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1. esee 3 8 Reassigning MIDI Submix Strips 3 8 The Clear All Button e ceeeeee eee eee eere 3 8 Input Strip Controls eese 3 9 The Trim Control A1 amp A2 eee 3 9 The Source Button inem eeett denen eee nete aE 3 9 Listening to Digital Audio from a CD 3 9 The Inline Insert Button eere nennen 3 10 The Inline Insert Popup Strips eee 3 10 Placing Effects into an Insert Strip 3 11 Changing the Order Of The Effects 3 11 Effects Wet Dry Mix eee 3 11 Changing Effects parameteTS ccsssscccceeeeessenees 3 11 The Aux BUSSES weds cecedet ex eee eret aec terere Eea 3 12 Quickstart How to Use the Aux Bus 3 12 Aux Bus Selectors e eeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeee eet 3 12 Asssigning Effects to an Aux Bus ess 3 13 Drag and Drop eere 3 13 ASsioti EIFGGES 5e Lii eris erector ieceru 3 13 Sending Signals to an Aux Bus eeeeeeee 3 14 To Send a Signal from an Input Strip to an Aux Bus 3 14 To set the Signal Amount from the Input Strip to the Aux DUS ie heed este eet GA nea Fev rera 3 14 To set the Amount of Processed Signal returned to the Master Output Strip ee eecccccecceeeeneeseeeees 3 14 Routing to an External Device
2. eese eere 3 3 Source Duttofh n eer Eder bin eed lebo Eee creto erbe erbe e or Tue 3 3 Inline Insert button cesses enne nennen nnn 3 3 2 Aux Bus Selectors amp Aux BusSend Amount controls horizontal indicators eee 3 3 Fader Grouping icon E chain NKS te edere deveee A eee ete eie t en 3 3 Stereo Mono indicator cech nnn nn nun 3 3 Pati Gi CACOR a aE i coke eee ed ettee bebe ee Peck ee suet ee eben ee De 3 3 Level indicator 25 Recreo ede dece erret eee eese eene 3 3 Pant Bob eee decere eet ente cec Duae ee Pa ee eT R E Du EP EE 3 3 Input Fader a isses eiie eir nee nene Fata Fase ge uv cn ex ees 3 3 Track Name text field ecseeeeeeeeeeeeeee rne 3 3 Mute Solo Buttons airis arenaen tara En ia EEEE ALA AAAA 3 3 lnput Strip Types eoi esce eve ie cette ser eacev sata evctaecessse 3 4 Digital Input Strips select input from 3 4 Adding Analog and Digital Input Strips 3 5 Deleting Input Strips ccccceessesssesssesssessseeseeees 3 5 MIDE Strips iii tier ett oce tate aie Cete d Cet I EC Eee atio Guo ce Pech oa 3 6 Main MIDI Strip iiio ieeeec ee teo ie e eon oen ro e veros 3 6 MIDI Submix Strips seseesessessssssseseeeeeeesessssssseseeseeee 3 6 MIDI Submix Configuration eeeeeeeeeeel 3 7 Adding MIDI Submix Strips esses 3 7 Deleting MIDI Submix Strips
3. eese 2 5 Install The E Card eese 2 5 viii Install The MIDI Bracket eere 2 5 Putting It All Back Together eere 2 6 Installing Software Driver Installation 2 6 1 Automatic Install Recommended 2 6 2 Wizard Driver Install for experienced PC users 2 6 Installing Software Application Installation 2 7 Installing Software Troubleshooting 2 8 How to Verify Your Software Installation 2 8 Connecting the APS to MIDI Audio Programs 2 10 Input Ports amp Drivers eessssssseseeeeesessssseseceeeeessssssse 2 10 APS WAVE IN onrada a ds 2 10 APSMIDI IN 2s oid ecipiaseoe beoe Enero toi gere bec bes eden 2 10 Output Ports amp Drivers eeeeeeeeseseeeeee nn 2 11 APS SYMRA rnana annA aisa iai 2 11 APS Synth B 1 222 nies e ea s 2 11 APS MIDI QOU T iicetsshxtsso zeit etes debel ebxbe euet latcevedeas 2 11 WAVE OUT heresi tesies irs epos tob ivg ass Leber hebes desebsdetents 2 11 Connecting the APS to your External Equipment 2 12 3 Using The E Control Mixer 3 1 COVED VI CW iM E 3 1 Input StEIDS s c Ue tccsdetic te ce et ehe to beh e tia erede esee 3 2 Master Output Strip seesessessssssseseceeeresessssssseseeeeeeere 3 2 Input Strips aee cei rever vete ee vea ele e teet Yee Ende eer 3 3 Trim pot on A1 amp A2 only
4. Launch Multimedia Control Panel Start Settings Control Panel Multimedia Select Audio Under Playback select APS Wave Out Under Recording select APS Wave In Under Preferred Quality Select CD Quality Select Apply Select MIDI Select Single Instrument Select MIDI for E mu APS MIDI SoundFont Synthesizer or APS Synth A whichever of these is listed Now hit the Apply button As a last step double click on the E mu logo you see in the start bar to launch the E Control Mixer Click on Help then About You should see the E mu APS Powered by E mu Movie complete with streaming audio coming from your APS hardware This is followed up with credits complete with MIDI audio coming from your APS hardware If this is what you see and hear the E mu APS hardware and software are installed properly and you are ready to enter the E mu APS experience APS Users Manual 2 9 Connecting the APS to MIDI Audio Programs The first time you launch a new MIDI Audio program you ll need to get it talking to the APS You can usually establish such communications via a menu in the host application that will be called something like Setup or Settings Look for MIDI and Audio devices See your program s manual to learn how to do this These menus will let you choose the APS ports and drivers from a list that may include other ports and drivers Input Ports amp Drivers For your MIDI Audio program to receive
5. 64 voice polyphony The SynthEngine can play up to 32 channels from your MIDI sequencer or MIDI keyboard using the APS s two internal MIDI ports Synth A and Synth B NOTE GM General MIDI MID file players will only play back 16 MIDI channels The APS SynthEngine uses up to 32 MB of your computer s RAM to store sample data from which sounds are generated The SynthEngine supports 8 bit or 16 bit digital sounds at any sample rate The file format for these samples is the most popular form of downloadable sounds the SoundFont format More on this in Chapter 4 The SoundFont Bank Manager Connecting a keyboard MIDI controller or keyboard equipped hardware synth to the E card transforms your computer into a professional quality musical instrument It s much easier and more fun to play music ona keyboard Any MIDI keyboard 99 of those on the market today will allow you play the APS synthesizer 1 6 Introduction MIDI The APS SynthEngine is controlled by MIDI The MIDI specification is a language by which computers and music synthesizers can communicate What s important to understand is that no actual sounds are transferred through the MIDI cable MIDI messages are simple 1 2 or 3 byte commands that tell the synthesizer such things as which notes to play what volume to play them which sound to play etc MIDI enables you to play one synthesizer from the keyboard of another and lets you recor
6. General MIDI sound set Mode This popup list box lets you choose the SoundFont bank in MIDI Bank Location 000 where General MIDI sounds reside and the way those sounds will react to MIDI commands such as bank change and preset change MIDI Program Change The modes of operation provided with the E mu APS are the following 2M Standard Loads the E mu 2M GM GS MT 32 sound set All MIDI channels except for MIDI channel 10 in both synthesiz ers in the standard way to bank and preset change commands changing banks and presets as instructed MIDI channel 10 is a dedicated percussion channel which plays drum kits only 2M General MIDI Loads the E mu 2M GM GS MT 32 sound set MIDI Bank Change commands will not effect a bank change though MIDI Program Change commands will change individual presets 4 6 The SoundFont Bank Manager MIDI channel 10 is a dedicated percussion channel which plays the General MIDI standard drum kit only Use this bank if you re writing or listening to music designed for a simple GM synthesizer 2M MT 32 Loads the E mu 2M GM GS MT 32 sound set MIDI Bank Change commands will not effect a bank change though MIDI Program Change commands will change individual presets MIDI channel 10 is a dedicated percussion channel which plays the MT 32 drum kit only Use this if you re writing or listening to music designed for a Roland MT 32 2M GM off Loads the E mu 2M GM GS MT 32 sound
7. E MU SYSTEMS Audio Production S tudio amp APS E Card Installation and Operation Manual P N FI650 Rev A August 1998 1998 EMU SYSTEMS INC All Rights Reserved APS Manual written by Tim Tully With portions by Mike Guzewicz and Duane Ford Edited by Denis Labrecque Duane Ford Mike Guzewicz amp Riley Smith Credits EMU10K1 VLSI Team Dan O Laughlin Tom Savell Carl Wakeland Scott Fuller and Dave Rossum Board Design Team Mark Connors Brent Elder Dan Freeman Brian Hess Jeannie Morgan Chuck Pagano Mechanical Engineering Team John Fertig Steve Thompson Synthesizer amp Device Driver Software Team John F Kraft IV Eric W Lange Michael Preston Daev Roehr Steve Verity and Mike Guzewicz Effects Engine Software Team Luke Dahl Sam Dicker Steve Hoge Donna Murray Vincent Vu Scott Wardle Applications Software Nikhil L Hoskeri Wayne Jackson Satheesh Kumar Srinivasan Sathish and Kurt Thywissen Program Artwork GUI Design Michael Stewart for Republic of Ambition Additional Art Brent Silveria and Denis Labrecque Program Manager Aime McNamara Product Marketing Manager Denis Labrecque Sound Design Ed Dickie Derick Joy and Tim Swartz ii Help Documentation Lynn Flink Production Test Team Tom Hendricks Gary Hull Software Quality Assurance Team Kevin Moore WR Parker Stuart Ponder Rob Pratt Frank Preuss Will Puckett Andrew Rath and Ed Rudnick Project Team Duane Fo
8. MERCHANTABILITY SATISFACTORY QUALITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT WILL E MU OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL INDIRECT SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SOFTWARE INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY LOSS OF REVENUE OR BUSINESS INFORMATION BUSINESS INTERRUPTION OR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE EVEN IF PRE ADVISED OF THEIR PROSPECT SOME JURISDICTIONS DISALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS LIMITATIONS ON DURATION OF IMPLIED WARRANTY OR CONDITION AND OR EXCLUSIONS OF THE AFOREDESCRIBED DAMAGES SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY AMONG DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS The Software was developed at private expense if acquired under agreement with the USA government or its contractor it is acquired as commercial computer software subject to the provisions hereof as specified in a 48 CFR 12 212 of the FAR and b if acquired for Department of Defense units 48 CFR 227 7202 2 of the DoD FAR Supplement or sections succeeding thereto This is our entire agreement on these subjects and supersedes any prior agreement or communications relating thereto E mu the E mu logo and SoundFont are registered trademarks of E mu Systems All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders Troublesho
9. Stereo User Insert MIDI Submix to one or more Y Strip 1 5 chained intemal ligo ci inis ARS Cie Selectors 1 4 Stereo Aux gt Aux Sends to Aux Retum Busses 1 4 Physical Output Levels summed signal S Host Record or Aux Retums of all strip Aux SSN internal APS from Physical Sends J effect inputs Input or interna APS 49 3 effect outputs A Switch To host Host Record Level record APS Wave In Main Stereo Mix L RLevels W To Physical Outputs analog or digital E Control Signal Flow Diagram 2 14 Installation amp Setup 3 Using The E Control Mixer Overview The APS E Control mixer is a user configurable software device for routing audio data to and from the inputs and outputs of the APS your computer s hard disk the APS s 32 channel MIDI SynthEngine and your MIDI Audio application Source gt E mu APS Mixer Control Buttons i a E Inline Insert Aux Bus ae Rooting Bus sels Selector Hard Disk Recording 0 0 dB 0 0 dB in ee Fe Tool E Panel Pan Pot ino Master Faders Onit Faders Analog Out 142 Input Strips Master Wave MIDI Output Strip APS Users Manual 3 1 The first time you launch the E Control Mixer you ll see the Master Output Strip and two Input Strips a Wave Strip and a MIDI Strip The E Control Mixer gives you the power to configure inputs outputs and processing Not only can you add custom inputs and processing
10. problems solved for you specifically the sample tuning on the keyboard and artifact less sample looping But even with all of this work done for you often times your scores will still want something a little different For this reason Vienna allows you to edit these banks of presets to suit your needs APS Users Manual Appendix 1 1 Editing Samples Vienna provides a sample loop editor you can open by double clicking on a sample in the User Sample folder or in an instrument in the Instrument folder Loop Editor functions e Set the sample to loop or play as a one shot sound like a percussion instrument e Change the length of the loop with the Local Loop End and Local Loop Start numeric text boxes e Change the amount of the sample the APS will play with the Local Sample Start and Local Sample End numerics at the top of the window Click the Edit button to edit the sample in the application you ve set as a Wave editor in your system preferences Changing the Ranges In the SoundFont Bank Tree pane open the Instrument Pool then open an instrument You ll see all the samples used in that instrument click on a sample Its pitch range bar will highlight below the keyboard and two black or white triangles will appear over the keys to which it s assigned You can play the sample by clicking any of those keys or using the top and middle row of keys on your computer keyboard Changing Synthesis Parameters Whe
11. 5 Recording and Playing Audio 5 1 Overdubbing ie icec ceed bcc ce erae ee de eed echo bl e ceo enata 5 2 Using Effects nec toris ce reiten rei E 5 2 System Performance eese eese eene enne 5 3 Xii 6 Using Effects 6 1 INEPOGUCHION sc subse TREES 6 1 The APS s Built in Effects eese 6 1 How to Route the Effects oo ecccccecesesessssssesreeeeeees 6 2 How to Save and Load Effects Presets 6 2 How to Use Effects Control Panels essss 6 3 AS d DEEE A bet eate ee ee Le eR 6 3 GHOTUS 2 iecit tee resecee tee ete corvi oet eren dea eet ee E 6 6 BI ATI SOR iiie eie teet eroe eet de ee e eet en eae ie qe EUR CUR eet 6 8 Echoz Delay i dct terree tee etat eoa EEEO er Edel deus 6 10 AUtO Walt ecc eei ev E eate ba eee race ve ehe vea vede va vetas 6 12 Pitch Shiftet ao edste et ie cer eie dte x eere e ER RETE TERES 6 13 DIStOEPCIOTI scccavesivesvcdhccecathe o ore Tete ie ehe ees veo cL cs eie 6 14 Compressor Limiter eee 6 15 Shelf EQ 4 Stereo eeesessosssssssssssssscscsosessesossssessssesssssse 6 17 Parametric EQ 4 Stereo eese 6 18 ADDGODGIIX 5o ee tent devo Microphone Configuration essere A 1 Using SoundBlaster Type Microphones A 1 Using Dynamic and Condenser Microphones A 2 Dynamic Microphones eee A 2 Condenser Mi
12. BLOCK nn SOUNDBLASTER 8d MIC JP2 LEFT CHANNEL JP3 NOT USED JP4 X PRO MIC LINE IN JP5 12Y PHANTOM POWER JP m SOUNDBLASTER TS JP RIGHT CHANNEL JPS NOT USED JP9 PRO MIC LINE IN JP10 12Y PHANTOM POWER Figure 1 Microphone jumper block configured for SoundBlaster compatible microphones on both the left and the right channels APS Users Manual Appendix 1 For these types of microphones which are generally condenser or electret types the cable is unbalanced meaning there is only one signal wire and a ground The tip is signal the ring is either shorted to tip or uncon nected and the sleeve is ground Power is supplied to the microphone through the signal wire tip Using Dynamic and CondenserM _ icrophones Professional microphones can be divided into two major categories dynamic and condenser types Dynamic Microphones Dynamic microphones generate sufficient level by them selves that they do not need a separate amplifier built into the microphone and therefore they do not need phantom power to operate Condenser Microphones Phantom Powered Condenser microphones have a small very low noise amplifier built in which requires phantom power The most common type of phantom power is 48V although most condenser microphones are designed to operate from voltages as low as 10V The E Drive can provide 12V phantom power which will suffice to power most common professional cond
13. In the E Control click the View gt Effect Patch Palette menu The Effects Routing Palette will open displaying the effects 2 Drag any active effect not grayed out to either the Inline Insert Button on any Input Strip or if the popup strip is open the Append Effect button When an effect is inserted the two arrows in the Input Strip come to gether indicating the effect is active Changing the Order Of The Effects To change the order of Effects in a Insert Strip click and hold on any Effect and drag and drop to the desired location Effects Wet Dry Mix Many of the effects show up with a mini wet dry knob that allows you to control the mix of the the effect with out having to open the effects panel This is a duplicate of the wet dry amount found in the Effects control panel A we dry amount is not found on all effects and therfore is not duplicated here Changing Effects parameters Once you add the effect to the Insert Strip you can click on it to open a control window where you can change the parameters of the effect See Chapter 6 Using Effects for information on Effects Parameters APS Users Manual 3 11 The Aux Busses The APS has four Aux Busses Each one receives signals from all Input Strips and sends them to various destinations typically one of the internal APS effects but you also have the flexibility of routing an aux bus to an external effects unit should you so desire
14. It contains the Aux Bus Router the main output faders and several other controls Lets look at them all starting from the top of the Master Output Strip Stereo Aux Bus Aux Bus Router Panel Physical Return Aux Bus Routers Return Amount Disk z Pi amp Hard Disk S pu os Lu Recording Aa n E Tools Panel Panel s Numerics Master Faders Peak Indicators Master Output Analog Out 1 2 Destination APS Users Manual 3 19 Stereo Aux Bus Router Panel The Stereo Aux Bus Router Panel at the top of the Master Output Strip contains four Stereo Aux Bus Routers Each Stereo Aux Bus Router receives all the signals sent from the Aux Bus Selectors of all Input Strips assigned to that bus Revert hifi Chorus lix Each Stereo Aux Bus Router mixes all the signals it receives and routes this mix to one of several possible destinations e The APS internal effects processors e External analog or digital devices To learn how to send an Input signal to an Aux Bus and route it to another destination see the discussion of Aux Bus Selectors in Section 1 of this Chapter It s important to note that the E Control does not have a master output level control for each Aux Bus You can however control the amount of signal going from each individual Input Strip to an Aux Bus Router and the amount of processed signal that comes back from an effect into the Master Output Strip 3 20 Using the E Control Mix
15. More Fullness Parametric E21 1 Boost 6 8 dB 100 Hz 300 Hz Center Freq More Projection 3 000 H Sle Boost 6 8 dB 800 Hz 2 kHz Band liidth Bandwidth 1 36 semitones This sets the width of the fre quency band around the center frequency measured in semitones there are 12 semitones per oc tave B EX Append Effect Use this parameter to create a notch filter by using a very narrow bandwidth at the frequency of a feedback or 60 Hz hum and cutting Gain 15 15 dB This controls the amount by which the frequencies around the center frequency are either cut or boosted 6 18 Using Effects Appendix Microphone Configuration The APS E Drive microphone inputs can accommodate a wide range of microphone types Jumpers on E Drive configure the inputs to operate with either a standard powered or un powered SoundBlaster compatible microphone a professional dynamic micro phone or a large number of phantom powered profes sional condenser microphones Using SoundBlaster Type Microphones To use the E Drive with a SoundBlaster compatible micro phone like the Telex Voice Commander or the Labtec AM 242 use a 1 4 tip ring sleeve TRS to 1 8 mini jack adapter to connect the microphone jack to one of the E Drive s TRS inputs Depending on whether the left or right jack is being used for the mike configure the left or right jumper block on E Drive as shown in Figure 1 MICROPHONE JUMPER
16. Users Manual 5 3 Level Aux 1 Aux 2 Foal Input trim Analog Line In Insert Main L R Mono Analog to one or more Y Y Physical Input oe intemal Strip aux bus Strip 1 4 APS effects Selectors 1 4 Physical Level Aux 1 Aux 2 S PDIF In Digital Out Insert Stereo Digital to one or more att Physical Input UN intemal Bienes hus Strip 1 2 APS eeds Selectors 1 4 Aux 1 Aux 2 APS Level wee a E Out Insert to one or more H i Stereo Wave chained intemal SEEDS Submix Strip 1 PS effects Selectors 1 4 APS MIDI Synth Engine Effects ho Aux 1 L Sends 1 2 Aux 2 opp MESI HI Engine Dry Out H y Level Stereo Main to gt ats v H MIDI Submix Strip aux bus T internal Strip 1 APS effects Selectors 1 4 Level Aux 1 Aux 2 APS MIDI inco Stereo User Insert MIDI Submix to one or more y i Strip 1 5 chained intemal Strip aux bus AS EIS Selectors 1 4 Stereo Aux gt Aux Sends to Aux Retum Busses 1 4 Physical Output p summed signal S Host Record or Aux Retums of all strip Aux SSN internal APS from Physical Sends e effect inputs Input or internal APS effect outputs Switch To host E53 Record Level record APS Wave In Main Stereo Mix q ng L RLevels WO To Physical Outputs analog or digital E Control Signal Flow Diagram 5 4 Recording amp Playing Audio 6 Using Effects Introduction In the Audio Production Studio an effect is a digital
17. Using an Aux Bus to route a signal to an effects processor is different from using an Inline Insert Strips The most important difference being that by using an Aux Bus you can share one effect amongst several input strips If you use an effect as an insert you are limiting its use to that one strip on which it is inserted Each Aux Bus has a return to mix slider control which adjusts the amount of effected signal that joins the main mix And by adjusting the send amounts on each strip you can control the proportion of effected signal sent from each individual strip Quickstart How to Use the Aux Bus 1 Select an effect for one of the four available buses 2 Use Aux Send 1 or 2 from an Insert Strip to select the Aux Bus as a signal destination 3 Use the strip Aux Send amount control to set how much of the strips signal you wish to send to that effect Note that an Aux Send represents a split in the signal path on a strip so you get both a dry signal and an effected signal entering the mix Also note that in APS the Aux Sends are post fader Aux Bus Selectors The two Aux Bus Selectors on each Input Strip appear in green type Aux Bug immediately below the insert Selectors button You can use either or both to route an adjustable amount of the input signal out any of the four Aux Bus Routers 3 12 Using the E Control Mixer Asssigning Effects to an Aux Bus Before assigning an Aux Bus Selector fmake sure that at
18. each other This is the program that loads into a synth when you send a MIDI Pro gram Change Command ASoundFont Bank is a collection of Presets APS Users Manual Appendix 7 Open a Bank In the Vienna File menu select Open then navigate to the SoundFont Bank you want to open You can find more SoundFont Banks on the APS install CD ROM with a selec tion of sounds from the vast E mu library Bie p Vem eme Eevee eis Heb zuo YA fmf za wj ms CgT AME 6 z TFF 2 When you first open Vienna you ll see a window divided into eight panes Upper left The SoundFont Bank Tree the file folder directory for the current SoundFont Banks In the SoundFont Bank Tree panel you ll see the direc tory structure of the currently loaded SoundFont Bank e The Sample Section containing the User Sample Pool which contains all the User samples available to the SoundFont Bank The APS has no ROM samples so none are listed Appendix 6 e The Instrument Pool listing all the available Instru ments and the samples that make up each Instru ment Each Instrument is identified by the trumpet icon Click on a Instrument icon to see the pitch ranges to which its component samples are assigned displayed below the keyboard e The Preset section containing the Melodic Pool and Percussive Pool folders each listing all the Presets in the current Bank Upper right A piano keyboard for auditioning sounds and s
19. on a separate bracket no PCI slot required and a MIDI cable with MIDI In and Out The analog connectors on the E Drive are switchable between microphone and line level and use studio quality preamps with trim control E Drive Inputs and Outputs Digital In 2 Stereo S PDIF e Digital Out 2 Stereo S PDIF e Analog In 3 4 L R Switchable between mic and line Studio quality attenuator e Stereo Headphone Jack with volume control ena mi e TUN EMI S PDIF IN 24465 am meen om mci Emo H i la a CON als E a a l mr on 2 O Qe Oo Oe ooO Analog IN 3 Analog IN 4 E Drive Microphone Configuration Jumpers inside the E Drive configure the inputs to operate with SoundBlaster compatible microphones professional dynamic microphones or a large number of phantom powered professional condenser microphones NOTE These jumpers should be set before installing the E Drive Please see the Appendix for more on Microphone configuration When phantom power is On the inputs should not be used for non powered inputs such as guitar or distortion could result APS Users Manual 1 3 APS General Operation The APS works in conjunction with MIDI Audio software programs such as Cubase VST Sound Forge Cakewalk and many others These programs allow you to record and playback audio and or MIDI data to the hard disk on your computer The MIDI interface allows you to connect MIDI keyboard instruments or sound mo
20. set Behaves just like 2M Standard except the synthesizers no longer use MIDI channel 10 as a percussion channel Instead MIDI bank 064 contains the drum kits So when in this mode any MIDI channel may be used for drum kits or instruments 8M Standard Loads the E mu 8M GM sound set All MIDI channels except for MIDI channel 10 in both synthesizers behave in the standard way to bank and preset change commands changing banks and presets as instructed MIDI channel 10 is a dedicated percussion channel which plays drum kits only 8M GM off Loads the E mu 8M GM sound set which behaves just like 8M Standard except the synthesizers no longer use MIDI channel 10 as a percussion channel Instead MIDI bank 064 contains the drum kits So when in this mode any MIDI channel may be used for drum kits or instruments APS Users Manual 4 7 User Set Click this check box to select your own custom SoundFont bank to be that loaded into MIDI bank 0 When you select this check box a window opens that lets you e Select Standard or GM Off mode of operation e Browse to any SoundFont bank and use that as your sound set for MIDI bank O e Cancel leaving the synthesizer mode unchanged If you do not cancel the browse button becomes enabled This then permits you to browse to a different SoundFont compatible bank to be used with the Standard or GM Off modes of operation Also the Mode list box described above now gives you the opt
21. signal level fed back into the effect s input A negative percentage will reverse the phase of the feedback signal Use this parameter to create an intense metallic effect At 10096 the identical sample will repeat endlessly At less than 10096 the sample will repeat and fade out over time Rate 0 10 Hz The number of times per second the LFO controlling the amount of delay repeats Higher values increase the pitch modulation Use this parameter to change the speed of the comb filter sweep Delay 0 4 ms The average amount of time the sample is delayed before it is played back with feedback the amount of time between iterations of the sample Larger values cause the pitch of the filter notches to drop Smaller values 0 10 ms cause the chorus to act more like a flanger but with different frequency charac teristics Waveform Switch Sinusoid Triangle Selects the shape of the LFO waveform that represents the amount of the delay of the sampled signal Phase Switch 180 90 0 90 180 This changes the phase difference between the left and right LFO s At O degrees the two LFOs are in sync Use this parameter to create the illusion of an expanded stereo field of the output signal APS User s Manual 6 9 Echo Delay The Echo Delay is used to bring movement and spatial expansion to a signal It s achieved by sampling the input signal then replaying the sample after a programmable delay As op
22. slot and an additional open bracket space for the MIDI I O connector Tools You ll Need e Phillips head screwdriver Don t use a screwdriver with a magnetized tip Before You Begin 1 Turn off and unplug the computer before attempting to install the APS 2 Remove the computer cover to gain access to the inside Be sure to save the screws 3 Touch the power supply cover or other metal surface to discharge any static electricity stored in your body Static charges can damage the circuit board 4 Locate the necessary bay card slot and bracket space Some computers may require you to remove one or more components in order to install the E drive in an available bay Refer to the owners manual that came with your computer for more information Remove the bay cover from the front of the computer Install the E Drive It s best if you can install the E drive below the CD ROM drive to ensure the cabling doesn t interfere with the CD ROM drawer Once you have located and prepared the bay you want to use install the drive 1 Ground yourself and remove the drive from its anti static bag 2 Orient the drive so the knobs and connectors face toward the front of the computer They will stick out in place of the bay cover you removed earlier 2 4 Installation amp Setup 3 Configure the Microphone jumpers to your most commonly used microphone type See the Appendix for more information on microphone selection
23. starts Use this parameter to help keep a sharp edge on highly compressed sounds by allowing an instrument s full attack through before the compression starts Shelf EQ 4 Stereo The Shelf Equalizer either high or low shelf can mold an instrument s sound timbre to fit into a mix It boosts or cuts all frequencies above or below a specific cutoff frequency Shelf Switch LO HI Insert Determines whether the EO will E affect the frequencies above high shelf or below low shelf the cutoff frequency Frequency 80 16000 Hz Determines the cutoff frequency Gain 15 15 dB The amount by which the selected frequencies are cut or boosted APS User s Manual 6 17 Parametric EQ 4 Stereo The Parametric Equalizer is the most versatile and flex ible EQ available It can zero in on specific frequency ranges to fix problems in poor frequency response in equipment or to process or mold an instrument s sound The Parametric EQ lets you set a center frequency and the width of a band of frequencies around that center and then boost or cut that bandwidth Center Frequency 80 16000 Hz This determines the center frequency around which the boost or cut will occur The EQ provides maximum boost or cut at it s center frequency Use this parameter to mold a signal s sonic texture Use the following values to achieve meum x9 More Presence Boost 6 8 dB 1 5 kHz 3 kHz WavelStereo 1
24. sweep Pitch Shifter Shifts the frequency of the input signal in real time while preserving harmonic relationships The effect is achieved by doing sample rate conversion on the fly Pitch Shifter Wet Dry Mix In an Inline Insert Strip the Pitch Shifter button displays a wet dry mix control Drag this control up and down to vary the ratio of processed wet signal to source dry signal the processor outputs Semitones 12 12 semitones This sets the number of semitones by which the pitch is shifted There are 12 semitones per octave Negative values decrease the amount of the shift and positive values increase it Cents 50 50 cents This is a fine tuning control calibrated in cents A cent is 1 100th of a semitone Negative values decrease the amount of the shift and positive values increase it APS User s Manual 6 13 Distortion This simulates turning up overdriving the gain stage on a guitar amplifier or adding a distortion pedal to an instrument s output It is achieved by clipping the signal adding more square wave like components and adding rich harmonics Distortion 2400 Hz oJ Gain 60 0 dB This decreases the signal level after the signal has been distorted Edge 0 100 The distortion s intensity Higher values increase the amount of fuzz in the signal Post EQ Center Frequency 100 8000Hz Sets the center frequency of the range of
25. through an Aux Bus3 15 Re recording Selected Tracks Via an Aux Bus 3 17 Other Strip Controls seseeesessssseseceeeeessssssseeeeeeessesssse 3 18 Fader Grouping cccssessssssnssccncccecceceecceseeeceeees 3 18 Stereo Mono indicator eere 3 18 Panning Mono Strip Balance Stereo 3 18 level EE etes eve t eve ee ee ve eae E EN EN e aU YRN 3 18 Track Nate 45 35 wie terere ri terit eS 3 18 Mute Solo Buttons eee eene eene 3 18 The Master Output Strip eese 3 19 Stereo Aux Bus Router Panel cccccecceeeeeeseeees 3 20 Aux Bus Physical Return eeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeen 3 21 Disk Record Potosi 3 21 Record So rces eee etre teet bee een neret ve es 3 21 THE Record Sources eter ties 3 22 Tools Panel 2 5 ce eret erret tiere onde rtr ee drei 3 23 Effects Panel nid pete 3 23 SoundFont Bank Manager eee 3 23 MIDI Submix Configuration Button Yellow Button aii an aasia nnne 3 24 Add Analog Submix Strip Icon 3 24 Add Digital Strip Icon eeeeeeeeee 3 24 Add MIDI Submix Strip Icon Blue Button 3 24 Master Mute Button cesses 3 24 Show Hide Icon ecce 3 24 Master Output Fader ssseseeseesessssseseceeesessssssseesee 3 25 MEOS 4 ceeid iier vetet ree v eet ee esee Vete eee eed ete beatae 3 25 Output Destination Butto
26. 4 Carefully slide the drive into the empty bay Take care not to pinch any cables or force the drive into the bay It should slide in fairly easy 5 Secure the drive to the bay Connect the Cables There are three cables included with the APS that connect all the components All of the cables are keyed so they can be attached in the proper orientation Install the cables to the E card before plugging it into the computer Refer to the illustration on page 2 3 for cable connections and locations Install The E Card 1 Remove the bracket cover from the free PCI Card slot Save the screw 2 Remove the E card from the anti static wrap 3 Position the card over the slot Be sure to align the card bracket with the open bracket slot and the bottom of the card with the card slot on the motherboard 4 Gently but firmly push the card into the slot Be sure the card is firmly seated all the way in the slot 5 Secure the card by using the screw removed in step 1 to attach the bracket to the computer frame Install The MIDI Bracket 1 Remove the bracket cover from the available bracket space Save the screw 2 Locate the MIDI bracket included with the APS 3 Place the MIDI bracket in the available space and secure it with the screw you removed in step 1 APS Users Manual 2 5 Putting It All Back Together 1 Replace any components in your computer you removed prior to the APS installation then double check th
27. APS will play all the wav tracks in your multitrack software through the stereo Wave Input Strip Therefore the only time you ll be able to use the APS effects and bussing structure to process an individual wav track is while you re recording it The APS does provide a way however to let you add effects to one or more already recorded tracks Assuming you have the disk space can use the Wave Input Strip s Aux Bus to re record selected track s to a new WAV file mixed and processed as you want Todo this 1 In your host application mute all tracks except the one s you want to re record Then set a new track to record 2 In the E Control use Inline Inserts to add effects processing to the track s 3 In the E Control Master Output Strip click one of the four Aux Bus Routers and choose the menu item Disk Record 4 The Router button will turn red and read Disk Rec and the Disk Record Panel will display the Aux Bus you set to Disk Record 5 In the Wave Input Strip click one of the two Aux Bus Selec tors and choose Disk Record ing through the Router you just assigned The Aux bus selector button will turn red and read Rec See Chapter 6 for more information on using Effects APS Users Manual 3 17 Other Strip Controls Fader Grouping A red Fader Grouping icon two chain links functions as a fader linking button e Click on this icon to link any number of Input or MIDI Users S
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29. C drive bay also offering analog and digital I O and analog to digital and digital to analog converters as well as input level controls and a headphone jack Software e The E Control an on screen mixer that routes mixes and adds effects to streamed digital audio the output of the APS SynthEngine and external inputs APS Users Manual 1 1 e The SoundFont Bank Manager a sound control center for loading and auditioning SoundFont samples used by the APS e SoundFont Banks preset sound banks and other sound design and audio MIDI sequencing software for your use APS Input and Output Connectors The APS analog connectors are balanced 1 4 TRS tip ring sleeve connectors using recording studio quality digital analog and analog digital converters Balanced cables provide the most noise free signal possible when used with other balanced equipment but standard 2 wire 1 4 tip sleeve cables work just fine E Card Inputs and Outputs e Analog In 1 2 L R e Analog Out 1 2 L R e Digital In 1 Stereo S PDIF e Digital Out 1 Stereo S PDIF The S PDIF digital connectors are high quality RCA plugs Analog IN 1 A1 Left IN Analog IN 2 A2 Right Connector for Analog OUT 1 Left PHPCEN S nalog Le OUT MIDI Out Analog OUT 2 Right Cable Digital S PDIF IN 1 Stereo S PDIF OUT 1 Stereo E Card Main Output E Card MIDI Bracket 1 2 Introduction MIDI connections are made via a 15 pin gameport connector
30. Drive Cable B is a flat ribbon cable that carries all the other signals Note You can connectthe digital output of a CD ROM drive directly to the E Drive This cable is supplied and also comes with most CD ROM Drives Note however that not all CD ROM drives have a digital audio output 2 2 Installation amp Setup E Drive Microphone configuration Jumpers inside the E Drive configure the inputs to operate with either standard powered or un powered SoundBlaster compatible microphones professional dynamic microphones or a large number of phantom powered professional condenser microphones NOTE These jumpers should be set before installing the E Drive Please see the Appendix for more on microphone configuration E Drive CORECEDELE Microphone Selector See Appendix Note The white Headphone connector is Black currently unused HeadPhone Connector E Card Connector E Drive Ribbon Cable d p Headphone Cable A Digital Connector to CD ROM Future Expansion Connector unused HeadPhone Connector Connector E Card MIDI Bracket Connector MIDI Pi Bracket Cable rel The Audio Production Studio Hardware Cable Diagram APS Users Manual MIDI I O Cable D Ext 23 Step By Step Hardware Installation The APS system installs inside your PC You will need one available drive bay an available PCI card
31. Input Strip 3 5 Analog Submix Strip Icon 3 24 Append Effect 3 11 Auto Wah 6 12 Aux Bus 3 12 A 14 Aux Bus Router 3 13 3 20 Aux Bus Selectors 3 12 Aux Bus Send Amount 3 14 Aux Send A 14 B Balance 3 18 Bank 4 3 4 9 Browse 4 8 4 10 C CD audio 3 9 CD ROM Audio 2 2 3 4 Chorus 6 6 Clear All Button 3 8 Compressor Limiter 6 15 Condenser microphones A 2 Continuous Controller MIDI A 14 Controllers SF Bank Manager 4 5 Create a SoundFont Preset A 10 Credits ii D Default MIDI Bank 1 7 Default Sound Set 4 6 APS Users Manual Digital Input Strip 3 5 Digital Strip Icon 3 24 Disk Record Pot 3 21 Distortion 6 14 Drivers See Input Drivers Drum Kit checkbox 4 3 Dynamic microphones A 2 E E Card 1 1 2 2 E Control 1 1 1 5 E Control Mixer 3 1 E Control mixer 3 1 E Drive 1 1 2 2 E Drive mic jumpers A 1 E mu button 4 5 Echo Delay 6 10 Editing Samples A 12 Effect Patch Palette 3 13 effects 3 11 Effects wet dry Mix 3 11 electret microphones A 2 EMU10K1 1 6 EQ 6 17 6 18 External MIDI Interface 1 5 F Fader Grouping 3 18 Fader Grouping Icon 3 24 Flanger 6 8 G General MIDI A 14 GM button 4 5 1 7 3 6 4 1 I 1 H headphone signal 2 2 l inline effect 3 10 Inline Insert Popup Strip 3 10 Input connectors 1 2 Input Drivers 2 10 Input Ports 2 10 Input Strip Adding 3 5 Input strip delete 3 5 Input Strip Controls 3 9 Input Strips 3 3 Insert A 14 Inline Inse
32. Input Strip s With that in mind there are two ways to use the APS effects and bussing structure to process an individual track e Process it as you record it e Re record one or more tracks with effects 5 2 Recording amp Playing Audio To add effects to one or more already recorded tracks use the Wave Input Strip s Aux Bus to re record the selected track s to a new wav file To do this see the section titled Re recording Selected Tracks Via an Aux Bus In Chapter 3 See Chapter 7 for more information on using Effects System Performance The number of wav audio tracks available for playback is dependent on the capabilities of the application software hard disk bandwidth and CPU performance Your audio program and the performance of your system RAM Disk Speed etc will determine how many tracks you can record and play back Basically this means keep piling on the tracks til it chokes then back off a little More RAM a faster CPU and larger faster hard disks all help System performance especially the number and quality of SoundFont samples is VERY dependent on system RAM We highly recommend that you have at least 16MB of additional system RAM over the 16MB of system RAM necessary to run Windows for quality performance of the Audio Production Studio A 64MB system allows you to have a full 32MB of sample RAM and plenty of over head to run Windows the E Control and your application program APS
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34. WAVE audio or MIDI from any external source you must enable select the two APS input port drivers APS WAVE IN and APS MIDI IN in your program APS WAVE IN The APS WAVE IN appears as a single stereo streaming audio recording input to the host program Once selected in your program it will usually stay enabled This will then direct audio from the E Control to your program To choose among the various APS hardware inputs including output from the synthesizer or effects engine auxiliary sources use the E Control Input Strips See Chapter 3 Using the E Control for specific instructions on using the E Control APS MIDIIN Select the APS MIDI IN driver in your host application to allow the APS to receive MIDI data from external MIDI devices through the MIDI cable attached to the rear of the MIDI Bracket attached to the E Card 2 10 Installation amp Setup Output Ports amp Drivers For your host application to send MIDI data to the APS SynthEngine or any external MIDI device or to output audio to any destination it must be communicating with the four APS output devices APS SynthA This addresses all 16 channels of internal SynthEngine A APS Synth B This addresses all 16 channels of internal SynthEngine B e Use your program s port selector to select either APS Synth A or APS Synth B for particular tracks You also control which MIDI data goes to which MIDI channels via the host program e For more sophistic
35. actor values create a funky ambience with lots of slap echoes a really bad sounding very live small room 6 4 Using Effects Early Reflection Level 0 100 This controls the amount of early reflections reflections from nearby surfaces usually heard before the late reverberation Use this parameter to create direct reflections from nearby walls Higher values with short decay times and low reverb levels are good for simulating a small room Adds realism to guitar or keyboard recorded dry or for extra room tone on close miked vocals Smaller amounts with higher reverb levels add a sense of distance or isolation to a sound and create a large space like a cathedral or stadium Late Delay 1 350 ms The delay between early reflections and additional clus ters of reflections that constitute late reverberation Use this parameter to change the simulated room size from a living room 1ms to a concert hall 75ms to a cathedral 300ms Increasing values add later bloom to the reverb as the reflections return from increasingly distant walls or larger simulated spaces Typical musical applications use values between 1 and 50ms Stadium effects occur in the 300ms range with moderate Decay Time Early Reflection and Reverb Levels and reduced Reverb Diffusion levels at below 5096 High Frequency Decay Factor 10 3 This is an additional decay factor applied to reverbera tion signals above 1 kHz Negative valu
36. ah or pitch shifter How to Route the Effects You can use any of these effects by routing a signal to them via an Inline Insert Strip or an Aux Bus The Inline Insert Strip routes an Input Strip Signal out to one or more effects and back to the Input Strip for mix ing Inline processing is typically used for EQ or dynam ics processing which outputs the entire processed signal not a wet dry mix back to the Strip You can also send a portion of the input signal out either of the two Aux Bus Selectors found on every Input Strip Each Aux Bus Selector has an adjustable Aux Bus Send Amount you can use to set the level of input signal routed to any one of four Aux Bus Routers which then sends it to whichever effects processor is connected to the bus After the signal has been processed it is automatically returned to the Master Output Strip You can use the wet dry mix pot on many of the effects processors to set the balance of the original dry and processed wet signal returned to the Master Output Strip See the section on Input Strip Controls in Chapter 3 to learn how to assign effects to both the Inline Inserts and the Aux Busses How to Save and Load Effects Presets All of the APS effects parameters except for the EQs can be saved and loaded as presets The List Save and Load Icons located in the upper right of the effects panel allow you to control Effects presets Simply click on the List icon in the upper right to displ
37. aif Wee 1 D unes LLL External Effects Unit External Sound Module with digital I O MIDI controlled c c o co o jd o e S if fs g 2 I ato o x ES 2 2 lt lt r9 Headphones D2 R L Digital In D2 R L Digital Out S PDIF Out Portable Digital Audio Tape Recorder MIDI Out MIDI Keyboard Controller To record multiple performers simultaneously with additional analog inputs Add analog to digital converters Mic To D1 Digital In Analog To Digital A D Converter To D2 Digital In Analog To Digital A D Converter APS Users Manual 2 13 Level Aux 1 Aux 2 nae Input trim Analog Line In Insert Main L R Mono Analog to one or more v Y Physical Input chained intemal Strip aux bus Strip 1 4 APS effects Selectors 1 4 Physical Level Aux 1 Aux 2 S PDIF In Digital Out Insert Stereo Digital Ke PE um oe Physical Input chained intemal Gliro aux bis Strip 1 2 APS aiat Selectors 1 4 Aux 1 Aux 2 APS Level Out Insert to one or more Y 4 Stereo Wave chained intemal Strip aux bus Submix Strip 1 APS effects Selectors 1 4 APS MIDI Synth Engine Effects a da Sends 142 TERI ec E dex gp Engine Dry al Level Stereo Main zu one or more A H MIDI Submix in d Strip aux bus chained intemal Strip 1 APS effects Selectors 1 4 Level L Aux 1 Aux 2 APS MIDI Synth Engine Balance EE B Dry Out R
38. ank creating A 10 SoundFont Bank Manager 1 2 3 23 SoundFont Sounds creating A 7 SoundFont Structure A 7 Source Button 3 9 Source button 3 4 APS Users Manual Stereo Mono indicator 3 18 Sustain 4 3 Synth A 15 Synth A 2 11 Synth A B A 15 Synth B 2 11 Synth Parameters changing A 12 SynthEngine 1 6 3 6 T Tech Support vi Tools Panel 3 23 Track Name 3 18 Trim Control 3 9 trim pot 3 4 Troubleshooting vi TRS connectors A 3 U User button 4 5 V Voice A 16 W Warranty iv Wave 3 4 WAVEIN 2 10 WAVEOUT 2 11 Wave Sub Mix A 16 Web Sites vii 1 3
39. ated use such as extracting individual channels from the output of the host program and processing them separately see Chapter 3 on how to use the MIDI Submix Strips in the E Control APS MIDI OUT This addresses the physical MIDI Out port To play external synths select APS MIDI OUT and connect your external synth s MIDI In port to the E mu APS MIDI Output connector on the MIDI I O cable cable D WAVE OUT This addresses the APS stereo output The audio from here is routed to the Wave input strip of the E Control mixer APS Users Manual 2 11 Connecting the APS to your External Equipment The APS can be configured into your setup in a variety of ways The following pages are suggestions for use BASIC APS SETUP Powered Monitor Speaker R Powered Monitor Speaker L c w a MIDI Bracket A1 R Analog A2 L Line In A1 R Analog A2 L Line Out D1 R L Digital In D1 R L Digital Out c c o co 9o go 9o lt se 42 zn I i2 T oF p oO 9 E 99 z lt Headphones D2 R L Digital In D2 R L Digital Out MIDI Keyboard Controller 2 12 Installation amp Setup ADVANCED APS SETUP Powered Monitor Speaker R Powered Monitor Speaker L Bal In Bal In MIDI Bracket Analog Line In Analog Line Out R L Digital In D1 R L Digital Out L Stereo u at Effects Ee 5 26 Loop o a o
40. ay a list of Effects presets The Save Disk Icon allows you to save your own settings while the Load Folder Icon allows you to recall your own presets 6 2 Using Effects How to Use Effects Control Panels Just as each effect processor has different functions each effects control panel has different settings Here s how each one works Reverb Reverb is a diffused wash of many reflections of a sound source from walls floors and ceilings in different kinds of spaces such as various sized rooms and halls stadiums canyons and so on It is one of the most heavily used and most natural effects since it simulates our everyday environments To create the reverb effect the processor creates multiple simulated reflections of the source signal then blends them together at varying intensities As a true stereo reverb the APS reverb maintains the spatial placement of the panned sound and creates proper timing of reflections according to this placement 50 ms late e l Delay APS User s Manual 6 3 Level 0 100 This is the percentage of reverberation wet signal level to source dry signal level that appears at the output of the effect This control duplicates the function of the Wet Dry Mix control in the Insert strip Use this parameter to affect the sense of distance between the sound and the listener Larger values make the sound seem more distant and blur its position in the stereo field In
41. boxes below the sliders determine which continuous controllers will appear in the drop down list boxes GM Clicking this button sets the four list boxes to the four most commonly used General MIDI controllers Mod Wheel Pitch Wheel Volume and Pan You cannot change these E mu This check box calls up the E mu Enhancement control lers specifically designed for SoundFont 2 1 compatible banks When you load a 2 1 bank you ll be able to choose from up to four controllers designed into each preset then modify each one with the sliders This does not work with banks developed in SoundFont 2 0 or older User Clicking this check box lets you choose the controllers for controlling a preset These settings aren t stored with the bank but are only for auditioning APS Users Manual 4 5 MIDI Reset Sometimes MIDI devices get confused and sustain a note or bunch of notes endlessly to let you know they re annoyed If that happens click the MIDI Reset button to turn off all sustaining notes and reset all controllers in the device to zero It provides quite an effective attitude adjustment for your intractable computer equipment This is also called a MIDI Panic button Default Sound Set MIDI Bank 0 Controls These controls let you configure the SoundFont Bank in Location 000 Changes made in this area will have an effect on the sounds heard by any Multimedia System compliant MIDI applications that are using the standard
42. clear erase whatever bank you ve loaded into RAM and restore the default banks set up by the Synthesizer Mode Restore Clicking this button restores the factory settings in the selected variation bank or all variation banks Doing this will wipe out all the changes you ve made to these settings 4 10 The SoundFont Bank Manager 95 Recording and Playing Audio By itself the APS has no recording or playback functions To record and play back audio you must use a 3rd party digital audio application program that records audio the APS will work with any program that allows you to properly record wav files Please refer to the Recording audio section of your software for more detailed expla nations In general to record audio from the outside world into most audio programs do the following 1 Set your host application to use the APS audio input driver APS WAVE IN See the section Connecting Your Application to the APS in Chapter 2 Connect your analog or S PDIF digital audio source to any appropriate APS hardware input In the E Control add an analog or digital input strip depending on the nature of your source using the buttons in the Tools Panel At the top of the new Input Strip click on the Input Strip name D1 A2 etc and choose the hardware input you connected to your source If you re record ing analog stereo you need two input strips Adjust level and pan and set up any Inline In
43. crophones Phantom Powered A 2 Balanced Connectors ccsssssseseesssesssesseeeeeenseeeens A 3 General MIDI Patches eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eene enne A 4 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART ccseessessessreeneeees A 6 Xiii Xiv 1 Introduction Overview The E mu Audio Production Studio APS is designed for musicians multimedia content developers sound designers in fact anyone who needs a high quality system for creating digital audio and MIDI based music The APS lets you record edit process and play back multiple tracks of digital audio and high quality synthesized sounds for personal songs CD ROM audio game soundtracks DVD video soundtracks or any other desktop audio The APS also performs most of the functions of a standard multimedia PC sound card supporting third party applications that play and or record audio and MIDI files using Microsoft s Multimedia System MMSystem The APS supports most 3rd party audio production software including MIDI Audio sequencers audio editors and sound design programs The Audio Production Studio consists of the following Hardware e The E Card a PCI card that includes analog and digital I O analog to digital and digital to analog converters two 16 channel MIDI synthesizer samplers and real time Digital Signal Processing Features shown in GREY refer to the full APS system ECard plus EDrive The E Drive a module that fits into a P
44. d multiple musical performances on your computer edit them and have the computer play them back together General MIDI General MIDI GM is a subset of the MIDI spec and provides that a specific set of sounds be loaded at specific memory locations and with specific names This way a song written on a General MIDI synth will play back correctly on any other General MIDI synthesizer See the Appendix for a General MIDI Patch Map General MIDI assigns drum sounds to MIDI channel 10 with different drum sounds on different notes of the keyboard This drum channel plays each sound at its original pitch contrary to a melodic preset which transposes sounds to get a full range of pitches Default MIDI Bank When you boot your PC a 2MB General MIDI bank is loaded into computer s RAM and assigned to both SynthEngines A and B Whenever you play a MIDI file MID from your desktop from a Web page within a game or CD ROM title or from a MIDI sequencer the APS SynthEngine will use these sounds If you want higher quality sounds you can load the 8MB GM bank See Chapter 4 The SoundFont Bank Manager APS Users Manual 1 7 Other SoundFont Banks You can also copy additional SoundFont Banks from the APS CD ROM or from optional CD ROMs you can purchase from E mu The Sounds in all these banks are taken from the immense E mu sample library and are the same sounds used in products such as the Proteus Vintage Keys and Planet Pha
45. dio sequencer set it to use the APS port drivers and rock n roll If you have problems with the installation please refer to Chapter 2 Installation amp Setup for complete instructions System Requirements e PC with Windows 95 or 98 and hard disk drive CD ROM drive for software installation e PCI slot open bracket space for MIDI connector e Open drive bay for E Drive installation optional e Minimum System Pentium 133 with at least 24MB RAM Monitor resolution 800x600 256 color e Recommended System Pentium 200 with 64 MB RAM Monitor 1024x768 Hi Color 16 bit System performance especially the number and quality of SoundFont samples is VERY dependent on system RAM We highly recommend that you have at least 16MB of additional system RAM over the 16MB of system RAM necessary to run Windows for quality performance of the Audio Production Studio Also note that the number of audio tracks available for playback is dependent on the capabilities of the application software hard disk bandwidth and CPU performance APS Users Manual 1 9 Online Help This section was a simple introduction to the usage of The Audio Production Studio For detailed information continue to read this manual and refer to the APS On Line Help found under the Help Menu of the APS E Control Mixer The APS has extensive and complete documentation describing all of the features and how to use them in detail Please note that On L
46. dules to your computer Connecting a MIDI keyboard turns your computer into a powerful musical instrument and composition tool Audio MIDI Program Stereo Audio Mix E Cont Software Mixer 4 E DRIVE Optional 1 4 Introduction we SEM HEADPHONES As a host program plays digital audio data from the disk to the APS the E Control mixes the audio and processes it with its numerous built in effects processors then outputs it as both analog and digital audio The audio output of the internal MIDI synthesizer the SynthEngine is routed through the E Control mixer and can be processed mixed and output just like digital audio files To provide the SynthEngine with sounds the APS includes an enormous library of SoundFont Banks with which you can produce professional quality music Together with third party MIDI audio applications the APS is a full featured MIDI audio production tool The E Control Mixer The E Control works like a sub mixer that sits between the input and output of a MIDI Audio application program and the Audio Production Studio hardware The E Control uses familiar input output and insert strips that use faders and knobs to set levels program inserts and aux sends mute solo and so on The E Control routes processes and mixes sources to various destinations operating similar to s
47. e 70 English Horn 71 Bassoon 72 Clarinet 73 Piccolo 74 Flute 75 Recorder 76 Pan Flute 77 Blown Bottle 78 Shakuhachi 79 Whistle 80 Ocarina 81 Lead 1 square 82 Lead 2 sawtooth 83 Lead 3 calliope 84 Lead 4 chiff 85 Lead 5 charang 86 Lead 6 voice 87 Lead 7 fifths 88 Lead 8 bass lead 89 Pad 1 new age 90 Pad 2 warm 91 Pad 3 polysynth 92 Pad 4 choir 93 Pad 5 bowed 94 Pad 6 metallic 95 Pad 7 halo 96 Pad 8 sweep APS Users Manual 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 FX 1 rain FX 2 soundtrack FX 3 crystal FX 4 atmosphere FX 5 brightness FX 6 goblins FX 7 echoes FX 8 sci fi Sitar Banjo Shamisen Koto Kalimba Bag pipe Fiddle Shanai Tinkle Bell Agogo Steel Drums Woodblock Taiko Drum Melodic Tom Synth Drum Reverse Cymbal Guitar Fret Noise Breath Noise Seashore Bird Tweet Telephone Ring Helicopter Applause Gunshot Appendix 5 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART ese Fees Eres pris Velocity Note ON 9n v 1 127 Note Off 8n V 0 127 9n Y 0 Key Aftertouch NO Chnl Aftertouch Yes Pitch Bend 1 2 octaves Sensitivity Recognized Controllers 2 Bank Select Modulation Breath Cntrl Data Entry Main Volume Pan Expression Damper Pedal S
48. e cabling Make sure there are no screws or other loose parts inside the computer then replace the computer s cover Installing Software Driver Installation When you have completed the hardware installation section you may turn on your Windows 95 computer When Windows finishes booting it detects the new hardware in your system and will ask you for device drivers You have two options at this point 1 Automatic Install Recommended Allow the E mu APS software installation process to automatically install drivers for you Click on Next Finish or Cancel until all Windows Driver Wizard dialog boxes go away then insert the APS CD You may then skip to the next section entitled Software Application Installation 2 Wizard Driver Install for experienced PC user s Allow the Windows Driver Wizard to guide you through the Device Driver Installation If you elect option 2 continue reading here 1 Click on the Next button and allow Windows to search for a driver diskette Windows will eventually fail to do so and ask you to direct it to where the device drivers exist 2 Put the E mu APS Software CD ROM into your CD ROM drive then select Alternate Locations and then Browse to the Win95 folder on the APS CD ROM 3 Windows should now find E mu APS drivers 4 Click on Finish 2 6 Installation amp Setup NOTE If you have Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 OSR2 or later Windows will fail t
49. e single MIDI channel to which all MIDI channel data coming from the outside world gets channeled into the APS SynthEngine By default this is channel 16 so all MIDI data coming from the external synthesizer is di rected to MIDI channel 16 You can use this feature to your advantage by using the E Control Mixer to pull out MIDI Synth A channel 16 and put custom effects on the sounds generated with your external controller Then you can use your MIDI sequencer to play background music using MIDI Synth B As a result your background music will use the standard Reverb Chorus effects but your playing will use your own custom effects making your playing stand out in the mix 4 4 The SoundFont Bank Manager Multi Channel mode When selected this permits a multi channel external sequencer to play a 16 channel sequence using whatever sounds are loaded in the E mu APS SynthEngine Also the MIDI Channel becomes Displayed MIDI Channel meaning the updating that occurs in the main panel will reflect the MIDI channel selected Controllers Below the MIDI In button are four drop down list boxes each with a slider below it They are all used to change MIDI continuous controllers in real time as you audition presets The drop down list boxes let you choose which continu ous controller is applied to the preset The sliders below them send values from zero to 127 as you move them changing the parameters of the controllers The three check
50. e to five re peats would help create the illusion of a large space Panned Switch On Off The Panned Switch swaps the left and right channels with each iteration of signal feedback Use this switch to cause each echo to come from opposite sides of the stereo field APS User s Manual 6 11 Auto Wah The Auto Wah emulates the sound of a wah wah pedal used with electric guitar or a mute on a brass instrument The Auto Wah creates the effect automatically according to the settings you choose It is achieved by detecting the attack envelope of the input signal and triggering a band pass filter that has an adjustable center frequency Auto Wah Routing Sensitivity 12 18 dB This determines how sensitive the movement of the filter is to a given signal level Frequency 80 2400 Hz This determines the base center frequency of the filter when no input signal is present Attack 0 500 ms The rate at which the filter will sweep in response to a positive change in the input signal volume Release 10 1000 ms The time for the filter to return to its base center fre quency when the input signal stops Bandwidth 1 800 Hz The width of the frequency band of the band pass filter 6 12 Using Effects Range 0 100 The range expressed as a percentage of the value in the Bandwidth setting range over which the filter is swept Direction Switch Up Down Determines the direction of the filter
51. emi pro audio mixers External MIDI Interface The E Control also supports a built in MIDI interface that lets you control up to 16 MIDI channels on external MIDI instruments The MIDI input lets you connect a MIDI keyboard or other MIDI controller When you set up the MIDI Out ports of your sequencer you ll see three MIDI ports A and B for the internal SynthEngine and an external port for any external synthesizers Synth A Sequencer Synth B External gt APS Users Manual 1 5 The APS SynthEngine The APS comes with an internal sample based MIDI Synthesizer Engine that you can use to compose play and record music Using MIDI the Musical Instrument Digital Interface you can play sounds from the SynthEngine just as you would any hardware synthesizer costing hundreds or thousands of dollars Hardware music synthesizers are actually built around specialized computer microprocessors and software The hardware the keyboard knobs and buttons lets the user play the synthesizer and to store and control its sounds The APS contains this specialized hardware and uses your computer s system RAM and hard disk for storing and playing back sounds The EMU10K1 SynthEngine hardware handles pitch interpolation filtering envelope shaping and effects freeing your computer to perform less time consuming tasks The APS SynthEngine can play up to 64 dynamically allocated notes voices simultaneously This is called
52. enser microphones To deter mine whether your microphone will operate with E Drive check with the manufacturer of the microphone or refer to the phantom power minimum voltage rating on your microphone s data sheet When phantom power is turned on it is applied to both the positive and negative signal wires with the power returning from the microphone on the shield Note When phantom power is On the input should not be used for non powered inputs such as guitar or distortion and noise may result Appendix 2 Balanced Connectors Most professional microphones have balanced outputs meaning there is a positive and a negative signal wire in the cable with a grounded shield surrounding both For TRS tip ring sleeve connectors tip is generally positive signal and ring is negative signal with the sleeve con nected to ground For XLR connectors pin 2 is generally positive signal pin 3 is negative signal and pin 1 is ground Note that line levels can also be applied to the micro phone inputs For this use push in the 20 dB pad switch and leave the jumper for each channel on PRO MIC LINE IN MICROPHONE JUMPER BLOCK SOUNDBLASTER MIC P2 LEFT P3 NOT USED CHANNEL JP4 PRO MIC LINE IN P5 12 PHANTOM POWER P my SOUNDBLASTER MIC P RIGHT CHANNEL P8 NOT USED JP9 PRO MIC LINE IN JP10 12V PHANTOM POWER Figure 2 Microphone jumper block configured for a professional dynamic microphone or li
53. er Aux Bus Physical Return If an Aux Bus is routed to one of the APS internal effects the Aux Bus Physical Return the gray tab below the red Aux Bus Router Send Amount is labeled Mix This indicates the processed audio is automatically returned to the main output mix If an Aux Bus is routed to any of the APS hardware outputs the Aux Bus Physical Return lets you select an input by which the output of an exter nal device such as an effects processor is routed back to the APS main mix Todothis 1 Click the Aux Bus Router Physical Return 2 Choose the hardware input you want to use for re turning the processed signal Disk Record Pot Below the Aux Bus Router and to the left of the Tools Panel are controls that let you record all or some of your audio sources from the APS Synth Physical Inputs and audio software applications to your hard disk Under the words Disk Rec is a level pot with which you can set the level of the signal being HSS recorded to the hard drive Click the pot and Rec a fader pops up with which you set the output Sios level to disk OdB is at the top and a good E place to start M vlix Record Sources Below the level pot a source selector lets you choose a single audio source to record to disk The current source is indicated by the text displayed below the Src indica tor A new source may be selected by clicking on the text to bring up a pop up menu with all of the avai
54. er Synth A B Refers to the two SoundFont synths supported by the E Card which provide a total of 32 MIDI channels APS Users Manual Appendix 15 Synthesizer A device for playing electronically generated musical sounds It can be hardware or software based and can have a piano style keyboard or be played from another synthesizer s keyboard or by a software program such as a MIDI sequencer Voice A single note played by a synthesizer An important measure of a synthesizer s capability is the number of voices it can play simultaneously polyphony The APS Synth Engines are equipped with 64 oscillators giving them 64 voice polyphony Wave Sub Mix This is the stereo sub mix of wave audio sent from Window or any audio applications currently running MIDI for the Professional If you are serious about MIDI based music we recom mend MIDI for the Professional by Paul D Lehrman and Tim Tully This book is a comprehensive and useful MIDI reference It will tell you all there is to know about MIDI hardware and software including sequencers synthesizers controllers MIDI Time Code and more and explain clearly the MIDI mysteries of Sysex Continuous Controllers Bank Change commands and much more To order MIDI for the Professional send 19 95 plus 10 shipping and handling US 29 95 to Tim Tully APS MIDI Book Offer 1020 Del Norte Avenue Menlo Park CA 94025 USA Appendix 16 Index A Analog
55. es shorten the decay time and positive values extend it Use this parameter to increase or decrease the amount of high frequency energy present in the reverberation Lower values along with a shorter Decay Time effectively simulate small spaces with absorbent wall materials or to cut down the metallic edge to some reverberations Higher levels can increase the sizzle in a simulated large space and can sweeten legato parts like string sections or keyboard pads at long Decay Times At short Decay Times higher values accentuate the edginess created by lower Reverb Diffusion values APS User s Manual 6 5 Low Frequency Decay Factor 10 3 This is an additional decay factor applied to reverbera tion signals below 500Hz Negative values shorten the decay time and positive values extend it Use this parameter to increase or decrease the amount of low frequency energy present in the reverberation tail Negative values roll off the low end and diminish boominess This can add clarity in a complex mix with long decay time reverb This parameter can also produce artificially thin reverberation or simulate poor acoustics It is only moderately effective at low Decay Time values though perceptible even at 1 5 seconds Chorus The chorus can make a single instrument sound like several Chorus works by sampling a portion of the input signal delaying it by a regularly varying time then mixing it back with the source signa
56. et using the same techniques that were presented in the Editing Instruments section APS Users Manual Appendix 13 Glossary Aux Bus Aux buses are summed signal destinations to which each strip can send a proportion of their audio signal to see Aux Send APS has four Aux Buses that either have internal effects associated or a physical input output pair useful for external processing purposes Aux Send A split in the signal path on a mixer strip where a propor tion of the signal can be sent to an auxiliary bus for further processing Aux buses typically have an effect such as reverb or chorus assigned to them In this way multiple strips can share the same effect Continuous Controller MIDI A framework in the MIDI language for sending a series of values in real time that affect a parameter of a MIDI device Examples of continuous controllers are volume pan modulation and pitch bend Most MIDI devices are set to respond to a range of values from O to 127 for many but not all of these controllers General MIDI A list of 128 preset program names designed to create identical or nearly identical playback sounds on all instruments Preset one is a piano preset eighteen is an organ preset eighty is an ocarina and so forth Since many companies make General MIDI devices the actual sounds represented by those names are not all that identical Inline Process See Insert Insert A break in the signal path on a mixer
57. f the hardware outputs Analog Out 1 2 on E Drive option Digital Out 1 or Digital Out 2 E mu APS Mixer Control hel E 2T IL Todothis 1 Click the Aux Bus Router and choose the Physical Output sub menu and hardware output you want to use 2 Go to an Input Strip click one of its two Aux Bus Selectors and assign it to the hardware output you just chose in the Aux Bus Router 3 Drag the Aux Bus Send Amount to control how much of the signal goes to the output The signal from the assigned Input Strip will be routed through the Aux Bus to the selected output and the external device to which it s connected APS Users Manual 3 15 2 Setting areturninput If your external device is a tape deck this is as far as you need to go But if the device is an effects processor you now have to route its output back to the APS Todothis 1 Click the Aux Bus Router Physical input the gray tab below the Aux Bus Return Amount and choose the Input you wish to use note one must be available 2 Drag the Aux Bus Return Amount the red line in the Aux bus Router to control how much of the signal returns to the mix The output of the external processor is now routed to the Master Output mix 3 16 Using the E Control Mixer Re recording Selected Tracks Via an Aux Bus Most currently available Windows audio programs mix their multiple wav tracks to stereo before they play them back This means on playback the
58. harmonic con tent added to the signal Post EQ Bandwidth 100 8000Hz This is the width of the frequency band that determines the range of the harmonic content added to the signal Pre Low Pass Cutoff Filter 100 8000Hz This reduces the number of higher harmonics introduced by the distortion 6 14 Using Effects Compressor Limiter A compressor works in two steps The threshold param eter lets you set a level threshold such that any input going above this threshold is decreased by a program mable ratio at the output This not only compresses the dynamic range of the signal but decreases the overall loudness too The second step is to boost the overall signal level This increases the level of quieter portions of a signal while the louder portions already reduced stay below distor tion Limiting is an extreme form of compression where the compression ratio is 8 1 or greater creating a hard limit on the audio signal Use the compressor to even out the volume changes produced by vocalists randomly moving back and forth in front of the mic to increase the sustain of an instrument by maintaining a constant output level while the source signal fades out to balance and adjust the dynamic range of a track to match other tracks and to create special effects by using extreme parameter settings APS User s Manual 6 15 Ratio 1 100 This is the ratio by which audio above the threshold is attenuated relat
59. hooting If for some reason the installation program does not automatically run use the Run Command in the Windows Start menu To do this 1 In the Windows TaskBar click the Start button 2 Click the Run Command 3 Browse to the file in the APS CD ROM Autorun gt setup exe 4 Double click on setup exe the install program will run How to Verify Your Software Installation If you are having problems running the APS you may want to confirm that the E mu APS Software is installed properly To Do This 1 Select gt Start Settings Control Panel 2 Select gt System Device Manager Sound Video Game Controllers 3 There should be an entry for E mu APS EMU10K1 Audio Processor This entry should NOT have an exclamation point or a red x X through it 4 There should also be an entry for E mu APS External Gameport This entry may or may not have an exclamation point through it This depends on whether or not another gameport on another card is already installed NOTE The Joystick connector on the MIDI cable does not currently support game cursor functions Do not plug a joystick into this connector it will not work Note however that future software upgrades may take advantage of this connector So if you can t get the game port working no matter what you try don t worry about it 2 8 Installation amp Setup Now Verify Multimedia Settings 1 10 11 12 SUR Oe Eom MED de e P
60. ignal is at OdB When the bottom yellow segment is lit the signal is at 12dB These meters are peak hold meters which causes the highest segment hit to stay lit You can click on the segment to clear it Analog Out 1 2 Output Destination Button The button at the bottom of the Master Output Strip lets you select where you route your mix Click this button to see your options Analog Outs 1 and2 Digital Out1 Digital Out2 None APS Users Manual 3 25 3 26 Using the E Control Mixer 4 The SoundFont Bank Manager The first time you boot a computer with the APS installed the APS loads a 2MB General MIDI SoundFont bank into a section of RAM which it identifies as MIDI Bank location 000 This SoundFont bank is used by the APS to play MIDI files See Introduction Chapter 1 for a detailed discussion of MIDI and General MIDI Using the SoundFont Bank Manager You can also load up to 32MB of SoundFont Banks into RAM at MIDI Bank locations 001 127 and control them in various ways The complete APS software installation puts two Sound Font Banks into the C Windows System folder e Emuaps sf2 2MB GM Bank w GS variations e Emuaps8 sf2 8MB GM Bank These are respectively the 2MB standard General MIDI GS MT 32 compatible SoundFont bank that loads into RAM when you boot your computer and the 8MB General MIDI compatible bank you can use for its higher quality sounds You can also load any of the o
61. ine Help is sometimes more up to date than this manual due to the fact that software revisions can happen faster than manual printings 1 10 Introduction 2 Installation and Setup System Preparation Software Requirements BEFORE installing the E mu APS Hardware please make sure your computer meets the following software requirements e Microsoft Windows 95 or 98 is fully installed Sorry APS will not yet work with Windows NT e All Multimedia options for Windows 95 or 98 are installed To verify this do the following 1 Start gt Settings gt Control Panel 2 Add Remove Programs 3 Windows Setup 4 Scroll down until you see the Multimedia Options checkbox This should be a white checkbox that is selected If the checkbox is not selected or if itisa grey checkbox that is selected take the following additional steps a b C d e Select Multimedia Options Click on Details Check each component in the new list box you see in front of you Click on OK then OK again Follow the instructions Windows gives you until all software is properly installed Your system is ready to have the APS hardware installed NOTE The installation program does not load everything that is on the CD The APS CD also contains Demo Software that has more SoundFont banks demo files and other extra goodies If you have the space these files will provide you with useful and interesting demos and a whole bunch
62. ion to quickly switch between Standard mode and GM Off mode causing the most recently established SoundFont banks for those modes of operation to be loaded Lock Clicking this button prevents any application other than the SoundFont Bank Manager from loading sounds into the APS While in many situations it may be extremely convenient for third party programs to handle SoundFont loading for us there are times when you may want a bit tighter control over what sounds you are listening to Preset This overloads a new preset into any bank loaded into bank 000 replacing whichever existing preset you choose This is the way you can use your own sounds in a General MIDI bank Any change you make will stay in effect until you change it One great way to use this feature is to load a higher quality instrument into a bank and still have the bank conform to the General MIDI spec Browse Clicking this button lets you find and load a SoundFont Preset 4 8 The SoundFont Bank Manager To Load a New Preset 1 In the Preset list box select the preset within MIDI bank 000 that you wish to replace 2 Click the Browse button and select an SF2 file con taining the desired preset and click on OK 3 In the next dialog box select the desired preset within the SF2 file and click on OK The Restore button next to this popup list box will clear erase whatever presets you ve loaded into the bank and replace them with the default Res
63. ive to the input signal At a 1 1 ratio the signal is not compressed At a ratio of 4 1 4 dB of change in the input signal will produce 1 dB of change in the output signal Use this parameter to turn the compressor into a limiter by using a ratio of 8 1 or greater A limiter can provide protection against distortion from sudden loud sounds Output Gain 20 20 dB The amount by which you can increase or decrease the signal after it has been compressed Use this parameter to help balance the output signal level to input signal level Attack 0 500 ms The speed at which the output is reduced by its full compression ratio after the input rises above the thresh old This value is usually fairly short under 100 ms Set this parameter to allow just enough time for the natural attack time of the instrument to get through Release 50 3000 ms This is the speed at which the output is increased to its original starting point after the input signal drops below the threshold This value is usually larger than the Attack time Set this value to a value longer than an instrument s decay time to help preserve the instrument s sound Threshold 60 0 dB The point in dB at which compression begins Set the threshold just above the point where your loudest level should be 6 16 Using Effects Pre Delay 0 500 ms The duration between the moment the input audio signal crosses the threshold and when the Attack Time
64. k Rec in red text will appear in the appropriate Aux Bus locations Once you set the routing go to your multitrack software click record and you ll record the active strip s or aux bus to disk See the previous section on disk recording in this chapter 3 22 Using the E Control Mixer Tools Panel To the right of the Host Record pot is the Tools Panel containing nine buttons that give you one click access to various functions of the E Control We ll cover each one of these tool buttons starting from the upper left Effects Panel Click the lightning bolt button to open the Effects Panel listing all the APS s built in effects Double click on any one of these effects to open its indi vidual control panel Each of the control panels is dis cussed in detail in Chapter 7 Using Effects SoundFont Bank Manager Click this button to open the SoundFont Bank aa Manager which lets you do the following e Audition Presets e Load banks and presets into the Synth Engines e Unload banks and presets from the SynthEngine e Choose the modes in which the SoundFont Bank in location 000 responds to MIDI Bank and preset commands For a complete description of using the SoundFont Bank Manager see Chapter 4 APS Users Manual 3 23 MIDI Submix Configuration Button Yellow Button The yellow MIDI Submix Configuration Button lets EJ you open a MIDI Submix Strip and assign it a MIDI synth and one or more MIDI chan
65. l The delay in the chorus can be modulated between 10 and 20 ms bya low frequency oscillator LFO The chorus is essentially the same effect as a flanger though the flanger uses shorter delay times between 1 and 10ms Chorus 6 6 Using Effects Wet Dry Mix An Inline Insert Strip with a Chorus button has a wet dry mix control Drag this control up and down to vary the ratio of processed wet signal to source dry signal Depth 0 100 This is the percentage by which the delay time is modu lated by the LFO Use this parameter to increase the pitch modulation Large values will create a warbling effect Feedback 99 100 This is the percentage of the output signal fed back into the effect s input A negative percentage will reverse the phase of the feedback signal At 10096 the identical sample will repeat endlessly At levels less than 10096 the sample will repeat and fade out over time Use this pa rameter to create a cascading chorus effect Frequency 0 10 Hz The number of times per second the LFO controlling the amount of delay repeats itself Higher values will in crease the pitch modulation Waveform Switch Sinusoid Triangle Selects the shape of the LFO waveform that represents the amount of the delay of the sampled signal Delay 0 20 ms This is the average amount of time the sample is delayed before it is played back and with feedback the amount of time between ite
66. lable sources APS Users Manual 3 21 The Record Sources Stereo Mix Mix the entire mix from the Master Output Strip Aux Bus gt Aux Bus 1 2 3 4 Aux 1 2 3 4 the submix of one or multiple strips assigned to that particular Aux Bus The source is recorded after the strip s Insert section any effects or EQs in the Insert section will be recorded Physical Input gt Analog In 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 A 1 2 3 4 14 2 3 4 the direct input source of the selected individual or pair of analog Input Strip s The source is recorded before the strip s Insert section Physical Input gt Digital In 1 2 D 1 2 the direct input source of the selected stereo digital Input Strip The source is recorded before the strip s Insert section Wave Submix WAVE the submix of all audio streams sent from other applications to the APS s Windows Multi Media System MMS audio port MIDI Submix MIDI the APS Synth submix of all 32 MIDI channels minus any channels that might be currently assigned to a MIDI User Strip MIDI User Submix gt Midi 1 2 3 4 5 Midi 1 2 3 4 5 the APS Synth submix of one or more individual MIDI channels assigned to a particular MIDI User Strip None None the source record is disabled A particular record source is also indicated in the follow ing ways for selected strip s or the Master Output Strip a red R will be displayed next to the strip s name and for Aux Buses the word Dis
67. least one of the four Aux Bus Routers located in the Aux Bus Router Panel at the top of the Master Output Strip isassigned to an effect or other destination Routers There are two ways to assign an effect to an Aux Bus Router Xi BUS Router Panel Dragand Drop 1 Drag an effect from the Effects Routing Palette 2 Open the Effect Patch Palette Effects Button from the View menu or by un clicking the lightning bolt we eee Effects Button in the Master etn n Output Strip Tools Panel 3 From the Effects Panel drag the effect icon you want to any Aux Bus Router the green labels in the Aux Bus Routing Panel Assign Effects Assign an effect with the Aux Bus Router Panel menu 1 At the top of the Master Output Strip click on Aux Bus Router 1 which defaults to Reverb 2 In the drop down menu go to Effect and choose an effect from the submenu The name of the effect you chose will replace the word Reverb in the Aux Bus Router 3 Click the button again and choose Show Effect Panel from the menu The control panel for the effect you chose will open on your screen You can assign any of the four Aux Buses to any of the APS s built in effects Try routing each Aux Bus to a different effect and opening the control panel for each one APS Users Manual 3 13 Sending Signals to an Aux Bus To Senda Signal from an Input Strip to an Aux Bus 1 2 On an Input Strip click on the top Aux Bu
68. ly to any of the other strips see signal flow diagram in front of this chapter for more information on this Specifically the two aux sends on the main MIDI strip route audio representing channelized General MIDI effect sends 1 2 typically for reverb and chorus although you can route them to other effects in the aux bus should you wish This nuance of operation is for General MIDI compatibility reasons but also gives you the flexibility to exert MIDI control over auxl 2 send amounts on each of the 32 MIDI channels that typically feed into this strip controllers 91493 The two send controls in the MIDI strip control the overall amount of each channelized send MIDI Submix Strips The second type of MIDI strip allows you to break away from the above GM centered behavior Up to five of these strips can be created and they appear to the right of the master controls in the E Control mixer These strips can be selectively used to reroute specific midi channels for separate processing Also note that the aux send behavior of these strips is identical to all the other strips not channelized as explained above As a user you can routed one or more MIDI channels to any one of Using the E Control Mixer these user MIDI strips For example you may want put the guitar on MIDI channel 6 through a distortion effect in which case you reroute this channel to a new MIDI strip Any MIDI channel that gets rerouted to one of these user MIDI
69. modules but you can save any number of snapshots of any configuration for future use The E Control Mixer can process audio from the physical inputs wave audio and MIDI audio in several ways e adding reverb echo dynamics and other effects e altering its level e panning it left and right e sending it out to external processors e bringing it back from external processor The E Control offers a number of controls over these functions These functions are found in two different kinds of control strips Input Strips Input Strips contain controls to route audio coming into the E Control There are 5 types of input strips e Wave Input Strip e MIDI Input Strip e Analog Input Strip e Digital Input Strip e MIDI Submix Input Strip Master Output Strip e Aux Bus Routing Panel e Hard Disk Recording Panel Tools Panel e Main Output Sliders 2 3 2 Using the E Control Mixer Input Strips An Input Strip is a set of controls that route audio coming into the E Control Mixer from any source the APS physi cal inputs hard disk audio wav or audio from the SynthEngine MIDI output Input strips have the following controls Trim pot on A1 amp A2 only Source button Inline Insert button 2 Aux Bus Selectors amp Aux BusSend Amount controls horizontal indicators Fader Grouping icon 2 chain links Stereo Mono indicator Pan indicator Level indicator Pan Pot Input Fader TrackName text field M
70. music higher values are good for vocals or string sections providing legato passages with a wash of back ground sound Shorter values preserve percussive staccato or attack characteristics of lead instruments and bring them forward in the mix Decay Time 1 5 30 s This is the time it takes for the reverberation to decay 60dB Use this parameter to change the liveness and size of a simulated space from very damped dead to very reverberant live and from very small vocal booth to very large canyon When applying reverb to an entire mix use short to moderate decay times use longer times to isolate voices or for special effects Diffusion 0 100 96 This is the percentage of diffuse reflections from uneven surfaces to direct reflections from hard smooth sur faces Diffusion changes the reflective characteristics of the surfaces of the simulated room so lower values create more discrete echoes and higher values will blur and blend the echoes into a reverberant bloom Higher Diffusion values create smoother decay patterns Moderate settings generate more hard surface reflections Settings near 096 create special effects Conventional music applications usually use 10096 diffusion for the best effect but smaller values can add more edgy qualities to the mix Extremely low Diffusion Decay Time and Low Frequency Decay Factor values combined with high Early Reflection Level and High Frequency Decay F
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72. n you ve highlighted a sample in an Instrument you re ready to edit its synthesis parameters Click on any of the parameters in any of the six panes at the bottom of the window and a new window will appear in which you can change the setting for whatever parameter you clicked in one of three ways moving the slider clicking on the up and down arrows next to the numeric readout selecting the number in the readout and typing in a new number Appendix 12 To change the settings for another controller just click on its icon in the appropriate pane and the control box will change to its parameters and controls Each time you make a change you can click on the keyboard to hear your changes When you re done click close Changing MIDI Controllers To change the way MIDI controllers such as the Modula tor Wheel vary synthesis parameters right click a zone icon and select Modulator Properties This brings up a dialog box that shows how all of the standard and E mu Enhancement MIDI controllers are routed to those param eters You can change the scale curvature or even what parameter the controller influences You can also create new routings or remove routings that are already there Editing Presets When you open a folder containing one or more presets you ll see each preset represented by a icon with a trumpet on it Click a Preset open to see its keyboard mapping displayed beneath the keyboard You can edit pres
73. ne input on the left channel and a phantom powered condenser microphone on the right channel APS Users Manual Appendix 3 General MIDI Patches 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 SOE rO E eror Acoustic Grand Piano Bright Acoustic Piano Electric Grand Piano Honky tonk Piano Electric Piano 1 Electric Piano 2 Harpsichord Clavi Celesta Glockenspiel Music Box Vibraphone Marimba Xylophone Tubular Bells Dulcimer Drawbar Organ Percussive Organ Rock Organ Church Organ Reed Organ Accordion Harmonica Tango Accordion Aco Guitar nylon Acoustic Guitar steel Electric Guitar jazz Electric Guitar clean El Guitar muted Overdriven Guitar Distortion Guitar Guitar harmonics Appendix 4 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 5T 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 Acoustic Bass Electric Bass finger Electric Bass pick Fretless Bass Slap Bass 1 Slap Bass 2 Synth Bass 1 Synth Bass 2 Violin Viola Cello Contrabass Tremolo Strings Pizzicato Strings Orchestral Harp Timpani String Ensemble 1 String Ensemble 2 SynthStrings 1 SynthStrings 2 Choir Aahs Voice Oohs Synth Voice Orchestra Hit Trumpet Trombone Tuba Muted Trumpet French Horn Brass Section SynthBrass 1 SynthBrass 2 65 Soprano Sax 66 Alto Sax 67 Tenor Sax 68 Baritone Sax 69 Obo
74. nel s at the same time Any channel s you assign in this way are removed from the MIDI Input Strip and can be routed and processed independently The MIDI Submix Configuration panel also offers buttons that let you re assign or delete a MIDI Submix Strip or set it to the factory default For a complete discussion of MIDI Submix Strips see the Input Strip section earlier in this chapter Add Analog Submix Strip Icon Click this button to open a new Analog Input Strip LI Add Digital Strip Icon EN Click this button to open a new Digital Input Strip Add MIDI Submix Striplcon Blue Button Click this button to open a new MIDI Submix e Master Mute Button cp Click this button to mute the output of the APS Fader Grouping Icon Click this button to Lock the two output faders so when you drag one both move Show Hide Icon Click this button to show or hide any Analog Digital or MIDI Submix Input Strips you ve opened or to show only the Master Output Strip Hiding an Input Strip does not disable it but only takes it off the screen 3 24 Using the E Control Mixer Master Output Faders The output Faders adjust the level of the all mixed signals from the Input Strips Click and drag the faders to change level Meters The output strip has two high resolution 32 segment meters 5 0 dB 6 0 displaying the main output level Each segment of the meters A f represents 3dB When the top SER yellow segment is lit the s
75. o find the first file Once again direct Windows to the Win95 folder on the CD ROM If at any point in this installation process something goes wrong fear not Just install the applications and your device drivers will automatically be reinstalled properly Installing Software Application Installation 1 Insert the E mu APS Software CD ROM In a few moments you will see the E mu APS Powered by E mu movie show on your screen A screen with checkboxes will then pop up 2 To install all software just click on the OK button What will follow is the installation of a number of applications and services from E mu and third party suppliers 3 Some of the third party applications have separate license agreements you need to accept each before the install continues If at any time in the installation process you see Windows Driver Wizard dialog boxes just hit the Next button continuously until it turns into a Finish button then click on Finish The last step of this installation process may ask you if you want device drivers to be installed If you see this message box it means you elected option 2 in the Driver Installation Section and may therefore click on Cancel since the drivers are already installed At this point you should be all set to use the Audio Production Studio If you are having problems read the following troubleshooting sections APS Users Manual 2 7 Installing Software Troubles
76. oaded Preset This readout displays the current MIDI preset from the current MIDI bank loaded into the synth This is the sound you ll hear if you click the keys or play your external MIDI keyboard Click on the arrow to the right of the Preset readout to select any of the other presets in the current bank Sustain Clicking this will cause any note you play to sustain Drum Kit Clicking this will cause the keyboard to play the percussion bank s associated with the current Preset Bank These are the sounds normally associated with MIDI Channel 10 in a General MIDI bank MIDI In This button lets you open and close the MIDI port s through which MIDI data is received by the APS from an external MIDI device such as a keyboard or external sequencer Click this button and select the port you want in the window that opens Select MIDI In Device Fa Device s APS MIDI In O FCCO APS Users Manual 4 3 Click on the MIDI Input Device button to choose between the hardware MIDI In port on the E Card to which you can connect a MIDI keyboard or other input device or an internal virtual keyboard that may be offered with certain software MIDI In Advanced For the advanced MIDI user the MIDI In dialog box has an advanced button that makes the dialog box larger The options provided in the advanced mode are as follows Select MIDI In Device x Device s APS MIDI In 0 FCCO MIDI Channel This is th
77. of great new sounds You can of course also load the Sound Font banks directly from the CD as you need them APS Users Manual 2 1 Installing the APS Hardware The Audio Production Studio hardware consists of 3 main parts and several connecting cables If you are very familiar with PC hardware installation read the Quickstart section otherwise go on to the Step By Step Hardware installation on the next page This hardware installation is relatively easy on most PCs however if you feel uncomfortable inside your computer or have difficulty installing the hardware please have a qualified technician help you QUICKSTART Installing the APS Hardware 1 The E Card this can be installed in any open PCI slot Place the supplied Input Output label on your PC next to the card slot 2 The MIDI Bracket Connected via a cable C to the E Drive the MIDI bracket can be placed in any available open bracket space 3 The E Drive this should be installed in any open drive bay Depending on your PC case style this may involve removing one or more other components Placement is up to you but if possible we suggest that the E Drive be placed under your CD ROM drive so as not to interfere with the CD tray opening if you have cables plugged into the E Drive There are 2 supplied cables that connect the E Drive to the E Card Cable A is an audio cable that carries the headphone signal from the E Card to the E
78. oft FX Snd1 Depth FX Snd2 dept NRPN LSB NRPN MSB RPN LSB RPN MSB All Sounds Off 121 Reset Cntrlers 123 All Notes Off Notes 1 Default power up Bend 2 semitones master volume 100 2 All Channels respond to MIDI volume including drums 1 2 6 38 if 10 11 64 66 91 93 98 99 100 101 120 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ oOoocoocoooocoocoocooocoooco Appendix 6 Creating and Editing SoundFont Sounds with Vienna The Vienna program from Creative Labs has for many years been a standard for editing SoundFont Sounds and is included on the APS CD The following section is a simple introduction to the usage of Vienna SoundFont Studio program but is by no means an extensive descrip tion of all features For this Vienna SoundFont Studio has complete on line help documentation describing all of the features and how to use them in detail SoundFont Structure With the APS SoundFont Banks are stored on your hard disk When you want to use one with a MIDI sequence you must load it into System RAM using the SoundFont Bank Manager then author that MIDI sequence to use play the loaded sound SoundFont sounds are structured in the following way A Sample is a digital recording of a sound An Instrument is one or more samples mapped across a synthesizer keyboard and or stacked on top of each other A Preset is made up of one or more instruments mapped across a synthesizer keyboard and or stacked on top of
79. ont Bank Tree open the Instrument Pool 2 Choose the Options gt Instrument Pool gt New Instru ment menu item and name a new instrument 3 From the Sample Pool that appears choose the sample you just imported and Click OK 4 Loop the sample if necessary with the loop editor See Editing Samples below Your new instrument will appear in the SoundFont Bank Tree Instrument Pool Create a Preset 1 In the SoundFont Bank Tree open Preset Section gt Melodic Pool 2 Click the Options gt Melodic Pool gt New Melodic Preset menu item Name the Preset and Click OK 4 Select the instrument you just made and click OK Appendix 10 Your new Preset will appear in the Melodic pool of the SoundFont Bank Tree Instrument Pool To Assign the Preset Zone 1 Select your new preset 2 Choose the menu item Options gt New Zone 3 Choose your new instrument 4 Click Add You now have a simple new preset you can load using the SoundFont Bank Manager and play with your MIDI sequencer However entire musical scores often require many pre sets each of which may need multiple instruments each of which may need multiple samples Creating these from wave files requires many iterations of the above steps Because this may be a very tedious process E mu has provided a plethora of fully baked and ready to go SoundFont Banks full of presets that span a wide range of musical styles These presets have all of the really hard
80. oting The E mu Systems APS website listed on the following page posts know incompatibilities common problems driver updates and operational tips If you can please check this site before calling tech support The E mu APS Website For the latest E mu APS information software and driver updates and demos http www emudtm com ecard html Tech Support Please read this manual before calling Tech Support E mu Systems has contracted the very experienced Creative Labs Tech support organization to help you in the event of problems with installation or operation of the E mu Audio Production Studio If you do need to call please have your serial number ready for verification On Line Technical Assistance http www creativehelp com Vi Visit our other Web Sites E mu Systems Home Page http www emu com E mu Systems Desktop Music Page http www emudtm com E mu Systems Official SoundFont Page http www soundfont com Creative Labs Home Page amp Vienna SF Studio upgrade information http www creativelabs com Serial Number Important Before you install the E Card write your serial number here for future reference Serial The serial number is located on the back of the E Card Vii Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 1 OVerVIeW eei cet etri cet eset eese eed ESPERE ee set lance 1 1 Hatdwate sinis veniet cet ere eee ve ee toe enda eV eee ets 1 1 SORCWAR
81. p It lets you select the source for the Input signal for that strip e To select the input from which an Analog Input Strip accepts a signal click the Source Button at the top of the strip default labeled A1 and select input 1 2 3 or 4 from the drop down menu These correspond respectively to the rear E Card left and right inputs and the front E Drive option left and right inputs The Source button will change from the default of A1 to reflect your selection e To select the input from which a Digital Input Strip accepts a signal click the Source Button at the top of the strip and select input 1 or 2 from the drop down menu These correspond to the rear E Card input and front E Drive option input The label will change from the default of D1 or D2 to reflect your selection Listening to Digital Audio from a CD The Source Button on the first Digital Input Strip you open will be D1 The Source Button on the second Digital Input Strip will be D2 This or any Digital Input Strip subse quently set to D2 will have an additional digital source available in the drop down menu the internal CD ROM drive in your PC Choosing this source will let you record digital copies of audio from CDs See the hardware setup section in Ch 2 to learn how to make the connections for this function APS Users Manual 3 9 The Inline Insert Button The Inline Insert button lets you configure inline effects on a Single input strip An inline effec
82. pace for graphics indicating the pitch range s of selected presets and samples Middle left Pitch control coarse fine and scale tuning Lower left Effects This pane lets you assign values to effects such as filter Q and cutoff reverb chorus and pan Bottom left middle Volume Envelope For changing envelope parameters delay attack hold decay sustain release keynum to hold keynum to decay Bottom right middle Modulation Envelope For changing the envelope parameters of the modulation LFOs delay attack hold decay sustain release keynum to hold keynum to decay Controls to assign that envelope to pitch and filter cutoff Lower right Vibrato LFO For changing parameters of the LFOs controlling vibrato delay frequency and to pitch Middle Right Modulation LFO Changes modulation LFO parameters delay frequency and to pitch to filter cutoff to volume APS Users Manual Appendix 9 Build A Bank Here is how to build a your own SoundFont Bank from raw sample data Import a Sample 1 In the SoundFont Bank Tree open the Sample Sec tion User Sample pool folder 2 Choose the menu item Options gt User Sample Pool gt Import User Sample s 3 Navigate to and import the sample wav file you wish to use It will appear in the User Sample Pool Note You can create your own raw samples with any program that can record a wave file Assign a Sample to an instrument 1 In the SoundF
83. posed to the reverb it creates one or more discrete echoes The delay is the basic building block for many effects such as reverbs choruses and flangers Echo delay Routing Wet Dry Mix The Echo Delay button in an Inline Insert Strip displays a wet dry mix control Drag this up and down to vary the ratio of processed wet signal to source dry signal the processor outputs Left Delay 1 2000 ms Right Delay 1 2000 ms These two controls set the time the sample is delayed before playing back from the two independent channels and with feedback the time between iterations of the echoes This parameter can create a ping pong effect Set one delay to half the value of the other Modify this to place the echoes at different points in the stereo field Ina music make the echoes occur at regular divisions of the tempo 6 10 Using Effects In addition to discrete echoes lower delay settings will also produce flanging and chorusing effects Get sci fi robotic effects on voices with the delay set to the flange range 1 10 ms and the Feedback set to about 75 Lock ON OFF This links the Left and Right independent delay values at their current settings Feedback 0 100 The percentage of the output signal level fed back into the effect s input Use this parameter to create cascading echoes At 100 the identical sample will repeat endlessly Below that the sample will repeat and fade Thre
84. rations of the sample Larger values lower the pitch Smaller values 0 10 ms make the chorus sound like a flanger but with different frequency characteristics Phase Switch 180 90 0 90 1 This changes the phase difference between the left and right LFO s At O degrees the two LFOs are in sync Use this parameter to create the illusion of an expanded stereo field of the output signal APS User s Manual 6 7 Flanger The Flanger creates a tunneling or whooshing sound like a jet flying overhead It works by sampling a portion of the input signal delaying it by a period modulated between O and 4 ms by a low frequency oscillator and then mixing it with the source signal Flanger Technically delays of these lengths cause cancellation and reinforcement of various frequencies creating a comb filter a set of equally spaced filter notches and peaks The comb filter can be swept through the frequency spectrum by modulating the delay time with an LFO Flanging is usually thought of as a type of phasing though phasing actually sweeps filters rather than delay times and the spacing of the filter notches is arbitrary 6 6 Using Effects Depth 0 100 The percentage by which the delay time is modulated by the LFO Use this parameter to increase the pitch modulation Large values will make the comb filter notches more pronounced Feedback 99 100 96 This is the percentage of the output
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86. rt See Inline Insert Popup Strip Installing APS Hardware 2 6 Troubleshooting 2 8 Verify Installation 2 8 Instrument A 7 J joystick 2 8 K Keyboard Display 4 2 L Level fader 3 18 Limiter 6 15 Load a Preset 4 9 Lock button SF Bank Manager 4 8 Loop A 12 I 2 M Master Output Strip 3 19 Memory Used 4 2 Meters 3 25 Microphone Configuration A 1 Microphone configuration 1 3 2 3 MIDI 3 4 A 15 MIDI Bracket 2 2 MIDI Channel A 15 MIDI Controllers A 6 A 13 MIDI Implementation Chart A 6 MIDI IN 2 10 MIDI In Advanced button 4 4 MIDI In button SF Bank Manager 4 3 MIDI OUT 2 11 MIDI Reset button 4 6 MIDI Sub Mix A 15 MIDI Submix adding 3 7 Reassigning 3 8 MIDI Submix Strip 3 6 MIDI Submix Strip Icon 3 24 Mode 4 6 Multi Channel mode 4 5 Multimedia Settings 2 9 Mute Buttons 3 18 O Online Help APS 1 10 Output connectors 1 2 Output Destination Button 3 25 Output Drivers 2 11 Overdubbing 5 2 P Panning 3 18 Index Parametric EQ 6 18 peak meters clearing 3 25 resolution 3 25 Phantom Powered A 2 Physical Input A 15 Physical Output A 15 Pitch Shifter 6 13 Playing wav 5 1 polyphony 1 6 Pot A 15 Preset 4 3 SF Bank Manager 4 8 SoundFont A 7 R Restore 4 9 4 10 Reverb 6 3 Routing to External Device 3 15 S sample A 10 Sample Range changing A 12 Samples editing A 12 Shelf EQ 6 17 Signal Flow 2 14 5 4 Solo Button 3 18 SoundFont Bank Manager 4 1 SoundFont B
87. s Selector From the drop down menu choose any of the four effects to which you routed each of the four Aux Buses Do the same with the second Aux Bus Selector right below the top one This gives you two effects per Input Strip in addition to the Inline Insert effects To set the Signal Amount from the Input Strip to the Aux Bus 1 Drag the Aux Bus Send Amount the red line below the effect names on the Aux Bus Selectors The farther Aux Bus right you drag the red line the more Amount signal goes to the Aux Bus To set the Amount of Processed Signal returned to the Master Output Strip ls In the Aux Bus Router click on the Aux Bus Return Amount the red line below the effect name The farther to the right you drag the red line the more signal is sent to the output mix Any audio including MIDI Aux Bus Retum synth sounds you play Arhc nits through this Input Strip will now be processed by the effect on the assigned Aux Bus The processed signal is automatically routed back to the main output mix Using the E Control Mixer Routing to an External Device through an Aux Bus At times you ll want to route one or more input strip signals to some external device a dedicated processor a tape deck to record a submix to tape for example etc 1 Assigning a Hardware Output The first step in doing this is to go to the Master Output Strip Aux Bus Router and assign one of the Aux Busses to one o
88. serts or Aux Bus effects you want to use See Chapter 3 Using the E Control Mixer for details on using the Input Strips and Master Output Strip In the Master Controls view set the Hard Disk record source to Mix and make sure the recording level is set to maximum level APS Users Manual 5 1 7 In your host application put a track into record mode The audio you send into the APS will go through an analog or digital Input Strip and be recorded with all the processing and mixing parameters you set in the E Control as well as any parameters of your host application 8 From here you can adjust your input audio level recording level or add effects to the sampled audio using the standard E Control techniques When you play back audio it will use the APS s Wave strip Overdubbing Set a new track in your host application to the APS WAVE IN port Set the track to record and proceed NOTE Be sure your host application permits full duplex operation recording and playback of streaming audio simulta neously Some applications enable this if you set up the appropriate options Other programs simply do not permit this mode of operation Using Effects Most currently available Windows multi track audio programs mix all their tracks to stereo before they play them back This means that on playback the APS will play all the audio tracks in a host application through one Wave Input strip and the MIDI through the MIDI
89. signal processing module running in real time in the APS Effects Engine All the APS effects are true two channel stereo and all of the effects can be used at the same time The purpose of applying these effects is to mold and manipulate an audio signal In most cases a little bit of this goes a long way In general try to fix a sonic problem as early in the recording chain as possible change microphones or mic placement to get a better sound rather than equalizing that signal after recording it Record everything dry and add your effects while you edit and mix The APS s Built in Effects Reverb including early reflections room size diffusion high and low cut equalization Chorus Flanger Echo Delay with two independent delay lines Auto Wah envelope follower filter Pitch Shifter Distortion with pre and post equalization Compressor amp Limiter Shelving Equalizers four stereo EQs available Parametric Equalizers four stereo EQs available To add spaciousness and perspective to sound that s been recorded dry use reverb echo delay and chorus To shape the overall frequency spectrum or frequency balance of a sound use an equalizer EQ Dynamic effects such as the compressor limiter will smooth out APS User s Manual 6 1 differences between loud and soft sections of the music For special effects use any of the above effects at extreme settings or processors such as distortion flanger auto w
90. strip where the signal can be routed to an in process effect typically EQ compression distortion etc Inserts are different from aux s in that aux s operate on a split in the signal path and thus allow for a wet dry balance Appendix 14 Master Stereo Mix Strip Stereo main mix strip without inserts and aux capability MDI The Musical Instrument Digital Interface a standardized describing the language by which computers and devices such as synthesizers and processors communicate It also describes the hardware and software needed to implement this language MIDI Channel One of sixteen data paths available in every MIDI connection Each APS Synth Engine can receive data and play back on all sixteen channels at once usually referred to as 1A 16A and 1B 16B MIDI Sub Mix This is the stereo signal consisting of the entire audio output of both Synth Engines The level and pan mix of the output of each MIDI channel is set with MIDI Pan and Volume values in the MIDI sequencer application Physical Input One of the analog or digital physical inputs supported by the E Card APS has 4 mono analog and 2 stereo digital inputs Physical Output One of the analog or digital physical outputs supported by the E Card APS has 2 mono analog and 2 stereo digi tal outs Pot Short for potentiometer A control usually a rotary dial or knob that increases and decreases the level of a signal Synth Short for synthesiz
91. strips is removed from the main MIDI strip and this breaks any expected General MIDI behavior MIDI Submix Configuration The MIDI Submix Configuration Panel offers buttons that Add MIDI Submix Strips e Delete MIDI Submix Strips e Reassign the Synth Engine and MIDI channel that have been previously assigned to a MIDI submix Strip e Reset MIDI Submix Strips to no settings Adding MIDI Submix Strips You can create as many as five MIDI Submix Strips at any one time in one of three ways 1 From the E Control Edit menu choose Add Strip gt MIDI Submix OR 2 In the Tools Panel near the Jisk center of the Master Output Rec F c Strip click the MIDI Submix fy 77 button the pale blue MIDI EE plug Add MIDI Submix Strip button OR 3 Simultaneously open a new MIDI Submix strip and assign it to a synth Engine and MIDI channel To do this MIDI Submix Config button 1 In the Master Output Strip e Tools Panel click the yellow Rac FC button labeled with a MIDI e p MI plug APS Users Manual 3 7 add MIDI submix cont Synth Channel Select 2 In the MIDI Submix Select a Synth Source Configuration panel that Mertha PE syntha opens click Add Select a MIDI Channel 3 In the Synth Channel Selector that opens select Synth A or B and select a MIDI channel 4 Under Select a User Input select a new or existing MIDI Submix Strip Click OK Any Input Strips you add will be there the ne
92. t is one where the entire Input Strip signal is routed to one or more of the APS s built in effects processors such as an EQ or compressor which then sends the entire processed signal back to the Input Strip The APS allows you to have all of the effects in use at the same time This means you can use some effects on individual channels and still have others available for overall processing If there s a space between the two arrows and they are grayed out no effects are inserted into that Inline Insert Strip If the arrows are connected and lit bright green at least one effect is inserted to that Strip Holding the cursor over the button will display the complete list of assigned effects No Effect Effect Inserted Inserted The Inline Insert Popup Strips An Insert Popup Strip allows you to insert inline effects into a particular strip in the E Control mixer e Bring up this strip by selecting the Inline Insert But ton located just below the Source Buttons on any given Input Strip labeled with two green arrows Insert Effect wet dry mix knob Inserted Effects Insert Popup Strip with Effects 3 10 Using the E Control Mixer Placing Effects into an Insert Strip There are two ways to insert effects Using the Append Effect Button 1 Click an Inline Insert Strip Button 2 Click on the Append Effect button and choose the effect you want e Drag and Drop the Effect Effects Routing Palette 1
93. ther banks which you copied to your hard disk from the APS CD ROM or which you ve created yourself To Load Additional SoundFont Banks into RAM from your Hard Disk 1 Launch the E Control Mixer application 2 In the Tools Panel on the Master Output Strip click on the SoundFont Bank Manager i button OT 1 Click the Launch gt SoundFont Bank Manager menu item APS Users Manual 4 1 The SoundFont Bank Manager In the SoundFont Bank Manager you ll see controls for loading SoundFont Banks into RAM and unloading them auditioning presets and choosing the modes in which the SoundFont Bank in location 000 responds to MIDI Bank and preset commands E mu APS SoundFont Bank Manager Using APS Synth A 120 The Keyboard Display At the top of the SoundFont Bank Manager Window is a software keyboard that lets you test sounds loaded into the APS SynthEngine by clicking on its keys with the mouse Drag the Oct slider at the right to change the range of notes the keyboard controls from C1 to G9 Memory Used This readout tells you how much of your computer s RAM is used to hold SoundFont sample data 4 2 The SoundFont Bank Manager Bank This readout displays the currently selected MIDI bank the bank of sounds you can play It defaults to MIDI bank O Click on the arrow to the right of the Bank readout to select any other MIDI bank with presets loaded in RAM If you don t see any other banks no others are l
94. tore Clicking this buttons lets you restore the preset settings in the current user preset or all user presets to that or those established by the Synthesizer Mode Variation Sound Sets Banks 1 127 controls These controls let you configure the SoundFont Bank in Locations 001 through 127 Changes made in this area will have an effect on the sounds heard by any Multimedia System MIDI applica tions that are using General MIDI Variation Sound Sets GS or SoundFont based Sound Sets Bank This list box lets you load a SoundFont bank or banks into RAM You can load as many banks as will fit into 32MB of RAM if your system has enough RAM to go around APS Users Manual 4 9 Browse Clicking this button lets you find and load a SoundFont Bank into the MIDI bank selected with the Bank list box 1 In the list box select the MIDI variation bank loca tion into which you want to load a new bank of sounds 2 Click the Browse button and navigate to a SoundFont compatible sound bank located on your hard drive e Find the E mu Sound Central SoundFont Banks that were saved onto your hard disk when you installed the APS or on the CD ROM Loading a bank or banks using the Browse feature will also associate the SoundFont bank on disk with the MIDI bank location number you choose from the list box Once this association is made the SoundFont Bank will load into that location whenever you boot the system The Restore button will
95. trips and the faders will all move together e Click on this icon in the Master Output Strip to lock the left and right main output faders Stereo Mono indicator Next to the Fader Grouping icon a double blue loop indicates that the strip is a stereo strip Panning Mono Strip Balance Stereo Just above the fader on each strip is a pan pot Click and drag on this to send varying amounts of the strip s signal to the left or right channel on the Main Output Strip Double clicking the pan pot will return the pan pot to O The green numerals above the pan pot will indicate how far left or right you pan You can also double click on these green numbers to type in the numerical pan setting Positive numbers send the signal to the right negative to the left Level Below the Pan Pot is the Level Fader Drag this all the way up to send a signal to the Master Output Strip at its maximum level OdB Drag it down to reduce the level Track Name Click the rectangle below the Level fader to type in a name for that strip Mute Solo Buttons At the bottom of the Input Fader are two small buttons labeled M and S Click the M button to mute si lence a strip s signal Click the S button to solo the strip s signal silence all other strips Multiple strips may be soloed simultaneously 3 18 Using the E Control Mixer The Master Output Strip The Master Output Strip appears to the right of the Input Strips
96. tt They consist of a wide variety of acoustic and electronic instrument sounds and sound effects Quickstart You might want to start making sounds immediately If you just can t wait to get started use the following guidelines 1 Install the E Card MIDI bracket and optional E Drive Chapter 2 2 Connect your MIDI keyboard to the MIDI In cable on the back of the E Card Also see Chapter 2 Install the APS software using the enclosed CD ROM 4 Copy the additional Demo SoundFont Banks not installed with the normal installation to your hard disk Restart your computer 6 Double click on the E mu icon located in the right hand corner of the TaskBar and the E Control will open 7 Choose the Launch gt SoundFont Bank Manager menu The SoundFont Bank Manager opens from where you can audition the APS Synth sounds 8 Play the piano by clicking on its keys It sounds good but wait til you hear the piano in the 8MB GM set 9 Click the Preset drop down above the keyboard to audition other presets from the 2MB Standard General MIDI bank that loads when you boot your computer 1 8 Introduction 10 Click the Browse button again to navigate to the other SoundFont Banks 11 Go back to the E Control and below the two green arrows in the MIDI Strip click Reverb and Show Effect Panel from the drop down menu Twist some knobs and see how the effect affects the sound Cool huh 12 Open your favorite MIDI Au
97. ute Solo Buttons For a full explanation of these controls see the section on Input Strip Controls later in this section APS Users Manual H CX F Analag Input Strip 3 3 Input Strip Types At the top of each Input Strip a Source button indicates the kind of audio it accepts e The Input Strip labeled Wave accepts mono or stereo WAV audio from your hard disk e The Input Strip labeled MIDI accepts the stereo digital audio output of the APS SynthEngine e The Input Strip labeled MIDI 1 5 accepts the mono or stereo digital audio output of individual channels of the APS SynthEngine more on this later in this chapter e The Input Strip labeled A 1 4 accept audio from the APS analog inputs You ll notice that Analog strips 1 and 2 have a trim pot at the top This is absent from Analog Strips 3 and 4 because these strips accept signals from the E Drive option which has hardware trim pots that serve this function Strips A3 and A4 will be greyed out if the E Drive option is not attached e The Input Strip labeled D 1 2 2 CD accept audio from the APS digital inputs Digital Input Strips select input from e S PDIF IN 1 from the E Card e S PDIF from the CD ROM drive on D2 only e S PDIF IN 2 from the E Drive option Strip 2 will be greyed out if the E Drive is not attached or if it s not set to CD ROM Note You must connect the digital output of a CD ROM drive directl
98. xt time you launch the E Control Deleting MIDI Submix Strips e In the MIDI Submix Configuration Panel click on the name of the strip you want to delete Click Delete e You can also delete a MIDI Submix Strip by clicking on the Source button at the top of the strip and clicking on the Delete Button that appears Reassigning MIDI Submix Strips To reassign the Synth Engine and MIDI channel of one MIDI Submix Strip to another e In the MIDI Submix Configuration Panel click on the name of the strip currently assigned to the synth input and MIDI Channel you want to reassign Click Reassign e From the Select User Input drop down select the MIDI Submix Strip to which you want to reassign the synth input and MIDI Channel The Clear All Button The Clear All button clears all synth and channel assign ments from all open MIDI Submix Input Strips 3 6 Using the E Control Mixer Input Strip Controls Now that you know how to add and delete different kinds of Input Strips let s look at the controls on an Input Strip The Trim Control A1 amp A2 This is the round knob at the very top of Analog Input Strips 1 amp 2 only This knob sets the amount of input signal coming in from the analog inputs of the E Card Analog inputs 3 amp 4 do not have this trim control because their level is set by the physical controls on the front of the E Drive The Source Button This is the text button at the very top of an Input Stri
99. y to the E Card for this feature to work This cable is not supplied but comes with most CD ROM Drives See Ch 2 Hardware Installation for more information 3 4 Using the E Control Mixer Adding Analog and Digital Input Strips Analog and Digital Input Strips and MIDI Submix Strips see below accept audio from the APS s analog and digital inputs Open your E Control mixer now and add an analog and digital input strip Do this in either of two ways e Click Edit gt Add Strip gt Analog or Digital menu OR e In the Tools Panel near the center of the Master Output Strip click the pale blue button with the plus sign and sine wave to add an analog Input Strip Add Input Strips ENIM i Analog l MIDI Submix Digital e Click the pale blue button with the plus sign and a square wave to add a Digital Input Strip Deleting Input Strips To delete an Analog Digital or MIDI Submix Input Strip click the Source button at the top of the strip and choose Delete from the drop down menu Digital Digital Input Strip APS Users Manual 3 5 MIDI Strips APS deals with MIDI controlled SynthEngine audio in two distinct ways idil Main MIDI Strip The primary MIDI strip is located to the right of the Wave Strip and typically laccepts audio from all currently sounding MIDI channels by default In addition to this the signals that enter the two aux sends on this MIDI strip do not behave identical

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