Selecting a User Program, Working with User Programs | Roland EM-55

Working with User Programs

Selecting a User Program

Though the User Program memory you speciﬁed above is already selected, there will be times when you need to select another memory. In that case, here is what you need to do:

(1)Brieﬂy press [USER PROGRAM/WRITE]. Do not hold this button down because doing so will start the Write procedure (see above).

USER

PROGRAM

WRITE

The User Program ﬁeld now indicates the number of the User Program you selected last, or “11” if you have not yet selected a User Program since switching on the EM-55. The important thing to note here is the “Edit” message.

It indicates that the EM-55 is still using the last manual changes you may have made before selecting the User Program function. The User Program number therefore only means “this is the last memory you selected”.

None of its settings are being used for the time being. By pressing [USER PROGRAM/ WRITE] again, you can leave the User Pro- gram mode without changing your manual settings. This may be important to remem- ber if you were about to write your settings and accidentally pressed the wrong button (or didn’t press it long enough).

To actually select a User Program…

(2)Press one numeric button [1]~[8] to select the bank.

(3)Press another (or the same) numeric but- ton [1]~[8] to select the memory.

The settings of the selected User Program will be recalled.

Note: As soon as you modify any setting (on the front panel or in the FUNCTION menu), the “Edit” message appears next to the User Program number.

(4) Once again press [USER PROGRAM/ WRITE] to leave the User Program mode.

Note: You can also press [STYLE] and [TONE] to leave this mode.

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Roland EM-55 owner manual Selecting a User Program, To actually select a User Program…, Working with User Programs

Contents

EM-55 Features Important notes Contents Panel descriptions Keyboard Mode buttons Style buttonTone button User PROGRAM/WRITE button Rear panel Setting up First stepsDemo songs Playback of a Tone demo song DJ Pad function Playback of a Style demo songPress START/STOP to stop demo song playback Musical Games Choosing other sets Guess Note Guess ChordChord Finder To specify the Root To 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 key Selecting other Music Styles Changing the tempoStopping Arranger playback Automatic playback start Sync Start Selecting sounds for the right hand Style selection via EZ SearchWorking with Music Styles on a ﬂoppy disk Piano HeavenKey Tone selection via EZ Search Using the metronome Playing one sound PianoPlaying a different sound with the left hand Split Drumming on the keyboard Selecting other Drum SetsPress the M.DRUMS button Drumming on the keyboard Using the D Beam Controller Recording your music Listening to your songStart recording in one of the following ways Sion Additional Music Style functions Session Partner functionsMuting Arranger parts Track Value Pop Adding yet another Arranger part Style PadSelecting another phrase set Use the TEMPO/DATA dial to select one of the following sets Using the EM-55’s Music Assistant One TouchPress the Music Assistant button Melody Intelligence Bass Inversion Bass InvChanging the Melody Intell harmony type Press and hold the Function button Orchestrator Style Morphing Working with Styles on ﬂoppy disk Selecting another B StyleStyle Disk Press the Style button the Style icon appears Link To Tempo More Music Style functionsAssigning other Music Styles to the Disk Link memories Using the Upper 2 part Select the desired KBD Mode Arranger or PianoHarpsi More Keyboard part functions Using the multi-effects processor M-FX Press the Upper 1 button indicator must lightValue Rotary Selecting another M-FX type Value Hall Reverb and ChorusReverb Assigning the M-FX to other Keyboard parts Value Chorus BalanceChorus This selects the CHR function Volume of the Keyboard parts see p Keyboard velocity see pOctave transposition of the Upper 1, Upper Lower parts see p Master Tune see p Value Kbd Velo Performance functionsKeyboard Velocity Pitch Bend and Modulation Footswitch/Expression FootswitchBeam functions Expression This case, the D Beam will play musical notes Pitch and chords of those patterns depend Recorder functions About the recording modesModes What are tracks? Recorder memory More about ALL mode Keyboard recording modeYou can also record without metronome if you like Single recording mode Punch I/OPress START/STOP to start playback of the old Song data Using a footswitch for punching in/out Selecting the Song modeValue Sustain Playback functions Fast Forward, Rewind, and Reset Playback before using the √ buttonLoop playback Repeat To fast forward jump to a measure later in the song, press Press the Song button to switch to the Song mode Playing back Standard Midi FilesChanging the song tempo Editing parameters general procedure Function menuShortcuts General Function parameters Volume Upper Rev Reverb Type FSW Footswitch Assign FX UP1, UP2, LWRRev UP1 Chr UP1 Resume Writing your settings to a User Program Mode selectionWorking with User Programs Meaning of the Edit message Selecting a User Program To actually select a User Program…Working with User Programs Midi functions Midi Function parametersChannels Sync Rx Midi synchronization Style PC Style Select TxRx Channel Lyrics Tx Transmit Lyrics messagesPitchBnd Pitch Bend Modulatn Modulation Using the outputs and an optional pedal Possible error messages Disk functionsLoading User Programs from disk Saving ﬁles to disk Deleting ﬁles on disk Repeat steps 4 and 5 to enter the remaining charactersDEL Sng This allows you to delete a song ﬁle on disk Possible error messages when using Disk Copy Disk Copy copying an entire disk Format Miscellaneous Functions for educational purposesInitializing your EM-55 Factory Deactivating the Arranger Speciﬁcations Music Styles 64 in ROMDisk Link via ﬂoppy disk Others Index IndexVol Metronome