Roland XV-88 owner manual Overview Setting the Midi Connection Zone and Part, Keys are played

Chapter 1. Overview of the XV-88

Setting the MIDI Connection (Zone and Part)

Although the XV-88’s keyboard controller section and sound generator section are connected internally using a MIDI connection, in Layer Performance mode, you can then make even more detailed settings affecting the way the connection works between the keyboard controller section and the sound generator section, as well as with an external MIDI device.

At the factory settings, shown below, there is a one-to-one correspondence between the Zone, the MIDI Transmit/ Receive channel, and the Part.

Zone 16 (MIDI transmit channel 16)	Part 16 (MIDI receive channel 16)
Zone 2 (MIDI transmit channel 2)	Part 2 (MIDI receive channel 2)
Zone 1 (MIDI transmit channel 1)	Part 1 (MIDI receive channel 1)
	Patch/
	Rhythm Set

Under these conditions, you could simply consider that “each

of the Zones from 1 to 16 is linked in a one-to-one relationship with its numerical counterpart among Parts

1 to 16”. In other words, you can use Zone 1 when controlling

Part 1, Zone 2 is when controlling Part 2, and so on.

We recommend that under normal circumstances you

use the default factory settings.

In advances uses, where the factory settings would not be used, the following examples of settings might be employed.

When recording to an external sequencer while playing the bass part in the left hand and the layered piano and string tones in the right hand, the following is what results when the factory settings are used.

Sequencer

However, in this arrangement, the data for the performance in the right hand ends up being recorded after overlapping on MIDI Channels 1 and 2. Although normally there is no particular problem with recording overlapped data, because of the limit on the number of notes that can be recorded using an external sequencer, along with other certain issues, the external sequencer’s memory may overflow, and you may then be unable to record all the way to the end of your performance.

Therefore, change the settings to those shown below (changes indicated in underline).

		Sequencer
Zone 1	(not transmitted)			Part 3 (MIDI receive channel 2)
			ch.2
					Bass
Zone 2	(MIDI transmit channel 2)			Part 2 (MIDI receive channel 1)

	Strings
L
Zone 1 (MIDI transmit channel 1)	Part 1 (MIDI receive channel 1)
	Piano
	ch.1
R

With the above settings, the data for the performance in the right hand is sent only on MIDI Channel 1, so there is no overlapping of the performance data when recording to the sequencer. Accordingly, even performances that cause overflow when factory settings are used can still be recorded all the way to the end.

In this manner, by trying out changes in the one-to-one connections between the Zones, MIDI Transmit and Receive

Zone 3 (MIDI transmit channel 3)

ch.3

L

Zone 2 (MIDI transmit channel 2)

ch.2

R

Zone 1 (MIDI transmit channel 1)

ch.1

R

Part 3 (MIDI receive channel 3)

Bass

Part 2 (MIDI receive channel 2)

Strings

Part 1 (MIDI receive channel 1)

Piano

channels, and Parts, you can obtain even more advanced use of the instrument. However, you must remain aware at all times of the MIDI channel to which each Zone is set and the channel each Part is using to receive MIDI messages, lest you run into problems such as tones other than the intended tones being played or absence of sound even when the

keys are played.

In this manual, the expression “the Zone and Part are linked” refers to the condition whereby a Zone’s MIDI transmit channel and a Part’s MIDI receive channel are matched in this one-to-one relationship.

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