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Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................. 6
2. Front and rear panel ............................................................... 8
3. Basic operation (Quick Start)................................................13
4. Pattern mode.......................................................................... 25
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5. Song mode .............................................................................42
6. Global mode ...........................................................................46
7. Appendices.............................................................................49
1. Introduction
Main features
The data you create on the EM-1
Make connections and play!
Example connections
Preparing to play
2. Front and rear panel
Common section
Effect/Delay section
Part common section
12 3 45
Synth filter section
Part Select section
Sequence Control section
Step Key section
Connector section
123 46
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3. Basic operation (Quick Start)
Conceptual diagram of the EM-1
Listening to a Song
Listening to Patterns
Trying out the functions
Changing the tempo of a song or pattern
Using the dial to change the tempo
Using the Tap Tempo key to change the tempo
Pressing keys to play the sound of a Part
Playing the sound of a drum part
Playing the sound of a synth part (the Keyboard function)
Modifying (editing) the sound of a part
Editing the sound of a drum part
Editing the sound of a synth part
Editing the effect or delay
Playing the sound of a part along with a song or pattern
Editing the sound of a part, effect, or delay while hearing a song or pattern
Modifying (editing) a rhythm or phrase pattern
Realtime recording
Step Recording
Using the step keys to create a drum part rhythm
Using the step keys to create a synth part phrase
Saving a pattern that you create
Using a Motion Sequence
Playing with Pattern Set
Using the EM-1 as a tone generator module
Synchronizing the playback with other ELECTRIBE models
4. Pattern mode
Selecting a pattern
Pattern A.01...d.64
Setting the playback tempo
Tempo 20.0...300.0
About the tempo when you switch patterns (Tempo Lock)
Selecting a part
Drum parts
Synth parts
Accent parts
Creating a pattern
Assigning a wave
Wave (Drum parts) off, 1...144 (Synth parts) off, 1...50
Editing the sound of a part
Drum part Part common section
Synth part Synth Filter section
Cutoff 0...127
Resonance 0...127
EG Int (EG intensity) 64...63
Drive 0 ... 127
Editing the effect or delay
EFFECT
Effect types and parameters
Reverb
Flg./Cho. (flanger/chorus)
DELAY
Time (delay time) 0...127
Depth 0...127
Length, Scale/Beat settings
Length
Setting the Length 1, 2, 3, 4
Setting the Scale/Beat 16, 32, tri, tr2
Swing settings
50...75
Setting the Roll Type
2, 3, 4
Creating a Pattern
Selecting the step (Target Step) Step Rec 1.01...4.16
Changing the trigger settings
Changing the note number (pitch) Note.No C1...G9
Changing the gate time Gate Time 0.25...64.0
Adding accents to the pattern (Accent)
Motion sequence
Playing a motion sequence
Recording a motion sequence
Checking motion sequence data
Convenient functions for editing patterns
Transposing a phrase (Transpose)
Transpose 24...24
Moving data within a part (Move Data)
Shift Data 16...16
Shift Note 24...24
Copying a part (Copy Part)
C.20 A.01
d.01
Data Copy within a pattern
Copying the sound of a part (Copy Sound)
Erasing pattern data from a part
Erasing data during playback or recording (Erase)
Erasing all data from a part (Clear Part)
Erasing motion sequence data from the part, effect, or delay (Clear Motion)
Editing motion sequence data
Selecting a motion sequence
Example
A.01
n
Pattern Set
Using Pattern Set to perform (Pattern Set Play)
Chain Play of pattern sets
Editing the parameter values of a motion sequence
Motion Value *Only synth part
Saving a pattern (WRITE)
5. Song mode
Selecting a song
Song S.01...S.16
Setting the playback tempo
Tempo 20.0...300.0
Creating a song
Creating a song from scratch
Erasing song data (Clear Song)
Specifying a pattern for each position
Position 001...256 Pattern A.01...d.64
Editing a song
Inserting a pattern at a specified posi- tion (Insert Pattern)
Deleting a pattern from a specified po- sition (Delete Pattern)
Changing the pattern for a specific position
5.Song mode
Saving a song (WRITE)
6. Global mode
Metronome settings
Metronome oFF, r-0, r-1, r-2, on
Synchronizing the EM-1 with external MIDI devices (MIDI Clock)
Clock int, Ext
Setting the MIDI channel of each part (MIDI ch)
MIDI ch 1...16
Setting the MIDI note number of a drum part
Drums Note No. C-1...G9
MIDI filter settings
Transmit/receive dump data
Dump Pt.A, Pt.b, Pt.C, Pt.d, SnG, ALL Transmission
Reception
Memory Protect (Protect)
Saving your changes in Glo- bal mode (WRITE)
7. Appendices
About MIDI
1. MIDI channels
2. Note-on/off
3. Switching patterns
Troubleshooting
The display does not light up when I press the Power switch!
No sound!
Sound does not stop!
Sounds or operations are different than when I edited!
Error messages
Restoring the factory set data
Specifications
Er.1 Er.2 Er.9 Full
Index
A
B
C
D
P
R
S
T
W
Pattern Name List
A.33~b.50 : House/Techno
* The first pattern of each style is assigned to step keys 1...16 of the Pattern Set function.
Song Name List
S.01: DrumnBass Demo S.02: Dream Trance Demo S.03: Nu Skool Breaks Demo
ELECTRIBEM (EM-1)
MIDI Implementation Chart
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Wave Name List
Synth Wave Name