Choosing and Playing Patches

Choosing Patches

When you’ve selected the Patch mode or the Performance mode, after changing the Category and Bank with the CATEGORY/BANK knob, you can choose a patch by turning the VALUE knob.

You can use either of two methods to choose

a patch: choosing by bank (display with white text) or choosing by category (display in blue text).

■ Choosing Patches by Bank

by category

by bank

 

 

In this section, let’s choose No. 108 Flute from USER (the User group).

You can’t choose a WAVE- EXP patch unless a Wave Expansion Board is installed in the slot EXP-B. When no Wave Expansion Board is installed, - - -

appears on the display.

Quick Start

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1

Press the VALUE knob to choose the Patch mode (PATCH).

 

 

Pressing the VALUE knob makes the mode change sequentially. Press the

 

knob several times, until the PATCH indicator lights up.

 

 

2

Turn the CATEGORY/BANK knob to choose USER.

 

 

 

3

Turn the VALUE knob and choose 108.

 

 

 

4

You can listen to the selected patch sound (USER No. 108

 

 

Flute) by holding down the VOLUME knob.

 

At this time, the currently selected preset bank USr (USER) and the patch

 

number 108 appear in alternation on the display.

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Turning the VALUE knob rapidly makes the value change in large increments.

For more information about the onboard patches, take a look at “Patch List” (p. 54).

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JV-1010 specifications

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