Operation Manual © 2002 E-MU / ENSONIQ All Rights Reserved FI12326 Rev. B E-MU World Headquarters Europe, Africa, Middle East E-MU / ENSONIQ E-MU / ENSONIQ 1600 Green Hills Road Suite 6, Adam Ferguson House Scotts Valley, CA USA Eskmills Industrial Park 95066 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 Halo 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 Halo, please contact E-MU-ENSONIQ 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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Halo Operation Manual i Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................. 1 Product Description .......................................................................................1 Important Safety Instructions .................................................. 3 Safety Instructions - German ................................................... 6 Safety Instructions - French ..................................................... 8 Setup ...................................................................................... 13 Unpacking....................................................................................................13 Connection Instructions..............................................................................14 Basic Setup ..............................................................................................14 Performance Setup ..................................................................................15 Studio Setup ............................................................................................16 Instant Gratification ............................................................... 19 Playing Demo Sequences ........................................................................19 Auditioning Presets .................................................................................20 Selecting and Quick Editing Presets .......................................................20 Exploring Beats Mode .............................................................................22 Exploring the Master Arpeggiator ...........................................................24 Multi-Channel Arpeggiator ....................................................................26 Time to Save? .......................................................................................28 Basic Operations .................................................................... 29 Power Switch ...........................................................................................29 Volume Control ......................................................................................29 Channel +/- Buttons ...............................................................................29 Data Entry Control .................................................................................29 Cursor Buttons ........................................................................................30 Pitch & Mod Wheels ...............................................................................30 ii ENSONIQ Edit Section .................................................................................................. 30 Global Button ......................................................................................... 30 Controllers Button .................................................................................. 31 Arp/Beats Button .................................................................................... 31 MIDI Button ........................................................................................... 31 MIDI Panic Button .................................................................................. 31 Audition Button ...................................................................................... 31 Compare Button ..................................................................................... 31 Save/Copy Button ................................................................................... 32 Preset Edit Button ................................................................................... 32 Home/Enter Button ................................................................................ 32 Real-time Controller Knobs ......................................................................... 32 Knob Functions ...................................................................................... 33 Quick Edit mode ................................................................................. 33 Screen View Buttons .................................................................................... 34 Main ........................................................................................................ 34 Multi ....................................................................................................... 34 Mix Screen .............................................................................................. 34 Demo Mode ............................................................................................ 35 Command Functions................................................................................... 36 Preset Selection ....................................................................................... 36 Trigger Mode ........................................................................................... 36 Preset Menu Jump Keys .......................................................................... 36 Main Screen ................................................................................................. 37 MIDI Channel Selection ......................................................................... 37 Preset Selection ....................................................................................... 37 Channel Volume .................................................................................... 38 Channel Pan ........................................................................................... 39 Channel Arpeggiator .............................................................................. 39 Sound Navigator .......................................................................................... 40 Preset Category ....................................................................................... 40 Instrument Category .............................................................................. 40 Multisetups .................................................................................................. 41 Restoring Multisetups ............................................................................. 41 Multisetup Name .................................................................................... 42 Saving Multisetups ................................................................................. 42 Arp/Beats Menu ......................................................................43 Beats ............................................................................................................. 44 Beats Mode .............................................................................................. 46 Status ................................................................................................... 46 Beats Channel ..................................................................................... 46 Trigger Channel .................................................................................. 46 Beats Controllers ..................................................................................... 49 Beat Velocity Group 1-4 ...................................................................... 49 Beat Xpose Group 1-4 ......................................................................... 49 Beat Busy ............................................................................................ 49 Beat Variation ...................................................................................... 50 Halo Operation Manual iii Beats Keys Layout ...................................................................................51 1-Bar Trigger Option ...........................................................................51 Beats Keys Offset .....................................................................................52 Beats Part Velocity ..................................................................................52 Beats Part Transpose ...............................................................................53 Beats Part Group .....................................................................................54 Master Riff ...............................................................................................54 Riff Tempo ..............................................................................................55 Riff Controllers .......................................................................................55