Roland EM-55 - Manual (Page 24)

Additional Music Style functions
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Adding yet another Arranger part (Style Pad)
The SESSION PARTNER buttons can also be used for the “STYLE PAD” function. That allows you to add a
part to Arranger playback, which is not part of the Music Style itself (either in ROM or on floppy).
Like the DJ PAD function (see p. 9), the STYLE
PAD function provides eight different phrases
you can access via the SESSION PARTNER but-
tons [1/9]~[8/16]. (And there are also sets, see
below). And like for the DJ PAD function, the key
of the phrases depends on the chords you play
in the left half of the keyboard.
Here, however, you can only use one phrase at a
time.
(1) Press the KBD MODE [ARRANGER] button
(its indicator lights).
(2) Select the desired Music Style (see p. 14).
This also determines which phrase set is
selected automatically. See below for
details.
(3) Press the [STYLE PAD/DJ PAD] button. The
STYLE PAD indicator must light.
(4) Press [START/STOP] to start Arranger play-
back.
(5) Use the SESSION PARTNER [1/9]~[8/16]
buttons for starting playback of the
desired additional Arranger phrase.
Press it again to switch off Style Pad play-
back. Press another [1/9]~[8/16] button to
start the phrase assigned to that button.
The previously selected phrase will be
switched off (if it is still running).
The Style Pad function is also available
while Arranger playback is stopped. And
even in that case, its key (pitch) changes as
you play different chords in the left half of
the keyboard.
Note: Do not press the [TRACK] button, because
that would switch off the STYLE PAD function (and
instead activate the mute on/off function, see
above).
Selecting another phrase set
As stated earlier, selecting an internal Music Style automatically specifies the set of eight phrases you
can start/stop via the SESSION PARTNER [1]~[8] buttons. You can, however, override this automatic
selection:
(1) Press and hold the [FUNCTION] button,
while pressing the BANK/NUMBER [3]
button.
This selects the “PAD SELECT” function (indi-
cated as “PAD” in the upper left corner of
the display).
(2) Use the [TEMPO/DATA] dial to select one
of the following sets:
ARRANGER
STYLE
PAD
FUNCTION
3
KHALIGI VALUE
01 Baladi
02 Maksoum
03 Saidi 04 Khaligi
05 Rock
06 Dance 07 Pop 1
08 Pop 2
09 Rock’N 10 Swing
11 Latin
12 Waltz
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