Roland EM-55 owner manual Working with Styles on floppy disk, Selecting another B Style, Style Disk

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Additional Music Style functions

Selecting another “B” Style

As stated earlier, the “B” Style is prepared automatically whenever you select an “A” Style, so that the Style Morphing function is ready whenever you are.

If you do not agree with this preset selec- tion (or want to experiment with other Styles), hold down the [STYLE] button and select the desired “B” Style using the [A/B] button and [1]~[8] keypad (the Disk Link memories are also available). This selection will also be written to a User Program.

Note: You can also select the STYLE DISK Style by pressing [VARIATION/STYLE DISK]. See below for details about the STYLE DISK function.

Note: The Intro and Ending patterns of Style A will be used in their original state for all Style Mor- phing combinations except the one where all parts are played by Style B (i.e. when no icon is displayed in the Style A column).

Note: You can also morph between Styles that use different time signatures.

Note: When you select a new Music Style with the numeric keypad, the Style Morphing function is reset to the “Style A only” status. The Style Mor- phing setting can, however, be written to a User Program. See p. 47.

Working with Styles on floppy disk

Style Disk

The EM-55 provides a special temporary memory that allows you to use one Music Style on a floppy disk as if it were an internal Style. The function in question is called STYLE DISK.

A Music Style you select via this function is not stored internally. It will be replaced when you select another Music Style on disk, or erased when you switch off the EM-55.

Note: See also page 3 for details about how to handle floppy disks.

VARIATION

STYLE DISK

!MERENG TEMPO

120

ARRANGER CHORD

 

STYLE

 

 

 

 

STYLE DISK

DISK

KEYBOARD VELOCITY

REVERB

CHORUS

MELODY INTELL

INVERSION

Working with Styles on disk requires that you purchase a floppy disk containing Music Styles or that you use the floppy disks supplied with the EM-55. See your Roland dealer for details about the available floppy disks (MSA, MSD, or MSE series).

(1)Insert a floppy disk with compatible Music Styles into the EM-55’s disk drive.

(2)Press the [STYLE] button (the [STYLE] icon appears).

(3)Press the [VARIATION/STYLE DISK] button. The [STYLE≈DISK] icon appears in the display, while you will also see the “Sdk” message and the name of the Music Style name that is currently in the EM-55’s RAM memory.

(4)Press [VARIATION/STYLE DISK] again.

If the display now shows the message “Err – No Disk”, you need to insert a floppy disk. If the drive contains a floppy disk with read- able Music Styles, the name of the first Style on disk will be displayed.

(5)Use the [TEMPO/DATA] dial to select the desired Music Style on the floppy disk. You can also press [STYLE DISK] to scroll through the Music Styles on disk.

!MERENG TEMPO

120

(6)Press [EXECUTE] in response to the flash- ing “EXE” message that appears after a brief interval to load the selected Music Style.

EXECUTE

Press [VARIATION/STYLE DISK] if you want to select another Music Style on disk and load that one.

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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 songPress START/STOP to stop demo song playback DJ Pad functionPlayback of a Style demo song 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 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 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 SionMuting Arranger parts Track Additional Music Style functionsSession Partner functions Selecting another phrase set Value PopAdding yet another Arranger part Style Pad Use the TEMPO/DATA dial to select one of the following setsPress the Music Assistant button Using the EM-55’s Music AssistantOne Touch 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 appearsAssigning other Music Styles to the Disk Link memories Link To TempoMore Music Style functions 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 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 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, pressChanging the song tempo Press the Song button to switch to the Song modePlaying back Standard Midi Files 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 messageWorking with User Programs Selecting a User ProgramTo actually select a User Program… 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 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 Initializing your EM-55 Factory MiscellaneousFunctions for educational purposes Deactivating the ArrangerDisk Link via floppy disk SpecificationsMusic Styles 64 in ROM OthersVol Metronome IndexIndex
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