Roland EM-55 Melody Intelligence, Bass Inversion Bass Inv, Press and hold the Function button

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Additional Music Style functions

Melody Intelligence

The Melody Intelligence function adds a second voice (harmony notes) to the melodies you play with your right hand. In fact, MELODY INTELL uses both halves of the keyboard to determine which notes to play:

•It looks at the melody notes in the right half; and…

•It analyzes the chords you play in the left half to see which notes it must add to your melody.

Press the [MELODY INTELL] button so that the corresponding icon (see right illustration) appears in the display.

MELODY

INTELL

VALUE	Traditnl		120	001
VALUE			TEMPO	MEASURE
	ARRANGER CHORD	TONE

KEYBOARD VELOCITY

REVERB

CHORUS

MELODY INTELL

INVERSION

Changing the MELODY INTELL harmony type

The EM-55 contains 18 different voicings (harmony types) for the MELODY INTELL function. These voic- ings specify the number of harmony notes and the way in which they are added to your melody.

To select a different harmony type, press an hold the [MELODY INTELL] button until the “MI” message appears in the upper left corner of the display. Then use the [TEMPO/DATA] dial to select the desired voicing. The available types are:

1	Duet	4	Strings	7	BigBand	10	Broadway	13	Latin	16	WltzOrg
2	Organ	5	Choir	8	Country	11	Gospel	14	CntrGuit	17	OctvTpe1
3	Combo	6	Block	9	Traditnl	12	Romance	15	CntrBald	18	OctvTpe2

Bass Inversion (Bass Inv)

Use this function to change the way in which the Arranger reads the chords you play.

If the hand icon is not displayed, the A.Bass part plays the root of the chords that feed the Arran- ger. If you play a C (or C chord), the bass sounds a C; if you play an A minor chord (or if you press A and the C to its right), the bass sounds an A, etc.

By activating Bass Inversion, you can specify the note played by the A. Bass part (the lowest note of your chords). Switch on Bass Inversion for songs that rely on bass rather than on chord patterns (for example C – C/B – C/Bb, etc.).

(1) Press and hold the [FUNCTION] button.

(2)Keep holding the [FUNCTION] button while pressing BANK/NUMBER [4] to select “Inversion”.

(3)Use the [TEMPO/DATA] dial to select “On”.

VALUE	Bass Inv		120	001
VALUE			TEMPO	MEASURE
	ARRANGER CHORD	TONE		KEYBOARD
				VELOCITY
				REVERB
				CHORUS
				MELODY
				INTELLIGENT
				INVERSION

The INVERSION icon appears to signal that the Bass Inversion function is switched on.

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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 songDJ Pad function Playback of a Style demo songPress START/STOP to stop demo song playback 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 StartSelecting sounds for the right hand Style selection via EZ SearchWorking with Music Styles on a ﬂoppy disk Piano HeavenKey Tone selection via EZ SearchUsing the metronome Playing one sound PianoPlaying a different sound with the left hand Split 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 Sion Additional Music Style functions Session Partner functions Muting Arranger parts Track Value Pop Adding yet another Arranger part Style PadSelecting another phrase set Use the TEMPO/DATA dial to select one of the following setsUsing the EM-55’s Music Assistant One TouchPress the Music Assistant button 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 appearsLink To Tempo More Music Style functionsAssigning other Music Styles to the Disk Link memories 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 memoryMore about ALL mode Keyboard recording modeYou can also record without metronome if you like Single recording mode Punch I/OPress START/STOP to start playback of the old Song data 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, pressPress the Song button to switch to the Song mode Playing back Standard Midi FilesChanging the song tempo 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 messageSelecting a User Program To actually select a User Program…Working with User Programs 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 diskDeleting ﬁles on disk Repeat steps 4 and 5 to enter the remaining charactersDEL Sng This allows you to delete a song ﬁle on disk 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 OthersIndex IndexVol Metronome