Roland EM-55 owner manual Playing with accompaniment, Starting/stopping the Arranger

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EM-55 Owner’s Manual

4. Playing with accompaniment

Let us now take advantage of the EM-55’s accompaniment function. This function is called “Arranger”.

Starting/stopping the Arranger

(1)Press the KBD MODE [ARRANGER] button (its indicator lights).

ARRANGER

The keyboard is split into two halves. The keys you press in the left half are used to specify the key of the accompaniment. The right half of the keyboard allows you to play a tune to the accompaniment.

At power-on, the EM-55 automatically selects the “A24 TwoStep” Style.

(2)Press the [START/STOP] button to start Arranger playback.

Note: If the [ARRANGER] indicator lights, playing in the left half of the keyboard while the Arranger is stopped, will sound an electric piano and bass Tone. The left half of the keyboard is thus not muted (like on previous Roland arranger instruments). This can be switched off, however (see “EP Chord (Left-hand E. Piano + Bass)” on page 43).

(3)Play a chord (or just one note) with your left hand.

(5)Press the following buttons to use other patterns of the currently selected Music Style:

Button	Function
INTRO	Playback of an introduction. Press
	this button before activating
	[START/STOP].

ORIGINAL	Simple accompaniment version.

FILL	Transition (“Fill In”) to VARIATION or
	ORIGINAL.

VARIA-	Slightly more complex accompani-
TION	ment version.

ENDING	Phrase that indicates the end of the
	song. Use this button instead of
	[START/STOP] to stop playback.

These buttons select Music Style “patterns”. The indicator of the button you press lights. Also, the ARRANGER CHORD ﬁeld indicates which chord you played last. This chord is used by the accompaniment.

As soon as you feel comfortable with the Arranger, you should try to play a melody with your right hand while using your left for selecting Arranger chords.

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(4)Play another chord (or note) to change the Arranger’s key.

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Contents EM-55 Features Important notes Contents Panel descriptions Style button Keyboard Mode buttonsTone button User PROGRAM/WRITE buttonRear panel First steps Setting upDemo songs Playback of a Tone demo songPlayback of a Style demo song DJ Pad functionPress START/STOP to stop demo song playback Choosing other sets Musical GamesGuess Chord Guess NoteChord Finder To specify the RootTo specify the Type Playing with accompaniment Press the KBD Mode Arranger button its indicator lightsStarting/stopping the Arranger Play another chord or note to change the Arranger’s keyChanging the tempo Selecting other Music StylesStopping Arranger playback Automatic playback start Sync StartStyle selection via EZ Search Selecting sounds for the right handWorking with Music Styles on a ﬂoppy disk Tone selection via EZ Search Piano HeavenKeyPlaying one sound Piano Using the metronomePlaying a different sound with the left hand Split Selecting other Drum Sets Drumming on the keyboardPress the M.DRUMS button Drumming on the keyboardUsing the D Beam Controller Listening to your song Recording your musicStart recording in one of the following ways SionSession Partner functions Additional Music Style functionsMuting Arranger parts Track Adding yet another Arranger part Style Pad Value PopSelecting another phrase set Use the TEMPO/DATA dial to select one of the following setsOne Touch Using the EM-55’s Music AssistantPress the Music Assistant button Bass Inversion Bass Inv Melody IntelligenceChanging the Melody Intell harmony type Press and hold the Function buttonStyle Morphing OrchestratorSelecting another B Style Working with Styles on ﬂoppy diskStyle Disk Press the Style button the Style icon appearsMore Music Style functions Link To TempoAssigning other Music Styles to the Disk Link memories Select the desired KBD Mode Arranger or Piano Using the Upper 2 partHarpsi More Keyboard part functionsPress the Upper 1 button indicator must light Using the multi-effects processor M-FXValue Rotary Selecting another M-FX typeReverb and Chorus Value HallReverb Assigning the M-FX to other Keyboard partsBalance Value ChorusChorus This selects the CHR functionKeyboard velocity see p Volume of the Keyboard parts see pOctave transposition of the Upper 1, Upper Lower parts see p Master Tune see pPerformance functions Value Kbd VeloKeyboard Velocity Pitch Bend and ModulationFootswitch Footswitch/ExpressionBeam functions ExpressionPitch and chords of those patterns depend This case, the D Beam will play musical notesAbout the recording modes Recorder functionsModes 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 Selecting the Song mode Using a footswitch for punching in/outValue Sustain Playback functionsPlayback before using the √ button Fast Forward, Rewind, and ResetLoop playback Repeat 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 Function menu Editing parameters general procedureShortcuts General Function parametersVolume Upper Rev Reverb Type FX UP1, UP2, LWR FSW Footswitch AssignRev UP1 Chr UP1Resume Mode selection Writing your settings to a User ProgramWorking with User Programs Meaning of the Edit messageTo actually select a User Program… Selecting a User ProgramWorking with User Programs Midi Function parameters Midi functionsChannels Sync Rx Midi synchronizationLyrics Tx Transmit Lyrics messages Style PC Style Select TxRx ChannelPitchBnd Pitch Bend Modulatn ModulationUsing the outputs and an optional pedal Disk functions Possible error messagesLoading User Programs from disk 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 Disk Copy copying an entire disk Possible error messages when using Disk CopyFormat Functions for educational purposes MiscellaneousInitializing your EM-55 Factory Deactivating the ArrangerMusic Styles 64 in ROM SpeciﬁcationsDisk Link via ﬂoppy disk OthersIndex IndexVol Metronome