Roland XV-88 Sound Is Distorted, Pitch Is Incorrect, Effects Do Not Apply, Sounds Are Interrupted

Troubleshooting

Sound Is Distorted

•Is an effect which distorts the sound being applied? (p. 117)

•If the sound is distorted for specific Patches or parts, lower the volume level of those Patches or Parts (p. 70, p. 53).

•If all sounds are distorted, use the VOLUME slider to lower the volume level.

Pitch Is Incorrect

Is the tuning of the XV-88 incorrect?

•Check the Master parameter (SYSTEM/TUNE/SYSTEM TUNE) setting (p. 173).

Has the pitch been changed by pedal operations or by Pitch Bend messages received from an external MIDI device?

•Use the Panic function to reset the original values (p. 48).

•If you are in Performance mode, access the INFO display (PERFORM/INFO) to check the settings of the Pitch Bend Message parameter (Bnd), and make the appropriate settings (p. 56).

Have the Coarse Tune or Fine Tune parameters been set for specific Parts?

•Check the Coarse parameter and Fine parameter (PERFORM/PART/PITCH) settings (p. 55).

Effects Do Not Apply

Are [MULTI], [CHORUS], and [REVERB] turned off?

•Press each button, getting the indicator to light (p. 105).

Are the various effect settings correct?

•If the send levels to each effect are at 0, effects are not applied. Check each setting (p. 110, p. 113, p. 116, p. 194).

•Even with send levels to each effect set at 0, effects are not applied if the Multi-effects Dry Send Level (p. 116), the Chorus Level (p. 158), or the Reverb Level (p. 160) is set to 0. Check each setting.

•If Output Assign is set to other than MFX, the Multi- effects sound will not be output (p. 108, p. 109, p. 113).

•If Output Assign is set to PATCH for each Part of the Performance, the sound will be output according to the Output Assign settings of the Patch (for each Tone) which is assigned to those Parts (p. 113). This means that if Output Assign for the Patch (each Tone) is set to other than MFX, the Multi-effects sound will not be output (p. 109).

Sounds Are Interrupted

If you attempt to play more than 128 voices at once, sounds will be interrupted (p. 23).

•Reduce the number of Tones that you are using (p. 32, p. 81).

•Increase the Voice Reserve setting for Parts that must not drop out (p. 53).

When You Play the Keyboard, Notes Do Not Stop

Is the pedal polarity of the Hold Pedal reversed?

•Check the Polarity parameter (SYSTEM/CONTROL/ HOLD PEDAL) setting (p. 172).

Exclusive Messages Are Not Received

Is the instrument set to receive Exclusive messages?

•Set the Rx Sys.Excl parameter (SYSTEM/MIDI/SYSTEM MIDI) to ON (p. 171).

Does the Device ID number of the transmitting device match the Device ID number of the XV- 88?

•Check the Device ID parameter (SYSTEM/MIDI/ SYSTEM MIDI) (p. 171).

*If you wish to rewrite the User memory settings by System Exclusive messages, turn Exclusive Protect off (p. 188).

The XV-88 Does Not Transmit MIDI Data

Is the rear panel COMPUTER switch set to the correct position?

•If you wish to transmit this unit data via the COMPUTER connector, set the COMPUTER switch to Mac or PC, depending on the computer or software you are using (p. 208).

•When the COMPUTER switch is set to MIDI, the XV-88 will not transmit data from the COMPUTER connector. In this case, data will be transmitted from the MIDI OUT connector.

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