Roland owner manual Playing the AX-Synth, Selecting ‘regular’ Tones sequentially

4. Playing the AX-Synth

Selecting ‘regular’ Tones

The AX-Synth contains 256 Tones derived from Roland’s cutting-edge synthesizers, 4 “SuperNATURAL™” Tones, and 4 “SPECIAL” Tones. These sounds can be played via the 49 velocity-sensitive keys (or via MIDI).

Selecting ‘regular’ Tones sequentially

The AX-Synth’s “regular” Tones are grouped into 8 fami- lies with 32 “variations” (sounds) each.

(1)Connect the AX-Synth to your amplifier (page 14) and switch it on (page 17).

(2)If the [SuperNATURAL÷SPECIAL¥TONE], the FAVOR- ITE [A] or [B] button lights, switch it off.

(3)Press one of the following buttons to select a Tone family:

The family names of regular Tones are printed in white on the AX-Synth’s front panel. The family but- ton you press lights blue.

When you press a family button, the AX-Synth auto- matically selects the last Tone you chose in this fam- ily since switching it on.

(4)Use the VARIATION [DEC÷–]/[INC÷+] buttons (whose legends are also white) to select a Tone from the selected family.

Press [INC÷+] to select the next Tone, or [DEC÷–] to select the previous one. You may have to press the selected button several times to call up the sound you need.

The display shows the number of the Tone you selected (1~32).

To scroll through the available Tones of the active family, you can hold down either VARIATION [INC÷+] or [DEC÷–]. To scroll even faster, press and hold the “other” VARIATION button.

You can also use the OCTAVE/VARIATION [+]/[–] but- tons on the neck to select Tones. To do so, you first need to assign them the “Uar” function.

(a)Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press OCTAVE/ VARIATION [+] or [–] to select “Uar” (see the dis- play).

The [WRITE] button flashes.

(b)Keep holding the [SHIFT] button and press the [WRITE] button to confirm your selection. You only need to make this selection once: the

AX-Synth will remember it until you change it again.

(c)Release the [SHIFT] button.

(d)Use OCTAVE/VARIATION [+]/[–] to select Tones in the same way as VARIATION [DEC÷–]/[INC÷+].

Numeric selection of a ‘regular’ Tone

To save time, you can also specify the number of the desired Tone directly:

(1)Connect the AX-Synth to your amplifier (page 14) and switch it on (page 17).

(2)Press one of the following buttons to select a Tone family:

(3)Press and hold the [SHIFT] button.

(4)Keep holding the [SHIFT] button and enter the desired variation number with the keys in the highest octave (NUMERIC KEYPAD). Confirm by pressing the highest key (ENTER).