Roland E-80 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
Playing back songs (Standard MIDI Files)
E-80 Music Workstation
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Minus One
“Minus One” means that (at least) one part of a song is
not played back. There are at least two applications for
this function:
it allows you to play the muted parts yourself on the
keyboard;
it allows you to sing without doubling by the song
(which may sound odd).
(1) Press the [MINUS≈ONE] button.
The button’s indicator lights and the melody part
(track 4) is muted. If you want to mute other parts (or
use another preset), proceed as follows:
(2) Press and hold the [MINUS≈ONE] button.
The display changes to:
(3) Press one of the three “preset” fields to mute the
corresponding song parts:
Press [MELODY] to mute the melody (you will notice
that the [4] field also lights).
Press the [ACCOMP] field to mute everything except
the bass and drums.
Press the [DRUM&BASS] field to mute the bass and
drum parts ([2] and [10]).
Note: Even the “preset” fields can be used simultaneously. And
the part fields [1]~[16] can be added, too.
(4) To mute other parts “ad lib” (i.e. without taking
advantage of the presets):
Press the [USER] field. This mutes only [4] (the mel-
ody).
Switch off all parts you don’t want to hear by press-
ing the [1]~[3] and [5]~[16] fields. Indicator icons of
parts you need must light (the others must be dark).
By pressing one of these fields, you switch off the
active preset.
To save this customized “Minus” setting in the E-80’s
internal memory, press [CUSTOMIZE].
The [USER] field lights to indicate that your settings
are now being used.
(5) Press the [EXIT] button to return to the main page.
Your last preset selection (MELODY~USER) will be
used until you select another preset or until you
switch off your E-80.
(6) Press [MINUS≈ONE] again to switch off this func-
tion.
Note: You can also switch the Minus One function on/off
using an optional footswitch (page 76).
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