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E-MU Systems
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Exploring Beats Mode
4.
Play the keyboard
(or press the Audition button) and listen to the
sounds made by your Vintage Keys!
5.
TRY OUT ANY OF THE CONTROLLER KNOBS
on the front panel and
note how they change the sound of each preset! Don’t worry about
ruining the sound, the values are automatically reset as soon as you
select a new preset. The three buttons labeled A-D, E-H, I-L allow the
four controller knobs to control twelve functions.
Exploring Beats
Mode
Vintage Keys contains a 16-track play-only sequencer that is optimized for
live performance and groove creation. Vintage Keys contains dozens of
special 16-part Beats Riffs. Beats Riffs are normally used in conjunction with
a “
bts:
” preset containing the appropriate percussion mapping. Before you
start exploring beats, make sure the Vintage Keys is properly set up.
Beats Setup:
Set the Trigger Buttons to Beats Mode
1.
Press the
Controllers
button on the front panel.
2.
Turn the
data entry control
clockwise until you fin the “TRIGGER
BUTTONS FUNCTION” screen.
3.
Set the lower line of the display to read, “Play Beats Parts”.
4.
Press the
Controllers
button on the front panel again to exit the menu.
Set the Trigger Buttons to be Triggers
5.
Press the
Triggers
button in the Command Functions section of the
front panel. OK, now you’re ready to start playing Beats.
Playing Beats:
Selecting Beats Presets
1.
Press the
right cursor button twice
so that the cursor is located
beneath the
Category
field.
2.
Turn the
data entry control
until
bts:
is shown in the Category field.
If you don’t select a
“bts:”
preset, only the first
trigger key will work.
Riffs marked “bts:” have 16
parts. Riffs without “bts:” have
only 1 part.
3.
Press the
right cursor button
so that the cursor is underneath the
Preset Name
field.
4.
Now turning the
data entry control
selects ONLY
bts:
presets!
Play Beats
5.
Press any of the sixteen front panel
Trigger Buttons
. Notice that each
button brings in a specific part. The chart below shows which buttons
control which part in
bts:
presets.