Roland XV-88 Playing in Performance Mode, Using the Sliders to Modify the Sound in Realtime

Chapter 2. Playing

Using the Sliders to Modify the Sound in Realtime

With the four sliders (Palette Slider) in the PALETTE section, you can create sound variations or volume changes in realtime.

The sound character and volume changes created using the sliders can be transmitted to the external MIDI devices (p. 170).

Changing Sound Characters

1.Make sure that the PATCH PLAY page is displayed.

2.Press [FILTER/ENV] to light its indicator.

3.Move the sliders while you play the XV-88’s keyboard to vary the sound.

To modify the brightness, move the [CUTOFF] slider. To change resonance, move the [RESONANCE] slider. To change attack time, move the [ATTACK] slider.

To change release time, move the [RELEASE] slider.

Changing the Volume of Each Tone

1.Make sure that the PATCH PLAY page is displayed.

2.Press [LEVEL] to light its indicator.

3.Move the LEVEL slider as you play the keyboard to adjust volume as desired.

Sliders 1, 2, 3, and 4 are used to change the volume of Tones 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively.

Playing in Performance Mode

There are two types of performances: Layer Performances and Single Performances. The upper right of the display will indicate “LAYER p * ” (* is the Part number) for a Layer Performance, and “part= * ” (* is the Part number) for a Single Performance.

About the MIDI Connection Settings (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.

<Layer Performance>

fig.01-07.e

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 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.

The explanations in this section describe how to play Performances using the factory Zone settings.

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