KORG EMX-1 - Manual (Page 3)

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ...................... 7
Main features ................................. 7
Saving your data on the EMX-1 ................................ 8
About the vacuum tubes ........................................... 8
What is ? ................................... 8
What is ? (Multi Modeling Technology) ............. 8
2. Parts and their functions .... 9
Top panel ........................................ 9
Common section ........................................ 10
Edit section ................................................ 11
Part select section ....................................... 12
Step key section ......................................... 12
Arpeggiator section .................................... 13
Rear panel .................................... 14
Front panel ................................... 14
Card section .............................................. 14
Items and functions in the display .. 15
3. Basic operation ............... 17
Preparations ................................. 17
Connections ............................................... 17
Turning the power on/off ............................ 17
To turn the power on .............................................. 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
4. Pattern mode .................. 19
Playing patterns ............................ 19
What is a Pattern? ................................................. 19
Playing a 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
pattern .......................................................... 20
About the timing of changing patterns ..................... 20
Setting the playback tempo ......................... 20
Using the dial to set the tempo. ............................... 20
To set the tempo more precisely ............................... 20
Using the TAP key to set the tempo ........................... 21
Auto BPM Scanning ............................................... 21
Keeping a constant tempo as you change patterns
(TEMPO LOCK) .............................................. 21
Playing the sound of a part ........... 22
What is a Part? ...................................................... 22
— Drum parts (1–5, 6A-B, 7A-B) ............................ 22
— Synth parts (1–5) ............................................... 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) ........................................................ 22
Selecting a part ......................................... 23
Drum part ............................................................. 23
.... To select a part during playback without causing it to
sound ............................................................ 23
Synth part ............................................................. 23
Accent part ............................................................ 23
Muting a part ............................................ 23
Soloing a 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 (Transpose) ................ 24
Making a pattern “swing” ........................... 25
Specifying the amount of swing ............................... 25
Specifying the parts that will swing .......................... 25
Applying a 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
sound ........................................................ 26
Using the arpeggiator ................... 27
Performing with the arpeggiator .................. 27
To arpeggiate a drum part ...................................... 27
To arpeggiate a synth part ...................................... 27
Specifying the center note ....................................... 27
Changing the scale of the arpeggiator ..................... 28
ARPEGGIO SCALE List .......................................... 28
Editing sounds .............................. 29
Editing the sound of a drum part ................. 29
Assigning a wave .................................................. 29
Editing the Part Common parameters ....................... 29
Modulation ............................................................ 30
Editing the sound of a synth part ................. 31
Synth oscillator ...................................................... 31
Synth filter ............................................................. 31
Part Common parameters ....................................... 32
Modulation ............................................................ 33
Adjusting the tuning of a synth part ............. 33