Roland owner manual Patches, Performances, Overview of the XP-30 Rhythm Sets, Parts

Patches

Patches are the basic sound configurations that you play during a performance. Each Patch can be configured by combining up to four Tones. How the four Tones are combined is determined on the STRUCT display (PATCH/ COMMON).

Patch

Tone 4

Tone 3

Tone 2

Tone 1	LFO 1	LFO 2
WG	TVF	TVA
Pitch	TVF	TVA
Envelope	Envelope	Envelope

Performances

The next level in sound configuration. A single Performance groups 15 Patches and one Rhythm Set so that they can be combined to play ensembles or produce fabulously rich, thick sounds. One Performance allows a single XP-30 to control up to 16 instrument sounds. Because the XP-30 sound source can control multiple sounds (instruments) it is called a “multitimbral sound source.”

Performance
	Part 16 (MIDI receive ch.)
	Part 11 (MIDI receive ch.)
	Patch
Key-	Part 10 (MIDI receive ch.)
board,	Rhythm Set	Sound
MIDI
	Part 9 (MIDI receive ch.)
	Part 1 (MIDI receive ch.)
	Patch

Chapter 1. Overview of the XP-30

Rhythm Sets

A Rhythm Set is a grouping of percussion instruments (Rhythm Tones). Since percussion instruments generally do not play melodies, there is no need for a percussion instrument sound to be able to play a scale on the keyboard. It is however, more important that as many as possible percussion instruments be available to you at the same time. Therefore, each key (Note number) of a Rhythm Set will produce a different percussion instrument.

Rhythm Set

Note Number 98 (D7)

Note Number 97 (C#7)

Note Number 36 (C2)

Note Number 35 (B1)

Rhythm Tone (Percussion instrument sound)

	WG		TVF		TVA
	Pitch		TVF		TVA
Envelope		Envelope		Envelope

Parts

When the XP-30 is used as a multitimbral sound source, another sound configuration called a Part comes into play. A Part contains a Patch or Rhythm Set. For multitimbral applications, the Performance consists of 16 Parts. A specific Patch can be assigned to each Part except Part 10 because Part 10 is universally set as the Drum Part to which a Rhythm Set (discussed above) is assigned. In a multitimbral context, it helps to think of a Performance as an orchestra, each Part in it being a musician, and the Patch or Rhythm Set that musician’s instrument.

For details regarding following items, please refer to each corresponding page.

About the Memory (p. 67)

About the Effects (p. 61)

Chapter 1

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