Roland E-80 Selecting other Style divisions

Selecting other Style divisions

E-80 Music Workstation

There is no need to restart Style playback manually if

you also activate SYNC [START] (see above).

Note: You can also use a Fade-Out. See page 157 for details.

About Sync Start & Stop

If you’ve never used an arranger keyboard before, the

status of the SYNC [START] button is the single most

important function to look out for after switching on

your instrument. If it is on, playing just one note on the

keyboard may cause the Arranger to start playing when

you don’t want it to.

Once you get to know the E-80 a little better, you will

appreciate this function, though.

SYNC START means that the Arranger starts as soon as

you play a note or chord in the chord recognition area

of the keyboard. (If the EASY SETTING [ARR] button

lights, this area is the left half of the keyboard. See

p. 88 for details.)

The E-80 also provides a SYNC STOP button. That func-

tion causes the Arranger to stop playback as soon as

you release all keys in the chord recognition area. This is

great for songs where you need breaks (i.e. one or sev-

eral beats of silence).

Selecting other Style divisions

You can “professionalize” your performance with the

Arranger by selecting different accompaniment pat-

terns.

Here’s a quick overview of how the E-80’s Music Styles

are structured:

The numeric button you press flashes until the new

pattern is used (after which the button lights steadily).

You can use fill-ins (transitions) to go from one MAIN

VARIATION pattern to the next by switching on the

[AUTO¥FILL] button before pressing another (or the

lighting) MAIN VARIATION [1]~[4] button.

The fill-in that is played between the current and the

next VARIATION pattern depends on where you come

from. Each transition from one VARIATION pattern to

another (e.g. from [1] to [2]) is different from the others

(from [2] to [3], from [3] to [4] and from [4] to [1]).

There are three Fill-Ins for the upward direction (“Up”)

and three for downward moves (“Dw”).

Note: You can also press [INTRO] in the middle of a performance.

In that case, the button flashes until the end of the current bar

and then lights on the next downbeat to indicate that the

Arranger is playing the introductory pattern.

Other ways of selecting Arranger patterns

You can also switch among Style patterns using the

aftertouch function, the ASSIGN SW buttons or a foot-

switch. Here are the pattern selection functions you

can assign:

Note: Even aftertouch messages generated outside the chord

recognition area (see p. 88) trigger the selected switching func-

tion.

Bass Inversion

The Bass Inversion function allows you to change the

way the Arranger reads the chords you play.

If this function is off, the A.BASS part (ABS) plays the

root of the chords that feed the Arranger, while the

chords of the ACCOMP 1~6 parts are voiced in such a

way as to avoid semitone intervals (for complex chords)

that wouldn’t sound very nice.

Bass Inversion gives you more artistic license because

you specify the notes played by the ABS part. Switch on

Bass Inversion for songs that rely on bass rather than

on chord patterns (for example C – C/B – C/Bb, etc.).

MAIN VARIATION [1] The simplest of the four basic accom-

paniment patterns. This pattern is ideal

for the first verse of a song.

MAIN VARIATION [2] A slightly more complex pattern. Con-

sider using it for the second and third

verses.

MAIN VARIATION [3] This pattern could be used for the first

chorus(es).

MAIN VARIATION [4] This is the most complex accompani-

ment that could be used for the final

choruses and/or the bridge.

INTRO MAIN END/RIT START

START

STOP

BASS

INVERSION

AUTO

FILL IN

VARIATION

1234

SYNC

STYLE CONTROL

Aftertouch Fill Up, Fill Down, Fill Remain, Variation Up,

Variation Down, Intro, Ending (page 70)

ASSIGN SW Half Bar on Fill In/Main (page 71)

D Beam Fill Up, Fill Down (page 74)

FC-7 PEDAL Start/Stop, Intro, Variat 1, Variat 2, Variat 3,

Variat 4, Ending (page 75)

Foot Switch Intro, Ending, Variat 1~4, Half Bar on Fill In

(page 77)