Korg EMX-1 Block diagram

Block diagram

	Synth Part 1						Output Bus = 3/4	to 3/4 Bus
		Mod Type, Dest, Speed, Depth, BPM Sync					Output Bus = 3/4	to 3/4 Bus
		Mod Type, Dest, Speed, Depth, BPM Sync
	OSC Type,		Modulation					to FX1 Bus
								to FX1 Bus

	Wave,		Filter Type,		EG Time		FX Select,	to FX2 Bus
	OSC Edit1,			EG Int EG Amp EG Type			FX Send	to FX2 Bus
	OSC Edit1,
	OSC Edit2,		Cutoff,					to FX3 Bus
Audio In Level,	Glide		Resonance	Drive		Level	Pan	to FX3 Bus
Audio In Level,	Synth OSC		Multi Mode		Driver	Amp	Pan
Line/Mic			Multi Mode
Line/Mic			Filter					to L/R Bus
			Filter					to L/R Bus
Audio In Audio In
Thru	Synth Part 2
	Synth Part 2
	Synth Part 3							Free Assignable Motion Sequence
	Synth Part 4							Free Assignable Motion Sequence
	Synth Part 4							Motion Seq	x 24
	Synth Part 5							Motion Seq	x 24
	Synth Part 5							Destination Part,
								Destination Part,
								Destination Parameter
	Drum Part 1				Output Bus = 3/4		to 3/4 Bus
	Mod Type, Dest, Speed, Depth, BPM Sync				Output Bus = 3/4		to 3/4 Bus
	Mod Type, Dest, Speed, Depth, BPM Sync
	Modulation						to FX1 Bus
							to FX1 Bus
			EG Time			FX Select,	to FX2 Bus
			EG Amp EG Type			FX Select,
						FX Send
						FX Send
	Wave, Pitch		Level		Pan		to FX3 Bus
			Level

	Drum OSC		Amp		Pan		to L/R Bus
							to L/R Bus
	Drum Part 2							Metronome	to L/R Bus
	Drum Part 3							Metronome	to 3/4 Bus
	Drum Part 3								to 3/4 Bus
	Drum Part 4
	Drum Part 5
	Drum Part 6A
	Exclusive
	Drum Part 6B
	Drum Part 7A
	Exclusive
	Drum Part 7B
	Effect Type,
	FX Edit1, FX Edit2
FX1 Bus	Effect 1	FX Chain
			Effect Type,
			FX Edit1, FX Edit2
	FX2 Bus		Effect 2		FX Chain
					Effect Type,
					FX Edit1, FX Edit2		...	...
							...	...
			FX3 Bus			Effect 3		VALVE FORCE	Master
								VALVE FORCE	Master
								Tube Gain	Volume
								Tube	Output L
						L/R Bus			& Headphones
								Tube	Output R

3/4 Bus

Indv.Output 3

Indv.Output 4

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Contents

Page Precautions Table of Contents Oscillator type list Effects Effect parameters Recording a phrase 5. Song mode Playing a song Creating a song Editing a song Event recording Global mode Using SmartMedia™ MIDI mode MIDI Utility Transmitting sound settings and other Page 1. Introduction Main features Page 2. Parts and their functions Top panel Common section Edit section Part select section Step key section Arpeggiator section Rear panel Front panel Items and functions in the display Page 3. Basic operation Preparations Connections Turning the power on/off Playing a Demo song Demo Song List 4. Pattern mode Playing patterns Playing a pattern Selecting a pattern Page Playing the sound of a part Listening to the sound of a part Selecting a part Muting a part Soloing a part Adding accents to a part Transposing a phrase (Transpose) Making a pattern “swing” Applying a roll to a part Assigning the output of each part Adding distortion to increase the impact of the sound Using the arpeggiator Performing with the arpeggiator Page Editing sounds Editing the sound of a drum part Page Editing the sound of a synth part Page Adjusting the tuning of a synth part Oscillator type list (Wave form) CHORD OSC (Chord oscillator) UNISON OSC (Unison oscillator) RING MOD OSC SYNC (Oscillator sync) VPM OSC (VPM oscillator) (Wave shaping) (Additive oscillator) AUDIO IN+COMB (Audio in + comb filter) Drum PCM List Synth PCM List Effects Using the effects To edit an effect Effect types Effect parameters (Modulation delay) CHO/FLG(Chorus/flanger) PHASER(Phaser) TALKING MOD (Talking modulator) PITCH SHIFTER (Pitch shifter) COMPRESSOR (Compressor) DISTORTION(Distortion) DECIMATOR(Decimator) Page Recording a phrase Recording a phrase during playback (Realtime Recording) Step recording Page Editing sequence data Editing a phrase pattern (Note Edit) Page Specifying the length and time signature of a pattern Page Moving data within a pattern Transposing the pitch of a synth phrase part Copying a part Copying only the sound of a part Erasing the sequence data of a part Erasing all data from a pattern Comparing the currently-editedpattern with the saved pattern (COMPARE) Motion sequence Recording a motion sequence Playing a motion sequence Checking motion sequence data Editing motion sequence data Erasing a motion sequence for a part or effect Pattern Set Performing with a Pattern Set Using Chain Play with Pattern Set Assigning a pattern to a Pattern Set Saving a pattern Saving by overwriting an existing pattern Saving a pattern under a different name 5. Song mode Playing a song Selecting a song Page Creating a song Specifying a pattern for each position Transposing the pitch of a Pattern for a specific Position Page Editing a song Inserting a pattern Deleting a pattern Erasing data from a song Changing the pattern in a specific position Maintaining the part mute settings even when the pattern changes Event recording Recording song event data Saving a song Page 6. Global mode Setting the metronome Matching the tuning with another instrument Protecting the data in memory Exchangeing the arpeggiator functions Saving your Global mode settings Using SmartMedia™ Formatting SmartMedia Saving data to SmartMedia (Save All) Loading all data from SmartMedia into the EMX-1 Loading a single pattern from SmartMedia (Load Pattern) Deleting an EMX-1file from SmartMedia (Delete File) 7. MIDI mode Using the EMX-1as a sound module Setting the MIDI channel of each part MIDI Utility Making MIDI filter settings Assigning the drum note numbers Assigning a MIDI Control Change Number to a knob Transmitting sound settings and other data Transmitting/receiving a data dump Switching patterns Setting the pitch bend range Synchronizing playback with an external MIDI device Playing back in sync with other Electribe models About the MIDI messages used for synchronization About synchronization in Song mode Editing sounds Editing via NRPN About system exclusive messages Page 8. Appendix Troubleshooting Error messages Specifications Pattrn name list Page Knob/Sw - MIDI List Index Page Page Block diagram ELECTRIBE·MX (EMX-1) MIDI Implementation Chart Page IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS