Roland E-80 Key Touch (velocity sensitivity)

Using the performance functions

E-80 Music Workstation

setting “–3”. Note that this also means that you need to

play the “real” notes at the right end of the keyboard,

because the entire part/Tone is transposed down.

This parameter also comes in handy when you wish

to trigger Drum Set sounds that are not accessible via

the keyboard in its normal state. Remember that

there are 61 keys, while some Drum Sets provide

drum/percussion sounds for all 128 notes supported

by the MIDI standard.

Finally, you may need this parameter when you take

advantage of the UPPER 3 SPLIT function (see p. 99)

to avoid that the UP3 notes are way too high for

what you have in mind.

(1) Use the TONE ASSIGN buttons to select of the Key-

board part you wish to transpose in octave steps.

(2) If the main page is not displayed, press the [EXIT]

button several times until it appears.

(3) Use the OCTAVE [ß][†] fields to set the desired

interval (up to 4 octaves higher or lower).

(4) If necessary, repeat this with the remaining Key-

board parts.

Key Touch (velocity sensitivity)

Of course, the E-80’s keyboard is also velocity sensitive.

This allows you to control the timbre and volume of the

Keyboard parts by varying the force with which you

strike the keys.

(1) Press the [MENU] button.

The display changes to:

(2) Press the [SPLIT≈&≈TOUCH] field, followed by the

[KEY¥TOUCH] field.

(3) Press a field in the PARTS column to select the

Keyboard part whose velocity sensitivity you wish

to change.

(4) Press a field in the CURVE column to set the

desired velocity sensitivity:

[LOW]: Select this setting if you are used to playing

on an electronic organ or if you do not want velocity

changes to bring about major volume changes.

[MID]: Medium velocity sensitivity. The keyboard

responds to velocity changes, but the maximum vol-

ume can be obtained more easily than with “HIGH”.

(This is the default setting.)

[HIGH]: Select this setting for maximum expressive-

ness. Even small variations of the force with which

you strike a key produce audible changes. The trade-

off is, however, that you have to strike the keys

forcefully to achieve the maximum volume.

[FIXED]: Select this setting if all notes you play on the

keyboard should have the same velocity value. When

you press this icon, a display field appears next to it

C2 C3

OCTAVE= –1

OCTAVE= 0

C2 C3

TONE ASSIGN

MBS LW 2 LW 1

KEYBOARD PART

UP 3 UP 2 UP 1