Roland XP-30 owner manual Front and Rear Panel, Front Panel, Palette Section, KEY Effects Section

Front and Rear Panel

A	B	C	D	E
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■Front Panel

A

Volume Slider

This slider adjusts the overall volume that is output from the rear panel OUTPUT jacks and PHONES jack. → p. 26

B PALETTE Section

Use the four sliders to modify sounds in real time.

[FILTER/ENV]

Press this button ON when modifying filter and/or envelope settings in real time using the four sliders (CUTOFF/RESO./ ATTACK/DECAY). → p. 36, 51, 54

[LEVEL]

Press this button ON when adjusting volume balance in real time using the four sliders (1/2/3/4). → p. 36, 51, 54

[CONTROLLER]

Can be switched on when you wish to assign various parameters to the four sliders, and modify the sound as you play (C1/C2/C3/C4). → p. 34

C KEY EFFECTS Section

The buttons in this section allow you to assign various functions to the keys of the XP-30’s keyboard.

[PORTAMENTO]

Switches Portamento on/off. → p. 35, 50

[SOLO]

Specifies playing a single note at a time. → p. 35, 50

[TRANSPOSE]

Specifies transposing the keyboard in semitone steps. → p. 60

[ARPEGGIO]

Switches Arpeggiator on/off. → p. 36, 56

[+OCT], [-OCT]

These buttons adjust the pitch of the keyboard in octave steps. → p. 59 Pressing either of these buttons while holding down [TRANSPOSE] allows you to set the desired amount of transposition. → p. 60

D MODE Section

The buttons in this section select modes. The button indicator of the selected mode will light. → p. 42

[PERFORM]/[GM]

Pressed to get into Performance mode. Hold down [SHIFT] while you press [PERFORM] to select GM mode. → p. 51, 124

[PATCH]/[PART]

Pressed to get into Patch mode. By holding down [PERFORM] and pressing [PATCH], you can modify the settings of the patch that is assigned to each part of the performance. → p. 47, 54, 66

[SYSTEM]

This selects System mode. → p. 108

[RHYTHM]

This selects Rhythm Set mode. → p. 55

[UTIL/CARD]

This selects Utility/Card mode. → p. 115

[EFFECTS ON/OFF]

This button turns the internal effects (Multi-Effects, Chorus, Reverb) on/off. → p. 62

E

Display

Shows various information for the currently selected function or operation.

[PHRASE PREVIEW]

Press this when you wish to use phrases to audition a patch.

→p. 33, 49

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