Document Outline

• Table of Contents
• 1. Introduction
  • Main features
    • Saving your data on the EMX-1
    • About the vacuum tubes
    • What is VALVE FORCE?
    • What is MMT? (Multi Modeling Technology)
• 2. Parts and their functions
  • Top panel
    • Common section
    • Edit section
    • Part select section
    • Step key section
    • Arpeggiator section
  • Rear panel
  • Front panel
    • Card section
  • Items and functions in the display
• 3. Basic operation
  • Preparations
    • Connections
    • Turning the power on/off
      • To turn the power on
      • To turn the power off
  • Playing a Demo song
    • To pause playback
    • To resume playback
    • To stop playback
    • Demo Song List
• 4. Pattern mode
  • Playing patterns
    • What is a Pattern?
    • Playing a pattern
      • To Start playback
      • To pause playback
      • To resume playback
      • To stop playback
    • Selecting a pattern
      • To check which patterns playing
      • To force playback to restart at the beginning of the pattern
      • About the timing of changing patterns
    • Setting the playback tempo
      • Using the dial to set the tempo.
      • To set the tempo more precisely
      • Using the TAP key to set the tempo
      • Auto BPM Scanning
      • Keeping a constant tempo as you change patterns (TEMPO LOCK)
  • Playing the sound of a part
    • What is a Part?
    • — Drum parts (1–5, 6A-B, 7A-B)
    • — Synth parts (1–5)
    • — Accent parts (drum, synth)
    • Listening to the sound of a part
      • Listening to the sound of a drum part
      • Listening to the sound of a synth part (the Keyboard function)
    • Selecting a part
      • Drum part
      • To select a part during playback without causing it to sound
      • Synth part
      • Accent part
    • Muting a part
    • Soloing a part
    • Adding accents to a part
      • Specifying the accent locations and strength
      • Specifying the parts that will be accented
    • Transposing a phrase (Transpose)
    • Making a pattern “swing”
      • Specifying the amount of swing
      • Specifying the parts that will swing
    • Applying a roll to a part
      • Selecting a part and turning on the roll effect
      • Setting the roll type
    • Assigning the output of each part
    • Adding distortion to increase the impact of the sound
  • Using the arpeggiator
    • Performing with the arpeggiator
      • To arpeggiate a drum part
      • To arpeggiate a synth part
      • Specifying the center note
      • Changing the scale of the arpeggiator
      • ARPEGGIO SCALE List
  • Editing sounds
    • Editing the sound of a drum part
      • Assigning a wave
      • Editing the Part Common parameters
      • Modulation
    • Editing the sound of a synth part
      • Synth oscillator
      • Synth filter
      • Part Common parameters
      • Modulation
    • Adjusting the tuning of a synth part
  • Oscillator type list
    • Drum PCM List
    • Synth PCM List
  • Effects
    • Using the effects
      • To apply an effect
      • To edit an effect
    • Effect types
      • 1. Stereo
      • 2. Mono mix
      • 3. Stereo cross
  • Effect parameters
  • Recording a phrase
    • Realtime recording
    • Step recording
    • Recording a phrase during playback (Realtime Recording)
      • To record a drum part
      • To record a synth part
      • To record during playback
      • To erase unwanted triggers during playback (Erase)
    • Step recording
      • To record a rhythm for a drum part
      • To record a phrase for a synth part
      • To input a rest or tie
      • To move the target step
  • Editing sequence data
    • Editing a phrase pattern (Note Edit)
      • Selecting the step you want to edit
      • Editing the trigger locations (the location of the notes)
      • Editing the note number (pitch)
      • Editing the gate time
    • Specifying the length and time signature of a pattern
      • To check the length and beat
      • Setting the length
      • Setting the beat
      • Setting the last step
    • Moving data within a pattern
      • To move data
      • To copy data repeatedly
      • To move data randomly
    • Transposing the pitch of a synth phrase part
      • Shifting the pitch of note data
      • Randomly shifting the note data of a synth part
    • Copying a part
    • Copying only the sound of a part
    • Erasing the sequence data of a part
      • To erase all of a part's performance data
      • To erase trigger data while recording or playing back
    • Erasing all data from a pattern
    • Comparing the currently-edited pattern with the saved pattern (COMPARE)
  • Motion sequence
    • What is a motion sequence?
    • Effects (FX1, FX2, FX3)
    • Drum parts (1–7B)
    • Synth parts (1–5)
    • Accent parts
    • Recording a motion sequence
    • Playing a motion sequence
    • Checking motion sequence data
      • If a motion sequence is recorded for The following key will light
    • Editing motion sequence data
      • Selecting the motion sequence that you want to edit
      • Editing motion sequence parameter values
    • Erasing a motion sequence for a part or effect
  • Pattern Set
    • What is Pattern Set?
    • Performing with a Pattern Set
    • Using Chain Play with Pattern Set
    • Assigning a pattern to a Pattern Set
  • Saving a pattern
    • If you decide not to save a pattern you create
    • Saving by overwriting an existing pattern
      • To overwrite onto a different pattern
    • Saving a pattern under a different name
• 5. Song mode
  • What is a Song?
  • What is the Position?
  • Playing a song
    • To pause playback
    • To resume playback
    • To stop playback
    • Fast-forwarding or rewinding the playback
    • Selecting a song
      • Switching songs
      • To play back from the beginning of the current position or song
      • To continue playing another a song
    • Setting the playback tempo
      • Using the dial to set the tempo
      • Using the tap tempo key to set the tempo
      • Locking the tempo of a song
  • Creating a song
    • Specifying a pattern for each position
      • To play back the completed song from the beginning
    • Transposing the pitch of a Pattern for a specific Position
  • Editing a song
    • Inserting a pattern
    • Deleting a pattern
    • Erasing data from a song
      • If you erase song data by accident
    • Changing the pattern in a specific position
    • Maintaining the part mute settings even when the pattern changes
    • Playing back songs in succession
  • Event recording
    • Recording song event data
      • To record using Event Recording
      • To erase event data from a song
      • To check the event data in a song
  • Saving a song
    • To simply save the song
      • To overwrite onto a different song
    • To rename and save the song
• 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™
    • About cards
    • Handling precautions
    • 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-1 file from SmartMedia (Delete File)
• 7. MIDI mode
  • About MIDI channels
  • Using the EMX-1 as a sound module
    • If you connect a multi-track MIDI sequencer to the EMX-1
  • Setting the MIDI channel of each part
  • MIDI Utility
    • Making MIDI filter settings
    • Assigning the drum note numbers
      • About note-on/note-off
    • Assigning a MIDI Control Change Number to a knob
  • Transmitting sound settings and other data
    • Transmitting/receiving a data dump
      • Transmission
      • Reception
    • Switching patterns
    • Setting the pitch bend range
      • Setting the pitch bend range
  • Synchronizing playback with an external MIDI device
    • To use the EMX-1 as the master, and synchronize an external MIDI device to it
    • To use the external MIDI device as the master, and synchronize the EMX-1 to it
    • Playing back in sync with other Electribe models
      • To make the ES-1 play in synchronization to the tempo of the EMX-1
      • To make the EMX-1 and ES-1 play back the identically-numbered pattern in synchronization
    • About the MIDI messages used for synchronization
      • Timing Clock
      • Start
      • Continue, Stop
    • About synchronization in Song mode
      • Song Select
      • Song Position Pointer
  • Editing sounds
    • Editing via NRPN
    • About system exclusive messages
      • Universal system exclusive messages
• 8. Appendix
  • Troubleshooting
  • Error messages
  • Restoring the factory settings
  • Specifications
  • Pattrn name list
  • Knob/Sw - MIDI List
  • Index