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Recording your music
8. Recording your music
Your EM-55 contains a 16-track Recorder you can use for recording your own songs. Feel free to use the Arranger
to add an accompaniment to the melodies you record.
Here, you will learn how to record your melody and the Arranger accompaniment.
(1) Press the [ARRANGER] button.
The indicator lights. You can now use your
left hand for transposing the Arranger's key
in realtime.
(2) Press the [STYLE] button.
(3) Select a Music Style.
See also page 14.
(4) Press the [START/STOP] button.
(5) Use the [TEMPO/DATA] dial to set desired
tempo.
(6) Press [START/STOP] again to stop Arranger
playback.
(7) Assign the desired Tone to the right half
of the keyboard.
Press [TONE], and use the [A/B] and [1]~[8]
buttons (or the EZ Search function). See
also page 15.
Note: If necessary, you can also use the [VARIA-
TION] button to select a Tone Variation. See p. 28
for details.
(8) Press the [ REC] button.
The display should look as follows (if it
doesn't, use the [TEMPO/DATA] dial to select
Listening to your song
(1) Press the [SONG] button.
(2) Press [START/STOP] to start playback.
(3) Press [START/STOP] once again to stop
playback.
(4) Press [ORIGINAL |√] to return to the
beginning of the song.
20
REC
):
TEMPO
120 001
ARRANGER CHORD
TONE
RECORD
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 10
11
12
13
14
15
16
(The [RECORD≈∏] and [1]~[16] icons flash.)
You are now in ALL mode, which means that
everything you and the EM-55's Arranger
play will be recorded.
Note: This will erase the song that currently resides
in the EM-55's internal memory. You may want to
save the current Song to floppy disk first (see p. 52).
(9) Start recording in one of the following
ways:
• Press the [START/STOP] button to start
Arranger playback with the selected Divi-
sion.
Note: If you start recording without the Arranger
and want to bring it in at a later stage, it would be a
good idea to switch on the metronome by pressing
the [METRONOME] button.
• Activate the SYNC START function and press
one or several keys to the left of the Split
point.
Note: It is also possible to record in PIANO, and
M.DRUMS modes (after pressing the buttons of the
same name). In that case, you should use the met-
ronome. The song's time signature can be set with
the MetroTS function. See page 17.
(10) Stop recording in one of the following
ways:
• Press [START/STOP].
MEASURE
KEYBOARD
• Press the [ENDING] button to start the End-
VELOCITY
REVERB
ing phrase. As soon as it ends, recording
CHORUS
MELODY
stops.
INTELL
INVERSION
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