Roland XP-30 owner manual Modifying Waveform Wave, FXM Frequency cross modulation, Tone Delay

Chapter 3. Creating Your Own Sounds

■Modifying Waveform (WAVE)

This group contains parameters related to the basic waveform (Wave) of the Tone.

WAVE

Group (Wave Group)

Select the Group of the Wave.

INT-A, B: Internal A, B

EXP-A–E:Wave Expansion Boards A–E

*It is not possible to select a Group of a Wave Expansion Board that is not installed.

Number (Wave Number)

Select the Wave number. The name of the Wave will be displayed in parentheses ( ).

Gain (Wave Gain)

Adjust the gain (volume boost) of the Wave. The setting range is -6–+12 dB, in steps of 6 dB. An increase of 6 dB doubles the gain. When using the Booster to distort the sound, it is effective to use the maximum Gain setting.

Switch (Tone Switch)

When you wish to use the Tone, set this ON. When not using the Tone, set this OFF. In order to make best use of the available number of simultaneous voices, unused Tones should be turned off.

*When you use TONE SWITCH [1]–[4] to turn Tones on/off, this is the parameter that is being set.

FXM (Frequency cross modulation)

FXM is a function that uses frequency modulation to add new harmonic components to the sound. It can be used as a simple ring modulator in order to add a metallic flavor.

Switch (FXM Switch)

When you wish to use FXM turn this ON. If not, turn it OFF.

Color (FXM Color)

Select one of four ways in which FXM will use frequency modulation.

Depth (FXM Depth)

Adjust the depth of the frequency modulation created by FXM.

TONE DELAY

This parameter produces a time delay from the moment the key is pressed (or released) until when the Tone begins to sound. Since you can adjust the timing of each Tone, you can create effects in which pressing a single key produces two or more sounds at different times.

*If you do not wish to use Tone Delay, set Mode to NORMAL and Delay Time to 0.

Mode (Tone Delay Mode)

Select the way in which the Tone will sound.

NORMAL: The Tone will sound after the specified Delay Time.

Delay Time

press key release key

HOLD:If the key is pressed for longer than the specified Delay Time, the Tone will sound after the Delay Time. If the key is released earlier than the Delay Time, the Tone will not sound.

	Delay Time		Delay
			Time		Tone does
		release key press key			not sound
press key
				release key

PLAYMATE: If 2 seconds or more pass before the next key is pressed, the Tone will sound after the Delay Time. If less than 2 seconds pass before the next key is pressed, that interval will become the Delay Time after which the Tone will sound.

CLOCK-SYNC:Synchronize the Delay Time to either the Patch Tempo (PATCH/COMMON/PATCH CLOCK), the Performance Tempo

(PERFORM/COMMON/PERFORM CLOCK), or the tempo clock of the XP-30’s system.

If you want to use a fixed tempo in Patch mode (Tempo parameter setting), set the Source parameter (PATCH/COMMON/ PATCH CLOCK) to PATCH and set the desired tempo.

If you want to use the system’s tempo clock in Patch mode, set the Source parameter (PATCH/COMMON/PATCH CLOCK) to

SYSTEM.

If you want to use a fixed tempo in Performance mode (Tempo parameter setting), set the Source parameter

(PERFORM/COMMON/PERFORM CLOCK) to PERFORM and set the desired tempo.

If you want to use the system’s tempo clock in Performance mode, set the Source parameter (PERFORM/COMMON/ PERFORM CLOCK) to SYSTEM.

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