Roland EM-55 owner manual Musical Games, Choosing other sets

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First steps

Choosing other sets

(5)If necessary, use the BANK/NUMBER [1]~[8] buttons to select a different set.


Dance 1			HipHop			House 2			Techno 1
	Dance 2			House 1			Rap			Techno 2

The EM-55 provides 8 Sets of DJ phrases (with 8 phrases each). These sets are called: Dance 1, Dance 2, HipHop, House 1, House

2, Rap, Techno 1 and Techno 2. The illustra- tion above shows you which button you need to press to select the desired set.

The name of the set you select appears in the display:

1 DJ PAD		120
		TEMPO
ARRANGER CHORD	STYLE	KEYBOARD
		VELOCITY
		REVERB
		CHORUS
		MELODY
		INTELL
		INVERSION

Note: Do not press the [START/STOP] button, because doing so would start the Arranger and stop playback of the DJ PAD function.

Note: There is also a parameter that allows you to specify whether playback of the various phrases should be synchronized. See p. 46.

Musical Games

Your EM-55 contains several musical games you may want to play at times. These games will help you mas- ter some basic musical concepts. They are called:

• Guess the Note: play the note you hear.	You can also press ORCHESTRATOR [DRUM
• Guess the Chord: see if you can play the	& BASS] or [COMBO] to select the game.
chords you hear.
• Chord Finder: this game will help you ﬁnd
out how to play chords you may come
across in written music. This is a wonderful	Beginner	Advanced	Expert

way of learning new chords.

For GuessNte and GuessChd, speed is an important factor: the faster you play the right note(s), the higher your score will be.

(1) Press the [MUSICAL GAME] button.

The [MUSICAL≈GAME] icon appears in the center of the display, while the message line in the upper left-hand corner displays the name of the ﬁrst game.

GuessTne TEMPO MEASURE

120 120

ARRANGER CHORD	TONE	KEYBOARD
		VELOCITY
		REVERB
	MUSICAL GAME	CHORUS
	MUSICAL GAME	MELODY
		MELODY
		INTELL
		INVERSION

(2)Press [MUSICAL GAME] again to select the desired game (“GuessNte”, “GuessChd” or “ChordFnd”).

(3)Use the STYLE MORPHING [DRUM], [BASS], and [ACCOMP] buttons to select the level (only for “Guess Nte” and “GuessChd”).

Button	Function
DRUM	Beginner (easiest)

BASS	Advanced (intermediary)

ACCOMP Expert (most difﬁcult)

Example: to select the “Advanced” level of the “GuessNte” game:

•Press [MUSICAL GAME].

•Press [MUSICAL GAME] twice again (or ORCHESTRATOR [COMBO]).

•Press STYLE MORPHING [BASS].

(4)Press ORCHESTRATOR [BIG BAND] to con- ﬁrm your choice (“OK”).

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Contents EM-55 Features Important notes Contents Panel descriptions Tone button Keyboard Mode buttonsStyle button User PROGRAM/WRITE buttonRear panel Demo songs Setting upFirst steps Playback of a Tone demo songPlayback of a Style demo song DJ Pad functionPress START/STOP to stop demo song playback Musical Games Choosing other setsChord Finder Guess NoteGuess Chord To specify the RootTo specify the Type Starting/stopping the Arranger Press the KBD Mode Arranger button its indicator lightsPlaying with accompaniment Play another chord or note to change the Arranger’s keyStopping Arranger playback Selecting other Music StylesChanging the tempo Automatic playback start Sync StartStyle selection via EZ Search Selecting sounds for the right handWorking with Music Styles on a ﬂoppy disk Piano HeavenKey Tone selection via EZ SearchPlaying one sound Piano Using the metronomePlaying a different sound with the left hand Split Press the M.DRUMS button Drumming on the keyboardSelecting other Drum Sets Drumming on the keyboardUsing the D Beam Controller Start recording in one of the following ways Recording your musicListening to your song SionSession Partner functions Additional Music Style functionsMuting Arranger parts Track Selecting another phrase set Value PopAdding yet another Arranger part Style Pad Use the TEMPO/DATA dial to select one of the following setsOne Touch Using the EM-55’s Music AssistantPress the Music Assistant button Changing the Melody Intell harmony type Melody IntelligenceBass Inversion Bass Inv Press and hold the Function buttonOrchestrator Style MorphingStyle Disk Working with Styles on ﬂoppy diskSelecting another B Style Press the Style button the Style icon appearsMore Music Style functions Link To TempoAssigning other Music Styles to the Disk Link memories Harpsi Using the Upper 2 partSelect the desired KBD Mode Arranger or Piano More Keyboard part functionsValue Rotary Using the multi-effects processor M-FXPress the Upper 1 button indicator must light Selecting another M-FX typeReverb Value HallReverb and Chorus Assigning the M-FX to other Keyboard partsChorus Value ChorusBalance This selects the CHR functionOctave transposition of the Upper 1, Upper Volume of the Keyboard parts see pKeyboard velocity see p Lower parts see p Master Tune see pKeyboard Velocity Value Kbd VeloPerformance functions Pitch Bend and ModulationBeam functions Footswitch/ExpressionFootswitch ExpressionThis case, the D Beam will play musical notes Pitch and chords of those patterns dependModes Recorder functionsAbout the recording modes What are tracks? Recorder memoryKeyboard recording mode More about ALL modeYou can also record without metronome if you like Punch I/O Single recording modePress START/STOP to start playback of the old Song data Value Sustain Using a footswitch for punching in/outSelecting the Song mode Playback functionsLoop playback Repeat Fast Forward, Rewind, and ResetPlayback before using the √ button To fast forward jump to a measure later in the song, pressPlaying back Standard Midi Files Press the Song button to switch to the Song modeChanging the song tempo Shortcuts Editing parameters general procedureFunction menu General Function parametersVolume Upper Rev Reverb Type Rev UP1 FSW Footswitch AssignFX UP1, UP2, LWR Chr UP1Resume Working with User Programs Writing your settings to a User ProgramMode selection Meaning of the Edit messageTo actually select a User Program… Selecting a User ProgramWorking with User Programs Channels Midi functionsMidi Function parameters Sync Rx Midi synchronizationPitchBnd Pitch Bend Style PC Style Select TxRx ChannelLyrics Tx Transmit Lyrics messages Modulatn ModulationUsing the outputs and an optional pedal Loading User Programs from disk Possible error messagesDisk functions Saving ﬁles to diskRepeat steps 4 and 5 to enter the remaining characters Deleting ﬁles on diskDEL Sng This allows you to delete a song ﬁle on disk Possible error messages when using Disk Copy Disk Copy copying an entire diskFormat Initializing your EM-55 Factory MiscellaneousFunctions for educational purposes Deactivating the ArrangerDisk Link via ﬂoppy disk SpeciﬁcationsMusic Styles 64 in ROM OthersIndex IndexVol Metronome