Roland XP-30 Selecting Patches by Category Patch Search Function, Express Patch Select Digit Hold

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Express Patch Select (Digit Hold)

With the Digit Hold function turned on, the 100’s position and 10’s position will be fixed when the numeric keys are used to select a Patch. This means that the numeric keys will only change the 1’s position, and you won’t have to press [ENTER] for each selection. The same applies to selecting Performances and Rhythm Sets.

1.Hold down [SHIFT] and press [ENTER] to turn on

Digit Hold.

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The numbers in the 100’s position and 10’s position will be displayed in a smaller size to indicate Digit Hold is on.

2.When you enter a numeric key number, the 1’s position will change immediately without having to press [ENTER].

3.To turn off Digit Hold, hold down [SHIFT] and press [ENTER] once again.

Selecting Patches by Category (Patch Search Function)

The XP-30 provides a Patch Search function which allows you to specify a type (category) of Patch so that you can quickly find the desired Patch. There are a total of 38 categories.

1.Press [PATCH] to call up the PATCH PLAY display.

2.Press [CATEGORY] to turn the Patch Search function is on.

The patch number display will change to the category display.

*Now you can select patches within the currently selected category either by rotating the VALUE dial or by using [INC]/ [DEC]. To change the category group, use the numeric keys.

If you wish to select patches from a different category, continue with the following procedure.

3.Hold down [CATEGORY] and press a key [0]–[9] (numeric keys) to select the category group.

4.Rotate the VALUE dial or press [INC]/[DEC] to select a Category.

The selected category display will blink. At this time, the selected category has not yet been finalized.

*Now if you press [] the following display will appear, and you can select patches while viewing the number of patches (a)

included in the currently selected category, and the order of this patch among the patches (b) that were selected after the search. To change the category, use the numeric keys.

(b) (a)

5.Press [ENTER] to finalize the entry.

*In step 4, you can also select a category directly by pressing the corresponding numeric key.

6.Rotate the VALUE dial or press [INC]/[DEC] to select a Patch.

7.Press [CATEGORY] to turn the Patch Search function is off.

You will return to the normal PATCH PLAY screen.

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