Roland XV-88 owner manual Playing Fatter and Richer Sounds by Combining Patches Layer

Chapter 2. Playing

Playing Fatter and Richer Sounds by Combining Patches (Layer)

In a Layer Performance, the Zones whose Local switches are set to ON along with all linked Parts can be played. Combining the Parts will produce, thicker, fatter sounds.

Part 1	Part 2	Part 15	Part 16
(Rx ch.1)	(Rx ch.2)	(Rx ch.15)	(Rx ch.16)

Local Switch: On

Zone 1 (Tx ch.1)

Zone 2 (Tx ch.2)

Zone 15 (Tx ch.15)

Zone 16 (Tx ch.16)

1.Make sure the PERFORM PLAY page is displayed.

2.Make sure that the upper right of the display indicates “LAYER p * ”(* is the Part number). If the display indicates “part= * ” (* is the Part number), the performance is a “Single Performance,” so hold down [SHIFT] and press [SOLO] to change to a Layer Performance.

The setting here is linked to the Key Mode parameter (ZONE/COMMON/ZONE COMMON) (p. 58).

3.Confirm that the [EDIT] and [LOCAL/TX] indicators are extinguished, and, press a Function button to select the Zone linked to the Part you want played, lighting the button’s indicator. When the [1-8/9-16] indicator is out, zones 1–8 can be selected, and when the [1-8/9-16] indicator is lit, zones 9–16 can be selected.

The Local Switch for the selected zone will be turned ON.

At the factory settings, there is a one-to-one correspondence between each of the Zones 1–16 and Parts 1–16.

The setting here is linked to the setting at the Local parameter (ZONE/MIDI/MIDI) (p. 60).

4.Repeat Step 3 to set the Local switch to ON for all Zones linked to the Parts you want to have play.

Splitting the Keyboard to Play Separate Patches in Different Sections (Split)

If you’ve selected a Layer Performance, you can split the keyboard to play separate Patches with different sections of the keyboard. As the note range that plays each Zone can be specified individually, you can split the keyboard into a maximum of 16 sections.

For instance, you can play strings in the lower range, piano in the upper range, and both sounds in the middle range.

Part 1: Strings

Part 1 + Part 2:	Part 2: Piano
(Strings + Piano)

•If a Patch key range is set in the KEY RANG page (PATCH/COMMON), sounds are produced in the overlapping sections between the key ranges specified for the Patch and Performance.

Key range specified for Performance

Key range specified for Patch

The range in which notes will play

•Although you can set the key range of each Part in the KEY RANG page (PERFORM/COMMON) (p. 51), when performing with the XV-88’s keyboard, we recommend setting the key range of each Zone, as explained here, rather than setting the key range for each Part.

1.Make sure the PERFORM PLAY page is displayed.

2.Make sure that the upper right of the display indicates “LAYER p * ”(* is the Part number). If the display indicates “part= * ” (* is the Part number), the performance is a “Single Performance,” so hold down [SHIFT] and press [SOLO] to change to a Layer Performance.

The setting here is linked to the Key Mode parameter (ZONE/COMMON/ZONE COMMON) (p. 58).

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