Roland XV-88 Transmitting Data to, 186, Type Data Type, Block Source Block, Destination

Chapter 10. Memory Settings (Utility Mode)

You can specify the data to be transmitted by selecting the appropriate combination shown below.

For example, if you wish to transmit the USER group Patches 001-020, you would specify “PATCH USER:001-020.”

Type	Block
ALL	USER
	TEMP
PERFORM	USER	01–64
	TEMP	-PATCH	*1
		+PATCH	*2
	CTRL
PATCH	USER	001–128
	TEMP
RHYTHM	USER	001–004
	TEMP
SYSTEM	USER

*1 Only the current Performance settings will be transmitted.

*2 The current Performance settings and the setting of a Patch or Rhythm Set assigned to the Part will be transmitted.

Type (Data Type)

Specifies the type of data to be transmitted.

ALL: Performance, Patch, and Rhythm Set

PERFORM: Performance

PATCH: Patch

RHYTHM: Rhythm Set

SYSTEM: System

Block (Source Block)

Specifies the source of the data to be transmitted. USER: Data from user memory will be transmitted. TEMP: Data in Temporary area will be transmitted. CTRL: The status of Performances, including Performance Bank Selects and Program Changes, are not sent as Exclusive messages, but rather as MIDI Channel messages.

For more on the messages that are transmitted, refer to “MIDI Implementation” (p. 270).

Destination

This is the Transmission destination. It is set with MIDI.

Transmitting Data to the XV-88

You can transmit Performance, Patch or Rhythm Set settings to the user memory and System settings to the System memory. By loading sound data from a memory card or Wave Expansion Boards to user memory, you can bring new sounds into a Performance.

Data type		Destination
	Source block

•If the XV-88 internal memory already contains important data that you have created, this operation will cause all of this data to be lost. If you wish to keep the data, you must save it on a memory card (p. 190) or on an external MIDI device (p. 185).

•If Internal Write Protect is turned ON, the following display will appear, and the Data Transfer operation will not be executed.

Change the displayed ON to OFF and press [ENTER] to turn Internal Write Protect off. Press [ENTER] once again.

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