Roland XP-80 quick start Play a demo song, Demo song Composer

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Play a demo song

The XP-80 contains a demo song and you use ‘demo play’ to play it. It’s the easiest introduction to the XP-80’s exceptional sounds and effects.

✳If you play a demo song, the current song existing in internal memory will be lost. To keep the song in the internal memory, save the song to disk (p.32) before executing demo play.

Demo song

Composer

The AXE

Alex Wurman Copyright © 1996 Sonart Productions BMI

✳Warning: All rights reserved. Unauthorized use of the demo song for concerts, broadcasting, or any other purposes than personal enjoyment, as well as storage to disk form a violation of applicable laws.

✳Refer to page 36 for the profile of the composer.

<Procedure>

❶Hold down [SEQUENCER] and press [CHAINPLAY].

The confirmation message “DEMO PLAY OK?” will appear.

❷Press [F5] (OK) to start demo song playback.

If you wish to cancel playback, press [F6] (Cancel). Playback will stop automatically when the song ends. To interrupt playback, press [STOP/PLAY] again.

❸You can control the volume level or effects parameters of each Part during playback. To modify the values, press [PERFORM] and follow the procedure below.

PERFORM

3GM

SEQUENCER

1

SYSTEM

MODE

 

 

F1

F2

F3

F4

F5

F6

 

 

 

 

PATCH

RHYTHM

LOCAL / TX / RX

EXIT

DEC

 

INC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

PANIC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHAIN PLAY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEMO

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEQUENCER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UTILITY

DISK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REC

BEAT

LOOP

BWD STOP/PLAYlFWD

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Contents Quick Start Names and functions of buttons and controls Sequencer section Volume slider Numeric keysDisplay Value dialPower switch Midi connectorsAC inlet Output MIX R jack, Output MIX L jackConnect your XP-80 Turn the power on To turn power offPlay a demo song Demo song ComposerTo 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 Try out performance functions Velocity/AftertouchSolo Play arpeggios Arpeggiator Try out the demo disk Listen to the demo songsPlay back a pattern by pressing specific keys RPS Combine Patterns for playbackFile name Song Name PTNSET11.SVQFile name Add rhythmic ‘feel’ to the songsTry out some user groove templates Template Explanation Playing songs in sequence Chain Play Record a song Select a PerformanceRecord the drums using realtime recording Clear internal memoryHigh tom Closed hi-hat Low tom Bass drum Snare drum Page Record the bass using step recording View the recorded dataPage 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 Store the Performance Temporary areaSave your new song Format a diskSave your song to disk DanceKit Demo Songs Demo Songs for RPSPerformance user Patch user Profiles of composers Alex Wurman
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