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emu orbit v2 manualThe Dance Planet. Operation Manual. All Rights Reserved. E-mu World Headquarters. E-mu Systems, Inc. U.S.A. P.O. Box 66001 5. Scotts Valley, CA USA Fax:408-438-8612. Europe, Africa, Middle East. E-mu Systems, Ltd. Suite 6, Adam Ferguson House. Eskmills Industrial Park. Musselburgh, East Lothian. Scotland, EH21 7PQ. Important Notice. In order to obtain warranty service on your Orbit unit, the serial number sticker This product is covered under one or more of the following U.S. patents: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, To reduce risk of fire or electric If it should malfunction or break down, This product is equipped with a cord having an The plug must be Check with a qualified electrician or service personnel Periodically wipe the unit with a Do not use solvents or cleaners. This symbol is intended to alert This symbol is intended to alert Do not operate for long Additionally, care must be taken when programming any of the filters This action could If you are unable to insert this plug into the Contact an electrician A. The power supply cord has been damaged; or. B. Objects have fallen, or liquid has been spilled into the product; or. C. The product has been exposed to rain; or. D. The product does not appear to operate normally or exhibits a E. The product has been dropped or the enclosure damaged. Orbit Architecture 4. Connection Instructions 5 Selecting MIDI Channels 12. Selecting Presets 12. Multi-Timbral Operation 1 7. About Orbit 18 Master Tune 21. Transpose 22. Global Bend 22. Global Velocity Curve 22. Mix Output 24. MIDI Mode 24. MIDI Mode Change 25. MIDI Overflow 25. MIDI Enable 25. MIDI Bank Select 25. Preset Change 27. MIDI Controller Assign 27. X Factor Control 27. Tempo Control 28. Retrigger 28. MIDI Footswitch Assign 29. Send MIDI Data 30. Beats MIDI Out 31. User Key Tuning 31. Global Tempo 32. Beats Control 32 Beats Mode 33. Demo Sequence 33. Viewing Angle 34 Modulation Sources 39. Envelope Generators 40. Low Frequency Oscillators 41.http://janaturismointegrato.com/uploads/digidesign-xmon-manual.xml

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MIDI Patch 42. Filter Modulation 43. What is a Filter? 43. Parametric Filters 46. The Z-Plane Filter 46. Orbit Signal Flow 48. Key Number 50. Velocity Curves 50. Realtime Modulation 51. MIDI Realtime Controls 52. Stereo Mix Outputs 54 Preset Name 58. Primary Instrument 59. Secondary Instrument 59. Key Range 59. Primary Key Range 60. Secondary Key Range 60. Coarse Tuning 61. Fine Tuning 61. Volume 61. Pan 61. Primary Alternate Envelope Parameters 62. Secondary Alternate Envelope Parameters 62. Delay 63. Sound Start 63. Reverse Sound 63 Solo Mode 64. Portamento Rate 64. Chorus 64. Crossfade Mode 65. Crossfade Direction 66. Crossfade Balance 66. Crossfade Amount 67. Cross-switch Point 67. Primary Filter Type 67. Secondary Filter Type 69. Auxiliary Envelope 70. Realtime Modulation Control 74. Footswitch Control 75. Pitch Bend Range 75. Pressure Amount 75. MIDI Controller Amount 75. Velocity Curve 76. Keyboard Center 77. Keyboard Tuning 77. Mix Output Assign 78. Preset Links 78. Save Preset 79 Editing Presets 84. Changing the Tuning of an Instrument 84. Chorus 85. Reversing the Instrument 85. Alternate Volume Envelope 86. Working with the Filter 87. Using Orbit with a Sequencer 92. More Advanced Sequencing 92 Instrument Listing 101. Beat Maps 105. Technical Specifications 108. MIDI Specifications 109. Warranty 125. Index 126 Orbit V2 Operation Manual With over 600 of the earth's Orbit features 32 voices of polyphony, 640 presets (384 ROM, 256. RAM), and is 16 part multi-timbral. Edit and tweak Orbit's sounds the If that's not enough, Orbit is. These drum loops aren't Orbit also gives you the ability to literally take these sounds apart and The dynamic multimode and Other features include 3 stereo outputs for individually processing MIDI implementation. In addition, when coupled with E-mu's Launchpad Performance Control- All of us at E-mu hope you have as much fun making music with Orbit Chapter 1: Basic Setup Contents Orbit is organized as shown in the diagram below.http://www.plantarsistem.it/userfiles/digidesign-structure-manual.xml Orbit sound. The fully programmable user presets and the unalterable. ROM presets are organized into five banks of 128 presets each. An instrument is a The primary and secondary layers are essentially two complete sounds Up to four presets can be Linked in order to have more than one preset The linked presets may overlap each other Control. Pedal The Headphone. Output is located Main Outs. Aux. or. Tape In. Mixer \t \t. Amp Home Stereo. System. Speakers. Home Studio. MIDI In. Orbit is controlled by MIDI messages received at the MIDI In Outputs. Orbit is a high quality, stereo audio device. In order to reproduce A stereo setup is highly desirable because Headphones can be The Right Main output jack serves as a T The headphone output The submix outputs do NOT Chapter 1: Basic Setup Computer Additional MIDI Switcher Sub 1 Outputs. Main Outputs Isiiili; MIDI In. In this setup, Orbit is controlled by MIDI messages received at the. MIDI In connector which have been routed by a MIDI switcher. The MIDI switcher allows any MIDI controller such as a MIDI MIDI Out. The MIDI Out jack is normally used to transmit program data to a Outputs. Orbit has three sets of programmable stereo outputs; Main, Sub 1, Orbit V2 Operation Manual To Effect From Effect. Signal is sent out on tip of plug and ET3 Em. Orbit is controlled by MIDI messages received at the MIDI In MIDI Thru. The MIDI Thru jack is used to connect additional MIDI devices Outputs. The Sub 1 and Sub 2 output jacks on Orbit are stereo jacks. The Chapter 1: Basic Setup If a stereo plug is inserted, the Ring of the stereo plug serves as a signal. Return which sums into the Main outputs. Therefore, the Sub 1 and Sub 2 jacks can serve as effect sends and In a pinch, the effect returns Output Section. R Bus. LBus. T'Pf. TiPr. Tip) When power is Switches AC power to Orbit On and Off. MIDI Activity LED. Indicates that MIDI data is being received. Master Menu Select Button.https://skazkina.com/ru/boss-metal-zone-mt-2-manual The Master menu contains parameters that affect the entire An illuminated LED to the left Edit Menu Select Button. The Edit menu is used when you want to change parameters of a The red LED to the left of the enter button flashes to let you know Cursor Controls. These buttons move the cursor to the next parameter on the The cursor Data Entry Control. The data entry control is a stepped, variable control which is used The control increments or decre- This control Volume Control. This is the master volume control for all audio outputs. Note: For Chapter 2: Basic Operation MIDI channel and that the. MIDI Volume is turned up. For more information about. MIDI, see MIDI Realtime. Controls on page 52. Bank. Contents MIDI channel 01-16. As the channel is changed, the display will Volume. MIDI Channel. Program No. Stereo Position. Program Name. Bank No. The displayed preset will be Programs are arranged into 5 Banks can be selected MIDI Channel Parameters. Preset Information Orbit V2 Operation Manual Any of Orbit's 640 presets The X-Factor control further multiplies the Beats can be also linked together to form Songs. Each song can have up Each step of a song can select a certain beat Orbit holds a maximum of 28 songs which can To Enter Beats or Song Mode Beats menu shown below will appear and the Enter LED will be The Enter LED Song numbers are located The song or beat will continue The Master Beats mode plays the preset assigned to MIDI channel 16. If you are in. Multi-mode, you can play along with beats mode on any of the MIDI MIDI Song Start and Stop Beats modes: Factory, See page 3 3 for details. Chapter 2: Basic Operation Beats (0-99) or Songs There are 100 different beats to choose T: Sets the Tempo of the sequence. The tempo is variable from 1 beat- Turning the tempo all the way down In external clock mode, the Rather than change By combining the various On presets where there is one Repeats are not allowed on. GoTo Song or Stop events.http://daniela-vashiron.com/images/combi-case-erector-manual.pdf Moving the data entry control one. Master Menu for additional Enter, the Song will begin If the cursor is underneath Chapter 2: Basic Operation The diagrams below show a few examples of how songs can be Beat 1 8. GoTo El Beat 23. Stop. In the above example, beat 7 plays once, and then beat 18 plays once. At event E2, the song jumps back and repeats E0 and El. When events. E0 and El have looped 16 times, the song moves on to step E3, E4, In the above example, beats 21, 30 and 62 are simply repeated Beat 51. Beat 40. GoTo S20 Beat 7. Instead of jumping to a previous step, song 23 jumps to song 20 in the Orbit V2 Operation Manual To access multiple presets on different MIDI Up to 16 channels can be selected Channel 01. Volume. Pan. Channel 02. Channel 03. Channel 16. Each of the 1 6 MIDI channels can be assigned to play a specific Orbit preset. Chapter 2: Basic Operation To perform this modern miracle, sounds and instrument waveforms. After the sounds and Conceptually, the sampling process is very simple, as shown in the. Basic Sampling System diagram. As a sound wave strikes the Of course, playing back 32 Basic Sampling System. Orbit. Converter To enable the Master menu. Press the Master key, lighting the LED. The current screen will be To select a new screen. Press the cursor key repeatedly (or hold the right cursor key while Rotate the data entry control to select an- To modify a parameter. Press the cursor key repeatedly (or hold the right cursor key while To return to Preset Select mode. Press the Master key, turning off the LED. A master tune setting of This function only affects presets which have their individual pitch This function allows you to select Chapter 3: Master Menu MIDI channels to the Submix T Warning: Presets can not Orbit units unless the ID This function allows you to override the output assignments made in This also allows you to change the output assignment of the factory If no plugs are inserted into This function selects one of the four MIDI modes and the MIDI system Omni mode. Orbit responds to note information on all MIDI channels and Poly mode. Orbit only responds to note information received on the cur- Multi mode. Orbit responds to data on any combination of MIDI channels and Mono mode. Orbit responds to data on any combination of MIDI channels but If a new note on a channel ID number. This function allows an external programming unit to distinguish In this case, each unit should have Orbit V2 Operation Manual Overflow can be turned On or Off. When in MIDI Multi mode, this function lets you turn each MIDI MIDI Enable only operates in Multi. Mode. The MIDI specification only allows for 128 presets per MIDI channel. This function selects which bank of 128 presets will be used for Banks can be set for each. MIDI channel. This function allows you to access all 640 presets in. Orbit without using a MIDI bank select command. Selected. Program Program. This chart shows how MIDI preset changes can be re-mapped. In this example, program All other programs will be selected normally. Orbit V2 Operation Manual Note that a MIDI Orbit allows you to assign up to four realtime control sources from These control sources could be modulation In this screen, you set up which What effect the controller will The Orbit MIDI con- Note: If controller Beats mode. Two controllers can be assigned to move the X Factor With a wheel assigned to Factor setting. Moving the wheel back down returns the X Factor to its The pitch wheel (pwh) can be assigned to both This controller is MIDI Realtime Controls in the. Programming Basics section. Control and Scratch settings See Send MIDI Data. Chapter 3: Master Menu T When the Global Tempo is. Control parameter will not T When the Global Tempo is This function allows MIDI controllers to change the Global Tempo A different controller can be The Pitch Wheel can be MIDI Controller values are added to. When the controller is This controller This control has no effect The rate of retriggering is based on the Global. Tempo which is divided down by the Retrigger Rate parameter. A MIDI Dbl. Double Whole Notes. DbIT -. Double Whole Note Triplets. Whole -. Whole Notes. WhIT -. Whole Note Triplets. Half -. Half Notes. HalfT -. Half Note Triplets. Quarter Notes. Quarter Note Triplets. Eighth Notes. Eighth Note Triplets. Sixteenth Notes. Sixteenth Note Triplets. Thirty-second Notes. Thirty-second Note Triplets. Sixty-fourth Notes. Sixty-fourth Note Triplets. Orbit V2 Operation Manual When this function is On, the speed that you move the pitch wheel Like the MIDI Controllers, 3 MIDI footswitches can be assigned to. MIDI footswitch numbers. Footswitches can be assigned numbers from Chapter 3: Master Menu T Warning: When transfer- Orbit to another, the ID This function will send MIDI System Exclusive data to the MIDI Out Using the cursor key and the data entry User Beat Data. Transmits all User Beat data (tempos, X factor, preset) and all user. Song Beat data (events, repeats, jumps). Master Settings. Transmits all parameters in the Master menu except tuning table. Tuning Table. Transmits only the user tuning table. Factory Presets. Transmits all the factory ROM presets. User Presets. Transmits all the user presets. Any Individual Preset. Transmits only the selected preset. The Enter LED will be flashing. Press the Enter button to confirm the To Record MIDI Data into a Sequencer: To Receive MIDI Data from a Sequencer: Sending data Orbit V2 Operation Manual MIDI as the Beats are playing.In addition to standard twelve tone equal temperament, Orbit con- Gamelan) and one user definable tuning. User Key Tuning allows you The pitch of every The key name is MIDI key number is variable from to 127. Key Name Fine Tuning. Coarse Tuning. In some cases you may want to start Beats mode along with an Song Select or. MIDI clocks are not affected by this function. You can also use the Enabled See Send MIDI Data. Chapter 3: Master Menu Control parameter will not This function sets the tempo for Beats mode, Synced LFOs and the. Retrigger features. This tempo setting is the same as shown in Beats This function allows you to control Beats mode using standard MIDI MIDI key number can be assigned to the three controls, but they must Omni mode, in which case all channels are accepted. These keys only Orbit V2 Operation Manual Tempo, Constant T, X, P and User Settings. These modes affect the Factory Settings. The Tempo, X Factor (transpose) and Preset are These can be changed, but The Factory settings of Preset and X Factor will Tempo can be user-adjusted and will remain Tempo, X Factor and Preset are user-adjustable All Beat parameters (Tempo, X-Factor, Preset) are Orbit contains a play-only demo sequencer to give you an idea of Press either cursor key to Demo Select screen will appear and the first sequence will begin play- Pressing the. Enter button again will stop the sequence and return you to the first. Demo screen. The angle is Negative values make the display easier Your initial involvement with Orbit will most likely consist of using While the factory You may also want to make your own custom presets using complex Presets can be made up of both a primary and secondary instrument. One way to create a keyboard split is assign an instrument to a specific Using a combination of 4 linked presets and the primary and second- Zone 1. Zone 2 Remember that each preset can consist of both a primary and secondary instrument. You can simulta- To modulate something we need a modulation source and a modula- If we had a device that would Therefore in the case of volume, Two main types of modulation In the example above, an envelope generator could be routed to Turning the volume control back and forth on your home stereo is an example of. Amplitude Modulation. Orbit V2 Operation Manual Values which are generated at the start of a note and do not change Keyboard Key. Which key is pressed. Key Velocity. How hard the key is pressed. Values which can be continuously changed during the entire duration Pitch Wheel. A synthesizer pitch bend wheel. Miscellaneous Controllers (4). Any type of MIDI controller data. Keyboard Pressure (mono aftertouch). Key pressure applied after the key is initially pressed. Polyphonic Key Pressure. Pressure from a controller capable of generating polyphonic Low Frequency Oscillators (2). Generate repeating waves. Envelope Generators (3) Changes a parameter when one of the three footswitches are pressed. Organ. String. Plucked Each channel of the Orbit One of the envelope generators, the. Alternate Volume Envelope, controls the volume of the primary or Sustain, and Release. The other envelope, the Auxiliary Envelope, can Decay, Sustain, and Release. The time of each stage can be adjusted to Envelope parameters can be described as follows. The time between when a key is played and when the attack The time it takes to go from zero to the peak (full) level. The time the envelope will stay at the peak level before starting The time it takes the envelope to go from the peak level to the The level at which the envelope remains as long as a key is held The time it takes the envelope to fall to the zero level after the Sustain A y Orbit V2 Operation Manual If the key is released during the Hold (H) phase, the Release phase begins. The LFO waveforms are: Triangle, Sine, Square, Sawtooth, and Ran- By examining the diagram of the LFO waveforms, you can see how the. LFO will affect a modulation destination. Suppose we are modulating The sine wave looks smooth, and will The square wave changes abruptly, and The sound's pitch will follow the same course. Controlling the pitch Triangle. Sine. Square. Sawtooth. Random. Lr a. Chapter 4: Programming Basics Negative Amount. Inverted Sawtooth. The LFO can also be Synced the tempo programmed in the beats Orbit lets you connect the modulation sources in almost any possible You can even modulate other Keyboard and velocity sources can be Realtime modulation sources can be simultaneously patched to any 8 Modulation. Source. Destination. Primary. Sources. Destinations Wheel. Pressure Pitch. X Fade. Throughout the 1990s, E-mu made many different sound modules along the lines of the Proteus series. E-mu also made unsuccessful attempts at breaking into the digital multitrack recorder with the Darwin hard-disk recording system.A complementary line of keyboard synthesizers was also released using the same technology.In 2004 E-mu released the Emulator X, a PC-based version of its hardware samplers with extended synthesis capabilities. While a PCI card is used for audio input and output, the algorithms no longer run on dedicated hardware but in software on the PC. Proteus X, a software-based sample player, was released in 2005.All of the cards had drivers for Microsoft Windows 2000 and later versions that were current at time of the respective products' release. (32- and 64-bit). Only a beta version driver was released for Windows 7. Apple Macintosh support appeared to be pending, but may have been affected by Apple's migration towards Intel. Notably, the cards and drivers entirely omit internal ' wavetable ' sample-based MIDI synthesis, Creative's proprietary EAX sound routines and basically anything commonly associated with the parent company. Although the cards were rushed into market and originally came bundled with fairly raw drivers (which have subsequently received periodical major improvements and even additions beyond the advertised specifications), they have generally met with rather favourable reviews.Future Music. No. 22. Future Publishing. August 1994. p. 27. ISSN 0967-0378. OCLC 1032779031. Future Music. No. 56. Future Publishing. May 1997. p. 32. ISSN 0967-0378. OCLC 1032779031. January 21, 2007. January 21, 2007. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. The site may not work properly if you don't update your browser. If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit old reddit. Press J to jump to the feed. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts Log in sign up User account menu 72 E-MU Command Station, anyone still use one? Since you can drive any other gear with it, and can get those sounds as samples anyway, it's pointless to spend much on them unless you wanted to get into the deeper synthesis capabilities. And on that note. it is DEEP. Whether it's worth your time invested to learn is up to you. A favorite is using the 16 knobs for step sequence programming, where zero turns off the step and any other value sets the velocity for that step. Super easy to create dynamic patterns. But they allways spiked my interest. I'd like to get my hands on one some day. These units were only sample playback. Though you could somehow burn your own with an E4 or some variation of the E4 (Ultra?) and a special Emu flash ROM. One of the three synths I have sitting next to me. Mine is the XL7, which unaccountably came with an extra Composer ROM in it. Rock solid, sequencing is on point, 128 voice polyphony, sequencer that works inside and outside the box, and sounds that still rock after all these years. A real powerhouse. Not for the faint hearted, not so easy to use, but a fantastic one. I'd love to get my hands on one of these EMU series. Are they grooveboxes or what. All rights reserved Back to top. E5000 Ultra 15 E Getting started E-64 45 E Operation manual E-64 45 G Owner's guide E6400 Ultra 10 E Hardware manual E-drum digital percussion module 10 E Owners manual E-loader 10 E Operation manual E-loader 10 E QuickStart manual Emax 10 E Diagnostics and trimming manual Emax 10 E Harddisk supplement Emax 10 E MIDI and RS-422 specifications Emax 30 E Owners manual Emax 10 E SCSI interface instructions Emax 10 E Upgrade manual (Emax to Emax SE) Emax II 10 E Diagnostics and trimming manual Emax II 5 E Elements of sound Emax II 10 E Getting started Emax II 10 E Memory expansion Emax II 45 E Operations manual Emax II 10 E Stereo sampling retrofit upgrade manual Emax Plus 10 E SCSI port retrofit manual Emax SE 10 E SCSI port retrofit manual Emax SE 10 E Upgrade manual (Emax to Emax SE) Emulator 10 E Master sound library diskette index Emulator 10 E Operating instructions Emulator 10 E Sound description Emulator 10 E User guide v1.00 Emulator AVI analog voltage interface 5 E Owners manual Emulator II 10 E 1MB memory expansion installation Emulator II 5 E Attack time modification procedure Emulator II 15 E Circuit drawings Emulator II 10 E Diagnostics manual Emulator II 10 E HD conversion manual Emulator II 5 E Memory - theory of operation Emulator II 10 E Operation manual - Harddisk supplement Emulator II 5 E OS 3.1 upgrade Emulator II 5 E RS-422 circuit drawings Emulator II 5 E RS-422 specification Emulator II 40 E Service manual (partial:chapters 0,1,2. If you've read the previous Proteus reviews, you'll recognise these: Processor A has 44 effect types and is primarily concerned with Reverb and Delay effects, and Processor B has 32 types concentrating on chorus, flange, delay and distortion. I don't think anyone ever bought an Emu module for its effects: the four-buss effects-routing system, in particular, feels primitive and restrictive compared to other synths that, for example, offer a separate send amount for each patch in a multitimbral setup. The implementation also results in some annoying compromises if you want to make extensive use of the internal effects. I obtained the most workable results by globally defining how each MIDI channel should be routed and then working with effects at Global rather than Patch level.The company's recommended retail price (the one that SOS always prints in reviews) is ?899, but Emu seem to be heavily discounting it to retailers, with the result that it's available in many places for more like ?799 (the actual price I've seen in at least two places). Now, we're all familiar with the idea that no-one ever seems to pay the full RRP, but this is a serious discount (the same thing seems to be happening with the Command Station modules, which were launched at ?999 — the price at the time of November 2001's SOS review — have now had their RRP cut to ?899, and are also available on the street for ?799 and under). It's stocked full of useable 'everyday' sounds, and the raw samples are highly 'musical', requiring little additional work (and you can soon create patches much better than the factory ones by exploiting the 2500's mind-bending modulation routings and Z-plane filters). The polyphony of 128 notes is not to be sniffed at, and the three expansion slots should ensure the 2500 can grow with you. It has an excellent user interface and happens to incorporate exactly the level of functionality and useability that, for me, makes working with it a pleasure. I particularly liked the pattern mode implementation, which offers sufficient hands-on interaction to make live performance a joy too. The arpeggiator is well-specified and the physical controls are a significant bonus, adding flexibility and playability to an already versatile instrument. Perhaps the 2500 was conceived as a live-oriented rackmounted sequencer first and a multitimbral module second. In which case, the additional MIDI Out makes sense. I think a floppy drive would still have been valuable for the easy transportation of MIDI files between different sequencers — as it is, Emu appear to assume that all musicians have computers. While this might one day be true, it's highly irritating having to use a proprietary piece of software to perform OS upgrades. My final moanette concerns the buss system and effects processors that are limiting, uninspired and hardly worthy of this otherwise excellent synth. However, thanks to that competitive price, I can't see any of these shortcomings denting the popularity of this module too much. This particular opportunity for catharsis came about at the outset, thanks to Emu's method of upgrading the 2500's Operating System. As is usual with a new synth, my first act on receiving the 2500 was to surf to the company's web site and check I had the latest version of the operating system installed. Sure enough, my module had OS v1.17 and v1.18 was sitting waiting for me to download. Once that was done, I realised that Emu don't supply this OS upgrade as a Standard MIDI File. Instead, it appears in a proprietary file format, and, worse, you need to install a separate program to actually perform the upgrade. I dutifully installed this program — E-Loader — on my studio Windows PC and ferried the OS file from my net-surfing PC to the studio one.