Roland XP-30 owner manual Midi Settings Midi, Patch Midi, GM Midi, Receive Midi, Transmit Midi

Chapter 3. Creating Your Own Sounds

■MIDI Settings (MIDI)

These parameters determine MIDI channel settings and how exclusive data is handled.

*The first display of the MIDI group will be different depending on the mode you were in when you pressed [SYSTEM] (Patch mode/Performance mode/GM mode).

PERFORM MIDI (Performance MIDI)

Make MIDI settings for Performance mode. To make these settings, press [SYSTEM] when you are in Performance mode, and then press [MIDI] located in the row of function buttons.

Control Channel (Performance Control Channel)

Select the receive channel used for selecting Performances via MIDI (Program Change and Bank Select messages). If you do not wish to use MIDI messages to select Performances, turn this OFF. If you set this to the same channel as the receive channel of a Part, Performance selection will take priority and it will not be possible to select Patches on that Part via MIDI.

*The MIDI Receive Channel of each Part is set independently for each Performance.

Local (Local Switch)

Specify whether or not the controller section will be connected to the internal sound source (all Parts). Normally you will leave this ON, but if you wish to use the XP-30’s keyboard and controllers to control only external sound sources, turn this OFF.

*If you want the keyboard controller section to be disconnected only from a specific Part or Parts, use the Local parameter (PERFORM/MIDI/MIDI).

Remote (Remote Keyboard Switch)

Turn this parameter on when you want to use an external MIDI keyboard in place of the XP-30’s keyboard. In this case, the transmit channel of the external MIDI keyboard can be set to any channel. Normally you will leave this parameter off.

*Set this parameter ON if you want performance using the Arpeggiator to be controlled by an external MIDI device.

*When the Remote keyboard switch is on, all messages that arrive at MIDI IN are output from MIDI OUT.

PATCH MIDI

Make MIDI settings for Patch mode. To make these settings, press [SYSTEM] when you are in Patch mode, and then press [MIDI] located in the row of function buttons.

Rx-Ch (Patch Mode Receive Channel)

Select the channel on which MIDI messages will be received in Patch mode.

Tx-Ch (Patch Mode Transmit Channel)

This parameter selects the transmit channel for MIDI messages in Patch mode. If you do not want to transmit MIDI messages to external MIDI devices, turn this parameter off. If you want the transmit channel to always match the Patch Mode Receive Channel, set this parameter to Rx-Ch.

Local (Local Switch)

Specify whether or not the controller section will be connected to the internal sound source (all Parts). Normally you will leave this ON, but if you wish to use the XP-30’s keyboard and controllers to control only external sound sources, turn this OFF.

Remote (Remote Keyboard Switch)

Turn this parameter on when you want to use an external MIDI keyboard in place of the XP-30’s keyboard. In this case, the transmit channel of the external MIDI keyboard can be set to any channel. Normally you will leave this parameter off.

GM MIDI

Make MIDI settings for GM mode. To make these settings, press [SYSTEM] when you are in GM mode, and then press [MIDI] located in the row of function buttons.

Local (Local Switch)

Specify whether or not the controller section will be connected to the internal sound source (all Parts). Normally you will leave this ON, but if you wish to use the XP-30’s keyboard and controllers to control only external sound sources, turn this OFF.

RECEIVE MIDI

Select whether or not to receive MIDI messages to select Patches, Rhythm Sets, or Performances.

Program Change

(Receive Program Change Switch)

If you want Program Change messages to be received, turn this ON. If not, turn it OFF.

Bank Select (Receive Bank Select Switch)

If you want Bank Select messages to be received, turn this ON. If not, turn it OFF.

TRANSMIT MIDI

Specify how MIDI messages will be transmitted.

Program (Transmit Program Change Switch)

If you want Program Change messages to be transmitted,

turn this ON. If not, turn it OFF.

Bank Sel (Transmit Bank Select Switch)

If you want Bank Select messages to be transmitted, turn this

ON. If not, turn it OFF.

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