- •Contents
- •Introduction
- •Introduction
- •Important Upgrade Information
- •About EOS
- •Graphic User Interface
- •Sequencer and Data Filer
- •Sound Libraries
- •Sound Storage
- •Advanced DSP
- •Built-in Digital Effects
- •More Digital Processing Features
- •Power Up!
- •Loading a Bank from the Hard Disk
- •Loading SoundSprints
- •Selecting Presets
- •Lock Button
- •Saving
- •Arpeggiator
- •Keyboard Modes
- •Whole
- •Layer
- •Split
- •Multi
- •The Basics
- •How Sounds are Organized
- •The Sample
- •Voices
- •The Preset
- •SoundSprint
- •Bookmarks
- •The Bank
- •Folders
- •The Internal Drive
- •To Update the EOS Software:
- •External Drives
- •Sample Memory & Preset Memory
- •Sound ROM & Sound RAM
- •Five Types of Memory
- •Flash Sound RAM
- •Sample Numbers
- •Using Preset Flash Memory
- •Using Sound Flash Memory
- •Modules
- •Saving
- •Default
- •Icons
- •The Cursor
- •Data Entry Control & Increment/Decrement Buttons
- •Selecting
- •Using The Browser
- •Guided Tours
- •Banks, Sequences, Presets & Samples
- •Loading a Bank Automatically
- •Loading a Sequence from a Different Bank
- •Loading Standard MIDI Files
- •Saving Banks
- •Finding Banks, Presets, Samples & Sequences
- •Naming Banks
- •Erasing Banks
- •Assignable Keys
- •Recording a Sequence
- •Arpeggiator Sequencing!
- •A Practice Sampling Session
- •Exploring the Preset
- •Which Voices are Assigned to the Keyboard?
- •Creating a Link
- •Master Menu
- •Overview
- •Memory Statistics
- •Master Utilities
- •Assignable Keys
- •Channel Volume
- •Tones
- •Recalibration
- •Test Access
- •About…
- •Bank
- •Erase Bank
- •Name Bank
- •Auto Bank Load
- •Flash Utilities
- •Using Sound Flash Memory
- •Erase the Bank
- •Load the Bank you Wish to Save to Flash
- •Save the Sounds to Flash
- •Mount the Drive
- •Erase the Bank…again
- •Erase Preset 000
- •Merge the Presets
- •Save the Presets
- •Setup
- •Tune
- •Tuning Offset
- •Transpose
- •Audition Key
- •Input/Output
- •Headroom
- •Output Boost
- •Output Format
- •ADAT Output Dither
- •Default Clock
- •Word Clock In
- •WC Phase In/Out
- •Miscellaneous
- •Contrast
- •Wrap Field Selection
- •Screen Saver
- •Disable Sound ROM
- •Zero Crossing Threshold
- •Background
- •Undo/Redo Enable
- •SCSI/Disk
- •SCSI ID
- •SCSI Termination On/Off
- •Avoid Host on ID
- •Disk Button Goes To:
- •Import Options
- •Master Effects
- •Use Master Effects Settings in MultiMode
- •Master Effects A
- •A EFFECT TYPES
- •Master Effects B
- •B EFFECT TYPES
- •Effects Setup
- •Effects Control
- •Sequence Manage
- •MIDI
- •MIDI Mode
- •Basic Channel
- •MIDI Mode
- •MIDI Device ID
- •Local Control
- •Multimode - MIDI Mix
- •MIDI Controllers
- •About MIDI Controllers
- •MIDI Preferences
- •Velocity Curve
- •Controller #7 Sensitivity
- •Controller #7 Curve
- •Global Pedal Override
- •Receive Program Change On/Off
- •Send Program Change On/Off
- •Magic Load Preset
- •Effects
- •Effects
- •Dual Effects Processor
- •The Effects Sends
- •Effect B Into Effect A
- •Three-way Effects Control
- •Effects Programmed in the Preset
- •Master Effects
- •Using Master Effects Settings in Multimode
- •Using the Effects Channel Settings in Multimode
- •Effects Bypass
- •Effect Descriptions
- •A EFFECT TYPES
- •B EFFECT TYPES
- •Reverb
- •General Descriptions of Reverb
- •Chorus
- •Doubling
- •Slapback
- •Stereo Flanger
- •Delay
- •Stereo Delay
- •Panning Delay
- •Dual Tap
- •Vibrato
- •Distortion
- •Sequencer
- •Sequence Manage
- •Recording MIDI SysEx
- •Important Information for Loading Standard MIDI Files
- •Name Sequence
- •Export
- •Transport Controls
- •Sequencer Utilities
- •Erase
- •Copy Sequence
- •Sequencer Memory
- •Jukebox
- •Sequence Edit
- •The Sequence Edit Screen
- •Track Mode
- •Track Numbers
- •Counter Display
- •Tempo Display
- •MIDI Channel Modes
- •Volume - Pan - Submix
- •The Initial Track State Screen
- •Initial Tempo
- •Editing: Cut, Copy & Paste
- •Cut/Copy/Erase
- •Note Erase
- •Erase
- •Delete
- •Paste
- •Insert
- •Replace
- •Track Delete
- •Track Copy
- •UNDO! (REDO!)
- •Tools
- •Quantize
- •Quantize -1/4 Note
- •Quantize - 8th Notes, Swing 60%
- •Quantize - 8th Notes, Swing 67%
- •Quantize - 8th Notes, Swing 75%
- •Transpose
- •Sequence Velocity
- •Channelize
- •Channel Extract
- •Setup
- •Metronome
- •Sequence Clock
- •Sequence Input
- •Sequence Record
- •Start Record -
- •Count In
- •Sequence Loop
- •Transport
- •Track Status Options:
- •Received MMC Commands
- •Locate
- •Sample Manage
- •Overview
- •Sample Utilities
- •Erase Sample
- •Copy Sample
- •Sample Dump
- •Defragment Memory
- •Name Sample
- •New Sample
- •Threshold
- •Input Channels
- •Sampling Source & Rate
- •Dither
- •ADC Gain
- •Sample Length
- •Arm Sample Trigger
- •Force Sample Trigger
- •Keyboard Sample Trigger
- •Monitor On/Off
- •Automatic Parameters
- •Automatic Digital Signal Processing Operations
- •Auto-Placement Parameters
- •Place Sample
- •Export Sample
- •Get Info
- •Sample Edit
- •Sample Edit
- •Background: The Scrub Wheel
- •Background: Using Cut, Copy, Paste and Undo
- •Undo and Redo
- •Typical Applications
- •Background: About Looping
- •How Looping Works
- •Auto Correlation
- •Creating Attack & Decay Characteristics for the Looped Portion
- •Loop Compression
- •Crossfade Looping
- •Zero Crossing
- •Utilities
- •Cut Section
- •Copy Section
- •Paste Section
- •Truncation
- •Taper
- •Tools 1
- •Loop
- •Loop Type
- •Digital Tuning
- •Sample Rate Convert
- •Sample Calculator
- •Tools 2
- •DC Filter
- •Swap Left & Right
- •Stereo <-> Mono
- •Reverse Section
- •Sample Integrity
- •Tools 3
- •Gain Change
- •Compressor
- •Mode
- •Threshold
- •Compression Ratio
- •Attack Time
- •Release Time
- •Using the Digital Compressor
- •Limiter
- •Musical Compression (e.g. Guitar)
- •Noise Reduction
- •Parametric Equalizer
- •FIR (Phase Linear Filter)
- •Aphex Aural Exciter
- •Tools 4
- •Transform Multiplication
- •Doppler
- •Time Compression
- •Pitch Change
- •Bit Converter
- •Beat Munger
- •Beat Munger Controls
- •Undo
- •Preset Manage
- •Preset Manage
- •Utilities
- •Erase Preset
- •Dump Preset
- •Name Preset
- •New Preset
- •Copy Preset
- •Export Preset
- •Get Info
- •Preset Edit
- •Synthesizer Basics
- •Editing Presets
- •Modulation
- •Modulation Sources
- •Keyboard Key
- •Key Velocity
- •Release Velocity
- •Gate
- •Key Glide
- •Pitch and Mod Wheels
- •Keyboard Pressure (mono aftertouch)
- •Pedal
- •Miscellaneous Controllers A -H
- •Low Frequency Oscillators (2 per voice)
- •Envelope Generators (3 per voice)
- •Noise & Random Generators
- •Thumby Button and Footswitches
- •Modulation Cords
- •Envelope Generators
- •Low Frequency Oscillators (LFOs)
- •Random Sources
- •Clock Modulation
- •Syncing an LFO to the Clock
- •Modulation Destinations
- •Modulation Processors
- •Modulation Processors
- •Dynamic Filters
- •Dynamic Filters
- •What is a Filter?
- •Parametric Filters
- •The Z-Plane Filter
- •Selecting Voices, Samples & Groups
- •Selecting from the Preset Editor Windows
- •Selecting All Voices
- •Selecting Voices from the Dynamic Processing Level
- •Selecting Voices from the Voice Select Screen
- •Groups
- •Preset Editor
- •PRESET EDIT - Global
- •Global Editor
- •Edit All
- •Preset Effects A
- •Effects Programmed in the Preset
- •Effect
- •A EFFECT TYPES
- •Decay Time
- •HF Damping
- •FX Amounts
- •FX B Through FX A
- •Preset Effects B
- •Effect B
- •B EFFECT TYPES
- •Feedback Amount
- •LFO Rate
- •Delay Time
- •FX Amounts
- •Preset Edit - Links
- •Main Controls
- •Link Type
- •Link Volume
- •Link Pan
- •Link Transpose
- •Link Fine Tuning
- •Link Utilities
- •New Link
- •Copy Link
- •Delete Link
- •Subsume Link
- •Links - Key Window
- •Key Window Controls
- •Keyboard & Velocity Ranges
- •Links - Velocity Window
- •Velocity Window Controls
- •Velocity Range
- •Links - MIDI Filters
- •MIDI Filter Window Controls
- •Preset Edit - Voices
- •Voices - Main Controls
- •Voice Utilities
- •New Voice
- •Copy Voice
- •Delete Voice
- •Split Voice
- •Solo Voice
- •Sample Zone
- •New Sample Zone
- •Get Multisample
- •Delete Sample Zone
- •Combine
- •Expand...
- •Voices - Key Window
- •Key Window Controls
- •Keyboard Ranges
- •Voices -Velocity Window
- •Velocity Window Controls
- •Velocity Range
- •Voices - Realtime Window
- •Realtime Window Controls
- •Preset Edit - Dynamic Processing Level
- •Utilities
- •Voice Select
- •Function Keys
- •The Isolate Key:
- •Copy Voice(s)
- •Delete Voice(s)
- •Automatic Voice Selection
- •WARNING!
- •Solo Voice
- •Key Transpose
- •Coarse Tuning
- •Fine Tuning
- •Non-transpose Mode
- •Chorus Amount
- •Delay
- •Start Offset
- •Glide Rate & Curve
- •Solo Modes
- •Latch Mode
- •Assign Group
- •Filter Parameters
- •FILTER TYPES
- •2-Pole Lowpass
- •4-Pole Lowpass
- •6-Pole Lowpass
- •2nd Order Highpass
- •4th Order Highpass
- •2nd Order Bandpass
- •4th Order Bandpass
- •Contrary Bandpass
- •Swept EQ, 1-octave
- •Swept EQ, 2->1-octave
- •Swept EQ, 3->1-octave
- •Phaser 1
- •Phaser 2
- •Bat Phaser
- •Flanger Lite
- •Vocal Ah-Ay-Ee
- •Vocal Oo-Ah
- •Dual EQ Morph
- •2EQ + Lowpass Morph
- •2EQ Morph + Expression
- •Peak/Shelf Morph
- •Filter Envelope
- •LFO/Auxiliary Envelope
- •Lag Processors
- •Auxiliary Envelope
- •Cords
- •Sample Retrigger
- •Disk Menu
- •Disk Menu
- •Disk Browser
- •Disk
- •Disk Utilities
- •Mount Drives
- •Copy System
- •Format Disk
- •Low Level Format
- •Backup
- •Load Bank
- •Note:
- •Save Bank
- •View…
- •Info, Lock Drive, & Sleep
- •Lock
- •Sleep
- •Folder Utilities
- •Delete
- •Rename
- •Find…
- •View
- •Info…
- •Bank
- •Bank Utilities
- •Delete
- •Name
- •Find…
- •Load Bank
- •Save Bank
- •View
- •Info…
- •Preset
- •Preset Utilities
- •Soundsprint™
- •Bookmarks
- •Find…
- •Load Preset
- •View
- •Info…
- •Sample
- •Sample Utilities
- •Find...
- •View
- •Load Sample
- •Load .WAV & AIFF Files
- •Audition
- •Info…
- •Sequence
- •Sequence Utility
- •Find…
- •View
- •Load Sequence
- •Info…
- •Important Information for Loading Standard MIDI Files
- •Appendix
- •SCSI
- •Why Use SCSI?
- •The SCSI Bus
- •ID Numbers
- •Types of SCSI Cables
- •Terminating SCSI Cables
- •SCSI Problems
- •Sample Transfers Via SMDI
- •Using Multiple Samplers on the SCSI Bus
- •MIDI
- •MIDI Implementation Chart
- •Notes:
- •Index
1 - The Basics
The Internal Drive
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The Internal Drive
A disk drive is a memory storage device that stores banks of data. The floppy drive is used mainly to update the operating system software. (The operating system consists of the instructions that tell the Emulator what to do.) Other types of disk drives, as described below, can connect to the Emulator to provide efficient sound storage.
Floppy Disk Drive: The floppy disk drive requires 3.5", double-sided, high-density (1.4 MB) floppy disks. As new enhancements are developed, the new software is distributed on floppy disks. The floppy drive is used to update the operating system software. This software can be copied into Flash RAM and made a permanent part of the Emulator itself.
It is also ideal for transferring sequences to and from a computer-based sequencer. With large bank sizes of 4-128 MB, the floppy disk becomes impractical for backing up sound data, although it can be used to save or transfer small sound banks in a pinch.
EOS accepts 2 kinds of floppy formats. DOS formatted disks allow multiple files per disk and are compatible with PC and Macintosh computers. EOS formatted disks allow one bank to be spread over multiple disks.
Note: The Emulator can format floppies in EOS format only. DOS floppies must be formatted on a PC or Mac computer or purchased preformatted. EOS cannot read Macintosh floppies, but fortunately the Mac can read and format DOS floppy disks.
To Update the EOS Software:
Since the EOS operating system is stored in Flash ROM, it can be easily updated to add features or to fix bugs. The following procedure explains how.
1.Turn off power.
2.Insert the floppy disk into the drive.
3.Turn on power.
4.Press Enter to update or Exit to cancel.
5.Wait for the Emulator to update its firmware.
6.Re-initialize EEPROM. (This should be done after a software update to “clean the slate”. It resets the Master menu preferences and other bits.)
a.Press Master
b.Press Utils
c.Press Tests
d.Enter the Secret Password: 1-3-5-8, then press OK.
e.Press More
f.Press InitEE The display reads, “Initialize EE?”
g.Press OK. The display reads, “Saving System”
f. Press Master to exit diagnostics mode.
7.Recalibrate the Emulator controls. See “Recalibration” on page 68.
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