Roland XP-30 owner manual Playing Fatter and Richer Sounds by Combining Patches Layer

Chapter 2. Playing

■Playing Fatter and Richer Sounds by Combining Patches

(Layer)

If a Layer Performance is selected, you can play all Parts with the Local parameter ON. Combining the Parts will produce, thicker, fatter sounds.

Part 1 Part 2 Part 15 Part 16

Local parameters

■Splitting the Keyboard to Play Separate Patches in Different

Sections (Split)

If you’ve selected a Layer Performance, you can split the keyboard to play separate Patches with different sections of the keyboard. As the note range that plays each Part can be specified individually, you can split the keyboard into a maximum of 16 sections.

For instance, you can play strings in the lower note section, piano in the higher note section and both sounds in the middle note section.

1.Make sure that PERFORM PLAY display is showing.

2.Make sure that the upper right of the display indicates “LAYER p* ”(* is the part number). If the display indicates “part=* ” (* is the part number), the performance is a “single performance,” so hold down [SHIFT] and press [SOLO] to change to a layer performance.

*The setting here is linked to the Key Mode parameter

(PERFORM/COMMON/PERFORM COMMON).

3.Press the function button for the part that you wish to play, to make the indicator light. When the [1-8/9-16] indicator is dark, parts 1–8 can be selected, and when the [1-8/9-16] indicator is lit, parts 9–16 can be selected.

The Local parameter of the selected part will be ON.

*This setting is linked with the Local parameter (PERFORM/ MIDI/MIDI).

4.Repeat step 3 to turn the Local parameter ON for each part that you wish to play.

Part 1: Strings

Part 1 + Part 2:	Part 2: Piano
(Strings + Piano)

*If a KEY RANG display (PATCH/COMMON) has been set, sounds are produced in the overlapping sections between the key ranges specified for the Patch and Performance.

1.Make sure that the PERFORM PLAY display is showing.

2.Make sure that the upper right of the display indicates “LAYER p* ”(* is the part number). If the display indicates “part=* ” (* is the part number), the performance is a “single performance,” so hold down [SHIFT] and press [SOLO] to change to a layer performance.

*The setting here is linked to the Key Mode parameter

(PERFORM/COMMON/PERFORM COMMON).

3.Press the function button for the part that you wish to play, to make the indicator light. When the [1-8/9-16] indicator is dark, parts 1–8 can be selected, and when the [1-8/9-16] indicator is lit, parts 9–16 can be selected.

The Local parameter of the selected part will be ON.

*This setting is linked with the Local parameter (PERFORM/ MIDI/MIDI).

4.Repeat step 3 to turn the Local parameter ON for each part that you wish to play.

5.Press [EDIT] to make the indicator light. Then press the [COMMON] function button, and press [ ] or [ ] to access the PERFORM COMMON display.

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