Drumming on the keyboard

6. Drumming on the keyboard

Here is how to assign drum and percussion sounds to the entire keyboard.

(1) Press the [M.DRUMS] button.

M.DRUMS

Its indicator lights. Play a few notes on the keyboard. This time, every key is assigned to a different sound.

With the left-most key, you can play a bass drum sound (also called “kick”). The white key next to it triggers a snare drum sound, etc. Try it out by pressing several keys, either in succession or simultaneously.

M.DrumsM.Drums

Selecting other Drum Sets

The sounds used in M.Drums mode (“M.Drums” is short for Manual Drums) are not produced by Tones but rather by a Drum Set. Drum Sets are collections of over 90 sounds, each assigned to a differ- ent key. The EM-55 provides 116 different Drum Sets.

BANK/NUMBER

74

KICK&SNARE 2

71

ORCHESTRA

41

ELECTRONIC

11

STANDARD 1

75

ASIA

72

ETHNIC

42

TR-808

12

STANDARD 2

76

CYMBAL&CLAP

73

KICK & SNARE

51

JAZZ

13

STANDARD L/R

77

GAMELAN 1

75

ASIA

61

BRUSH

14

V-Pop1

78

GAMELAN 2

76

CYMBAL&CLAP

71

ORCHESTRA

15

V-R&B

81

SFX

81

SFX

81

SFX

16

V-Fiesta

82

RHYTHM FX

82

RHYTHM FX

88

CM-64 / 32L

21

ROOM

83

RHYTHM FX 2

83

RHYTHM FX 2

 

 

22

HIP HOP

84

RHYTHM FX 3

128CM-64/32L

CC32= 122

23

JUNGLE

85

SFX 2

 

 

(General MIDI 2)

24

TECHNO

87

CYM&CLAPS 2

11

STANDARD 1

1

GM2 STANDARD

25

ROOM L/R

88

V-VoxDrum

9

GM2 ROOM

26

HOUSE

128CM-64/32L

12

STANDARD 2

17

GM2 POWER

31

POWER

EZ SEARCH

21

ROOM

25

GM2 ELECTRIC

32

V-Rock1

31

POWER

26

GM2 ANALOG

33

V-Rock2

11

STANDARD 1

41

ELECTRONIC

33

GM2 JAZZ

41

ELECTRONIC

12

STANDARD 2

42

TR-808/909

41

GM2 BRUSH

42

TR-808

13

STANDARD 3

43

DANCE

49

GM2 ORCHESTRA

43

DANCE

21

ROOM

51

JAZZ

57

GM2 SFX

44

CR-78

22

Hip-Hop

61

BRUSH

CC32= 119 (XG)

45

TR-606

23

JUNGLE

71

ORCHESTRA

46

TR-707

24

TECHNO

72

ETHNIC

1 standard kit

47

TR-909

31

POWER

73

KICK&SNARE

2 standrd kit2

51

JAZZ

41

ELECTRONIC

74

Oriental

9 room kit

52

JAZZ L/R

42

TR-808

81

SFX

17 rock kit

61

BRUSH

43

DANCE

82

RHYTHM FX

25 electro kit

62

BRUSH 2

44

CR-78

128CM-64/32L

26

analog kit

63

BRUSH 2 L/R

45

TR-606

 

 

33 jazz kit

64

V-JazzBrush

46

TR-707

11

STANDARD1

41 brush kit

71

ORCHESTRA

47

TR-909

49 classic kit

72

ETHNIC

51

JAZZ

21

ROOM

121SFX 1 kit

73

KICK & SNARE

61

BRUSH

31

POWER

122SFX 2 kit

To select them, proceed as though you were calling up a Tone:

(1)Press a number button [1]~[8] to select a Bank.

(2)Press a number [1]~[8] button to select the desired Drum Set.

Use the EZ Search function to have access to all Drum Sets except the ones preceded by “CC32=” (those Drum Sets can only be selected via MIDI).

Note: You can also press the [START/STOP] button to add a rhythm accompaniment to your playing. This is based on the currently selected Music Style. See p. 14 for how to select a different one.

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Roland EM-55 owner manual Drumming on the keyboard, Selecting other Drum Sets, Press the M.DRUMS button, DrumsM.Drums