Speciﬁcations, Music Styles 64 in ROM, Others | Roland EM-55

EM-55 Owner’s Manual

19. Speciﬁcations

EM-55 Interactive Keyboard

Keyboard: 61 keys, velocity sensitive

EZ Search: Function for quick Tone & Music

Style location

Sound Source: 64-voice polyphonic 3,559 Tones, 116 Drum Sets 32-part multitimbral

GM2/GS compatible

Display: Newly designed large backlit custom display

Adjustable contrast

Panel controls & performance functions Alpha dial/Tempo, Pitch Bend/ Modulation, D Beam Controller, Master Volume, Balance, Session Partner/Tracks (Style Pad: 12 sets/8 pads, DJ Pad: 8 sets/8 pads, Accompaniment on/off: 8, Track on/mute: 1~8/9~16)

Music Styles: 64 in ROM,

64 Disk Link (via ﬂoppy disk)

4 x 64 One Touch settings Style Orchestrator (3 levels) Style Morphing

Melody Intelligence (18 types)

Data storage: 3,5” ﬂoppy disk (2DD/2HD)

File management: Styles, Songs (SMF), User Programs

Connections: MIDI (In, Out), Output (L/Mono, R), Footswitch/Expr, Phones (2 connectors)

Others:

Output power: 2 x 7W

Speakers: 2 x 12cm (Bass Port)

Power supply: 12V/2A adapter (included)

Dimensions: 1016 (W) x 398 (D) x 153 (H) mm

Weight: 9.5kg

Supplied accessories: ACJ adapter, Owner’s

manual, Music data disks, Music Rest

Options: PK-5 Dynamic MIDI Pedal

MSA/MSD/MSE-series Music Style Disks

RH-25/50 Headphones

DP-2 Pedal Switch

DP-6 Pedal Switch

EV-5 Expression Pedal

BOSS FV-300L Volume Pedal

ENGLISH

User Programs: 64 internal memories

Music Assistant: 100 via Database (ROM)

Effects:

Reverb: 8 types, Chorus : 8 types

MFX: 47 types

Metronome: Time signature, volume

Education functions (Games): Chord Finder, Guess Note, Guess Chord

Recorder: Realtime SMF Player

16-track recorder

4 recording modes (All, Keyboard, Single,

Punch-In/Out)

Note: Speciﬁcations subject to change without prior notice.

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Roland EM-55 owner manual Speciﬁcations, Music Styles 64 in ROM, Disk Link via ﬂoppy disk, Others, Effects

Contents

EM-55 Features Important notes Contents Panel descriptions Style button Keyboard Mode buttonsTone button User PROGRAM/WRITE button Rear panel First steps Setting upDemo songs Playback of a Tone demo song DJ Pad function Playback of a Style demo songPress START/STOP to stop demo song playback Choosing other sets Musical Games Guess Chord Guess NoteChord Finder To specify the Root To specify the Type Playing with accompaniment Press the KBD Mode Arranger button its indicator lightsStarting/stopping the Arranger Play another chord or note to change the Arranger’s key Changing the tempo Selecting other Music StylesStopping 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 Tone selection via EZ Search Piano HeavenKey Using the metronome Playing one sound PianoPlaying a different sound with the left hand Split Selecting other Drum Sets Drumming on the keyboardPress the M.DRUMS button Drumming on the keyboard Using the D Beam Controller Listening to your song Recording your musicStart recording in one of the following ways Sion Additional Music Style functions Session Partner functionsMuting Arranger parts Track Adding yet another Arranger part Style Pad Value PopSelecting 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 Bass Inversion Bass Inv Melody IntelligenceChanging the Melody Intell harmony type Press and hold the Function button Style Morphing Orchestrator Selecting another B Style Working with Styles on ﬂoppy diskStyle Disk Press the Style button the Style icon appears Link To Tempo More Music Style functionsAssigning other Music Styles to the Disk Link memories Select the desired KBD Mode Arranger or Piano Using the Upper 2 partHarpsi More Keyboard part functions Press the Upper 1 button indicator must light Using the multi-effects processor M-FXValue Rotary Selecting another M-FX type Reverb and Chorus Value HallReverb Assigning the M-FX to other Keyboard parts Balance Value ChorusChorus This selects the CHR function Keyboard velocity see p Volume of the Keyboard parts see pOctave transposition of the Upper 1, Upper Lower parts see p Master Tune see p Performance functions Value Kbd VeloKeyboard Velocity Pitch Bend and Modulation Footswitch Footswitch/ExpressionBeam functions Expression Pitch and chords of those patterns depend This case, the D Beam will play musical notes About the recording modes Recorder functionsModes 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 Selecting the Song mode Using a footswitch for punching in/outValue Sustain Playback functions Playback before using the √ button Fast Forward, Rewind, and ResetLoop 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 Function menu Editing parameters general procedureShortcuts General Function parameters Volume Upper Rev Reverb Type FX UP1, UP2, LWR FSW Footswitch AssignRev UP1 Chr UP1 Resume Mode selection Writing your settings to a User ProgramWorking with User Programs Meaning of the Edit message Selecting a User Program To actually select a User Program…Working with User Programs Midi Function parameters Midi functionsChannels Sync Rx Midi synchronization Lyrics Tx Transmit Lyrics messages Style PC Style Select TxRx ChannelPitchBnd Pitch Bend Modulatn Modulation Using the outputs and an optional pedal Disk functions Possible error messagesLoading 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 Disk Copy copying an entire disk Possible error messages when using Disk Copy Format Functions for educational purposes MiscellaneousInitializing your EM-55 Factory Deactivating the Arranger Music Styles 64 in ROM SpeciﬁcationsDisk Link via ﬂoppy disk Others Index IndexVol Metronome