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Mo'Phatt Operation Manual i Table of Contents Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................. 1 Product Description ............................................................................. 1 Overview ............................................................................................. 2 Important Safety Instructions - English ................................... 3 Foreign Language Warnings - German ................................... 6 Foreign Language Warnings - French ..................................... 9 Setup ...................................................................................... 13 Unpacking ......................................................................................... 13 Connection Instructions ..................................................................... 14 Basic Setup ................................................................................................14 Studio Setup ..............................................................................................15 Power Up! .................................................................................................16 Instant Gratification ........................................................................... 17 Playing Demo Sequences ...........................................................................17 Auditioning Presets ....................................................................................17 Selecting and Quick Editing Presets ...........................................................18 Playing BEATS ............................................................................................20 Exploring the Master Arpeggiator ..............................................................22 Multi-Channel Arpeggiator ........................................................................23 Basic Operations .................................................................... 25 Front Panel ........................................................................................ 25 Volume Control .........................................................................................25 Master Button ............................................................................................25 Edit Button ................................................................................................25 Control Button ..........................................................................................25 Audition Button .........................................................................................26 Left/Right Cursor Buttons ..........................................................................26 Save/Copy Button .....................................................................................26 Home/Enter Button ...................................................................................26 Data Entry Control .....................................................................................27 ii E-MU Systems Table of Contents Front Panel Controller Modes............................................................. 27 Real-time Control ...................................................................................... 27 Quick Edit ................................................................................................. 28 Deep Edit Mode ........................................................................................ 28 Main Screen ....................................................................................... 30 MIDI Channel Selection ............................................................................. 30 Preset Selection ......................................................................................... 30 Channel Volume ........................................................................................ 31 Channel Pan .............................................................................................. 32 Channel Arpeggiator ................................................................................. 32 Sound Navigator ................................................................................ 33 Preset Category ......................................................................................... 33 Instrument Category ................................................................................. 33 Multitimbral Operation ...................................................................... 34 Arpeggiator/Beats Menu ........................................................35 Base Tempo (Master Clock) ....................................................................... 36 SuperBEATS........................................................................................ 36 BEATS Mode .............................................................................................. 39 Status ..................................................................................................... 39 Beats Channel (BtsCh) ............................................................................ 39 Trigger Channel (TrigCh) ....................................................................... 39 BEATS Controllers ...................................................................................... 41 Beat Velocity Group 1-4 (BtsVelG1 -> BtsVelG4) ..................................... 41 Beat Xpose Group 1-4 (BtsXpsG1 -> BtsXpsG4) ...................................... 41 Beat Busy (BtsBusy) ................................................................................ 41 Beat Variation ......................................................................................... 42 Beat Variation (BtsVari) ........................................................................... 42 Beats Trigger Layout .................................................................................. 43 1-Bar Trigger Option .............................................................................. 43 Beats Trigger Offset ................................................................................... 44 Beats Part Velocity ..................................................................................... 44 Beats Part Transpose .................................................................................. 45 Beats Part Group ....................................................................................... 46 Master Riff ................................................................................................. 46 Riff Tempo ................................................................................................ 47 Riff Controllers ........................................................................................... 47 MIDI Song Start ........................................................................................ 48 Arp/Riff MIDI Out ...................................................................................... 48 Arpeggiators ...................................................................................... 49 Arp Controllers .......................................................................................... 50 Master Arpeggiator Parameters .......................................................... 50 Status ........................................................................................................ 51 Mode ........................................................................................................ 51 Note Value ................................................................................................ 52 Arpeggiator Pattern Speed ........................................................................ 52 Mo'Phatt Operation Manual iii Table of Contents Pattern ......................................................................................................52 Velocity .....................................................................................................53 Gate Time ..................................................................................................53 Extension Count ........................................................................................54 Extension Interval ......................................................................................54 Sync ..........................................................................................................55 Pre-Delay ...................................................................................................55 Duration ....................................................................................................56 Post-Delay .................................................................................................56 Recycle ......................................................................................................57 Keyboard Thru ...........................................................................................57 Latch .........................................................................................................57 Key Range .................................................................................................58 Send MIDI System Exclusive Data ...................................................... 58 User Patterns ..........................................................................................58 Editing a User Arpeggiator Pattern .............................................................59 Pattern Step Number .................................................................................59 Key ............................................................................................................59 Key Offset ...............................................................................................60 Tie ..........................................................................................................60 Rest ........................................................................................................60 Skip ........................................................................................................60 End ........................................................................................................60 Velocity .....................................................................................................61 Duration ....................................................................................................61 Repeat .......................................................................................................61 User Pattern Name ....................................................................................62 Multi-Channel Arpeggiating............................................................... 63 Using a MIDI Interface to Channelize Data......................................... 64 Master Menu .......................................................................... 65 Defining Master Parameters ............................................................... 66 Transpose/Tune .........................................................................................66 Bend Range ...............................................................................................66 Velocity Curve ...........................................................................................67 Mix Output ...............................................................................................67 Master Effects ...