Roland E-50, E-60 manual

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WARNING – To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this device to rain or moisture. The technology used in the E-60/E-50 is covered by patents pending in certain countries throughout the world. For Canada This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations. Cet appare[...]

r Owner’s Manual ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH 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?[...]

Features 4 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Features Roland’s most comprehensive arranger instru- ment ever The E-60/E-50 is quite simply a superlative instrument with the most advanced and best sound generation technology Roland has to offer. It contains a superb internal sound source (based on the acclaimed Fan- tom-X series). New interface concep[...]

Features E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 5 …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- men[...]

Features 6 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Using the unit safely • Before using this instrument, be sure to read the instruc- tions below, and the Owner’s Manual. ................................................................................................. • Do not open or perform any internal modifications on the unit. ....................[...]

Features E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 7 • 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. [...]

8 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1. Panel descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Re[...]

E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 9 8. Using the mixer functions & effects . . . . . . . . . . 81 Mixing Keyboard parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Volume and status of the Style parts . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Editing the Keyboard effects processors . . . . . . . . . . 83 Reverb for Keyboard parts . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

10 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Editing MIDI parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Keyboard, Style, Song parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 MIDI System parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 MIDI Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Wr[...]

E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 11 Important notes In addition to the items listed under “Using the unit safely” on p. 6, please read and observe the following: Power supply • Do not use this instrument on the same power circuit with any device that will generate line noise (such as an electric motor or variable lighting system). • Before con[...]

Important notes 12 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation • Do not expose floppy disks to strong magnetic fields, such as those generated by loudspeakers. • Floppy disks have a “WRITE” tab which can protect the disk from accidental erasure. It is recommended that the tab be kept in the PROTECT position and moved to the WRITE position only when you w[...]

Front panel E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 13 1. Panel descriptions Front panel A MASTER VOLUME knob Use this knob to set the E-60/E-50’s global output volume (all sections). The setting of this knob also determines the volume in the headphones you may have connected. B MASTER BALANCE knob This knob allows you to set the balance between the Arrang[...]

Panel descriptions 14 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation I MUSIC ASSISTANT button Press this button to access the MUSIC ASSISTANT environment where you can select Music Style regis- trations for a given song you want to play. You can also program your own Music Assistant registrations. J LYRICS & SCORE button Press this button if you want the lyrics[...]

Front panel E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 15 R DATA ENTRY section The dial can be used to set the value of the parameter field that is currently highlighted. Turn it to scroll through the available settings. You can also press it to call up a numeric key pad that allows you to enter the desired value by pressing the corresponding fields in the disp[...]

Panel descriptions 16 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation c POWER ON button Press this button to switch the E-60/E-50 on and off. If you need to turn off the power completely, first turn off the power switch, then unplug the power cord from the wall outlet. Refer to “Switching the E-60/E-50 on/off” on p. 19. d BENDER/MODULATION lever When pushed towa[...]

Front panel E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 17 Rear panel A PCMCIA slot This is where you can insert a memory card (PCMCIA, CompactFlash, SmartMedia™ or Microdrive). Memory cards that are not PCMCIA cards can only be con- nected if you use an appropriate adapter (available at your computer store). See also the precautions on p. 12. B Internal memor[...]

Setting up and demo songs 18 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation 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 amplifie[...]

Front panel E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 19 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 [...]

Setting up and demo songs 20 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation 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. The display changes t[...]

Front panel E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 21 The main page When you leave Demo mode (or any other display page) or if you do not change any of the E-60/E-50’s settings, the display looks more or less as follows: The information shown here depends on the E-60/ E-50’s current settings, the data you loaded, etc., but the above illustration should [...]

Quick Start 22 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation 3. Quick Start In this chapter, we will scratch the surface and walk you through the major functions. The general idea Your E-60/E-50 is several instruments in one. There are three main sections you can use for playing live. A Keyboard parts: This section consists of parts you need to play via the keyboa[...]

Playing to an automatic accompaniment E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 23 (4) Set the MASTER [VOLUME] knob to a reasonable level (e.g. about “1/4”). (5) Press the [MAIN] button (it lights). (6) Play a chord in the left half of the keyboard, then press the STYLE CONTROL [START÷STOP] button. The [START÷STOP] button lights and the Arranger starts p[...]

Quick Start 24 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation (3) Press the [AUTO¥FILL¥IN] button (it lights). (4) Press a VARIATION [1] ~ [4] button to select another MAIN pattern. The [MAIN] button and the selected VARIATION [1] ~ [4] button flash. What happens now depends on when you press this button: • If you press it on any beat before the last of the cur[...]

Playing to an automatic accompaniment E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 25 So far, we have been using only one Music Style (the one that is selected automatically at power-on). Here is how to select a different accompaniment: (1) Press a button of the STYLE pad to select a Music Style family. The indicator of that button lights and the display looks as[...]

Quick Start 26 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Using the Keyboard parts Your E-60/E-50 provides 4 “parts” that allow you to play different sounds on the keyboard. Those parts are called “Keyboard parts”. Let’s add a live melody to the accompaniment. Playing with an Upper and/or the Lower part At power-on, the UP1 part is automatically switc[...]

Using the Keyboard parts E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 27 Selecting sounds for the Keyboard parts ■ One Touch The easiest way to select suitable Tones for the Key- board parts while working with the Arranger is by using the ONE TOUCH feature. The One Touch memo- ries are in fact small User Programs. See p. 65 for details. (1) Press the desired ON[...]

Quick Start 28 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation (6) Press the [EXIT] button to return to the main page. Next time you select this TONE family, the E-60/E-50 automatically jumps to the page that contains the last sound you selected (and activates it). Try playing the Tones you select at different velocities (strengths) to discover the rich nuances that[...]

Playing realistic guitar parts ( Guitar mode) E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 29 (5) Press the [EXIT] button to return to the main page. Playing realistic guitar parts (Guitar mode) Your E-60/E-50 provides a Guitar mode that allows you to play extremely realistic guitar parts via the keyboard. As you will see, this mode relies on a special approach, [...]

Quick Start 30 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation (4) Press the first “C” key to the right of the “CHORD” area. This sounds the note a guitarist would play on the low E string. The key you are pressing now belongs to the “ARPEGGIO” section. (5) Now press the “D” to the right of the “C” you used above. This sounds the note a guitarist[...]

Playing realistic guitar parts ( Guitar mode) E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 31 Selecting guitar sounds Now that you know how to use some of the Guitar functions, let’s try these techniques with different sounds. Additional playing techniques are discussed under “Using the available STRUMM techniques” on p. 31. (1) Press the EASY SETTING [GUIT[...]

Quick Start 32 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation ● e Down fast mute/ a up fast (E b 5)— Here is another downward strum that is muted almost instantly when you press this key. Guitarists achieve this effect by put- ting their hand on all strings. When you release this key, your virtual guitar plays an upward strum, which is not muted. ● e Down fas[...]

Working with the Music Assistant E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 33 ● ADAPT CHORD— Switch this parameter on if your virtual guitar should adapt its chord voicings to the inversions you play in the “CHORD” area. As you know, each chord can be played in a variety of ways on a keyboard and a guitar. Though the Guitar mode always voices its chord[...]

Quick Start 34 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation • Press the [ARTIST] field to sort the Music Assistant entries alphabetically by artist name. This reshuffles the list. The genre names (right column) disappear and are replaced by the artists’ names, which are displayed in alphabetical order. • Press the field of the registration you want to use. [...]

Playing back songs (Standard MIDI Files) E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 35 Playing back songs (Standard MIDI Files) Your E-60/E-50 contains all kinds of functions for “cus- tomizing” the songs you play back via easy-to-use rou- tines. Let us first look at the playback functions proper. (1) Press the FINDER [SONG] button. You can also press the [[...]

Quick Start 36 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation • Press the [PLAY&SEARCH] field. • As indicated in the display, play the main theme on the keyboard. You can play in any key and the rhythm doesn’t have to be perfect either (this function just looks for intervals). • If you played a wrong note, press [DELETE≈LAST¥NOTE] . • To enter the [...]

Playing back songs (Standard MIDI Files) E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 37 The advantage of these markers is that you can return to the chorus, for example, if you notice that the audience wants the song to last a little longer than originally planned. Markers also allow you to change the song structure in realtime (by starting with the bridge, for [...]

Quick Start 38 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Using the Song Cover function The COVER function provides “masks” that change the instrumentation of the selected song (or Music Style). Simply by selecting another preset, you can cause a Viennese waltz to be played back by a heavy metal band, etc. Even though the arrangement (rhythm, riffs) does no[...]

Playing back songs (Standard MIDI Files) E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 39 (6) Press [MINUS≈ONE] again to switch off this func- tion. Note: You can also switch the Minus One function on/off using the D Beam controller (E-60, p. 54) or an optional foot- switch (page 56). Displaying Lyrics and chord information ‰ Only available for Standard MIDI F[...]

Quick Start 40 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation (6) Press the [OPTIONS] button. There are several things you can decide here: • Do you want see the notes of one song part or of two? If you only need one, activate [1¥STAFF] . To see two parts, activate [2¥STAVES] . In the latter case, the display changes to: • Select the track(s) whose notes shou[...]

Recording your music E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 41 Recording your music You can record your music as “Songs” that can be saved internally, to a memory card or a floppy disk. There are two approaches for recording: A Recording everything at once This is the easy approach: you press the [REC¥∏] but- ton, you set the E-60/E-50 the way you wa[...]

Quick Start 42 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Recording without accompaniment Let us now look at how to start recording without automatic accompaniment. You can nevertheless start the Arranger at a later stage (after your ad lib introduc- tion, for example): it will play in sync with the song tempo. (1) Press the [REC¥∏] button (its indicator fla[...]

Recording your music E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 43 You have just selected the more detailed recording function (the “sequencer”). The display changes to: The bars in the right part of the display indicate the tracks that already contain data. (3) Press the RECORDER [REC¥∏] button. The display changes to: (4) Press the [REC¥TRK] field and[...]

Quick Start 44 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Saving your song A song you save to becomes a Standard MIDI File that can be played back with the E-60/E-50, but also with any other SMF-compatible sequencer. There are two ways of saving new or edited songs: • Via the [DISK¥&¥MEDIA] button and the related menu (see p. 176). • By pressing the [[...]

Arranger , Piano, Organ and Guitar modes E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 45 4. About the Keyboard modes The KBD MODE setting is the singlemost important parameter of your E-60/E-50 because it determines which parts (or Tones) and sections are available. Though the EASY SETTING buttons set these parameters automatically, you should familiarize yoursel[...]

About the Keyboard modes 46 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation The left half of the keyboard allows you to use one part for chords (the LWR part, “Heavy Traffic”) and a second one that plays bass notes. Just like in Arranger mode, there is a simplified chord fingering system for the LWR part. Furthermore, you could release the LWR notes immediately [...]

Split and Whole modes E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 47 Using WHOLE mode Whole means that all keys trigger the same part(s). There is thus no split. You can assign up to 4 parts to the entire keyboard: MBS, LWR, UP2 and UP1. (1) Return to the main page and press the [WHOLE] field. Switching parts on and off (2) Press the PART ON/OFF buttons of the p[...]

Using the performance functions 48 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation 5. Using the performance functions Let us now have a look at the E-60/E-50’s performance functions. Also called controllers, they allow you to add expression to your playing, which is a very important aspect for simulating glissando’s, bendings and other changes that will make you[...]

Octave E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 49 (4) Press the [EXIT] button to return to the main page. As long as the interval is different from “0”, the [TRANSPOSE] button lights to signal that the Trans- pose function is active. To switch off the transposi- tion function, press the [TRANSPOSE] button (or field) again, then the key that is assigned t[...]

Using the performance functions 50 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation (1) Use the TONE ASSIGN buttons to select of the Key- board part you wish to transpose in octave steps. (2) If the main page is not displayed, press the [EXIT] button several times until it appears. (3) Use the OCTAVE [ß][†] fields to set the desired interval (up to 4 octaves highe[...]

Master T une E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 51 Master Tune This is not really a performance function, but it allows you to tune your E-60/E-50 to acoustic instruments that cannot be tuned. (1) Press the [MENU] button. The display changes to: (2) Press the [TUNING] field, followed by the [MASTER¥TUNE] field. (3) Use the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial to set the[...]

Using the performance functions 52 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation (6) Press the [EXIT] button to return to the main page. D Beam functions The D Beam Controller has two sensors that detect motion (such as your hand or body movements) in front of it. These “sensed” positions are translated into MIDI messages that can be assigned to a variety of p[...]

Using the D Beam Controller (E- 60) E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 53 ● Start/Stop Style— Depending on the current condition of the Arranger (running or stopped), one move inside the D Beam’s range stops (or starts) it. A second move- ment will start (or stop) it again. ● Start/Stop Song— Depending on the current condition of the Recorder [...]

Using the performance functions 54 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation ● Chord Oct 1/2/3— By holding your hand inside the D Beam’s range, you cause the D Beam part to sound the notes extracted from the current song. You could use this function to add syncopated brass or guitar “hits” to your melody. The velocity value used for playing these not[...]

Using optional footswitches E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 55 “ Auto ” means that the part in question only responds to Hold messages if it is assigned to the right half or the entire keyboard. “ On ” means that the part in question always responds to Hold messages, even if it is assigned to the left half of the keyboard. “ Off ”, finall[...]

Using the performance functions 56 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation ● Reset/Start— This function allows you have the Arranger start on the first beat of the currently selected Music Style pattern when you press the footswitch. Use it when you are accompanying a singer or soloist whose timing is a little shaky and suddenly notice that the Arranger [...]

Scale T uning E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 57 You can also press the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial to call up the on-screen NUMERIC PAD. Enter the value you want to use, then press the [ENTER] field. If necessary, you can use the [Delete] field to correct erroneous entries before pressing [ENTER] . [UP] and [DOWN] refer to the volume that is used when the ex[...]

Using the performance functions 58 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation If you now returned to the main page, you would notice that the E-60/E-50 alerts you to the fact that the Scale Tuning function has been switched on (“Off”, “On”, “Mem 1~3”): But let us not return to the main page just yet. ■ Changing the pitch of other notes Changing th[...]

Metronome E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 59 Metronome The E-60/E-50 is equipped with a metronome that can be used in various situations. To use the metronome, here is what you need to do: (1) Press the [METRONOME] button (so that it lights). (2) Start Arranger or song playback and you will hear the metronome. (3) Press the [METRONOME] button again t[...]

Additional Arranger/Style functions 60 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation 6. Additional Arranger/Style functions Before telling you even more about the Music Styles, allow us to explain the difference between Music Styles and the Arranger. The Arranger is a kind of sequencer that plays back the accompaniments you select. Those accompaniments are always [...]

Selecting other Style divisions E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 61 • The E-60/E-50 also provides a SYNC STOP option (which is combined with Sync Start): press [SYNC] twice so that the button starts to flash. This will cause the Arranger to stop playback as soon as you release all keys in the chord recognition area. This is great for songs where you[...]

Additional Arranger/Style functions 62 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Melody Intelligence The Arranger can add a counter-melody to the notes you play. Those automatic harmonies are based on the chords you play in the chord recognition area. This counter-melody is played by the MELODY INTELL part. There are 18 harmony types to choose from. (1) Press [...]

Using the Style Cover function E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 63 Linking MELODY INTELL type selection to the Styles (Style Melody Intell Link) By default, the E-60/E-50 automatically loads the MEL- ODY INTELL type that is suited for the Styles you select. If you don’t need this automatic selection, here is how to switch it off: (1) Press the [MENU[...]

Additional Arranger/Style functions 64 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation ■ Saved Version The STYLE COVER page contains a [SAVED¥VERSION] field that works as follows: There can be three different versions of each Style. In case [3], the [ORIGINAL] field on the STYLE COVER page temporarily restores the original version with no COVER data. To return to[...]

One T ouch E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 65 One Touch You may find yourself using the One Touch function at regular intervals, because it automates quite a few tasks. The E-60/E-50’s One Touch memories are actu- ally “miniature User Programs” that go way beyond anything you may know from other arranger instru- ments. (1) Press a ONE TOUCH but[...]

Additional Arranger/Style functions 66 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation The display now shows the following message: The target One Touch memory you chose for writing is automatically selected. (4) Press the [EXIT] button to return to the main page. More refined Arranger settings Chord recognition area (ZONE) Telling the E-60/E-50 that you want to use[...]

More refined Arranger settings E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 67 Arranger Type (chord mode) Another important choice is how you want to transmit note information to the Arranger. (4) Press the [STANDARD] , [PIANO¥STYLE] or [INTELLIGENT] field. ● STANDARD— This is the normal chord recognition mode. The melodic accompaniment uses the notes you p[...]

Additional Arranger/Style functions 68 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation This function only becomes meaningful if you also specify how the various Arranger parts should respond to your velocity. (3) Press the [DYNAMIC¥EDIT] field. The display changes to: (4) Press the field of the Arranger part whose velocity sensitivity you wish to change. There are [...]

T empo-related settings (Arranger Options) E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 69 [PRESET] , [AUTO] and [LOCK] allow you to specify what happens when you select another Style: TEMPO CHANGE (RITARD and ACCELER) The ACCELER/RITARD parameter allows you to speed up or slow down the Style tempo by the amount you set here. To use these functions, you must assi[...]

Additional Arranger/Style functions 70 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation • Press the [ARRANGER¥SETTING] field, followed by the [ARRANGER¥OPTIONS] field. • Start Arranger playback and press the [FILL¥RIT] but- ton icon to switch it on. • Press the [MAIN] and a VARIATION [1] ~ [4] button. The E-60/E-50 plays a Fill-In. The tempo slows down while[...]

Working with ‘external’ Styles E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 71 Note: Use the Copy function (see p. 75) to copy all Styles to the same card (or the internal memory). (1) Press a button of the STYLE pad to select a Music Style family. Its indicator lights and the display looks as follows: (2) Press the [CUSTOM] field. (3) Press the field of the [...]

Additional Arranger/Style functions 72 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation (3) Press the field of the Music Style you want to use. In some cases, an error message (“File not found”) displayed at this point means that the card does not contain the referenced file. Note: If you do not want to use the Style after all, press [EXIT] . In that case, the E-[...]

Style Finder: quickly locating Styles E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 73 Style Finder: quickly locating Styles The E-60/E-50 allows you to have a great many Music Styles handy: in its internal memory, on a memory card and on floppy disks. For the internal memory and the memory card in the PCMCIA slot, there is a powerful Finder function for quickly l[...]

Additional Arranger/Style functions 74 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation ■ Searching for Music Styles The powerful part starts as soon as you press the [FINDER] field. • Press the [STYLE¥NAME] field if you want the E-60/ E-50 to look for Style names, then enter the name (or part of it). • Press the [COUNTRY] field if you want to look for a count[...]

Style Finder: quickly locating Styles E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 75 ■ Rename This function allows you to change (or supply) the STYLE NAME, COUNTRY, and/or GENRE information of the selected Style (the TEMPO value is fixed, but could be changed using a STYLE COMPOSER function, p. 162). • Press the [STYLE¥NAME] , [COUNTRY] or [GENRE] field an[...]

Additional Arranger/Style functions 76 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation 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. (6) Press the [YES] field if it is OK to overwrite files with the same names on the destination media. Press the [NO] field i[...]

T uning Upper2: Coarse T une and Fine T une E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 77 7. Advanced Keyboard part functions Tuning Upper2: Coarse Tune and Fine Tune The UP2 part can be used as full-fledged solo or melody sound or to “fatten” the sound of UP1. To layer the UP1 and UP2 parts, you need to switch them both on. See page 26 for details. The fol[...]

Advanced Keyboard part functions 78 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Instead of jumping in semitone steps (as you would expect), the pitch glides from one note to the next whenever the Portamento time is higher than “0”. The higher the value you set, the slower the glide. This effect is particularly useful for synthesizer sounds. (3) Press the [PO[...]

T one Edit: editing Keyboard parts E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 79 Tone Edit: editing Keyboard parts Your E-60/E-50 allows you to edit certain parameters that affect the way a Keyboard part sounds by adjust- ing their brilliance, their modulation speed (Vibrato Rate) and so on. Assigning another Tone to a Keyboard part resets the TONE EDIT paramet[...]

Advanced Keyboard part functions 80 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation ● RELEASE [–64~63]— This parameter adjusts the time over which the sound will decay after the note is released until it is no longer heard. The cutoff frequency will also fall according to this setting. ■ TVF (filter) By modifying the filter settings, you can control the timb[...]

Mixing Keyboard parts E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 81 8. Using the mixer functions & effects The MIXER environment does what its name suggests: it allows you to balance the various Keyboard parts of your E-60/ E-50. See page 102 and following for how to “mix” the Song and Style parts. About the E-60/E-50’s effects The E-60/E-50 contains [...]

Using the mixer functions & ef fects 82 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation (8) Use the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial, the [DEC] / [INC] buttons, or the on-screen numeric pad (press the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial) to specify how much reverb should be applied to the selected Keyboard part. The effect parameters themselves can be edited on an Effect page (see below). The[...]

Editing the Keyboard ef fects processors E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 83 Editing the Keyboard effects processors After setting the above parameters, you may find that even sensible reverb/chorus settings for the Keyboard parts do not yield the expected result. In that case, you should edit the Reverb and Chorus parameters: (1) Press the [MENU] but[...]

Using the mixer functions & ef fects 84 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Chorus for Keyboard parts Chorus broadens the spatial image of the sound and creates a stereo impression. You can choose from 8 types of Chorus. (1) Press the [MENU] button. The display changes to: (2) Press the [EFFECTS] field. On this page, you can switch the CHORUS process[...]

Using the multi-effects processor (Multi-FX) E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 85 (2) Press the [EFFECTS] field. (3) Press the MFX PART ASSIGN field(s) of the Key- board part(s) that should use the selected MFX effect. Note: There is only one MFX processor that is shared by all Keyboard parts. • Press the [EXIT] button to return to the main page. Sel[...]

Using the mixer functions & ef fects 86 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Effects for Songs and Styles The Reverb and Chorus processors are shared by the Arranger, Recorder/16-track sequencer and the Key- board parts. Here is how to select different effects for the selected song or Style: (1) Press the [MENU] button. (2) Press the [EFFECTS] field. [...]

Digital Bass Enhancer function E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 87 ting a CHORUS parameter on the mixer page for Music Styles to “0” means that only the selected instrument is no longer processed by the effect, while the remaining instruments are. Note: See “Mixing Song or Style parts” on p. 102 for details. Press the [CHO®REV¥SEND] field an[...]

Working with User Programs 88 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation 9. Working with User Programs The E-60/E-50 also provides User Program memories that allow you to store almost all settings (or registra- tions) you make on the front panel and the various dis- play pages. Additional registrations can be loaded directly from the internal memory or a memory[...]

Selecting User Programs E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 89 The display changes to: The topmost field indicates the name of the User Pro- gram settings originally assigned to that memory (here “Rainbow”). If you do not want to overwrite that memory, press the [CANCEL] field and continue with step above (3) to select another memory. (6) Enter a nam[...]

Working with User Programs 90 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Choosing User Programs manually The procedure for selecting User Programs does not fol- low the usual routine for selecting Styles or sounds. So please carefully read the following. (1) Press the [USER¥PROGR] field on the main page. Note: If the currently displayed User Program was loaded[...]

Selecting User Programs E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 91 The display changes to: (2) Specify which memory area contains the User Pro- gram you need: [EXTERNAL¥MEMORY] , [INTERNAL¥MEMORY] or [FLOPPY] . The display shows a list of 5 User Programs of the selected device (internal memory, card or floppy disk). Note: The E-60/E-50 does not support Use[...]

Working with User Programs 92 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation (8) Press the [FIND] field to start your search. (9) Press the field of the User Program you need and start playing. Note: If no User Programs were found, the following message appears and no file names are displayed (in which case you need to press the [USER¥PRG] , [STYLE¥LINK] , [GENRE[...]

Automatic functions for User Programs E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 93 Given that it is fairly easy to forget about the [AUTO¥FILL¥IN] button while playing, the E-60/E-50 allows you to specify that the Arranger should never play a fill-in when a switch to a different Style pattern is triggered by User Programs you select. (1) Press the [MENU] but[...]

Working with User Programs 94 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation If the User Program already contains a link to another song, which you no longer need, press the [DELETE¥SONG¥LINK] field. This is not necessary to establish a new link – it is meant to cancel an existing link. (3) Press [MAKE¥NEW¥SONG¥LINK] . The display changes to: Note: Songs tha[...]

Editing User Program Finder information E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 95 User Program Recall When you switch on the E-60/E-50, it automatically selects the “Cancel” mode, i.e. no User Program (page 89). But maybe you prefer to be operational right away. In that case, tell the E-60/E-50 which User Pro- gram it should recall whenever you switch i[...]

Working with User Programs 96 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Editing the User Program Finder information The Finder information is based on search criteria that need to be added to User Program files. The [OPTIONS] field in the lower left corner provides access to a display page where you can add database information. This also works for User Progra[...]

Editing User Program Finder information E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 97 Music Assistant registrations are, in fact, a virtual concept, because they only exist if there is a User Program file they can refer to. That explains why deleting a User Program file (see above) also discards the associated Music Assistant entry. ■ Copy This function allow[...]

Working with User Programs 98 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation (2) Specify the memory area: [EXTERNAL¥MEMORY] or [INTERNAL¥MEMORY] . (3) Press the [INDEX] field in the top left corner. If the [ALL] field is currently selected, the display looks as follows: The Index Edit functions are only available for “real” Index categories, so… (4) Press t[...]

Music Assistant functions E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 99 • In the right column (DESTINATION), press the field of the index category you wish to copy the assignments to. You can also use the [ß][†] fields. • Now specify how the User Program assignments should be copied: Press the [REPLACE] field if the assignments of the DESTINATION Index s[...]

Working with User Programs 100 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Editing Music Assistant registrations The E-60/E-50 also allows you to edit certain aspects of existing Music Assistant registrations. (1) Press the [MUSIC¥ASSISTANT] button. The display now looks as follows: (2) Select the Music Assistant entry you want to edit. (3) Continue with “Ren[...]

Music Assistant functions E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 101 See “Entering names” on p. 44. The [A/a] field allows you to switch between uppercase and lowercase characters. (3) Enter names for the remaining entries, if you like. (4) Press the [EXECUTE] field to save the settings. If you are saving your Music Assistant registration under a new na[...]

Song and Style Makeup T ools 102 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation 10. Song and Style Makeup Tools Mixing Song or Style parts Though accessible via the [MIXER] button (press it twice or three times), the Style and Song mixers are in fact part of the MAKEUP TOOLS functions. In this entire chapter, we never refer to tracks or parts – only instru- ments[...]

Using the Makeup T ools E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 103 ■ VOLUME Allows you to set the volume of the corresponding instrument. Note: Please bear in mind that these changes apply to the instruments (Tones/Drum Set) in question – not to the entire track they belong to. (5) Press the [EXIT] button to return to the main page. Using the Makeup Too[...]

Song and Style Makeup T ools 104 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation General procedure (1) Press the [MAKEUP¥TOOLS] button once or twice. This depends on whether you want to change the settings of the selected song or Style. The display changes to: …or: (If this page is not displayed, press the [PALETTE] field in the upper left corner.) All modificati[...]

Using the Makeup T ools E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 105 Pressing the [PALETTE] field on any of the MAKEUP TOOLS pages takes you to the following page where you can set the most fundamental parameters of the instruments used by the selected song or Style. Press the field of the parameter you want to edit and use the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial or the [DEC][...]

Song and Style Makeup T ools 106 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Note: Some sounds already contain natural (sampled) vibrato whose depth or speed cannot be changed. ● VB RATE— This parameter adjusts the speed of the pitch modulation. Positive (+) settings make the preset pitch modulation faster and negative (–) settings make it slower. ● VB D[...]

Before saving your settings E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 107 ● PITCH— Use this parameter to tune the selected drum instrument higher or lower. “0” means that the pitch is left unchanged. If necessary, press the [SAVE] field to save your set- tings (page 108). After pressing the [COMMON] field, the display looks as follows. The parameters o[...]

Song and Style Makeup T ools 108 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Note: This operation is unnecessary for files you only want to use with the E-60/E-50. Saving your modified song or Style The changes saved with the following procedure affect the selected song or Style file directly. They are not part of the settings that are saved to a User Program. ([...]

Programming MARK & JUMP locations E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 109 11. More refined song functions Let us have a look at additional and more refined func- tions you can use for song playback. See page 129 for recording and editing sequencer songs. Programming MARK & JUMP locations The supplied songs in the internal memory come with four lo[...]

More re fi ned song functions 110 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation (8) Press the [EXECUTE] field. If you selected the memory area that contains the original version, the following message is displayed: • Press the [YES] field to overwrite the old version. Press the [NO] field if you do not want to overwrite this song and return to the main page. Th[...]

Working with the Song Finder E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 111 b) Select the Finder The powerful part starts as soon as you press the [FINDER] field. c) Search the database The next step is to decide how the Song Finder should look for the files: • Press the [ALPHABETIC¥ORDER] field to search for all entries that start with the characters you en[...]

More re fi ned song functions 112 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation (2) Press the [OPTIONS] field. (3) Now do one of the following: ■ Rename This function allows you to change (or supply) infor- mation for the selected song. • Press the [SONG¥NAME] , [ARTIST] , [GENRE] or [FILE¥NAME] field and enter the desired characters. You can also rename al[...]

Working with the Song Finder E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 113 • On the SONG OPTIONS page, press the [COPY] field. • Start by specifying the source that contains the song(s) you wish to copy: Press the [FROM] button icon several times to select the memory area. • Now specify the target you wish to copy the selected song(s) to: Press the [TO] [...]

More re fi ned song functions 114 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation If the [ALL] field is currently selected, the display looks as follows: The Index Edit functions are only available for “real” Index categories, so… (4) Press the field of the Index category you wish to edit. (5) Select the edit function you need by pressing its field: ■ Renam[...]

Play List function E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 115 Press the [REPLACE] field if the assignments of the DESTINATION Index should be erased and replaced by the entries of the selected SOURCE field. Press [MERGE] if the song assignments of the SOURCE category should be added to the assign- ments of the DESTINATION Index (the DESTINATION category wil[...]

More re fi ned song functions 116 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation The display looks more or less as follows: (5) Locate the song you wish to assign to step 01. • If it is already displayed, continue with step (6) below. • If it is not yet displayed, use the PAGE [ø][˚] fields in the lower right of the display to change pages. (You can also use[...]

Play List function E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 117 (3) Press the [EDIT] field or the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial. (4) Proceed as follows to edit your Play List: ■ Inserting steps To add a step and assign a song to it, select the step that should follow it, then press the [INSERT¥STEP] field. (Example: to insert a step before step 04, press the [04] fie[...]

More re fi ned song functions 118 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Using Play Lists Here’s how Play Lists can be used for your perfor- mances: • If necessary, insert the memory card that contains the list (and songs) you need into the slot. (1) Press the [PLAY¥LIST] button. You can release it as soon as the display looks more or less as follows:[...]

Play List function E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 119 ■ Renaming a Play List To change the name of the selected Play List, press the [RENAME] field. Enter the desired characters (page 44) and press the [EXECUTE] field. After a brief confirmation, the dis- play returns to the Play List page. [Back] leaves the list intact and takes you back to the P[...]

Editing Lyrics 120 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation 12. Editing Lyrics Your E-60/E-50 contains functions that allow you to add Lyrics to Standard MIDI Files that do not contain them. You can also edit the Lyrics data of Standard MIDI Files that conform to the Tune 1000 format (as well as other Lyrics formats). This may come in handy when you keep forg[...]

Adding Lyrics to a song E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 121 The message means that the lyrics of the previously selected song will be erased. If that’s OK with you, press the [YES] field. If not, press the [NO] field to return to the TXT IMPORT page, where the previous lyrics are displayed. Now you’re all set for the synchronization work: (This p[...]

Editing Lyrics 122 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation The display changes to: • Press [SAVE] , followed by [SONG] . This page allows you to save the current song to the internal memory, a memory card or a floppy disk. It will be saved along with the Lyrics data you synchro- nized. (18) Press the [EXTERNAL¥MEMORY] , [FLOPPY] or [INTERNAL¥MEMORY] fiel[...]

About the sequencer’s main page E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 123 13. Using the 16-track sequencer Your E-60/E-50 contains a powerful sequencer with a host of edit functions. Even so, you will quickly notice that the 16-track Sequencer is as simple to operate as it is powerful. When you press the RECORDER [16-TRK¥SEQ.] button, the display change[...]

Using the 16-track sequencer 124 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Obviously, if you record a song with Arranger backing, the respective Style parts (ADR, ABS, etc.) are recorded onto the tracks that are assigned to their MIDI chan- nels. There is yet another track, called “MASTER”, that is used for recording the time signature, the tempo, as well [...]

Example 1: Recording a song from scratch E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 125 (4) Press the following three fields and enter the desired values using the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial or the [DEC] / [INC] buttons. ● Tempo— Allows you to specify the initial tempo of the new song ( q = 20~250). Choose a tempo that is comfort- able for recording. You can set th[...]

Using the 16-track sequencer 126 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Select “ Replace ” if the track contains data you wish to replace with new data. This erases all data of the selected track from the place where you start record- ing until the end. (“Replace” is selected by default for empty tracks.) Select “ Mix ” to add new notes to the o[...]

Example 2: Adding tracks E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 127 Note: The [PLAY÷STOP¥®÷ª] function can also be assigned to the D Beam controller (E-60) or an optional footswitch (see “Start/Stop Song” on p. 53, “Play/Stop” on p. 55). (21) Play the new part. (22) Press the RECORDER [PLAY÷STOP¥®÷ª] button to stop recording. Example 2: Ad[...]

Using the 16-track sequencer 128 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation The display changes to: (3) Press the [REC¥TRK] field and use the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial or the [DEC] / [INC] buttons to select the track you want to record to. (4) Press the [REC¥TYPE] field and use the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial or the [DEC] / [INC] buttons to specify how the tracks linked to t[...]

Editing 16-track songs E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 129 You need to give your song two names: a SONG NAME and a FILE NAME. The FILE NAME is the one that allows the E-60/E-50 to recognize your song. (3) Press the [SONG¥NAME] button icon. (4) Enter the name: • Move the cursor to the desired position using [ø] and [˚] . • Enter the character f[...]

Using the 16-track sequencer 130 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation EDIT level does not provide the function you need or if you want to see the notes, MIDI messages, etc., choose the MICRO EDIT environment. Here is how to select functions: (1) Load the song you wish to edit (if it does not yet reside in the E-60/E-50’s Song RAM memory). See p. 35. (2)[...]

Editing 16-track songs E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 131 ■ Fine-tuning the note range Before setting “FROM NOTE” (and possibly “TO NOTE”), it might be a good idea to decide how you want to use the note indications. Depending on the option you choose, “FROM NOTE” may not even be available, so that setting it beforehand would be a waste[...]

Using the 16-track sequencer 132 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation ■ DATA TYPE Allows you to select the data to be erased: ■ FROM NOTE (0 C-~127 G9) This parameter is only displayed if DATA TYPE (see above) is set to “Note”. It allows you to set the note (or lower limit of the note range) to be modified within the specified FROM/ TO time range.[...]

Editing 16-track songs E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 133 ● 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 last clock that should be affected by the edit operation. Change this setting only if your edit operation s[...]

Using the 16-track sequencer 134 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation ■ INTO The bar, beat and CPT values of the position the first data of the source track will be copied to. ■ EXECUTE Press this field to confirm your settings and copy the data. Note: Though you can also copy data from track 10 (the offi- cial Drum track) to a “melodic” track and[...]

Editing 16-track songs E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 135 Warning : “0” represents the lowest note the MIDI standard (and the 16-track sequencer) can handle, while “127” is the highest note. If you select “127” for note number “74 (D5)”, for example, the resulting note number would be “201”, which is impossible. Therefore, the se[...]

Using the 16-track sequencer 136 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation This parameter can be particularly useful for velocity switched sounds: slightly reducing or increasing the overall velocity, allows you to “shift” all notes to the “other” sound. Note: Even the highest positive or negative VALUE doesn’t allow you to go beyond “1” or “12[...]

Editing 16-track songs E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 137 ■ BIAS (CPT) (–4800~4800) This parameter sets the amount by which the duration (or gate time) of the selected notes is to change. The shortest possible GATE TIME value is “1” (used for all drum notes), so that selecting “–1000” for notes with a GATE TIME value of “1” in the [...]

Using the 16-track sequencer 138 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation ● PC (---, 1~128, ALL)— Use this parameter to change the address, a.k.a. program change number, of a sound (e.g. from “1” to “2”). Select “---” if the current setting must not change. ■ INC/DEC These are so-called “relative” changes: the positive or nega- tive valu[...]

Editing 16-track songs E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 139 ● 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 last clock that should be affected by the edit operation. Change this setting only if your edit operation s[...]

Using the 16-track sequencer 140 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation (3) Press the [MASTER¥TRACK] field in the right col- umn. This page lists all events already present on the MAS- TER track. It allows you to modify the existing data, to delete data you do not need and to add informa- tion that is missing. Note: To leave this page, either press the [Ba[...]

Editing 16-track songs E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 141 ■ SysEx After selecting a “SysEx” line and pressing [®] , the dis- play looks more or less as follows: Use the [√][®] buttons to select a byte (a pair of num- bers) in the current line and [ß][†] to change lines. “SysEx” refers to messages only the E-60/E-50 (or another GS-co[...]

Using the 16-track sequencer 142 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation ■ CREATE EVENT Press this button icon to add a new event to the MASTER track. The following pop-up appears: • Press the button icon that corresponds to the kind of event you want to add. [TEMPO] refers to tempo events, [BEAT] to time sig- nature changes, and [SYSTEM¥EXCLUSIVE] to S[...]

Editing song data using Microscope Edit E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 143 ■ PLACE EVENT This function is only available if the sequencer’s clip- board already contains events that you copied using COPY EVENT. For safety reasons, it would be a good idea to use this function immediately after copying events. Press the [PLACE¥EVENT] button icon. [...]

Using the 16-track sequencer 144 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation General notes about MICRO EDIT ■ Position indications The E-60/E-50’s sequencer translates all known musi- cal techniques and physical effects into MIDI mes- sages to precisely reproduce the natural behavior of the instrument that is being simulated. Each event is executed at a give[...]

Editing song data using Microscope Edit E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 145 • Press the numeric button icons to enter the desired value. (Use [Delete] to delete the last figure you entered.) • Press the [+10%] or [–10%] field to increase or decrease the current value by 10%. • Press [ENTER] to confirm the value. —or— Press [CLOSE] to clos[...]

Using the 16-track sequencer 146 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Other edit operations The fields in the right half of the MICRO EDIT page allow you to reduce or expand the number of events of the track you selected. ■ CREATE EVENT Press this button icon to add a new event to the selected track. The following pop-up appears: • Press the button ic[...]

Style Converter E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 147 • Press the [MOVE¥EVENT] button icon. The following pop-up appears: • Specify the position to which the first event (in chro- nological order) of the selected group should be shifted by pressing the [BAR] , [BEAT] and [CPT] fields, and entering the desired value for each unit using the [DATA÷E[...]

Using the 16-track sequencer 148 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation • For a really professional result, you will also have to take advantage of the E-60/E-50’s Style Composer to ensure that your new Style also “works” for minor and seventh chords. See “Programming Styles (Style Composer)” on p. 151. • Though pattern length (and memory capa[...]

Style Converter E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 149 Press the [MUTE] field again to switch off the func- tion of the same name. ■ Solo To listen to one track in isolation, press the [SOLO] field and the field of the track you want to solo, then start playback. This mutes all other tracks, while the selected track is flagged with an “S”. Press t[...]

Using the 16-track sequencer 150 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation ● Key— (C, C # , D, E b , F, F#, G, A b , A, B b , B) Use this parame- ter to tell your E-60/E-50 what key the track (or tracks) is (or are) in. Specifying the right key before converting the data is crucial for realtime use of a pattern. The chord recognition system of the Arranger[...]

Concept E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 151 14. Programming Styles (Style Composer) Concept New Styles can be created in three ways: • By converting portions of a Standard MIDI File into an accompaniment to be played by the Arranger (page 147). • By creating new accompaniments from scratch (page 152). • By editing existing Styles, which require[...]

Programming Styles (Style Composer) 152 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Recording Styles from scratch Style recording and editing is carried out in the E-60/ E-50’s Style RAM memory. When you leave Style Composer mode after recording or editing a Style (by pressing [EXIT] ), the display warns you that you need to save your Style. If you haven’t y[...]

Recording Styles from scratch E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 153 • Press the second [BEAT] field (the denominator) and enter the duration of each beat using the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial or the [DEC] / [INC] buttons. You can also already set the tempo (20~250) here, or leave that for later. ‰ Continue with step (6) below. ■ Preparing your own setting[...]

Programming Styles (Style Composer) 154 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation To keep things easy, let’s start with the drums of the MAIN [1] Division. (9) Press the [REC¥TRACK] field and use the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial to select the track you wish to record to. Select “AccDrums”. This causes the display to change as follows (because there are more optio[...]

Recording Styles from scratch E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 155 (15) The current tempo value may be a bit fast for recording, so change it by pressing the tempo field and using the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial or the [DEC] / [INC] buttons. The tempo value you set here is recorded and regarded as preset tempo. You can change it at any stage in STYLE COMPOSER [...]

Programming Styles (Style Composer) 156 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation There is one last thing we need to set: (19) Specify how long the count-in should be before recording starts by pressing the [COUNT-IN] field and using the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial or the [DEC] / [INC] buttons to select one of the following options: Recording (20) Press the [START÷STO[...]

Auditioning your Style and adding more tracks E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 157 Saving your Style Make it a habit to save your Styles as frequently as pos- sible. After all, if someone decided to switch off your E-60/E-50 now, you would lose everything you have programmed so far. (1) Press the [SAVE] field on the STYLE COMPOSER page. The display ch[...]

Programming Styles (Style Composer) 158 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation In Style Composer mode, the metronome sounds during recording, unless you switch it off using the TEMPO [METRONOME] button. If you also need the metronome when listening to what you have just recorded, select another metronome mode. See “Metronome settings” on p. 59. Note: Sa[...]

Using existing Styles E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 159 Copying individual Style tracks The COPY function can be used to copy individual tracks, Modes and Divisions to replace existing parts while keeping the remaining parts of the Style already in the Style RAM memory. (1) Press the [TRACK¥EDIT] field on the STYLE COM- POSER page, followed by the[...]

Programming Styles (Style Composer) 160 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation (13) Repeat this operation with the [MODE] and [DIVISION] fields to select the Mode (Major, Minor, 7th, ALL) and the Division (Intro 1~4, Main 1~4, Fill Dwn 1~3, Fill Up 1~3, End 1~4, ALL). Note: If you selected “ALL” for SOURCE [MODE] / [DIVISION] , this [MODE] / [DIVISION] [...]

Editing Styles on the fl y via additional recordings E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 161 ■ Drum Instrument & Pitch After selecting the “AccDrums” track, you can change the pitch of certain sounds of the selected Drum Set. The eligible sounds and corresponding note numbers are: Note: The names of the drum/percussion sounds depend on the cur[...]

Programming Styles (Style Composer) 162 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation For the second approach, stop Style playback, select the STYLE MIXER page, then proceed with step (3) above. For the third approach (a kind of punch-in), select the STYLE MIXER page, press RECORDER [REC¥∏] , then press [START÷STOP] to start recording. When you reach the place[...]

Style T rack Edit functions E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 163 (4) Press a field in the top two rows to select the desired STYLE TRACK EDIT function. If, after selecting one of these functions and setting parameter values, you decide not to execute the transformation, do not press the [EXECUTE] field. (5) Select the tracks, Modes and Divisions you w[...]

Programming Styles (Style Composer) 164 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation ■ TO NOTE (0 C-~127 G9) This parameter allows you to set the upper limit of the note range to be modified within the specified FROM/TO time range. ■ Fine-tuning the note range Before setting “FROM NOTE” (and possibly “TO NOTE”), you can decide how you want to use the [...]

Style T rack Edit functions E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 165 ■ DATA TYPE Allows you to select the data to be edited. ■ FROM NOTE (0 C-~127 G9) This parameter is only displayed if DATA TYPE (see above) is set to “Note”. It allows you to set the note (or lower limit of the note range) to be modified within the specified FROM/ TO time range. [...]

Programming Styles (Style Composer) 166 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation INSERT allows you to insert space and shift data that lie behind the FROM position further towards the end of the track (this is the exact opposite of DELETE). The empty measures you create can be “filled” using the COPY function or by recording new phrases in that area. Note[...]

Style T rack Edit functions E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 167 The CHANGE VELO function allows you to modify the dynamics (called “velocity”) of a track or excerpt. See p. 135 for details. Only note events can be changed. ■ TRACK (ADrums~Acc6, ALL) Allows you to select the track you wish to edit. You can also select “ALL” here, in which ca[...]

Programming Styles (Style Composer) 168 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation This function allows you to make quick changes to certain settings. The changes always apply to entire tracks (you cannot use GLOBAL CHANGE for just a few measures). You can apply global changes to the four editable Style track parameters (EXPRESS, REVERB, PANPOT and CHORUS) when[...]

Style T rack Edit functions E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 169 ■ DATA TYPE Allows you to select the data to be edited. See the list on page 165. ■ VALUE (–1920~1920) This parameter sets the amount by which the notes are shifted. The value refers to CPT units (one CPT= 1/120 q ). Note: Notes on the first beat of the first bar cannot be shifted [...]

Programming Styles (Style Composer) 170 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Editing individual Style events (Style Micro Edit) Select this mode if you need to change just one aspect of an otherwise perfect Style. In this section, we will use the word “event” for any kind of message. An event is thus a command (or instruction) for the Arranger. You ca[...]

Editing individual Style events (Style Micro Edit) E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 171 ■ Monitoring note events The Style Composer can play back the note events you select. This may help you identify the occurrence you want to edit. Switch on the speaker icon ( ) and move the cursor to a note event to hear that note. ■ VIEW Press this button icon[...]

Programming Styles (Style Composer) 172 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Note: CC64 (Hold) events generated by a footswitch con- nected to the HOLD FOOTSWITCH socket are converted into the equivalent GATE TIME values at the time of recording. You may therefore have to change the duration of the notes themselves. ● Program Change— These messages ar[...]

Editing individual Style events (Style Micro Edit) E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 173 Both “Degree” and “Nearest” allow you to specify the note range (“Limit Low” and “Limit High”) the selected part may play. Notes that would fall outside that range during Arranger playback are automatically transposed to values inside the selected r[...]

Programming Styles (Style Composer) 174 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation ■ 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 how-to’ s E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 175 15. Disk/Media functions The E-60/E-50’s DISK & MEDIA functions allow you to save edited data and settings to the internal memory, a memory card or floppy disk, to save and load User Pro- gram Sets and MIDI Sets, to format various storage “media”, to delete files and to copy data. If you?[...]

Disk/Media functions 176 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Loading data The LOAD functions allow you to load Songs, Music Styles, User Program Sets and MIDI Sets. Songs and Styles can also be loaded via dedicated functions, which are explained elsewhere (page 110, 73). The behavior of those pages is identical to that of the LOAD function, so we won’t[...]

Saving data E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 177 Note: Never remove the floppy disk or memory card while the operation is in progress. Wait for the confirmation to appear before returning to business as usual. ■ Save User Program Set This function allows you to save the Set (List) cur- rently assigned to the USER PROGRAM buttons. This also includes [...]

Disk/Media functions 178 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation (2) Press the [SAVE] field, followed by the [SONG] field. (3) Select the target media: [INTERNAL¥MEMORY] , [FLOPPY] (disk) or [EXTERNAL¥MEMORY] (memory card). Select [INTERNAL¥MEMORY] or [EXTERNAL¥MEMORY] if you wish to take advantage of the Song Finder function (page 35). (4) Enter the nam[...]

Delete E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 179 User Program Set and MIDI Set files only have a file name you can change. As there is no Finder function- ality for such files, the display looks a little different: (5) Select the media: [INTERNAL¥MEMORY] , [FLOPPY] (disk) or [EXTERNAL¥MEMORY] (memory card). (6) If available and necessary, use the sorting[...]

Disk/Media functions 180 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation To delete all songs or Styles on the selected media, press the [ALL¥FILES] field. This disposes of all files on all pages. (7) Press the field of the file you want to delete. (8) Press the [EXECUTE] field. The display changes to: If you selected the DELETE page by accident, press [NO] . This t[...]

Format E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 181 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. (12) Press 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 (“F[...]

Disk/Media functions 182 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Import User Program function The E-60/E-50 allows you to import User Programs or Performance Memories created with a VA-76/VA-7 or G-1000/EM-2000. User Program Sets created on an E-80 or G-70 can be opened straight away and don’t need to be converted. Note: In the following, the word “User [...]

Import User Program function E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 183 (6) Press the field of the file whose User Programs you want to import. (7) Check again whether you really selected the file you want to import, then press the [EXECUTE] field to start the import operation. This may take a while, because the conversion requires quite a few calculations.[...]

Archiving data using a computer (USB) 184 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation 16. Archiving data using a computer (USB) The E-60/E-50’s USB port can be used for exchanging files with a computer or for MIDI communication. Here, we will look at the archiving functions, which are often called “Data Storage”. See page 187 for the MIDI functions. You ca[...]

Import User Program function E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 185 Note: In this state, all of the E-60/E-50’s panel functions are blocked. You can, however, keep playing the last Keyboard part(s) you selected. But you cannot select other sounds (or parts). (8) Open the “My Computer” window (Windows). (9) Check whether your computer found a “E5[...]

Archiving data using a computer (USB) 186 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation • Windows: Click on the removal icon on the task bar. Wait until a drop-down menu appears and select the entry that says something to the effect of “Stop USB disk E50-E60 _SSD” or “Stop USB disk E50-E60 _CARD”. You should now see a window that says something to the ef[...]

The how-to’ s E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 187 17. MIDI MIDI is short for “Musical Instrument Digital Interface”. The acronym refers to many things, the most obvious being a connector type that is used by musical instruments and other devices to exchange messages relating to the act of making music. When you play on the E-60/E-50’s keyboar[...]

MIDI 188 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation • The E-60/E-50 is supplied with a CD-ROM that con- tains the driver files you may need to install on your computer for USB–MIDI applications. Before pressing the [USB] field, you must install the required drivers on your computer. See the operating instructions on the CD-ROM. (4) Do one of the following: [...]

Editing MIDI parameters E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 189 Editing MIDI parameters Let us briefly explain where to look for the part you want to edit (use PAGE [ø][˚] to select it): Note: Always select the part you want to edit before changing the available parameters. Keyboard, Style, Song parts The Keyboard, Style and Song parts have the same ?[...]

MIDI 190 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation ■ CHANNEL (1~16) Allows you to assign a MIDI receive channel to the selected part. The default settings usually work best, but you are most welcome to change them. Note: Unless you have a very good reason to do otherwise, we suggest using the same TX and RX channel numbers for a part. Note: Assigning the sam[...]

Editing MIDI parameters E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 191 ● Internal— The Recorder/sequencer (SONG) or Arranger (STYLE) uses its internal tempo. ● MIDI— Song or Style playback can be started or stopped with MIDI real-time messages (Start, Stop, Clock) received from an external clock source. ● Remote— The Recorder/sequencer (SONG) or Arr[...]

MIDI 192 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation NTA notes are only received (from an external MIDI instrument). What you play in the chord recognition area of the keyboard to feed the Arranger is auto- matically converted to the corresponding MIDI note numbers, so that all Style parts transmit their notes to external instruments. There is thus no need to tr[...]

MIDI Sets E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 193 permanent) changes to the way a part behaves. Effects parameters, for instance, can only be changed via SysEx messages. Such messages may slow down playback on external MIDI instruments or yield no effect at all, which is why you have the option to switch off their transmission in the first place. ● DAT[...]

MIDI 194 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation (3) Press the [1] ~ [8] field that corresponds to the MIDI Set you want to use (the two SELECT button icons go dark). You can also select a preset (“SELECT”) and work with those settings, in which case all eight MIDI Set icons go dark. (4) Press the [EXIT] button to return to the main page. MIDI Set select[...]

Using V-LINK E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 195 18. Miscellaneous Using V-LINK ■ About V-LINK V-LINK ( ) is a function that provides for the integration of music and visual material. By using V-LINK-compatible video devices (i.e. an Edirol DV-7PR), visual effects can be easily linked to and made part of the expressive elements of a perfor- mance. [...]

Miscellaneous 196 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Note: The E-60/E-50 does not support the Edirol DV-7PR’s dual stream mode. • Press the [INIT¥SINGLE¥VALUE] field to reset the cur- rently selected parameter to its default value. • Press the [INIT¥ALL¥VALUES] field to reset all parame- ters to their default values. (4) Press [V-LINK] again t[...]

General settings E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 197 Note: START PRIORITY also applies to situations where you (try to) start Arranger playback using the SYNC [START] function. Flashing Exit Whenever you jump to a different page than the main page, the [EXIT] starts flashing to signal that you can press it to return to the main page. If you don’t n[...]

Speci fi cations 198 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation 19. Specifications ■ Keyboard: ■ Sound source: ■ Styles: ■ Songs: ■ Sequencer: ■ Display type & controls ■ Panel controls: ■ User Programs: ■ Music Assistant registrations: ■ Data storage ■ Other functions: ■ Connectors 76-note synthesizer-action keyboard (E-60) 61-note[...]

General settings E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 199 ■ General specifications: Note: Specifications are subject to change without prior notice. Speaker power 10W x2 RMS Power supply PSB-4U adapter, 12V/3.5A Dimensions (mm) E-60: 1260 (W) x 161 (H) x 374 (D) E-50: 1020 (W) x 152.5 (H) x 355.5 (D) Weight E-60: 13kg/E-50: 8.5kg Supplied accessories Ow[...]

Appendix 200 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation 20. MFX types and parameters 1. Thru The effect processor is bypassed. 2. Stereo EQ This is a four-band stereo equalizer (low, mid x 2, high). Stereo signals (like certain piano sounds) are thus not combined to a mono signal before being processed. ● EQ Low Frequency (200, 400Hz)— Frequency of the low [...]

Appendix E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 201 ● Auto Wah Filter Type (LPF, BPF)— Type of filter. LPF : the wah effect is applied over a wide frequency range. BPF : the wah effect is applied over a narrow frequency range. ● Auto Wah Rate (0.05~10.0Hz)— Frequency, i.e. modula- tion speed. ● Auto Wah Depth (0~127)— Modulation intensity. ● A[...]

Appendix 202 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation ● Balance (D100:0W, D50:50W, D0:100W)— Volume bal- ance between the direct (D) and the effect sound (W). ● Level (0~127)— Output level. 14. Space-D This is a multiple chorus that applies two-phase modulation in stereo. It gives no impression of modulation, but produces a transparent chorus effect. [...]

Appendix E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 203 19. Mod. Delay This effect adds modulation to the delayed sound, producing an effect similar to a Flanger. ● Delay FBK Mode (Normal, Cross)— Select the way in which delay sound is fed back into the effect. NORMAL: The left delay sound will be fed back into the left delay and the right delay sound into [...]

Appendix 204 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation ● Pitch B Pre Delay (0.0~500.0ms)— Adjusts the time delay from when the direct sound begins until the Pitch Shift B sound is heard. ● Pitch A Panpot (L64~0~63R)— Adjusts the stereo location of the Pitch Shift A sound. L64 is far left, 0 is center and 63R is far right. ● Pitch B Panpot (L64~0~63R)[...]

Appendix E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 205 29. OD‰ Delay This effect connects an overdrive and a delay in series. ● Overdrive Drive (0~127)— Degree of distortion. Also changes the volume. ● Overdrive Panpot (L64~0~63R)— Stereo location of the overdrive sound. ● Delay Time (0.0~500.0ms)— Adjusts the time until the delay is heard. ● D[...]

Appendix 206 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation ● 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 the effect is filtered out. If you don’t want to filter o[...]

Appendix E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 207 40. Flanger/DLY This effect connects a flanger and a delay in parallel. ● Flanger Pre Delay (0.0~100.0ms)— Adjusts the delay time from when the direct sound begins until the flanger sound is heard. ● Flanger Rate (0.05~10.0Hz)— Frequency, i.e. modulation speed. ● Flanger Depth (0~127)— Modulati[...]

Appendix 208 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation 21. MIDI Implementation Chart [Music Workstation] Date: May 2006 Model: E-60/E-50 Version: 1.00 Function... T ransmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Channel Default Changed 1~16 1~16, Off 1~16 1~16, Off 32 Parts 3 Logical Parts (Basic Channel, NT A1, NT A2) Mode Default Message Altered Mode 3 Mode 3, 4 (M=1) [...]

Appendix E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 209 22. Chord Intelligence Cm7 ( 5 ) C C# D E E F CM7 C#M7 DM7 E M7 EM7 FM7 C7 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#s[...]

Appendix 210 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation F# G A A B B F#M7 GM7 A M7 AM7 B M7 BM7 F#7 G7 A 7 A7 B 7 B7 F#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 Asus[...]

Index E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 211 23. Index Numerics 1 Ch Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 1 STAFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 1/2 Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 1/2 Meas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 16-track Sequencer . . . . [...]

Index 212 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Disk&Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Last Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 , 112 Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 , 129 [...]

Index E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 213 K KBD Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Score Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Style Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15[...]

Index 214 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Panpot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 , 102 , 105 Drum Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Style Composer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Paper clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Param . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Part On/off[...]

Index E-60/E-50 Music Workstation r 215 Stereo placement . . . . . . . . . 102 , 105 , 106 Stereo Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Storing, see Save STRENGTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Strumm Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Index 216 r E-60/E-50 Music Workstation Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 , 105 Drum instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 , 26 Makeup Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Mixer . . . . .[...]

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