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Contents

Chapter 2. Playing.................................................................................47
Playing in Patch Mode............................................................................................................................. 47
Selecting a Patch............................................................................................................................ 47
Using Phrase Preview to Play Patches....................................................................................... 49
Making a Patch Sound Thick or Thin (Turning a Tone On/Off)........................................... 50
Playing Single Notes (Solo) .........................................................................................................50
Creating Smooth Pitch Changes (Portamento)......................................................................... 50
Using the Sliders to Modify the Sound in Realtime (Sound Palette Function).................... 50
Playing in Performance Mode................................................................................................................ 51
Selecting a Performance............................................................................................................... 51
Playing Fatter and Richer Sounds by Combining Patches (Layer)........................................ 52
Splitting the Keyboard to Play Separate Patches in Different Sections (Split)..................... 52
Playing Along with a Song Playback (XP-30 Used as a Multitimbral Sound Source)........ 53
Assigning a Different Patch to a Part......................................................................................... 54
Using the Sliders to Modify the Sound in Realtime (Sound Palette Function).................... 54
Playing in Rhythm Set Mode.................................................................................................................. 55
Selecting a Rhythm Set................................................................................................................. 55
Playing Percussion Instruments ................................................................................................. 56
Playing an Arpeggio ................................................................................................................................56
Playing an Arpeggio Over a Preset Keyboard Area................................................................ 57
Holding an Arpeggio.................................................................................................................... 58
Simulating a Guitar Cutting Technique..................................................................................... 58
Playing an Arpeggio from an External MIDI Device...............................................................58
Creating an Arpeggio Pattern .....................................................................................................58
Convenient Functions for Performance ................................................................................................59
Transposing the Keyboard in Octave Units (Octave Shift)..................................................... 59
Transposing the Keyboard in Semitone Steps (Transpose) ....................................................60
If “Stuck” Notes Occur or a Note Does Not Sound (Panic).................................................... 60
Chapter 3. Creating Your Own Sounds...............................................61
Regarding Effects...................................................................................................................................... 61
How Effects Units Work in Different Modes............................................................................ 61
Turning Effects On/Off................................................................................................................ 62
Sound Editing Procedures.......................................................................................................................62
Editing a Patch............................................................................................................................... 62
Editing a Performance.................................................................................................................. 65
Editing a Rhythm Set.................................................................................................................... 66
Keeping Edited Sound............................................................................................................................. 67
Memory and Data Storage........................................................................................................... 67
Storing a Sound You Modify into User Memory .....................................................................68
Functions of Patch Parameters ...............................................................................................................68
Settings Common to the Entire Patch (COMMON)................................................................. 68
Setting Effects for a Patch (EFFECTS)........................................................................................ 71
Using Controllers to Change How Sounds Are Played (CONTROL)................................... 73
Modifying Waveform (WAVE)................................................................................................... 76
Modulating Sounds (LFO)........................................................................................................... 78
Modifying Pitch (PITCH)............................................................................................................. 79
Modifying the Brightness of Sound with a Filter (TVF).......................................................... 80
Changing the Sound’s Volume and Stereo Location (TVA)................................................... 81
Functions of Performance Parameters...................................................................................................83
Settings Common to the Entire Performance (COMMON).................................................... 83
Setting Effects for a Performance (EFFECTS) ...........................................................................84
Making MIDI Settings for a Part (MIDI).................................................................................... 86
Making Settings for Each Part (PART)....................................................................................... 87
Confirming MIDI Information for Each Part (INFO) ..............................................................87
Functions of Rhythm Set Parameters ....................................................................................................88
Naming a Rhythm Set (COMMON)........................................................................................... 88