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For ease of use, the E-80 incorporates a multitude of buttons and sliders on its control panel. The acclaimed Guitar Mode is built into the E-80, and has a dedicated Guitar Mode button. Moreover, a full-color touchscreen is included for quick and simple operations.

• Wide variety of sounds
• Breathtaking musical content
• Attractive cosmetic design
• Powerful onboard speaker system
• Vocal Harmonist built-in
• User interface that makes you feel at home

Wide Variety of Sounds
A first-class selection of sounds has been “captured live” at the highest fidelity for the E-80. Enjoy a guitarist’s fingers sliding on the strings of an electric guitar, the natural breath of a flutist, a gorgeous 88-key split stereo-sampled piano and newly sampled drum kits (Rock, Pop and Folk) with natural resonance.

Breathtaking Musical Content
The E-80 features 350 Styles created by a professional team of international programmers who captured their local musical preferences. All of these Styles sound incredibly “live,” and are expertly mixed and mastered. Individual EQ for each tone and drum instrument is provided, plus three dedicated multi-effects for each Style/Song.

Attractive Cosmetic Design
The outstanding new cosmetic design of the E-80 music workstation comes from a top Italian design studio. Truly, the E-80 is a treat for the eyes and the ears.

Powerful Onboard Speaker System
Thanks to its powerful 4-speaker, bi-amped sound system, complete with a Bass Reflex System and a Digital Bass Enhancers, the E-80 delivers incredible, high-impact sound.

User-Friendly Interface
For ease of use, the E-80 incorporates a multitude of switches, buttons, and sliders on its control panel. The acclaimed Guitar Mode is now available together with dedicated Guitar Mode button. Moreover, a full-color touchscreen is included for quick and simple operations.

Vocal Harmonist built-in
The E-80’s Vocal Harmonist has over 80 different settings plus additional effects and features, including Voice-FX, Auto Pitch, Singer, Vocoder, Small/Ensemble, and Talk.

2 x Expansion Slots
The E-80 provides two SRX expansion slots, allowing users to expand and customize the internal soundset. Roland’s SRX and SR-G01 expansion board series offers a wide selection of the highest quality sounds produced in the world’s top professional studios.

Text and Image Viewer
The E-80 is able to import and show not only text files (.TXT), but also image files (.BMP). By connecting an external monitor to your E-80, you can easily display text, lyrics or photos, and even put on slideshows making your party more enjoyable!

Dual Mastering Tools
For detailed sound control, the E-80 provides separated mastering tools (Parametric EQ, Multi-Band Compressor) for the Arranger and Solo part.

• Keyboard:61 keys velocity sensitive with aftertouch

• Sound Source:Max polyphony,128

• Tones:1100 panel tones, 54 Drums kits, dedicated EQ for each Oscillator (on Realtime/Style/Song parts) and for each drum instrument on Styles and Songs

• SRX Expansion Board slots:2 (for SRX series and SR-G01)

• Multitimbral parts:32

• Realtime Effect Processors:REVERB section: 12 Reverb; CHORUS section: 6 Chorus;MFX section: 84 Multi-FX;MASTERING TOOL section: Parametric EQ, Multi-Band Compressor;HARMONIC BAR section: Rotary, Vibrato and Overdrive; EXTERNAL AUDIO INPUT: 84 effects; MIC INPUT section: Noise Gate, Compressor, 9 Reverb, 9 Delay;VOCAL HARMONIST section: 9 Reverb, 9 Delay, 9 Chorus

• Style/Song Effect Processors:REVERB section: 8 Reverb; CHORUS section: 8 Chorus; 3 x MFX section: 84 Multi-FX; MASTERING TOOL section: Parametric EQ, Multi-Band Compressor

• Compatibility:GM2/ GS/ XG Lite

• Styles:Preset styles:more than 350 styles on 12 families

• Style Variations:4 Main / 4 Intro / 4 Ending / 6 Fill In / Break Mute on ASSIGN SW

• Sync Start / Sync Stop:Yes

• User Style Composer:8 Tracks with Micro editing / Piano Roll editing / Guitar Mode Programming / SRX tones selection

• Direct Media Link:Yes

• One Touch Setting:4 for each Style with customization

• Cover:For Songs and Styles, 30 ALL, 18 Drum, 24 Bass

• Makeup Tools easy editing:For Songs and Styles with SRX/SR-G01 tones selection;Makeup Tools Freeze Data function;Independent 3-band EQ (with Q) management for each instrument (including each drum instrument);3 dedicated MFX for each Style/Song.

• Panel Controls:Multi-function sliders:9

• Rotary Encoder with push switch:Yes

• Cursor:Inc, Dec, Up, Down, Right, Left

• Pitch Bender and Modulation:Yes

• D Beam:Yes, (4 modes)

• Knobs:3 dedicated knobs for:Master VolumeKeyboard / Accomp balanceExternal Source Volume

• Keyboard Part / Part Assign Switches:Upper1, Upper2, Upper3, Lower1, Lower2, Manual Bass

• Display:Color Touchscreen with selectable beep

• Player / Recorder:Mark / Jump:Yes, 4 locations for each Song

• Sequencer:16-Track Sequencer, with Micro Event List / Piano Roll editing, Vocal Harmonist control track, Guitar Mode programming, SRX Tones selection, SMF to Style Converter

• DigiScore:Yes

• Lyrics Display:Yes, with automatic Chord Extractor and Text Import/Export possibility

• Viewer:Yes, for .txt and .bmp files

• Harmonic Bar:Virtual ToneWheel technology9 bars: 16’, 5-1/3’, 8’, 4’, 2-2/3’, 2’, 1-3/5’, 1-1/3’, 1’ for Upper1 / Lower1;2 bars: 16’, 8’ for Manual bass.

• Percussion:On, Off, 2-2/3’, 4’, Slow, Fast

• Leakage level:Min - Max

• Harmonic Bar effects:Rotary, Vibrato, Overdrive

• Registrations:8 sets

• Vocal Harmonist:Mode:4 Modes: Talk, Voice-FX, Auto Pitch, Singer

• Programmable Harmony:3 Types: 30 Small, 30 Ensemble, 24 Vocoder

• Control possibility:Realtime, on 16-Track Sequencer, via MIDI IN

• Music Assistant / User Program registrations:Music Assistant:unlimited number (approx. 580 as preloaded factory data), programmable

• User Program:unlimited number, 144 User Program links on each set

• Data Storage:FDD:3.5” 2HD/2DD

• Internal SSD (Solid State Disk):62,4MB (approx. 35,3MB as preloaded factory data)

• PC Card Slot:1 PCMCIA slot for: Microdrive (1.0-inch hard disk drive)*,Compact Flash*, Memory Stick*,SmartMedia**using Card adaptor*the E-80 system manages up to 4 GBytes of the above storage Media

• Type of files managed:Style, Song (.mid /.kar files), User Program, User Program set, MIDI Set, Play List, File.txt, File.bmp

• Other functions

• Guitar Mode:Yes, for Acoustic and Electric Guitars, with Stereo Doubling function

• Finder:Song, Style, User Program

• Easy Setting:Arranger, Organ, Guitar, Piano

• Chord Alteration System:Adaptive Chord Voicing

• Melody Intelligent:Yes, 18 Types, Melody Intelligent 2nd Tone customization

• New dynamic Split function:Yes, two modes

• Tap Tempo:Yes

• Transpose with Singer Key Adapter:Yes, -6 ~ +5

• Song Chord Extractor:Yes

• Fade IN/OUT:Yes, programmable

• Assignable SW:Yes, 2 programmable with Break Mute selection

• V-LINK:Yes

• Updating system:Yes, on Flash

• Connectors:USB / MIDI:1 USB socket for File transferMIDI IN, OUT, THRU sockets

• :Audio Output / Audio Input:Audio Output: Main (L/mono, R)‚ Metronome Output; Audio Input: External Audio Input (L, R), Vocal Harmonist Input (XLR / TRS, Phone balanced / unbalanced)

• Jacks:1 x Hold Pedal, 1 x Assignable Switch, 1 x Expression Pedal, 1 x FC-7 Control Pedal

• Video Output:Yes, for Lyrics and Chords (2 types),Text and BMP files viewer

• Phones:2

• Internal Amplification:Speakers: 2 x 13 cm (woofer), 2 x 6,6 cm (tweeter)Rated Power Output: 2 x 35 W, 2 x 12 W (with Bass Reflex system)Dedicated speaker off switch: yes

• Others:Owner’s Manual, Power Cord, Music Rest, bundled CD-ROM (it contains E-80 backup data image, USB-MIDI driver (for Mac/PC), DATABASE MANAGER software)

• Size and Weight

• Width:1,176 mm

• Depth:489 mm

• Height:198 mm

• Weight:22.5 kg

• 49 lbs. 10 oz.