Roland EM-55 owner manual Musical Games, Choosing other sets

First steps

Choosing other sets

(5)If necessary, use the BANK/NUMBER [1]~[8] buttons to select a different set.

Dance 1		HipHop		House 2		Techno 1
	Dance 2		House 1		Rap		Techno 2

The EM-55 provides 8 Sets of DJ phrases (with 8 phrases each). These sets are called: Dance 1, Dance 2, HipHop, House 1, House

2, Rap, Techno 1 and Techno 2. The illustra- tion above shows you which button you need to press to select the desired set.

The name of the set you select appears in the display:

1 DJ PAD		120
		TEMPO
ARRANGER CHORD	STYLE	KEYBOARD
		VELOCITY
		REVERB
		CHORUS
		MELODY
		INTELL
		INVERSION

Note: Do not press the [START/STOP] button, because doing so would start the Arranger and stop playback of the DJ PAD function.

Note: There is also a parameter that allows you to specify whether playback of the various phrases should be synchronized. See p. 46.

Musical Games

Your EM-55 contains several musical games you may want to play at times. These games will help you mas- ter some basic musical concepts. They are called:

• Guess the Note: play the note you hear.	You can also press ORCHESTRATOR [DRUM
• Guess the Chord: see if you can play the	& BASS] or [COMBO] to select the game.
chords you hear.
• Chord Finder: this game will help you find
out how to play chords you may come
across in written music. This is a wonderful	Beginner	Advanced	Expert

way of learning new chords.

For GuessNte and GuessChd, speed is an important factor: the faster you play the right note(s), the higher your score will be.

(1) Press the [MUSICAL GAME] button.

The [MUSICAL≈GAME] icon appears in the center of the display, while the message line in the upper left-hand corner displays the name of the first game.

GuessTne TEMPO MEASURE

120 120

ARRANGER CHORD	TONE	KEYBOARD
		VELOCITY
		REVERB
	MUSICAL GAME	CHORUS
		MELODY
		INTELL
		INVERSION

(2)Press [MUSICAL GAME] again to select the desired game (“GuessNte”, “GuessChd” or “ChordFnd”).

(3)Use the STYLE MORPHING [DRUM], [BASS], and [ACCOMP] buttons to select the level (only for “Guess Nte” and “GuessChd”).

Button	Function
DRUM	Beginner (easiest)
BASS	Advanced (intermediary)

ACCOMP Expert (most difficult)

Example: to select the “Advanced” level of the “GuessNte” game:

•Press [MUSICAL GAME].

•Press [MUSICAL GAME] twice again (or ORCHESTRATOR [COMBO]).

•Press STYLE MORPHING [BASS].

(4)Press ORCHESTRATOR [BIG BAND] to con- firm your choice (“OK”).

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