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EM-55 OR Owner’s Manual
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Your EM-55 OR allows you to change the tuning of the keys, which then applies to all notes of the same
name. Here’s an example: If you press the ORIENTAL SCALE [Bb] button (indicator lights), that note’s tuning
is lowered by a quarter tone (–50 cents). This setting applies to all B-flat keys on the keyboard.
Tuning individual notes a quarter tone down
(1) Press an ORIENTAL SCALE button to tune
the corresponding notes a quarter tone
down (the button’s indicator must light).
(2) If you also want to tune down other
notes, press the corresponding button(s).
If you pressed the wrong button (indicator
lights), press it again so that its indicator
goes dark again. The pitch of the corre-
sponding notes returns to normal.
Using other tuning values
Pressing an ORIENTAL SCALE button toggles
between the western tuning of the correspond-
ing notes and a setting that is a quarter tone
below western tuning (–50 cents).
However, you can also select other tuning val-
ues.
(1) Press and hold the ORIENTAL SCALE but-
ton of the note whose tuning you wish to
change until the display reads Scale,
followed by the note name.
You can also select this page and parameter
via the Function menu. See page 48.
(2) Use the [TEMPO/DATA] dial to modify the
tuning of the selected note.
Setting range: –64~63 cents.
Note: To return to the default value (“–50”), press
and hold [EXECUTE].
Saving and loading your tunings (Scale Memory)
After setting the desired tunings, you can save
them to one of the three Scale Memories and
recall them whenever you need them. Here’s
what you need to do:
(1) Tune the notes to your liking (see above).
(2) Press and hold the SCALE MEMORY but-
ton (1~3) that corresponds to the memory
where you wish to save your tuning set-
tings.
(3) Wait until all three SCALE MEMORY indi-
cators briefly light, and release the button
you pressed.
If necessary, you can select another, SCALE
MEMORY by briefly pressing the SCALE
MEMORY button assigned to the settings
you wish to use.
To return to the western tuning, press the
SCALE MEMORY button in question again
so that its indicator goes dark, and/or
switch off all ORIENTAL SCALE buttons
whose indicators light. In the second case,
the SCALE MEMORY indicator of the last
memory you selected starts flashing to sig-
5. Using oriental tunings
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