Roland ep-95 Owner's Manual page 13

Your ep-95/ep-85 /ep-75 also contains a
Recorder function that allows you to record your
own versions of existing music or your original
songs. Feel free to use the Pianist so that you can
concentrate on the melody while the Pianist takes
care of the accompaniment. There is one
Recorder memory with a capacity of about 1000
notes.
Recording
1. Press [REC] {indicator lights).
This won't start the Recorder, it merely selects
the record standby mode.
REC PLAY
DEMO
2, Start the metronome.
See "Using the metronome". This is important if
you intend to start the Pianist after an Ad-Lib
introduction. Also, the tempo and time signature
depend on the Style you selected and the tempo
value you set.
(There is nothing wrong with recording without
metronome but you should really only do so if
you have no intention to bring in the Pianist at
some point.)
3, Start recording in one of the following ways:
@ Press [REC] again. In that case, you'll have
to stop the recording by pressing [REC] yet
again.
l@ Press any key on the keyboard.
In either case, you can start the Pianist by press-
ing [KEY START/STOP]. It will start playing on
the next downbeat.
You can also stop the Pianist by pressing [KEY
START/STOP] again ~ without stopping the
Recorder.
@ Press [KEY START/STOP] and piay a note or
chord to the left of the split point.
Both the Recorder and the Pianist will start at the
same time. To stop recording, press
{INTRO/ENDING] (in which case the Pianist
will play an ending), [KEY START/STOP], or
[REC].
Note: There is no need to wait until the metronome
reaches the downbeat of the next measure before starting
the recording. If you jump the gun, the metronome will
reset itself to maich your timing.
Notes about the Recorder:
¢ Everything you do will be recorded: the notes
you play, the Tones/Styles you select, even Cho-
rus on/off and Reverb on/off.
¢ If the Recorder's memory is almost full, the indi-
cator of the [REC] button starts flashing.
If you ignore this warning and continue record-
ing, the REC indicator will go out, and the
recording will be stopped once the memory is
full.
* Your song will be kept in memory until you
erase it by simultaneously pressing [REC] and
[PLAY].
The song data can be transmitted to an external
sequencer (via MIDI).
Playback
Press [PLAY] (indicator lights) to listen to your
song.
(During Recorder playback, the [KEY
START /STOP] and [INTRO ENDING] buttons
cannot be used.)
Playback will stop automatically at the end of the
song. If you want to stop it before reaching the
end, press [PLAY] again.
Note: The [PLAY] button won't function if the ep-95/
ep-85/ep-75 contains no song.
Initializing the ep-95/ep-85/ep-75
You probably only need to initialize your ep-95/
ep-85/ep-75 if you disabled the Pianist function
and then want to use it again.
Here is what the ep-95/ep-85/ep-75 does when
you initialize it:
The Pianist is activated again.
The demo songs can once again be played back.
The Recorder song in the ep-95/ep-85/ep-75's
internal memory is erased.
1. Switch off the ep-95/ep-85/ep-75.
2. Hold down the [REC] button while switching the ep-95/
ep-85/ep-75 back on again.