Roland XV-88 How to Make the Patch Settings, Four Tips for Editing Patches, Turn Effects off p

Chapter 5. Creating Patches

How to Make the Patch Settings

Start with an existing Patch and edit it to create a new Patch. Each Patch can contain up to four Tones. you should listen to how the individual Tones sound before you edit.

Four Tips for Editing Patches

Select a Patch that is similar to the sound you wish

to create (p. 29).

It’s hard to create a new sound that’s exactly what you want if you just select a Patch and modify its parameters at random. It makes sense to start with a Patch whose sound is related to what you have in mind.

Decide which Tones will sound (p. 32, p. 81).

When creating a Patch, it is important to decide which Tones you are going to use. For each Tone, use the TONE SWITCH [1]–[4] to decide whether to turn it on (have it sound) or off. It is also important to turn off unused Tones to avoid wasting voices, unnecessarily reducing the number of simultaneous notes you can play. A Tone switches on/off each time its respective button is pressed. When a Tone’s indicator lights, it’ll sound.

Check the Structure setting (p. 73).

The important Type parameter (PATCH/COMMON/ STRUCT) determines how the four Tones combine. Before you select new Tones, make sure you understand how the currently selected Tones are affecting each other.

Turn Effects off (p. 105).

Since the XV-88 effects have such a profound impact on its sounds. Turn them off to listen to the sound itself so you can better evaluate the changes you’re making. Since you will hear the original sound of the Patch itself when the effects are turned off, the results of your modifications will be easier to hear. Actually, sometimes just changing effects settings can give you the sound you want.

1.Press [PATCH] to access the PATCH PLAY page, and select the Patch whose settings you wish to modify (p. 29).

You cannot edit the Patches in the PR-H (GM2) group.

If you want to create all your Patches from the ground up, rather than the Patches that have already been prepared, carry out the Initialize operation (p. 185).

2.Press [EDIT] to make the indicator light.

3.Use the function buttons to select a display group.

The indicator for the button of the selected display group begins blinking.

4.Use or to select a display page.

5.If you have selected a parameter display that can be set independently for each Tone, the number of the Tone selected for editing will be shown in the upper left of the display. To edit a different Tone, press [EDIT] to temporarily turn off the indicator, and use TONE SELECT [1]–[4] to select a Tone.

•For simultaneously modifying the same parameter for two or more Tones, hold down one of the TONE SELECT [1]–[4] buttons and press another TONE SELECT [1]–[4] button, then another if so desired. Tone numbers other than the first-specified one will be indicated by an * symbol.

•To switch Tones on/off, turn off the [EDIT] indicator and then press TONE SWITCH [1]–[4].

6.Use or to move the cursor to the parameter you wish to modify.

7.Use the VALUE dial, [INC/+]/[DEC/-], or the numeric keys to modify the parameter value.

If you’ve selected two or more Tones, your editing will modify the parameter values for all selected Tones by the same amount.

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