Roland EM-50 User Manual

Owner's Manual
1. Press the [STYLE/SONG] button and check
whether the display contains the icon.
STYLE
PROGRESSION
INTRO ONGINAL FRL VARIATION
2. Press the MODE [ARRANGER] button so that the
icon appears.
3. Select the Music Style you want to use as backing
track.
If you like, you can activate the ONE TOUCH func-
tion “One Touch Program” or select a User Program
“User Programs”.
4. Select the Upperl or Upper2 part using the
[UPPER 1/2] button.
If you like, you can layer the Upper! & Upper2 parts
by pressing [INTEL/LAYER] until the LAYER icon
appears.
5. If you also want to record the melody (using
Upperl and/or Upper2), select the Tones to be used
(see page 20).
This is only necessary if you do not wish to take
advantage of the ONE TOUCH function or one of
your User Programs.
Note: You can also record the melody at a later stage. See
"Second recording pass" on page 30.
6. Set the tempo using the TEMPO buttons.
MODE
ARRANOER ORGAN MORUMS
.
Int TRACK
7. Press the [REC] button once or twice to select the
function.
KEYBOARD [——MOBE-——ji
VELO ARRANGER ORGAN M DRUMS
pum swn
L STANDARD -Í
8. Start recording in one of the following ways:
a) Play the first melody notes (to the right of the Split
point). This will start the recording without Arranger
backing. You can add it whenever you like by pressing
[START/STOP] or by playing a chord in the left half
of the keyboard (if the SYNC START function (see
page 13) is on). The Arranger will then start at the
next downbeat.
Note: If you start recording without the Arranger and
want to bring it in at a later stage, it would be a good idea
to switch on the metronome.
Note: If you start recording using this method, you can
stop the Arranger by pressing [START/STOP] and impro-
vise an ending without backing, because recording doesn't
stop.
b) Press the [START/STOP] button to start Arranger
playback with the selected Division.
C) Activate the SYNC START function and press one
or several keys to the left of the Split point.
9. Stop recording in one of the following ways:
a) Press [REC] again.
b) Press the [ENDING] button to start the Ending
phrase. As soon as it ends, recording stops.
C) If you started recording using methods (b) or (c)
above, press [START/STOP] to stop both the Arranger
and recording.
10. Stop the metronome if it is still running.
Note: Save your song to disk or via MIDI if you want to
keep it and play it back sometime in the future (see page
34).
Listening to your song
To listen to your song, press the [START/STOP]
(> /B) button. The EM-50/30 automatically switches
to the Song mode. The display now contains the fol-
lowing icons (the INTRO, VARIATION, etc., icons are
no longer available):
MARKER MARKER BWD FWD
en RECO ~
2nd TRK REPEAT
PLAY | REC @® — A—B
The PLAY icon is surround by a box to indicate that
playback is running. Press [START/STOP] once again
to stop playback.
Second recording pass
Suppose that you are happy with the accompaniment
but would like to redo the melody (or that you delib-
erately forgot about the melody the first time around).
The EM-50/30 allows you to do just that — and best of
all: you only need to play the melody again because
the accompaniment resides on a separate track!
Note: The 2nd TRACK function is only available for fresh-
ly recorded songs, i.e. songs you did not load from disk (or
via MIDI).
1. Press the [REC] button.
KEYBOARD OE
vi ARRANGER ORGAN M.DRUMS
It now automatically selects the 2nd TRACK function,
which is indicated by the following icon: LAS |
This icon by itself only indicates the 2nd TRACK
record standby mode. You still need to start it. Be
careful not to press the [REC] button too often (the
mc? | icon must not be displayed).
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Roland EM-50 Specifications

General

Number of Keys	61
Keyboard	Velocity-sensitive
Reverb Types	8
Chorus Types	8
Display	LCD
Power Supply	AC Adapter
Polyphony	64
Speakers	12 cm x 2
Connectors	MIDI, Headphone

Summary

Features

D Beam Controller

Controls various parameters by moving your hand over an infrared light beam.

64 User Programs with Style Hold function

Memories for saving panel settings, including Style, Tone, and tempo.

354 Tones and 12 Drum Kits

64 Music Styles in ROM + 8 in Flash-ROM

Offers 72 automatic accompaniments, 64 in ROM and 8 in Flash-ROM.

1. Important notes

Power supply

Guidelines for using the correct power supply and avoiding noise interference.

2. Panel descriptions

2.1 Front panel

Detailed explanation of all controls and buttons on the EM-50/30's front panel.

4. Playing with accompaniment

About the Arranger

Detailed explanation of the Arranger's automatic accompaniment function.

4.1 Basic Music Style operations

Step-by-step guide to starting Arranger playback using Music Styles.

4.3 Selecting other Styles

4.4 Style Progression and Style Morphing

4.5 Other useful Music Style functions

5. Upper part functions

5.3 Selecting Tones for the Upper parts

5. Upper part functions

5.4 Keyboard Velocity

Explanation of velocity sensitivity and how it affects note volume/brightness.

5.5 D Beam Controller

Instructions for operating the D Beam Controller for musical expression.

5.8 Transpose & Octave

7. M.Drums mode

7.1 Selecting other Drums Sets

Guide on selecting different Drum Sets for M.Drums mode.

8. Using the Recorder

8.2 Recording your own Songs

Introduction to the EM-50/30's flexible 2-track recording capabilities.

Recording with Arranger backing

Guide for recording melodies with Arranger accompaniment.

8.2 Recording your own Songs

Recording with Arranger backing (continued)

Details on the first and second recording passes for Arranger backing.

8.2 Recording your own Songs

8.4 Saving your Song

Instructions for saving recorded songs to internal memory or disk.

8.4 Saving your Song

Saving your Song to disk (EM-50 only)

Detailed steps for saving songs to a floppy disk on the EM-50.

Save operation

Steps to save a song to a formatted disk.

8.7 Playing back Standard MIDI Files (EM-50 only)

8.8 Live performance with song backing (Minus One)

10. Advanced Arranger settings

10.4 Disk User Styles (EM-50 only)

11. User Programs

11.1 Writing your settings to a User Program

Detailed steps for writing current settings into User Program memories.

11.2 Selecting a User Program

Selectively recalling User Program settings (Style Hold)

12. Parameter mode

12.1 Editing the parameters (general procedure)

General steps for accessing and modifying the EM-50/30's advanced parameters.

12.2 Parameters

Detailed descriptions of various system parameters for fine-tuning.

12.2 Parameters

13. MIDI functions

13.1 Editing the MIDI parameters (general procedure)

General steps for accessing and editing MIDI parameters.

Parameters in Style mode

Configuration of MIDI parameters when using the Arranger.

13.1 Editing the MIDI parameters (general procedure)

Parameters in Style mode (continued)

MIDI filters for various messages and synchronization setup.

Synchronization parameters

Synchronization parameters (continued)

14. Archiving/loading settings

14.1 Archiving your settings via MIDI (Dump TX)

Method for transferring settings to a computer or sequencer via MIDI.

14.1 Archiving your settings via MIDI (Dump TX)

Transmitting archived/new data to the EM-50/30

Steps to transfer archived settings back to the EM-50/30.

14.2 Disk functions (EM-50)

Loading files from disk

How to load User Programs and Custom Styles from a floppy disk.

Saving files to disk

How to save Songs, User Programs, and Custom Styles to disk.

14.2 Disk functions (EM-50)

Saving files to disk (continued)

Completing file saving, naming conventions, and error handling.

14.4 Initializing your EM-50/30 (Factory)