Roland JX-8P Owner's Manual page 8

C.
PATCH CHAIN
There
may
be
some
tone
colors
which
are
more
often
used.
It
will
be handy
if
these
patches are collected
in
sequence and
called during
live
performance
in
the
same
sequence.
The JX-8P's
Patch Chain
function allows
you
to write
8
particular
patches
in
sequence and
recall
them one
after
another, just
by pressing buttons.
Each patch
in
the Patch Chain
can
retain a
tone color
with different settings
of
Key Mode,
After
Touch, Bender Range, Portam-
ento
ON/Off, Bend
LFO
Depth,
Unison
Detune and
Portamento
time.
Operation
for calling
the Patch Chain
©Press
either
the
Patch Chain
Bunon
|
J
or
I
"J
®. Then
the Display
shows
"1"
at
the
left
side,
and the
number and
name
of
the correspon-
ding patch.
(D
Press either
|
"J
or
|
'J
to
advance
or
back
up
a
patch
program
in
the Patch Chain.
While
using
a
patch program
of
the
Patch Chain,
you
may
notice that
it
does
not
sound
faithful
to
each
position
of
the
knobs
in
the
Performance Control
Section
(such as
Bend Range, Portamento). This
is
because the settings of the
Performance Control
Section
are written into
each patch
program
together
with other
settings,
and
the actual positions of
knobs
have no
effect
on the sound.
However,
if
you
move
the
knob even
slightly,
the value of the
parameter
written
in
memory
is
temporarily cancelled
and ready
to
be
controlled
manually. This
does not rewrite the
value
in
memory,
so
if
you want
to retain
it,
ap-
propriate writing operation
is
required. (See
Editing
Patch Chain
in"
il
4
WRITE
MODE"
on page
22.)
Patch Chain
is
a
function of
remembering
the
com-
bination of
the
8 patch programs with
different ef-
fect
and
mode
settings, that
is, it
has no
ability
of
retaining the
nature
of
the patch
programs
in
the
Chain. Therefore,
if
the patch
programs are edited
and overwritten
or
replaced with
new
patches, the
Patch Chain
accordingly changes.
If
you want
to return to
the usual Play
mode,
turn
the
Power
Switch
Q
OFF
once, then
turn
it
ON
again.
^
o
Patch Chain
Each number
in
the
Patch Chain contains a
patch
program
with tone color
and several effect settings.
—
Pressing
|
"
_|
and
|
',|
at
the
same
time
will
reset to
1
.
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