Operation Manual © 2001 E-MU / ENSONIQ All Rights Reserved FI11542 Rev. A 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 Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................. 1 Product Description .......................................................................................1 Important Safety Instructions .................................................. 4 Foreign Language Warnings - German ................................... 7 Foreign Language Warnings - French ................................... 10 Declaration of Conformity ..................................................... 13 Setup ...................................................................................... 15 Unpacking....................................................................................................15 Connection Instructions..............................................................................16 Basic Setup ..............................................................................................16 Studio Setup ...........................................................................................17 Performance Setup ..................................................................................18 Power Down Sequence ................................................................................19 Rack Mounting MP-7 ..................................................................................19 Instant Gratification ............................................................... 21 Playing Patterns & Songs ........................................................................21 Playing Songs ..........................................................................................23 Playing Demo Sequences ........................................................................23 Auditioning Presets .................................................................................24 Selecting and Quick Editing Presets .......................................................25 Exploring the Master Arpeggiator ...........................................................26 Multi-Channel Arpeggiator ....................................................................28 Time to Save? .......................................................................................29 Basic Operations .................................................................... 31 Power Switch ...........................................................................................31 Volume Control ......................................................................................31 12VDC Lamp ..........................................................................................31 Mode/View Buttons .....................................................................................32 Track/Channel +/- Buttons .....................................................................33 ii E-MU Systems Table of Contents 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 ............................................................................................. 34 Edit Section .................................................................................................. 35 Song Edit Button .................................................................................... 35 Pattern Edit Button ................................................................................. 35 Preset Edit Button ................................................................................... 35 Global Button ......................................................................................... 35 Controllers Button .................................................................................. 35 Arpeggiator Button ................................................................................. 36 MIDI Button ........................................................................................... 36 Home/Enter Button ................................................................................ 36 Save/Copy Button ................................................................................... 36 Compare Button ..................................................................................... 36 Audition Button ...................................................................................... 36 Real-time Controller Knobs ......................................................................... 37 Knob Functions ...................................................................................... 37 Quick Edit mode ................................................................................. 37 Programmable Knobs mode ................................................................ 39 Multichannel Volume Knobs .............................................................. 39 Multichannel Pan Knobs .................................................................... 40 Trigger Buttons............................................................................................. 41 Trigger Mode ........................................................................................... 41 Preset Menu Jump Keys .......................................................................... 41 Touchstrip, Transpose, Keypads & Glide ..................................................... 42 Touchstrip Hold ...................................................................................... 42 Transpose Buttons .................................................................................. 42 Rubber Keypads ...................................................................................... 42 Glide Button ........................................................................................... 42 Erase Button ............................................................................................ 43 Repeat Button ......................................................................................... 43 Preset Screen ................................................................................................ 44 MIDI Channel Selection ......................................................................... 44 Preset Selection ....................................................................................... 44 Channel Volume .................................................................................... 45 Channel Pan ........................................................................................... 46 Channel Arpeggiator .............................................................................. 46 Sound Navigator .......................................................................................... 47 Preset Category ....................................................................................... 47 Instrument Category .............................................................................. 47 MP-7 Operation Manual iii Table of Contents Sequencer .............................................................................. 49 Overview ......................................................................................................50 Definitions ...................................................................................................50 Events ......................................................................................................50 Tracks ......................................................................................................50 Patterns ...................................................................................................50