Octave Up/Down; Upper Tone Balance - Roland EM-50 Owner's Manual

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Here's an example: if you want to hear a *D" every
time you play a "C", select "2" (a), or press a "D" key
(b). All other notes will be shifted by the same
amount so that you end up sounding in D major
when you actually play in C major, etc.
Note: The TrpValue refers to semitones. "Semitones" rep-
resent intervals between two keys (black/white,
white/black, or white/white).
Note: You can also specify which sections of the EM-50/30
should be transposed. See "TrpMode ( Transpose Mode)"
on page 47.
Octave up/down
It is also possible to shift the Upper! or Upper2 Tone
up or down an octave. This can be effectivc for Tech-
no/Dance songs where you need a piano sound that
plays in two different octaves.
To achieve this, assign two different (or the same)
piano sounds to Upperl and Upper2 (see page 20),
activate the Layer function (see page 20), and proceed
as follows:
1. Select the Upper part you want to shift by pressing
the [UPPER 1/2] button until the name of the desired
part ("UPPER 1" or "UPPER 2") is displayed.
Note: The Octave function is probably only useful when
Upper! and Upper2 are layered, but feel free to use it with
only one Upper part.
2. Press and hold the [UPPER 1/2] button until the
message area of the display reads:
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STYLE a fey PETE
SONG Vi LO HG NO.
(Here, we selected Upperl in step 1.)
3. Use the [MENU] A V button to select ^—1" (one
octave down), "0" (no shift), or "1".
5.9 Upper Tone balance
On page 19 we showed you how to set the balance of
the Arranger parts. There is a fourth BALANCE AV
pair called "UPPER" that allows you to set the volume
of the Upper 1/2 parts, or to switch them off altogeth-
er.
At first, these buttons are assigned to both the Upper
1 and Upper 2 parts, so that you can change the vol-
ume of Upper] and Upper 2 in one go (the display
shows the message UFFer 1&2).
If you like, you can also change the volume of only
Upperl or Upper2. Based on what you know about
Upper Tone selection for playing (see page 20) and
Tone selection, you can momentarily assign the
[UPPER AY] BALANCE buttons to the currently
selected Upper part: use the [UPPER 1/2] button to
select the Upperl or Upper2 part, then modify its sta-
tus (on/off) or volumc using the BALANCE buttons.
Be careful though: after a few moments of inaction,
the BALANCE buttons will once again be assigned to
both Upper parts.
1. Press [UPPER A] BALANCE to increase the vol-
ume of the currently selected Upper part(s), and
[UPPER VW] BALANCE to decrease it (0—100).
BALANCE
BASS ACC/LOWER UPPER
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ON/OFF DRUMS
2. Simultaneously press [UPPER AV] BALANCE to
switch off the currently selected Upper part(s). Press
both buttons again to switch the Upper part(s) back
on again.
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