Chapter 4. One-Touch Phrase Playback (Rps); Pressing Notes To Play Back Phrases - Roland JX-305 Owner's Manual

Chapter 4. One-Touch Phrase Playback (RPS)

RPS (Realtime Phrase Sequence) is a function which
lets you play back the musical data for one part of a
pattern simply by pressing a specified note. You can
play different phrases depending on the note that you
press. Since you can play back RPS phrases while you
play the keyboard or play back a pattern, this function
is ideal for use during a live performance, etc.
For example, if a drum fill-in phrase used by one pat-
tern is assigned as an RPS, you can play back another
pattern without a fill-in, and then add the fill-in sim-
ply by pressing a key.
Pressing Notes to Play Back
Phrases
On the JX-305, phrases assigned to the sixteen notes
from C#2 to E3 are handled as one RPS set. The con-
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tents of an RPS set can be freely re-assigned later, and
sixty different RPS sets can be stored in memory. The
notes which can be used to assign phrases are the six-
teen notes in the diagram except for the C2 note (RPS
Stop).
fig.4-1TEXT (#MC fig.6-1)
RPS sample
RPS
RPS STOP
1. In the DISPLAY section, press [RPS SET].
The indicator will light, and the display will indicate
the group, bank, number and name of the currently
selected RPS set.
fig.4-2TEXT (#MC fig.6-2)
RPS
SET
2. Use [INC] [DEC] or the [VALUE] dial to select
the bank and number.
You can also use the BANK and NUMBER [1]–[8] but-
tons to select RPS sets.
Range: 11–84
The selection in the display will change.
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Pattern P:A33
(phrase from Part 2)
Bank
Group Number
Name
The RPS set is now selected.
* A brief interval of time is needed for the RPS set to
change. Also, if you change RPS sets during pattern play-
back, the pattern may slow down or falter, so it is best to
change RPS sets while pattern playback is stopped.
3. Press [RPS] to make the button indicator
light.
fig.4-3
RPS
4. Press a key to play back a phrase.
The phrase will play back while you continue pressing
the key.
RPS Modify
While you are pressing a key to play an RPS, you can
move the Patch parameter knobs to modify the sound
of the RPS. If you are pressing two or more keys, You
can modify the sound of the key that was last pressed.
fig.4-2-MODIFY
RPS
* It is not possible to modify an RPS while editing a
patch/rhythm set or when you enter the Part Mixer page.
* When you release the note, the sound of the current part
(not RPS) will be modified.
RPS playback timing
If you use RPS while a pattern is playing back, the
phrase will start in synchronization with the beat of
the pattern.
By changing the RPS Trigger Quantize setting, you can
modify the timing at which the RPS will play back.
"Specifying the Timing for RPS Playback
(RPS Trigger Quantize)" (p. 167)
Maximum simultaneous RPS playback
Even while a pattern is playing back, the JX-305 can
play back up to 8 phrases simultaneously. However, if
phrases with large amounts of data are played back
simultaneously, the timing may lag behind or notes
may be interrupted. If this occurs, decease the number
of phrases that you play simultaneously.
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