Roland E-80 - Manual (Page 13)

Front panel
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1. Panel descriptions
Front panel
A POWER ON button
Press this button to switch the E-80 on and off. If you
need to turn off the power completely, first turn off
the power switch, then unplug the power cord from
the wall outlet. Refer to “Switching the E-80 on/off”
on p. 21.
B MASTER VOLUME knob
Use this knob to set the E-80’s global output volume
(all sections). The setting of this knob also determines
the volume in the headphones you may have con-
nected.
C BALANCE knob
This knob allows you to set the balance between the
Arranger or song parts (“ACCOMP”) and the solo
sounds (“KEYBOARD”).
D EXT SOURCE knob
Use this knob to set the volume of an audio source (a
synthesizer, MP3 player, etc.) connected to the
EXTERNAL SOURCE sockets on the E-80’s rear panel.
E STYLE section
These buttons allow you to select one of the twelve
Music Style families. The button of the selected fam-
ily lights.
F D BEAM buttons
These buttons below it allow you to assign the
desired function to the D Beam controller (O). See
p. 72.
G MARK JUMP section
These buttons ([1]~[4]) allow you to jump to one of
four stored locations inside the currently selected
song. You can program the desired locations for
songs that do not yet contain them.
H RECORDER section
[PLAY¥LIST] button: Press this button to access the
display where you can select a list of songs to be
played back, edit existing lists, program new ones,
etc. When the indicator of this button lights, [|√], [º],
[‰], [PLAY÷STOP¥®÷ª] are used to control playback of
the current song. Hold down [PLAY¥LIST] while press-
ing [MINUS¥ONE] to select the demo mode.
[NEXT¥SONG] button: You can already load a new
song while the current Standard MIDI File is still play-
ing. If you want the Recorder to start playback of the
newly selected song automatically, press this button.
If the [PLAY¥LIST] button lights, this button allows
you to select the next song of the selected List.
[MINUS¥ONE] button: Press this button to switch off
the part you want to play (or sing) yourself. The part
to be muted is selectable (page 45).
[16-TRK¥SEQ.] button: Press this button to access the
E-80’s sequencer (MIDI recorder). This sequencer goes
way beyond anything you may know from previous
Roland arranger instruments (see p. 173).
[|√], [º], [‰], [PLAY÷STOP¥®÷ª]: These buttons allow
you to return to the beginning of the current song,
“rewind” or “fast-forward” in one-measure steps and
to start and stop playback of the selected song.
Press the [REC¥∏] button to record a new song (see
p. 60).
I ASSIGN SW section
[ASSIGN¥SW¥1] and [ASSIGN¥SW¥2] are assignable
buttons. You can use them to directly access fre-
quently used functions that are only available via the
function menu. The ASSIGN SW assignments belong
to the settings that can be written to a User Program.
Note: You can press and hold most buttons to jump to an associated display page.