Table Of Contents; Contents - Roland XP-60 Owner's Manual

Contents

IMPORTANT NOTES ...................................................................................................................4
Features of the XP-60/XP-80......................................................................................................6
Chapter outlines .........................................................................................................................7
Contents ......................................................................................................................................8
Names and functions of buttons and controls ......................................................................14
Chapter 1. An overview of the XP-80 ................................................................18
XP-80 configuration..................................................................................................................18
Basic configuration .....................................................................................................................18
Classification of XP-80 sound types ...........................................................................................18
Basic operation.........................................................................................................................20
Switching modes ........................................................................................................................20
Switching displays ......................................................................................................................20
Moving the cursor .......................................................................................................................23
Modifying a value........................................................................................................................23
Assigning a name .......................................................................................................................24
Chapter 2. Playing...............................................................................................26
Playing in Patch mode .............................................................................................................26
Selecting a Patch........................................................................................................................26
Displaying a Patch list ................................................................................................................27
Making a Patch sound thick or thin (turning a Tone on/off) ........................................................27
Playing single notes (Solo) .........................................................................................................28
Creating smooth pitch changes (Portamento) ............................................................................28
Quick sound character changes (Sound Palette) .......................................................................28
Playing in Performance mode .................................................................................................29
Selecting a Performance ............................................................................................................29
Displaying a Performance's Sound List window.........................................................................29
Playing fatter and richer sounds by combining Patches (Layer) ................................................30
Splitting the keyboard to play separate Patches in different sections (Split) ..............................30
Playing along with a song playback (XP-80 used as a multitimbral sound source)....................31
Assigning a different Patch to a Part ..........................................................................................32
Quick sound character changes (Sound Palette) .......................................................................32
Playing in Rhythm Set mode ...................................................................................................33
Selecting a Rhythm Set ..............................................................................................................33
Displaying Sound List window of a Rhythm Set .........................................................................34
Playing percussion instruments..................................................................................................34
Playing an arpeggio..................................................................................................................35
Playing an arpeggio over a preset keyboard area......................................................................36
Holding an arpeggio ...................................................................................................................36
Simulating a guitar cutting technique..........................................................................................36
Playing an arpeggio from an external MIDI device.....................................................................36
Creating an arpeggio pattern......................................................................................................36
Recording an arpeggio ...............................................................................................................37
Convenient functions for performance...................................................................................37
Transposing the keyboard in octave units (Octave Shift) ...........................................................37
Transposing the keyboard in semitone steps (Transpose).........................................................38
If 'stuck' notes occur or a note does not sound (Panic)..............................................................38
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