Roland EM-55 owner manual Contents

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Contents

1. Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

2. Panel descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Rear panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3. First steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Setting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Demo songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 DJ Pad function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Musical Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

4. Playing with accompaniment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Selecting other Music Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Style selection via EZ Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Selecting sounds for the right hand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Tone selection via EZ Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

5. Playing one sound (Piano)

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Playing a different sound with the left hand

 

(Split)

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6. Drumming on the keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

7. Using the D Beam Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

8. Recording your music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

9. Additional Music Style functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Session Partner functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Muting Arranger parts (Track). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Adding yet another Arranger part (Style Pad) . . . 22 One Touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Using the EM-55’s Music Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Melody Intelligence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Bass Inversion (Bass Inv). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Orchestrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Style Morphing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Working with Styles on floppy disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 More Music Style functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

10. More Keyboard part functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Using the Upper 2 part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Selecting Tone Variations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Using the multi-effects processor (M-FX) . . . . . . . . . 29 Reverb and Chorus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Other Keyboard part functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

11. Performance functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Keyboard Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Pitch Bend and Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Footswitch/Expression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 D Beam functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

12. Recorder functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 About the recording modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Playback functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Playing back Standard MIDI Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

13. Function menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

14. Working with User Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Writing your settings to a User Program . . . . . . . . . 47 Selecting a User Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

15. MIDI functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 MIDI Function parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

16. Using the outputs and an optional pedal . . . . . . . 51

17. Disk functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Loading User Programs from disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Saving files to disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Deleting files on disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Disk Copy (copying an entire disk) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Functions for educational purposes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

18. Miscellaneous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Initializing your EM-55 (Factory) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

19. Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

20. Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

21. Tone List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Tones that can be selected via the BANK/NUMBER/ VARIATION buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Tones only selectable via the EZ Search function . 180

22. Music Style list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

23. Drum Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

24. Chord Intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

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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 songPlayback of a Style demo song DJ Pad functionPress 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 StartStyle selection via EZ Search Selecting sounds for the right handWorking with Music Styles on a floppy disk Piano HeavenKey Tone selection via EZ SearchPlaying one sound Piano Using the metronomePlaying 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 SionSession Partner functions Additional Music Style functionsMuting 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 setsOne Touch Using the EM-55’s Music AssistantPress 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 appearsMore Music Style functions Link To TempoAssigning 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 memoryKeyboard recording mode More about ALL modeYou can also record without metronome if you like Punch I/O Single recording modePress 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, pressPlaying back Standard Midi Files Press the Song button to switch to the Song modeChanging 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 messageTo actually select a User Program… Selecting a User ProgramWorking 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 diskRepeat steps 4 and 5 to enter the remaining characters Deleting files on diskDEL 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
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