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ROLAND E-66 TURBO FACTS

The E-66 IntelligentSynthesizer offers Intelligent Arranger features with an
18 bit quality JV-type sound source, 28 note polyphony and both General MIDI
and GS compatibility. It has on-board reverb and chorus effects, 241 tones,
56 internal styles, and a 3.5 inch floppy disk drive to provide access to a
growing library of Roland Music Style Disks (MSD) and can play
Standard MIDI Files (SMF) directly from disk, without lengthy load times.

Initializing

1. Press and hold the REC button (in the display section) during 'power up'.

Playing the Demo Songs

1. Press and hold the blue DEMO button in the Music Style section, then press the #5 button in the MUSIC STYLE section to listen to Demo Song #1.
2. Press the DEMO button to stop the Demo.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 with Music Style #6 for Demo 2, or Music Style #7 for Demo 3.

Playing Styles

Under 'Key Mode' press the 'Arranger', Arranger 'Hold', 'Sync Start' and 'Split Upper' buttons so that their LEDs are lit. This gives us a common start point.

1. Select a Style - in the Music Style section, press the number '1', then the number '7' to call up Style 17 - Funk 1 (see the reference list at the top left of the E-6
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3. Press the Intro button if you would like to begin with a preset four bar intro.
4. Play a major chord at the lower end of the keyboard to start a major arrangement. Try switching to a minor chord - most arrangments will change subtly. You may try a wide variety of chords, or even a single key or two note interval to change the harmony and arrangement.
5. Experiment with 'Fill-in To Variation', 'Fill-in To Original', and 'Advanced Arranger' (below).
6. Press Start/Stop to stop, or press Ending for a four bar pre-programmed ending.

Fill-in Buttons & Advanced Arranger

The Roland E-66 can play a fill-to-variation or fill-to-original pattern, each with the press of one dedicated button. Each fill is up to one bar long. Just press the appropriate 'fill to...' button during the bar before the new version is desired.

The 'Advanced' Arranger button can be selected at any time to increase the complexity of the arrangement without interruption of the beat.

Muting or Changing Volume of Parts

You can mute or adjust the volume of the arrangement parts in the BALANCE section.

1. Use the left and right buttons to decrease or increase the volume of each part.
2. To mute a selected part, simply press the left and right buttons simultaneously.

Playing a Standard MIDI File from disk

1. Insert a floppy disk with prerecorded SMFs and wait for the disk light to go out (about 5 sec.).
2. Press the SONG SELECT button located in the display area - the display will read "01", confirming that the first song is selected.
3. Use the PREV and NEXT buttons to scroll through all the songs available on the disk.
4. To play SMF songs, press the white PLAY button located in the display section. To switch from SMF to Music Style play, see below.

Playing Along with a Standard MIDI File

1. To play along with most SMFs, mute the Upper part in the BALANCE section (see instructions for muting and volume changing of parts).
2. Any sound chosen in the Tone section will be assigned to the upper part of the keyboard.

   To switch from SMF to Music Style play, see below.

Formatting a Floppy Disk

1. Insert a DD or HD floppy disk with the protection tab set to WRITE position (down).
2. Hold the FUNCTION button and press REC.
3. Display reads "SUr", asking if you are sure you want to format the disk. Press the REC buton again to answer 'yes', or press any other button to exit the operation.

Recording a Song to Disk

1. Insert a disk into the disk drive.
2. Press the REC button and the REC indicator will light and the display will show the number of the song being recorded.
3. To start recording, press the PLAY button, or to start recording with the Arranger, press the white Start/Stop button.
4. To stop recording press the STOP button in the display section.

   *To switch from SMF to Music Style play, see below.

   *NOTE: To switch back to playing Styles instead of Standard MIDI Files, hold the Reverb and Chorus buttons down at the same time for several seconds - the red Tempo light will return to flashing the tempo.