Roland EM-55 Working with User Programs, Writing your settings to a User Program, Mode selection

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EM-55 Owner’s Manual

14. Working with User Programs

The EM-55 is equipped with 64 User Program memories that allow you to store almost all settings (or regis- trations) you make on the front panel and via the Function menu (see p. 42).

Note: MIDI settings (see p. 49) are not saved to a User Program because the EM-55 memorizes them automatically.

Writing your settings to a User Program

It is a good idea to write your settings frequently, even if you still need to do some editing afterwards. Those intermediary saves allow you to return to the previous stage whenever you do not like your last modifications.

(1) Press and hold the [USER PROGRAM/

The number you select appears in the USER

WRITE] button.

PROGRAM field (“3” in the example below).

ENGLISH

USER

PROGRAM

WRITE

The EM-55 now displays “Write ?”.

(2)Keep holding the [USER PROGRAM/ WRITE] button while pressing one numeric button [1]~[8] to select the bank.

VALUE

Write?

120

 

 

TEMPO

 

 

ARRANGER CHORD

 

KEYBOARD

 

USER PROGRAM 12

VELOCITY

 

REVERB

 

 

 

CHORUS

 

 

 

MELODY

 

 

 

INTELL

 

 

 

INVERSION

(3)Keep holding the [USER PROGRAM/ WRITE] button while pressing another (or the same) numeric button [1]~[8] to select the memory.

The display now responds with the “Com- plete” message and the memory number (your settings have been stored).

(4)Release the [USER PROGRAM/WRITE] but- ton.

Notes about writing User Programs

Leaving the User Program environment Press [USER PROGRAM] to leave the User Program environment. The User Program field in the display will go blank again.

Mode selection

The mode (Arranger, p. 13, M.Drums, p. 18, Piano, p. 17) is also memorized when you write a User Program.

Meaning of the “Edit” message

VALUE

Piano 2

120

 

 

 

TEMPO

 

 

ARRANGER CHORD

 

 

KEYBOARD

 

Edit

Edit

11

VELOCITY

 

REVERB

 

USER PROGRAM

 

 

 

 

CHORUS

 

 

 

 

MELODY

 

 

 

 

INTELL

 

 

 

 

INVERSION

At some stage, you may come across an “Edit” message next to the User Program number.

It means that the last User Program you selected is still in effect but that the current settings no longer correspond to the ones in that memory. Such changes may include the status of the Reverb or Chorus effect, a changed volume value, etc.

Before selecting another User Program or switching off the EM-55, you should there- fore write these settings to the same (or a different) User Program if you want to keep them. Otherwise, you lose these changes. Please also see p. 48.

User Programs and Disk Links & Style Disk

The address of the last Music Style you selected before writing a User Program is also memorized. This even applies to the Style RAM memory that may contain a so- called Style Disk Style (see p. 26). The EM-55 only remembers the memory address —not the name of the Style it contained when you wrote your settings to a User Program. This also applies to the Disk Link memories in group B.

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Contents EM-55 Features Important notes Contents Panel descriptions User PROGRAM/WRITE button Keyboard Mode buttonsStyle button Tone buttonRear panel Playback of a Tone demo song Setting upFirst steps Demo songsPress START/STOP to stop demo song playback DJ Pad functionPlayback of a Style demo song Choosing other sets Musical GamesTo specify the Root Guess NoteGuess Chord Chord FinderTo specify the Type Play another chord or note to change the Arranger’s key Press the KBD Mode Arranger button its indicator lightsPlaying with accompaniment Starting/stopping the ArrangerAutomatic playback start Sync Start Selecting other Music StylesChanging the tempo Stopping Arranger playbackWorking 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 Drumming on the keyboard Drumming on the keyboardSelecting other Drum Sets Press the M.DRUMS buttonUsing the D Beam Controller Sion Recording your musicListening to your song Start recording in one of the following waysMuting Arranger parts Track Additional Music Style functionsSession Partner functions Use the TEMPO/DATA dial to select one of the following sets Value PopAdding yet another Arranger part Style Pad Selecting another phrase setPress the Music Assistant button Using the EM-55’s Music AssistantOne Touch Press and hold the Function button Melody IntelligenceBass Inversion Bass Inv Changing the Melody Intell harmony typeStyle Morphing OrchestratorPress the Style button the Style icon appears Working with Styles on floppy diskSelecting another B Style Style DiskAssigning other Music Styles to the Disk Link memories Link To TempoMore Music Style functions More Keyboard part functions Using the Upper 2 partSelect the desired KBD Mode Arranger or Piano HarpsiSelecting another M-FX type Using the multi-effects processor M-FXPress the Upper 1 button indicator must light Value RotaryAssigning the M-FX to other Keyboard parts Value HallReverb and Chorus ReverbThis selects the CHR function Value ChorusBalance ChorusLower parts see p Master Tune see p Volume of the Keyboard parts see pKeyboard velocity see p Octave transposition of the Upper 1, UpperPitch Bend and Modulation Value Kbd VeloPerformance functions Keyboard VelocityExpression Footswitch/ExpressionFootswitch Beam functionsPitch and chords of those patterns depend This case, the D Beam will play musical notesWhat are tracks? Recorder memory Recorder functionsAbout the recording modes ModesYou 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 Playback functions Using a footswitch for punching in/outSelecting the Song mode Value SustainTo fast forward jump to a measure later in the song, press Fast Forward, Rewind, and ResetPlayback before using the √ button Loop playback RepeatChanging the song tempo Press the Song button to switch to the Song modePlaying back Standard Midi Files General Function parameters Editing parameters general procedureFunction menu ShortcutsVolume Upper Rev Reverb Type Chr UP1 FSW Footswitch AssignFX UP1, UP2, LWR Rev UP1Resume Meaning of the Edit message Writing your settings to a User ProgramMode selection Working with User ProgramsWorking with User Programs Selecting a User ProgramTo actually select a User Program… Sync Rx Midi synchronization Midi functionsMidi Function parameters ChannelsModulatn Modulation Style PC Style Select TxRx ChannelLyrics Tx Transmit Lyrics messages PitchBnd Pitch BendUsing the outputs and an optional pedal Saving files to disk Possible error messagesDisk functions Loading User Programs from 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 Deactivating the Arranger MiscellaneousFunctions for educational purposes Initializing your EM-55 FactoryOthers SpecificationsMusic Styles 64 in ROM Disk Link via floppy diskVol Metronome IndexIndex
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