Other Recording Options (Song Mode); Changing The Song Tempo - Roland EM-50 Owner's Manual

6. Press the [REC] button once or twice to select the
function.
KEYBOARD fa MOOR
VELOCITY ARRANGER ORGAN MLDRUMG
7. Start recording in one of the following ways:
a) Play the first drum notes. This will start the record-
ing without the Arranger drums. You can add them
whenever you like by pressing [START/STOP]. The
drums will then start at the next downbeat.
Note: If you start recording without the Arranger drums
and want to bring them in at a later stage, it would be a
good idea to switch on the metronome.
b) Press the [START/STOP] button to start Arranger
drum playback with the selected Division.
C) Press [SYNC START] to activate this function, and
press one or several keys. The Arranger drums will
start in sync with your first notes.
8. Stop recording in one of the following ways:
a) If you started recording using methods (b) or (c)
above, press [START/STOP] to stop both the Arranger
and recording.
b) Press [REC] again.
€) Press the [ENDING] button to start the Ending
phrase. As soon as it ends, recording stops.
Listening to your song
Press the [START/STOP] button to listen to your
song. See also page 30.
Second recording pass
Operations are the same as for recordings made with
the Arranger, so please see page 30. Here, you can add
more drum notes (using the same Drum Set as the
one you selected before you started recording), or play
the melodic part using the Upper1/2 parts.
Other recording options (Song mode)
It is also possible to record in the EM-50/30 Song
mode (when the icon is displayed). Doing
so, however, means that you cannot rely on the
Arranger for melodic and/or rhythmic backing.
Another "drawback" is that if you press MODE
[ARRANGER] after selecting the Song mode, you
cannot record anything to the "A" track and that the
left half of the keyboard does nothing (because the
Arranger cannot be used in Song mode). Recording
(using the option) in Song/Arranger mode is
probably not very useful. But it works, and you can
take advantage of it. Here we shall only list the track
"distribution" because operations are similar to the
equivalent modes while the Arranger is available
("Style"). Just remember that the start/stop functions
related to the Arranger (Sync Start, Ending) are no
longer available.
EM-50/30
1. Press the [STYLE/SONG] button and check
whether the display contains the following messages:
MARKER MARKER — A BWD FWDbb RECO ~
HA Bil
2nd TRK REPEAT
d [5] REC@ AB
2. Select the desired mode by pressing [ARRANGER],
[ORGAN], or [M.DRUMS].
Remember that the Whole Upper mode can be select-
ed by switching off the mode icon (ARRANGER,
ORGAN, M.DRUMS) that is currently displayed.
(D Tracks in Song/Arranger mode
TRACK A ("one-shot") TRACK B (can be overwritten)
Upper! -and/or-
Upper2 -or-
M. Drums
-Nothing-
(only right half of the key-
board available)
(2) Tracks in Song/Organ mode
TRACK A ("one-shot") TRACK B (can be overwritten)
Upper1 -and/or-
Upper2 —or-
M. Drums
Lower
(3) Tracks in Song/M.Drums mode
TRACK A ("one-shot") TRACK B (can be overwritten)
Upper1 -and/or-
Upper2 -or-
M. Drums
———— á————— ——
(4) Tracks in Song/Whole Upper mode
M.Drums
TRACK A ("one-shot") TRACK B (can be overwritten)
Uppert -and/or-
Upper 1/2 Upper2 -or-
M. Drums
Again, Upper1/2 notes added using the 2nd TRACK
function supplement the notes recorded onto track
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8.3 Changing the song tempo
You can change the song tempo with the TEMPO
[-1/1+] buttons. Doing so, however, means that the
tempo will still change if the song you are playing
back contains tempo change messages. Furthermore,
every time you jump back to the beginning of the
song using [|<], the programmed song tempo will be
set.
8.4 Saving your Song
Though you can switch off your EM-50/30 withoul
losing the song in its internal memory, be aware that
it will be erased in certain cases (such as when receiv-
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