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E-80 Music Workstation
Selecting sounds from an SRX expansion board
The E-80 allows you to expand the number of sounds
by installing one or two optional SRX-series wave
expansion boards.
See “Installing wave expansion boards” on p. 250 for
how to install such a board. If your E-80 already con-
tains such a board (because you asked your Roland
dealer to install it when you bought the E-80), proceed
as follows to select one of the “Expansion” Tones:
(1) Specify the part you wish to assign another sound
to:
• Press the TONE ASSIGN button of the desired part (so
that it lights).
—or—
• On the main page, press the row of the part you wish
to assign a different Tone to.
The E-80 directly jumps to the TONE page that con-
tains the currently selected sound.
The red arrow indicates which part is active for Tone
selection (its TONE ASSIGN button also lights).
(2) Press the [SRX¥EXPANSION¥A÷B] button.
Press it once to select the expansion board in slot “A”,
or twice to select the board in slot “B”. If your E-80
only contains one board, the other slot cannot be
selected. (It is perfectly possible to connect that
board to slot “B” and to leave slot “A” empty.)
The display now responds with a list of Tones avail-
able on the selected wave expansion board:
Note: The names of the Tones that are displayed depend on
the SRX expansion board you installed and the slot you
selected.
(3) Press the field of the sound you are interested in. If
you don’t like it, press another field.
Some boards contain loops (or grooves) whose tempo
is automatically synchronized to the Arranger or
song tempo.
(4) If you are still not happy with the Tone, use the
[PAGE¥1]~[PAGE¥5] and [˚] fields to select the corre-
sponding page (if available).
(5) Press the field of the desired Tone.
Alternatively, you can proceed as follows:
• Use the list that came with the expansion board to
locate the number of the “Patch” you would like to
use. The name “Patch” is a concept found on Fantom
and other Roland synthesizers or modules. The E-80’s
equivalent is called “Tone”.
This also allows you to use “Rhythm Sets”, which are
the equivalent of “Drum Sets” on the E-80 (they are
usually located at the end of the list). You cannot,
however, select “Tones” or “Performances”.
Note: If you are using the leaflet supplied with the board to
locate sounds, please see the “Patch List” and “Rhythm Set Key
Assign” lists labeled “For RD-700…”.
• Press the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial. The display now
changes to:
• Press the [Drum¥Set] field if you want to use the
numeric pad for selecting Drum Sets (the board’s
“Rhythm Sets”). Otherwise, leave it off.
• Enter the number of the “Patch” (sound) you want to
use, then press the [ENTER] field.
If necessary, you can use the [Delete] field to correct
erroneous entries before pressing [ENTER].
PART ON/OFF
TONE ASSIGN
MBS LW 2 LW 1
KEYBOARD PART
UP 3 UP 2 UP 1