keep the pattern you edited press the WRITE RE NAME key p 64 Saving a pattern Setting the last step You can set the Last Step if you need to create a
108. g To check which patterns playing When the PATTERN key is lit press the PATTERN key and the dis play will show pattern name To force playback to restart at the beginning of the pattern During playback you can press the RESET key to force the pattern to play back from the beginning Ifyou want to perform in synchronization with an external audio source you can use the TAP key to match the tempo and then press the RESET key at the beginning of each phrase to synchronize your performance without using MIDI About the timing of changing patterns If you change patterns during playback the currently playing pat tern will finish playing first and then the newly selected pattern will begin to play The name of the pattern waiting to be played next will blink in the display until the change occurs A If you change patterns during playback you may hear noise or un wanted sounds at the transition due to the ef fect or delay settings or in some cases the efect sound may drop out A If the patterns before and after the change use the same ef fect but with dif ferent settings the result will sound the same as if you had turned those knobs Setting the playback tempo TEMPO m 20 0 300 0 Using the dial to set the tempo 1 Press the PATTERN key lit 2 Usethe W cursor keys until the display indicates Tempo 3 Turn the dial to adjust the tempo 4 Ifyou want to save this tempo setting w
109. gain to execute the Copy Sound operation If you decide to cancel press the STOP CANCEL key You cannot copy sound data between a synth part and a drum part Erasing the sequence data of a part To erase sequence data from the selected part you can use the sixteen step keys to turn each trigger on off independently or use one of the following two operations To erase all of a part s performance data CLEAR PAR D This operation erases the rhythm or phrase pattern trigger note number gate time and motion sequence data at once 78085855 PATTERN AST MOVES Copy CORY CLEAR DATA PART SOUND MOTON PARI PATTERN HE 0 0 0 0 lt alu Ly ea COPY CLEAR CLEAR NOTE PART SOUND NOTON PART PATTERN MOVE SHIFT 4 Pattern mode 1 Ifthe EMX 1 is playing press the STOP CANCEL key to stop play back 7 2 Hold down the SHIFT key and press step key 7 CLEAR PART Key 7 will blink 3 Press the part key whose data yo
110. ge and press the step key that you want to be the center note press only one key Save the pattern The position of the slider when you make this setting has no ef fect on the setting If ARP CONTROL p 75 is set to Revers the center note will be the note produced by touching the center of the ribbon controller 27 28 Changing the scale of the arpeggiator ARPEGGIO SCALE 3 Pe Chroma Octave You can change the scale that is being used when you arpeggiate a synth part Press the PATTERN key it will light Press the W cursor key to select ArpScale in the parameter dis play Turn the dial to select the desired scale ARPEGGIO SCALE List No Display Scale Key C Scale Name 1 Chroma Db D Eb E F Gb G Ab A Bb B C Chromatic 2 lonian DE F A 3 Dorian D Eb F G A Bb Dorian 4 Phrygi Db Eb F Ab Bb Phrygian 5 Lydian F G Lydian 6 MixLyd C D E F G A Bb Mixolydian 7 Aeolia C D Eb F G Ab Bb Aeolian 8 Locria C Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb C Locrian 9 MBlues C Eb E G A Bb C Major Blues 10 mBlues C Eb F Gb G Bb minor Blues 11 Dim C D Eb F F G A B C Diminish 12 ComDim C Db Eb E F G A Bb C Combination Diminish 13 MPenta C D E G Major P
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112. ger DEST m PITCH AMP PAN Selects which parameter will receive the modulation effect Lg boi Ge On Off When you turn this function on the speed of the modulation effect will be synchronized to the tempo If this is lit on modulation will be synchronized with the tempo A Although you can independently edit the sounds of drum parts 6A and 6B and 7A and 7B these sounds cannot be played simulta neously If the sound does not change when you turn a knob or switch a key it may be that the knob or key is not valid for the part you are editing or that a motion sequence p 58 Motion sequence is operating P MODULATION SPEED DEPTH 0 ON PITCH nu On ON amp Pan TRIG HOLD DE sq sem smc DEST 4 Pattern mode Editing the sound of a synth part Synth oscillator Turn the OSCILLATOR TYPE knob to select the synth oscillator type You can choose from sixteen oscillator algorithms that include typi cal analog synthesizer waveforms and much much more For details on each oscillator type refer to the Oscillator Type List p 34 Some combinations of oscillator pitch WAVE OSC EDIT 1 and OSC EDIT 2 settings may produce noise 1 76 This specifies the wave that will assigned to the synth part T
113. he synth waves you can choose here will depend on the synth oscilla tor type SYNTH OSCILLATOR TYPE you selected Press the PART EDIT key it will light Press the A cursor key until the display shows wave name At the same time the WAVE indicator will light in the lower right of the display Press the key for the synth part you wish to edit the key will light The name of the wave assigned to that key will appear in the dis play Turn the KEYBOARD key on and turn the dial to select a wave while you press the step keys to hear the selected wave The waves that you can select will depend on the SYNTH OSCILLATOR type OSG EDM Adjusts a single pre selected parameter for each oscillator type Adjusts a single pre selected parameter for each oscillator type Some combinations of oscillator pitch WAVE OSC EDIT 1 and OSC EDIT 2 settings may produce noise Synth filter These controls are used to modify the tone and distort the wave form produced by the oscillator 0 127 Adjusts the cutoff frequency of the filter The result will depend on the filter type that is selected A For some settings the sound may be distorted or nearly inaudible Specifies the depth and direction by which the EG envelope gen erator will vary the cutoff frequency The EG will start the moment the trigger turns on or the moment you press the step key If you set the knob to th
114. he exter nal MIDI device will synchronize to it Ext The external MIDI device will be the master the EMX 1 will synchronize to it Auto If MIDI clock messages are being received from a connected external MIDI device the EMX 1 will automatically operate with the Ext setting Otherwise it will operate with the Int setting To use the EMX 1 as the master and synchronize an external MIDI device to it 1 Usea MIDI cable to connect the EMX 1 s MIDI OUT connector to the MIDI IN connector of your exter nal MIDI device e g sequencer or sound module 2 Press the MIDI key it will light 3 Press the A cursor key to change the display to read Clock 4 Turn the dial to select Int internal clock 1234568060787512 34 5 DRUM PART 1110111 5 Makesettings on your external MIDI device slave so that it will receive MIDI clock messages 6 When you start playback on the EMX 1 the exter nal MIDI device will operate in synchronization with it When you use RESET PLAY to play back from the beginning of the pattern only the MIDI Start mes sage will be transmitted To use the external MIDI device as the master and syn chronize the EMX 1 to it 1 Use a MIDI cable to connect the EMX 1 s MIDI IN connector to the MIDI OUT connector of your ex ternal MIDI device e g sequencer or synthesizer 2 Press the MIDI key it will light 3 Press the A cursor key to change the display to read
115. he pitch to change smoothly between two legato notes EG TIME Q Adjusts the envelope time the time it takes for the note to decay for each part Parts and their functions PAN panpot This controls the position of the part in the stereo field for the line out puts L MONO R or headphones If a part is set to the individual 3 4 output bus p 26 Output bus this control will adjust the panning to the individual out puts INDIV OUT 3 4 LEVEL Adjusts the volume of each part For an accent part this will adjust the strength of the accent AMP EG Selects the amp envelope shape for each part The envelope will alternate be tween decay or non decay each time you press this ROLL For each part this will switch the roll ef fect on lit or off dark FX SELECT effect select Selects which effect processor will be applied to each part If FX SEND is on the selected effect will be applied This setting is ignored for parts whose output bus rp 26 Output bus setting is 3 4 FX SEND effect send Selects whether the sound of the current part will be sent to the se lected effect This will alternate between on lit and off dark each time it is pressed This setting is ignored for parts whose output bus p 26 Output bus setting is 3 4 MODULATION These are the parameters such as LFO and EG that create time varying changes in the sound sup ports motion sequence SPEED Ad
116. ht 2 Press the A cursor key until the display reads pattern name Turn the dial to select the pattern you want to record 3 Select a synth part 1 5 and turn the KEYBOARD key on lit Press the REC key to enter record ready mode The REC key will light and the PLAY PAUSE key will blink 5 Press the PLAY PAUSE key to start the pattern The PLAY PAUSE key will light 47 48 Use the step keys as a keyboard to record the phrase pressing the appropriate key to enter the desired pitch at the desired time The pattern will play back repeatedly You can continue recording while the REC key is lit Recording will stop when you press the STOP CANCEL key and the REC key and PLAY PAUSE key will go dark Alternatively you can press the REC key instead of pressing the STOP CANCEL key to stop recording but continue playback The REC key will go dark and the PLAY PAUSE key will remain lit If you want to name and save the completed pattern hold down the SHIFT key and press the Write key 1 64 Saving a pattern To record during playback If a musical idea strikes you while a pattern is playing you can start recording immediately without having to stop playback Start the pattern playing Press the REC key it will light If you want to record a drum part press the drum part key for that part at the desired timing If you want to record a synth part press the synth part key for the part you want to record
117. individual out jacks INDI OUT 3 4 1 fa fa lg 3 Basic operation Preparations Connections nole PHONES MIXER etc Connect the included AC AC power supply to the EMX 1 s AC 9V connector and plug the AC AC power supply to an AC outlet Connect audio cables from the EMX 1 s line out jacks L MONO R to your mixer or powered monitor system amplified speakers If you are using a monaural connection use the L MONO jack If you are using headphones plug them into the headphone jack Sound will still be output from the line out jacks even if headphones are plugged in Turning the power on off To turn the power on 1 2 3 4 4 Check the connections Turn on the power switch Slightly turn up the EMX 1 s master volume and touch the drum part keys to produce sound so that you can check that the connec tions are correct Adjust the EMX 1 s master volume and the gain and faders of your mixer or powered monitor system to an appropriate listening level After you turn on the power it will take approximately one minute before the vacuum tubes reach a stable state of operation During this time the output sound may be distorted even if the TUBE GAIN knob is turned down To turn th
118. ing so may destroy the data Saving a pattern under a different name 1 BBS Hold down the shift key and press the WRITE RENAME key The key will blink The parameter display will indicate Rename and the value display will show six characters of the pattern name Assign the name for the pattern that you want to save Use the A W cursor keys to move the cursor to left or right in the parameter display and turn the dial to edit the parameter name You can assign a name of up to eight characters to the pattern When you have finished assigning the name press the WRITE RENAME key Select the save destination pattern number The parameter display will indicate WriteTo and the value dis play will indicate save destination pattern number Press the WRITE RENAME key to begin saving the data The WRITE RENAME key will light while the data is being saved and will go dark when saving is complete If you decide to cancel press the STOP CANCEL key When saving is complete the save desti nation pattern number will be selected If you saved while playing back the playing pattern will not change If you had initiated the saving process while a pattern was playing back and you then canceled the save operation playback will not stop when you press the STOP CANCEL key Playback will stop if you press the STOP CANCEL key once again after canceling Copying a pattern You can use the Write operation to copy a pat tern to a
119. justs the modulation speed DEPTH Q Adjusts the modulation depth TYPE modulation type Selects the type of modulation DEST destination Selects which parameter will be affected by the modulation BPM SYNC Turning this on lit will cause the modulation to be in sync with the cur rent tempo SYNTH OSCILLATOR This section produces the waveform that is the basis of the synth part supports motion se quence TYPE oscillator type Selects the synthesis model being used by the oscillator OSC EDITI oscillator edit 1 Modifies the os cillator waveform The actual parameter being adjusted will depend on the oscil lator model OSC EDIT oscillator edit 2 Modifies the os cillator waveform The actual parameter being adjusted will depend on the oscil lator model A These parameters have no effect on drum parts fe fx fa uw fal fo lg 11 5 SYNTH FILTER These parameters modify the tonal character of the synth part supports motion sequence CUTOFF Adjusts the cutoff frequency of the fil ter EG INT EG intensity Adjusts the depth of the filter envelope Part select section RESONANCE Adjusts the resonance of the fil ter DRIVE Adjusts the amount of distortion being introduced by overdriving the filter TYPE filter type Selects the type of filter A These parameters have no effect on drum parts 1 DRUM PART 1 5 6A 6B 7A 7B drum part keys These keys
120. l all be initialized 1 If the EMX 1 is playing back press the STOP CANCEL key to stop playback a 2 Select the pattern that you want to erase p 20 Selecting a pat tern 3 Hold down the SHIFT key and press step key 8 CLEAR PATTERN Key 8 will blink At this time you can press the SHIFT key to see the name of the pattern 4 Press step key 8 once again to execute the Clear operation If you decide to cancel press the STOP CANCEL key EA E PATTERN MOVE COM COPY CA PART SOUND NOTON Comparing the currently edited pattern with the saved pattern COMPARE This function lets you compare the original pattern with the currently edited pattern before you save it 1 Hold down the SHIFT key and press the PATTERN key The PAT TERN key will blink and the EMX 1 will be in Compare mode The parameter display will indicate Compare Press the PLAY PAUSE key to play the original unedited pattern 3 Press the PATTERN key It will stop blinking and you will return to the pattern you were editing A You cannot switch modes or record while the Compare function is active fe 97 58 Motion sequence What is a motion sequence The EMX 1 has a Motion Sequence function that lets you record and playback realtime changes made to the knobs and
121. l to select the target step at which you want to begin recording Press the REC key to enter record ready mode At this time playback will not start even if you press the PLAY key Use the step keys to input the pitches of the phrase one by one When you input a pitch the target step the step to be edited will auto matically advance to the next step Recording will end when you input the last step or press the STOP CANCEL key The REC key will go dark To input a rest or tie Press the REST TIE key to input a rest To enter a tie hold down the step key and press the REST TIE key To move the target step While recording you can turn the dial to move the target step for ward or backward one step at a time You can also move between steps by holding down the SHIFT key and using the select keys C Ef DRUM PART 2 5 OG Bs 444 40 49 50 Editing sequence data Here s how to edit patterns that you have recorded or patterns that are saved in memory A If you want to keep the changes you made to a pattern you must perform the Write Rename operation before you select another pat tern or turn off the power Editing a phrase pattern Note Edit When using Step Recording you record the trigger and note number simultaneously but cannot set the
122. me To overwrite onto a different song Use the dial to change the song number to the desired save destina tion Be sure to select a song number that does not contain impor tant data you want to keep Press the WRITE RENAME key to begin saving The WRITE RE NAME key will light while the data is being saved and will go dark when the operation is completed If you decide to cancel press the STOP CANCEL key When the data has been saved the save destination song number will be selected To rename and save the song 1 Hold down the shift key and press the WRITE RENAME key once the key will blink The parameter display will indicate Rename and the value display will show six characters of the song name Assign a name to the song Use the A V cursor keys to move the cursor in the value display to the left or right and turn the dial to edit the character You can assign a name of up to eight characters to a song however only six at a time are visible during naming When you have finished press the WRITE RENAME key Select the song number where you want to save the song The pa rameter display will indicate WriteTo and the value display will show the save destination song number If you now press the shift key the save destination song number will change to show six characters of the song name Turn the dial to select the song number where you want to store the song and make sure that you will not be o
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125. n loading is completed you will return to Pat tern mode key 13 will go dark and the PATTERN key will light If you decide to cancel press the STOP CANCEL key A Be aware that this procedure does not save write the pattern into internal memory A With the factory settings memory protect is turned on so you will not be able to save data Turn memory protect off before you execute the Write operation 76 Saving your Global mode set tings Deleting an EMX 1 file from SmartMedia Delete File Here s how a user file containing EMX 1 pattern data song data and global can be deleted from a SmartMedia card Once a file has been deleted it cannot be read again 1 Insert the SmartMedia card into the SmartMedia slot 2 Press the GLOBAL key It will light 3 Hold down the Shift key and press step key 13 CARD key 13 will blink The parameter display will indicate CardMenu 4 The value display will indicate Load Turn the dial to select Delete and then press key 13 5 Select the user file that you want to delete The value display will indicate DelDMX and the pa rameter display will show six characters of the filename Turn the dial to select the file and then press key 13 123456065707512345 DRUM 6 The parameter display will ask Sure and the value display will read No Turn the dial to change this to Yes and press key 13 to execute th
126. n will be moved one position toward the end of the song Deleting a pattern DELETE PATTERN e This operation lets you delete the pattern from a position Subse quent patterns will move toward the front of the song 1 Ifthe EMX 1 is playing press the STOP CANCEL key to stop play back 2 Hold down the shift key and press step key 10 DELETE PATTERN MIR ERE Key 10 will blink 3 Use the dial to select the position whose pattern you want to delete For example if you want to delete the pattern at position 5 make the display read 005 4 Press step key 10 once again to delete that pattern the key will go Delete the pattern at position 5 If you decide to cancel the operation press the STOP CANCEL key deleting Pen All data following the deleted pattern will be moved one position Fi yf toward the beginning of the song ri A When you delete a pattern any event data explained below that mA y y was recorded in that location will also be deleted After e ED Position Posti Posti Posi Poa deleting Fs regen regi regen mien mim mn Song mode Erasing data from a song CLEAR SONG 1 If the EMX 1 is playing press the STOP CANCEL key to stop play back 2 Hold down the shift key and press step key 11 CLEAR SONG Key 11 will blink 3 Press step key 11 once again to erase th
127. ncers will receive these messages Timing Clock The slave device calculates its own tempo accord ing to the Timing Clock messages it receives from the master device Twenty four Timing Clock mes sages are transmitted during each quarter note If you set the EMX 1 s MIDI mode CLOCK setting to Auto it will act as a slave it will receive Realtime Messages However if the EMX 1 is not receiving any Timing Clock messages it will oper ate according to its own internal clock even with the Auto setting Start The Start message tells the slave device when to begin playing A Start message is transmitted when you press the PLAY PAUSE key When a slave de vice receives the Start message it will begin play ing from the beginning in synchronization with the incoming Timing Clock messages Continue Stop If you press the START PAUSE key on the master device while it is paused the master device will transmit a Continue message When a slave device receives the Continue message it will resume play back from the location at which it is currently stopped If you press the STOP key during play back the master will transmit a Stop message When a slave device receives the Stop message it will stop playback About synchronization Song mode In Song mode the EMX 1 will also transmit Song Select and Song Position Pointer messages Song Select When you switch songs a Song Select message F3 ss ss song number will be t
128. ng the overtones at multiples of the frequency specified by OSC EDIT2 OSC EDIT2 CombPtch 0 127 Adjusts the frequency that will be the axis of the comb filter At a value of 0 this will be the basic pitch a value of 31 is one octave higher 63 is two octaves higher 95 is three octaves higher and 127 is four octaves higher 4 Pattern mode FORMANT OSC Formant oscillator The formant oscillator type can produce a sound reminiscent of a human voice By moving the formant width OSC EDIT1 you can change between different vowels Formant Width gt Formant Formant Shift gt 986 OSC EDITI Formant 0 127 Controls the frequency difference between the two formants This produces a change similar to varying the shape and size of your mouth when producing vowel tones OSC EDIT2 63 63 Moves the formant frequency components upward or downward in pitch NOISE OSC Noise oscillator The noise oscillator contains an internal noise generator and filters allowing you to create a variety of noise sounds Since the filters resonate to oscillation you can also use this to cre ate pitched sounds Noise Color LowPass Filter HighPass Filter Noise pale Generator 0 127 Adjusts the character of the source noise the speed of the random cycle Raising this value will slow the timing at which noise is gene
129. nits of a step For example a gate time setting of 1 0 means that the gate time will be exactly as long as one step If the gate time length extends into the timing of the next note the next note will be played legato the oscillator EG and modulation will not be retriggered While the display indicates the gate time pressing the step keys will not switch triggers on off Even if you edit the gate time of a step whose trigger is off it will not sound until you turn the trigger on fe fx fo fu 51 Specifying the length and time signature ofa pattern Here s how the Length Beat time signature and Last Step are related On the EMX 1 the total number of measures or bars in a pattern is called the length The number of steps or beats in one of these measures is designated as the last step The type of note that is counted as a step is called the beat If you select 8Tri or 16Tri as the beat the last step will automatically be set to 12 meaning that step keys 13 16 will have no function If you select 16 or 32 as the beat the last step will be automatically set to 16 You set any step in a pattern to be the last step To check the length and beat With the pattern stopped hold down the SHIFT key The upper line of select LEDs green will indicate the current pattern length in measures and the lower line of select LEDs red will indicate the beat setting The
130. number during play back that number will blink in the display When the currently playing song ends playback will stop automati cally and the number will remain lit The newly selected song will begin playing when you press the PLAY PAUSE key To play back from the beginning of the current position or song If you press the reset key while the song is playing back the song will play back from the beginning of the pattern that is assigned to the current position of the song To continue playing another a song p 71 Playing back songs in succession Setting the playback tempo TEMPO e etc re 20 0 300 00 Using the dial to set the tempo Use the W cursor keys to select Tempo in the display Turn the dial to adjust the tempo If you want to make tempo adjust ments in units below the decimal point hold down the shift key while you turn the dial 5 Using the tap tempo key set the tempo While a song is playing press the tap key twice or more at the de sired tempo The interval at which you press the key will be de tected and converted into the tempo You can use this method to set the tempo even when the EMX 1 is paused or stopped Locking the tempo of a song BBE Turn the TEMPO LOCK key on if you want to play back the song at the tempo specified by the song If the TEMPO LOCK key is off the tempo will switch to the value specified by the pattern each time the p
131. o select the desired effect type 3 Use the effect knobs and keys to edit the effect The original value icon will light to indicate that knob positions and key settings are the same as in the unedited effect If you want to save the pattern with the effect edits you made here press the WRITE RENAME key p 64 Saving a pattern A The function of the knobs will differ depending on the effect type 43 Effect parameters fe wv fa 9 41 If you have difficulty editing because motion sequence is affecting a knob turn off the motion sequence while you edit p 58 Motion sequence Effect types The effects of the EMX 1 can be classified into the following three groups 1 Stereo This group includes CHO FLG PHASER RING MOD COMPRES SOR DECIMATOR EQ LPF HPF For some of these effects you can adjust the level of the direct sound INPUT L OUTPUT L INPUT R OUTPUT R 2 Mono mix This group includes REVERB MOD DELAY GRAIN SHIFTER TALKING MOD PITCH SHIFTER DISTORTION For some of these effects you can adjust the level of the direct sound INPUT L 2 OUTPUT L INPUT R Z OUTPUT R 3 Stereo cross This group includes BPM SYNC DELAY SHORT DELAY 7 dee INPUT 7 OUTPUT R INPUT L OUTPUT L 42 Effect parameters REVERB Reverb This effect simulates the reverberation and spatial character of a hall Ss LENT t 0 127 Turning the knob toward the right will lengthen the
132. o the EMX 1 s MIDI implementation If you wish to obtain the MIDI imple mentation please contact Korg distributor Do not touch the EMX 1 s keys while a data dump is being executed While you are using the Dump function the EMX 1 can transmit or receive sys tem exclusive data even if the MIDI FILTER pa rameter is set to x 4 When the 1 receives a data dump it will take up to ten seconds for the data to be written into memory the Write Rename key will light Never turn off the EMX 1 s power while this is occurring Doing so may destroy the data Also new MIDI data cannot be received during this time When receiv ing two or more data dumps into the EMX 1 you must allow an appropriate interval of time between each data dump Switching patterns When you switch patterns the EMX 1 will transmit a pro gram change message Cn pp and Bank Select Bn 00 mm control change 00 Bn 20 bb control change 32 mm bank number upper byte bb bank number lower byte If the EMX 1 receives a program change message on the ap propriate MIDI channel it will switch patterns within the same group e g from A01 to A02 If the EMX 1 receives a bank select message it will switch groups e g from A01 to C01 so that patterns of another group can be selected The MIDI mode MIDI Filter setting determines whether the EMX 1 will transmit and receive program changes Bank select MSB LSB Program change P
133. off TIME rt The EG will not cause the volume to decay ROLL On Off Note on Note off Has the same function for a drum part p 30 If Roll is on a roll will continue playing as long as you hold downa step key with the Keyboard function turned on FX SELEC s HON FX1 FX2 FX3 pe zip H On Off Has the same function as for a drum part 30 If the sound does not change when you turn a knob or switch a key it may be that the knob or key is not valid for the part you are editing or that a motion sequence p 34 Motion sequence is operating 4 Pattern mode Modulation These are the parameters that create time varying change such as 1 and EG moputation SPEED 0 127 SPEED DEPTH ls MEN 63 463 ON O Ou amp 5 PITCH PAN OSC EDIT1 OSC EDIT2 CUTOFF Has the same function for a drum part p 30 BPM SYNG On Off O smooth TRIG HOLD sync DEST When you turn this function on the speed of the modulation effect will be synchronized to the tempo If this is lit on modulation will be synchronized with the tempo A If the sound does not change when you turn a knob or switch a key it may be that the knob or key is not valid for the part you are editing or that a motion sequenc
134. or off dark for that part When you execute Pattern Clear SWING SW will be turned on for all parts Applying a roll to a part Selecting a part and turning on the roll effect This switches the Roll rapid successive strikes effect on lit or off dark independently for each part The interval between notes of the roll will depend on the tempo of the pattern the roll type and the amount of swing Setting the roll type Press the part key for the part you want to play a roll Press the ROLL it will light During playback that part will play a roll If the playback is stopped and you press and hold a part key when the ROLL key is on that part will roll as long as you continue hold ing down the key Setting the roll type ROLE TYPE 2 3 4 This setting specifies the number of times the sound will be played during one step by one trigger when ROLL is on If Roll is switched on for a part the part will sound the specified number of notes in each step Press the PATTERN key it will light Use the A W cursor keys to select RollType in the parameter display 4 Pattern mode 123456168 717812345 DRUM PART 2 fe fx fo fu 9 3 4 Turn the dial to set the roll type You cannot apply a roll to note on data from an external MIDI de vice Assigning the output of each part OUTPUT BUS L R
135. osition changes during song playback However even if the position changes the tempo will be maintained if the pattern is the same If you use the dial or tap tempo to change the tempo the tempo setting saved in the song will be changed If you have changed the tempo and then switch to a dif ferent song without writing saving the song whose tempo you changed it will evert to its original tempo If you want to keep the new tempo setting you must W rite the song If you use Event Recording to record tempo events the tempo data will also be updated by those events v p 72 Event recording You can use the dial or tap key to set the tempo regardless of the Tempo Lock key on of f setting You can save the on off state of the Tempo Lock key independently for each song If you want to save the tempo you modified perform the Write operation p 73 Saving a song If you set the MIDI mode Clock setting to EXT the tempo setting of the song and the tempo events in it will be ignor ed fw v p 73 Saving a song fe v fo al 6 N 68 Creating a song You can create a song by arranging patterns in the desired order If while editing a song you switch to a dif ferent song the data you had been editing will be lost If you want to keep the song you edited you must perform the W rite operation p 73 Saving a song Specilying a pattern for each position LL n 001 256 PAT
136. ount of swing 25 Specifying the parts that will swing 25 Applying roll to a part 25 Selecting a part and turning on the roll effect 25 Setting the roll type 25 Assigning the output of each part 26 Adding distortion to increase the impact of the 26 Using the arpeggiator 27 Performing with the arpeggiator 27 arpeggiate a drum part 27 To arpeggiate a synth 27 Specifying the center note 27 Changing the scale of the arpeggiator 28 ARPEGGIO SCALE 28 Editing sounds 29 Editing the sound of a drum part 29 ASSIGNING a wave 29 Editing the Part Common parameters 29 Modulation 2 reniri 30 Editing the sound of a synth part 21 Synth oscillator tetra td 31 Synth filer tie ee 31 Part Common parameters 32 Modulation 33 Adjusting the tuning of a synth 33 Oscillator type list
137. part automati cally 10 Common section 10 11 12 1 AUDIO IN THRU key Selecting this key will send the sound from the au dio in jack directly to the line output jacks and headphone jacks unchanged A This key will have no effect for a synth part whose oscillator type is set to AUDIO IN COMB since turning this key on would simply thru the audio input signal unaffected 2 TEMPO LOCK key If this key is on the tempo will stay at its current value even when you switch patterns 3 AUTO BPM SCAN key If this key is on the tempo will be detected from the music connected to the audio in jack 4 WRITE RENAME key This key allows you to save the changes you make in each mode and to save any pattern set data you edit By holding down the SHIFT key and pressing this key you can rename a pattern or song 5 BEAT LED This LED blinks at quarter note intervals of the current tempo 6 Dial Use this dial to edit the value shown in the dis play 7 A Y cursor keys Use these keys to select a parameter from the ma trix menu The currently selected parameter will be shown in the display 8 Matrix menu The matrix menu lists the parameters that are available in each mode Use the cursor keys to se lect a parameter 9 Mode keys Use these keys to select either the PATTERN mode PART EDIT mode STEP EDIT mode SONG mode GLOBAL mode or MIDI mode 14 1516 10 RESET ERASE key Pressing
138. part keys e Your performance using the Keyboard function Your performance using the arpeggiator e Your knob movements and key operations only for the selected part e Solo and mute operations for the parts Tempo When using Event Recording you can record repeatedly over the same region and layer more of the above listed data on each pass of recording Event Re cording will replace overwrite only the previously existing data that is the same type of event as the newly recorded data Existing events of other types will re main To record using Event Recording 1 Select the song on which you want to use Event Recording 2 Use the A W cursor keys to select Position in the display 3 Use the dial or the select keys to move to the position where you want to start recording 4 Press the REC key and then press the PLAY PAUSE key to start Event Recording 5 Operate the step keys or knobs etc to record your performance 6 Press the STOP CANCEL key to stop Event Recording A If the performance data of the song conflicts with event data the event data will be given priority for playback A Knob movements recorded in Song mode using Event are played back in a way equivalent to the SMOOTH mode of a mo tion sequence not TRIG HOLD mode A If you want to save the data that was recorded by Event Recording you must perform the W rite operation Event data may not play back correctly if you r ewind
139. pattern of an irregular time signature For example if you want to create a pattern that contains eleven beats per measure set Last Step to 11 so that each length of the pattern will be 11 steps Normally Last Step will be 16 it will be 16 if you have selected a 16th note or 32nd note beat but will be 12 if you selected a beat that contains triplets or yet a different value if you have specified an irregular time signature as described above The step keys that lie beyond the Last Step do nothing 1 16 1 Ifthe EMX 1 is playing press the STOP CANCEL key to stop play back 2 Press the PATTERN key it will light 3 Hold down the SHIFT key and press step key 1 The key will blink and the parameter display will read LastStep 4 Turn the dial to set the Last Step and press step key 1 key 1 will go BSB dark If you decide to cancel without setting the Last Step press the STOP CANCEL key If you want to keep the pattern you edited press the WRITE RE NAME key p 64 Saving a pattern If you change the beat Last Step will be reset to 16 or 12 Last Step is a function that is unique to the EMX 1 if you are playing the EMX 1 in synchronization with an external sequencer or a differ ent model of the Electribe series regions where you have used an irregular time signature will not be synchronized If you specify a Last Step that is shorter than
140. po more precisely 20 Using the TAP key to set the 21 Auto BPM Scanning 21 Keeping constant tempo as you change patterns TEMPO LOCK 21 Playing the sound of a part 22 What is a Pare 22 Drum parts 1 5 6A B 7 22 Synth parts 1 5 sse 22 Accent parts drum synth 22 Listening to the sound of a part 22 Listening to the sound of a drum part 22 Listening to the sound of a synth part the Keyboard function e ttes 22 Selecting a 23 23 To select part during playback without causing it to aes 23 Synth patt ii 23 Accent 23 Muting part 23 Soloing part 23 Adding accents to a part 24 Specifying the accent locations and strength 24 Specifying the parts that will be accented 24 Transposing a phrase 24 Making a pattern swing 25 Specifying the am
141. pth Character PCM OSC Waveshape WAV Ecenin eaoaai aeaa in 001 76 Selects the PCM waveform For the available waveforms refer to the PCM wave list p 40 OSC EDITI WavShape 0 127 Adjusts the depth of the wave shaping effect OSC EDI Charactr uicit eins 0 127 Adjusts the tonal character of the wave shaping effect Some synth part waves are themselves sampled chords Of these some arrange several chords across the keyboard as a single wave These are called chord splits Synth part waves 66 72 are chord splits In some locations the pitch may be discontinuous at the transition between chords If you adjust the Transpose p 24 or song mode Note Offset p 68 settings the chord or octave may be different from what you heard while creat ing the pattern AUDIO IN COMB Audio in comb filter This oscillator type uses the audio signal input to the audio input of the EMX 1 as an oscillator and applies a comb filter to this signal Comb Pitch Feedback 2 none OSC EDIT1 Feedback 0 127 Raises the amount of feedback returned to the comb fil ter As the feedback amount increases the comb filter ef fect will be applied boosting the overtones at multiples of the frequency specified by OSC EDIT2 OSC EDIT2 0 127 Adjusts the frequency that will be the axis of the comb filter Drum PCM List
142. ransmitted On the 1 you can select 64 songs If the 1 re ceives a Song Select message when in Song mode it will switch songs You can use the MIDI mode MIDI Filter settings to enable disable transmission and reception of Song Select messages Song Position Pointer If you change the song position of the master de vice clock set to Int while the song is stopped it will transmit a Song Position Pointer message F2 pp pp pp pp lower and upper bytes of the value pp the number of MIDI beats from the beginning number of timing clocks 6 The Song Position Pointer message indicates the location at which the sequencer is currently stopped If the slave clock set to Ext or Auto receives a Song Position Pointer message in Song mode it will change its own current location the location at which its currently selected song is stopped to the same location as the master On the EMX 1 however the length will differ for each pattern so the master and slave will not nec essary be located at the same position If you change the position on the master device to make it transmit a Song Position Pointer message and then press its START PAUSE key a Continue message or a Start message if the position is 001 will be transmitted and the song will begin play ing If a slave receives a Continue message it will be gin playback in synchronization to the incoming Timing Clock from the position indicated b
143. rated OSC EDITZ Color svt 63 63 Adjusts mix balance between the LPF Low Pass Fil ter and HPF High Pass Filter that are placed after the noise generator With a value of 63 only the LPF is heard and with a value of 63 only the HPF is heard fe fx fa fu 9 37 38 PCM OSC COMB PCM oscillator comb filter This oscillator type lets you use one of the 76 PCM sampled waveforms as an oscillator The wide variety of waveforms in cludes acoustic instruments and chords The sound is then output through a comb filter Comb Pitch Comb Filter lt Feedback WAN E 001 76 Selects the PCM waveform For the available waveforms refer to the PCM wave list ep 39 OSC EDITI Feedback 0 127 Raises the amount of feedback returned to the comb fil ter As the feedback amount increases the comb filter ef fect will be applied boosting the overtones at multiples of the frequency specified by OSC EDIT2 OSC EDIT2 CombPtch 0 127 Adjusts the frequency that will be the axis of the comb filter At a value of 0 this will be the basic pitch a value of 31 is one octave higher 63 is two octaves higher 95 is three octaves higher and 127 is four octaves higher PCM OSC WS PCM oscillator wave shape This oscillator type applies a wave shaping effect to a PCM wave form Waveshape Waveshape De
144. rite it into memory p 64 Saving a pattern A The tempo ofthe pattern will return to its original setting if you select another pattern without writing the new tempo A If the TEMPO LOCK key is of f dark and you change patterns the tempo will change to the tempo stored with the new pattern To set the tempo more precisely By holding down the shift key and turning the dial you can adjust the tempo in units below the decimal point i e 120 4 20 Pattern A 01 1234560650707512 34 5 DRUM TD 6 2 RITE ee ne TEMPO SYNTH Tune swing sus suns PATTERN WAVE H 1 s Tex DIO 4 Pattern mode Using the TAP key to set the tempo While a pattern is playing press the TAP key twice or more at quar ter note intervals of the desired tempo The intervals at which you press the key will be detected and the tempo will be set accordingly You can set the tempo this way even when the EMX 1 is stopped or paused Auto BPM Scanning note Detecting the tempo from the input of the AUDIO IN jacks Here s how you can automatically detect the tempo of an audio sig nal input to the AUDIO IN jacks and specify it as the EMX 1 s tempo Press the AUTO BPM SCAN key to begin detection The key will light The parameter display will indicate AutoBPM At this
145. s OFF Active Sense Reset P E Sent and received when MIDI mode MIDI Filter P C respectively are set to O 1 Sent but not received when Global mode Clock is Int When set to Ext received but not sent 2 In addition to Korg exclusive messages also responds to Inquiry messages 3 Contorol Change Nummbar is specified by MIDI mode ASSIGN Mode 1 OMNI ON POLY Mode 2 OMNI ON MONO Yes Mode 3 OMNI OFF POLY Mode 4 OMNI OFF MONO X No Consult your local Korg distributor for more information on MIDI IMPLEMENTATION IMPORTANT NOTICE CONSUMERS This product has been manufactured according to strict specifications and voltage requirements that are applicable in the country in which it is intended that this product should be used If you have purchased this product via the internet through mail order and or via a telephone sale you must verify that this product is intended to be used in the country in which you reside WARNING Use of this product in any country other than that for which it is intended could be dangerous and could invalidate the manufacturer s or distributor s warranty Please also retain your receipt as proof of purchase otherwise your product may be disqualified from the manufacturer s or distributor s warranty KORG INC 15 12 Shimotakaido 1 chome Suginami ku Tokyo Japan 2003 KORG INC Printed in China
146. s meter shows the level of the signal connected to the audio in jack If the input level is too high the CLIP indicator will light Adjust the AUDIO IN LEVEL knob so that the CLIP indicator does not light Knob indicator When you turn a knob data for that knob will ap pear in the parameter display and value display and this indicator will light After a time it will go dark and the previous display will reappear Original value indicator This will light when the value of the currently operated knob is the same as the value stored in the pattern i e the original value 8 Part status indicator This shows the status of the following parameters for each part PLAY Indicates the mute status of each part On lit This part is not muted Off dark This part is muted SWING Indicates which parts have the Swing function enabled To change or view this setting use SWING SW in Part Edit mode On lit Swing is enabled for this part Off dark Swing is disabled for this part ACCENT Indicates which parts will be accented To change or view this setting use ACCENT SW in Part Edit mode On lit Accent is enabled for this part Off dark Accent is disabled for this part OUTPUT L R Indicates the output jack assign ment for each part To change or view this setting use OUTPUT BUS in Part Edit mode On lit This part is being sent to the line out jacks L MONO R Off dark This part is being sent to the
147. scillator sound This is a mon aural jack 6 INDIV OUT 3 4 individual out jacks These are individual output jacks If the output bus of a part is set to 3 4 the sound of that part will be output from these jacks A For all of the factory set sounds the output bus is set to the line out jacks L R 7 OUTPUT L MONO R line out jacks Connect audio cables from these jacks to your mixer or powered monitor amplified speaker system If you are using a monaural connection use the L MONO jack 8 Headphone jack You can connect a set of stereo headphones phone plug to this jack l Parts and their functions la los PATTERN 5016 Cm PLAY SWING ACCENT OUTPUT L R LEE 12345 696B7A7B1 2345 DRUM PART Parameter display This area displays pattern names song names and parameter names Value display This area displays the selected parameter s value PATTERN SONG WAVE indicator When the number of a pattern or song is shown in the value display this will indicate the corre sponding mode SmartMedia indicator This indicator lights when data is being read or written to the SmartMedia A Never remove the SmartMedia or turn off the power while this indicator is lit Doing so may dam age the data Input level meter Thi
148. select drum parts By pressing these keys you can hear the sound that is assigned to each part 2 DRUM PART ACCENT drum accent part key This key selects the drum accent part Step key section 3 SYNTH PART 1 5 synth part keys These keys select synth parts 4 SYNTH PART ACCENT synth accent part key This key selects the synth accent part 1 SHIFT key This key is used in conjunction with other keys Hold down this key and press another key to ac cess the secondary function of that key SHIFT RESET key Erase data from a pattern SHIFT step key Execute the function printed be low the step key SHIFT dial Make larger or finer changes in the value This will depend on the selected part PATTERN key Compare patterns For details on using the shift key with other keys refer to the explanation of each parameter 2 PATTERN SET key By holding down this key and pressing the STEP key you can switch to the pattern that was regis tered for that step key p 60 Pattern Set 12 3 KEYBOARD key When this key is on lit you can use the sixteen step keys as a keyboard to play a synth part p 22 Keyboard function This key will alter nate on off each time it is pressed 4 select keys These keys are used to control the current posi tion in the lower row red of select LEDs These LEDs indicate different information pattern set group keyboard octave step key position
149. song data In addition the state phase of the LFO is reset when you switch to this effect from a different effect type This means that a pat tern song for which you selected this effect set the speed to 0 and wrote the settings into memory may sound differently the next time you select the pattern song PHASER Phaser This effect creates a sense of modulation by cyclically varying the phase of the sound and mixing this phase shifted sound with the original sound EDITI Speed geo ee eem Eee 0 127 Adjusts the speed of the phaser LFO Turning the knob toward the right will speed up the LFO EX EDIT 2 0 127 Adjusts the depth of the phaser Turning the knob toward the right will give the sound a stronger sense of modula tion A If the depth setting is too high distortion may oc cur for some input sounds A If you set the speed setting at 0 the LFO will stop at that position phase The position phase at which the LFO stops is not written into the pat tern song data In addition the state phase of the LFO is reset when you switch to this effect from a different effect type This means that a pat tern song for which you selected this effect set the speed to 0 and wrote the settings into memory may sound differently the next time you select the pattern song RING MOD Ring modulator This effect modulates the sound to give it a metallic character or turn it into a special effect FX EDITI
150. t 3 Hold down the SHIFT key and press step key 13 CARD Key 13 will blink The parameter dis play will read CardMenu 4 Turn the dial to make the value display read For mat and press step key 13 123456065707512 345 DRUM PART 5 The parameter display will ask Sure Turn the dial until the value display reads Yes and then press key 13 to execute formatting If you decide to cancel press the STOP CANCEL key While the card is being formatted the step keys will in dicate the state of progress 6 When formatting is complete or if you selected No and pressed key 13 you will return to the display prior to formatting Key 13 will go dark SmartMedia that was formatted on a device other than the EMX 1 may not be recognized correctly In this case re format it on the EMX 1 Saving data to SmartMedia Save All Here s how you can save all of the EMX 1 s pattern data song data and global data onto SmartMedia 1 Insert the SmartMedia into the SmartMedia slot 2 Press the GLOBAL key It will light 3 Hold down the Shift key and press step key 13 CARD key 13 will blink The parameter display will indicate CardMenu 4 The value display will indicate Load Turn the dial until this indicates SaveAll and press key 13 123456065787512 34 5 DRUM PART BHLIAN 5 Assign a name to the file that you are going to save
151. t Listening to the sound of a drum part Press a drum part key 1 through 7B and you will hear the sound assigned to each key Pressing the drum accent part key will not produce any sound Drum parts 6A and 6B cannot sound at the same time The same is true for parts 7A and 7B 4 Listening to the sound of a synth part the Keyboard function 1 Press one of the synth part keys 1 5 the key will light 2 Press the KEYBOARD key the key will light 3 Use the step keys as a keyboard to play the part Use the select keys to change the octave The select LEDs lower row red will light to indicate the pitch range Pressing the synth part accent key will not produce sound You cannot turn the KEYBOARD key on of f unless one of the synth part keys 1 5 is selected Since each synth part is a monophonic synthesizer it cannot sound two or more notes simultaneously polyphonically 4 4 Drum Part 1 2 4 5 Te 7 8 M Motion sequence Part EU FFFFRP 128 G4 E gt Pitch Range Ono ovo ovo Oso 1 A3 C5 5 7 0 2 2 4 4 6 A6 C8 4 Pattern mode Selecting a part Use the part keys to select the part that you want to edit
152. ta that is moved beyond the ending step of a pattern will be wrapped around to the first step For example if you edit a 64 step pattern by setting Move Data to 5 the data of steps 60 through 64 will be wrapped around to steps 1 through 5 Likewise if you move data beyond the first step it will be wrapped around to the last step B With a setting of 3 The data of each step will be moved three steps toward the end of the pattern Example 2 5 6 9 10 13 14 1 Step Step Step Step Step Step Step Step Step Step Step Step Step Step Step 1 5 7 9 10 11 12 15 14 15 16 Step Step Step Step Step Step Step Step Step Step Step Step step Step 2 6 7 12 13 14 15 16 With a setting of 2 6 Press the blinking step key 2 to execute the Move Data operation data of each step will be moved two steps toward Key 2 will go dark the beginning of the pattern To cancel without executing press the STOP CANCEL key ee a ao paa naa BE eee 5 D eps 4 REPEAT E 0 01 7 15 The maximum number of repeats will depend on the Length and the Last Step This operation lets you copy the specified number of steps from the beginning of the pattern to the end of the pattern for the specified number of times 1 Ifthe EM
153. te name for each drum part If you assign the same note number for two or more parts those parts will sound simultaneously when controlled from an external MIDI device Press the MIDI key Hold down the shift key and press step key 12 MIDI UTILITY key 12 will blink The param eter display will indicate MIDI Util The value display will indicate Filter Turn the dial to change this to DrNote and press key 12 1234561681812 345 1 DRUM Press the drum part key whose note number you want to assign The parameter display will show the name of the selected drum part and the value display will in dicate the corresponding number 123456168717812 345 DRUM PRRT 9 Be Turn the dial to select the desired note number For each drum part that you want to assign repeat the steps of selecting the drum part and then selecting a note number When you have finished making settings press key 12 to return to MIDI mode Key 12 will go dark and the MIDI mode key will light If you decide to cancel press the STOP CANCEL key or press a mode key With the factory settings the drum note numbers are assigned as follows Part Note Drum1 C2 Drum2 D2 Drum3 E2 Drum4 F2 Drum5 G2 Drum6A Drum6B Drum7A Drum7B A The correspondence between note names and note 4 numbers may differ for devices of different manu facturers
154. te intervals Except for when you have selected the 3 4 setting the sound of metronome is output from line out jacks L R and from the headphone jack mixed with the sound of the EMX 1 s playback and audio input 1 Press the A key until the parameter display reads Metronom 123 4 5616871812345 DRUM PART Buenas 2 Turn the dial to make the desired metronome set ting You cannot write the metronome setting When the power is turned on it will always be Off METRONOME RecO Rec1 Rec2 On 3 4 Off The metronome will not sound Rec0 The metronome will sound only during recording when REC and PLAY CAN CEL keys are lit Rec1 When you start recording there will be a one measure count before recording ac tually begins The metronome will sound only during recording Rec2 When you start recording there will be a two measure count before recording ac tually begins The metronome will sound only during recording On The metronome will sound during play back or recording There will be no count before recording begins On 3 4 During playback or recording the met ronome will be output from individual out jacks 3 4 The metronome will not be output from the line out L R jacks or the headphone jack There will be no count before recording begins 6 Global mode Matching the tuning with another instrument You can adjust the basic tuning of the EMX
155. the MIDI channel for synth parts 1 5 and for the drum parts Setting the MIDI channel of each part Set each part to the MIDI channel of the sequencer track you want that part to play and start your external sequencer to hear the sounds Setting the MIDI channel of each part MIDI ch 1 16 Here you can set the MIDI channel for each synth part and for the drum parts The same MIDI chan nel is used for transmission and reception The fac tory settings are as follows Press the MIDI key it will light Use the A W cursor keys to change the display to read MIDI ch Press the part key for which you want to change the MIDI channel the key will light To change the MIDI channel for the drum parts press any of the nine part keys all of the drum part keys will light Turn the dial to select the channel 7 MIDI mode The MIDI channel for synth part 1 that you specify here will also be used to transmit and receive pro gram changes and exclusive data Global MIDI channel Part Channel Synth part 1 global 1 Synth parts 2 5 2 5 Drum parts 1 7B 10 fu fal 9 N si 79 80 MIDLUtility Here you can make MIDI filter settings assign drum note numbers assign control change numbers and transmit receive MIDI data Making MIDI filter settings 4 MIDI FILTER You can select which MIDI messages the EMX 1
156. the SPEED value will shorten the sampling time If the speed is set to a low value and this effect is played back continuously for an extended time the high frequency portion of the playback will gradu ally diminish causing the tone to become softer FX EDIT2 Balance 0 127 Adjusts the balance of the effect sound and direct sound 4 Turning the knob toward the right will increase the effect sound and decrease the direct sound A If the speed setting is low the sampling interval will be long meaning that if you play the keyboard etc manually at a moment in which sampling is not being performed you will not hear any sound CHO FLG Chorus flanger Chorus and flanger are effects that modulate the pitch of a slightly delayed sound and add this to the original sound to create a swirling sensation or a sense of spaciousness FX EDITI Speed es 0 127 Adjusts the speed of the chorus flanger LFO Turning the knob toward the right will speed up the LFO EDIT2 0 127 Adjusts the depth of the chorus flanger effect Turning the knob toward the right will change the effect from cho rus to flanger amp If the depth setting is too high distortion may oc cur for some input sounds amp If you set the speed setting at 0 the LFO will stop at that position phase The position phase at which the LFO stops is not written into the pat tern
157. the input volume is very low there may be no audio output at all EQ Equalizer This equalizer boosts cuts the low and high frequency regions of the sound FX EDIT LowGain The volume of the low frequency region will be cut when the knob is turned toward the left flat when the knob is in the center position and boosted when the knob is turned toward the right FX EDIT2 HighGain The volume of the high frequency region will be cut when the knob is turned toward the left flat when the knob is in the center position and boosted when the knob is turned toward the right A For some input sounds high gain settings may cause distortion LPF Low Pass Filter This is a low pass filter with resonance FX EDITI 0 127 Adjusts the cutoff frequency of the low pass filter Turn ing the knob toward the right will raise the cutoff fre quency FX EDIT2 Resonance Boosts the region of the cutoff frequency giving the sound a distinctive character Turning the knob toward the right will increase the resonance A High resonance settings may cause distortion de pending on the cutoff frequency and the input sound HPF High Pass Filter This is a high pass filter with resonance Cutoff ausente cita eser mirer 0 127 Adjusts the cutoff frequency of the high pass filter Turn ing the knob toward the right will raise the cutoff fre quency FX EDIT2 Resonanc
158. the original number of steps the note data that existed beyond the last step will be masked and will not play back If you change the Last Step back to its previ ous setting this note data will be unmasked and will play as before fe fx fo fu A 9 fs 53 Moving data within a pattern MOVE DATA MOVE REPEAT RANDOM Use this function to move phrase pattern or motion sequence data in units of one step To move data 7 15 7 15 amount by which you can move steps will depend on the Length and on the Last Step setting Here s how to change the location at which the pattern begins If the EMX 1 is playing press the STOP CANCEL key to stop play back Hold down the SHIFT key and press step key 2 MOVE DATA Verify that the display indicates Move and press step key 2 once again The selected part key will blink Press the part or motion sequence keys whose data you want to move at the same time so that these keys are blinking You can hear the sound of a part each time you press its part key Turn the dial to set the number of steps and the direction positive or negative in which you want to move the data To set the value of the digit length before the decimal point hold down the SHIFT key and turn the dial Move Data affects the valid steps of the selected part The valid steps are determined by the Beat Length and Last Step of each pattern Da
159. the previous data will be erased 1 In Pattern mode select the pattern that you want to edit Press a drum part key to select the part that you want to edit 3 Press the motion sequence key to select either SMOOTH or TRIG HOLD 4 Press the REC key to enter record ready mode The REC key will light and the PLAY PAUSE key will blink 5 Press the PLAY PAUSE key to start the pattern The REC key PLAY PAUSE key will light 6 Movethe pitch knob as desired until the pattern completes one cycle 7 When the pattern has played for exactly one cycle after you began moving the knob the REC key will automatically go dark and the pattern will resume playing back allowing you to hear the motion sequence that you recorded A After recording a motion sequence you can edit it by pressing the STEP EDIT key and using MOTION DEST and MOTION VALUE p 60 Editing motion sequence data an sao PART common MODULATION onu TIME uw i 7 onm on B N e Cm Cal mimm pasmon I pa is Bus TUNE SUIDG SU accent SU GATE TIME PROTECT OTE Ne BEND RANGE STEP REC swing ROLL TYPE E ARPEGGIO SCALE COMPARE man
160. the target step in the following ways Hold down the SHIFT key and press a select key to move for ward or backward one step at a time When the KEYBOARD key is off you can press a step key to select the step that corresponds to that key Iv Ithe pattern length is 2 or greater you can use the select keys to switch the select LEDs red and move the target step in units of one length A The maximum number of steps will depend on the length beat and last step setting A When the KEYBOARD key is on the step keys will not indicate the target step Editing the trigger locations the location of the notes Press the PATTERN key or PART EDIT key it will light Press the synth part key that you want to edit The key will light Turn the KEYBOARD key off dark The step keys will indicate the trigger locations for the phrase pat E mue tern of the part you selected 4 4 Pattern mode Press a step key to change the trigger setting for the corresponding location Each time you press a step key the trigger will be switched alternately on lit or off dark You cannot edit the trigger locations when the STEP EDIT key is lit Editing the note number pitch NOTE NO dao dac et intu REM C 1 G9 1 Press the STEP EDIT key it will light 2 Use the A V cursor keys to select NoteNo in the display 3 Press the synth part key that you want to edit The key will light 4 Turn the KEYBO
161. time the tempo setting will remain unchanged When detection is completed the AUTO BPM SCAN key will blink The display will show the detected tempo value If automatic detection is unable to determine the tempo the tempo value display will disappear and will indicate Press the AUTO BPM SCAN key to finalize the tempo the detected tempo will be specified as the TEMPO setting If you decide not to apply the detected tempo value press the TAP key or the TEMPO LOCK key The tempo value will remain at the setting prior to automatic detection Alternatively you can cancel the setting by pressing V cursor keys or a different mode key Keeping a constant tempo as you change patterns TEMPO LOCK note When the TEMPO LOCK key is on lit the current tempo will be used for each pattern you select regardless of the tempo that was saved in memory with the pattern With the TEMPO LOCK key off dark the tempo saved with each pattern will be used When the TEMPO LOCK key is on the tempo will be held even if you stop playback If you want to return to the tempo that is stored in each pattern turn the TEMPO LOCK key off dark and then re select the pattern The state of the TEMPO LOCK key is not saved as part of the pat tern data 1234560008717812345 1 DRUM PART 3 1234560108717812345 DRUM 21 Playing the sound of a part What is a Part A part is
162. tion of the notes 50 Editing the note number pitch 5l Editing the gate 51 Specifying the length and time signature of a 52 To check length and 52 Setting the length 52 Setting the beat 52 Setting the last step 53 Moving data within a pattern 54 To move data 54 copy data repeatedly 54 To move data randomly 54 Transposing the pitch of a synth phrase part 55 Shifting the pitch of note data 55 Randomly shifting the note data of a synth part 55 Copying a part 56 Copying only the sound of a part 56 Erasing the sequence data of a part 56 To erase all of a part s performance data 56 To erase trigger data while recording or playing back 57 Erasing all data from a pattern 57 Comparing the currently edited pattern with the saved pattern COMPARE 57 Motion sequence 58 What is a
163. to a particular place in the order of patterns that recorded played within a song this is the unit by which you will edit a song Song Pattern A 03 Pattern B 01 Pattern A 01 Pattern A 02 E Position 001 Position 002 Position 003 Position 050 Position 051 fe v fo fg 6 Playing a song 1 Press the SONG key The SONG key will light 2 Press the A cursor key until the display reads song name 3 Turn the dial to select a song 501 564 4 Press the PLAY PAUSE key to play back the song the key will light When the song ends playback will stop automatically the key will go dark To pause playback Press the PLAY PAUSE key the key will blink To resume playback Press the PLAY PAUSE once again the key will light To stop playback Press the STOP CANCEL key Fast forwarding or rewinding the playback While a song is playing you can use the select keys to fast forward or rewind Press the select key to fast forward or the lt d select key to rewind If the KEYBOARD key is on hold down the SHIFT key and pr ess a select key Selecting a song Press the A cursor until the display reads song name Turn the dial to select one of the sixty four songs 501 through 564 A You cannot change the song during playback Switching songs You cannot switch the song during playback however you can pre select the song number When you select a song
164. to select the copy source part The copy source key will blink and the copy destination key will go dark You can hear the sound of the copy source by pressing its part key Synth parts will sound at C4 Press step key 4 once again to execute the Copy Part operation If you decide to cancel press the STOP CANCEL key When you copy between parts only the trigger data is copied If the copy operation would result in there being more than 24 mo tion sequences the motion sequences will not be copied Copying only the sound of a part COPY etl 4 Here s how you can copy only the sound settings of another part to the selected part Step data and motion sequence data will not be copied If the EMX 1 is playing press the STOP CANCEL key to stop play back Press a part key to select a destination copy destination for the part being copied the key will light Hold down the SHIFT key and press step key 5 COPY SOUND Key 5 will blink The copy destination part key will begin blink ing Use the dial to select the pattern number of the part to be copied copy source You can press the SHIFT key to view the pattern name of the copy destination Press a part key to select the copy source part The copy source key will blink and the copy destination key will go dark You can hear the sound of the copy source by pressing its part key Synth parts will sound at C4 Press step key 5 once a
165. u want to erase You may select more than one part at this time The selected part keys will blink You can press a part key to hear its sound Synth parts will sound at C4 4 Press step key 7 once again to execute the Clear operation If you decide to cancel press the STOP CANCEL key A When you execute this Clear Part operation on a synth part all steps of the phrase pattern will be set to a pitch of C4 and a gate time of 0 75 vp A Executing the Clear Part operation will not clear the sound settings 1 3 4 E 6 F4 8 1 O 0 0 O 2080800808688 PATTERN lAS COPY QUAM CLEAR STEP DATA PART SOUND _ MOTION PATTERN To erase trigger data while recording or playing back Press the part key to select the part where you will be erasing data eR During playback or recording hold down the SHIFT key and press and hold the RESET ERASE key to erase the data that plays back during that time A For a synth part this erases only the trigger data the note number and gate time for each step will remain Erasing all data from a pattern CLEAR PATTERN This operation erases all of the data from the currently selected pat tern The sound settings of each part the sequence data including motion sequences tempo length and beat wil
166. ully selected parameters of the filter and modulation sections boast a greatly improved range speed and sound quality In addition to four filter types that can dramatically vary the sound generated from the oscillator the new Drive con trol can create the distinctive sound of analog dis 1 Introduction tortion for sharp and powerful analog synth sounds For totally far out sounds we ve added BPF Band Pass Filter Plus with adjustable peak ing plus you can use other parameters in conjunc tion with modulation from the LFO or EG 207 drum waves for immediate use in your dance music The 1 features 207 built in drum waves that have been pre processed to sound their best in your music immediately Analog synthesizer style ease of editing The front panel provides knobs and switches for important sound parameters allowing you to edit sounds in realtime while you perform and letting you create sounds in the same way as on an analog synthesizer Three simultaneous stereo effects processors The EMX 1 provides three stereo effect processors each featuring 16 cutting edge effect types You can use the Chain function to modify the way in which the effects are connected to each other 192 internal patterns programmed for many genres of dance music The EMX 1 can hold 256 patterns in memory Each one lets you store a sound and sequence of up to 128 steps for each part When shipped 192 of the internal patterns are pr
167. um tube 12AX7 ECC83 x 2 Power supply included AC AC power supply Power consumption 23 W Dimensions 358 W x 256 D x 62 H mm including the rubber feet Weight 3 1kg Analog specifications such as output levels are measured at the point where the vacuum tubes have stabilized af ter power on These values may change due to variations in the environmental temperature Ix fa fu fal fo 89 90 Patirn name_iist Electro1 KORG Length PrgHous1 KORG DnB12 The O symbolin the Audio In column indicates that an effect is applied to the audio input James Bernard Audio In HardHs1 Fernando Lopez DnB13 James Bernard UKHouse1 Tomoki Hirata DnB14 James Bernard House1 KORG DnB15 KORG GarageH1 KORG DnB16 KORG FJazz1 KORG DnB17 KORG NuSkIBr1 KORG DnB18 KORG NuSkIBr2 James Bernard DnB19 KORG DnB1 James Bernard DnB20 KORG DnB2 Chris Petti DnB21 KORG DnB3 KORG DnB22 James Bernard DnB4 Chris Petti DnB23 James Bernard HipHop1 David Brant DnB24 James Bernard HipHop2 David Brant DnB25 KORG HipHop3 David Brant DnB26 KORG Trance1 KORG Trance4 KORG Trance2 KORG Trance5 KORG KORG Trance6 KORG
168. verwriting an important song that you want to keep Press the WRITE RENAME key once again to begin saving the data The key will light while the data is being saved and will go dark when saving is completed If you decide to cancel press the STOP CANCEL key With the factory settings the Memory Protect setting is turned on so the data will not be saved Turn the Global mode Memory Pr otect setting off before you execute this operation p 75 Protecting the data in memory Never turn of f the power while data is being saved to memory i e while the WRITE RENAME key is lit Doing so can destr oy the data 5 Song mode 123456168717812 345 DRUM PART 123456168 717812345 DRUM fe fx fo fal 9 7 74 6 Global mode In Global mode you can set parameters such as metronome settings overall tuning memory protect etc To enter Global mode press the GLOBAL key To exit Global mode press a different mode key A If you turn off the power without writing the settings you make in Global mode your changes will be discarded If you want to keep the changes you made perform the Write operation rs p 76 Saving your Global mode settings Setting the metronome These controls allow you to specify how the metronome will operate The metronome is convenient when you are using realtime recording to create patterns The metronome will sound at quarter no
169. will receive and transmit Press the MIDI key Hold down the shift key and press step key 12 MIDI UTILITY key 12 will blink The param eter display will indicate MIDI Util Make sure that the value display indicates Filter and press key 12 123 4 5 6168717812345 1 DRUM The parameter display will read PCEN 1234 56R6B7A7BI 2345 DRUM PART The characters PCEN correspond to four types of message whose status is indicated by an O or in the value display If you want a category of message to be transmitted received set its status to O If you don t want that category of message to be transmitted received set its status to Turn the dial to select O or X for each category of message p Program change bank select and song select transmission reception C Control change transmission reception E Exclusive data transmission reception However while the MIDI Dump page is displayed this data can always be re ceived regardless of this setting N Note message transmission reception When you have finished making settings press the 12 key to return to MIDI mode Key 12 will go dark and the MIDI mode key will light If you decide to cancel press the STOP CANCEL or press mode key Assigning the drum note numbers OA DRUM NOTE NO dp ota C 1 G9 You can assign a MIDI note number as a no
170. y back the identically numbered pattern in synchronization 84 About the MIDI messages used for synchroniza 84 Timing Glock 84 84 Continue Stop eoe moa engen 84 About synchronization Song mode 85 Song Selleck scene iege 85 Song Position Pointer 85 Editing sounds 85 Editing via NRPN sss 85 About system exclusive messages 85 Universal system exclusive messages 85 Appendix 87 Troubleshooting 87 Can t control the EMX 1 via MIDI 87 Sound is distorted 87 Error messages 88 iai sities cbse cas idee tes ERA 88 Restoring the factory settings 89 Specifications 89 Pattrn name list 90 Knob Sw MIDI List 92 Ini 9 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the ELECTRIBE MX subsequently referred to as the EMX 1 The EMX 1 Music Production Station can be used by anyone from beginner to professional to cre ate stunningly original music The panel knobs and keys allow you to edit sounds intuitively and easily and to cr
171. y the Song Position Pointer message it received This lets you playback in synchronization from the desired location in the song just as when playing back in synchronization from the beginning A Song Position Pointer messages are not transmit ted when you use the dial or the select keys to fast forward or rewind during playback 4 Be aware that if you perform such operations dur ing synchronized playback synchronization will be lost Also the playback location will not change if a Song Position Pointer message is received during playback 7 MIDI mode Editing sounds By using MIDI exclusive data dumps you can edit all pat terns or one pattern at a time You can also use NRPN messages to edit the knobs that are valid for each part Editing via NRPN NRPN Non Registered Parameter Number messages are a type of message that can be freely used by any manufac turer to control the assigned parameter number On the EMX 1 you can use control change messages to edit synth part parameters or effect section parameters but NRPN messages are assigned to the drum parts To edit a drum part parameter use NRPN LSB Bn 62 rr and NRPN MSB Bn 63 mm control change 98 and 99 rr mm lower and upper bytes of the parameter number to select the desired parameter Then use data entry MSB Bn 06 mm and data entry LSB Bn 26 vv control change 6 and 38 mm vv upper and lower bytes of the value together expr
172. zed with the BPM FX EDITI 0 Sets the delay time Turning the knob toward the right lengthens the delay time Shortening the delay time can produce a doubling effect giving the impression that multiple instruments are playing together 4 Pattern mode FX EDIT2 Depth m 0 127 Adjusts the depth of the delay and the amount of feed back Turning the knob toward the right makes the delayed sound louder and also increases the amount of feedback Panning each part further left or right creates a deeper sense of spaciousness A If you increase the depth excessively the sound may distort for some time settings or input sources If you lower the time value too far the sound may distort clip MOD DELAY Modulation delay This isa delay that adds a chorus effect by using the LFO to sweep the delay time This is also a tempo delay in which the delay time automatically synchronizes to the tempo FX EDITI Time 1 64 1 1 Adjusts the delay time synchronized to the tempo in note value units Turning the knob toward the right lengthens the delay time You can set this in a range from a 64th note to a whole note XCEDIT2S 0 127 Adjusts the depth of the delay and the amount of feed back Turning the knob toward the right makes the delayed sound louder and also increases the amount of feedback A The feedback sound may disappear if you turn the TIM

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