Editing The Sound; Audio Flow In A Program; Adjusting The Brightness And Thickness (Filter); Adjusting The Loudness And Envelope (Amp/Env) - Roland JD-Xi Owner's Manual

Editing the Sound

Audio Flow in a Program

A program consists of four parts. The sound of each part is sent to the effect section.
Although the settings of the effect section are shared by the entire program, effects can be turned on/off individually for each part.
Analog Synth
OSC FILTER
Drums
WAVE TVF
Digital Synth 2
OSC FILTER
Digital Synth 1
OSC FILTER
Select a sound Adjust the brightness
LFO
of the sound
LFO

Adjusting the Brightness and Thickness (FILTER)

The FILTER section contains parameters that
determine the character and distinctive features of
the sound.
[Cutoff] knob (Cutoff indicator)
This knob specifies the filter cutoff frequency.
The filter whose indicator is lit is selected.
[Type] button
This button switches the filter type (for Analog
Synth, only LPF is available).
[Resonance] knob
Resonance emphasizes the sound in the region of the filter cutoff
frequency.
Digital Synth/Drums part
You can use Digital LPF (Low Pass Filter), HPF (High Pass Filter), BPF
(Band Pass Filter), or PKG (Peaking Filter).
Analog LPF is not available.
You can change the slope of the filter.
& For details, refer to "Parameter Guide" (PDF).
LPF HPF
Resonance
Frequency Cut region
Analog Synth part
Only Analog LPF is available.
Analog LPF
Resonance
Cut region
Frequency
* Since the Analog LPF uses an analog circuit, the sound might be
affected by the temperature and the state of the power supply.
8
AMP
TVA
LFO
AMP
LFO
AMP
Adjust the loudness
of the sound
BPF PKG
EFFECTS
Effect 1 Effect 2
Delay
Distortion Flanger Delay
Fuzz Phaser
Compressor Ring Mod
Bit Crusher Slicer
* You can choose the combination of effect on/off settings for each part (p. 9).

Adjusting the Loudness and Envelope (AMP/ENV)

The AMP section contains parameters that control the
volume.
The "envelope" is the shape of the volume changes from
when an instrument begins sounding until it decays to
silence. On a keyboard instrument, the envelope specifies
the way that the volume changes, starting when you press
a key, and how it decays after you release the key.
[Level] knob
This sets the volume.
[Envelope] knob
Turning the knob toward the left produces a shorter sound with a
stronger attack; turning the knob toward the right makes the attack
softer and the release longer.
Envelope
Volume
S
A D
Note-on
A: Attack time Time from when you press the key until the sound reaches its
maximum level
D: Decay time
Time over which the level decays from the maximum to the
sustain level.
S: Sustain time Volume at which the sound will be sustained while you hold
down the key
R: Release time Time over which the sound decays after you release the key
The [Envelope] knob effectively adjusts the A/D/S/R parameters in a
single operation.
For the Drums part you can edit this individually for each instrument (note).
If you want to edit A/D/S/R separately, enter "Tone Edit" and make
settings ([Menu/Write] button 0 choose "Tone Edit").
& For details, refer to "Parameter Guide" (PDF).
To obtain the Parameter Guide (PDF)
1
Enter the following URL in your computer.
http://www roland com/manuals/
2
Choose the "JD-Xi" as the product name.
Reverb
Reverb
Sound Ends
R Time
Note-off