Roland EM-30 - Selecting Music Styles and Divisions; Selecting Other Divisions; Selecting Other Styles

EM-50/30
4.2 Selecting other Divisions
So far, we have used two Divisions: Original and Vari-
ation. These are the basic accompaniment patterns of
the selected Music Style. Unlike the remaining Divi-
sions, Original and Variation are repeated for as long
as you leave the Arranger running or until you select
another Division. The remaining Divisions, however,
are played only once.
Introduction
If you like, you can start a song by having the
Arranger play an Intro.
1. Press the [INTRO] button. The INTRO message is
now “boxed” ( [mo | ).
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2. Start Arranger playback in one of the following
Ways:
Play a note or chord in the left half of the keyboard to
specify the key of the Music Style, and then press
[START/STOP]; —or—
Activate the [SYNC START] function and play a note
(or chord) in the left half of the keyboard to start
Arranger playback.
Note: Do not play chords while the Intro is running. Most
Intros already contain chord changes. Playing other chords
during the Intro would lead to strange results.
3. While the Intro is running, you can already select
the Division to use next by pressing [ORIGINAL] or
[VARIATION].
At the end of the Intro, the Arranger will switch to
this Division.
Note: The length of the Intro depends on the selected
Music Style (usually 2—8 bars).
Fill-Ins
Fill-Ins are short patterns (1 bar) that can be used at
the end of a phrase (e.g. the first verse or chorus) or
simply to add some variation. Fill-Ins are played only
once,
Even though there is only one [FILL] button, there
are, in fact two Fill-Ins: Fill-In To Original and Fill-In
To Variation. The function of the [FILL] button
depends on whether the display currently reads
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If the Variation Division is currently selected, pressing
[FILL] will start the Fill-In To Original pattern and
then proceed with the Original pattern.
Note, however, that if the Arranger is stopped when
you press the [FILL] button, starting the Arranger will
start playback of the Fill-In that leads to the currently
selected Division.
Example—if the display shows [ear], pressing
[FILL] and then starting the Arranger will launch the
Fill-In To Variation pattern.
Fill-Ins last one bar, yet their length also depends on
when you press this button. When pressed in the first
half of a bar, the Fill starts rights away and lasts until
the end of the current bar. Otherwise, the Fill starts
on the first beat of the next bar and lasts an entire bar.
Ending
The Ending Division plays a suitable closing section
for the currently selected Music Style. Again, the
length of the Ending patterns varies between 2 and 8
bars. Just like Intros, Ending patterns may contain
chord changes, so that it is probably wiser not to play
any chords while the Ending is being played.
Press the [ENDING] button during Arranger play-
back to cause the Arranger to play the Ending pattern
of the currently selected Music Style. The Ending
starts at the beginning of the next bar. When it is fin-
ished, the Arranger stops.
4.3 Selecting other Styles
Your EM-50/30 comes with 64 Music Styles that are
located in 8 Banks of 8 memories each. Let us now
have a look at how to select other Music Styles. You
may remember that each Music Style comprises all of
the Divisions discussed above.
1. Press a MUSIC STYLE/USER PROGRAM [1]~[8]
button.
This selects a Bank. As you see in the illustration
below, the names of the banks arc printed above the
buttons. These indications will help you locate the
desired Music Style. See “Music Style list” at the end of
this manual for a list of the EM-50/30's Styles.
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