Hello everyone:

I guess I got lucky (I found one in a box, with easy payments and a very, very low price, I could not pass it on), and this Friday I will be receiving a Roland E80 in addition to my T3 and Korg PA.
So, any tips, styles you want to share , please, here is my email: manuelphx1@aol.com
I appreciate it very much.

Manuel

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mdorantes

You'll love it my friend. You'll probably want to download Session Manager from the Roland Arranger forum. It allows you to perform multiple tasks and editing not available on the kb itself.
DonM

Does anybody has the instrument definitions ( I am a Sonar/Cakewalk user), for the E80, and or if the G 70 instrument definitions would work on the E 80?
Thank you.

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mdorantes

Thank you Donny, that style collection will keep me busy for some time.
I have not seen you here...did I miss something?.
Thanks anyway.

Manuel



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mdorantes

Not sure, but he may have gotten a spanking from Nigel.

Just a temporary "Nigelectomy"...he'll grow back....so will the other fella.

Uppsss.....

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mdorantes

Got it !!!.

So far, I really like it, Great sounds, the few on board styles I have check so far like 7 out of 10, it is heavy.

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mdorantes

When you get a chance, go through the Music Finder and call up some styles that way. They have set up some really good ones. They sometimes use a style that you wouldn't think of using, change volumes, speeds, etc.
DonM

An AWFUL lot of what you can mine from the web or members here will be legacy Roland styles. Sure, they WILL work in an E80, but they will likely sound nowhere NEAR their best.

If I were you, one of the areas of the OS that I would spend the MOST time learning is the style Makeup Tools. This is where you can alter sounds, effects, dynamics and a lot of other things globally for the style, including selecting the best new E80 tones for the style, the best new drum kits (this is the main thing, for me...) and easily edit the drum kit. Change sounds in the kit, change velocity and volume (VERY important for hitting those vel-switched drum sounds right), change reverb sends, then the icing on the cake... Change the EQ for each drum individually, if it needs it.

It can rapidly (or slowly, depends on how you work!) change a pile of poo into a polished diamond you would be proud to use live...

It is my #1 most used piece of the arranger, and is still one of the primary reasons I stick with Roland. If they make tweaking styles easy, you are more likely to do it..! And that will make for a better comparison sonically between E80 ROM styles, and whatever you pick up out there in styleland, and hence make you HAPPY to use them. And, IMHO, variety of styles is the one thing that keeps you coming back to an arranger year after year after year...

Give the Makeup Tools as much time as you can. It WILL pay off for you...