Chapter 12. Example Applications; Synchronizing To An External Midi Device; Synchronizing Arpeggios, Patterns, Or Motions; Synchronizing Chorus, Delay, Lfo 1, Ensemble, Or Voice Modulator Delay - Roland JP-8080 Owner's Manual

Chapter 12. Example Applications

Chapters 1 through 11 explained mainly how you can connect a MIDI keyboard to the JP-8080 and perform.
Now that you understand this method of use, let's try playing the JP-8080 from other types of MIDI device.
When just a single JP-8080 is used, a maximum of ten simultaneous notes can be sounded (a maximum of eight
notes when Voice Modulator are on), and there is the limitation that only two Parts can be received. However
by using MIDI, you can control multiple MIDI devices as though they were a single synthesizer, such as playing
a different sound source in the background while you play a solo on the JP-8080, or using another synthesizer to
layer sounds while you play the JP-8080.
Chapter 12 will discuss various examples of how the JP-8080 can be connected to MIDI devices.
* MIDI cables are not included with the JP-8080. They can be purchased from your dealer.
Synchronizing to an External
MIDI Device
Synchronizing Arpeggios,
Patterns, or Motions
1
Use a MIDI cable to connect the MIDI OUT connec-
tor of your external MIDI device to the REMOTE
KBD IN connector of the JP-8080.
2
Set MIDI Sync to REMOTE KBD IN.
[MIDI]: MIDI Sync (p.123)
3
Set your external MIDI device so that it will trans-
mit MIDI clock messages.
4
Start playback on your external MIDI device.
5
While listening to the external MIDI device play
back, start a pattern or motion.
The arpeggio, pattern, or motion will playback at the same
tempo as the playback of the external MIDI device. If you
modify the tempo of the external MIDI device, the tempo of
the arpeggio, pattern, or motion will also change.
* Some external MIDI devices may not transmit MIDI
Clock (F8) messages unless they are recording or play-
ing back. If such a device is connected, be aware that the
arpeggio, pattern, or motion will not synchronize unless
the external MIDI device is recording or playing back.
Also, if the JP-8080 is synchronized to an external MIDI
device which transmits Stop (FC) at the end of the loop
during loop playback (or loop recording), the synchro-
nization may become skewed. In particular, if you record
a pattern or motion in synchronization with an external
MIDI device, do not transmit Stop (FC) during recording.
The performance cannot be recorded correctly.
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Synchronizing Chorus, Delay, LFO 1,
Ensemble, or Voice Modulator Delay
1
Use a MIDI cable to connect the MIDI OUT connec-
tor of your external MIDI device to the REMOTE
KBD IN connector of the JP-8080.
2
Make the desired settings for chorus sync, delay
sync, LFO sync, ensemble sync, or Voice Modulator
delay sync.
[PART]: Chorus Sync/Delay Sync/LFO Sync (p.119, 120)
[VOICE MOD]: Ensemble Sync/V Delay Sync (p.110)
3
Set MIDI Sync to REMOTE KBD IN.
[MIDI]: MIDI Sync (p.123)
4
Set your external MIDI device so that it will trans-
mit MIDI clock messages.
5
Start playback on your external MIDI device.
6
While listening to the external MIDI device play
back, play the JP-8080.
The delay, or the rate of the chorus/LFO 1/ensemble, will
sound at the same tempo as the playback of the external
MIDI device. If you modify the tempo of the external MIDI
device, the delay time, or the rate of the chorus/LFO 1/
ensemble will also change.
* Some external MIDI devices may not transmit MIDI
Clock (F8) messages unless they are recording or play-
ing back. If such a device is connected, be aware that
chorus sync/delay sync/LFO sync is not possible unless
the external MIDI device is recording or playing back.
Also, if the JP-8080 is synchronized to an external MIDI
device which transmits Stop (FC) at the end of the loop
during loop playback (or loop recording), the synchro-
nization may become skewed.