Roland EM-30 User Manual

5.3 Selecting Tones for the Upper
parts
Both in Arranger and Organ modes, the EM-50/30
automatically assigns Tones to the Upper 1 and 2
parts. As explained while discussing the One Touch
function (see page 17), these assignments include
eight different Upper 1/2 sets for every Music Style.
But, of course, you can also make your own selection
among the EM-50/30's 354 Tones.
CAUTION: Though possible, you should not select
Tones while you are playing. When the Layer icon is
off, there is indeed no way to select the “other” part
(Upper 1 or 2) for Tone selection without also selecting
it for playing. It is thus not possible to prepare a Tone
for an Upper part that is not being used. So stop
Arranger playback (or playing in Organ mode) and
assign the desired Tones to the Upper 1 and 2 parts.
You can write these assignments to a User Program
(see page 43) and alternate between these two Tones
using the [UPPER 1/2] button.
1. Select the Upper part you want to assign a Tone to
by pressing [UPPER 1/2].
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2. If necessary, press the [GROUP/ONE TOUCH]
button to select a Tone Group.
The arrow (4€) in the upper left corner of the display
jumps to the TONE indication.
The EM-50/30’s Tones are located in two Groups: A
and B. If you look at the [GROUP/ONE TOUCH]
button, you will notice there's an “A” above it and a
“B” below it:
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And if you look at the number buttons, you will
notice they all have two names: one for the A Group
and another for the B Group. All Tones are catego-
rized by instrument families (called Banks) that help
you narrow down your Tone search.
Here's an example: suppose you need a solo (or
“lead”) synthesizer sound. If you look at the number
buttons, you will see that button [3] provides access to
the SYN LEAD bank. That name is printed below the
button, so you need to select Group B.
Note: There is no need to select the Group if the new Tone
you want to use is in the same Group as the previous Tone.
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3. Press a TONE/ONE TOUCH number button
{1]~[8] to select a Tone bank.
If you need a solo synthesizer sound, for example,
press [3].
4. Press another (or the same) number button to
select a Tone within that bank.
If you want to use the “5th SawW” Tone (B37), for
example, press [7].
But please note the following: In some cases, the EM-
50/30 does not select the Tone you reguested but
rather a Tone that sounds even better. Such a Tone is
called a Variation.
Variations
Tone Variations are alternatives for the Tones you can
select with the TONE/ONE TOUCH buttons. The
PIANO bank, for instance, contains a grand piano, an
upright piano, an electric piano, etc. These are the
Tones. If you also wanted to specify the kind of grand
piano (mellow, bright, stereo mono), you would have
to turn to the Variations (i.e. “Tone subcategories”).
Variations are indicated by means of a smaller num-
ber in the upper left corner of the display:
Variation
Bank
5. Press the [TONE VARIATION] button to step
through the available Variations.
The number of Variations depends on the Tone you
select. Sometimes, there’s no Variation, sometimes
there are as many as eight (or even more). If the Vari-
ation entry in the address field is empty, the “main”
Tone (called Capital) is selected.
Note: You can also select Variations by holding down
[TONE VARIATION] while you press a number button.
This only works for the first eight Variations, however.
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Roland EM-30 Specifications

General

Brand	Roland
Model	EM-30
Category	Electronic Keyboard
Language	English