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EM-55 OR Owner’s Manual
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Orchestrator
The Orchestrator function allows you to vary the accompaniment patterns played by the Arranger. You
can leave out parts, thin out the drum part, or even use a totally different accompaniment – in realtime
(i.e. while you are playing).
(1) Select the Music Style you wish to use for
playing.
See page 14.
(2) Press one of the following buttons to
select the desired level of musical “com-
plexity” (its indicator lights):
Note: Immediately after switching on the
EM-55 OR, the Orchestrator selects the “BIG BAND”
level.
Note: The effect of these three levels also depends
on whether the [VARIATION] or [ORIGINAL] button
was pressed. In effect, the combination of the
[ORIGINAL]/[VARIATION] and [DRUM
& BASS]/
[COMBO]/BIG BAND] buttons provides 12 accompa-
niment patterns per Music Style.
The last selection you make can be saved to
a User Program. See p. 49.
Style Morphing
Style Morphing allows you to use one or several accompaniment parts of one Music Style and the others
of a second Music Style. Each time you select a Music Style, the EM-55 OR automatically prepares a sec-
ond Style in the background. The Style you select is called “STYLE A” (this is indicated by the
[STYLE≈A]
icon in the upper right corner of the display). The “covert” Style is called “STYLE B”.
The link between “A” and “B” Styles is preset. This allows the EM-55 OR to automate the selection process
and to prepare a suitable “B” Style. Feel free, however, to assign another Music Style to “B” if you want to
explore new morphing combinations (see below).
There are three part groups per Style (A or B)
that can be morphed:
DRUMS: The drums and percussion.
BASS: The bass line.
ACCOMP: Other melodic accompaniments
(piano, guitar, strings, etc.).
The icons in the display keep you posted about
the Style (A or B) whose drum, bass, and/or
accompaniment lines are used.
(1) Press the [DRUM A/B] button once to
select the drum part of the “other” Style
(A or B).
Press it again to return to the previous
drum part.
(2) Press the [BASS A/B] button once to select
the bass part of the “other” Style (A or B).
Press it again to return to the previous bass
part.
(3) Press the [ACCOMP A/B] button once to
select the melodic parts of the “other”
Style (A or B).
Drum & Bass
The simplest accompaniment
that only contains the drum and
bass lines.
Combo
Accompaniment pattern with
only a few instruments (i.e. a
band).
Big Band
Accompaniment pattern with a
lush arrangement (several
melodic instrument lines).
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