Roland EM-305 - Page 13

SECTION 7
The EM-305/303 contains a wide range of instrument sounds (called “tones”), in-
cluding piano, guitar, violin, and trumpet. You can easily switch tones as you play.
Let's start by checking out some of the 128 different tones.
Playing Tones
When the Power Is Turned
On...
a Turningon the power initializes
. | (orresets) the instrument’ sbasic
Hit any key. a settings. If something doesn’t
work like it should, or if you're
Hi
First, make sure the EM-305/303 ison. If you’ve been doing something else on the
synthesizer, turn the power off and then on again to clear it.
a not sure about what you're do-
a ing, switch the power off and
| then on again, and then start
over.
You should hear a piano tone. This is “A11 Piano 1,” which is number 11 in tone
group A.
The 128 tones are listed under the alphabetical and numerica! headings of “Group,”
“Bank,” and “Number.” There are two groups — A and B — each of which has eight
banks containing tones for different kinds on instruments, like piano, organ, and
guitar. Each bank contains eight tones indicated by. numbers from 1 — 8. Tone
charts are printed on the upper right part of the front panel for easy confirmation of
the tones available in each group and bank.
The Display
a The instrument's display gives
"G Bante< kt ber” j i ai For} displ f ABI" you all sorts of information. It
as
a
“Group
-
Bank
-
Number”
in
the
display.
For
instance,
a
display
o
means
a
normally
shows
the
number
of
“Group A - Bank 8 - Number 1,” which is the Trumpet tone. A display of “b41” thetoneormusicstyle.(Youcan
’ , . tell which by checking whether
means you’ve chosen Group B - Bank 4 - Number 1. That’s the Fantasia tone. Bf the TONE orthe MUSICSTYLE
The tone currently selected — which you just played on the keyboard — is indicated
| indicator is lit).
Music GROUP NUMER
STYLE TONE
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music GROUP NUMBER
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