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Owner’s Manual
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WARNING – To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this device to rain or moisture. CAUTION The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral tri- RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN angle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of ATTENTION: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to per- sons. CAUTION: TO
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ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH r Owner’s Manual Thank you for purchasing the Roland E-80 Music Workstation. The E-80 is Roland’s most complete arranger keyboard yet, a collection of all major advantages a Roland instrument can offer: perfect accompaniments, high-class sounds, the possibility to expand the number of sounds via two optional expansion boards (SRX series), a D Beam controller, virtual harmonic organ bars, professional effects, a Vocal Harmonist, the Cover functions first int
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E-80 Music Workstation Features Features can be set independently from the MFX that is available A comprehensive arranger instrument for the Keyboard parts. Furthermore, each part and The E-80 is quite simply a superlative instrument with instrument has its own 3-band equalizer. Even the the most advanced and best sound generation technol- drum instruments of Standard MIDI Files and Music ogy Roland has to offer. It combines Roland’s Virtual Styles (i.e. the ki
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E-80 Music Workstation r Features Superfast Recorder and comprehensive 16-track …and so much more Listing all of the E-80’s advantages and functions sequencer would take another ten pages, while you must be dying The E-80 provides two approaches for recording new to put it through its paces. That is why we would like to song material: a Recorder function with a straightfor- ask you to read this manual from cover to cover. You’ll ward REC-START-STOP approach and a fully-fea
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E-80 Music Workstation Using the unit safely Using the unit safely The symbol alerts the user to important instructions Used for instructions intended to alert or warnings.The specific meaning of the symbol is the user to the risk of death or severe determined by the design contained within the injury should the unit be used triangle. In the case of the symbol at left, it is used for improperly. general cautions, warnings, or alerts to danger.
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E-80 Music Workstation r Using the unit safely • Before using the E-80 in a foreign country, consult with your retailer, the nearest Roland Service Center, or an authorized Roland distributor, as listed on the “Informa- tion” page. ................................................................................................. • The E-80 should be located so that its location or posi- tion does not interfere with its proper ventilation. ...........................
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E-80 Music Workstation Contents Contents Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Vocal Harmonist function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Setting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Adding harmonies to your singing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Who specifies the h
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E-80 Music Workstation r Contents Using the Style Cover function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Selecting User Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Freeze Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Default. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Saving a Style with a COVER alteration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Choosing User Programs manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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E-80 Music Workstation Contents Example 2: Adding tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 MIDI Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Saving your song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178 Writing a MIDI Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Using MIDI Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Editing 16-track songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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E-80 Music Workstation r Important notes In addition to the items listed under “Using the unit safely” on p. 6, please read and observe the following: • Never strike or apply strong pressure to the display. Power supply • When connecting/disconnecting cables, grasp the connector • Do not use this instrument on the same power circuit with any itself—never pull on the cable. This way you will avoid causing device that will generate line noise (such as an electric motor or shorts or damage to t
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E-80 Music Workstation Important notes • Do not subject floppy disks to temperature extremes (e.g., direct • Do not allow cards to become wet. sunlight in an enclosed vehicle). Recommended temperature • Do not disassemble or modify the cards. range: 10°~50°C (50°~122°F). • Never remove the memory card or turn off the power while an • Do not expose floppy disks to strong magnetic fields, such as operation –such as reading or writing data or formatting– is being those generated by loudspeaker
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E-80 Music Workstation r Front panel 1. Panel descriptions Front panel Note: You can press and hold most buttons to jump to an associated display page. A POWER ON button H RECORDER section Press this button to switch the E-80 on and off. If you [PLAY¥LIST] button: Press this button to access the need to turn off the power completely, first turn off display where you can select a list of songs to be the power switch, then unplug the power cord from played back, edit existing lists, program new
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E-80 Music Workstation Panel descriptions If you don’t change their assignment, they can be J STYLE CONTROL section used to trigger the FADE IN and FADE OUT functions. Use these buttons to select the desired Music Style pattern and to start/stop Music Style playback (see p. 25). K DISK & MEDIA button The D BEAM buttons F allow you to assign the Press this button if you wish to save/load data from desired function to the D Beam controller. See p. 72. the internal memory, a floppy disk or PCMC
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E-80 Music Workstation r Front panel U V W X U Assignable sliders X USER PROGRAM section These sliders can be used as virtual harmonic bars These buttons allow you to select the desired User (when the [HARMONIC¥BAR] button lights). In that Program (registration memory). Press the [LIST] but- case, refer to the footage indications above the slid- ton to call up the display page where you can select ers for their specific function (page 33). the desired User Program and save your current panel
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E-80 Music Workstation Panel descriptions Press the [HARMONIC¥BAR] button to activate the “Harmonic Bar” section whose sound can be set using the assignable sliders (U) that double as virtual har- monic bars. be c d fh g ij b TRANSPOSE section g KEYBOARD PART section These buttons allow you to transpose the E-80 up The TONE ASSIGN buttons are used to specify the ([]) or down ([ƒ]) in semitone steps. You can also Keyboard part you wish to assign a different sound to specify which parts are
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E-80 Music Workstation r Front panel k l m n k BENDER/MODULATION lever m PHONES 1 & 2 sockets When pushed towards the back of the E-80, this lever This is where you can connect two pairs of optional will add modulation to the notes of the Keyboard headphones (Roland RH-25, RH-50, RH-200 or parts you are playing at that time. Move it to the left RH-300). or right to temporarily lower or increase the pitch of n SPEAKER OFF switch the Keyboard part notes you are playing. For the This switch al
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E-80 Music Workstation Panel descriptions Rear panel (left side) AB C D E F G H I Note: The MIDI functions can be accessed via the E-80’s Menu A FC7 PEDAL socket (page 237). Frequently used MIDI settings can be written and This is where you connect an optional FC-7 foot- recalled as “MIDI Sets”. switch unit that allows you to start, stop and select Style divisions by foot. The functions of this foot F USB port switch unit are programmable (and apply to the The USB port can be used for archiv
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E-80 Music Workstation r Front panel Note: For the “LINE” setting to work with electric guitars or M OUTPUT MAIN R & L/MONO sockets basses, you need to connect such instruments to an effects These sockets need to be connected to an external pedal or rack effect (in bypass mode) and connect the effect’s amplifier, mixing consoles, etc. There is a switch that output to the INPUT socket. allows you to switch off the E-80’s internal speakers INPUT socket: This is where you can to connect an w
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E-80 Music Workstation Setting up and demo songs 2. Setting up and demo songs You must be dying to try out your new E-80 to see what it is capable of. We’ll get to that in a minute. But first we need to connect it. Connections The E-80 contains internal speakers. You therefore don’t need to connect it to an external amplifier (Roland’s KC series, for example). But you can also use optional headphones (Roland RH-25, RH-50, RH-200 or RH-300, for example). Be sure to switch off both the E-80 and
