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Front panel

The leftmost button lets you select the upper or lower row of
Style banks, or the DIRECT HD Style banks (only if the hard
disk is installed). Press it repeatedly to select one of the rows.
(After both LEDs have turned on, press the button again to
turn them off).
UPPER LED ON

Upper-row Styles selected.

LOWER LED ON

Lower-row Styles selected.

BOTH LED ON

DIRECT HD

Styles selected (if any). Direct

HD Styles are accessed by pressing buttons [1-
9].

A word about Style banks and names.

Styles from “8/16

BEAT” to “WORLD 3”, and from “LATIN1” to “TRADI-
TIONAL” are standard Styles, the user can’t normally over-
write with a Load operation (unless you remove the
protection; see “Factory Style Protect” on page 16-18).
“DIRECT FD” Styles are Styles directly accessed from floppy
disk (no need to load from disk). See “The DIRECT FD
bank” on page 9-2.
“DIRECT HD” Styles are directly accessed from the hard
disk, if installed (again, no need to load from disk). See “The
DIRECT HD bank (KD160/165)” on page 9-1.
Styles from “USER1” to “USER3” are location where you can
load new Styles from disk.
Each button (Style bank) contains 2 pages, each with up to 8
Styles. Browse through the Styles using the PAGE buttons.

Shortcut to see the original bank for a Style.

You can see the

original bank where a Style is contained. Just keep the SHIFT
button pressed, and press the lefmost button of the STYLE
section. A message window will appear, showing the name of
the original bank. Release the SHIFT button to exit the win-
dow.

Shortcut to see all pages of the selected bank.

To cycle all

pages for a selected bank, repeatedly press the bank’s button.

These buttons double as a

numeric keypad

on certain

pages (see “Selecting a Song composing its progressive num-
ber” on page 11-1).

FADE IN/OUT

When the Style is in stop, press this button to start it with a
volume fade-in (the volume goes from zero to the maxi-
mum).
When the Style is in play, press this button to stop it with a
volume fade-out (the volume gradually decreases).
You don’t need to press START/STOP to start or stop the
Style.

VARIATION 1-4 (NOTE LENGTH) buttons

Each of these buttons select one of the four variations of the
current Style. Each variation can vary in patterns and sounds.

These buttons double as a

NOTE LENGTH

function for the

Song mode (see chapter 13).

FILL 1-2 (NOTE LENGTH) buttons

These two buttons trigger a fill-in. Press them twice (LED
blinking) to let them play in loop, and select any other Style
element (Fill, Intro, Variation…) to exit the loop.

They also double as a

NOTE LENGTH

function for the

Song mode (see chapter 13).

COUNT IN / BREAK

While the Style is not running, press this button, then press
START/STOP. This combination triggers a one-bar initial
count, then the Style starts playing.
While the Style is already in play, this button triggers a break
(an empty measure beginning with a kick + crash shot). Press
it twice to let it play in loop, and select any other Style ele-
ment (Fill, Intro, Variation…) to exit the loop.

ENDING 1-2 (DOT, TRIPLET) buttons

While the Style is running, these two buttons trigger an End-
ing, and stop the Style. Press one of them, and the Style will
stop running with an Ending. If pressed while the Style is
stopped, they act as an additional couple of Intros.
Press them twice (LED blinking) to let them play in loop, and
select any other Style element (Fill, Intro, Variation…) to exit
the loop.

ENDING1 also doubles as a

DOT

function, and ENDING2

doubles as a

TRIPLET

function, to be used in Song mode

(see chapter 13).

Note:

Ending 1 plays a short sequence with different chords,

while Ending 2 plays on the last recognized chord.

INTRO 1-2 buttons

These two buttons set the arranger in Intro mode. After
pressing one of these buttons, start the Style, and it will begin
with the selected intro. The INTRO LED automatically goes
off at the end of the intro.
Press them twice (LED blinking) to let them play in loop, and
select any other Style element (Fill, Intro, Variation…) to exit
the loop.

Note:

Intro 1 plays a short sequence with different chords, while

Intro 2 plays on the last recognized chord.

START/STOP

Starts or stops the Style running.

You can reset all ‘frozen’ notes and controllers on the

Pa80 and any instrument connected to its MIDI OUT, by
using the “Panic” key combination. Just press SHIFT +
START/STOP to stop all notes and reset all controllers.