Roland EM-30 User Manual

Owner's Manual
8.6 Loop playback (Repeat)
Another clever feature of the Recorder is that you can
program playback loops. Again, you can do so during
playback or while the Recorder is stopped.
1. Press [MARKER A<>B] where you want the loop
to begin (the icon is displayed).
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2. Fast forward to the measure where you want the
Puja end and press [MARKER A<>B] again (the
icon appears).
You can also program loops on the fly. Remember,
however, that the Recorder always memorizes the
beginning (downbeat) of the next measure.
3. To play back the loop you have just programmed,
hold down (SYNC START] and press [START/STOP].
KEYBOARD [—— MODE
"EC VELDCITY ARRANGER ORGAN MDRUMS
.
2nd TRACK
START / STOP
At the end of the B measure, the Recorder immediate-
ly jumps back to the beginning of measure A.
Note: In certain cases, the Marker function may not be
available. This only happens with very large songs, howev-
er.
8.7 Playing back Standard MIDI
Files (EM-50 only)
The EM-50 allows you to play back commercially
available music data files (called Standard MIDI Files)
or your own songs you saved to disk.
In fact, when you save a song to disk, it is saved as
Standard MIDI Format 1 file and can also be played
back using any other SMF compatible sequencer (or
software).
Let us now have a look at how to play back a music
data file:
1. Insert a floppy disk with Song/Standard MIDI File
data into the drive.
2. Press the [STYLE/SONG] button to switch to the
EM-50's Song mode.
This is necessary because, otherwise, pressing the
[START/STOP] button will start Arranger playback.
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The black message in the upper right corner must
read
3. Use the MENU A V buttons to position the arrow
(4) next to the SONG entry:
STYLE
MORPHING
The above message (“Empty”) is only an example
because what is displayed, depends on whether you
have inserted a disk and whether it contains Standard
MIDI Files. Here is what the various messages mean:
Message Meaning
The EM-50's song memory does not contain data
(you have neither recorded a song nor played back a
song on disk).
Enrts
Ho Dizk You forgot to insert a disk into the drive.
. "— The disk you inserted into the drive does not contain
No Files | ctandard MIDI Files.
The Song memory does contain song data and these
are selected.
stmt
MORPHING
If an error message appears, see the table above and
take the necessary steps.
5. Use the MENU A V buttons to select the Standard
MIDI file you want to listen to.
Select "Int Song" to listen to the song you recorded
yourself (see page 29).
Note: Please bear in mind that starting playback of the
selected song on disk will erase your own song. Be sure to
save it to disk before proceeding (see "Saving your Song"
on page 34).
6. Press [ENTER] to load the first data chunk.
7. Once again check whether the icon is dis-
played in the upper right corner of the display (if it is
not, press [STYLE/SONG]).
8. Press [START/STOP] to start playback.
Press this button once again to stop playback. See also
“Fast forward, Rewind, and Reset” and “Loop play-
back (Repeat)” for other functions you can use during
playback.

Roland EM-30 Specifications

General

Brand	Roland
Model	EM-30
Category	Electronic Keyboard
Language	English