Roland XP-60 Owner's Manual page 142

Creating a user groove template
To apply the rhythmic 'feel' of your favorite song, you can
create a user groove template containing that feel before per-
forming Groove Quantize.
User templates should be created mainly for drums
and bass, as the 'feel' of a song is primarily determined
by the drum and bass. If you want, you can also create
templates for other instruments as necessary.
<Procedure>
Load the song you want to use for a user groove tem-
plate into the internal memory.
Select the four measures to be used for the user groove
template and delete all other sections of the song.
User groove templates are created based on notes. Therefore,
if the selected four measures only contain setup data or
other non-note data, the resulting template will be blank for
that portion.
If you select the beginning portion of a song, it is probably
an intro so you may not obtain the desired result. Once you
find the section of the song you like the most, you should
select four measures, taking the velocity of each measure
into consideration.
Insert a disk into the disk drive.
Press [DISK] to call up the Disk Menu display (DISK).
Press the numeric key [2], then [ENTER] to call up the
Save display (Disk/Save).
Move the cursor to "File Type" and select "SMF-0."
Only the Standard MIDI File format 0 is usable with
user groove templates.
Move the cursor to the position where you want to
input a character of "File Name."
Use [INC]/[DEC], numeric keys or the VALUE dial to
input a character for the file name.
For naming the file in the Name window, press [F1] (Name).
To view the list of Standard MIDI Files on the disk, press
[F5] (List). To select a file from the list, move the cursor to
the desired file and press [F6] (Select) or [ENTER].
Repeat steps 7 and 8 to assign the name you want to
the template file.
The file name you assign here will be saved on disk.
The name displayed below the template number
should be assigned on the Song Name display (SEQ/
Setup). Up to 15 alphanumerical characters can be
input so it's useful to include information such as
music genre or instruments which best suit the tem-
plate.
Press [F6] (Execute) to create a user groove template.
The file name extension ".MID" appears.
Now a user groove template has been created.
If you try to save a file with a pre-existing name, a win-
dow asks "File Name duplicate. Overwrite?" To
rewrite the file, press [F5] (OK). To cancel saving, press
[F6] (Cancel).
When you try to save data to a disk which has not been
formatted for the XP-80, a window asks "Unformatted
disk. Format?" When formatting the disk, press [F5]
(OK). If you decide not to format the disk, press [F6]
(Cancel).
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[SEQUENCER] [F2] (Quantiz) [F3] (Groove)
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<Editing a preset template>
For editing a preset template PRE:001–PRE:071 as you like,
follow the procedure below:
To edit 16-beat templates (Axe, Salsa or others indicated 16
for the template name), set the Step Time parameter for step
recording to
0. Now step-record appropriate notes for four measures.
Similarly when editing an 8-beat template (those indicated 8
for the template name), set the Step Time parameter to
then input data.
Next perform Groove Quantize for the input data using the
selected template. For Groove Quantize, set the Timing
Strength and Velocity Strength parameters to 100%.
Edit the data using the Track Edit or Microscope Edit func-
tions, and save it to disk in the Standard MIDI File format 0.
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Loading a user groove template
User templates should first be loaded into USR:001–016
before they are used.
<Procedure>
With a SMF→GRV selection, a format 0 Standard MIDI File
will be converted into a user groove template.
Chapter 5. Editing a song
Press [DISK] to return to the original display.
and Velocity parameter to any value except
After loading a user groove template into USR:
001–016, if you turn the power off, the templates will
default to factory settings (Initial Template). To keep
the USR:001–016 settings you've loaded, save it to disk
as a user groove template file (p.143).
If you load a Standard MIDI File format 0 song into
any of USR:001–016, the first four measures from the
song will automatically become a template. However,
the first four measures of a song often contain setup
data or intro, so the most appropriate template may
not be possible. Create a user groove template by refer-
ring to the preceding section "Creating a user groove
template."
Insert the disk into the disk drive.
Make sure that the Groove Quantize display (SEQ/
Quantize) is up.
Press [F4] (Load) to call up the Load Groove Template
display (SEQ/Load).
M o v e t h e c u r s o r t o " F i l e T y p e " a n d s e l e c t
"SMF→GRV."
Press [r] to move the cursor to "USER" and select the
destination into which a user groove template will
load from USR:001–016.
Move the cursor to "File Name" and select a user
groove template.
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