Roland XP-30 owner manual Using Phrase Preview to Play Patches, Mode Preview Sound Mode

The following categories can be selected.

Category
Group		Category	Contents
---		NO ASSIGN	No assign
Piano
	PNO	AC.PIANO	Acoustic Piano
	EP	EL.PIANO	Electric Piano

Chapter 2. Playing

■Using Phrase Preview to Play

Patches

The XP-30 allows you to preview Patches by hearing a phrase appropriate for each type of Patch.

1.Select a Patch (p. 47).

Keys&Organ
	KEY	KEYBOARDS	Other Keyboards
			(Clav, Harpsichord etc.)
	BEL	BELL	Bell, Bell Pad
	MLT	MALLET	Mallet
	ORG	ORGAN	Electric and Church Organ
	ACD	ACCORDION	Accordion
	HRM	HARMONICA	Harmonica, Blues Harp
Guitar
	AGT	AC.GUITAR	Acoustic Guitar
	EGT	EL.GUITAR	Electric Guitar
	DGT	DIST.GUITAR	Distortion Guitar
Bass
	BS	BASS	Acoustic & Electric Bass
	SBS	SYNTH BASS	Synth Bass
Orchestral
	STR	STRINGS	Strings
	ORC	ORCHESTRA	Orchestra Ensemble
	HIT	HIT&STAB	Orchestra Hit, Hit
	WND	WIND	Winds (Oboe, Clarinet etc.)
	FLT	FLUTE	Flute, Piccolo
Brass
	BRS	AC.BRASS	Acoustic Brass
	SBR	SYNTH BRASS	Synth Brass
	SAX	SAX	Sax
Synth
	HLD	HARD LEAD	Hard Synth Lead
	SLD	SOFT LEAD	Soft Synth Lead
	TEK	TECHNO SYNTH	Techno Synth
	PLS	PULSATING	Pulsating Synth
	FX	SYNTH FX	Synth FX (Noise etc.)

2.Press and hold [PHRASE PREVIEW].

*When a Performance is selected, the Patch of the Part for which settings are being made will sound. When a Rhythm Set is selected, a drum phrase will sound.

*Patches of the USER group or from an optional Wave Expansion Board (SR-JV80 series) may not sound at the appropriate pitch range. In this case, use [+OCT] or [-OCT] (the Octave Shift function) to set an appropriate pitch range.

*If the range of the phrase is wider than the range of the Tones within the Patch (p. 70), or wider than the range of the Parts within the Performance (p. 83), the portion of the phrase that exceeds the range will not sound.

3.The phrase will stop playing when you take your finger off [PHRASE PREVIEW].

4.Hold down [SHIFT] and press [PHRASE PREVIEW], and the PREVIEW SELECT display will appear. Here you can specify how the phrase will be played (Mode), and select the phrase that will play (Patch Category).

5.To specify how the phrase will be played, use the cursor buttons to move the cursor to the Mode parameter.

6.Rotate the VALUE dial or press [INC]/[DEC] to make the setting.

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	SYN	OTHER SYNTH	Poly Synth
Pad
	BPD	BRIGHT PAD	Bright Pad Synth
	SPD	SOFT PAD	Soft Pad Synth
	VOX	VOX	Vox, Choir
Ethnic
	PLK	PLUCKED	Plucked (Harp etc.)
	ETH	ETHNIC	Other Ethnic
	FRT	FRETTED	Fretted Inst
			(Mandolin etc.)
Rhythm&SFX
	PRC	PERCUSSION	Percussion
	SFX	SOUND FX	Sound FX
	BTS	BEAT&GROOVE	Beat and Groove
	DRM	DRUMS	Drum Set
	CMB	COMBINATION	Other Patches which
			use Split and Layer

Mode (Preview Sound Mode)

SINGLE: The notes specified by Note 1–4 parameter (SYSTEM/PREVIEW/PREVIEW KEY) will sound successively one by one.

CHORD: The notes specified by Note 1–4 parameter (SYSTEM/PREVIEW/PREVIEW KEY) will sound simultaneously.

PHRASE: The phrase prepared for the Patch type (category) will sound.

*This setting is linked with the Mode parameter (SYSTEM/

PREVIEW/PREVIEW MODE).

7.If you set the Mode parameter to PHRASE, you can specify the phrase that will sound. Use the cursor buttons to move the cursor to the Patch Category parameter.

*If a rhythm set is selected, this will be fixed at DRUMS, and it will not be possible to change the phrase that is played.

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