Roland EM-55 - Manual (Page 52)

MIDI functions
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■ Style PC (Style Select TxRx Channel)
(1~16, Off, Default setting: 10) As its name implies,
the Style Select channel is used to receive and
transmit program changes that cause the
EM-55 OR or the external instrument to select
another Music Style.
■ Lyrics Tx (Transmit Lyrics messages)
(On/Off, Default setting: On) The EM-55 OR is
capable of transmitting Lyrics messages contained
in Format 0 Standard MIDI Files you playback. It
cannot display them but it allows you to transmit
them to a device capable of displaying Lyrics mes-
sages (such as the Roland LVC-1). This filter allows
you to enable (On) or disable (Off) the transmission
of Lyrics data.
■ NTA Rx14 (Note-to-Arranger reception on/off)
(On/Off, Default setting: On) NTA is short for
“Note-to-Arranger”, or the notes you play in the
left half of the keyboard to feed the Arranger with
chord information. These notes can also be received
via MIDI (from an accordion, a digital piano, an
organ, for example). If you want to use the
Arranger without playing on the EM-55 OR’s key-
board, you must transmit these notes on MIDI
channel 14 (from your computer or external MIDI
instrument to the EM-55 OR) and select “On” here.
NTA notes can only be received (they are not trans-
mitted). The notes you play on the EM-55 OR’s key-
board are indeed transmitted to the Arranger, from
there to the Arranger parts, and used to play the
accompaniment in the right key. Since all Music
Style notes are transmitted via MIDI, there is no
need to send the NTA notes separately.
■ PitchBnd (Pitch Bend)
(On/Off, Default setting: On) This filter allows you
to enable (On) or disable (Off) the transmission and
reception of Pitch Bend messages. These messages
are used to temporarily increase or decrease the
pitch of the notes (Upper1, Upper2, Lower, or
M.Drums parts).
■ Modulatn (Modulation)
(On/Off, Default setting: On) This filter allows you
to enable (On) or disable (Off) the transmission and
reception of Modulation messages. These messages
are used to add vibrato to the notes you play (con-
trol change CC01).
■ ProgChng (Program Change)
(On/Off, Default setting: On) This filter allows you
to enable (On) or disable (Off) the transmission and
reception of Program Change messages. These mes-
sages are used to select Tones, Styles, or User Pro-
grams.
■ Velo Rx (Receive Velocity)
(On, 1~127, Default setting: On) This filter allows
you to enable (On) or disable the reception of
Velocity messages. This only applies to note mes-
sages received via MIDI. Choose the velocity value
to be substituted for the actual values the
EM-55 OR receives (1~127), or select “On” to use
the velocity values as is.
■ Clock Tx
(On/Off, Default setting: On) This option allows you
to determine whether (On) or not (Off) the
Arranger and Recorder send MIDI Clock messages
when you start them. These messages are necessary
for synchronizing external MIDI instruments/
sequencers/software to the EM-55 OR.
■ StartStp (Start/Stop/Continue)
(On/Off, Default setting: On) This option allows you
to specify whether or not the Arranger and
Recorder send Start/Stop/Continue messages when
you start or stop them. Select “Off” when you wish
to control the tone generator of a MIDI organ, etc.,
without starting or stopping its automatic accom-
paniment.
■ Song Pos P (Song Position Pointer)
(On/Off, Default setting: On) The EM-55 OR’s
Recorder also sends and receives Song Position
Pointer messages that indicate the exact location
of the notes that are being played back. Select
“OFF” if you don’t want the Recorder to send or
receive these messages.
■ Local
(On/Off, Default setting: On) The Local parameter
allows you to establish or remove the connection
between the EM-55 OR’s keyboard/Recorder and
the internal tone generator.
When set to “ON” (default), playing on the
EM-55 OR’s keyboard or playing back a Recorder
song will cause the corresponding notes to sound.
If you select “OFF”, the corresponding MIDI mes-
sages are no longer sent to the internal tone gener-
ator – but they are still transmitted to the MIDI OUT
port and hence to external MIDI instruments.
Note: The setting of this parameter is not memorized
when you switch the EM-55 OR off.
Note: You can also select this parameter by pressing
and holding the [SONG] button.
Off In this case, the EM-55 OR is not synchro-
nized with other MIDI devices. It is thus
impossible to start/stop it via MIDI.
On Arranger playback and Song recording/
playback are synchronized if the EM-55 OR
receives MIDI Start and Stop messages fol-
lowed by MIDI Clock signals. If the
EM-55 OR receives only a Start message, it
will wait a moment to see if there are also
MIDI Clock messages coming.
If there are, it will synchronize to them. If
there are no MIDI Clock messages, it will
follow its own tempo. In either case, you
can stop playback or recording with a MIDI
Stop message.
Sound source
MIDI OUT
LOCAL ON LOCAL OFF
MIDI OUT
Sound source
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