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E-200/E-100
InteLLIGENT KEYBOARD
Owner’s Manual
Thank you for choosing a Roland E-200/E-100 Intelligent Keyboard, a novel instrument with a superior Roland sound source, an intuitive user interface, a USB port, V-LINK compatibility and a
host of other useful functions.
To get the most out of the E-200/E-100 and to ensure many years of trouble-free service, we urge you to read through this Owner’s Manual thoroughly. To avoid confusion,
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E-200_US Page 2 Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:01 PM r E-200/E-100 Features Superior sound source Excellent Arranger The E-200/E-100’s sounds are based on full-length (uncom- The E-200/E-100 comes loaded with 103 all-new Music pressed) waveforms, which is unique in this price range. This Styles prepared by Roland’s legendary Style foundry. As produces vibrant, realistic sounds quite unlike anything you usual, several patterns are available (INTRO, ORIGINAL, VARI- woul
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E-200_US Page 3 Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:01 PM E-200/E-100 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. general cautions, warnings, or alerts to danger. Use
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E-200_US Page 4 Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:01 PM r E-200/E-100 • Always grasp only the plug on the adapter when plugging into, or unplugging from, an outlet or this unit. Contents ...................................................................................................................................... 1. Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 12. Working with User Programs . . . . .
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E-200_US Page 5 Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:01 PM E-200/E-100 ] 1. Important notes In addition to the items listed under “” (p. 3), please read and observe the following: • When the E-200/E-100 is used at excessive volumes, the protection Power supply Maintenance system of its power amplifier stage may come on and mute the • Do not use this instrument on the same power circuit with any • For everyday cleaning wipe the E-200/E-100 with a soft, dry cloth or speakers. In th
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E-200_US Page 6 Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:01 PM r E-200/E-100 Liability and copyright Handling floppy disks [E-200 only] • Floppy disks contain a plastic disk with a thin magnetic coating. • Should data contained and stored on a floppy disk be lost, it is Microscopic precision is required to enable storage of large amounts unfortunately impossible to restore them. Roland Europe S.p.a. of data on such a small surface area. To preserve their integrity, assumes no liability concern
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E-200_US Page 7 Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:01 PM E-200/E-100 2. Panel descriptions F I J K U Q V D A G L R W S H M O E B T X Y N P Z C Front panel A [POWER ON] button G [METRONOME] button K [V-LINK] button Press this button to switch the E-200/E-100 on and off. This button allows you switch the metronome on and off. Press this button to take advantage of the E-200/E-100’s Holding it for more than one second calls up a FUNCTION V-LINK functi
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E-200_US Page 8 Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:01 PM r E-200/E-100 M BAND ORCHESTRATOR section R [SONG] button STYLE buttons: These buttons allow you to select Style Press one of these buttons to choose the desired orchestra- This button allows you to select the E-200/E-100’s Song families and can also be used for entering numbers and tion for the selected Music Style. See pag
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E-200_US Page 9 Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:01 PM E-200/E-100 Rear panel A B C D E F A OUTPUT R, L/MONO sockets B DC IN socket D MIDI OUT/IN sockets These sockets allow you to connect the E-200/E-100 to your This is where you need to connect the supplied adapter Connect the MIDI OUT socket to the MIDI IN jack of your HiFi amplifier, a mixer, a cassette deck, a keyboard amplifier, (PSB-4U for the E-200, ACO for the E-100). After connecting computer (or MIDI instrument
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E-200_US Page 10 Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:01 PM r E-200/E-100 3. First steps Playing back a Tone demo song Setting up Demo songs (1)Press the [TONE] button. Playback of the Tone demo song starts automatically. The first thing you need to do is connect the supplied PSB-4U Your E-200/E-100 comes with 1 song demo, 8 Tone demos, var- (E-200) or ACO (E-100) adapter to a suitable wall outlet. ious Style demos, and 1 Stylist demo. • The song demo illustrates the possibilities of th
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E-200_US Page 11 Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:01 PM E-200/E-100 (3)If necessary, select another sound by pressing one of the 8 Playback of a Stylist demo song TONE buttons. See p. 28 for details. Playing without accompaniment (1)Press one of the STYLIST buttons to select a Stylist demo song. When you switch on the E-200/E-100, it select the PIANO SOLO mode. This means that you can use the E-200/E-100 like a digi- tal piano, or a synthesizer. POP GUITAR/ The accompaniment function (called “A
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E-200_US Page 12 Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:01 PM r E-200/E-100 Alternatively, press and hold one of the eight TONE buttons Using the Main and Split parts Using the metronome (Main part) while pressing another TONE button (Split part). You can switch on the metronome when practising a new song. (1)If you wish to play different sounds with your left and Note: You cannot assign Drum Kits to the Split part. right hands, press the [SPLIT] button. (1)Press the [METRONOME] button. Note: You ca
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E-200_US Page 13 Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:01 PM E-200/E-100 4. Playing with accompaniment (Arranger) Let us now take advantage of the E-200/E-100’s accompaniment function. This function is called “Arranger”. (3)Play a chord (or just one note) with your left hand. Button Function Starting/using the Arranger INTRO Playback of an introduction. This is automati- (1)Press the [ARRANGER] button. cally switched on when you press the [ARRANGER] button while the Arranger is stopped. ORIGINAL Simp
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E-200_US Page 14 Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:01 PM r E-200/E-100 Changing the tempo Stopping Arranger playback (6)Use the TEMPO/DATA buttons to decrease ( [–]) or increase (7)Press [START÷STOP] again to stop playback. Selecting Music Styles ([+]) the tempo (if necessary). You can also press [ENDING]. In that case, you first hear an The E-200 provides three memory areas for Music Styles (the ending phrase. When it is finished, Arranger playback stops E-100 has two): automatically. USER STL
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E-200_US Page 15 Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:01 PM E-200/E-100 (4)Use FAMILY [√][®] or the STYLE buttons to select the mem- (6)Use SELECT [√][®] to specify the desired Style within the ory area that contains the desired Music Style. selected group. Balance The BALANCE [√][®] buttons allow you to change the volume SELECT balance between the Arranger (or Song) parts and the Keyboard parts (the ones you can play yourself). (1)Press BALANCE [ACCOMP] if the Arranger (or Song parts) FAMILY are
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E-200_US Page 16 Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:01 PM r E-200/E-100 5. Playing back songs The E-200/E-100 allows you to play back commercially available music data files (called Standard MIDI Files) or your own songs you saved to disk or to the E-200/E-100’s Flash memory. Your own songs are saved as Standard MIDI Format 0 files and can also be played back using any other SMF compatible sequencer (or software). (3)Use FAMILY [√][®] to select the memory area that contains (4)Use SELECT [√][®] to
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E-200_US Page 17 Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:01 PM E-200/E-100 The [V-LINK] button now flashes to indicate the tempo and Working with the FAMILY and SELECT buttons beats (BEAT function). Additional playback functions You can already select a new song while the current one is You can press FAMILY [√] or [®] either repeatedly (brief The [INTRO], [ORIGINAL], etc. buttons have two functions: one in still playing back. If you want to listen to it before the cur- presses) to go back or advance,
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E-200_US Page 18 Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:01 PM r E-200/E-100 Note: In certain cases, [‰] and [º] may not be available. This is (3)If the icon isn’t already displayed, press the [REPEAT¥A–B] Live performance with song backing (Minus One) only the case for very large songs, however. button to activate the loop you have just programmed. Your E-200/E-100 allows you to mute parts you wish to play Note: By pressing [|√], [º] or [‰], you also recall the song’s pre- This button allows you to
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E-200_US Page 19 Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:01 PM E-200/E-100 (4)Press [|√] and [®÷ª] to start playback. Changing the track assignments What are tracks? If the song files you are using do not use the GM system (and (5)Press [®÷ª] again to stop playback. The term “track” is used only for your convenience. We bor- therefore do not correspond to the RIGHT, LEFT, BASS or (6)Press [MINUS¥ONE] again (or one of the “big” DATA ENTRY rowed it from tape recorders that allow for recording sev- DRUM
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E-200_US Page 20 Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:01 PM r E-200/E-100 6. Changing the Music Style or song orchestration Your E-200/E-100 is a novel arranger instrument and Standard MIDI File player with two functions for “customizing” the Styles or songs you play back via easy-to-use routines. Note: It is also possible to switch off ALL Stylist buttons to The STYLIST buttons have the following meanings. You may return to the original song or Music Style orchestration. notice that their function
