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Owner’s Manual
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E-60_50_OM_UK.book Page 2 Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:06 AM WARNING – To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this device to rain or moisture. For EU Countries This product complies with the requirements of European Directive EMC 89/336/EEC. Dieses Produkt entspricht der europäischen Richtlinie EMC 89/336/EEC. Ce produit est conforme aux exigences de la directive européenne EMC 89/336/EEC. Questo prodotto è conforme alle esigenze della direttiva europea EMC 89/336/E
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ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH E-60_50_OM_UK.book Page 3 Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:06 AM r Owner’s Manual Thank you for purchasing the Roland E-60/E-50 Music Workstation. The E-60/E-50 contains all major advantages a Roland instrument can offer: perfect accompaniments, high-class sounds, a D Beam controller (E-60), professional effects, the Cover functions of the acclaimed G-70, a Guitar mode… There’s simply too much to mention in this intro- duction. Much care has been taken to faci
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E-60_50_OM_UK.book Page 4 Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:06 AM E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Features Features Roland’s most comprehensive arranger instru- Superfast Recorder and comprehensive 16-track ment ever sequencer The E-60/E-50 is quite simply a superlative instrument The E-60/E-50 provides two approaches for recording with the most advanced and best sound generation new song material: a Recorder function with a straight- technology Roland has to offer. It co
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E-60_50_OM_UK.book Page 5 Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:06 AM E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r Features …and so much more Listing all of the E-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! 5
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E-60_50_OM_UK.book Page 6 Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:06 AM E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Features Using the unit safely The symbol alerts the user to important instructions Used for instructions intended to alert or warnings.The specific meaning of the symbol is the user to the risk of death or severe determined by the design contained within the injury should the unit be used triangle. In the case of the symbol at left, it is used for improperly
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E-60_50_OM_UK.book Page 7 Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:06 AM E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r Features • Do not force the adapter to share an outlet with an unreasonable number of other devices. Be especially careful when using extension cords—the total power used by all devices you have connected to the extension cord’s outlet must never exceed the power rating (watts/ amperes) for the extension cord. Excessive loads can cause the insulation on the cord to hea
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E-60_50_OM_UK.book Page 8 Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:06 AM E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Contents Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Split and Whole modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Using the SPLIT Keyboard Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Using WHOLE mode . . . . . . . . . . . .
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E-60_50_OM_UK.book Page 9 Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:06 AM E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 8. Using the mixer functions & effects . . . . . . . . . . 81 13. Using the 16-track sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 Mixing Keyboard parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 About the sequencer’s main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Volume and status of the Style parts . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 General considerations . . . . . . .
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E-60_50_OM_UK.book Page 10 Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:06 AM E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Editing MIDI parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Keyboard, Style, Song parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189 MIDI System parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190 MIDI Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Writing a MIDI Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193 Using MIDI Se
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E-60_50_OM_UK.book Page 11 Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:06 AM E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r Important notes In addition to the items listed under “Using the unit safely” on p. 6, please read and observe the following: • Never strike or apply strong pressure to the display. Power supply • When connecting/disconnecting cables, grasp the connector • Do not use this instrument on the same power circuit with any itself—never pull on the cable. This way you will avoid causing device that will gene
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E-60_50_OM_UK.book Page 12 Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:06 AM E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Important notes • Do not expose floppy disks to strong magnetic fields, such as • Never remove the memory card or turn off the power while an those generated by loudspeakers. operation –such as reading or writing data or formatting– is being performed on the memory card. Doing so can destroy the data on • Floppy disks have a “WRITE” tab which can protect the disk from the memory card and/or render the
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E-60_50_OM_UK.book Page 13 Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:06 AM E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r Front panel 1. Panel descriptions Front panel Note: You can press and hold most buttons to jump to an associated display page. E CD F G H A B A MASTER VOLUME knob newly selected song automatically, press this button. Use this knob to set the E-60/E-50’s global output If the [PLAY¥LIST] button lights, this button allows volume (all sections). The setting of this knob also you to select the next song of
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E-60_50_OM_UK.book Page 14 Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:06 AM E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Panel descriptions M I N J O K P L Q I MUSIC ASSISTANT button P MENU button Press this button to access the MUSIC ASSISTANT Press this button to call up a menu that provides environment where you can select Music Style regis- access to more in-depth E-60/E-50 functions you trations for a given song you want to play. You can may only wish to set from time to time. also program your own Music Assistant r
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E-60_50_OM_UK.book Page 15 Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:06 AM E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r Front panel Note: You can press and hold most buttons to jump to an associated display page. R S X T W U Y Z V a R DATA ENTRY section W KEYBOARD PART section The dial can be used to set the value of the parameter The TONE ASSIGN buttons are used to specify the field that is currently highlighted. Turn it to scroll Keyboard part you wish to assign a different sound to through the available settings. You
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E-60_50_OM_UK.book Page 16 Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:06 AM E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Panel descriptions c d f e c POWER ON button f Floppy disk drive Press this button to switch the E-60/E-50 on and off. This is where you can insert 2DD or 2HD floppy disks If you need to turn off the power completely, first for external storage of your Music Styles, Recorder turn off the power switch, then unplug the power songs, User Programs, and MIDI Sets. Press the eject cord from the wall outlet.
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E-60_50_OM_UK.book Page 17 Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:06 AM E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r Front panel Rear panel A BC DC IN 12V 2.5ADE USE ROLAND PSB-4U ADAPTOR ONLY PCMCIA OUTPUT FOOTSWITCH/ USB OUT MIDI IN HOLD EXPRESSION R L/MONO FG HI A PCMCIA slot H HOLD socket This is where you can insert a memory card (PCMCIA, An optional DP-2, DP-6, or BOSS FS-5U footswitch CompactFlash, SmartMedia™ or Microdrive). Memory connected to this socket can be used for holding the cards that are not PCMCIA
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E-60_50_OM_UK.book Page 18 Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:06 AM E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Setting up and demo songs 2. Setting up and demo songs You must be dying to try out your new E-60/E-50 to see what it is capable of. We’ll get to that in a minute. But first we need to connect it. Connections The E-60/E-50 contains internal speakers. You therefore don’t need to connect it to an external amplifier (Roland’s KC series, for example). But you can also use optional headphones (Roland RH-25,
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E-65 _1_1.GB Page 19 Friday, August 25, 2006 12:10 AM E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r Front panel Switching the E-60/E-50 on/off After connecting the E-60/E-50 to the other devices, proceed as follows: Internal Memory Protect After unpacking your E-60/E-50 –and before switching it on– you need to defeat the protection of its internal memory (a solid-state hard disk) if you intend to save data in the internal memory. • Slide the switch to the “ ” position to unlock
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E-60_50_OM_UK.book Page 20 Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:06 AM E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Setting up and demo songs Interactive demo of the E-60/E-50 Your E-60/E-50 contains an interactive demo that introduces all of its highlights. It might be a good idea to try it out now. The demo is self-explanatory, so we’ll just show you how to start and stop it. (1) Press the [DEMO] button. (4) If you can barely hear the music, set the [VOLUME] knob (far left, MASTER section) to a higher level. DEMO M
