Programming Styles (Style Composer)
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E-80 Music Workstation
Recording Styles from scratch
Style recording and editing is carried out in the
E-80’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 yet done so, you
should take advantage of this security system.
Press the [YES] field to save your Style (see page 207
for details) or [NO] if you think that is not necessary.
The MFX settings are not recorded, because there is
no way of specifying the assignments to the instru-
ments beforehand. This is something you need to do
using the Style Makeup Tools. See page 141.

Starting the Style Composer

(1) Press the [MENU] button.
The display changes to:
(2) Press the [STYLE¥COMPOSER] field.

Clearing the RAM memory (Initialize Style)

The first thing we need to do is clear the E-80’s Style
RAM memory, because it is not empty when you select
the STYLE COMPOSER.
(3) Press the [INITIALIZE¥STYLE] field in the right col-
umn.
The warning alerts you to the fact that pressing
[EXECUTE] (see below) may have disastrous conse-
quences. See “Saving your Style” on p. 207 if you still
need to save your previous Style.
(4) If you want the E-80 to select suitable sounds for
you, press one of the TEMPLATES fields.
Here is what the options mean:
‰ If you want to set everything yourself, jump to
“Preparing your own settings” below.
■Time signature
Before recording your first track, you must specify
the time signature of your accompaniment. Select 4/
4 for 8- or 16-beat patterns, 3/4 for waltzes, 2/4 for
polkas and 6/8 (or 4/4) for marches. You can also
select more complex time signatures (5/4, 7/4, etc.).

Important remarks

MENU
ORCHESTR Selects orchestral sounds suitable for classi-
cal music and film scores.
BAROQUE Selects instrument sounds suitable for
chamber music.
ROCK Selects sounds suitable for rock music.
FOLK Selects sounds suitable for folk music.
COUNTRY Selects sounds suitable for country music.
ELECTRONIC Selects sounds suitable for dance music.
POP Selects sounds often used in pop arrange-
ments.
JAZZ Selects sounds suitable for jazz combos.
ETHNIC Selects sounds suitable for world music.