Congrats, BEBOP.

I think you have already found the Roland-arranger.com site, where there is a program there called Session Manager that can apply that global split point to all your UPGs and OTSs. Plus many, many other useful functions that Roland neglected to add to the OS... This software truly adds capabilities to the E- and G- series that the keyboard is incapable by itself (User Custom Tones, for instance!).

It would be VERY useful to many that are trying out the E80, and scratching their heads over the speakers' sound (some like it, some HATE it) if you could post the details about the Mastering Effects and Speaker Simulator presets that the Roland rep put into it. That way, they could input those numbers into a store E80 anywhere, and see if it improves the sound in their opinion, too.

If you like, there's a way (I think it is described in the manual) to capture a screenshot of the E80's screen. Just call up the relevant pages, take the screenshots, and post them at Roland-Arranger.com. Don't forget, if there are two pages or more of either of these functions, take a snapshot of BOTH pages, please.

Then pop back here with a link to those screenshots, and maybe we can find out why opinions vary so widely.

I think one of the things that some testers (and even Roland reps, by the look of it!) may get confused by is that, unlike the G70, there are TWO final Mastering Effects sections. One for the Keyboard Parts, one for the Song and Style Parts. So if you are adjusting the wrong one for what you are listening to, you are not going to hear any difference!

And then add the Speaker Sim 'EQ' (or whatever it does!) and it is easy to see how things could get confusing...

Sometimes, I get the impression that TOO much EQ and compression control is a bad thing. There are just WAY too many ways to screw up what might actually be a great basic sound. I just wish Roland had the ears (and the balls!) to find what actually DOES sound the best, and set it in stone! After all, if you REALLY disagree with them, there's still your mixer to correct the EQ to your taste.

Few ever complained about the final 'sound' of the G1000, and that had NO master EQ or any compression at all. They just made sure it sounded it's best before they set the styles and Tones in stone. And you still had (and still do on the E and G-series) per-Part EQ to spot correct tones WITHIN a mix. I wish Roland (and most of the others, too) had the ears and the confidence to still do that.

TOO much EQ choices and Compression decisions (and a 3 band compressor is a mighty dangerous thing in the hands of someone that doesn't know how to use one well) is just a cop-out by a company that doesn't have the resolve to say 'THIS is the best sound this arranger makes...'