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[jl2002]

Well, I had my emx-1 for few days and I'm trying to follow the manual, unfortunately it does not help ,to much, being a total noob.
Is there a tutorial or a project somewhere, that can take you behind the manual to learn this.
It looks like a great hardware piece for me and I just don't want to return it, without exploring its potential, but it is just getting really frustrating, that instead of writing music, I'm spending my time, trying to figure things out.
I'm not interested just playing presets, I think there is much more to it, I'm interested in creating my own things.
If you guys know, where I can find such a thing tutorial or some other teaching aid, that would be great, someone who can take me from start to finish, from laying drums, to placing paterns in the song, to getting it on your computer.
I do not want to give up! Please help !

[reddone]

Come on man , the maual tells u everything or near enough anyway .

Here tho :

"shift" + keys along the bottom activate what it sez under them , press again while flashing to input the function ..... Pressing the record button and playing the keys or arpeg will work ...... then , theres the pattern button that lets u change various settings when used with the up n down keys and a bit of turning the pattern selector knob ....... and then , theres the step edit button , which operates like the pattern funtion .

oh ...... and play n record some knob tweaking . AND >>> READ THE MANUAL < PROPERLY .... lol . Get into it

[cali4john]

wikipedia.org has a wealth of general information. Here is some trance info:


Trance production

Trance employs a 4/4 time signature, a tempo of 130 to 165 BPM, and 32 beat phrases, somewhat faster than house music but usually not as fast as Psychedelic. Early tracks were sometimes slower. A kick drum is placed on every downbeat and a regular open hi-hat is often placed on the off-beat. Some simple extra percussive elements are usually added, and major transitions, builds or climaxes are often foreshadowed by lengthy 'snare rolls' - a quick succession of equally spaced snare drum hits that builds in volume towards the end of a measure or phrase.

Synthesizers form the central elements of most trance tracks, with simple sawtooth-based sounds used both for short pizzicato elements and for long, sweeping string sounds. Rapid arpeggios and minor scales are common features. Trance tracks often use one central "hook" melody which runs through almost the entire song, repeating at intervals anywhere between 2 beats and several bars. While many trance tracks contain no vocals at all, other tracks rely heavily on vocals, and thus a sub-genre has developed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trance_music#Trance_production

(All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. )

pick a BD and HH you like and set them up with the step sequencer as described above. Set BPM too.

I am a n00b too
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[Setsonics]

Wow,

I did not know you could try to break music down like that, heh.


=P

[C1]

I'm mostly a lurker, but couldn't help but respond to Setsonic -

Music theory is useful even electronic music. Unfortunately, I'm woefully behind in the theory department, but what I know and am learning continues to open up new worlds. If you're interested in electronic genres, especially their beat structures, Pandora has 2 10 minute podcasts on the subject:

http://blog.pandora.com/archives/podcast/2007/05/electronic_danc.html

There are several more non-electronic podcasts that are really good as well - especially the drumming ones.
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[Setsonics]

I am going to check those out.