Roland E-A7 61 Key Expandable Arranger Keyboard - Manual (Page 22)

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Playing with Automatic Accompaniments
Ending [1]–[4] buttons
This button allows you to end your songs with a suitable closing
section if you don’t want to simply stop playback.
There are four types of endings, which you can select by using the
Ending [1] , [2] , [3] , and [4] buttons.
Here too, the complexity of the ending arrangement depends on the
Ending [1] – [4] that you select.
The behavior of the Ending pattern depends on when you press the
[ENDING] button:
Ending buttons Explanation
Pressed before
starting style
playback
The indicator lights.
When you start style playback, the E-A7 plays a musical
ending. At the end of the phrase, playback stops.
Pressed during style
playback
The indicator flashes to signal that the ENDING pattern
will begin on the next downbeat.
When the ending is finished, style playback stops.
[Break] button
This button mutes the remaining measures that are playing.
[Auto Fill] button
If you press this button to make it light, a fill-in plays before the E-A7
switches to the next variation.
Example: if the VARIATION
[1] pattern is running, pressing the [4]
button will not switch to that pattern right away—the E-A7 first plays
a fill-in to announce the new song section.
MEMO
The duration of the fill-ins (transitions) can be halved if you like.
See
“Fill In Half Bar” (Reference Manual PDF). You can also speed
up or slow down playback during a fill-in. See “Fill Ritardando”
(Reference Manual PDF).
[Fade In/Out] button
If you press this button to make it light while the Style is stopped,
and then start the Style, the volume gradually rises from zero (Fade
In).
If you press this while the Style is playing, the volume gradually
decreases to 0. When the volume reaches 0, the song or Style
automatically stops (Fade Out).
Selecting Styles
Selecting an internal style
1.
Press a Style [1] – [9] button to select the Style category.
A list of the Styles included in that category appears.
2.
Using the function buttons to switch pages, find the
Style that you want.
If you want to select a Style of a different category, press a different
Style button and proceed in the same way.
MEMO
When selecting a Style, the lit status of each Style button has the
following meaning.
5 The button of the currently selected Style is lit.
5 If the currently displayed Style list screen differs from the
button of the currently selected style, the button of the
currently displayed screen is blinking.
5 By repeatedly pressing the same style button, you can step
through the first page in each sub-category in the style list
screen.
3.
Press a direct button to select a style.
The Style is selected, and its name is highlighted.
MEMO
You can also select a Style by pressing the [Numeric] button and
specifying a number (p. 14).
4.
Press [EXIT] to leave the Style selection page.