Roland EM-55 owner manual Link To Tempo, More Music Style functions

Note: If the Style on disk does not fit into the EM-55’s RAM memory, the “Err – Too Big!” error message is displayed, and the Style will not be loaded.

(7)Press [START/STOP] to start playback of the style on disk.

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Note: The selection of the Style Disk memory will be written to a User Program (see p. 47). This, how- ever refers to the memory address rather than its contents. Next time you recall such a User Program, the EM-55 will therefore use the last Style you loaded after switching it on. If you haven’t yet loaded a User Style, the EM-55 selects a ROM Style.

Note: You can also assign the Music Style in the Style Disk memory to a Disk Link memory (see below).

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Assigning other Music Styles to the Disk Link memories

The EM-55 provides 64 memories (8 banks x 8 numbers) that refer to Music Styles on the supplied or any other floppy disk. The Disk Link memories can be accessed via group b (press [A/B] and then enter the bank and number using the [1]~[8] buttons).

Though these memories behave exactly like the memories of group A (that provides access to the internal Music Styles), the Disk Link memories only “work” if the disk in question has been inserted into the drive. Thanks to the EM-55’s powerful software, loading a Disk Link Style is as swift as working with internal Styles. To assign a Music Style on floppy disk to a Disk Link memory, proceed as follows:

(1)Start by loading the desired style using the STYLE DISK function.

See above. If the EM-55’s RAM memory already contains the desired Style, you just need to press [VARIATION/STYLE DISK].

In any case, you need to insert a floppy disk into the drive.

(2)Press and hold the [VARIATION/STYLE DISK] button.

VARIATION

STYLE DISK

The message line of the display should now look as follows:

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As you see, group b is already selected. All you need to do now is…

(3)Use the numeric keypad to select the desired Music Style bank (1~8).

(4)Use the numeric keypad to select a Music Style memory of that bank (x1~x8).

As soon as you specify the number, the dis- play indicates Complete.

Whenever you select that memory (“B32”, for example), the EM-55 will load the assigned Style from the floppy disk into its STYLE DISK memory.

Note: If you forgot to insert the floppy disk (either while assigning or using the Disk Link memories), an error message will be displayed.

Note: If you change the name of a Style file on floppy disk (on your PC, for example), the Disk Link function no longer finds that Style.

More Music Style functions

Here are yet other functions related to Music Styles. These can be set via the FUNCTION menu, or are covered elsewhere:

• Balance between the Keyboard parts and	•	Arranger split point (see p. 43)
the Music Style parts (see p. 31)	• Hold function for the Arranger notes (see
• Volume of certain Music Style parts (see		p. 43).
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