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P. 38, Playing drum sounds and sound effects (percussion) – Roland Jupiter 80 User Manual

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Playing Drum Sounds and Sound Effects (Percussion)

The JUPITER-80 provides a “Percussion” function, which lets you play

a variety of drum sounds and sound effects.

Playing Percussion Sounds and Voice

Phrases (Manual Percussion)

You can use the 15 leftmost keys of the keyboard to play a variety of

percussion instrument sounds and voice phrases.
This function is called “Manual Percussion.”

Percussion instrument sounds (15 keys)

1.

Press the [MANUAL PERCUSSION] button .

The Manual Percussion function will turn on (the button will be lit).
Play the 15 leftmost keys of the keyboard, and you’ll hear a different

percussion instrument sound or voice phrase for each key.

Percussion instrument sounds
(15 keys)

NOTE

• The [MANUAL PERCUSSION] button and [DRUMS/SFX] button

can’t be used simultaneously.

• If Manual Percussion is turned on, the 15 leftmost keys of the

keyboard are used only for the Percussion Part.

2.

To turn this off, press the [MANUAL PERCUSSION] button

once again .

The Manual Percussion function will turn off (the button will be

unlit).

Playing Drum Sounds on the Entire

Keyboard (Drums/SFX)

You can use the entire keyboard to play various drum and sound

effects (SFX). This function is called “Drums/SFX.”

1.

Press the [DRUMS/SFX] button .

The “Drums/SFX” function will turn on (the button will be lit). Play

the keyboard; each key will play a different drum sound or sound

effect.

MEMO

• Depending on the drums or sound effects, some keys might not

produce sound.

• If Split (p. 39) is on, you can play drums/SFX in the same region of

keys as the Lower Part.

2.

To turn this off, press the [DRUMS/SFX] button once again .

The “Drums/SFX” function will turn off (the button will be unlit.)

Switching the Sounds Played by Manual

Percussion or Drums/SFX

There are 8 types of Manual Percussion, and 16 types of Drums/SFX

sound sets. You can switch between these as desired.

1.

In the Registration screen (p . 30), touch a sound name to

access a list .

Percussion tone name

The Tone List screen will appear.

2.

Select the desired sound .

Select a sound category.

Select a sound.

Confirm your selection.

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* The available sounds will differ for Manual Percussion and

drums/SFX.