Roland XP-30 owner manual Playing, Contents

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

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