Selecting A Performance; Layer Performance; Single Performance - Roland XV-88 Owner's Manual

<Layer Performance>
In a Layer Performance, you can select multiple Zones, and
play those Zones and their linked Parts simultaneously.
Select Layer Performance if you want fat, rich sounds of two
or more Patches, or want to play different Patches in a split
keyboard's different sections.
<Single Performance>
With a Single Performance, you can play the currently
selected Part (current Part). This means that you can use it to
do things like playing just a single part in a song that uses a
number of instruments. Zone settings are ignored. Also, if
another Part is set to the same MIDI Receive channel as the
currently selected Part, that Part is also played.
The Single Performance and Layer Performance settings
are selected with the Key Mode parameter (ZONE/
COMMON/ZONE COMMON). The Key Mode
parameter determines how the XV-88 keyboard will play
the internal sound generator. It has no effect on how the
XV-88 sound generator is played from an external MIDI
device.
You can toggle between SINGLE and LAYER directly
from the PERFORM PLAY page by pressing [SOLO]
while holding down [SHIFT].

Selecting a Performance

The XV-88 has three Performance groups, including the User
group and Preset Groups A, B, with 64 Performances in the
User group and 32 each in Presets A and B, for a total of 128
Performances. In addition to these, you can also select
Performances stored on memory cards (SmartMedia).
USER
This is the group inside the XV-88 which can be rewritten.
Performances you yourself create can be stored in this group.
The XV-88 contains 64 preset Performances (p. 252).
CD-A–H (Memory Card A–H)
This is the group to accessed when using Performances
stored on memory cards (SmartMedia) inserted in the
MEMORY CARD slot. You can also rewrite Performances
you create. Each bank A–H holds 64 Performances, meaning
you can select from a maximum of 512 Performances.
Performances in CD-A–H cannot be selected if no
memory card (SmartMedia) is inserted in the MEMORY
CARD slot.
PR-A, B (Preset A, B)
These are groups inside the XV-88 which cannot be
rewritten. However, you can modify the settings of the
currently selected Performance, and then save the modified
settings in User memory or a memory card. Banks A and B
already contain 32 prepared Performances each, for a total of
64 Performances (p. 252).
1. Press [PERFORM] to call up the PERFORM PLAY page.
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Performance number
Performance group Performance number
2. Select a Performance group or Bank.
USER
Press [USER] to make the indicator light.
CD-A–H
Press [CARD], and then press [A]–[H] to make the
indicator light.
PR-A, B
Press [PRESET], and then press [A] or [B] to make the
indicator light.
3. Select the Performance number. Select by either rotating
the VALUE dial or by pressing [INC/+]/[DEC/-].
You can also select the Performance number by using the
numeric keys. In this case, after specifying the number
using the numeric keys, press [ENTER]. Also, Using the
Digit Hold function, a Performance number can be
selected simply by specifying the 1's place number (p.
30).
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