PATCH REVERB

These parameters control the Reverb effect of the Patch.

Type (Reverb/Delay Type)

Select the type of Reverb effect.

ROOM1: dense reverb with short decay

ROOM2: sparse reverb with short decay

STAGE1: reverb with greater late reverberation

STAGE2: reverb with strong early reflections

HALL1: reverb with clear reverberance

HALL2: reverb with rich reverberance

DELAY: a conventional delay

PAN-DLY:a delay with echoes that move left and right

Time (Reverb/Delay Time)

Adjust the time of reverberation. If you have selected DELAY or PAN-DLY, this parameter will adjust the time delay from the original sound until the first echo will sound.

Fbk (Delay Feedback Level)

Adjust the amount of delayed sound that is returned (fed back) to the delay. Higher values result in more delay repeats.

*If you have selected any one of the Reverb types (ROOM1– HALL2), this parameter has no effect.

HF Damp (Reverb/Delay HF Damp)

Adjust the frequency above which the reverberant sound will be cut. As the frequency is set lower, more of the high frequencies will be cut, resulting in a softer and more muted reverberance. If you do not want the high frequencies to be cut, set this parameter to BYPASS.

Level (Reverb/Delay Level)

Adjust the volume of the reverberant (or delayed) sound.

Chapter 3. Creating Your Own Sounds

Using Controllers to Change How

Sounds Are Played (CONTROL)

The parameters in this group determine how the controllers will function.

KEY MODE & BENDER

(Key Assign Mode & Bender)

Assign (Key Assign Mode)

Specify how notes will be played. When playing a solo instrument Patch (such as sax or flute) it is effective to use a setting of SOLO. POLY: Two or more notes can be played simultaneously.

SOLO: Only one note will sound at a time.

Legato (Solo Legato Switch)

Turn this parameter ON when you use Solo Legato, and OFF when

you do not. Solo Legato is a function that works only when the Key

 

Assign Mode is SOLO. When Solo Legato is ON, pressing a key

 

while a previous key is already pressed will cause the note to

 

change pitch to the pitch of the newly pressed key while continuing

 

to sound. This is effective when you wish to simulate performance

 

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techniques such as a guitarist’s hammering on and pulling off.

Chapter

move the Pitch Bend Lever. The left value specifies the pitch

Bend Range

 

Specify the amount of pitch change that will occur when you

 

change that will occur when the lever is moved fully left. The

 

 

right value specifies the pitch change that will occur when the

 

lever is moved fully right. The left value has a range of -48–0 (-4–

 

0 octaves), and the right value has a range of 0–+12 (0–1 octaves).

 

PORTAMENTO

 

Portamento is a function that causes the pitch to change

 

smoothly from one note to the next played note. When the

 

Key Assign Mode is SOLO, this is effective when simulating

 

performance techniques such as a violinist’s glissando.

 

Sw (Portamento Switch)

 

Set this to ON when you wish to use Portamento.

 

Time (Portamento Time)

 

Adjust the time over which the pitch will change to the new pitch.

 

Mode (Portamento Mode)

 

Select the way in which Portamento will be applied.

 

NORMAL: Portamento will always be applied.

 

LEGATO: Portamento will be applied only for notes played

 

legato (i.e., when you press the next key before

 

releasing the previous key.

 

Type (Portamento Type)

 

Select the way in which the pitch difference between the two

 

notes will be related to the time of movement.

 

RATE: Time of movement will change in relation to the

 

pitch difference.

 

TIME: Time of movement will be constant, regardless of the

 

pitch difference.

 

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Roland XP-30 Using Controllers to Change How Sounds Are Played Control, Patch Reverb, KEY Mode & Bender, Portamento