Live Performance With Song Backing (Minus One); Muting Song Parts - Roland EM-50 Owner's Manual

8.8 Live performance with song
backing (Minus One)
Your EM-50/30 allows you to mute any given part of
the song you are currently playing back. You could use
this feature to mute the solo part so that you can play
it yourself. This is called Minus One playback (because
one part of the original song will not be played back).
The functions described below do not erase the data
you no longer hear: they just prevent them from
sounding.
All Realtime parts remain active in Song mode. In
other words, you are free to use the Upper1, Upper2,
Lower, and Manual Bass parts if you like. The Manual
Drums part is also available but, as you remember,
selecting the M.Drums part means that the other four
Realtime parts are temporarily deactivated.
Select the Whole Upper (no icon), Organ (Corsa)
or M.Drums (Pam) mode.
Note: Whenever you start playing back a new song or
return to the beginning of the current song (using [|<4]),
all Realtime parts, except Upperl, will be switched off and
the EM-50/30 will select the WHOLE UPPER keyboard
mode.
Muting song parts
The EM-50/30 allows you to mute song parts, which
means that they do not sound.
In most instances, you probably only want to mute
the song part that plays the melody, so that you can
play it yourself using the Upper! (possibly doubled
with the Upper2) part.
Here is how to mute the melody part:
1. Press MENU AY to place the mode arrow (<4)
next to the PARAMETER message.
The "ENT" message now flashes in the display.
2. Press [ENTER] to enter the Parameter mode.
3. Use the MENU AY buttons to select the song part
you wish to mute (Song P1~Song P16).
To mute the melody of the Recorder song (or Stan-
dard MIDI File), select "P4".
4. Press [ENTER] to confirm your parameter selec-
tion.
The On message now flashes to signal that you can
change ("edit") it.
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5. Use the MENU A V buttons to select "MtN" or
"MtA".
MtN—The song part does not sound. MIDI messages
other than Note On/Off and Velocity, however, are
executed normally. That way, Tone selection, pitch
bend, modulation, etc., behave the way you expect
them to. This setting is useful for song parts you can
replace with your own playing (sec below).
MtA—Mutes all MIDI messages for the correspond-
ing song part (including Tone selection, Pitch Bend,
etc.).
You have now muted the melody of the Recorder
song, which is linked to the Upper! part. This link
ensures that Upperl sounds and behaves the same as
the melody part.
Repeat the above procedure if you also want to mute
other song parts.
6. To leave the Parameter mode, press [CANCEL] sev-
eral times until the "PARAMETER" message is dis-
played, then use MENU A Y, followed by [ENTER]
to select another mode.
Note: This setting can be saved to a User Program (see
page 43).
Song parts linked to the EM-50/30's Realtime
parts
MIDI channel/
Song Part #)
(*) MIDI channel for songs you record on the
EM-50/30 itself.
Song Part EM-50/30
M.Drums
Chord backing
Solo/melody
Counter melody
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