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Index

212

r

E-60/E-50

 Music Workstation

Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Disk&Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Last Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

, 

112

Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

, 

129

Play List  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Sequencer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Song Finder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Style Composer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
User Program  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Demo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Depth

VB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Destination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Digital Bass Enhancer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Disk

/Media  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  70

, 

72

, 

159

Display  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Dissolve Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

, 

154

, 

156

DJ Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

, 

52

Doubling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Down. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Drum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

, 

60

& Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Instrument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Mute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Drum Set  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Note Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Sound Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Drumming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Drums, two tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Dw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Dynamic

Arranger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

E

Easy

Chord Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Edit

16-track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

, 

114

MIDI  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Keyboard parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Multi-FX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Overview  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Song/Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Electric  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Setup  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Electric guitar  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
EM-2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
END/RIT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Ending. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24

, 

55

, 

60

Env

Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Decay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Envelope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

, 

105

EQUAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

, 

132

, 

164

Erase

Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  146

, 

174

Sequencer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Style Composer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  146

, 

173

Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Exchange  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Execute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Exit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Expression

Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Style Composer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Extended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

F

Factory Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Fade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
FAST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Fast-forward  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
FDw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

, 

86

, 

107

File

Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Name  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Fill  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

, 

61

Down  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

, 

61

Dwn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Half Bar  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

, 

70

In On User Program Change . . . . . . . . 92
Rit value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Ritardando . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

, 

61

Filter

MIDI  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  189

, 

190

Score . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
TVF Cutoff  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Finder  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Music Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

, 

110

Style  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
User Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Fine

Tune  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Upper2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Fixed  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Flanger  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

, 

86

, 

107

Flashing

Exit  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Metronome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Foot

Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

For . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  134

, 

166

Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Freeze Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

, 

107

FROM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

FIRST NOTE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SECOND BAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Full . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
FUp  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
FWD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

G

G-1000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Genre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33

, 

35

, 

91

, 

95

, 

110

Style  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

GET IT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

, 

94

, 

159

Global  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

, 

196

Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  137

, 

168

Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Guitar  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

, 

125

, 

155

Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

H

Half Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

, 

70

Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

, 

86

, 

107

Harmony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Key Touch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

HIGHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

, 

132

, 

164

Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

, 

172

Arranger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

, 

67

Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Lower  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

, 

78

One Touch  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
User Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

I

Importing User Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Inc  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  138

, 

168

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

, 

73

, 

110

Copy  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

, 

114

Edit  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

, 

98

, 

113

Rename. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
User Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Info  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Init

All Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Single Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

, 

189

Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  137

, 

168

Initialize  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Media  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Style  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

, 

129

Sequencer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Style Composer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

INSIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

, 

132

, 

164

Instrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Instrumentation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
INSTRUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Int+Mid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Intelligence Threshold  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
INTELLIGENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Internal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  191

, 

192

Memory  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Interval (transposition). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Into  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  134

, 

160

Intro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24

, 

55

, 

60

Intro/Ending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Alteration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Inversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

J

Jump To 1st Note  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  104

, 

148

E-60_50_OM_UK.book  Page 212  Thursday, June 22, 2006  10:06 AM

Summary of Contents for E-50, E-60

Page 1: ...r Owner s Manual ...

Page 2: ...e dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Unauthorized changes or modification to this system can void the users author...

Page 3: ... you may want to do with your E 60 E 50 To get the most out of the E 60 E 50 and to ensure many years of trouble free service we urge you to read through this Owner s Manual thoroughly To avoid confusion let s agree to use the word button for all keys on the front panel and use key only when refer ring to the E 60 E 50 s keyboard To save space and time let us agree to use the word song when referr...

Page 4: ...s Those parts can be used both alongside the Arranger live applications and recorded using the E 60 E 50 s 16 track Sequencer Recorder and the Style Composer Superfast Recorder and comprehensive 16 track sequencer The E 60 E 50 provides two approaches for recording new song material a Recorder function with a straight forward REC START STOP approach and a fully fea tured 16 track sequencer with tr...

Page 5: ... 60 E 50 s advantages and functions would take another ten pages while you must be dying to put it through its paces That is why we would like to ask you to read this manual from cover to cover You ll find that the E 60 E 50 is quite unlike any other instru ment you know Have fun ...

Page 6: ...iologist Do not allow any objects e g flammable material coins pins or liquids of any kind water soft drinks etc to penetrate the unit In households with small children an adult should pro vide supervision until the child is capable of following all rules essential for the safe operation of the E 60 E 50 Protect the unit from strong impact Do not drop it Immediately turn the power off remove the a...

Page 7: ... possible injury Always grasp only the plug on the power supply cord when plugging into or unplugging from an outlet or this unit Try to prevent cords and cables from becoming entan gled Also all cords and cables should be placed out of the reach of children Never climb on top of nor place heavy objects on the unit Never handle the adapter or its plugs with wet hands when plugging into or unpluggi...

Page 8: ...4 4 About the Keyboard modes 45 Arranger Piano Organ and Guitar modes 45 Split and Whole modes 46 Using the SPLIT Keyboard Mode 46 Using WHOLE mode 47 Switching parts on and off 47 5 Using the performance functions 48 Pitch Bend and Modulation 48 Transposition 48 Global Transpose 49 Octave 49 Key Touch velocity sensitivity 50 Master Tune 51 Using the D Beam Controller E 60 51 Using optional footsw...

Page 9: ...on 115 Programming Play Lists 115 Editing Play Lists 116 Using Play Lists 118 Managing Play Lists 118 12 Editing Lyrics 120 Adding Lyrics to a song 120 Exporting Lyrics data as text file 122 13 Using the 16 track sequencer 123 About the sequencer s main page 123 General considerations 123 Example 1 Recording a song from scratch 124 Preparations 125 Example 2 Adding tracks 127 Saving your song 128 ...

Page 10: ... MIDI Sets 193 MIDI Set selection at power on 194 18 Miscellaneous 195 Using V LINK 195 General settings 196 Song Arranger Start Priority 196 Flashing Exit 197 Flashing Metronome 197 Info 197 Initializing the E 60 E 50 Factory Reset 197 19 Specifications 198 20 MFX types and parameters 200 21 MIDI Implementation Chart 208 22 Chord Intelligence 209 23 Index 211 ...

Page 11: ...ctors Rough handling can lead to malfunctions Never strike or apply strong pressure to the display When connecting disconnecting cables grasp the connector itself never pull on the cable This way you will avoid causing shorts or damage to the cable s internal elements A small amount of heat will radiate from the E 60 E 50 during normal operation This is perfectly normal To avoid disturbing your ne...

Page 12: ...s reading or writing data or formatting is being performed on the memory card Doing so can destroy the data on the memory card and or render the memory card itself unusable If you affix the write protect label to the write protect area of a SmartMedia card you will not be able to format the card or write data to it If you wish to format the card or write data to it do so without the label affixed ...

Page 13: ...utton You can already load a new song while the current Standard MIDI File is still play ing If you want the Recorder to start playback of the newly selected song automatically press this button If the PLAY LIST button lights this button allows you to select the next song of the selected List MINUS ONE button Press this button to switch off the part you want to play or sing yourself The part to be...

Page 14: ...ll also find data management functions here like deleting files formatting floppies or cards etc page 175 M LCD CONTRAST knob Use this knob to adjust the display s contrast if it is difficult to read The display itself is a touch screen and therefore needs to be clear at all times so that you know what you are doing Note The display may take some time to warm up That is why you may have to change ...

Page 15: ...T section The TONE ASSIGN buttons are used to specify the Keyboard part you wish to assign a different sound to page 27 Keyboard parts are the parts you can play yourself The E 60 E 50 contains many other parts that are played automatically by the Arranger or Recorder The PART ON OFF buttons allow you to switch the desired Keyboard parts on and off X DEMO button Press this button whenever you want...

Page 16: ...rarily lower or increase the pitch of the Keyboard part notes you are playing For the sounds of the TONE ORGAN family you can use the Modulation axis to alternate between the fast and slow Rotary speeds e PHONES 1 2 sockets This is where you can connect two pairs of optional headphones Roland RH 25 RH 50 RH 200 or RH 300 f Floppy disk drive This is where you can insert 2DD or 2HD floppy disks for ...

Page 17: ...ted to an external amplifier mixing console etc They transmit the music generated by the Arranger Recorder and Key board parts F USB port The USB port can be used for archiving purposes and MIDI data transfer from to a computer G MIDI OUT IN sockets These sockets allow you to connect the E 60 E 50 to external MIDI devices for a variety of applications receiving song data in realtime from an extern...

Page 18: ...oth the E 60 E 50 and the external devices you want to connect before making or breaking audio and or MIDI connections If you do not have access to the sound system of the venue where you are performing ask the local engineer to set the volume to the minimum level Note Except for the adapter all other items shown above are optional See your Roland dealer for details OUTPUT R L MONO HOLD FOOTSWITCH...

Page 19: ...rd to switch it on 3 If you connected the E 60 E 50 to a mixing console switch it on now 4 Switch on the amplifier your active speakers or the keyboard amplifier s 5 Use the MASTER VOLUME knob to set the E 60 E 50 s output volume Setting the display contrast The information in the LCD display may be difficult to view after turning on your E 60 E 50 or after extended use Your viewing angle or the c...

Page 20: ...to 2 If necessary press the LANGUAGE field and select the language for this interactive demo function Press CLOSE if you didn t mean to select this page The current language selection will not change 3 Press the field that provides access to the desired demo function There are 8 sound and 8 Style demo songs 4 If you can barely hear the music set the VOLUME knob far left MASTER section to a higher ...

Page 21: ... the same functions as the buttons of the same name in the FINDER pad The OCTAVE button icons E allow you to shift the tuning of the currently selected Keyboard part indi cated by an arrow To select a Keyboard part press its TONE ASSIGN button The remaining fields F allow you to select the Key board part you wish to assign another sound to and recalls the TONE SELECT page They duplicate the functi...

Page 22: ...e to do is play a different chord usually with your left hand C Recorder section That s how it s called on the front panel so we ll stick to it This section actually encompasses a 16 track sequencer a straightforward MIDI recording function and a very sophisticated Standard MIDI File player with a host of all realtime control functions Playing to an automatic accompa niment Let us begin with the a...

Page 23: ...ther chords that can be played using this system augmented diminished etc What you hear now is the MAIN 1 pattern the MAIN and VARIATION 1 buttons light This is the simplest accompaniment of the selected Music Style Let s listen to the accompaniment you could use for your choruses 8 Press the VARIATION 2 button the MAIN and 1 buttons light and 2 flashes At the end of the VARIATION 1 pattern the VA...

Page 24: ...lay a chord in the left half of the keyboard to specify the key of the Intro pattern 3 Press the INTRO and the numeric button 1 4 that corresponds to the Intro pattern you want to use 4 Press the START STOP button to start Arranger playback The Arranger plays the introduction of the currently selected Music Style The MEASURE field on the main page now counts backwards 4 3 etc to indicate the Intro...

Page 25: ... on the next downbeat 4 Press the EXIT button to return to the main page Changing the tempo If the accompaniment is too fast or too slow here is how to change the Music Style tempo 1 Press SLOW to decrease the tempo in steps of one unit 2 Press FAST to increase the tempo in steps of one unit On most pages where the tempo is not already dis played the following popup window appears to con firm the ...

Page 26: ... by the Arranger Styles and are called Style parts And finally there are the Song parts that are controlled by the Recorder function The Keyboard parts can be used together or to quickly alternate between sounds Use the PART ON OFF buttons to select the part s you want to play You can play several sounds simultaneously which is called a layer or via separate keyboard zones split Below please find ...

Page 27: ...ds and 33 Drum Sets divided over 8 families 1 Specify the part you wish to assign another sound or Drum Set to Press the TONE ASSIGN button of the desired part so that it lights or On the main page press the row of the part you wish to assign a different sound to In this case the E 60 E 50 directly jumps to the TONE page that contains the currently selected sound The arrow indicates which part is ...

Page 28: ...may have grown fond of older sounds from the G and VA series and wish to select them In that case select EXTENDED 1 Press the MENU button The display changes to 2 Press the UTILITY and the STARTUP field 3 Press either BEST SELECTION or EXTENDED to make your choice This setting is memorized and used until you change it again Drumming on the keyboard The E 60 E 50 also allows you to play drums and p...

Page 29: ...s you switch the Guitar mode on or off If you selected this page by pressing EASY SETTING GUITAR it is already set to on If you now return to the main page by pressing the EXIT button the display changes The UPPER1 field below GUITAR MODE shows the name of the currently selected guitar sound You cannot select other guitar sound for UPPER 1 simply by pressing this field press the GUITAR MODE field ...

Page 30: ...These keys allow you to sound the lowest note of the chords you play in the CHORD area Here s an example if you play a C chord using the C E G keys this function sounds a C If you play that same chord using G C E this function sounds a G Strum down slow 6 strings C 4 This key causes all six strings to sound more or less at the same time Later on you will discover there is also a fast variety where...

Page 31: ...uitar strings are played more or less simultaneously using a plec trum or one s fingers All functions discussed below use the chords you spec ify in the CHORD area see above Here are the keys that make up the STRUMM section Note As stated earlier UP1 and UP2 are not available in Guitar mode because they are used as guitar parts Note The E 60 E 50 s Arranger can also be used and controlled while Gu...

Page 32: ...move the Guitar function from the keyboard and to play the UP2 in the entire right half i e to temporarily deactivate the ARPEGGIO and STRUMM areas After some practice this should allow you to alternate between a guitar and another melodic instrument part 1 Use the PART ON OFF buttons to switch on the part you want to play instead of the Guitar section 2 While the Guitar mode is active switch off ...

Page 33: ...ds are mutually exclu sive and only apply to the two D notes of the STRUM MING section NOTE ON means that the strum is played when you press one of the two D keys NOTE OFF means that the strum sounds when you release one of the D keys This selection does not apply to the remain ing STRUMMING keys 3 Press the Back field to return to the GUITAR MODE page or the EXIT button to return to the main page...

Page 34: ...lank or the number 0 If you forgot to insert a character use ø or to select the position where the missing character should be inserted Then press Insert followed by the character you wish to insert If you only want to enter numbers activate the NUM LOCK field 4 Decide how the Finder should look for the files Press the Alphabetic Order field to search for all entries that start with the characters...

Page 35: ...n press this field as many times as necessary or until it is no longer displayed You can also use the DATA ENTRY dial or the DEC INC buttons To return to a previous group of 5 songs press ø or use the DATA ENTRY dial or the DEC INC buttons Quick location of the song you need There are several ways of quickly locating the song you are after Sorting files Press the SONG NAME ARTIST GENRE or FILE NAM...

Page 36: ...tempo This value is automatically dis played when you start song playback Note If the message Too many events is displayed the selected song contains more data than can be handled and is therefore not played back 8 Press the PLAY STOP ª button Playback of the selected song starts Note See Song Arranger Start Priority on p 196 if playback does not start 9 If necessary use SLOW and FAST to change th...

Page 37: ...n as the current song finishes the next one starts automatically There is thus no need to press PLAY STOP ª again You could now already select another song Press the NEXT SONG button again to switch off this function Note Your E 60 E 50 also provides a PLAY LIST function for programming sequences of several songs page 115 Player Data Update and Quick Start 1 Press the MENU button The display chang...

Page 38: ...SMF player but the COVER information will be ignored Note You can also modify the COVER settings yourself see p 103 Minus One Minus One means that at least one part of a song is not played back There are at least two applications for this function it allows you to play the muted parts yourself on the keyboard it allows you to sing without doubling by the song which may sound odd 1 Press the MINUS ...

Page 39: ... information is calculated in real time and may not always be accurate Also with chords where the third has been omitted no information will be displayed because it is impossible to tell whether those are minor or major chords Note You can also add Lyrics data to songs that do not yet contain them See page 120 for details 4 Press the ZOOM button if the lyrics are difficult to read Press ZOOM to se...

Page 40: ...chever is more convenient for you this setting has no effect on the octave the notes are actually played in it is only used for display purposes Use the button icons in the PITCH row to specify how the note names should be displayed next to the note symbols OFF means that the note names are not displayed A B C refers to the Anglo Saxon German Dutch sys tem while DO RE MI corresponds to the French ...

Page 41: ...and in step 3 because that is done automatically See also p 27 Switch on additional Keyboard parts by pressing their PART ON OFF buttons if you want to double your melody using one or several instruments Note Rather than performing the above steps you could recall a User Program with the desired settings page 89 4 If you want to start your song with an introduc tion press the INTRO button and a VA...

Page 42: ...anger playback press the START STOP button 8 If you want to stop Style playback before the end of the song press either the END RIT or the START STOP button This will stop the Arranger while recording goes on This allows you to improvise without accompani ment 9 Press the PLAY STOP ª button to stop record ing 10 See Listening to your song Adding more parts Here is how to redo part of your recordin...

Page 43: ...RECORDING SELECT button icons 7 For this example switch on NOTE CONTROL CHANGE PROGRAM CHANGE and PITCH BEND See page 126 for an explanation 8 Press the RECORDER TOP button The sequencer returns to the beginning of the song measure 1 9 Press the PLAY STOP ª button The sequencer now counts in one measure after which recording starts Note See page 59 for setting the Count In function 10 Play the new...

Page 44: ...tting it then try again See Format on p 181 Note If you want to save the song under its current name or the name assigned by default New Song you can skip steps 4 5 You need to give your song two names a SONG NAME and a FILE NAME The FILE NAME is the name the E 60 E 50 uses for locating the song The SONG NAME on the other hand is displayed in the Song Finder 3 Press the SONG NAME button icon 4 Ent...

Page 45: ...sing the Music Style pat terns in realtime The right half on the other hand can be used for adding a live melody to the Arranger s automatic accompaniment This melody can be played using the Upper1 UP1 part Feel free to add other parts for creating richer sounds See p 47 The keyboard is divided into two halves with the split point at the C4 Only the UP1 part is active in the right half of the keyb...

Page 46: ...te If you like you can activate a Hold function for the LWR part That way briefly pressing the notes to be played by the LWR part is enough The Arranger has a similar function called ARR Hold See Lower Hold on p 78 Note If none of the PART ON OFF buttons lights the notes you play on the keyboard will not be audible It would how ever be possible to go on controlling the Arranger Note Your settings ...

Page 47: ...LWR etc you want to play via the keyboard and switch off the parts you do not need If a part is on its button lights Note If none of the PART ON OFF buttons lights the notes you play on the keyboard will not be audible It would how ever be possible to go on controlling the Arranger By the way not splitting the keyboard does not mean that the Arranger is automatically switched off or can no longer ...

Page 48: ...n will help you go on playing in that key while sounding in another one That way you can accompany a singer or instrument without changing your fingering 1 Press the TRANSPOSE button or press the TRANSPOSE field on the main page The display now looks more or less as follows 2 In the display press the key that corresponds to the note you would like to hear each time you play a C Note Selecting 0 me...

Page 49: ... setting applies to all sections and all User Programs Octave The Octave function is another useful parameter that allows you to change the pitch of the selected part in octave steps 12 semitones at a time You could take advantage of this function for solo parts where you need the UP1 and UP2 parts to trigger the same Tone while UP2 plays one octave above or below UP1 Another use for this function...

Page 50: ...fully to achieve the maximum volume FIXED Press this field to switch off the velocity sen sitivity if you don t need it In that case the fixed velocity value 100 if you don t change it will be used You can set another value however Press the display field and use the DATA ENTRY dial or the DEC INC buttons to set the velocity value that should be used for all notes you play 1 127 1 is very low usua...

Page 51: ... to make sure that you do so over the two eyes and within a 40cm 16 range Your movements are translated into musical expression The E 50 has no D Beam controller Let s first try out the DJ GEAR functions 1 Press the D BEAM button that is assigned to the function you wish to use here the DJ GEAR but ton This switches on the D Beam controller while the dis play changes to You can also select this pa...

Page 52: ...u wish to start playback Cutting This is a very powerful filter effect that allows you to suppress the high frequencies in a rhythmic way like a DJ does sometimes TT Motor Simulates the effect you hear when you sud denly stop a turntable the playback speed decreases while the pitch drops and the sound becomes muffled Scratching The D Beam Controller can be used for add ing scratch noises You know ...

Page 53: ...ive Keyboard parts Arranger RIT Tempo Allows you to start the Arranger s RIT function page 69 Arranger ACC Tempo Allows you to start the Arranger s ACC function page 69 Reset Start Tempo This function allows you have the Arranger start on the first beat of the currently selected Music Style pattern when you use the D Beam controller Use it when you are accompanying a singer or soloist whose timing...

Page 54: ...ain Footswitch HOLD Also called Hold or Damper pedal the footswitch you connect to the HOLD socket allows you to hold the notes you play on the keyboard in much the same way as on an acoustic piano Though you cannot assign other functions to this footswitch you can decide when a given part should respond to these messages The HOLD FOOTSW function which specifies how the Hold pedal should behave is...

Page 55: ...Selects the Intro of the current Variation level 1 4 during Arranger playback Same function as INTRO Ending Selects the Ending of the current Variation level 1 4 during Arranger playback Variat 1 4 The footswitch can be used to switch to the VARIATION level you select here That Music Style pat tern is used from the next downbeat onward Bass Inversion Same function as the BASS INVERS button page 61...

Page 56: ...he option that will be used when the Minus One function is on Keyboard Ex UP2 1 Allows you to switch off the UP1 part and activate the UP2 part and vice versa Note If neither UP1 nor UP2 are on when you first press the footswitch one of them is activated Break Mute This function can only be accessed via the footswitch When you press it Arranger playback is muted for the remainder of the current me...

Page 57: ...res a consid erable striking precision you could invert UP2 s response to the expression pedal so that UP1 does not sound when UP2 does and vice versa 6 Press the EXIT button to return to the main page Scale Tuning Another useful function is called Scale Tuning It allows you to use oriental Asian and other scales in much the same way as on an oriental keyboard The E 60 E 50 contains three memories...

Page 58: ...er tone down and 63 slightly higher than a quarter tone up 5 Use the DATA ENTRY dial or the DEC INC but tons to set the desired pitch You can also press the DATA ENTRY dial and enter the value using the on screen numeric pad If you selected a MEMORY field the EDIT message is displayed to indicate that the stored settings have changed 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 for the other notes whose pitch you want ...

Page 59: ...mber of measures bars before the Arranger starts playing Note This count in is also available when you are using the Sync Start function In that case playing a chord means that the Arranger only starts after 1 or 2 measures OFF The count in function is off 1 BAR 2 BAR Whenever you start Arranger play back the metronome counts in 1 or 2 bars before the selected Music Style pattern starts playing No...

Page 60: ...ccompaniment or Stop playback of the current Style see below press the INTRO button so that it lights one of the VARI ATION 1 4 buttons to select the complexity of the introduction and then the START STOP button This starts Style playback with a musical introduction The length of the Intro depends on the Style you select At the end of the Intro the Arranger switches to the MAIN pattern you selecte...

Page 61: ...at is played between the current and the next VARIATION pattern depends on where you come from Each transition from one VARIATION pattern to another e g from 1 to 2 is different from the others from 2 to 3 from 3 to 4 and from 4 to 1 There are three Fill Ins for the upward direction Up and three for downward moves Dw Note You can also press INTRO in the middle of a performance In that case the but...

Page 62: ...provide no MELODY INTELL sound Note While the MELODY INTELL button on the front panel is off the 2ND TONE name appears on a gray back ground if available In this state you cannot select a different sound Switch on the MELODY INTELL button and the function of the same name if you need to select another sound for 2ND TONE You can refine Melody Intelligence control by speci fying what velocity value ...

Page 63: ...gh the arrangement rhythm riffs does not change the Style s character can be modified beyond recognition 1 Press the COVER button once or twice to select the display page shown below 2 Select the parts whose instrumentation you want to change Press the ALL field if all instruments should be replaced Press the DRUM field if only the drum and percus sion instruments should change Press the BASS fiel...

Page 64: ...d 3 Press the EXTERNAL MEMORY FLOPPY or INTERNAL MEMORY field to specify where you want to save the Style 4 Enter the name for the file See page 44 Note The E 60 E 50 supports both upper and lower case let ters for file names Choose whichever is more convenient or clearer 5 Press the EXECUTE field to save the data If the selected memory area already contains a Style of that name you are asked whet...

Page 65: ... Touch settings 1 Press and hold a ONE TOUCH 1 4 button The display changes to 2 Press the fields corresponding to the settings that should not be loaded when you select another One Touch memory or Music Style When you change a setting the field of the last One Touch memory you selected is indicated by means of an asterisk Button icons in the HOLD column whose indicator lights refer to settings th...

Page 66: ... can also select RIGHT to have the Arranger scan the right half of the key board Select WHOLE if the Arranger should scan the entire keyboard If you don t want the Arranger to lis ten to the chords you play choose OFF In that case you will only hear the drum parts of the Music Styles you select The range of the LEFT or RIGHT keyboard area depends on the main split point see Setting the split point...

Page 67: ...ou can briefly play the chord for a given bar and then release all keys in the chord recog nition area If the ARRANGER HOLD icon indicator is dark the melodic accompaniment bass and other parts stops as soon as you release all keys in the chord recognition area only the drums keep playing 1 Select the ARRANGER SETTING page see step 1 of Chord recognition area ZONE on p 66 2 Press the ARRANGER HOLD...

Page 68: ... you strike the keys softly while the other would only be triggered by high velocity values Choose 0 for parts whose volume should not be affected by your velocity values 6 Press the CLOSE field to return to the ARRANGER CHORD page 7 Press the EXIT button to return to the main page Tempo related settings Arranger Options The E 60 E 50 provides two parameters that allow you to play with the Style t...

Page 69: ...celerando should take In most cases 480 CPT i e one measure is probably the most musical choice Using the Ritardando Accelerando functions 4 For general applications any Style division pro ceed as follows Assign the RITARD and or ACCELER function Press the START STOP button to start Style play back Move your hand over the D Beam controller or press the footswitch By assigning both controls you can...

Page 70: ...y like the factory memories In the case of a memory card however they only work if the card in question has been inserted into the PCMCIA slot Thanks to the E 60 E 50 s powerful soft ware loading a CUSTOM Style is as swift as working with the factory Styles The Style referenced by the CUSTOM memory you select is automatically loaded and copied to the Disk User memory see also p 72 This is a RAM me...

Page 71: ... system 7 Press the GET IT field The E 60 E 50 returns to the STYLE page The name of the selected Style appears in the field you selected before pressing the EDIT CUSTOM button You could now program other assignments if you wanted to Note CUSTOM assignments are stored internally but they are not part of the User Programs Thus you can only program 80 links in all rather than 80 per User Program Not...

Page 72: ...NAL MEMORY FLOPPY or INTERNAL MEMORY field to select the memory area that contains the desired Style Note It is perfectly possible to use older Styles with the E 60 E 50 They are automatically converted to the new VARI ATION 1 4 system 4 Press the field that contains the name of the Style you want to load 5 If the desired Style is not displayed use ø to select another group of 5 Styles You can als...

Page 73: ...o sort the Music Style files according to country kind of music Genre or tempo value The right column now contains the selected entry only one of them can be displayed along with the Style name Continue with step 3 to select the Style you want to use If you pressed the FLOPPY field these options are not available and the display looks as follows Using the Index function The highest hierarchical le...

Page 74: ...aggabeat if you entered BEA See page 44 for how to enter characters The Delete field allows you to delete the character indicated by the cursor Press and hold it to clear all characters To enter numbers without cycling through the char acters first press the NUM LOCK field After enter ing the numbers switch it off if you need to enter characters again Press the FIND field to start your search Note...

Page 75: ...ea it helps you to avoid too many presses of the PAGE ø or field You can also use the DATA ENTRY dial and the DEC INC buttons On the STYLE OPTIONS page press the COPY field Start by specifying the source that contains the Style s you wish to copy Press the FROM button icon once or twice to select the memory area Now specify the target you wish to copy the selected Style s to Press the TO button ic...

Page 76: ... the YES field if it is OK to overwrite files with the same names on the destination media Press the NO field if files on the source FROM media that have the same name as existing files on the destination TO media should not be copied only files with original names will be copied in that case The data are copied and a Successful message con firms the end of the operation 7 Press the EXIT button to...

Page 77: ...steps That field now lights 4 Set the desired value with the DATA ENTRY dial or the DEC INC buttons means that UP2 s pitch is lowered while values without a sign mean that UP2 s pitch is shifted up A very popular setting for UP1 UP2 layers is 12 for UP2 so that it sounds one octave above Upper1 or any other active Keyboard part The setting range for this parameter is 24 24 5 Press the FINE TUNE fi...

Page 78: ...wer Hold The E 60 E 50 is an instrument that allows you to change many settings in realtime Because you can trigger the LWR part and the Arranger simultaneously selecting another Music Style pattern usually means that you have to lift your left hand from the keyboard If the LOWER HOLD function is not active in ARR mode the LWR part stops sounding as soon as you release all keys in the left area If...

Page 79: ...pled vibrato whose depth or speed cannot be changed DELAY 64 63 This parameter adjusts the time required for the vibrato effect to begin Positive set tings increase the time before vibrato will begin and negative settings shorten the time DEPTH 64 63 This parameter adjusts the intensity of the pitch modulation Positive settings mean that the wobble becomes more prominent while negative settings ma...

Page 80: ...n the Resonance value is increased the overtones in the area of the cutoff fre quency will be emphasized creating a sound with a strong character Note For some sounds negative RESO settings may pro duce no noticeable change because the Resonance is already set to the minimum value CUTOFF 64 63 This filter parameter allows you to make the selected sound darker or brighter Positive Cut off settings ...

Page 81: ...knobs 3 Use the DATA ENTRY dial or the DEC INC but tons to enter the desired value You can also press the DATA ENTRY dial to call up a numeric pad and set the value 0 127 using the on screen numeric buttons The D BEAM part only available on the E 60 refers to the sounds that are generated when you use the D Beam controller after selecting the DJ GEAR SOUND EFX or INSTRUMENT mode scratches sound ef...

Page 82: ...st setting the CHO RUS control of a Keyboard part to 0 means that only the part in question is no longer processed by the effect Volume and status of the Style parts After pressing the MIXER button twice the following page appears By pressing MIXER yet again you jump to the SONG MAKEUP TOOLS page Start Arranger playback don t forget to select the desired pattern then press the SOLO field of the St...

Page 83: ...es to 2 Press the ON or OFF field to switch the proces sor on icon lights or off icon goes dark You can also do so on the EFFECTS page see above 3 Press the field of the effect type you wish to use The options are ROOM1 ROOM2 ROOM3 These types simulate the reverb characteristics of a room The higher the number 1 2 or 3 the bigger the room becomes HALL1 HALL2 These types simulate the reverb of a sm...

Page 84: ...RUS1 CHORUS4 These are conventional Chorus effects that add spaciousness and depth to the sound FEEDBACK This is a chorus with a flanger like effect and a soft sound FLANGER This is an effect that sounds somewhat like a jet airplane taking off and landing SHORT DELAY This is a delay echo effect with a short delay time SHORT DLY FBK This is a short delay with many repeats 6 Press Back to return to ...

Page 85: ...d their functions depend on the selected type If the required parameter is not displayed press the PAGE fields to jump to another page Some effects have only one parameter page 6 Set the desired value with the DATA ENTRY dial or the DEC INC buttons REVERB SEND and CHORUS SEND upper right cor ner allow you to specify how strongly the multi effect s output signal should be processed by the Reverb an...

Page 86: ...m types above PLATE Digital simulation of a metal plate that is some times used for creating reverb effects Works well for percussive sounds DELAY A delay effect no reverb Works a lot like an echo effect and thus repeats the sounds PAN DELAY This is a stereo version of the above delay effect It creates repetitions that alternate between the left and right channels Press the REVERB LEVEL field and ...

Page 87: ...werful bass response you can switch on the E 60 E 50 s Digital Bass Enhancer function It boosts the low frequencies which you may appreciate for pop and dance music 1 Press the MENU button 2 Press the EFFECTS field 3 Press the DIGITAL BASS ENHANCER ON button icon The icon lights Press it again to switch off the Digi tal Bass Enhancer function if you no longer need it This setting is memorized by t...

Page 88: ...s They do not contain those registrations The advantage of User Pro gram Set Lists is that loading a completely different set of registrations takes less than a second loading User Program Sets on an older Roland arranger instrument took much longer This allows you to prepare one set of User Programs for weddings another for corporate events a third for anniversaries etc that may access the same U...

Page 89: ... Press the EXECUTE field User Programs are saved on the media that also con tains the list file you are currently using The name of that list is displayed in the upper left corner next to a folder icon The area where your Set List is stored appears in the right corner You cannot select a different Set List here If the target memory area which cannot be chosen here already contains a User Program o...

Page 90: ...r if the User Program sequence corresponds exactly to the song sequence you are about to play i e settings of the first song or song part in memory 1 on page 1 set tings of the second song or song part in 2 on page 1 etc With DOWN or UP you always select the preceding or next User Program UP Selects the following User Program for example 8 P1 if you selected E 60 P1 before pressing this button DOW...

Page 91: ...vious page by pressing Back The display returns to the page shown under step 1 above This time however only the User Programs belonging to the selected Index are displayed Continue with step 3 to select the User Program you want to use To directly locate the desired User Program 4 Press the FINDER field 5 Decide what you want to look for by pressing the USER PRG STYLE LINK GENRE or SONG LINK butto...

Page 92: ...alled Transpose Press this field to ignore the Transpose value and mode contained in every User Program KBD Mode Press this field to ignore the Keyboard Mode Whole Split and Arranger Chord settings Stan dard Piano Style Left Right etc Bass Inversion Press this field to ignore the setting of the BASS INVERS button Press ALL to activate all button icons and NONE to switch them all off Pressing one o...

Page 93: ...am you also prepare the associated song Such a song must be available when you load the User Program in ques tion for this system to work All you need to do then is hit the PLAY STOP ª button to start playback of that song Your E 60 E 50 only memorizes the song name If at the time you recall such a User Program that song is not available the display will respond with Remove the memory card because...

Page 94: ...icated by means of a paper clip icon Linking a MIDI Set to a User Program MIDI Sets are User Programs for MIDI parameters There are eight such memories page 193 If you regularly use the E 60 E 50 in different MIDI environments studio live band preparing three MIDI Sets and linking them to the User Programs you usually use in the studio on stage etc can be a time saver In other situations such a li...

Page 95: ...gram Finder is used for quickly locating the User Programs you need in a given situation Some information is added automatically to User Programs you save while other information needs to be supplied by hand Here we will concentrate on how to prepare that infor mation for real life use 1 Press the FINDER USER PRG button The display changes to 2 Specify the memory area that contains the User Progra...

Page 96: ... use this as sparsely as possible Press the DELETE field Deleting a User Program can not be undone which is why the following question is now displayed YES deletes the User Program file NO leaves the file intact and takes you back to the initial User Program Finder page with the list Back leaves the file intact and takes you back to the USER PROGRAM LIST page Note If a User Program you delete here...

Page 97: ...played on all available pages press the ALL FILES field Note If the memory card or floppy disk is not formatted a message will be displayed that allows you to format it before the User Programs are copied 4 If you chose EXT MEMORY or FLOPPY DISK for TO disable the card s disk s write protection and insert it into the PCMCIA slot or disk drive See the owner s manual of the memory card for how to di...

Page 98: ...See page 90 Press the fields of all User Programs you wish to assign to the selected Index category Selected User Programs are displayed on a light back ground To remove a User Program from the selected cate gory press its field so that it turns dark If necessary use the PAGE ø fields to go to previ ous or subsequent list pages Press Back to confirm your changes and return to the USER PROGRAM LIST...

Page 99: ... changes Music Assistant functions The Music Assistant environment provides several functions for editing existing and creating new regis trations Creating new Music Assistant registrations Music Assistant registrations are always based on a User Program They are only references to data that reside elsewhere 1 Press the FINDER USER PRG button The display changes to 2 Select the internal memory by ...

Page 100: ...s a virtual process because the underlying User Program does not disappear In fact this operation only strips the MA icon from the related User Program Select the Music Assistant entry you want to discard Press the DELETE field This operation cannot be undone which is why the following question is now displayed YES deletes the Music Assistant entry NO leaves the entry intact and takes you back to ...

Page 101: ...60 E 50 returns to the MUSIC ASSISTANT LIST page A new User Program is created along with your Music Assistant registration If the Music Assistant database already contains a registration of the name displayed for NAME the fol lowing warning appears YES means that both the original Music Assistant registration and the underlying User Program are overwritten and replaced with the new versions NO le...

Page 102: ...orary modifica tions of the Style data while the STYLE MAKEUP TOOLS settings can be burned into the Style itself 2 If the icon of the instrument whose settings you want to change is not displayed press the PAGE ø or field to go to the previous or next page The number of mixer pages depends on the number of sounds being used in the selected song or Style In certain cases there may be only one page ...

Page 103: ...behave differ ently Both environments can be selected via the same button on the front panel which is why we recommend you always look at the information in the top line of the display SONG MAKEUP TOOLS or STYLE MAKEUP TOOLS before making any change whatsoever Before changing the MAKEUP TOOLS settings of a song Press the FINDER SONG button You can also press the SONG field on the main page to sele...

Page 104: ...t If you can barely hear the Tone Drum Set press the SOLO field indicator icon must light then use JUMP TO 1st NOTE to jump to the first note of that instrument Press SOLO again to switch this func tion off 4 Use the MUTE field to switch the selected instru ment off The corresponding part is no longer played back Just as a reminder this setting only applies to the selected instrument and thus not ...

Page 105: ...selected sound see SOUND EDIT for Drum Sets on p 106 if you selected a Drum Set Press the field of the parameter you want to edit and use the DATA ENTRY dial or the DEC INC buttons to set the desired value You can also press the DATA ENTRY dial and use the numeric pad CUTOFF This filter parameter allows you to make the selected sound darker or brighter Positive Cutoff set tings mean that more over...

Page 106: ...s page 108 If the instrument icon to the left of the sound name depicts a drum kit you can also press the DRUM INSTR EDIT field Doing so takes you to the following page where you can make more refined changes for certain instruments of the selected Drum Set This page effectively allows you to reconfigure your Drum Set but you cannot select sounds from another Set Note The names of the drum percuss...

Page 107: ...a and used every time you play back this song Before saving your settings Before saving your made up song or Style to the internal memory a card or a floppy disk you can but you don t have to commit your changes thereby turning them into regular song or Style data MAKEUP TOOLS settings are SysEx data only the E 60 E 50 understands This may come in handy for two reasons To be able to edit the final...

Page 108: ...n only be read by the E 60 E 50 and so are of little use to other SMF players or arranger instruments 3 Specify the memory area where you want to save the Style or song EXTERNAL MEMORY FLOPPY or INTERNAL MEMORY 4 Press the STYLE NAME or SONG NAME field 5 Enter the name page 44 6 Next press the following fields if necessary and enter the following information 7 Press the EXECUTE field If you select...

Page 109: ...ress the CLOSE field to return to the previous page Press the WRITE MARK field to confirm your set ting The EDIT message disappears Repeat steps 2 3 to program new locations for the remaining MARK JUMP buttons 4 Press the DELETE MARK field to clear the measure indication of the selected MARK JUMP button The indicators of MARK JUMP buttons for which a location has been programmed light Pressing a M...

Page 110: ...RNAL MEMORY or EXTERNAL MEMORY the display changes to The SONG NAME ARTIST GENRE and FILE NAME fields allow you to sort songs in alphabetical order This sorting order is determined by the selected cate gory 3 If the name of the song you want to use to is already displayed press its line 4 To display the next 5 songs press the field in the lower right corner You can press this field as many times a...

Page 111: ...pad of a cellphone you may have to press an alphanu meric field several times to select the desired charac ter or number Note There is no A a field here because the Finder makes no distinction between upper and lower case letters The Delete field allows you to delete the character indicated by the cursor Press and hold it to clear all characters Press Space to insert a blank or the number 0 If you...

Page 112: ... Search facility See page 35 for how to use that facility in a real life situation Here s how to program the phrase Note This information cannot be entered for files that reside on a floppy disk Be sure to copy your song to the internal memory or a memory card see p 112 and to edit that copy 1 On the SONG OPTIONS page press the P S INPUT field 2 Play the notes of the main theme the one you ll most...

Page 113: ... little window see p 11 See the owner s man ual of the memory card for how to disable its write protection Note Not all cards have a write protection function 6 Press the EXECUTE field Press Back if you do not want to proceed or to select other files You are asked whether it is OK to overwrite all files on the destination media TO that have the same file names as the files you are about to copy 7 ...

Page 114: ...ted Index category Selected songs are displayed on a light background To remove a song from the selected category press its field so that it turns dark If necessary use the PAGE ø fields to go to previ ous or subsequent list pages Note When you change pages new assignments or removals are automatically updated which means that the contents of the selected category changes Press Back to return to t...

Page 115: ...contains the desired songs into the slot The Play List function is only available for songs on memory card only one such card at a time and in the internal memory You may therefore have to copy all desired songs to that area before proceeding See page 180 for details 1 Press the PLAY LIST button The display looks more or less as follows The names refer to Play Lists already available in the select...

Page 116: ... the indicated memory area Note This only saves the Play List i e the references to exist ing song files The songs themselves are not saved because that is unnecessary On the other hand if you delete a song see p 112 that is referenced by a Play List step playback stops at that empty step during playback and the File not found message appears The display shows a confirmation message and then retur...

Page 117: ...roneous reference To do so press the field of the step that needs correcting press SONG LIST and continue with step 5 above Deleting steps On the PLAY LIST EDIT page see left select the step you wish to delete and press the REMOVE STEP field All subsequent steps now move up one entry Exam ple if you delete step 04 of a list that contains 10 steps step 05 becomes 04 step 06 becomes 05 etc 8 Press t...

Page 118: ...ay list The added display shows the name of the currently selected play list Use the field to select the previous step and to select the next step If you do so while playback is running the previous or next song will be played back as soon as the current song is finished Note The MARK JUMP buttons are also available during Play List playback so feel free to use them see p 36 6 Press PLAY STOP ª ag...

Page 119: ...You do not need to save a Play List after renaming it Deleting a Play List See steps 1 3 above and then press the DELETE field As this may ruin your work you need to confirm this command You have three options here Be aware that a deleted Play List cannot be recalled YES deletes the list file but not the Standard MIDI Files it refers to NO leaves the list intact and takes you back to the PLAY LIST...

Page 120: ...racters 2 Export the file as TXT file and save it to a floppy disk a memory card the E 60 E 50 can read or transfer it to the E 60 E 50 via USB see p 184 3 On the E 60 E 50 load the song you wish to add Lyrics to See Playing back songs Standard MIDI Files on p 35 for details about selecting songs 4 Press the LYRICS SCORE button The display changes to 5 Press the OPTIONS field followed by the TXT I...

Page 121: ...rows 9 Press TOP to return to the beginning of the song or use BWD or FWD to jump to a measure that lies a little ahead of the place where the first line should be displayed during normal operation Note If the song already contains Lyrics they will follow the measures indicated in the upper right hand corner when you press BWD or FWD 10 Press the RECORDER REC button its indicator lights Press FWD ...

Page 122: ...sful message confirms the end of the operation 21 Press the EXIT button to return to the main page You can also use the above procedure to resynchro nize lyrics already contained in the song file if you feel the synchronization isn t perfect See step 4 and following on page 120 Exporting Lyrics data as text file Here s what you need to do to export the Lyrics data contained in a Standard MIDI File...

Page 123: ... can be activated while the MUTE function is on Soloed tracks are flagged with an S while muted tracks use the letter M The remaining indications in the second column from the left are q note symbol The track is currently playing If you look at the example above you will notice a vertical line on top of several horizontal bars The vertical line refers to the current position within the song which ...

Page 124: ... most parameters for you press one of the TEMPLATES fields Here is what the options mean Track SMF part MIDI channel E 60 E 50 parts Recorder Arranger 1 Piano 1 Accomp 1 2 Bass 2 A Bass 3 Chords 3 Accomp 2 4 Solo Melody 4 Upper1 Upper1 5 Harmony 5 Accomp 3 6 Counter melody 6 Upper2 Upper2 7 Not specified 7 Accomp 4 8 Not specified 8 Accomp 5 9 Not specified 9 Accomp 6 10 Drums 10 Drums A Drums 11 ...

Page 125: ...want to record to 8 Press the REC TYPE field and use the DATA ENTRY dial or the DEC INC buttons to specify how the track should behave some are always GS tracks 9 To record a guitar part onto the selected track not available for track 10 Press the GUITAR MODE display and use the DATA ENTRY dial to select Acoustic or Electric Select Off if you want to use the track for some thing else Press the SET...

Page 126: ...s to select one of the following options 15 If you want to record tempo changes press the TEMPO REC SW field and use the DEC INC but tons to select On This option allows you to use the TEMPO SLOW FAST buttons and or TAP to vary the tempo while recording Those changes are recorded to the MASTER track 16 Press the INPUT QUANTIZE field and set the desired resolution Quantize corrects the timing of yo...

Page 127: ... feel for the way the 16 track Sequencer ticks Besides what you learn here will also come in handy for recording your own Music Styles Note See also Easy editing and useful functions on p 129 for some additional functions that are not covered here Note If the song you wish to supplement contains MAKEUP TOOLS settings be sure to freeze those data and to save your new version before changing it See ...

Page 128: ...ing the EXIT button Note The Song RAM memory is erased when you switch off your E 60 E 50 Note If you use the 16 track sequencer to edit a song that already contains Cover modifications the Cover settings are ignored and erased when you save the edited version of your song We therefore recommend saving such songs under a dif ferent name unless you used FREEZE DATA before you started editing your s...

Page 129: ...ouching up Here are some easy things you can do See Editing one or several tracks TRACK EDIT on p 129 for more elaborate functions Muting tracks When recording rhythmically intricate parts it may be necessary to mute already recorded parts that might distract you To do so return to the 16 track Sequencer s main page press the MUTE field and then the tracks you don t want to hear Such tracks are fl...

Page 130: ... not quite what you expected it to be Quantizing after recording has the advantage that you can first listen to the original and then cor rect only those notes whose timing is definitely off TRACK ALL 1 16 Allows you to select the track you wish to edit You can also select ALL here in which case the operation applies to all tracks FROM BAR 1 last measure of the track or song Refersto the first mea...

Page 131: ... in isolation see p 139 FROM BAR 1 last measure of the track or song Refersto the first measure to be edited By default the FROM value is set to the beginning of the selected track s BEAT 1 number of beats per bar Specifies the beat position The number of available beats depends on the time signature in the selected area CPT 1 119 Refers to the starting CPT position CPT is short for Clock Pulse Ti...

Page 132: ...ack or song Refersto the first measure to be edited By default the FROM value is set to the beginning of the selected track s BEAT 1 number of beats per bar Specifies the beat position The number of available beats depends on the time signature in the selected area CPT 1 119 Refers to the starting CPT position CPT is short for Clock Pulse Time the smallest unit used by the E 60 E 50 There are 120 ...

Page 133: ... COPY MODE Replace Mix Allows you to specify how the data should be copied REPLACE The selected FROM TO range overwrites the data of the destination track in the area to which the selected data are copied MIX The data in the selected range of the source track are added to the data on the destination track In most instances REPLACE is probably a good choice when you set DATA TYPE to ALL or when you...

Page 134: ...ss this field to confirm your settings and edit the data This function allows you to transpose the notes of the selected track non note data obviously cannot be transposed TRACK ALL 1 16 Allows you to select the track you wish to transpose You can also select ALL here in which case the operation applies to all tracks When used with the EQUAL option TRANSPOSE is also useful for drum tracks It allow...

Page 135: ...he sound to be brighter louder or rounder softer You can decide to add subtract a fixed velocity value BIAS or to change them proportionally MAGNIFY TRACK ALL 1 16 Allows you to select the track you wish to edit You can also select ALL here in which case the operation applies to all tracks FROM BAR 1 last measure of the track or song Refersto the first measure to be edited By default the FROM valu...

Page 136: ...tion allows you to modify the duration of the notes in the selected time FROM TO and note FROM TO NOTE ranges We recommend you only use this function to shorten notes that suddenly seem too long when you assign a different sound to the track in question You cannot view the duration of the notes here which makes editing the data en bloc a little bit hazardous Use the MICRO EDIT envi ronment to chan...

Page 137: ...e E 60 E 50 s new sounds Global changes to the Reverb and or Chorus Send values which is very convenient when you suddenly notice that the effect is too prominent or not strong enough TRACK ALL 1 16 Allows you to select the track you wish to edit You can also select ALL here in which case the operation applies to all tracks INIT VALUE Press this field to reset all values on this page to their init...

Page 138: ...u could shift them to the left e g to 1 4 115 so that the peak volume of the attack is reached on the next beat To correct the timing of notes recorded via MIDI without quantizing them You can use external sequences as raw material for your songs Recording such excerpts via MIDI may cause a slight delay e g 5 CPT If that is not acceptable use SHIFT CLOCK to push the recorded data to the left selec...

Page 139: ...re is no ALL option here TRACK 1 16 This is where you select the second track to be exchanged Obviously there is no ALL option here This track cannot be set to the same number as the above Note Be careful when exchanging a drum track and a melodic track The result may not be what you had in mind The E 60 E 50 s sequencer uses one track called MAS TER for each song It is used for recording the time...

Page 140: ... Press ENTER to confirm the value or Press CLOSE to close the numeric pad window with out changing the value The parameters you can change are Tempo Change BPM 20 250 Specifies the song tempo If necessary you can insert tempo changes anywhere within the song This could even be done in real time using the TEMPO REC SW parameter See page 126 Beat Change Numerator Denominator Numerator 1 32 Denominat...

Page 141: ...e the 0 9 and A F fields to enter the value for the selected white on black byte A stands for 10 B for 11 C for 12 D for 13 E for 14 and F for 15 Press the DELETE field to remove the selected byte All subsequent bytes will move one position to the left Press the INSERT field to insert 00 at the current position The originally selected byte and all subse quent bytes move one position to the right Y...

Page 142: ...re See VIEW on p 141 Note Tempo and time signature events located at 1 01 00 cannot be moved To select several consecutive events press the DATA ENTRY dial while turning it towards the left upward direction or the right downward direction All events selected in this way appear on a dark back ground Press the MOVE EVENT button icon The following pop up appears Specify the position to which the firs...

Page 143: ...already exist in that area Existing events are thus not pushed towards the end of the song Editing song data using Microscope Edit Select this mode whenever you only need to change small details of an otherwise perfect Standard MIDI File In this section we will use the word event for any kind of message You can only view and edit one track at a time There fore be sure to check the TRACK setting be...

Page 144: ...s you wish to edit takes too long or to ensure that only the event types you need can be selected The following pop up appears Switch on the button icons of events you want to see in the list the icons in question must light CONTROL CHANGE also includes the bank select messages CC00 and CC32 that are used for selecting sounds along with the program change numbers that can be filtered separately Pr...

Page 145: ... 60 E 50 does not generate Its sound source recog nizes them however The difference between polyphonic aftertouch and channel aftertouch is that the former is related to a single note while the latter applies to all the notes the track is currently playing Channel Aftertouch See above Editing events Editing Pitch Bend messages Pitch Bend messages can be positive or negative the range is 128 128 Th...

Page 146: ...dd the new note or chord ERASE EVENT Use the DATA ENTRY dial or the ß buttons to select the event you want to delete To select several consecutive events press the DATA ENTRY dial while turning it towards the left upward direction or the right downward direction Press the ERASE EVENT button icon to remove the event you selected MOVE EVENT This function allows you to move one or several events Note...

Page 147: ...ch unit using the DATA ENTRY dial or the DEC INC buttons Press the EXECUTE field to confirm your settings and add the new event s Press CLOSE to close the pop up window without applying your changes Note Events inserted with PLACE EVENT are added to any events that may already exist in that area Existing events are thus not pushed towards the end of the song Style Converter The E 60 E 50 s Style C...

Page 148: ...mn in the list are made automatically Though based on com mon sense they may not yield the desired accompa niment pattern As a rule you should always listen carefully 5 To correct one or several of the default assign ments proceed as follows Press one of the display fields to select the Style track Those are the tracks that make up your Music style to be Next use the DATA ENTRY dial or the DEC INC...

Page 149: ...ORDER PLAY STOP ª button to start playback The selected passage is repeated over and over until you stop playback 12 If necessary use the MUTE and SOLO fields to temporarily switch off or isolate certain tracks This is only for checking purposes The on off status does not affect the selection that will be converted The INITIALIZE STYLE field on this page is usually used only once before converting...

Page 150: ...ed by you create several patterns at once see also p 154 Division Allows you to specify the pattern type that should be created Main 1 Main 2 Main 3 Main 4 Main ALL Fill Up1 Fill Up2 Fill Up3 Fill Up ALL Fill Dw1 Fill Dw 2 Fill Dw 3 Fill Dw ALL Intro 1 Intro 2 Intro 3 Intro 4 Intro ALL End 1 End 2 End 3 End 4 or Ending ALL EXECUTE 15 After setting everything to your liking press this field to laun...

Page 151: ... why the AccDrums part is assigned to the first track and the ABass part to the second is that most programmers and recording artists start by laying down the rhythm section of a song There are exceptions to this rule however so feel free to start with any other part if that is easier for the Style you are programming Note Though there are six melodic ACC tracks most Styles only contain two or thr...

Page 152: ...TEMPLATES fields Here is what the options mean If you want to set everything yourself jump to Preparing your own settings below Time signature Before recording your first track you must specify the time signature of your accompaniment Select 4 4 for 8 or 16 beat patterns 3 4 for waltzes 2 4 for polkas and 6 8 or 4 4 for marches You can also select more complex time signatures 5 4 7 4 etc This valu...

Page 153: ... pressing their fields and using the DATA ENTRY dial or the DEC INC buttons The four fields refer to the following aspects These settings may come in handy to ensure that all ACC1 parts for example use the same amount of reverb and are always located in the right half of the stereo image You can also change these settings later see p 161 e Repeat steps a d for the remaining tracks Modes and Divisi...

Page 154: ...ress a TONE button on the front panel and press the field of the desired sound If you don t like it press another field If you are still not happy with the Tone use the PAGE 1 PAGE 4 and fields to select the corre sponding page if available Note The AccDrums track can only use Drum Sets so that only the DRUMS button of the TONE pad is available Play a few notes on the keyboard to check whether the...

Page 155: ... the REC MODE field in the lower left corner and use the DATA ENTRY DEC INC buttons to select the recording mode Replace Everything you record replaces the data of the selected track This mode is automatically selected when you activate the record function for a track that does not yet contain data If you select a track that already contains data this parameter is set to Mix but could be changed t...

Page 156: ...g The display changes to Auditioning your Style and adding more tracks 1 Press the START STOP button again to listen to your track The STYLE COMPOSER page contains two fields that allow you to select the pattern you want to audition Here s how to select it 2 Press the MODE field and use the DATA ENTRY dial or the DEC INC buttons to select Major minor or 7th Only one mode can be selected for playba...

Page 157: ...nd patterns provide professional closing sections Note The ABass track is monophonic You can only record sin gle note patterns Muting tracks while recording others After programming a few tracks you may find that cer tain parts tend to confuse you That is why the E 60 E 50 allows you to mute tracks that you do not want to hear during recording 1 On the STYLE COMPOSER page which should be displayed...

Page 158: ...tyles is to use parts from other Styles The E 60 E 50 allows you to Select the desired Style to copy it to the Style RAM memory and edit it Copy one or all tracks of the selected Division Copy just a few notes of an existing part Copy tracks or notes between Divisions This allows you to create new Styles by assembling tracks from different existing Styles Note You cannot copy an AccDrums track to ...

Page 159: ...ect ALL for the MODE or DIVISION field FROM Start by specifying the position of the first event or note to be copied 7 Press the BAR BEAT and CPT fields in the FROM row and use the DATA ENTRY dial or the DEC INC buttons to set the position of the starting point By default the FROM parameters are set to Bar 1 Beat 1 CPT 0 TO The TO position indicates the end of the excerpt to be copied By default t...

Page 160: ...ing part select REC MODE Mix Operate the performance function BENDER MODULATION lever optional footswitch for Hold data optional foot controller for expression data where needed Adding or changing settings of existing parts The following operations require that you record in Mix mode without touching the keyboard or control lers Unless you want to program continuous value changes Panpot data for e...

Page 161: ...ly switch this on for settings you want to change For safety reasons you might consider recording one change at a time 6 Press the EXPRESSION PANPOT REVERB SEND or CHORUS SEND field depending on the parameter you want to set 7 Use the DATA ENTRY dial or the DEC INC but tons to set the desired value The REVERB SEND and CHORUS SEND settings repre sent Send values and indicate how strongly the track ...

Page 162: ... Edit mode have a Back field that allows you to jump to the STYLE COM POSER page The STYLE TRACK EDIT functions are very similar to those of the 16 track sequencer If you know how to use those you will have little trouble understanding how the STYLE TRACK EDIT functions work The STYLE TRACK EDIT level of the STYLE COMPOSER provides 12 functions Quantize Erase Delete Copy Insert Transpose Change Ve...

Page 163: ...o be edited Major minor or 7th DIVISION Use this parameter to select the Division you want to edit Intro 1 4 Main 1 4 Fill Dwn 1 3 Fill Up 1 3 End 1 4 FROM BAR 1 last measure of the track or pattern Refers to the first measure to be edited By default the FROM value is set to the beginning of the selected track s BEAT 1 number of beats per bar Specifies the beat position The number of selectable be...

Page 164: ... Mode to be edited Major minor or 7th DIVISION Use this parameter to select the Division you want to edit Intro 1 4 Main 1 4 Fill Dwn 1 3 Fill Up 1 3 End 1 4 FROM BAR 1 last measure of the track or pattern Refers to the first measure to be edited By default the FROM value is set to the beginning of the selected track s BEAT 1 number of beats per bar Specifies the beat position The number of select...

Page 165: ... 3 End 1 4 FROM TO FROM refers to the position where the edit operation is to begin That position is specified as a Bar Beat CPT cluster TO designates the position where the edit operation is to end Bar Beat CPT See page 163 for details EXECUTE Press this field to confirm your settings and edit the data See page 158 for a step by step discussion This function also allows you to copy tracks from ot...

Page 166: ... how many bars beats and CPTs are to be inserted BAR BEAT CPT See above EXECUTE Press this field to confirm your settings and insert the requested number of bars beats and clocks This function allows you to transpose the notes of the selected track non note data obviously cannot be transposed TRACK ADrums Acc6 ALL Allows you to select the track you wish to edit You can also select ALL here in whic...

Page 167: ...nge Values below 64 are lowered while values above 64 are increased The result is therefore that the difference between pianissimo and fortissimo becomes far more pro nounced MAGNIFY values below 100 have the opposite effect they push all velocity towards the imaginary center of 64 thus reducing differences in playing dynamics FROM NOTE TO NOTE 0 C 127 G9 FROM NOTE refers to the lower limit of the...

Page 168: ...e this parameter to change the address a k a program change number of a sound e g from 1 to 2 INC DEC These are so called relative changes the positive or nega tive value you set here will be added to or subtracted from the original values of the selected track s Use these fields to increase or decrease the existing values for the entire selected track s Expression Panpot Reverb Chorus 127 127 The...

Page 169: ...gnature Note To change the BEAT length of all three Modes switch on all three BEAT fields then set the value CPT This field allows you to fine tune the length In most cases you will probably work with multiples of q notes i e 120CPT because 120CPT represent one beat of an X 4 bar 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 etc Note To change the CPT length of all three Modes switch on all three CPT fields then set the value ...

Page 170: ...or the DEC INC buttons to select the Mode you want to edit Major minor 7th 7 Press the DIVISION field and use the DATA ENTRY dial or the DEC INC buttons to select the Division you want to edit MAIN 1 4 Fill Up 1 3 Fill Dwn 1 3 Intro 1 4 Ending 1 4 General notes about STYLE MICRO EDIT Graphic representation of your data piano roll To getter a better idea of where your data are located and how they ...

Page 171: ...dial to select the list entry you want to edit The name of the selected parameter appears in the upper right hand corner of the display 4 Press the DATA ENTRY button to select the first value 5 Modify the value Rotate the DATA ENTRY dial or Set the value using the DEC INC buttons or Press the DATA ENTRY dial and enter the value using the numeric pad that appears in the display If you choose to wor...

Page 172: ...te messages comprise a note number a velocity value and a Gate Time value The range for note numbers is 0 C 127 G9 Velocity messages can be set anywhere between 1 extremely soft and 127 The value 0 cannot be entered because it would effectively switch off the note After selecting a Gate Time entry pressing the DATA ENTRY dial calls up the following pop up Here you can either set the required lengt...

Page 173: ... create Specify the position where your new event should be inserted by pressing the BAR BEAT and CPT fields and entering the desired value for each unit using the DATA ENTRY dial or the DEC INC buttons Press the EXECUTE field to confirm your settings and add the new event Press CLOSE to close the pop up window without applying your changes If you press the NOTE field the display changes to This p...

Page 174: ...field to confirm your settings and move the event Press CLOSE to close the pop up window without applying your changes COPY EVENT This function allows you to copy one or several events Use PLACE EVENT to insert a copy of those events at the desired position Note For this function you could take advantage of the VIEW filter to avoid selecting event types that should not be included in the copy See ...

Page 175: ...changes to 2 If you intend to work with a floppy disk or memory card insert it into the drive or slot 3 Select the function you need by pressing the cor responding field in the right column 4 Select the data type you want to save load rename or delete by pressing one of the big fields 5 On the display page that appears now select the media INTERNAL MEMORY FLOPPY or EXTERNAL MEMORY memory card 6 Do...

Page 176: ...bar to the right of the list if available to scroll further down Note A User Program Set also contains all GLOBAL parameters see the list in the Parameter Reference booklet So be sure to save the current settings before loading a User Program Set see Save User Program Set 5 Press the EXECUTE field to load the data Load MIDI Set This is where you can load MIDI Set Sets i e groups of 8 MIDI Sets tha...

Page 177: ...e long file names but some windows are relatively short so that only part of the names can be displayed We therefore suggest using short file names maximum 18 characters whenever possible 5 Press the EXECUTE field to save the data Note Saving User Program Sets may take in excess of 10 min utes especially if the target media already contains several sets This is due to the fact that the Database in...

Page 178: ...XTERNAL MEMORY if you wish to take advantage of the Style Finder function page 73 4 Enter the name for the file See page 177 Note The E 60 E 50 supports both upper and lower case let ters for file names So choose whichever is more convenient or clear 5 Press the EXECUTE field to save the data Rename functions Use the Rename functions to change the name of the selected User Program Set Style Song o...

Page 179: ...rmation to appear before returning to business as usual 10 Press the EXIT button to return to the main page Delete Use these functions to delete the selected User Pro gram Set MIDI Set set song or Music Style from the internal memory a memory card or floppy disk Carefully check whether you selected the right file type and the right file before pressing EXECUTE Deleted files cannot be restored Also...

Page 180: ... only copy Sets the List file as well as the User Program files it refers to If you selected the wrong file type press Back and try again 5 Start by specifying the source that contains the files you wish to copy Press the FROM button icon to select the memory area 6 Now specify the target you wish to copy the selected files to Press the TO button icon to select the destination media Note FROM and ...

Page 181: ...or safety reasons you cannot format the internal memory because it also contains the E 60 E 50 s operating system It would be a good idea to also format floppy disks for matted for MS DOS because that speeds up data access Memory cards must always be formatted on the E 60 E 50 during formatting the E 60 E 50 indeed also creates a number of folders where your var ious files will be stored 1 Defeat ...

Page 182: ...rithm the E 60 E 50 will use for the conversion User Program set files contain no clue about the instrument that generated them Note The User Programs you want to import must reside on a floppy disk and be bundled as a set 5 Select the target media for the imported User Pro grams using the TO field INT MEMORY or EXT MEMORY memory card Action Instrument The 128 VA or 192 G EM User Pro grams are imp...

Page 183: ... operation This may take a while because the conversion requires quite a few calculations Furthermore the User Program Finder database needs to be updated Be sure to wait until the Operation Successful mes sage appears Note The E 60 E 50 creates no List file The newly acquired User Programs can be selected via the Finder though or assigned to one of the 144 memory slots of the currently active Lis...

Page 184: ...mputer if it is connected 2 For Windows XP If a message asks you to restart your computer do as directed 3 Switch on the E 60 E 50 4 Use a USB cable to connect the E 60 E 50 to your computer Note Always connect the E 60 E 50 directly to your com puter or to a powered USB hub 5 Press the MENU button The display changes to 6 Press the USB DATA STORAGE field Now you need to specify which memory area ...

Page 185: ... slightly different Note Never switch off the E 60 E 50 while this message is displayed because doing so would damage all data in the selected memory area Note Never sever the USB connection while the WRITING message is displayed the message shown on the computer screen may disappear earlier but should not be trusted in this case Doing so would damage all data in the selected memory area Only the ...

Page 186: ...r icon and drop them there Wait until all files have been copied To send the files back to the E 60 E 50 or its mem ory card Open the Backup folder on your computer hard disk Open the window of the E 60 E 50 s internal mem ory or memory card Arrange the two windows in such a way that you can drag files from Backup to E50 E60_SSD or E50 E60_CARD Return to the Backup folder and select its entire con...

Page 187: ...ltaneously transmit and receive messages on 16 channels so that up to 16 instruments can be controlled Nowadays most instruments like your E 60 E 50 are multitimbral which means that they can play several parts simultaneously with different sounds Note All E 60 E 50 parts are set to receive MIDI messages If they do not seem to respond to the messages you send from the external controller check the...

Page 188: ...This field applies to both reception RX and transmission TX The E 60 E 50 indeed allows you to set separate TX and RX channels for each part Song Parts This field restores the factory settings for the E 60 E 50 s Song parts and switches off the MIDI transmission and reception of the Keyboard and Style parts MODE Local On Local Off These settings allow you to establish or remove the connection betw...

Page 189: ...semi tone The TX section provides a number of filters that allow you to specify whether the messages in question should be transmitted ON or not OFF Press the TX EVENT field to open the following pop up window Press the ALL field to switch all button icons on the corresponding messages are then transmitted Press NONE to switch all button icons off Press CLOSE to return to the page where you came f...

Page 190: ...nt to edit The SYNC parameters allow you to specify whether or not the E 60 E 50 should send MIDI real time mes sages when you start the Arranger or Recorder sequencer This allows you to synchronize external instruments or software sequencers with your E 60 E 50 Just as a reminder TX means transmit and RX stands for receive SYNC TX START STOP If you activate this option the E 60 E 50 sends start o...

Page 191: ... 50 sends an NRPN message that describes your action You can keep the E 60 E 50 from responding to such messages to avoid that external instruments mute its parts USER PRG PC This parameter is used to enable the reception of program change and bank select messages relative to User Program selection MASTER VOLUME This parameter allows you to enable or disable the reception of Master Volume messages...

Page 192: ...ission This page contains several parameters that are not related to one another the other MIDI pages always concentrate on one aspect PARAMETER OCTAVE TX The OCTAVE TX parameter can be set to Absolute or Relative You may have noticed that if you assign a bass sound to the UP1 2 part in SPLIT mode the notes are transposed to allow you to play meaningful bass lines using the UP1 2 part Relative mea...

Page 193: ...nhance the songs you play back this parameter only affects MIDI transmission to external instruments RX SYSEX Use this parameter to specify whether button icon on or not off the E 60 E 50 should receive SysEx messages from other devices See also the explanation above MIDI Sets MIDI Sets are memories for MIDI settings The E 60 E 50 provides eight MIDI Set memories that you can use to change your MI...

Page 194: ...ur setup you can tell the E 60 E 50 which MIDI Set it should recall when you switch it on 1 Press the MENU button The display changes to 2 Press the UTILITY field followed by the STARTUP field 3 Press the MIDI SET field and use the DATA ENTRY dial or the DEC INC buttons to select the MIDI Set to be recalled when the E 60 E 50 is switched on 4 Switch on the RECALL field Switch off this button icon ...

Page 195: ...the V LINK button You can also select this page by pressing the MENU button V LINK field 3 Press the slider icon of the paramater you want to set and use the DATA ENTRY dial or DEC INC buttons or the V LINK keys highest octave to manipulate the video pictures Edirol DV 7PR Edirol UM 1 MIDI OUT REMOTE Monitor Projector CLIP Allows you to select the Edirol DV 7PR s clips or palettes 1 32 You can als...

Page 196: ...r the EXIT button to return to the main page Song Arranger Start Priority Normally when you attempt to start Arranger playback while a song is being played back the Arranger does not respond The same is true when you try to start song playback while the Arranger is running That s because the SONG ARRANGER START PRIORITY func tion is on and gives priority to the section that is already running You ...

Page 197: ...l memory Free Space Memory Card Informs you about the remaining storage capacity of the connected memory card Version Displays the version number of the E 60 E 50 s operating system along with its creation date and time 3 Press the Back field to return to the menu or the EXIT button to return to the main page Initializing the E 60 E 50 Factory Reset After working extensively with your E 60 E 50 yo...

Page 198: ...erter Monochrome 1 4 VGA Touch screen with 3D SG 3D simulated graphics 16 grayscale levels Contrast potentiometer DATA ENTRY dial with switching function Data entry Cursor 6 switches data entry INC DEC Up Down Right Left PITCH BEND MODULATION lever D Beam controller with macro settings E 60 MASTER VOLUME knob KEYBOARD ACCOMP BALANCE knob Keyboard Part switches UP1 UP2 LWR MBS Tone Assign UP1 UP2 L...

Page 199: ...5 5 D Weight E 60 13kg E 50 8 5kg Supplied accessories Owner s Manual power cord metal music stand CD ROM External AC adapter DATABASE MANAGER software Options PK 5A Dynamic MIDI Pedal MSA MSD MSE series floppy disks Roland third party RH 25 50 200 300 Headphones DP 2 Pedal switch DP 6 Pedal switch piano type BOSS FS 5U Foot switch EV 5 7 Expression pedal BOSS FV 300L Volume Expres sion pedal KC 1...

Page 200: ...ion Produces a more intense distortion than the above The parameters are the same as for 3 Overdrive 5 Phaser Adds phase shifted copy to the original sound and modulates it Phaser Manual 100 8000Hz Adjusts the basic fre quency that is modulated by the effect Phaser Rate 0 05 10 0Hz Frequency i e modulation speed Phaser Depth 0 127 Modulation intensity Phaser Resonance 0 127 Amount of feedback High...

Page 201: ...o make up for a signifi cant volume loss due to extreme settings EQ Low Gain 15dB 0 15dB Gain of the low range EQ High Gain 15dB 0 15dB Gain of the high range Level 0 127 Output level 11 Limiter Compresses signals that exceed the specified level preventing distortion from occurring Unlike a compressor it does not boost the level of weaker signals Limiter Threshold 0 127 Adjusts the volume at which...

Page 202: ... the flanger sound that is fed back into the effect Negative settings will invert the phase EQ Low Gain 15dB 0 15dB Gain of the low range EQ High Gain 15dB 0 15dB Gain of the high range Balance D100 0W D50 50W D0 100W Volume bal ance between the direct D and the effect sound W Level 0 127 Output level 17 Step Flanger A Step Flanger is a flanger effect with clearly noticeable steps rather than cont...

Page 203: ... 127 Output level 21 4 Tap Delay Delay with four repetition lines Delay 1 4 200 1000ms note Adjusts the time until the delay is heard Delay Level 1 4 0 127 Output level of the delay sound Delay Feedback 98 0 98 Adjusts the amount of the delay sound that s fed back into the effect Negative settings invert the phase Delay HF Damp 200 8000Hz Bypass Adjusts the fre quency above which sound fed back to...

Page 204: ... length of reverberation Reverb HF Damp 200 8000Hz Bypass Adjusts the fre quency above which sound fed back to the effect is filtered out If you don t want to filter out any high frequencies set this parameter to BYPASS EQ Low Gain 15dB 0 15dB Gain of the low range EQ High Gain 15dB 0 15dB Gain of the high range Balance D100 0W D50 50W D0 100W Volume bal ance between the direct D and the effect so...

Page 205: ... level 32 DST Delay This effect connects distortion and a delay effect in series Distortion Drive 0 127 Degree of distortion Also changes the volume Distortion Panpot L64 0 63R Stereo location of the distortion sound Delay Time 0 0 500 0ms Adjusts the time until the delay is heard Delay Feedback 98 0 98 Adjusts the amount of the delay sound that s fed back into the effect Negative settings invert ...

Page 206: ...ve settings invert the phase Delay HF Damp 200 8000Hz Bypass Adjusts the fre quency above which sound fed back to the effect is filtered out If you don t want to filter out any high frequencies set this parameter to BYPASS Delay Balance D100 0W D50 50W D0 100W Adjusts the volume balance between the sound that is sent through the delay W and the sound that is not sent through the delay D Level 0 12...

Page 207: ...to BYPASS Delay Balance D100 0W D50 50W D0 100W Adjusts the volume balance between the sound that is sent through the delay W and the sound that is not sent through the delay D Level 0 127 Output level 41 CHO Flanger This effect connects a chorus and a flanger in parallel Chorus Pre Delay 0 0 100 0ms Adjusts the delay between the incoming direct signal and the moment when the chorus starts working...

Page 208: ...O 1 O O 1 O 1 O 1 O 1 O 1 O 1 O 1 O 1 O 1 O O O O O O O O O O O Reverb 1 O Chorus 1 O 1 O 1 Bank Select Modulation Portamento Time Data Entry Volume Panpot Expression C1 Hold 1 Portamento Sostenuto Soft Hold 2 Resonance Realease Time Attack Time Cutoff Decay Time Vibrato Rate Vibrato Depth Vibrato Delay Portamento Control Effect 1 Depth Effect 3 Depth NRPN LSB MSB RPN LSB MSB Program Change True O...

Page 209: ...7 C 7 D7 E 7 E7 F7 Cm C m Dm E m Em Fm Cm7 C m7 Dm7 E m7 Em7 Fm7 Cdim C dim Ddim E dim Edim Fdim Dm7 5 Em7 5 Caug C aug Daug E aug Eaug Faug C7sus4 C 7sus4 D7sus4 E 7sus4 E7sus4 F7sus4 Fm7 5 E m7 5 C m7 5 Csus4 C sus4 Dsus4 E sus4 Esus4 Fsus4 C7 13 C 7 13 D7 13 E 7 13 E7 13 F7 13 CmM7 C mM7 DmM7 E mM7 EmM7 FmM7 ...

Page 210: ...m Gm A m Am B m Bm F m7 Gm7 A m7 Am7 B m7 Bm7 F dim Gdim A dim Adim B dim Bdim Gm7 5 Am7 5 Bm7 5 F aug Gaug A aug Aaug B aug Baug F 7sus4 G7sus4 A 7sus4 A7sus4 B 7sus4 B7sus4 B m7 5 A m7 5 F m7 5 F sus4 Gsus4 A sus4 Asus4 B sus4 Bsus4 F 7 13 G7 13 A 7 13 A7 13 B 7 13 B7 13 F mM7 GmM7 A mM7 AmM7 B mM7 BmM7 ...

Page 211: ...ute 53 56 BWD 37 C C1 79 MIDI 189 Cancel User Program 89 Card Memory 197 Category 35 110 CC00 137 168 193 CC16 189 CC32 137 168 193 Chain 115 Change Gate Time 136 167 Velo 135 167 Channel 189 190 Basic 191 Chord 23 Adapt 33 Displaying 39 Oct 54 67 Off Muting 32 Chord recognition 66 Chorus 82 105 Drum Instrument 106 Keyboard parts 84 Level 107 Song Style 86 102 107 Style Composer 161 Style Song 84 ...

Page 212: ...5 Fill 23 61 Down 53 61 Dwn 156 Half Bar 55 70 In On User Program Change 92 Rit value 69 Ritardando 69 Up 53 61 Filter MIDI 189 190 Score 40 TVF Cutoff 80 Finder 74 Music Assistant 34 Song 35 110 Style 73 User Program 90 Fine Tune 77 Upper2 77 Fixed 50 Flanger 84 86 107 Flashing Exit 197 Metronome 197 Foot Pedal 56 Switch 55 For 134 166 Format 181 Freeze Data 64 107 FROM 159 FIRST NOTE 37 SECOND B...

Page 213: ...nel 191 Channels 189 190 Filter 189 190 Functions 187 Parameters 189 192 RX 189 190 Set 193 Set Automatic selection 194 Set Link to User Program 94 Set load 176 Set saving 177 Socket icon 94 Sync 190 Synchronization 190 TX 189 User Program link 94 Min 50 Minor 156 Minus One 38 54 56 Mix 133 Record 155 Style Copy 159 Mixer 81 161 Mode 154 Copy 133 Portamento 78 Style 156 Style Converter 150 Modulat...

Page 214: ... 107 Song Style 102 107 Style Composer 161 Style Song 86 Revolving Bass 55 61 Rewind 37 Right 66 Rit 69 Fill value 69 Tempo 69 Value 69 Ritardando 69 Room 83 86 107 Rotary 54 55 RX 189 190 Event 190 Sync 190 Velocity 192 S Save MIDI Set 177 Music Assistant 100 Play List 116 Song 128 177 Style 178 Style Song 108 User Program Set 177 Saved Version 64 Saving MIDI Set 193 One Touch 65 Scale Tuning 57 ...

Page 215: ... Map 137 168 Sound Edit 105 Top 37 Track 151 154 Edit 129 162 Instrument 153 154 160 Length 169 Style Converter 150 Xchange 139 Transpose 21 48 MIDI parameter 189 Octave steps 49 RX 192 Sequencer 134 Song 107 Style Composer 166 TT Motor 52 Tune 51 77 Tuning 49 51 Upper2 77 TVF TVA 79 Cutoff 80 Resonance 80 TX 189 Event 189 Octave 192 Sync 190 Velocity 192 Type 67 U UNDO CHANGES 104 UNEQUAL 131 132...

Page 216: ...m instrument 106 Knob 19 26 Makeup Tools 103 Master 191 Mixer 81 Pedal 56 Song 107 Song Makeup 102 Style 107 Style MIDI 191 Style parts 82 W Wait Note 156 Whole 47 66 Width 33 Words 39 120 Write Mark 109 MIDI Set 193 One Touch 65 User Program 88 Z Zone 66 192 ...

Page 217: ...Index E 60 E 50 Music Workstation r 217 ...

Page 218: ...les J E Olear y ESQ Manduvira Asuncion PARAGUAY TEL 595 21 492147 PERU Audionet Distribuciones Musicales SAC Juan Fanning 530 Miraflores Lima Peru TEL 511 4461388 NORWAY Roland Scandinavia Avd Kontor Norge Lilleakerveien 2 Postboks 95 Lilleaker N 0216 Oslo NORWAY TEL 2273 0074 POLAND MX MUSIC SP Z O O UL Gibraltarska 4 PL 03664 Warszawa POLAND TEL 022 679 44 19 PORTUGAL Roland Iberia S L Portugal ...

Page 219: ...o communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increa...

Page 220: ...R 602 00 0165 01 RES 557 06 Printed in Italy 09 06 E 60 E 50 OM E ...

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