Drumming On The Keyboard - Roland EM-55 Owner's Manual

Drumming on the keyboard

6. Drumming on the keyboard
Here is how to assign drum and percussion sounds to the entire keyboard.
(1) Press the [M.DRUMS] button.
Its indicator lights. Play a few notes on the
keyboard. This time, every key is assigned to
a different sound.
Selecting other Drum Sets
The sounds used in M.Drums mode ("M.Drums" is short for Manual Drums ) are not produced by
Tones but rather by a Drum Set. Drum Sets are collections of over 90 sounds, each assigned to a differ-
ent key. The EM-55 provides 116 different Drum Sets.
To select them, proceed as though you were calling up a Tone:
(1) Press a number button [1]~[8] to select a
Bank.
(2) Press a number [1]~[8] button to select
the desired Drum Set.
Use the EZ Search function to have access
to all Drum Sets except the ones preceded
by "CC32=" (those Drum Sets can only be
selected via MIDI).
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M.DRUMS
BANK/NUMBER 74 KICK&SNARE 2
11 STANDARD 1 75 ASIA
12 STANDARD 2 76 CYMBAL&CLAP
13 STANDARD L/R 77 GAMELAN 1
14 V-Pop1 78 GAMELAN 2
15 V-R&B 81 SFX
16 V-Fiesta 82 RHYTHM FX
21 ROOM 83 RHYTHM FX 2
22 HIP HOP 84 RHYTHM FX 3
23 JUNGLE 85 SFX 2
24 TECHNO 87 CYM&CLAPS 2
25 ROOM L/R 88 V-VoxDrum
26 HOUSE 128 CM-64/32L
31 POWER
32 V-Rock1 EZ SEARCH
33 V-Rock2 11 STANDARD 1
41 ELECTRONIC 12 STANDARD 2
42 TR-808 13 STANDARD 3
43 DANCE 21 ROOM
44 CR-78 22 Hip-Hop
45 TR-606 23 JUNGLE
46 TR-707 24 TECHNO
47 TR-909 31 POWER
51 JAZZ 41 ELECTRONIC
52 JAZZ L/R 42 TR-808
61 BRUSH 43 DANCE
62 BRUSH 2 44 CR-78
63 BRUSH 2 L/R 45 TR-606
64 V-JazzBrush 46 TR-707
71 ORCHESTRA 47 TR-909
72 ETHNIC 51 JAZZ
73 KICK & SNARE 61 BRUSH
With the left-most key, you can play a bass
drum sound (also called "kick"). The white
key next to it triggers a snare drum sound,
etc. Try it out by pressing several keys, either
in succession or simultaneously.
M.Drums
71 ORCHESTRA 41 ELECTRONIC
72 ETHNIC 42 TR-808
73 KICK & SNARE 51 JAZZ
75 ASIA 61 BRUSH
76 CYMBAL&CLAP 71 ORCHESTRA
81 SFX 81 SFX
82 RHYTHM FX 88 CM-64 / 32L
83 RHYTHM FX 2
128 CM-64/32L CC32= 122
(General MIDI 2)
1 GM2 STANDARD
11 STANDARD 1
9 GM2 ROOM
12 STANDARD 2
17 GM2 POWER
21 ROOM
25 GM2 ELECTRIC
31 POWER
26 GM2 ANALOG
41 ELECTRONIC
33 GM2 JAZZ
42 TR-808/909
41 GM2 BRUSH
43 DANCE
49 GM2 ORCHESTRA
51 JAZZ
57 GM2 SFX
61 BRUSH
71 ORCHESTRA CC32= 119 (XG)
72 ETHNIC
1 standard kit
73 KICK&SNARE
2 standrd kit2
74 Oriental
9 room kit
81 SFX
17 rock kit
82 RHYTHM FX
25 electro kit
128 CM-64/32L
26 analog kit
33 jazz kit
41 brush kit
11 STANDARD1
49 classic kit
21 ROOM
121 SFX 1 kit
31 POWER
122 SFX 2 kit
Note: You can also press the [START/STOP] button
to add a rhythm accompaniment to your playing.
This is based on the currently selected Music Style.
See p. 14 for how to select a different one.
M.Drums