MP-7 Operation Manual (Revison D)
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Operation Manual © 2001 E-MU / ENSONIQ All Rights Reserved FI11542 Rev. D E-MU World Headquarters Europe, Africa, Middle East E-MU / ENSONIQ E-MU / ENSONIQ P.O. Box 660015 Suite 6, Adam Ferguson House Scotts Valley, CA USA Eskmills Industrial Park 95067-0015 Musselburgh, East Lothian Telephone: 831-438-1921 Scotland, EH21 7PQ Fax: 831-438-8612 Tel: +44 (0) 131-653-6556 Internet: www.emu.com Fax: +44 (0) 131-665-0473 Important Notice: In order to obtain warranty service on your MP-7 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 the MP-7, 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. 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MP-7 Operation Manual i Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................. 1 Product Description .......................................................................................1 Important Safety Instructions .................................................. 4 Foreign Language Warnings - German ................................... 7 Foreign Language Warnings - French ................................... 10 Setup ...................................................................................... 15 Unpacking....................................................................................................15 Connection Instructions..............................................................................16 Basic Setup ..............................................................................................16 Studio Setup ............................................................................................17 Performance Setup ..................................................................................18 Power Down Sequence ................................................................................19 Rack Mounting ...........................................................................................19 Instant Gratification ............................................................... 21 Playing Patterns & Songs ........................................................................21 Playing Songs ..........................................................................................23 Playing Demo Sequences ........................................................................24 Auditioning Presets .................................................................................24 Selecting and Quick Editing Presets .......................................................25 Exploring the Master Arpeggiator ...........................................................27 Multi-Channel Arpeggiator ....................................................................28 Time to Save? .......................................................................................29 Basic Operations .................................................................... 31 Power Switch ...........................................................................................31 Volume Control ......................................................................................31 12VDC Lamp ..........................................................................................32 ii E-MU Systems Mode/View Buttons ..................................................................................... 32 Track/Channel +/- Buttons ..................................................................... 33 Data Entry Control ................................................................................. 33 Left/Right Cursor Buttons ...................................................................... 33 LED View Select Section .............................................................................. 33 Sequencer Controls...................................................................................... 34 Stop Button ............................................................................................. 34 Play Button ............................................................................................. 34 Record Button ......................................................................................... 34 Song Record modes (from Song mode) .............................................. 34 Pattern Record modes (from Pattern mode) ....................................... 34 Tap Tempo ............................................................................................. 35 Edit Section .................................................................................................. 36 Song Edit Button .................................................................................... 36 Pattern Edit Button ................................................................................. 36 Preset Edit Button ................................................................................... 36 Global Button ......................................................................................... 36 Controllers Button .................................................................................. 36 Arpeggiator Button ................................................................................. 37 Real-time Controller Knobs ......................................................................... 38 Knob Functions ...................................................................................... 39 Quick Edit mode ................................................................................. 39 Programmable Knobs mode ................................................................ 40 Multichannel Volume Knobs .............................................................. 40 Multichannel Pan Knobs .................................................................... 41 Trigger Buttons............................................................................................. 42 Trigger Mode ........................................................................................... 42 Preset Menu Jump Keys .......................................................................... 42 Touchstrip, Transpose, Keypads & Glide ..................................................... 43 Touchstrip Hold ...................................................................................... 43 Transpose Buttons .................................................................................. 43 Rubber Keypads ...................................................................................... 43 Glide Button ........................................................................................... 43 Erase Button ............................................................................................ 44 Repeat Button ......................................................................................... 44 Preset Screen ................................................................................................ 45 MIDI Channel Selection ......................................................................... 45 Preset Selection ....................................................................................... 45 Channel Volume .................................................................................... 46 Channel Pan ........................................................................................... 47 Channel Arpeggiator .............................................................................. 47 Sound Navigator .......................................................................................... 48 Preset Category ....................................................................................... 48 Instrument Category .............................................................................. 48 MP-7 Operation Manual iii Sequencer .............................................................................. 49 Overview ......................................................................................................50 Definitions ...................................................................................................50 Events ......................................................................................................50 Tracks ......................................................................................................50 Patterns ...................................................................................................50 Pattern Recording & Editing ...............................................................51 The Asterisk .........................................................................................51 Standard MIDI Files .............................................................................51 Songs .......................................................................................................52 Song Record Modes .............................................................................52 Event Timing................................................................................................53 Track Priority .......................................................................................53