Miscellaneous, Functions for educational purposes | Roland EM-55

Miscellaneous

18. Miscellaneous

Functions for educational purposes

The EM-55 provides two functions that may come in handy for music teachers or for those who use the EM-55 in class:

Deactivating or activating the Demo function

The EM-55’s Demo function can be switched off so that pressing the [DEMO] button will have no effect at all. This may be useful in situations where the EM-55 is used in class. Here is how to deactivate the Demo function:

(1)Switch off the EM-55.

(2)Hold down the [DEMO] button while switching the EM-55 back on again. This setting is remembered, so that next time you want to listen to a demo song, you have to repeat the above procedure.

Deactivating the Arranger

Use the following procedure to ensure that the Arranger cannot be started or stopped:

(1)Switch off the EM-55.

(2)Hold down the [STYLE] button while you switch the EM-55 back on again.

It will now be impossible to start/stop the Arranger using the [START/STOP] button, or to use the SESSION PARTNER buttons (STYLE PAD & DJ PAD).

Repeat the above procedure when you want to use the Arranger again.

Deactivating both the Arranger and the Demo function

A third “educational” option is to switch off both the Demo and the Arranger functions in one go:

(1)Switch off the EM-55.

(2)Hold down the [START/STOP] button while you switch the EM-55 back on again.

It will now be impossible to start/stop the Arranger STYLE PAD, DJ PAD, or demo song playback.

Repeat the above procedure when you want to use the Arranger and Demo function again.

Initializing your EM-55 (Factory)

After working extensively with your EM-55, you may want to recall the original factory settings. Note that the Recorder song and User Program memories will be empty after initializing your EM-55.

Here is how to initialize your EM-55:

(1)Power off your EM-55.

(2)Hold down the [USER PROGRAM/WRITE] button while turning your EM-55 back on again.

The message “Factory!” will inform you that the EM-55 has been initialized.

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Roland Miscellaneous, Functions for educational purposes, Initializing your EM-55 Factory, Deactivating the Arranger

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 Press START/STOP to stop demo song playback DJ Pad functionPlayback of a Style demo song 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 Working with Music Styles on a ﬂoppy disk Selecting sounds for the right handStyle selection via EZ Search Piano HeavenKey Tone selection via EZ Search Playing a different sound with the left hand Split Using the metronomePlaying one sound Piano 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 Muting Arranger parts Track Additional Music Style functionsSession Partner functions Value Pop Adding yet another Arranger part Style PadSelecting another phrase set Use the TEMPO/DATA dial to select one of the following sets Press the Music Assistant button Using the EM-55’s Music AssistantOne Touch 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 Assigning other Music Styles to the Disk Link memories Link To TempoMore Music Style functions 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 You can also record without metronome if you like More about ALL modeKeyboard recording mode Press START/STOP to start playback of the old Song data Single recording modePunch I/O 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 Changing the song tempo Press the Song button to switch to the Song modePlaying back Standard Midi Files 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 Working with User Programs Selecting a User ProgramTo actually select a User Program… 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 DEL Sng This allows you to delete a song ﬁle on disk Deleting ﬁles on diskRepeat steps 4 and 5 to enter the remaining characters 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 Vol Metronome IndexIndex