Chapter 4 Creating a Patch

 

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Bias Point

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Bias Point

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Bias Point

 

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Bias (TVA bias level)-100–+100

This adjusts the slope of the volume change that will occur in the selected Bias Direction. Higher settings produce greater amounts of change to the Tone’s volume. Negative (-) settings reverse the direction of the change.

Point (TVA bias point)C-1 to G9

This selects the MIDI key at which the Tone’s volume will begin to change.

Direction (TVA bias direction)

This determines whether the volume of notes above or below the Bias point – or both – will change according to their distance from the Bias Point.

LOWER: Notes below the Bias Point will be affected.

UPPER: Notes above the Bias Point will be affected.

LOWER&UPPER: Notes below and above the Bias Point will

be affected.

ALL: The volume of notes across the entire keyboard will be biased according to the Bias Level slope, based on their distance from the Bias Point.

PAN MODULATE (Tone pan modulate)

Use these parameters to dynamically alter the Tone’s stereo position as set by the TVA Pan.

Keyfollow (Tone pan keyfollow)

Use this parameter when you want each note’s keyboard position to affect its stereo location. Higher settings cause a greater shifting of the Tone’s original pan position as you move further away from Middle C (C4), where the original stereo TVA Pan value remains in effect. Positive (+) settings cause notes above Middle C to be panned rightward. Negative (-) settings cause them to be panned leftward.

Random (Tone random pan depth) 0–63

Use this parameter to activate random panning, note-by- note. Higher values result in more extreme fluctuations in the Tone’s stereo placement.

Alternate (Tone alternate pan depth)

This setting causes panning to be alternated between left and right each time a key is pressed. Higher values result in a greater left/right width. You can select the stereo placement of the first key using this parameter – its opposite will be used for the second note, and so on back and forth. If you want to alternate the pan position of two Tones, set them to the exact opposite L and R settings.

TVA TIME ENV (TVA Time Envelope)

This specifies the manner in which keyboard velocity will

affect the times of the TVA envelope.

V-T1 (TVA envelope time 1 velocity sensitivity)

Use this parameter when you want keyboard playing dynamics (velocity) to affect T1 (Time 1) of the TVA envelope. With higher settings, the T1 value will change more significantly depending on whether you play softly or with greater force. With positive (+) settings, greater keyboard velocity will reduce the T1 setting. With negative (- ) settings, greater keyboard velocity will increase the T1 setting.

V-T4 (TVA envelope time 4 velocity sensitivity)

Use this parameter when you want keyboard playing dynamics (velocity) to affect T4 (Time 4) of the TVA envelope. With higher settings, the T4 value will change more significantly depending on whether you play softly or with greater force. With positive (+) settings, greater keyboard velocity will reduce the T4 setting. With negative (- ) settings, greater keyboard velocity will increase the T4 setting.

Time Keyfollow (TVA envelope time key follow)

Use this parameter when you want a note’s keyboard position to affect times T2–T4 of the TVA envelope. Higher settings change the times by a greater amount as you move away from Middle C (C4) – at Middle C, the original T1–T4 settings are in effect. Positive (+) settings cause the times to shorten as you play above Middle C. Negative (-) settings cause the times to lengthen as you play above Middle C.

TVA ENVELOPE

These parameters set the characteristics of the TVA envelope, which applies changes over time to the Tone’s Tone level setting.

Level

T1

T2

T3

T4

 

 

 

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Time

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Roland XV-3080 owner manual PAN Modulate Tone pan modulate, TVA Time ENV TVA Time Envelope, TVA Envelope

XV-3080 specifications

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