Operating instructions

CONTENTS
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................11
WHAT’S AN EMULATOR II?............................................................................................. 12
WELCOME TO THE EII+ and EII+HD ...........................................................................................13
MANUAL RESTORATION NOTES ................................................................................................13
SEND IN YOUR WARRANTY CARD NOW!...................................................................... 14
HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL ........................................................................................... 17
DEFINITIONS: HOW THE EMULATOR II ORGANIZES SOUND ...................................... 18
Sampling Basics .............................................................................................................................18
The Emulator II “Map”.....................................................................................................................19
The Bank ........................................................................................................................................21
The Voice .......................................................................................................................................21
The Preset ......................................................................................................................................21
Voice Processing............................................................................................................................22
The Disk Archives...........................................................................................................................23
The Keyboard .................................................................................................................................24
The Output Channels .....................................................................................................................24
Re-cap ............................................................................................................................................24
Always Remember to Save Your Work..........................................................................................24
OTHER DEFINITIONS ....................................................................................................... 25
THE GUIDED TOURS ..............................................................................26
HOW TO USE THE GUIDED TOURS ................................................................................ 27
GETTING READY FOR THE GUIDED TOURS.................................................................. 27
GUIDED TOUR #1: MEET THE EMULATOR .................................................................... 28
DISK HANDLING............................................................................................................................28
LOADING A PERFORMANCE DISK .............................................................................................28
SELECTING DIFFERENT PRESETS ............................................................................................28
THE EMULATOR II’s “MODULAR” PHILOSOPHY........................................................................29
ACTIVATING and DE-ACTIVATING MODULES, SELECTING FUNCTIONS ..............................30
LOADING OTHER PERFORMANCE DISKS.................................................................................30
TUNING THE EMULATOR II TO OTHER INSTRUMENTS...........................................................31
TRANSPOSING THE KEYBOARD ................................................................................................31
FORMATTING DISKS ....................................................................................................................31
GUIDED TOUR #2: SPECIFYING THE “CURRENT VOICE” ............................................ 32
BACKGROUND..............................................................................................................................32
IDENTIFYING WHICH KEYBOARD KEYS BELONG TO WHICH VOICE ....................................32
GUIDED TOUR #3: THE FILTER and VCA/LFO MODULE............................................... 36
BACKGROUND..............................................................................................................................36
SPECIFYING THE CURRENT VOICE...........................................................................................36