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Using the multi-effects processor (M-FX)

Your EM-55 contains a multi-effects processor that can be assigned to the Keyboard parts (Upper 1/2,
Lower). You can select one type and decide which Keyboard part(s) should use the effect. The M-FX can be
used simultaneously with the Reverb and Chorus effects.
(1) Press the [M-FX EFFECTS] button.
Its indicator lights, and the Upper 1 part is
now processed by the effect type currently
assigned to the M-FX processor (“Rotary”).
(2) Press the [UPPER 1] button (indicator
must light).
(3) Play a few notes in the right half of the
keyboard, and switch the [M-FX EFFECTS]
button on/off to hear the difference.
(4) Press the BENDER/MODULATION lever
towards the back of the EM-55.
The speed of the Rotary effect now changes
(either slow or fast undulations).
Note: A Keyboard part that uses the M-FX cannot
be processed by the Reverb or Chorus effect. But as
you will see on p. 44, the M-FX also contains Reverb
and Chorus algorithms (either in isolation or in
combination with other effects).

Selecting another M-FX type

The Rotary effect that is assigned to the M-FX
by default is a wonderful effect for organ and
other sounds.
For a guitar sound, however, working with dis-
tortion can be more effective. In fact, the EM-55
provides 47 different M-FX types (see the list on
p. 44), some of which are combinations of two
effects for added flexibility. Here is how to select
another M-FX type:
(1) Press and hold the [M-FX EFFECTS] button
until the message line in the upper left-
hand corner reads “M-FX”:
(2) Use the [TEMPO/DATA] dial to select
another M-FX type.
(3) Again play a few notes and listen to what
it sounds like.
Note: M-FX type selection can also be linked to
Tone selection for the Upper 1 part. See “Tone MFX”
(p. 45).
M-FX
EFFECTS
Rotary
VALUE
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