Roland JV-80 Owner's Manual page 90

1.
Patch
Edit
CONTROL
Parameters
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by
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CONTROL
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Pages)
The
functions
of
the internal controllers are
set
from these pages.
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Assign
Mode
This determines whether
Patches
are set for
polyphonic
or
monophonic
play.
When
set to
polyphonic, multiple
voices of the Patches can
sound
at
the
same
time,
making
it
effective for playing chords.
When
set to
monophonic,
a
single
voice of each Patch sounds, and when
several notes are played, only
the
first
note pressed
will
sound.
The
monophonic
setting
is
useful for simulating instruments
that
play single
notes,
and
is
even more
effective
when
combined
with
the
Portamento
and
Legato
functions described below.
-k Legato
When
one
note
is
played using a
certain
Tone, while
another note of a different
Tone
is
being held
down,
the
Tone
changes from one
note
to
the other (with the envelope and
LFO
of the
first
note continue without change). This
makes
it
possible to accurately
reproduce
the
hammer-on technique of
guitar playing or
make
solo brass
and
strings
sounds more
authentic, especially
when
used with Portamento. This
function
is
effective only
when
the
JV-80
is
in
the
Solo mode.
ir
Bend Range
This
sets
the overall range
that
the pitch can
be changed
when
the
bender/modulation
lever
is
moved
to the
left
or
right.
Moreover,
the pitch bend up range and
pitch
bend
down
range can
be
set to
separate values.
Bending
pitch
with
the
bender/modulation
lever
is
an effective technique
when
used with sound programs such
as guitars
and sound
effects.
ii:
Portamento
This
function "slides" the pitch
between
successively played Tones.
Effective
and
natural
sounding
solo guitar
and
solo brass
lines
can be played when
Portamento
is
used
in
the solo
mode. Portamento
can also be applied
in
the
polyphonic mode, and
it
is
effective in
simulating
the slide
techniques of the trombone and
the gradual vocal pitch
changes of
a choir.
If
you
set
the
Portamento
mode
to
LEGATO,
portamento
is
applied
only
when
playing
in
legato.
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Pedal
This enables
(or disables) pedal control
signals,
including
volume and Hold
1
(sustain),
received via
MIDI
or
from
the
JV-80
itself.
By
setting
this
on
for individual Tones,
it
is
possible to
have the desired
Tone
sustain
or change
in
volume.
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Modulatlon/Aftertouch/Expression Control
Modulation,
aftertouch
and
expression
data,
received via
MIDI
or
from
the
JV-80
itself,
can be used
to control
and
change up
to
four different parameters
for
each Tone.
For example,
it
is
possible
to
use aftertouch
to increase
both
the
volume
of
a
Tone
and the
amount
of vibrato applied
to
it.
Another
application
would
be
to increase the
depth of
the
growl
effect
on
a
Tone
while decreasing
the
volume
on
another Tone. Using
techniques
like these
enable you
to
more
effectively
simulate the
particular
performance
styles
of
various musical instruments or
the
ensemble
effect
of an orchestra or band.
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