Roland EM-55 - Manual (Page 28)

Additional Music Style functions
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Selecting another “B” Style
As stated earlier, the “B” Style is prepared automatically whenever you select an “A” Style, so that the
Style Morphing function is ready whenever you are.
If you do not agree with this preset selec-
tion (or want to experiment with other
Styles), hold down the [STYLE] button and
select the desired “B” Style using the [A/B]
button and [1]~[8] keypad (the Disk Link
memories are also available). This selection
will also be written to a User Program.
Note: You can also select the STYLE DISK Style by
pressing [VARIATION/STYLE DISK]. See below for
details about the STYLE DISK function.
Note: The Intro and Ending patterns of Style A
will be used in their original state for all Style Mor-
phing combinations except the one where all parts
are played by Style B (i.e. when no icon is displayed
in the Style A column).
Note: You can also morph between Styles that use
different time signatures.
Note: When you select a new Music Style with the
numeric keypad, the Style Morphing function is
reset to the “Style A only” status. The Style Mor-
phing setting can, however, be written to a User
Program. See p. 49.
Working with Styles on floppy disk
Style Disk
The EM-55 OR provides a special temporary memory that allows you to use one Music Style on a floppy
disk as if it were an internal Style. The function in question is called STYLE DISK.
A Music Style you select via this function is not stored internally. It will be replaced when you select
another Music Style on disk, or erased when you switch off the EM-55 OR.
Note: See also page 3 for details about how to handle floppy disks.
Working with Styles on disk requires that you
purchase a floppy disk containing Music Styles
or that you use the floppy disks supplied with
the EM-55 OR. See your Roland dealer for
details about the available floppy disks (MSA,
MSD, or MSE series).
(1) Insert a floppy disk with compatible Music
Styles into the EM-55 OR’s disk drive.
(2) Press the [STYLE] button (the
[STYLE] icon
appears).
(3) Press the [VARIATION/STYLE DISK] button.
The
[STYLE≈DISK] icon appears in the display,
while you will also see the “Sdk” message
and the name of the Music Style name that
is currently in the EM-55 OR’s RAM mem-
ory.
(4) Press [VARIATION/STYLE DISK] again.
If the display now shows the message “Err –
No Disk”, you need to insert a floppy disk. If
the drive contains a floppy disk with read-
able Music Styles, the name of the first Style
on disk will be displayed.
(5) Use the [TEMPO/DATA] dial to select the
desired Music Style on the floppy disk.
You can also press [STYLE DISK] to scroll
through the Music Styles on disk.
(6) Press [EXECUTE] in response to the flash-
ing “EXE” message that appears after a
brief interval to load the selected Music
Style.
Press [VARIATION/STYLE DISK] if you want
to select another Music Style on disk and
load that one.
VARIATION
STYLE DISK
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SAIDI
ARRANGER CHORD
TEMPO
KEYBOARD
VELOCITY
REVERB
CHORUS
MELODY
INTELL
INVERSION
STYLE
STYLE DISK
DISK
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SAIDI TEMPO
EXECUTE
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