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Chapter 1 Selecting and Playing a Sound

Auditioning Sounds on the

XV-5080 (Phrase Preview)

The Phrase Preview feature allows you to audition Patches
on the XV-5080 even when it’s not connected to a MIDI
keyboard or sequencer. You can preview a Patch using a
Phrase that’s appropriate to the Patch’s type or category.
1. Press [PATCH], getting its indicator to light.
2. Turn the VALUE dial, or press [INC]/[DEC] to select the
desired Patch.
3. Press and hold the VOLUME knob.
The phrase prepared for the Patch will play while the knob is
pushed.
* When you preview a Rhythm Set, the XV-5080 plays a
percussion Phrase. Phrase Preview also allows you to audition
a Performance — when you preview a Performance, you hear a
Phrase appropriate to the currently selected Part.
* A USER Patch or a Patch from an optional Wave Expansion
Board (SRX/SR-JV80 series) may not preview in its normal
pitch range. If this occurs, press [ ] or [ ] (Octave Shift
function; p. 23) to select the desired pitch range.
* If the pitch range of a Phrase is wider than the range of the
Tones within a Patch (p. 132), or wider than the range of a
Part within a Performance (p. 161), any notes in the Phrase
that fall outside that range will not be heard.

Setting the Way In Which Sounds

Are Previewed

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You can preview a Patch in any of three ways: “PHRASE”
(the Patch plays a Phrase), “CHORD” (the Patch plays a
chord), or “SINGLE” (the Patch plays a series of notes).
1. Press [SYSTEM/UTILITY], getting the indicator to light.
The System page will appear.
* If the indicator is blinking, you are in UTILITY mode. In this
case, press [SYSTEM/UTILITY] once again to make its
indicator light.
2. Press [F5 (Preview)].
3. Press [ ]/[ ]/[ ]/[ ] to move the cursor to
the parameter you want to set.
4. Either by rotating the VALUE dial or by pressing [INC]/
[DEC], set the value.
5. Press [EXIT] to return to the previous page.
Preview Mode
PHRASE: The Phrase associated with the Patch’s type/
category is played.
CHORD: The notes specified by PREVIEW KEY will play
together as a chord.
SINGLE: The notes specified by PREVIEW KEY will sound
one after another.
Preview 1–4 Note Number
Specifies the four notes (C -1–G9) that will be heard during a
preview when “SINGLE” or “CHORD” is selected for
Preview Mode.
* If “PHRASE” is selected for Preview Mode, these settings will
have no effect.
Preview 1–4 Velocity
Specifies the volume (0–127) of the four notes that will sound
when “SINGLE” or “CHORD” is selected for Preview Mode.
* If “PHRASE” is selected for Preview Mode, these settings will
have no effect.