Additional Arranger/Style functions
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• Press the [ARRANGER¥SETTING] field, followed by the
[ARRANGER¥OPTIONS] field.
• Start Arranger playback and press the [FILL¥RIT] but-
ton icon to switch it on.
• Press the [MAIN] and a VARIATION [1]~[4] button.
The E-80 plays a Fill-In. The tempo slows down while
the fill is being played. At the end of the fill, the Style
returns to the previously set tempo (this is called “a
tempo”).
• Press the [HALF¥BAR] button icon to switch on the
Half Bar function. 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. Pressing this button
icon does not change Style playback right away. Only
when a Fill-In or another MAIN division starts will the
Half Bar function be activated and play half the
number of beats of the accompaniment pattern you
selected.
(7) Press the [EXIT] button to return to the main page.
Working with ‘external’ Styles

Using the CUSTOM memories

The E-80 provides 10 memories per family (i.e. 120 in
all) that refer to Styles in the internal memory (“INTER-
NAL MEMORY”) or on a memory card (“EXTERNAL
MEMORY”). These memories behave exactly like the fac-
tory memories.
In the case of a memory card, however, they only
“work” if the card in question has been inserted into the
PCMCIA slot. Thanks to the E-80’s powerful software,
loading a CUSTOM Style is as swift as working with the
factory Styles.
The Style referenced by the CUSTOM memory you select
is automatically loaded and copied to the Disk User
memory (see also p. 94). This is a RAM memory whose
contents are erased when you switch off the E-80 and
overwritten when you select another CUSTOM memory
(or use the Disk User function).
Here’s in a nutshell what happens when you select a
CUSTOM memory. (Even though the drawing may sug-
gest that this takes quite some time, the E-80 performs
these steps in a split second.)
When you unpack the E-80, the CUSTOM memories
are empty. So you first need to program your own
references to Styles.

Programming CUSTOM assignments

The E-80 comes with several Style examples in internal
memory you could use to try out the following. Once
you start working with your E-80, you will probably
copy external Music Styles to the internal memory and
establish CUSTOM links to those.
DATA
Music Style
DISK
USER
LIVE
BAND
CUSTOM
PAGE 1
You select a CUSTOM
memory.
The E-80 looks up the name
of the referenced Style
The data are loaded from
card or the internal memory.
This memory contains the
Music Style data.
The Style can be played back.