EM-55 OR - Roland Keyboard Club

EM-55 OR Owner’s Manual
Note: If the Style on disk does not fit into the
EM-55 OR’s RAM memory, the “Err – Too Big!” error
message is displayed, and the Style will not be
loaded.
(7) Press [START/STOP] to start playback of
the style on disk.
Note: The selection of the Style Disk memory will
be written to a User Program (see p. 49). This, however
refers to the memory address rather than its
contents. Next time you recall such a User Program,
the EM-55 OR will therefore use the last Style you
loaded after switching it on. If you haven’t yet
loaded a User Style, the EM-55 OR selects a ROM
Style.
Note: You can also assign the Music Style in the
Style Disk memory to a Disk Link memory (see
below).
Assigning other Music Styles to the Disk Link memories
The EM-55 OR provides 64 memories (8 banks x 8 numbers) that refer to Music Styles on the supplied or
any other floppy disk. The Disk Link memories can be accessed via group b (press [A/B] and then enter
the bank and number using the [1]~[8] buttons).
Though these memories behave exactly like the
memories of group A (that provides access to
the internal Music Styles), the Disk Link
memories only “work” if the disk in
question has been inserted into the
drive. Thanks to the EM-55 OR’s powerful software,
loading a Disk Link Style is as swift as
working with internal Styles. To assign a Music
Style on floppy disk to a Disk Link memory, proceed
as follows:
(1) Start by loading the desired style using
the STYLE DISK function.
See above. If the EM-55 OR’s RAM memory
already contains the desired Style, you just
need to press [VARIATION/STYLE DISK].
In any case, you need to insert a floppy disk
into the drive.
(2) Press and hold the [VARIATION/STYLE
DISK] button.
VARIATION
STYLE DISK
The message line of the display should now
look as follows:
As you see, group b is already selected. All
you need to do now is…
(3) Use the numeric keypad to select the
desired Music Style bank (1~8).
(4) Use the numeric keypad to select a Music
Style memory of that bank (x1~x8).
As soon as you specify the number, the display
indicates Complete.
Whenever you select that memory (“B32”,
for example), the EM-55 OR will load the
assigned Style from the floppy disk into its
STYLE DISK memory.
Note: If you forgot to insert the floppy disk (either
while assigning or using the Disk Link memories), an
error message will be displayed.
Note: If you change the name of a Style file on
floppy disk (on your PC, for example), the Disk Link
function no longer finds that Style.
More Music Style functions
Here are yet other functions related to Music Styles. These can be set via the FUNCTION menu, or are
covered elsewhere:
• Balance between the Keyboard parts and
the Music Style parts (see p. 33)
• Volume of certain Music Style parts (see
p. 45)
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• Arranger split point (see p. 45)
• Hold function for the Arranger notes (see
p. 45).
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