Roland XP-80 quick start High tom Closed hi-hat Low tom Bass drum Snare drum

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❼Select Phrase track for the recording destination. Press TRACK/PART [10] and the indicator will blink.

When you select Phrase track 10, the drum sound of the correspondingly numbered Part 10 will automatically be selected for recording.

BANK	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
TRACK/PART	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
		TONE SWITCH				TONE SELECT
NUMBER	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
TRACK/PART	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16

This completes preparations for recording. Now let’s record the following musical passage using percussion instruments.

High tom

Closed hi-hat

Low tom

Bass drum	Snare drum

❽Press [STOP/PLAY].

❾After listening to one measure of the metronome count, press the C2 key to record the bass drum (Hybrid Kick1).

❿When you finish recording the 4th measure, the song will return to measure 1, and the bass drum passage you have just recorded will play back. While listening to the playback, record the snare drum (Natural SN2) by pressing the D2 key.

In the same way, record the remaining percussion instruments using A2 (Verb Tom Hi), G2 (Verb Tom Lo) and F#2 (C1 HiHat 1) keys.

		F#2
C2	D2	G2	A2

When you finish recording all notes of the percussion instruments, press [STOP/PLAY] to end the session.

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Contents Quick Start Names and functions of buttons and controls Sequencer section Value dial Volume sliderNumeric keys DisplayOutput MIX R jack, Output MIX L jack Power switchMidi connectors AC inletConnect your XP-80 To turn power off Turn the power onDemo song Composer Play a demo songTo change panning To modify the volume level of each PartTo modify effects settings Select and play Patches Reset to default factory settingsPlay sounds Play percussion sounds from the keyboard Velocity/Aftertouch Try out performance functionsSolo Play arpeggios Arpeggiator Listen to the demo songs Try out the demo diskCombine Patterns for playback Play back a pattern by pressing specific keys RPSPTNSET11.SVQ File name Song NameFile name Add rhythmic ‘feel’ to the songsTry out some user groove templates Template Explanation Playing songs in sequence Chain Play Select a Performance Record a songClear internal memory Record the drums using realtime recordingHigh tom Closed hi-hat Low tom Bass drum Snare drum Page View the recorded data Record the bass using step recordingPage Record the melody using realtime recording Bank Assign a new name to the Performance Create an appropriate Performance for the songSelect a different Patch for the melody Temporary area Store the PerformanceFormat a disk Save your new songSave your song to disk DanceKit Demo Songs for RPS Demo SongsPerformance user Patch user Alex Wurman Profiles of composers