Roland XV-88 Playing Arpeggios Arpeggiator, Playing Percussion Instruments, Performance Mode

Playing Percussion Instruments

1.Press [RHYTHM] to call up the RHYTHM PLAY page.

2.Select a desired Rhythm Set.

3.Press a key on the keyboard to play a percussion instrument.

The key (Note name) you press and its percussion instrument name (Rhythm Tone name) will be displayed below the Rhythm Set name.

Note name

Rhythm Tone name

You can also select a key to be displayed by using TONE SELECT [1]–[4].

TONE SELECT [1]: move to an octave lower key

TONE SELECT [2]: move to the semitone below

TONE SELECT [3]: move to the semitone above

TONE SELECT [4]: move to an octave higher key

Chapter 2. Playing

Playing Arpeggios (Arpeggiator)

The Arpeggiator provides for the play of the various notes in chords. The XV-88’s Arpeggiator lets you produce an arpeggio (broken chord) simply by playing a chord. In addition to normal arpeggios, you can also accurately simulate rhythm guitar or strumming techniques depending on the Arpeggiator settings. The Arpeggiator can in fact be used as a handy automatic arranger.

By pressing [ARPEGGIO], the indicator lights and allows playing arpeggios from the XV-88 keyboard.

If you press [ARPEGGIO] to turn this function on when a Single Performance is selected, the single specified Part (current Part) will play arpeggios. When a Layer Performance is selected, an arpeggio will sound for the Zone specified by the Zone parameter (ZONE/

ARPEGGIO/ARPEGGIO).

The arpeggios played by the arpeggiator can be transmitted from the MIDI OUT connector to external MIDI devices (p. 59).

1.Make sure that the PLAY page of the sound generator mode (PERFORM, PATCH, RHYTHM, or GM) is displayed.

2.Press [ARPEGGIO] to turn the Arpeggiator on.

3.If you wish to change how the arpeggio is played, hold down [ARPEGGIO] to access the ARP SELECT page, move the cursor to “Style,” and change the setting.

This setting is linked with the Style parameter.

In Patch/Rhythm Set/GM Mode

Style parameter (SYSTEM/ARPEGGIO/ARPEGGIO) (p. 174)

In Performance Mode

Style parameter (ZONE/ARPEGGIO/ARPEGGIO) (p. 61)

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