Orbit V2 OPERATION MANUAL E-mu Systems, Inc. Operation Manual © 1996 E-mu Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved · FI560 Rev. A E-mu World Headquarters E-mu Systems, Inc. U.S.A. P.O. Box 660015 Scotts Valley, CA USA 95067­0015 Telephone: 408-438-1921 Fax: 408-438-8612 Europe, Africa, Middle East E-mu Systems, Ltd. Suite 6, Adam Ferguson House Eskmills Industrial Park Musselburgh, East Lothian Scotland, EH21 7PQ Telephone: +44 (0) 131-653-6556 Fax: +44 (0) 131-665-0473 Important Notice: In order to obtain warranty service on your Orbit unit, the serial number sticker must be intact and you must have a sales receipt or other proof of purchase. If there is no serial number sticker on your Orbit, please contact E-mu Systems at once. This product is covered under one or more of the following U.S. patents: 4,404,529; 4,506,579; 4,699,038; 4,987,600; 5,013,105; 5,072,645; 5,111,727; 5,144,676; 5,170,367; 5,248,845; 5,303,309; 5,317,104; 5,342,990; 5,430,244 and foreign patents and/or pending patents. Orbit is a registered trademark of E-mu Systems, Inc. PRINTED AND MADE IN THE USA WARNING: READ THIS FIRST! IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Use in countries other than the U.S.A. may require the use of a different line cord or attachment plug, or both. To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, refer servicing to qualified service personnel. To reduce risk of fire or electric shock do not expose this product to rain or moisture. GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS This product must be grounded. If it should malfunction or break down, grounding provides a path of least resistance for electric current, reducing the risk of electric shock. This product is equipped with a cord having an equipment-grounding conductor and a grounding plug. The plug must be plugged into an appropriate outlet properly installed and grounded in accordance with all local codes and ordinances. DANGER Improper connection of equipment grounding conductor can result in the risk of electric shock. Check with a qualified electrician or service personnel if you are in doubt as to whether the product is properly grounded. Do not modify the plug provided with this product -- if it will not fit the outlet, have a proper outlet installed by a qualified technician. CAUTION If the 9090, Orbit V2 is rack mounted, a standard 19-inch open frame rack must be used. USER-MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS 1. Orbit should be kept clean and dust free. Periodically wipe the unit with a clean, lint free cloth. Do not use solvents or cleaners. 2. There are no user lubrication or adjustment requirements. 3. Refer all other servicing to qualified service personnel. This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO A RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, OR INJURY TO PERSONS WARNING; When using electric products, basic precautions should always be followed, including the following: 1. Read all instructions before using Orbit. 2. To reduce the risk of injury, close supervision is necessary when Orbit is used near children. 3. Do not use Orbit near water -- for example near a bathtub, washbowl, kitchen sink, in a wet basement, on a wet bar, or near or in a swimming pool. This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS 4. Orbit should be situated so that its location or position does not interfere with its proper ventilation. 5. Orbit should be located away from heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, fireplaces, stoves, or ovens. 6. Orbit should only be connected to a power supply of the type described in the operating instructions and as marked on the product. 7. This product, in combination with an amplifier, headphones, and speakers, may be capable of producing sound levels that could cause full or partial hearing loss or damaged equipment. Do not operate for long periods of time at high volume levels or at a level that is uncomfortable. Additionally, care must be taken when programming any of the filters contained herein using extreme operating parameters. This action could also produce signals which result in unacceptable high sound levels as noted previously. If you experience any hearing loss or ringing of the ears consult your physician. 8. Orbit may be equipped with a polarized line plug (one blade wider that the other). This is a safety feature. If you are unable to insert this plug into the outlet, do not defeat the safety purpose of the plug. Contact an electrician to replace your obsolete outlet. 9. The power supply cord of Orbit should be unplugged from the outlet when left unused for a long period of time. 10. Care should be taken so that objects do not fall and liquids are not spilled into the enclosure of Orbit through openings. 11. The product should be serviced by qualified service personnel when: A. The power supply cord has been damaged; or B. Objects have fallen, or liquid has been spilled into the product; or C. The product has been exposed to rain; or D. The product does not appear to operate normally or exhibits a marked change in performance; or E. The product has been dropped or the enclosure damaged. 12. All servicing should be referred to qualified service personnel. SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS CONTENTS INTRODUCTION & BASIC SETUP 1 Introduction ............................................................................................... 3 Orbit Architecture ..................................................................................... 4 Connection Instructions .......................................................................... 5 BASIC OPERATION 9 Main Controls ......................................................................................... 11 Selecting MIDI Channels ...................................................................... 12 Selecting Presets ...................................................................................... 12 Adjusting Volume & Pan Position ...................................................... 12 Beats/Song Mode ................................................................................... 13 Multi-Timbral Operation ...................................................................... 17 About Orbit .............................................................................................. 18 MASTER MENU 19 Enabling the Master Menu .................................................................. 21 Master Tune ............................................................................................. 21 Transpose ................................................................................................. 22 Global Bend ............................................................................................. 22 Global Velocity Curve ............................................................................ 22 Mix Output ............................................................................................... 24 MIDI Mode .............................................................................24 MIDI Mode Change ................................................................25 MIDI Overflow ........................................................................25 MIDI Enable ...........................................................................25 MIDI Bank Select ....................................................................25 MIDI Program Preset ........................................................................ 26 Preset Change ........................................................................27 MIDI Controller Assign .......................................................................... 27 X Factor Control ..................................................................................... 27 Tempo Control ........................................................................................ 28 Retrigger ................................................................................................... 28 MIDI Footswitch Assign ........................................................................ 29 Send MIDI Data ...................................................................................... 30 Beats MIDI Out ....................................................................................... 31 User Key Tuning ...................................................................................... 31 Song Start/Stop ...................................................................................... 31 Global Tempo .........................................................................32 Beats Control ..........................................................................32 CONTENTS MASTER MENU (continued) Beats Mode ............................................................................ 33 Demo Sequence ......................................................................33 Viewing Angle ....................................................................................... 34 PROGRAMMING BASICS 35 Modulation .............................................................................................. 38 Modulation Sources ...............................................................39 Envelope Generators .............................................................................. 40 Low Frequency Oscillators ................................................................... 41 MIDI Patch ............................................................................................... 42 Filter Modulation .................................................................... 43 What is a Filter? .....................................................................43 Parametric Filters .................................................................... 46 The Z-Plane Filter ................................................................... 46 Orbit Signal Flow .................................................................... 48 Keyboard & Velocity Modulation ............................................49 Key Number ............................................................................ 50 Velocity Curves .......................................................................50 Realtime Modulation ..............................................................51 MIDI Realtime Controls ........................................................... 52 Stereo Mix Outputs .................................................................54 EDIT MENU 55 Enabling the Edit Menu ........................................................................ 57 Preset Name ............................................................................................. 58 Primary Instrument ................................................................................ 59 Secondary Instrument ........................................................................... 59 Key Range ................................................................................................. 59 Primary Key Range ................................................................................. 60 Secondary Key Range ............................................................................ 60 Coarse Tuning ......................................................................................... 61 Fine Tuning .............................................................................................. 61 Volume ...................................................................................................... 61 Pan ............................................................................................................. 61 Alternate Envelope On/Off ................................................................... 62 Primary Alternate Envelope Parameters ........................................... 62 Secondary Alternate Envelope Parameters ...................................... 62 Delay .......................................................................................................... 63 Sound Start .............................................................................................. 63 Reverse Sound.......................................................................................... 63 CONTENTS EDIT MENU (continued) Solo Mode................................................................................................. 64 Portamento Rate .................................................................................... 64 Chorus ....................................................................................................... 64 Crossfade Mode ...................................................................................... 65 Crossfade Direction ................................................................................ 66 Crossfade Balance ..................................................................66 Crossfade Amount ..................................................................67 Cross-switch Point .................................................................................. 67 Primary Filter Type ................................................................................. 67 Primary Filter Cutoff & Q ..................................................................... 69 Secondary Filter Type ............................................................................ 69 Secondary Filter Cutoff & Q................................................................. 69 Auxiliary Envelope .................................................................................. 70 LFO 1 - Shape & Amount ..................................................................... 71 LFO 1 - Rate, Delay & Variation ..............................................71 LFO 2 - Shape & Amount ........................................................72 LFO 2 - Rate, Delay & Variation ..............................................72 Keyboard & Velocity Modulation Control ................................73 Realtime Modulation Control ..................................................74 Footswitch Control ................................................................................. 75 Pitch Bend Range....................................................................75 Pressure Amount ..................................................................................... 75 MIDI Controller Amount ....................................................................... 75 Velocity Curve .......................................................................................... 76 Keyboard Center ..................................................................................... 77 Keyboard Tuning ....................................................................77 Mix Output Assign ................................................................................. 78 Preset Links ............................................................................................... 78 Save Preset ............................................................................................... 79 STEP-BY-STEP 81 Linking Presets ........................................................................83 Editing Presets ......................................................................................... 84 Changing the Tuning of an Instrument ........................................... 84 Chorus....................................................................................85 Reversing the Instrument ........................................................85 Alternate Volume Envelope .................................................................. 86 Working with the Filter ......................................................................... 87 Using Orbit with a Sequencer ............................................................. 92 More Advanced Sequencing ................................................................ 92 CONTENTS REFERENCE SECTION 95 Preset Listing ..........................................................................96 Instrument Listing .................................................................101 Beat Maps ............................................................................105 Technical Specifications ........................................................108 MIDI Specifications ...............................................................109 Warranty ..............................................................................125 Index ....................................................................................126 INTRODUCTION & BASIC SETUP Chapter 1: Basic Setup 1 2 Orbit V2 Operation Manual INTRODUCTION MASTER VOLUME PHONES EDIT < CURSOR > DATA POWER C01 Vol127 Pan=P 1 068 vox:Jaxvox BEATS HOME/ENTER MIDI ORBITING THE DANCE PLANET - V2 The Dance Planet is a cool place to be. With over 600 of the earth's most cutting edge samples and the introduction of new rhythmic features, Orbit V2 blasts its way to the forefront as the dance music machine. Orbit features 32 voices of polyphony, 640 presets (384 ROM, 256 RAM), and is 16 part multi-timbral. Edit and tweak Orbit's sounds the way you like them by using its powerful filters, MIDI synced LFO's, and MIDIpatch modulation system. If that's not enough, Orbit is equipped with plenty of user-editable "beats". These drum loops aren't going to sound like everybody else, Orbit gives you the flexibility to alter them to fit your style. Orbit also gives you the ability to literally take these sounds apart and reassemble them into a limitless number of entirely new sounds, combining parts of one sound with another or with any of a selection of digital waveforms also stored in ROM. The dynamic multimode and morphing filters allow you to shape and mold your sound into new dimensions. And creating your own sounds is easy, thanks to Orbit's logical user interface. Other features include 3 stereo outputs for individually processing sounds (also configurable as 6 polyphonic submixes with fully programmable dynamic panning), integral sends and returns to allow the addition of external effects units without the need for a separate mixer, user definable alternate tuning, and of course, an extensive MIDI implementation. In addition, when coupled with E-mu's Launchpad Performance Controller, Orbit becomes a self-contained interactive groove machine for the stage or studio. Check it out. All of us at E-mu hope you have as much fun making music with Orbit as we had making it. And we can't wait to hear the music YOU make using it. Chapter 1: Basic Setup 3 ORBIT ARCHITECTURE Orbit is organized as shown in the diagram below. INSTRUMENT PRIMARY PRESET SECONDARY INSTRUMENT The Preset is a complete set of all program parameters for a complete Orbit sound. The fully programmable user presets and the unalterable ROM presets are organized into five banks of 128 presets each. Bank 0 1 2 3 4 Contents 128 RAM Presets 128 RAM Presets 128 ROM Presets 128 ROM Presets 128 ROM Presets BANKS 0 & 1 BANKS 2 - 4 USER PRESETS ROM PRESETS · User Presets can be moved, erased or modified as desired. · ROM Presets cannot be moved or altered unless they are first copied to a user location. Each preset consists of one or more instruments. An instrument is a complete set of samples or a digital waveform which covers the entire keyboard range. An instrument can be assigned to each of the Primary and Secondary layers of the preset. The primary and secondary layers are essentially two complete sounds stacked or placed adjacent to each other, which can be switched or crossfaded together in various ways. Up to four presets can be Linked in order to have more than one preset on the keyboard at a time. The linked presets may overlap each other for layered sounds or be adjacent to each other to create keyboard "splits". PRIMARY PRESET SECONDARY PRIMARY PRESET SECONDARY PRIMARY PRESET SECONDARY PRIMARY PRESET SECONDARY 4 Orbit V2 Operation Manual CONNECTION INSTRUCTIONS SETUP #1 BASIC SETUP MIDI Controller (MIDI Keyboard, Sequencer, etc.) The Headphone Output is located on the Front Panel MIDI Out Control Pedal E-MU SYSTEMS, INC. Scotts Valley, California U.S.A. MIDI OUTPUTS w The headphone output monitors the main outputs only. The submix outputs do NOT feed into the headphone output. 100-250VAC 50/60 Hz ~ WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. IN OUT THRU R - SUB2 - L R - SUB1 - L R - MAIN - L MONO STEREO To Main Outs Male RCA plug to Male Phono Plug Mixer Main Outs to Mixer In Aux. or Tape In Amp · · · If Orbit does not seem to be responding correctly, make sure that both Orbit and your MIDI controller are set to the same MIDI channel. Speakers Home Stereo System Home Studio System MIDI In Orbit is controlled by MIDI messages received at the MIDI In connector. Connect the MIDI In of the Orbit to the MIDI Out connector of a MIDI controller such as a MIDI keyboard or MIDI percussion controller. Outputs Orbit is a high quality, stereo audio device. In order to reproduce its wide dynamic range and frequency response, use a high quality amplification and speaker system such as a keyboard amplifier or home stereo system. A stereo setup is highly desirable because of the added realism of stereophonic sound. Headphones can be used if an amplifier and speaker system is not available. Plug stereo headphones into the headphone jack located on the left side of the front panel. The Right Main output jack serves as a mono output when the Left Main plug is not plugged in. Chapter 1: Basic Setup 5 CONNECTION INSTRUCTIONS SETUP #2 STUDIO SETUP MIDI Controller (MIDI Keyboard, Sequencer, etc.) Computer Additional MIDI Devices MIDI Out MIDI Out MIDI In MIDI In In In Out Out MIDI Switcher Out In E-MU SYSTEMS, INC. Scotts Valley, California U.S.A. MIDI OUTPUTS 100-250VAC 50/60 Hz ~ WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. IN OUT THRU R - SUB2 - L R - SUB1 - L R - MAIN - L MONO STEREO Sub 2 Outputs Sub 1 Outputs MIDI In In this setup, Orbit is controlled by MIDI messages received at the MIDI In connector which have been routed by a MIDI switcher. The MIDI switcher allows any MIDI controller such as a MIDI keyboard, MIDI wind controller or a computer to be easily connected. MIDI Out The MIDI Out jack is normally used to transmit program data to a computer or other device. Outputs Orbit has three sets of programmable stereo outputs; Main, Sub 1, and Sub 2. Specific Orbit presets (or MIDI channels) can be routed to one of these stereo pairs in order to be further processed or mixed separately. 6 Orbit V2 Operation Manual Main Outputs CONNECTION INSTRUCTIONS SETUP #3 PERFORMANCE SETUP MIDI Controller CONTROLLERS EDIT SELECT CONTROL (Launchpad, MIDI Keyboard, Sequencer) PARAMETERS SAVE INC A# A G# B C TRANSPOSE C# D D# E G F# F -OCT OFF +OCT -2OCT +2OCT -3OCT +3OCT DEC PERFORMANCE MIDI CLOCK SONG SELECT PRESET MIDI CHANNEL 15 14 13 12 11 7 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 9 8 BANK TRIGGERS/TRANSPORT MODE TRIGGERS TRANSPORT RTZ REW FFWD STOP PLAY REC PITCH MODULATION 1 3 6 8 10 1 2 4 5 7 9 11 LAUNCH PAD PERFORMANCE CONTROLLER Additional MIDI Devices MIDI In MIDI Out E-MU SYSTEMS, INC. Scotts Valley, California U.S.A. MIDI OUTPUTS 100-250VAC 50/60 Hz ~ WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. IN OUT THRU R - SUB2 - L R - SUB1 - L R - MAIN - L MONO STEREO Effect Device Sub Output Return (To Main Output) Tip To Effect Ring From Effect SEND/RETURN CABLE Signal is sent out on tip of plug and returned to main outputs via ring of plug. MIDI In Orbit is controlled by MIDI messages received at the MIDI In connector. Connect the MIDI In of Orbit to the MIDI Out connector of a MIDI controller such as E-mu's Launchpad, a MIDI keyboard, MIDI drum pads or a MIDI sequencer. MIDI Thru The MIDI Thru jack is used to connect additional MIDI devices onto the MIDI chain. MIDI Thru transmits an exact copy of the messages received at the MIDI In jack. Outputs The Sub 1 and Sub 2 output jacks on Orbit are stereo jacks. The tip of each jack (accessed when a standard phone plug is inserted) connects to the left or right output of that group. Chapter 1: Basic Setup Main Outs to Mixer In Send/Return Send 7 CONNECTIONS If a stereo plug is inserted, the Ring of the stereo plug serves as a signal Return which sums into the Main outputs. Therefore, the Sub 1 and Sub 2 jacks can serve as effect sends and returns in order to further process selected instruments and then return them to the main mix. ··· Inserting a standard mono phone plug halfway into the jack allows you to sum into the main outputs without a special cable. The diagram shows the Sub 1 and Sub 2 jacks being used as send/ returns in order to further process selected Orbit presets without using the effects bus on the mixing board. In a pinch, the effect returns could also be used to sum additional instruments into the main outputs. Output Section L Bus R Bus Tip Ring Tip Ring Tip Ring Tip Ring R SUB 2 L R SUB 1 L R MAINS L The Sub 1 and Sub 2 jacks can be used as effect returns to the Main Outputs. POWER UP! The power switch is located on the right side of the front panel. Orbit and its MIDI controller may be turned on in any order. When power is applied, the liquid crystal display will light, indicating that Orbit is operating. You may have noticed that there is no 110/220 Volt power selector switch on Orbit. ORBIT AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHES ITSELF TO THE PROPER LINE VOLTAGE. 8 Orbit V2 Operation Manual BASIC OPERATION Chapter 2: Basic Operation 9 BASIC OPERATION 10 Orbit V2 Operation Manual BASIC OPERATION MAIN CONTROLS VOLUME CONTROL DISPLAY MASTER VOLUME PHONES EDIT EDIT MENU SELECT < CURSOR CONTROLS > DATA POWER SWITCH CURSOR POWER C01 Vol127 Pan=P 1 068 vox:Jaxvox BEATS HOME/ENTER MIDI MIDI ACTIVITY HEADPHONE JACK MASTER MENU SELECT HOME/ENTER BUTTON DATA ENTRY CONTROL Power Switch Switches AC power to Orbit On and Off. MIDI Activity LED Indicates that MIDI data is being received. Master Menu Select Button The Master menu contains parameters that affect the entire machine, not just certain presets. An illuminated LED to the left of the button indicates that you are in the Master menu. Edit Menu Select Button The Edit menu is used when you want to change parameters of a preset. An illuminated LED to the left of the button indicates that you are in the Edit menu. Home/Enter Button The Home/Enter button is used to initiate a particular operation. The red LED to the left of the enter button flashes to let you know that Orbit is waiting for your response. Cursor Controls These buttons move the cursor to the next parameter on the display. (The cursor is a little flashing line underneath one of the parameters in the display.) Press either cursor control repeatedly until the cursor is underneath the desired parameter. The cursor can also be moved bi-directionally using the data entry control while the right cursor select button is being held down (i.e. Press and hold the right cursor button and turn the data entry knob). Data Entry Control The data entry control is a stepped, variable control which is used to change parameter values. The control increments or decrements the current value one unit with each click. This control incorporates acceleration (values advance faster if the control is turned quickly). Volume Control This is the master volume control for all audio outputs. Note: For maximum dynamic range, set this control to full level. Chapter 2: Basic Operation 11 BASIC OPERATION MIDI CHANNEL SELECTION Press the cursor key repeatedly untiil the cursor is underneath the channel number. (The cursor is a little flashing line underneath one of the parameters in the display.) Rotate the data entry control to select MIDI channel 01-16. As the channel is changed, the display will change to show the preset, volume and pan associated with the displayed channel. V o lum e MIDI Channel · · · If Orbit is not responding properly or plays the wrong preset, make sure that both Orbit and your MIDI controller are set to the same MIDI channel and that the MIDI Volume is turned up. For more information about MIDI, see MIDI Realtime Controls on page 52. P r og r a m N o. C01 Vol127 Pan=P 0 000 Preset Name Ban k No . Ste re o Po s itio n Pro gram Nam e PRESET SELECTION Press the cursor key repeatedly until the cursor is underneath the program number. (The cursor is a little flashing line underneath one of the parameters in the display.) As the data entry control is rotated, the preset number and name will change. The displayed preset will be assigned to the displayed MIDI channel. Programs are arranged into 5 banks of 128, as shown in the diagram at left. Banks can be selected independently of the of the program number by pressing the the Home/Enter button while turning the data entry knob. Bank 0 1 2 3 4 Contents 128 RAM Presets 128 RAM Presets 128 ROM Presets 128 ROM Presets 128 ROM Presets C01 Vol127 Pan=P 000 Preset Name MIDI Channel Parameters Preset Information CHANNEL VOLUME Press the cursor key repeatedly until the cursor is underneath the volume value. Rotate the data entry control to select volume 000-127. (This is the same parameter as MIDI volume control #7, and changes made over MIDI will be shown in the display.) ··· Channel Pan should normally be set to "P" unless realtime control of panning is desired. This will allow the programmed pan setting for each preset to be used. CHANNEL PAN Press the cursor key repeatedly until the cursor is underneath the pan value. Rotate the data entry control to select pan values -7 to +7 or "P". When "P" is selected, the pan value specified in the preset is selected. Any other value will override the pan parameter in the preset. (This is the same parameter as MIDI pan control #10, and changes made over MIDI will be shown in the display.) 12 Orbit V2 Operation Manual