Playing realistic guitar parts (Guitar mode)
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(2) While the Guitar mode is active, switch off the
PART ON/OFF [UP1] button.
The EASY SETTING [GUITAR] indicator flashes to signal
that the Guitar mode is being bypassed.
(3) Play on the keyboard.
Now, the UP3 part sounds (UP1 and UP2 are not
available).
(4) Switch on the PART ON/OFF [UP1] button to restore
the E-80’s Guitar mode and play the next guitar
bit.
To leave the Guitar mode, press an EASY SETTING
([ARR], [ORGAN] or [PIANO]) or KBD MODE button
([SPLIT] or [WHOLE]), or the [Off÷On] switch icon on
the GUITAR MODE page (to select “Off”).
Alternatively, you can select a User Program that
doesn’t use the Guitar mode (see p. 126).
Guitar Mode Options
There are additional functions you can set to fine-tune
your virtual guitar’s behavior. Using the DOUBLING sec-
tion, you can even add a second guitar sound.
(1) On the “GUITAR MODE” page, press the [OPTIONS]
field.
The display changes to:
(2) Press the switch icon of the parameter you want to
switch on or off. Use the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial (or
[DEC]/[INC] buttons) to set the STEREO WIDTH
parameter.
Here is what the parameters mean and do:
● RETRIGGER—This parameter allows you to specify
whether the arpeggio notes of the key(s) you are press-
ing in the “ARPEGGIO” or “STRUMM” area are replayed
again when you play another chord in the “CHORD” area.
This function is on by default.
● CHORD OFF MUTING—Switch this function on when
you want to mute the virtual guitar strings by releasing
all keys in the “CHORD” area. That way, your left hand
can be used for occasional “mute” instances whose
effect is similar to the one obtained with any of the
“mute” patterns in the “STRUMM” area.
● “V” NOISES—Guitar parts usually also contain gentle
squeaking and sliding noises. Use this function to add
such noises to your virtual guitar parts (or to switch
them off if you don’t like them).
● ADAPT CHORD—Switch this parameter on if your virtual
guitar should adapt its chord voicings to the inversions
you play in the “CHORD” area. As you know, each chord
can be played in a variety of ways on a keyboard and a
guitar. Though the Guitar mode always voices its chord
in a typical guitar fashion (even when this parameter is
off), you may need even more flexibility than this basic
system can provide. In that case, switch on this parame-
ter and try out different inversions to discover how that
affects your guitar.
● AUTO SUSTAIN—When this function is on (default set-
ting), all guitar notes you trigger using the “ARPEGGIO”
keys have a longer decay. If you switch it off, the notes
are a lot shorter.
● HOLD PEDAL—This function only works if you connect
an optional DP-2, DP-6, or BOSS FS-5U footswitch to the
HOLD FOOTSWITCH socket. The pedal’s behavior depends
on whether [AUTO¥SUSTAIN] is on or off.
When [AUTO¥SUSTAIN] is on, while [HOLD¥PEDAL] is also
on, pressing the Hold pedal temporarily bypasses the
[AUTO¥SUSTAIN] setting, and thus causes the guitar
notes to have a short decay.
If [AUTO¥SUSTAIN] is off, while [HOLD¥PEDAL] is on,
pressing the Hold pedal temporarily produces a normal
Hold/damper effect.
Note: This Hold function is added to the one that allows
you to hold notes played by the active Keyboard parts (MBS,
LW2, LW1 and/or UP3), if they have been assigned to that
footswitch (see p. 76).
● DOUBLING—This section allows you to add a second
guitar to the main guitar part. That added guitar uses
the same sound as your main guitar. The purpose of this
added guitar is to create the impression that the guitar
part is played by two musicians.
● STEREO WIDTH—(0~50) This parameter allows you to
specify the distance between the two guitars in the ste-
reo sound field. The higher the value, the further they
are panned to the left and right sides respectively.
● STRUMM UP—These button fields are mutually exclu-
sive and only apply to the two D notes of the STRUM-
MING section. “NOTE ON” means that the strum is played
when you press one of the two D keys. “NOTE OFF”
means that the strum sounds when you release one of
the D keys. This selection does not apply to the remain-
ing STRUMMING keys.
(3) Press the [Back] field to return to the “GUITAR
MODE” page, or the [EXIT] button to return to the
main page.
Note: All GUITAR MODE settings can be written to a User Pro-
gram and recalled at a later stage. See p. 125.
PART ON/OFF
TONE ASSIGN
MBS LW 2 LW 1
KEYBOARD PART
UP 3 UP 2 UP 1