Using optional footswitches
E-80 Music Workstation
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Using optional footswitches

FC7 PEDAL

The E-80 allows you to connect an optional FC-7 Foot

Controller to the FC7 PEDAL socket.

At first, the switches of this pedal board are assigned

Arranger control functions. You can, however, assign

other functions to these switches.

Note: The FC-7 assignments apply to the E-80 and are not writ-
ten to individual User Programs. Selecting another User Program
is therefore not enough to reconfigure the FC-7. The assignments
can, however, be saved (along with all User Programs) using “Save
User Program Set” on p. 227.

(1) Press the [MENU] button.

The display changes to:

(2) Press the [FOOT¥CONTROLLER] field, followed by

the [FC-7] field.

Note: The assigned functions apply to the E-80 as a whole and
are not written to individual User Programs.

(3) Press the pedal field of the footswitch you wish to

assign another function to.

Example: to change the assignment of the second

pedal from the right, press the last-but-one pedal

field.

(4) Use the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial or the [DEC]/[INC] but-

tons to select the desired function:

● Start/Stop, Intro, Variat 1, Variat 2, Variat 3, Variat 4,
Ending—These are the default functions of the FC-7’s
footswitches (1~7). They duplicate the functions of the
STYLE CONTROL buttons.
● MBass/KBD Arranger—Allows you to set the Arranger
Chord parameter to “Off” (chord recognition as well as
ABS recognition off, see p. 89) and, at the same time,
select the SPLIT Keyboard mode and activate the MBS
part – and vice versa.
Note: Pressing the footswitch you assign this function to
does not mean that the Arranger stops. If you switched on
the Arr Hold function (page 89), the last recognized chord
will go on sounding, so that your MBS part may drown in
the accompaniment. We therefore suggest you assign the
“Arranger Hold” function to an ASSIGN SW button (or
another FC-7 footswitch) and use it to switch off the
Arranger Hold function, so that the Arranger only plays the
drum pattern of the selected Music Style.
● Piano/Standard—You can alternate between Standard
and Piano Style Arranger Chord modes. When the
former is selected, the chord recognition area (page 89)
is automatically set to “LEFT”. When you switch to Piano
Style, the chord recognition area is automatically set to
“WHOLE”. Furthermore, the KBD MODE [WHOLE] button
is switched on and the Upper 1 part is activated (if it was
off).
● Half Bar on Fill In—The assigned footswitch allows you
to switch the Half Bar function on and off. Certain pop
songs in 4/4 contain bars that only last two beats. The
usual place for such a bar is between the first and the
second verse. Another favorite position for “halved” bars
is at the end of a chorus or the bridge. This does not
change Style playback right away. Only when a Fill-In
starts will the Half Bar function be activated and play
half the number of beats of the fill you selected.
● Arr Chord Off—Allows you to switch the Arranger’s
chord recognition off, in which case only the drum/per-
cussion of the selected Music Style keeps playing (or can
be used). See also (page 88).
● Arranger Hold—Allows you to switch the Arranger Hold
function on and off. See p. 89.
● Dynamic Arranger—Allows you to switch the Dynamic
Arranger function on and off. See page 89 for details.
● Arranger RIT Tempo, Arranger ACC Tempo—The
assigned footswitch performs the same function as the
RIT or ACC parameter (page 91).
● Arranger Default Tempo—The assigned FC-7 footswitch
allows you to reset the Arranger tempo to the preset
value (contained in the Music Style itself).
● Reset/Start Tempo—This function allows you to have
the Arranger start on the first beat of the currently
selected Music Style pattern when you press the
assigned footswitch. Use it when you are accompanying
a singer or soloist whose timing is a little shaky and sud-
denly notice that the Arranger lags one or two beats
behind the singer/soloist.
● Tap Tempo—Same function as the [TAP] button.
● Bass Inversion—Allows you to switch the Bass Inversion
function on and off (page 83).
● Melody Intelligent—Same function as the
[MELODY¥INTELL] button on the E-80’s front panel: it
allows you to switch Melody Intelligence on and off.
FC-7 PEDAL PEDAL
HOLD SWITCH EXPRESSION
MENU