Playing Percussion Instruments; Playing Arpeggios (Arpeggiator) - Roland XV-88 Owner's Manual

Playing Percussion Instruments

1. Press [RHYTHM] to call up the RHYTHM PLAY page.
2. Select a desired Rhythm Set.
3. Press a key on the keyboard to play a percussion
instrument.
The key (Note name) you press and its percussion
instrument name (Rhythm Tone name) will be displayed
below the Rhythm Set name.
fig.02-15.e
Note name
Rhythm Tone name
You can also select a key to be displayed by using TONE
SELECT [1]–[4].
TONE SELECT [1]: move to an octave lower key
TONE SELECT [2]: move to the semitone below
TONE SELECT [3]: move to the semitone above
TONE SELECT [4]: move to an octave higher key
Playing Arpeggios
(Arpeggiator)
The Arpeggiator provides for the play of the various notes in
chords. The XV-88's Arpeggiator lets you produce an
arpeggio (broken chord) simply by playing a chord. In
addition to normal arpeggios, you can also accurately
simulate rhythm guitar or strumming techniques depending
on the Arpeggiator settings. The Arpeggiator can in fact be
used as a handy automatic arranger.
By pressing [ARPEGGIO], the indicator lights and allows
playing arpeggios from the XV-88 keyboard.
If you press [ARPEGGIO] to turn this function on when
a Single Performance is selected, the single specified Part
(current Part) will play arpeggios. When a Layer
Performance is selected, an arpeggio will sound for the
Zone specified by the Zone parameter (ZONE/
ARPEGGIO/ARPEGGIO).
The arpeggios played by the arpeggiator can be
transmitted from the MIDI OUT connector to external
MIDI devices (p. 59).
1. Make sure that the PLAY page of the sound generator
mode (PERFORM, PATCH, RHYTHM, or GM) is
displayed.
2. Press [ARPEGGIO] to turn the Arpeggiator on.
3. If you wish to change how the arpeggio is played, hold
down [ARPEGGIO] to access the ARP SELECT page,
move the cursor to "Style," and change the setting.
fig.02-16
This setting is linked with the Style parameter.
In Patch/Rhythm Set/GM Mode
Style parameter (SYSTEM/ARPEGGIO/ARPEGGIO) (p.
174)
In Performance Mode
Style parameter (ZONE/ARPEGGIO/ARPEGGIO) (p.
61)
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