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Recording your music

8. Recording your music

Your EM-55 contains a 16-track Recorder you can use for recording your own songs. Feel free to use the Arranger to add an accompaniment to the melodies you record.

Here, you will learn how to record your melody and the Arranger accompaniment.

(1)Press the [ARRANGER] button.

The indicator lights. You can now use your left hand for transposing the Arranger’s key in realtime.

(2)Press the [STYLE] button.

(3)Select a Music Style. See also page 14.

(4)Press the [START/STOP] button.

(5)Use the [TEMPO/DATA] dial to set desired tempo.

(6)Press [START/STOP] again to stop Arranger playback.

(7)Assign the desired Tone to the right half of the keyboard.

Press [TONE], and use the [A/B] and [1]~[8] buttons (or the EZ Search function). See also page 15.

Note: If necessary, you can also use the [VARIA- TION] button to select a Tone Variation. See p. 28 for details.

(8)Press the [● REC] button.

●REC

The display should look as follows (if it

doesn’t, use the [TEMPO/DATA] dial to select ALL):

ALL

 

 

 

 

 

 

120

001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEMPO

MEASURE

ARRANGER CHORD

 

 

 

 

 

TONE

KEYBOARD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VELOCITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REVERB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHORUS

RECORD

 

 

 

 

MELODY

 

 

 

 

INTELL

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

INVERSION

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10 11 12 13 14 15 16

(The [RECORD≈∏] and [1]~[16] icons flash.) You are now in ALL mode, which means that everything you and the EM-55’s Arranger play will be recorded.

Note: This will erase the song that currently resides in the EM-55’s internal memory. You may want to save the current Song to floppy disk first (see p. 52).

(9)Start recording in one of the following ways:

•Press the [START/STOP] button to start Arranger playback with the selected Divi-

sion.

Note: If you start recording without the Arranger and want to bring it in at a later stage, it would be a good idea to switch on the metronome by pressing the [METRONOME] button.

•Activate the SYNC START function and press one or several keys to the left of the Split

point.

Note: It is also possible to record in PIANO, and M.DRUMS modes (after pressing the buttons of the same name). In that case, you should use the met- ronome. The song’s time signature can be set with the MetroTS function. See page 17.

(10)Stop recording in one of the following ways:

• Press [START/STOP].

•Press the [ENDING] button to start the End- ing phrase. As soon as it ends, recording stops.

Listening to your song

(1)Press the [SONG] button.

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

(3)Press [START/STOP] once again to stop playback.

(4)Press [ORIGINAL √] to return to the beginning of the song.

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Contents EM-55 Features Important notes Contents Panel descriptions Keyboard Mode buttons Style buttonTone button User PROGRAM/WRITE buttonRear panel Setting up First stepsDemo songs Playback of a Tone demo songPress START/STOP to stop demo song playback DJ Pad functionPlayback of a Style demo song Musical Games Choosing other setsGuess Note Guess ChordChord Finder To specify the RootTo specify the Type Press the KBD Mode Arranger button its indicator lights Playing with accompanimentStarting/stopping the Arranger Play another chord or note to change the Arranger’s keySelecting other Music Styles Changing the tempoStopping Arranger playback Automatic playback start Sync StartWorking with Music Styles on a floppy disk Selecting sounds for the right handStyle selection via EZ Search Piano HeavenKey Tone selection via EZ SearchPlaying a different sound with the left hand Split Using the metronomePlaying one sound Piano Drumming on the keyboard Selecting other Drum SetsPress the M.DRUMS button Drumming on the keyboardUsing the D Beam Controller Recording your music Listening to your songStart recording in one of the following ways SionMuting Arranger parts Track Additional Music Style functionsSession Partner functions Value Pop Adding yet another Arranger part Style PadSelecting another phrase set Use the TEMPO/DATA dial to select one of the following setsPress the Music Assistant button Using the EM-55’s Music AssistantOne Touch Melody Intelligence Bass Inversion Bass InvChanging the Melody Intell harmony type Press and hold the Function buttonOrchestrator Style MorphingWorking with Styles on floppy disk Selecting another B StyleStyle Disk Press the Style button the Style icon appearsAssigning other Music Styles to the Disk Link memories Link To TempoMore Music Style functions Using the Upper 2 part Select the desired KBD Mode Arranger or PianoHarpsi More Keyboard part functionsUsing the multi-effects processor M-FX Press the Upper 1 button indicator must lightValue Rotary Selecting another M-FX typeValue Hall Reverb and ChorusReverb Assigning the M-FX to other Keyboard partsValue Chorus BalanceChorus This selects the CHR functionVolume of the Keyboard parts see p Keyboard velocity see pOctave transposition of the Upper 1, Upper Lower parts see p Master Tune see pValue Kbd Velo Performance functionsKeyboard Velocity Pitch Bend and ModulationFootswitch/Expression FootswitchBeam functions ExpressionThis case, the D Beam will play musical notes Pitch and chords of those patterns dependRecorder functions About the recording modesModes What are tracks? Recorder memoryYou can also record without metronome if you like More about ALL modeKeyboard recording mode Press START/STOP to start playback of the old Song data Single recording modePunch I/O Using a footswitch for punching in/out Selecting the Song modeValue Sustain Playback functionsFast Forward, Rewind, and Reset Playback before using the √ buttonLoop playback Repeat To fast forward jump to a measure later in the song, pressChanging the song tempo Press the Song button to switch to the Song modePlaying back Standard Midi Files Editing parameters general procedure Function menuShortcuts General Function parametersVolume Upper Rev Reverb Type FSW Footswitch Assign FX UP1, UP2, LWRRev UP1 Chr UP1Resume Writing your settings to a User Program Mode selectionWorking with User Programs Meaning of the Edit messageWorking with User Programs Selecting a User ProgramTo actually select a User Program… Midi functions Midi Function parametersChannels Sync Rx Midi synchronizationStyle PC Style Select TxRx Channel Lyrics Tx Transmit Lyrics messagesPitchBnd Pitch Bend Modulatn ModulationUsing the outputs and an optional pedal Possible error messages Disk functionsLoading User Programs from disk Saving files to diskDEL Sng This allows you to delete a song file on disk Deleting files on diskRepeat steps 4 and 5 to enter the remaining characters Possible error messages when using Disk Copy Disk Copy copying an entire diskFormat Miscellaneous Functions for educational purposesInitializing your EM-55 Factory Deactivating the ArrangerSpecifications Music Styles 64 in ROMDisk Link via floppy disk OthersVol Metronome IndexIndex
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