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Front panel

A. SOUND PALETTE section

Use the four sliders to modify sounds in real time.
[FILTER/ENV]
Press this button ON when modifying filter and/or
envelope settings in real time using the four sliders.
[LEVEL]
Press this button ON when adjusting volume balance
in real time using the four sliders.

B. KEY EFFECTS section

The buttons in this section allow you to assign various
functions to the keys of the XP-80’s keyboard.
[RPS]
Switches RPS on/off.
[ARPEGGIO]
Switches Arpeggiator on/off.
[PORTAMENTO]
Switches Portamento on/off.
[SOLO]
Specifies playing a single note at a time.
[TRANSPOSE]
Specifies transposing the keyboard in semitone steps.
[+OCT], [-OCT]
These buttons adjust the pitch of the keyboard in
octave steps.
Pressing either of these buttons while holding down
[TRANSPOSE] allows you to set the desired amount
of transposition.

C. MODE section

The buttons in this section select modes. The button
indicator of the selected mode will light.

D. EFFECTS section

The buttons in this section turn their respective inter-
nal effects (EFX, Chorus and Reverb) on/off.
[EFX]
Switches the multiple effects unit (EFX) on/off.
[CHORUS]
Switches Chorus on/off.
[REVERB]
Switches Reverb on/off.

E. [F1]–[F6] (Function buttons)

Each of these buttons corresponds to a function indi-
cated at the display bottom. The functions of these
buttons change depending on the selected mode or the
current display.

F.

[LOCAL/TX/RX]
This button opens the LOCAL/TX/RX window for
switching Local, Transmit and Receive switches
on/off.
[EXIT]/[PANIC]
The function of this button changes depending on
whether you hold down [SHIFT] or not.
EXIT: Press this button to return to the Play display of
a mode, or when you want to cancel the current opera-
tion.
PANIC: If notes stick or do not sound, hold down
[SHIFT] and press this.
GM PANIC
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Names and functions of buttons and controls