Roland EM-55 owner manual Panel descriptions

2. Panel descriptions

APOWER ON button

Press this button to switch the EM-55 on and

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BBENDER/MODULATION lever

By performing left/right movements, you can bend your solo notes down (left) or up (right). Press this lever towards the rear of the instru- ment to add modulation (usually vibrato) to the notes you are playing.

CD Beam Controller

This controller allows you to influence the timbre of the notes you play, to control the Arranger, and to create some unique effects. All you need to do is move your hand up/ down or left/right above the two “eyes”.

The buttons allow you to assign the desired function to the D Beam Controller. See p. 34.

DVOLUME knob

Use this knob to set the global volume of your EM-55.

EDEMO button

Press this button whenever you want to listen to the EM-55’s demo songs (see p. 8).

FBALANCE [√ACCOMP] [KEYBOARD ®] buttons

Use the BALANCE buttons to change the vol- ume of the corresponding section (accompa- niment/song, or the parts you play on the keyboard).

GSTYLE MORPHING buttons
Use these three buttons to create a new Style	g
from two existing ones. See page 25 for
details.

HORCHESTRATOR buttons

Press one of these buttons to choose the desired orchestration for the selected Music Style. See page 25.

IDisplay

This is where you will find comprehensive information about the EM-55’s current sta- tus, the functions that are available, the parameter values, etc.

JMUSICAL GAME button

Press this button if you want to learn more about the “nuts and bolts” of music – or just to have some fun with your EM-55.

KSONG button

This button allows you to select the EM-55’s Song mode, and to specify that the [INTRO], [ORIGINAL], etc., buttons should be used to operate the on-board Recorder.

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