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  • Page 1 Reference Manual Copyright © 2015 ROLAND CORPORATION...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Backing Up or Initializing Data (Utility) Multisample Editing Saving Data to USB Flash Drive (Backup) Deleting a Multisample Restoring Saved Data from USB Memory Back into the E-A7 (Restore) User Tone Initializing USB Flash Drive (USB Memory Format) Creating a User Tone...

  • Page 3: An Overview Of The E-A7

    An Overview of the E-A7 Basic Structure Broadly speaking, the E-A7 consists of a controller section, a sound generator section, an arranger/song player section, and a sampler section. Controller Section The controller section is what you perform on. For example, the performer’s actions such as “playing the keyboard”...

  • Page 4: User Program (Upg)

    Wav/MP3 Within a user program, the E-A7 can save settings for the style, the song, and the tones. However, it is not the case that the user program contains the actual data (file) for the style, the song, and the tones; rather, the user program contains references to these items of data.

  • Page 5: Effects

    An Overview of the E-A7 Effects The E-A7 contains the following effects units. You can make settings independently for each of them. MFX (Multi Effects) This is a general-purpose multi-effect that modifies the sound itself, potentially giving it a completely different tonal character.

  • Page 6: About The Memory

    An Overview of the E-A7 About the Memory The state of the E-A7’s parameters and the data that you create are held in memory. This memory is divided into three categories: “temporary memory,” “rewritable memory,” “non-rewritable memory ” Temporary memory (Temporary area) A user program (UPG) that you load during a performance, and the panel settings that you modify while performing, are held in temporary memory (the temporary area).

  • Page 7: Menu Options

    Access the SMF Mark&Jump function setting screen SMF Mark&Jump (p. 55). Allow lyric data to be displayed on the E-A7 (limited to Lyrics SMF or mp3 files that contain lyric data) (p. 56). Adjust the compressor and equalizer that are applied Mastering Tools to the output.

  • Page 8: Global Parameters

    Global Parameters The settings of the “Global” parameters can be saved to the E-A7’s along with the remaining settings when you select a User Program global memory. memory. Global parameters are automatically saved when you exit the page Parameter Value or turn off the power.
  • Page 9 “Display Contrast L” “Display Contrast R ” 500 Hz, 630 Hz, 800 Hz, 1000 It is used to change the contrast of the E-A7’s display in case you find Frequency at which to cut the Hz, 1250 Hz, it difficult to read.
  • Page 10 Global Parameters This parameter allows you to tune your E-A7 to acoustic instruments 2nd-Bar: Causes playback to start from measure 2 of the selected that cannot be tuned. The default is 440.0 Hz. Standard MIDI File. 1st-Note: This is basically the same as the above, except that...

  • Page 11: User Program Edit Parameters

    This function group allows you to specify where and Arranger Setting how the selected Style should scan the note messages The E-A7 provides one multi-effect (MFX) for the keyboard parts. generated by your playing for chord information. For each part, you can specify whether the MFX is applied.
  • Page 12 User Program Edit Parameters Assignable Lever Horizontal Parameter Value Explanation Use this parameter to specify the This parameter allows you to specify for each keyboard part how it “Mid Frequency” width of the band should respond to left/right movements of the assignable lever. 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, that you want to boost or cut.

  • Page 13: Keyboard Part Mfx Parameters

    Attack (only for Tones) This parameter adjusts the onset of the sound. Negative values The E-A7 provides 84 different multi-effect types, some of which are combinations of two effects for added flexibility. This parameter speed up the attack, so that the sound becomes more aggressive.

  • Page 14: Style Part Mixer Parameters

    User Program Edit Parameters 35. EH 0 Delay Expression Pedal 7. Enhancer 63. Band Step Flg 36. Chorus 0 DLY 8. Auto Wah 64. VS Overdrive “Off” Select if you don’t need pedal expression for the selected part. 37. Flanger 0 DLY 9.
  • Page 15 “chords” when you press only one note. If the hold pedal is The E-A7 plays a Fill-In. The tempo slows down while the fill is still pressed, chord recognition continues up to a maximum being played. At the end of the fill, return to the original tempo.

  • Page 16: Melody Intelligent Parameters

    “On” connected to the PEDAL HOLD/SWITCH socket. Select if you want to add a MELODY INTELL part. This part is triggered by the chord recognition of the E-A7’s Parameter Value Automatic Accompaniment and plays automatic harmonies that are Hold Pedal Auto, On, Off added to the melody that you are playing using the Upper 1 part.

  • Page 17: Split

    User Program Edit Parameters “Auto”: “Off,” The keyboard part only responds to backward movements select the LWR part stops sounding as soon as you release all of the assignable lever when no split setting causes it to be keys in the left area. to the left of other keyboard parts.

  • Page 18: Using Scale Tunings

    A scale tuning that you’ve edited can be saved in a user program or Your E-A7 allows you to change the tuning of the keys, which then in Scale Memory 1–3. To recall a scale tuning that you’ve saved, press applies to all notes of the same name.

  • Page 19: Pad Settings

    User Program Edit Parameters Play Tones Parameter Value Explanation Select the routing to Effect You can play a specific note number (keyboard location) of a tone. Off, Mfx, A, B Mfx: Effect used on Keyboard Parts This is a convenient way to play sound effects or drum sounds. A or B: Effect used on Accomp Parts If this is On, the phrase continues playing...

  • Page 20: Creating A Phrase To Play From A Pad (Phrase Recording)

    User Program Edit Parameters If you want to save it as a One Touch memory parameters, execute Parameter Value Explanation the save operation in the following procedure. Corrects minor timing problems. Off, 1/4, 1/8, It shifts the notes whose timing is not Call the One Touch you want to change the Pad setting 1/8T, 1/16, Input Quantize...
  • Page 21 Explanation This function allows you to have the E-A7 start on the first beat of the cur- You can connect two types of Pedal Switch to the E-A7’s CONTROL rently selected Style pattern when jack (Not Continuous or Continuous). you press the assigned switch.
  • Page 22 User Program Edit Parameters Parameter Value Explanation By pressing the Assign Switch button, you alternate between the “Standard” “Pianist2” Style Ar- ranger type (p. 15). When the former is selected, the chord recognition Piano/Std area is automatically set to “Left ” When you switch to Piano Style, the chord recognition area is automat- “Whole ”...

  • Page 23: One Touch Setting

    One Touch The screen changes as follows. memories 1–4. 5 The E-A7 has a function that lets you lock specific settings when you select a different One Touch memory. For details, refer to “Locking One Touch Memories Settings (One Touch...

  • Page 24: Copying A User Program Or One Touch Memory To Another One Touch Memory

    One Touch Setting Press one of the [L1] [L2] [L4] [L5] buttons to move the MEMO cursor to the copy-destination One Touch memory. When you edit the One Touch settings, the screen indicates “EDITED” to indicate this. Save the Style via [Option] “Save Style ”...

  • Page 25: Sampling Menu

    Sampling Menu Overall Workflow The E-A7 lets you add new waveforms and play them from the keyboard as pitched sounds. You can also freely add the sounds of specific ethnic instruments and local instruments. The following diagram shows the overall workflow for creating new sounds.

  • Page 26: Sampling

    Press the [F5] (Start) button to start sampling. This is due to the settings of the E-A7; the character of the sound may be affected by settings such as the effect settings of each MEMO part, or the compressor and EQ settings of the Mastering Tools.

  • Page 27: Deleting A Sample

    Sampling Menu Press the [Enter] button. The Sample Edit screen appears. A confirmation message appears. To save, select “Yes ” “No” If you want to change the save-destination, select to return to the page where you can specify the save-destination. NOTE If a sample already exists in the save-destination, the previous sample is deleted.

  • Page 28: Creating A Multisample (Create Multisample)

    Sampling Menu If you want to change the save-destination, select “No” to return to Creating a Multisample (Create the page where you can specify the save-destination. Multisample) NOTE If there is a multisample in the save-destination, the original multisample is overwritten. “multisample”...

  • Page 29: Deleting A Multisample

    User Tone On the E-A7, you can use user samples and multisamples to create your own original tones (User Tones). You can also edit an internal tone (Preset Tone) and save it as a User...

  • Page 30: User Tone Parameters

    “Edit ” User Tone Parameters The UST Edit screen appears. On the E-A7, one tone consists of four elements of sound (Partial 1–4). The following parameters can be edited. For each of these partials, you can change the waveform (Wave) and Common parameters specify the keyboard region in which it will produce sound.
  • Page 31 Sampling Menu Item/Pa- Item / Pa- Value Explanation Value Explanation rameter rameter PITCH: If you press another key while the pitch is Type of filter changing, new portamento starts from the pitch OFF: Filter is not used that was sounding at the moment you pressed the LPF: Low Pass Filter.

  • Page 32: Deleting A User Tone

    Sampling Menu Item / Pa- Item / Pa- Value Explanation Value Explanation rameter rameter How to Apply the LFO TVA Envelope Apply the LFO gradually after the key is pressed FADE MODE: ON-IN DELAY TIME: Time from when the keyboard is played until the LFO begins to be applied Level Time...

  • Page 33: Exporting User Tones To A Usb Flash Drive (Ust Export)

    If there is no “My UST” folder in External Storage (USB flash Exporting User Tones to a USB Flash Drive drive), you can either use the E-A7 to format the USB flash drive, “My UST ” or create a folder named (UST Export)
  • Page 34 Sampling Menu * User Drum Kit is sometimes abbreviated as UDK. Parameter Parameter Explanation Selects the pitch of the note that will In the Tone section, press the [User] button. sound the drum instrument. The User Tone list appears. * The default value is 60 (C4). Edit this Inst Coarse Tune C-1–G9 [User]...

  • Page 35: User Drum Kit Parameters

    Sampling Menu User Drum Kit Parameters Item / Pa- Value Explanation rameter Type of filter You can edit the following parameters. OFF: Filter is not used LPF: Low Pass Filter. Cuts the frequency region above Common parameters the cutoff, making the sound more mellow. BPF: Band Pass Filter.
  • Page 36 Note when selecting a waveform These settings determine how the sound is played. The E-A7 uses complex PCM waveforms as the basis for its sounds. For this Specifies how the sound is played when you press the reason, you should be aware that if you specify a waveform that is very different same key multiple times.

  • Page 37: Deleting A User Drum Kit

    “My UDK” folder in External Storage (USB flash Press the [Option] button. drive), you can either use the E-A7 to format the USB flash drive, “My UDK ” or create a folder named The UDK Option screen appears. “Export ”...

  • Page 38: Increasing The Amount Of Free Sample Memory

    Sampling Menu Optimizing Sample Memory Increasing the Amount of Free Sample Memory Optimize is an operation that rearranges the vacant areas that are fragmented in memory, allowing the memory to be used optimally. [Sampling] If sample memory is full, you can increase the amount of free sample Press the button.

  • Page 39: Style Composer

    (major, minor, seventh). Tracks Unlike a drum machine, a E-A7 style not only contains the rhythm The right screen shows the status of each track of the division. part (drums & percussion) but also a melodic accompaniment, such as piano, guitar, bass and strings lines.

  • Page 40: Getting Ready To Record

    If you want to use the accompani- This is where you select a sound ment in a musically meaningful way, (or Drum) for the track marked for (Tone assigned you need to tell the E-A7 what key Tone Name recording (“Rec Track”).

  • Page 41: Recording A Track

    Style Composer “record” after the last bar you played). This means that you often Parameter Value Explanation measures instead of 4, for example: Specifies the number of bars the pattern should contain. The setting range is 1–136 (or more, depending “Off ”...

  • Page 42: Returning A Recorded Track To The State Prior To Recording (Undo)

    Style Composer provides 12 functions: After recording a few tracks, you may find that certain parts tend to confuse you. That is why the E-A7 allows you to mute tracks that you Quantize, Erase, Delete, Copy, Insert, Key, Change Velo, Change Gate Time, Global Change, Shift Clock, Track Length and Time Signal.
  • Page 43 “CPT” is short for “Clock Pulse From CPT 0–119 the E-A7. (There are 120 CPTs to Time,” the smallest unit used by every beat of a 4/4 bar.) Change this From CPT 0–119 the E-A7. (There are 120 CPTs to setting only if your edit operation every beat of a 4/4 bar.) Change this...
  • Page 44 Style Composer [F4] You can press the (Prev) button to audition the copy-source NOTE data. 5 If you want to save the modified data, save the style (p. 42). However, auditioning is not possible if All is selected for Track or 5 If you want to return to the state prior to editing, execute the Division.
  • Page 45 Style Composer Change Velocity NOTE This function provides no “To” pointer. Instead, you need to “For” specify the length of the insert using the values. “Change Veloc” function allows you to modify the dynamics (called “velocity”) of a track or excerpt. Only note events can be Parameter Value Explanation...
  • Page 46 You can also use it to older styles to ensure that they use has a considerably slower attack than the sound you used for the E-A7’s new sounds. recording the part in question. This technique is frequently used Parameter Value Explanation “time”...

  • Page 47: Editing Individual Style Events (Micro Edit)

    Style Composer “Change Gate Time” however, will help you cut the notes down NOTE to size and thus avoid undesirable overlaps. 5 If you want to save the modified data, save the style (p. 42). 5 If you want to return to the state prior to editing, execute the Parameter Value Explanation...

  • Page 48: About "Alteration Mode" Messages

    7 CC—These messages usually add something to the notes being played, like modulation, a different volume, a new stereo position… The E-A7 recognizes (and allows you to edit) all control change Result with “Nearest” numbers the Arranger uses (CC01, 10, 11, 91, 93) and displays their “official”...
  • Page 49 [F5] Press the (Exec) button to confirm your settings and add the new event. The E-A7 returns to the “Micro Edit” page. Erase Event This function allows you to remove one or several events without changing the positions of the remaining events.

  • Page 50: Makeup Tools (Styles And Smf)

    (software) you use. Changes you don’t “freeze” are nevertheless stored when you save the edited style/ song file—but only the E-A7 can read them. “Common” parameters on this page apply to the entire song or style.

  • Page 51: Instrument

    Makeup Tools (Styles and SMF) NOTE Instrument In the case of the drums, you can mute two instrument groups (“Drum Mute” “Perc Mute,” see below) separately. Parameter Value Mute (T) Off, On Drum Mute (D) Solo Switches off all instruments except the selected instrument. Parameter Value Solo...
  • Page 52 Vibrato Delay -127–+127 Resonance -127–+127 NOTE The E-A7 contains 2 multi-effects processors (“Mfx”), one reverb For some sounds, negative (–) “Resonance” settings may processor and one chorus processor that can be used to process produce no noticeable change because the resonance is already styles or Standard MIDI Files.
  • Page 53 (see p. 54). Doing so will allow you to hear those changes on any sequencer (software) you use. Changes you don’t “freeze” are nevertheless stored when you save the edited style/ song file—but only the E-A7 can read them.

  • Page 54: Freeze Data

    “Freeze Data,” and then save the file to embed the changes you made on the E-A7 into the file. This function is convenient when you want to use the edited file with other backing equipment, a computer, or a sequencer (software).

  • Page 55: Using The Mark And Jump Function (Smf Songs Only)

    Using the Mark and Jump Function (SMF Songs Only) Use the direct buttons and function buttons to select The E-A7 lets you “mark” up to four (storable) locations in the current song (SMF) and then “jump” to a stored location.

  • Page 56: Lyrics

    Lyrics When playing an SMF or MP3 that contains lyrics data, you can make the lyrics appear on the E-A7’s display. Select a song that contains lyrics data. [Menu] Press the button. The Menu screen appears. Use the direct buttons to select [R3] (Lyrics).

  • Page 57: Mastering Tools

    Mastering Tools The E-A7 contains an effects processor that applies to all keyboard Parameter Value Explanation parts, style and SMF song parts. Use this parameter to correct the “Mastering Tools,” This processor is called because it allows you to level at the compressor’s outputs.
  • Page 58 (this is a shelving filter). settings are also written as the User settings. Use this parameter to set the level 5 When you switch on the E-A7, it automatically loads the “User” “High” of the selected frequency.

  • Page 59: Midi Parameters

    MIDI transmission/reception of the song exchanged among electronic musical instruments and computers. parts. The E-A7 provides a MIDI IN and MIDI OUT socket so that NOTE performance data can be received from other MIDI instruments.
  • Page 60 “Limit Low” “Limit High” allow you to set the note range to be received. If not all note messages received on a given MIDI channel should be played by the selected E-A7 part, narrow down the range. Tx Shift Parameter Value...

  • Page 61: Edit Tone Parts

    E-A7 should send MIDI real-time messages when you start style song playback. This allows you to synchronize external instruments or (software) sequencers with your E-A7. Style Start/Stop Tx If you activate this option, the E-A7 sends start or stop messages when you start (or stop) playback. style Parameter...
  • Page 62 This parameter is used to enable or disable the transmission of (using a PK-series dynamic MIDI pedal board, for example). If the E-A7 program change and bank select messages related to Performance receives a MIDI Start message (FA), it waits for Clock messages that selection.
  • Page 63 “Style Parts” page, Rx Channel 1–16 the E-A7 transmits an NRPN message that describes your action. You can keep the E-A7 from responding to such messages to avoid that external instruments mute its parts. Volume Rx Parameter Value Allows you to enable or disable the reception of volume messages...
  • Page 64 C- –G9 High This parameter allows you to specify how the original program changes of the songs you play back are transmitted via MIDI. The E-A7 NOTE may change sound addresses (usually CC00 and CC32 values) so as to play back all songs with the best possible quality.
  • Page 65 MIDI Parameters Rx SysEx Use this parameter to specify whether the E-A7 should receive SysEx messages from other devices. Parameter Value Rx Sysex Off, On Rx Transpose Use this parameter to specify whether or not the E-A7 should transpose the MIDI note messages it receives.

  • Page 66: Using File Utility

    Using File Utility Here you can perform operations for the files saved in the E-A7’s The copy is executed. internal storage and external storage (USB flash drive). If you decide to cancel, select “No ” MEMO Displaying the File List If the copy-destination contains an identically named file or folder, a confirmation message appears.

  • Page 67: Backing Up Or Initializing Data (Utility)

    5 If there is a large amount of sample data, Backup might take Utility functions let you save user data to USB flash drive or restore data from USB flash drive back to the E-A7. You’ll also use these utility several tens of minutes. Never turn off the power while the “Executing ”...
  • Page 68 Backing Up or Initializing Data (Utility) The Utility screen appears. Use the direct buttons to select “Version ” The Version screen appears.

  • Page 69: E-A7 Troubleshooting

    The E-A7 no longer produces sound when I connect it to a PC. When you connect the E-A7 to a PC and start a DAW, the MIDI “Local” parameter might automatically be turned “Off.”...

  • Page 70: E-A7 Error Messages

    Reduce the number of files, drive). selected by the Finder function. for example by increasing Restart the E-A7. If this does the number of characters for An error has occurred in the not solve the problem, con- Disk Error which you are searching.

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