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

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.

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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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