Roland EM-55 owner manual First steps, Setting up, Demo songs, Playback of a Tone demo song

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First steps

3. First steps

Setting up

The ﬁrst thing you need to do is connect the supplied ACJ adapter to a suitable wall outlet.

(1)Unpack the EM-55 and place it on a sta- ble surface.

(2)Connect the small end of the adapter cable to the EM-55’s DC IN jack, and the other end to a suitable wall outlet.

(3) Press the [POWER ON] button to switch on the EM-55.

Demo songs

Your EM-55 comes with 16 Tone demos and 8 Style demos.

•Tone demos show off the EM-55’s amazing sound quality.

•Style demos give you an impression of the quality of the on-board Music Styles.

(1)Press the [DEMO] button (its indicator lights).

The indicator lights and playback of all demo songs starts.

DemoTn1 TEMPO MEASURE

120 120

ARRANGER CHORD	TONE	KEYBOARD
		VELOCITY
		REVERB
		CHORUS
		MELODY
		INTELL
		INVERSION

(2)If necessary, use the [VOLUME] control to change the playback volume.

(3)Press [DEMO] again to skip to the next song.

Playback of a Tone demo song:

(1)Press the [START/STOP] button. This will stop playback of the running demo song.

(2) Press the [TONE] button.

The Tone demo songs (16 in all) are divided into two groups (A and B) of 8 demos each.

(4)Press a numeric button [1]~[8]. Each but- ton selects a different Tone demo song. Playback of the selected demo song starts automatically. After a copyright message, the name of the selected song will be dis- played.

You can now press [START/STOP] to stop playback of the currently selected song. If you press this button again, the next demo song will be played back.

(5)Press [START/STOP] to stop demo song playback, and press [DEMO] (indicator goes dark) to switch off the Demo func- tion.

(3)Press the [A/B] button to select the desired group of Tone demo songs.

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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 songPress START/STOP to stop demo song playback DJ Pad functionPlayback of a Style demo song 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 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 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 SionMuting Arranger parts Track Additional Music Style functionsSession Partner functions Value Pop Adding yet another Arranger part Style PadSelecting 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 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 appearsAssigning other Music Styles to the Disk Link memories Link To TempoMore Music Style functions 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 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 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, pressChanging the song tempo Press the Song button to switch to the Song modePlaying back Standard Midi Files 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 messageWorking with User Programs Selecting a User ProgramTo actually select a User Program… 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 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 Miscellaneous Functions for educational purposesInitializing your EM-55 Factory Deactivating the ArrangerSpeciﬁcations Music Styles 64 in ROMDisk Link via ﬂoppy disk OthersVol Metronome IndexIndex