Using the performance functions
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E-80 Music Workstation
● Scale Upper/Scale Lower—Allows you to assign the
selected Scale Tune (see p. 79) setting to the three Upper
parts.
● Scale Lower—Allows you to assign the selected Scale
Tune (see p. 79) setting to the Lower parts.
● Keyboard Exchange UP2/1—Allows you to switch off
the UP1 part and activate the UP2 part – and vice versa.
Note: If neither UP1 nor UP2 are on when you first press
the footswitch, one of them is activated.
● Keyboard Exchange LW2/1—Allows you to switch off
the LW1 part and activate the LW2 – and vice versa.
Note: If neither LW1 nor LW2 are on when you first press
the footswitch, one of them is activated.
● Punch In/Out—The footswitch can be used to activate
and switch off punch in/out recording using the E-80’s
sequencer (page 176).
● Portamento—Switches the Portamento function
(page 101) on and off.
● Soft, Sostenuto, Hold—The assigned footswitch can be
used as a Soft, Sostenuto or Sustain (Hold pedal). Note
that “Hold” can also be controlled using a dedicated (but
optional) DP-2, DP-6, or BOSS FS-5U footswitch con-
nected to the HOLD FOOTSWITCH socket.
● Hold Lower1—The footswitch does the same as the
LOWER 1 HOLD function (see also p. 102).
● Hold Lower2—The footswitch does the same as the
LOWER 2 HOLD function (see also p. 102).
● Hold Lower 1–2—The footswitch allows you to switch
the LOWER 1/2 HOLD functions on and off.
● Rotary HB Slow/Fast—Allows you to select the slow or
fast speed of the Rotary effect. This only works if the
Harmonic Bars are being used by UP1, LW1 and/or MBS.
● Rotary HB On/Off—Allows you to switch the Rotary
effect on (first time) and off (second). This only works if
the Harmonic Bars are being used by UP1, LW1 and/or
MBS.
● User Program Up, User Program Down—Allows you to
select the next (“Up”) or previous (“Down”) User Program.
● Play/Stop Song—Starts and stops the Recorder. Same
function as the [PLAY÷STOP¥®÷ª] button.
● Talk—The footswitch performs the same function as the
[TALK] button in the VOCAL HARMONIST section.
● Harmony On/Off—The footswitch allows you to switch
the currently selected HARMONY function ([VOCODER],
[SMALL] or [ENSEMBLE]) on and off. Select this function
if you want to switch the harmonies on for the choruses
and off for the verses (for example), while playing on the
keyboard.
● Minus One—The footswitch allows you to switch the
Minus-One function on and off. See page 45 for how to
select the option that will be used when the Minus-One
function is on.
● Break Mute—When you pess the footswitch, Arranger
playback is muted for the remainder of the current mea-
sure. This is great for rock’n’roll songs.
● Viewer Page Down, Viewer Page Up—Allows you to
select the previous (“Down”) or next (“Up”) TXT or BMP
“page” in the E-80’s internal memory. See page 56 for
details.
(5) Press the [EXIT] button to return to the main page.
Hold Footswitch (Sustain)Also called “Sustain” or “Damper” pedal, the footswitch
you connect to the PEDAL HOLD socket allows you to
hold the notes you play on the keyboard in much the
same way as on an acoustic piano. Though you cannot
assign other functions to this footswitch, you can
decide when a given part should respond to these mes-
sages.
The Hold function is available for the following parts:
UP1/2/3, LW1/2 and M.Bass, on condition that you
select WHOLE keyboard mode. In SPLIT mode, the sus-
tain pedal’s Hold function only works for the right-
most part. When UP1/2/3 are layered, the Hold effect
applies to those Upper parts. (This applies to the “Auto”
setting.)
You can also specify whether or not the Melody Intelli-
gence function (MELODY INTELL) should respond to
Hold messages.
Note: Do not forget to connect an optional DP-2, DP-6 or BOSS
FS-5U footswitch to the HOLD FOOTSWITCH socket.
(1) Press the [MENU] button.
The display changes to:
(2) Press the [FOOT¥CONTROLLER] field, followed by
the [HOLD¥FOOTSW.] field.
(3) Use the PART fields to select the Keyboard part
whose HOLD setting you want to change.
(4) Use the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial or the [DEC]/[INC] but-
tons to select the function (“Hold Assign”).
“Auto” means that the part in question only responds
to Hold messages if it is assigned to the right half
(SPLIT) or the entire keyboard (WHOLE). “On” means
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