Roland EM-55 owner manual Orchestrator, Style Morphing

EM-55 Owner’s Manual

Orchestrator

The Orchestrator function allows you to vary the accompaniment patterns played by the Arranger. You can leave out parts, thin out the drum part, or even use a totally different accompaniment – in realtime (i.e. while you are playing).

(1)Select the Music Style you wish to use for playing.

See page 14.

(2)Press one of the following buttons to select the desired level of musical “com- plexity” (its indicator lights):

The simplest accompaniment Drum & Bass that only contains the drum and

bass lines.

Accompaniment pattern with

Combo only a few instruments (i.e. a band).

Accompaniment pattern with a

Big Band lush arrangement (several melodic instrument lines).

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Note: Immediately after switching on the EM-55, the Orchestrator selects the “BIG BAND” level.

Note: The effect of these three levels also depends on whether the [VARIATION] or [ORIGINAL] button was pressed. In effect, the combination of the [ORIGINAL]/[VARIATION] and [DRUM & BASS]/ [COMBO]/BIG BAND] buttons provides 12 accompa- niment patterns per Music Style.

The last selection you make can be saved to a User Program. See p. 47.

Style Morphing

Style Morphing allows you to use one or several accompaniment parts of one Music Style and the others of a second Music Style. Each time you select a Music Style, the EM-55 automatically prepares a second Style in the background. The Style you select is called “STYLE A” (this is indicated by the [STYLE≈A] icon in the upper right corner of the display). The “covert” Style is called “STYLE B”.

The link between “A” and “B” Styles is preset. This allows the EM-55 to automate the selection process and to prepare a suitable “B” Style. Feel free, however, to assign another Music Style to “B” if you want to explore new morphing combinations (see below).

There are three part groups per Style (A or B) that can be morphed:

DRUMS: The drums and percussion.

BASS: The bass line.

ACCOMP: Other melodic accompaniments (piano, guitar, strings, etc.).

The icons in the display keep you posted about the Style (A or B) whose drum, bass, and/or accompaniment lines are used.

(1)Press the [DRUM A/B] button once to select the drum part of the “other” Style (A or B).

Press it again to return to the previous drum part.

(2)Press the [BASS A/B] button once to select the bass part of the “other” Style (A or B). Press it again to return to the previous bass part.

(3)Press the [ACCOMP A/B] button once to select the melodic parts of the “other” Style (A or B).

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