Roland E-80 Mixing Vocal Harmonist signals

Mixing Vocal Harmonist signals

E-80 Music Workstation

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The options are:

●

Thru—

No change whatsoever to the E-80’s sound (same

effect when you switch this processor off).

●

Super Flat~Boom Box Low—

Simulations of various ref-

erence monitors, including low-quality (or small) speak-

ers. Recording engineers often listen to their mixes on

various speakers to check whether all important parts

and effects are preserved on different speaker configu-

rations. These simulations apply both to the internal

speakers and to the OUTPUT and PHONES sockets.

(5) If necessary, press one of the DIGITAL BASS

ENHANCER button icons to change the bass con-

tent of the E-80’s signals.

Note that this parameter only applies to the E-80’s

internal speakers. It has no effect on the signals

transmitted to the OUTPUT MAIN sockets.

Press

[Back]

to return to the display page with the

“modules”.

—or—

Press the

[EXIT]

button to return to the main page.

Note:

The settings on this page are saved to the E-80 Global

area (and archived along with User Program set data).

Note:

You may hear some slight noise from the internal

speakers when the E-80 is turned on in a very quiet environ-

ment while the Digital Bass Enhancer is set to “Low” or “High”.

That noise is too faint to be audible once you start playing. In

any case, it is not transmitted to external speakers or head-

phones.

Note:

You may hear a clicking noise from the internal speak-

ers when you switch the Digital Bass Enhancer function from

“Low” (or “High”) to “Off”, or from “Off” to “Low”/“High”. This is

not a malfunction. This clicking noise is not transmitted to

external speakers or headphones.

Mixing Vocal Harmonist signals

Your E-80 provides three knobs (

[VOICE]

[HARMONY]

and

[EFFECTS]

) that you can use without even bother-

ing about the MIXER environment. That is why there

are no MIXER functions for this section. But the Vocal

Harmonist does have separate effects processors…

Note:

For the following, it would be a good idea to set the

[EFFECTS]

knob at least to “

▼

” to hear what you are doing.

(1) Press and hold a button to the right of the

[VOICE]

or the

[HARMONY]

knob.

This takes you to the page of the selected Vocal Har-

monist function.

(2) To set the effects, press the

[VOCAL¥EFFECT]

field.

You can also select this page by pressing the

[MENU]

button‰

[VOCAL¥HARMONIST]

field‰

[VOCAL¥EFFECT]

field.

The parts affected by the VOICE section are: SINGER,

VOICE-FX and AUTO PITCH.

→

Processors: Reverb, Delay

Now look at the front panel:

Only one button of these two sections can be on at

any one time. It therefore makes sense to use one set

of effects processors for the VOICE section and a sec-

ond for the HARMONY section.

The parts affected by the HARMONY section are:

VOCODER, SMALL and ENSEMBLE.

→

Processors:

Reverb, Chorus, Delay

Note:

When you switch on the

[TALK]

function, the display

looks a little different, because there is also a

[MUSIC¥MUTE]

parameter. See page 51 for details.

OFF The E-80’s bass response is flat.

LOW The E-80’s low end is boosted slightly, creating a

more powerful sound.

HIGH The E-80’s low end is boosted in a similar fashion

as for high-quality car stereos you can hear from

miles away.

OFF MAX

VOICE

OFF MAX

HARMONYTALK VOCODER

SINGER

SMALL

ENSEMBLE

VOICE

AUTO

PITCH