Roland EM-55 owner manual Playing back Standard Midi Files, Changing the song tempo

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EM-55 Owner’s Manual

Playing back Standard MIDI Files

The EM-55 allows you to play back commercially available music data files (called Standard MIDI Files) or your own songs you saved to disk.

In fact, when you save a song to disk, it is saved as Standard MIDI Format 1 file and can also be played back using any other SMF compatible sequencer (or software).

(1)Insert a floppy disk with Song/Standard MIDI File data into the drive.

(2)Press the [SONG] button to switch to the Song mode.

SONG

This is necessary because, otherwise, press- ing the [START/STOP] button will start Arranger playback.

Piano 2

120

001

 

TEMPO

MEASURE

ARRANGER CHORD SONG

 

KEYBOARD

 

 

VELOCITY

(3)Press [SONG] again to display the name of the first Standard MIDI File on disk. What is actually displayed depends on whether you have inserted a disk and whether it contains Standard MIDI Files. See below for what the various messages mean.

Message

Meaning

Empty

The Song memory does not contain

 

data (you have neither recorded a

 

song nor played back a song on

 

disk).

 

 

No Disk

You forgot to insert a disk into the

 

drive.

Press this button once again to stop play- back. See also “Fast Forward, Rewind, and Reset” (p. 40) and “Loop playback (Repeat)” (p. 40) for other functions you can use dur- ing playback.

If one of the following error messages appears, either select another Standard MIDI File or insert another disk:

Message

Meaning

NoFormat

The inserted floppy disk has

 

not been formatted for the

 

EM-55.

 

 

File Err

The selected file cannot be

 

read.

 

 

Over 18T

The Standard MIDI File con-

 

tains more tracks than the

 

EM-55 can handle.

 

 

Changing the song tempo

You can change the song tempo with the [TEMPO/DATA] dial. Doing so, however, means that the tempo will still change if the song you are playing back contains tempo change messages. Furthermore, every time you jump back to the beginning of the song using [√], the programmed song tempo will be set.

ENGLISH

No Files

The disk you inserted into the drive

 

does not contain Standard MIDI

 

Files.

 

 

IntSong

You selected the Song you recorded

 

yourself (nternal memory).

 

 

(4) Use the [TEMPO/DATA] dial to select the Standard MIDI file you want to listen to.

Note: Please bear in mind that starting playback of the selected song on disk will erase your own song. Be sure to save it to disk before proceeding (see

p. 52).

(5)Press [START/STOP] to load the first data chunk and start playback.

You can also wait for the flashing “EXE” message and press [EXECUTE]. You then need to start playback by pressing [START/ STOP].

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Contents EM-55 Features Important notes Contents Panel descriptions Style button Keyboard Mode buttonsTone button User PROGRAM/WRITE buttonRear panel First steps Setting upDemo songs Playback of a Tone demo songPress START/STOP to stop demo song playback DJ Pad functionPlayback of a Style demo song Choosing other sets Musical GamesGuess Chord Guess NoteChord Finder To specify the RootTo specify the Type Playing with accompaniment Press the KBD Mode Arranger button its indicator lightsStarting/stopping the Arranger Play another chord or note to change the Arranger’s keyChanging the tempo Selecting other Music StylesStopping Arranger playback Automatic playback start Sync StartWorking with Music Styles on a floppy disk Selecting sounds for the right handStyle selection via EZ Search Tone selection via EZ Search Piano HeavenKeyPlaying a different sound with the left hand Split Using the metronomePlaying one sound Piano Selecting other Drum Sets Drumming on the keyboardPress the M.DRUMS button Drumming on the keyboardUsing the D Beam Controller Listening to your song Recording your musicStart recording in one of the following ways SionMuting Arranger parts Track Additional Music Style functionsSession Partner functions Adding yet another Arranger part Style Pad Value PopSelecting another phrase set Use the TEMPO/DATA dial to select one of the following setsPress the Music Assistant button Using the EM-55’s Music AssistantOne Touch Bass Inversion Bass Inv Melody IntelligenceChanging the Melody Intell harmony type Press and hold the Function buttonStyle Morphing OrchestratorSelecting another B Style Working with Styles on floppy diskStyle Disk Press the Style button the Style icon appearsAssigning other Music Styles to the Disk Link memories Link To TempoMore Music Style functions Select the desired KBD Mode Arranger or Piano Using the Upper 2 partHarpsi More Keyboard part functionsPress the Upper 1 button indicator must light Using the multi-effects processor M-FXValue Rotary Selecting another M-FX typeReverb and Chorus Value HallReverb Assigning the M-FX to other Keyboard partsBalance Value ChorusChorus This selects the CHR functionKeyboard velocity see p Volume of the Keyboard parts see pOctave transposition of the Upper 1, Upper Lower parts see p Master Tune see pPerformance functions Value Kbd VeloKeyboard Velocity Pitch Bend and ModulationFootswitch Footswitch/ExpressionBeam functions ExpressionPitch and chords of those patterns depend This case, the D Beam will play musical notesAbout the recording modes Recorder functionsModes 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 Selecting the Song mode Using a footswitch for punching in/outValue Sustain Playback functionsPlayback before using the √ button Fast Forward, Rewind, and ResetLoop playback Repeat 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 Function menu Editing parameters general procedureShortcuts General Function parametersVolume Upper Rev Reverb Type FX UP1, UP2, LWR FSW Footswitch AssignRev UP1 Chr UP1Resume Mode selection Writing your settings to a User ProgramWorking with User Programs Meaning of the Edit messageWorking with User Programs Selecting a User ProgramTo actually select a User Program… Midi Function parameters Midi functionsChannels Sync Rx Midi synchronizationLyrics Tx Transmit Lyrics messages Style PC Style Select TxRx ChannelPitchBnd Pitch Bend Modulatn ModulationUsing the outputs and an optional pedal Disk functions Possible error messagesLoading User Programs from disk 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 Disk Copy copying an entire disk Possible error messages when using Disk CopyFormat Functions for educational purposes MiscellaneousInitializing your EM-55 Factory Deactivating the ArrangerMusic Styles 64 in ROM SpecificationsDisk Link via floppy disk OthersVol Metronome IndexIndex
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