Roland owner manual 175, Getting More Familiar with the XV-88 System Functions

Chapter 9. Getting More Familiar with the XV-88 (System Functions)

SHAMISEN: The playing style of a Shamisen.

BOUND BALL: A style suggestive of a bouncing ball.

RANDOM: A style in which the notes sound in random

order.

BOSSA NOVA: A style with bossanova rhythm guitar. Hold 3–4 notes for best results. You can increase the tempo and use this as a Samba.

SALSA: Typical salsa style. Hold 3–4 notes for best results.

MAMBO: Typical mambo style. Hold 3–4 notes for best

results.

LATIN PERCUSSION: A rhythm style with Latin percussion instruments such as Clave, Cowbell, Clap, Bongo, Conga, Agogo etc.

SAMBA: Typical samba style. Use for rhythm patterns or bass lines.

TANGO: Typical tango rhythm style. Hold the root, 3rd and 5th of a triad etc. for best results.

HOUSE: A style for house piano backing. Hold 3–4 notes for best results.

LIMITLESS: The settings of all parameters can be freely combined without restriction.

Choices can be set for the Motif, Beat Pattern, Shuffle Rate and Accent Rate parameters for each style. Refer to the “Arpeggio Style List” (p. 268).

Octave Range

Sets the key range in octaves over which arpeggio will take place. If you want the arpeggio to sound using only the notes that you actually play, set this parameter to 0. To have the arpeggio sound using the notes you play and notes 1 octave higher, set this parameter to +1. A setting of -1 will make the arpeggio sound using the notes you play and notes 1 octave lower.

Motif

Sets the order in which notes of the chord will sound.

Some settings will not be available depending on the Style parameter setting. For details on the possible values, refer to “Arpeggio Style List” (p. 268).

SINGLE UP: Notes you press will be sounded individually, beginning from low to high.

SINGLE DOWN: Notes you press will be sounded individually, from high to low.

SINGLE UP&DOWN: Notes you press will be sounded individually, from low to high, and then back down from high to low.

SINGLE RANDOM: Notes you press will be sounded individually, in random order.

DUAL UP: Notes you press will be sounded two at a time, beginning from low to high.

DUAL DOWN: Notes you press will be sounded two at a time, beginning from high to low.

DUAL UP&DOWN: Notes you press will be sounded two at a time, from low to high, and then back down from high to low.

DUAL RANDOM: Notes you press will be sounded two at a time, in random order.

TRIPLE UP: Notes you press will sound three at a time, from

low to high.

TRIPLE DOWN: Notes you press will sound three at a time, from high to low.

TRIPLE UP&DOWN: Notes you press will sound three at a time, from low to high and then back down from high to low. TRIPLE RANDOM: Notes you press will sound three at a time, in random order.

NOTE ORDER: Notes you press will be sounded in the order in which you pressed them. By pressing the notes in the appropriate order you can produce melody lines. Up to 128 notes will be remembered.

GLISSANDO: Each chromatic step between the highest and lowest notes you press will sound in succession, repeating upward and downward. Press only the lowest and the highest notes.

CHORD: All notes you press will sound simultaneously.

BASS+CHORD 1–5: The lowest of the notes you play will sound, and the remaining notes will sound as a chord. BASS+UP 1–8: The lowest of the notes you play will sound, and the remaining notes will be arpeggiated.

BASS+RND 1–3: The lowest of the notes you play will sound, and the remaining notes will sound in random order. TOP+UP 1–6: The highest of the notes you play will sound, and the remaining notes will be arpeggiated. BASS+UP+TOP: The highest and the lowest of the notes you play will sound, and the remaining notes will be arpeggiated.

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