Roland XP-30 - Manual (Page 8)

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Contents
Chapter 2. Playing.................................................................................47
Playing in Patch Mode............................................................................................................................. 47
Selecting a Patch............................................................................................................................ 47
Using Phrase Preview to Play Patches....................................................................................... 49
Making a Patch Sound Thick or Thin (Turning a Tone On/Off) ........................................... 50
Playing Single Notes (Solo) ......................................................................................................... 50
Creating Smooth Pitch Changes (Portamento) ......................................................................... 50
Using the Sliders to Modify the Sound in Realtime (Sound Palette Function).................... 50
Playing in Performance Mode ................................................................................................................ 51
Selecting a Performance ............................................................................................................... 51
Playing Fatter and Richer Sounds by Combining Patches (Layer)........................................ 52
Splitting the Keyboard to Play Separate Patches in Different Sections (Split)..................... 52
Playing Along with a Song Playback (XP-30 Used as a Multitimbral Sound Source) ........ 53
Assigning a Different Patch to a Part ......................................................................................... 54
Using the Sliders to Modify the Sound in Realtime (Sound Palette Function).................... 54
Playing in Rhythm Set Mode .................................................................................................................. 55
Selecting a Rhythm Set ................................................................................................................. 55
Playing Percussion Instruments ................................................................................................. 56
Playing an Arpeggio ................................................................................................................................ 56
Playing an Arpeggio Over a Preset Keyboard Area ................................................................ 57
Holding an Arpeggio.................................................................................................................... 58
Simulating a Guitar Cutting Technique..................................................................................... 58
Playing an Arpeggio from an External MIDI Device............................................................... 58
Creating an Arpeggio Pattern ..................................................................................................... 58
Convenient Functions for Performance ................................................................................................ 59
Transposing the Keyboard in Octave Units (Octave Shift)..................................................... 59
Transposing the Keyboard in Semitone Steps (Transpose) .................................................... 60
If “Stuck” Notes Occur or a Note Does Not Sound (Panic) .................................................... 60
Chapter 3. Creating Your Own Sounds...............................................61
Regarding Effects...................................................................................................................................... 61
How Effects Units Work in Different Modes ............................................................................ 61
Turning Effects On/Off................................................................................................................ 62
Sound Editing Procedures....................................................................................................................... 62
Editing a Patch............................................................................................................................... 62
Editing a Performance .................................................................................................................. 65
Editing a Rhythm Set.................................................................................................................... 66
Keeping Edited Sound ............................................................................................................................. 67
Memory and Data Storage ........................................................................................................... 67
Storing a Sound You Modify into User Memory ..................................................................... 68
Functions of Patch Parameters ............................................................................................................... 68
Settings Common to the Entire Patch (COMMON)................................................................. 68
Setting Effects for a Patch (EFFECTS) ........................................................................................ 71
Using Controllers to Change How Sounds Are Played (CONTROL)................................... 73
Modifying Waveform (WAVE)................................................................................................... 76
Modulating Sounds (LFO) ........................................................................................................... 78
Modifying Pitch (PITCH)............................................................................................................. 79
Modifying the Brightness of Sound with a Filter (TVF).......................................................... 80
Changing the Sound’s Volume and Stereo Location (TVA) ................................................... 81
Functions of Performance Parameters................................................................................................... 83
Settings Common to the Entire Performance (COMMON) .................................................... 83
Setting Effects for a Performance (EFFECTS) ........................................................................... 84
Making MIDI Settings for a Part (MIDI).................................................................................... 86
Making Settings for Each Part (PART)....................................................................................... 87
Confirming MIDI Information for Each Part (INFO) .............................................................. 87
Functions of Rhythm Set Parameters .................................................................................................... 88
Naming a Rhythm Set (COMMON)........................................................................................... 88