Roland XV-5080. User Manual
Owner’s manual
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Notation Used in This Owner’s Manual
To make operation procedures easy to understand, the following notation system is
adopted:
Characters and numbers in square brackets [ ] indicate buttons on the front panel. For
example, [PATCH] represents the PATCH button and [ENTER] the ENTER button.
An asterisk (*) at the beginning of a paragraph indicates a note or precaution.
(p. **) refers to pages within the manual.
* The display screens printed in this owner’s manual are based on the factory settings.
However, please be aware that in some cases they may differ from the actual factory settings.
XV-5080 OWNER’S MANUAL
02019812 ’01-3-B3-51K
OWNER’S MANUAL
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Copyright © 2000 ROLAND CORPORATION
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the
written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION.
Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: “IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUC-
TIONS” (p. 2), “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” (p. 3), and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (p. 5). These
sections provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit. Addi-
tionally, in order to feel assured that you have gained a good grasp of every feature provided
by your new unit, Owner’s Manual and Quick Start should be read in its entirety. The manual
should be saved and kept on hand as a convenient reference.
Thank you, and congratulations on your choice of the Roland XV-5080.
Document Outline
- USING THE UNIT SAFELY
- IMPORTANT NOTES
- Features
- 128-Voice Polyphony and 32- Part Multitimbrality
- Create Amazingly Expressive Tones
- Powerful Internal Effects, Including COSM Effects
- Sample Playback Function Lets You Add Waves
- Digital Out and R-BUS for Complete Compatibility with Digital Systems
- Supports General MIDI system Level 2
- Greater Expansion Possibilities with the New-Format Wave Expansion Boards
- Featuring the Patch Finder and Phrase Preview Functions
- Registering a Patch in the FAVORITE LIST
- Panel Descriptions
- Chapter 1 Selecting and Playing a Sound
- Auditioning Sounds on the XV-5080 (Phrase Preview)
- Playing a Patch on the XV- 5080 from External MIDI Devices (MIDI Keyboard)
- Selecting a Mode (Patch, Performance, or Rhythm Set)
- Selecting Sound Libraries
- Selecting a Patch
- Setting a Patch’s Pitch in Octave Steps (Octave Shift)
- Selecting How a Patch Will Play (Polyphonic/ Monophonic)
- Chapter 2 Using the XV-5080 Effects
- Chapter 3 Selecting Output Jacks
- Chapter 4 Creating Patches
- Chapter 5 Creating a Performance
- How a Performance Is Organized
- Basic Ways to Use Performances
- Choosing the Parts to Play
- Establishing Settings for an Entire Performance (COMMON)
- Settings for Each Part
- Comparing the Settings of Each Part as You Make Settings
- Setting the Keyboard Range
- Selecting the Patch, and Setting the Volume, Pan, Pitch, and Polyphony
- Editing the Attack and Release of the Sound and Changing the Way the Sound is Played
- Establishing a Part’s MIDI Settings
- Confirming MIDI Information for Each MIDI Channel
- Making Effect Settings
- Saving Performances You Create
- Copying the Settings of Another Part (Performance Part Copy)
- Editing a Patch or Rhythm Set in the Performance Mode
- Chapter 6 Creating Rhythm Sets
- Chapter 7 Loading a Variety of Data
- Loading Sampler Libraries (CD-ROM)
- Installing the SIMM (Memory Module)
- Cautions When Installing SIMM
- Removing SIMMs
- Installation de la carte d'extension Wave (French language for Canadian Safety Standard)
- Connecting a CD-ROM Drive
- With Sampler Libraries
- About Each Sampler Library Folder Type (Display)
- About the Display of Folder Categories in Sampler Libraries
- Sample Load
- Auto Load
- Playing Back Loaded Sampler Libraries
- Loading Data Saved on a Zip Disk
- Loading Data Stored on Memory Cards
- Sample-Related Utilities
- Loading Sampler Libraries (CD-ROM)
- Chapter 8 Saving Tones and Other Data You’ve Created
- Saving Edits to the XV- 5080’s Internal Memory (Write)
- Saving All Data to Memory Card ([DISK] - [F2 (SAVE)])
- Saving All Data to Zip Disk ([DISK] - [F2 (SAVE)])
- Initializing a Sound
- Transmitting Data to an External MIDI Device (Data Transfer)
- Protecting the Internal Memory (Protect)
- Resetting All Settings to Default Factory Settings (Factory)
- Registering Favorite Patches in the FAVORITE LIST
- Selecting Patches from the FAVORITE LIST
- Chapter 9 Other Settings/Status Checks
- Settings Common to the Entire XV-5080 ([SYSTEM/ UTILITY] - [F1 (General)])
- Making Scale Tune Settings ([SYSTEM/UTILITY] - [F1 (General)])
- Making the Equalizer Settings ([SYSTEM/UTILITY] - [F2 (Outp&EQ)] - [F2 (EQ)])
- Establishing the MIDI Settings ([SYSTEM/UTILITY] - [F3 (MIDI)])
- Selecting Common Controllers ([SYSTEM/ UTILITY] - [F4 (Control)])
- Confirming the Current Status ([SYSTEM/UTILITY] - [F6 (Info)])
- Chapter 10 Examples of Applications Using the XV-5080
- Appendices