Virtuoso 2000 Owner’s Manual i Virtuoso 2000 Owner’s Manual © 2000 E-MU Systems All Rights Reserved FI10669 Rev. B 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 Virtuoso 2000 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 Virtuoso 2000, 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. Virtuoso 2000 is a registered trademarks of E-MU Systems. All other trademarks belong to their respective companies. ii E-MU Systems Table of Contents Table of Contents Introduction ..............................................................................1 Product Description ............................................................................. 1 Overview ............................................................................................. 2 Important Safety Instructions ..................................................3 Setup .......................................................................................13 Unpacking ......................................................................................... 13 Connection Instructions ..................................................................... 14 Power Up! ................................................................................................ 17 Instant Gratification............................................................................ 18 Playing Demo Sequences ......................................................................... 18 Auditioning Presets ................................................................................... 18 Selecting and Quick Editing Presets .......................................................... 19 Basic Operations .....................................................................21 Front Panel......................................................................................... 21 Volume Control ........................................................................................ 21 Master Button .......................................................................................... 21 Edit Button ............................................................................................... 21 Control Button ......................................................................................... 21 Audition Button ........................................................................................ 22 Left/Right Cursor Buttons ......................................................................... 22 Multimenu Button .................................................................................... 22 Save/Copy Button .................................................................................... 22 Home/Enter Button .................................................................................. 23 Data Entry Control ................................................................................... 23 Controller Knobs ...................................................................................... 23 Front Panel Controller Modes............................................................. 23 Real-time Control ..................................................................................... 23 Quick Edit ................................................................................................ 24 Deep Edit Mode ....................................................................................... 25 Main Screen....................................................................................... 26 MIDI Channel Selection ............................................................................ 26 Preset Selection ........................................................................................ 26 Channel Volume ....................................................................................... 27 Channel Pan ............................................................................................. 28 Virtuoso 2000 Owner’s Manual iii Table of Contents Sound Navigator................................................................................ 29 Preset Category ........................................................................................29 Instrument Category ................................................................................29 Multitimbral Operation ...................................................................... 30 Multimenu .............................................................................. 31 Multisetups........................................................................................ 31 Multichannel Volume ...............................................................................32 Multichannel Pan...................................................................................... 33 Restoring Multisetups ...............................................................................34 Multitimbral Sequencing.................................................................... 36 Master Menu .......................................................................... 37 Defining Master Parameters ............................................................... 38 Transpose/Tune ........................................................................................38 Bend Range ..............................................................................................38 Velocity Curve ..........................................................................................39 Mix Output ..............................................................................................40 Master Effects .................................................................................... 42 Effects Mode .............................................................................................42 Effects Multi Mode Control .......................................................................42 Master FXA Algorithm ..............................................................................43 A Effect Types .......................................................................................43 FXA Parameters: Decay/HF Damping FxB -> FxA .......................................44 FXA Send Amounts ...................................................................................44 Master FXB Algorithm ...............................................................................44 B Effect Types .......................................................................................45 FXB Parameters: Feedback/LFO Rate Delay Time .......................................45 FXB Send Amounts ...................................................................................45 MIDI Parameters ................................................................................ 46 MIDI Mode ...............................................................................................46 MIDI SysEx ID ...........................................................................................46 MIDI Enable ..............................................................................................47 MIDI Program Change -> Preset ...............................................................47 Receive Program Change ..........................................................................48 Real-time Controller Assignment ...............................................................48 MIDI Footswitch Assign ............................................................................49 Tempo Controller .....................................................................................50 Knob Preset Quick-Edit .............................................................................50 Knobs Deep Edit .......................................................................................51 Knobs/Riff MIDI Out .................................................................................51 Preset Edit All Layers Enable ......................................................................51 Front Panel Knob Calibration ....................................................................52 MIDI SysEx Packet Delay ...........................................................................53 Send MIDI System Exclusive Data .............................................................53 User Key Tuning .......................................................................................55 iv E-MU Systems Table of Contents Output Format ......................................................................................... 55 Base Tempo ............................................................................................. 56 Screen Viewing Angle ............................................................................... 56 Programming Basics ...............................................................57