Roland XP-80 Manuals

Important Safety Instructions

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Using the Unit Safely

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Important Notes

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Features of the XP-60/XP-80

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Expandability

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High-Performance Synthesizer Sound Source

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Full-Fledged Sequencer - MCR Pro

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Chapter Outlines

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Notation Used in this Owner's Manual

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Contents

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Names and Functions of Buttons and Controls

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Front Panel

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Side Panel

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Rear Panel

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XP-80 Configuration

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An Overview of the XP-80

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Basic Operation

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Moving the Cursor

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Modifying a Value

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Assigning a Name

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Playing in Patch Mode

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Selecting a Patch

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Making a Patch Sound Thick or Thin (Turning a Tone On/Off)

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Displaying a Patch List

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Playing Single Notes (Solo)

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Quick Sound Character Changes (Sound Palette)

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Creating Smooth Pitch Changes (Portamento)

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Playing in Performance Mode

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Selecting a Performance

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Displaying a Performance's Sound List Window

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Playing Fatter and Richer Sounds by Combining Patches (Layer)

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Splitting the Keyboard to Play Separate Patches in Different Sections (Split)

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Playing Along with a Song Playback (XP-80 Used as a Multitimbral Sound Source)

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Assigning a Different Patch to a Part

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Playing in Rhythm Set Mode

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Selecting a Rhythm Set

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Playing Percussion Instruments

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Displaying Sound List Window of a Rhythm Set

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Playing an Arpeggio

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Playing an Arpeggio over a Preset Keyboard Area

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Playing an Arpeggio from an External MIDI Device

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Creating an Arpeggio Pattern

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Holding an Arpeggio

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Convenient Functions for Performance

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Transposing the Keyboard in Octave Units (Octave Shift)

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Recording an Arpeggio

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Transposing the Keyboard in Semitone Steps (Transpose)

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If "Stuck" Notes Occur or a Note Does Not Sound (Panic)

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Creating Your Own Sounds

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Regarding Effects

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How Effects Units Work in Different Modes

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Sound Editing Procedures

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Editing a Patch

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Turning Effects On/Off

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Editing a Performance

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Editing a Rhythm Set

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Keeping Edited Sound

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Memory and Data Storage

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Functions of Patch Parameters

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Storing a Sound You Modify into User Memory

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Settings Common to the Entire Patch (Common)

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Modifying Waveform and Pitch (WG)

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Modifying the Brightness of Sound with a Filter (TVF)

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Changing the Sound's Volume (TVA)

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Modulating Sounds - Adding Vibrato, Tremolo, Etc.

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Using Controllers to Change How Sounds Are Played (Lfo&Ctl)

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Setting Effects for a Patch (Effects)

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Functions of Performance Parameters

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Setting Common to the Entire Performance (Common)

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Setting the Keyboard Range (K.range)

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Making Settings for each Part (Part)

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Making MIDI Settings for a Part (MIDI)

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Setting Effects for a Performance (Effects)

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Confirming MIDI Information for each Part (Info)

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Functions of Rhythm Set Parameters

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Naming a Rhythm Set (Common)

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Modifying Waveform and Pitch of a Rhythm Tone (Key WG)

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Changing the Tone (Filter) of a Rhythm Tone (Key TVF)

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Changing the Volume of a Rhythm Tone (Key TVA)

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Controlling How a Rhythm Tone will Sound with Controllers (Key Ctl)

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EFX Effect Types (EFX Parameter)

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XP-80 Operating Environment Setup (System Parameters and Their Functions)

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Setup and Keyboard Settings (Setup)

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Adjusting Tuning (Tune)

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MIDI Settings (MIDI)

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Assigning Sliders, Pedals and Other Controllers (Control)

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Arpeggio Settings (Arpeg)

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Confirming the XP-90'S Current Conditions (Info)

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About the Sequencer

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Playing Back and Recording a Song

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Songs

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Positions for Storing a Song

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Playing Back a Song

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Playing Back a Song Directly from Disk (Quick Play)

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Fast-Forwarding or "Rewinding" a Song

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Resuming Playback from the Middle of a Song (MIDI Update)

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Changing the Part to be Played from the Keyboard

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Programming Songs for Playback

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Changing the Instrument Sounds for Song Playback

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Silencing Specific Instruments 1 (Muting Phrase Tracks)

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Playing Back a Song with a Tempo Change

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Silencing Specific Instruments 2 (Tuning the Receive Channel Off)

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Playing Back a Song with a Constant Tempo (Muting the Tempo Track)

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Playing Back a Pattern

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Playing Back a Song Created in the S-MRC Format

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Changing Sound Character During Playback

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Adjusting Volume Balance between Parts

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Adjusting Panning of each Part

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Before You Start to Record

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Recording Process

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Recording Methods

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How Phrase Tracks, Parts and MIDI Channels Interact

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Selecting Instrument Sounds

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Setting the Time Signature

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Erasing the Song from Internal Memory

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Recording as You Play (Realrime Recording)

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Setting for Realtime Recording

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Performing Realtime Recording

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Changing the Phrase Track During Recording (Non-Stop Loop Recording)

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Recording Specific Data Only (Recording Select)

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Checking Instrument Sounds or Phrases During Recording (Rehearsal)

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Deleting Unwanted Data During Recording (Realtime Erase)

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Recording Tempo Changes

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Changing Instrument During Recording

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Modifying Parameter Values of each Part During Recording

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Changing the Sound Character of each Part During Recording

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Checking MIDI Messages Received by each Part During Recording

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Recording Volume Balance between Parts

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Panning Parts During Recording

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Canceling Recording (Undo)

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Inputting Data Step by Step (Step Recording)

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Inputting Notes and Rests

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Assigning a Pattern to a Phrase Track

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Saving the Recorded Song to Disk

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Deleting Recording (Undo)

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Saving Sound Data Along with a Song

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Saving Only a Song

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Saving a Song in the Standard MIDI File Format

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Editing a Song

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Sequencer Operating Environment Setup

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Settings for an Entire Song

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Naming a Song (Song Name)

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Naming a Pattern (Pattern Name)

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Monitoring Phrase Track Data and Settings

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Locate Function

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Setting Loop

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Editing Sequencer Data over the Specified Range (Track Edit)

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About Track Edit

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Setting the Editing Area

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Erasing Data Input Mistakes - 1 Erase

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Deleting Unwanted Data Portions - 2 Delete

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Copying a Phrase - 3 Copy

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Inserting Blank Measures - 4 Insert Meas (Insert Measure)

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Transposing the Pitch - 5 Transpose

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Modifying Velocity - 6 Chg Velocity (Change Velocity)

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Changing MIDI Channel - 7 Chg Channel (Change MIDI Channel)

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Changing Note Length - 8 Chg Gate Time (Change Gate Time)

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Combining Two Phrase Tracks/Patterns into One - 9 Merge

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Extracting and Moving a Part of Sequencer Data - 10 Extract

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Shifting Sequencer Data Backward or Forward - 11 Shift Clock

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Thinning out Sequencer Data - 12 Data Thin

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Exchanging Phrase Tracks/Patterns - 13 Exchange

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Adjusting the Song Playback Time - 14 Time Fit

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Deleting Blank Measures - 15 Truncate

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Aligning a Song's Timing (Quantize)

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About Quantizing

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Grid Quntize

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Shuffle Quantize

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Groove Quantize

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Creating a User Groove Template

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Loading a User Groove Template

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Saving 16 User Groove Templates Together to Disk

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Loading a User Groove Template File

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Editing Sequencer Data One at a Time (Microscope Edit)

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Viewing the Microscope Display

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Viewing Only Specific Sequencer Data

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Modifying Sequencer Data Recorded in a Phrase Track/Pattern

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Modifying Tempo Change Recorded on the Tempo Track

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Inserting New Sequencer Data into a Phrase Track/Pattern

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Modifying Data Recorded on the Beat Track

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Setting the Time Signature of a Pattern

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Changing the Time Signature During a Song

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Changing the Tempo During a Song

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Erasing Sequencer Data

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Copying Sequencer Data

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Moving Sequencer Data

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Realtime Phrase Sequencing (RPS)

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Getting Ready to Use RPS

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Playing Using RPS

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Recording Performance Using RPS

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Playing a Pattern from a External MIDI Keyboard Using RPS

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Playing Songs in Sequence (Chain Play)

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Getting Ready for Chain Play

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Saving a Chain to Disk

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Chain Play

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XP-80 Memory Settings (Utility Mode)

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About Utility Mode

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Storing Sound Data in User Memory - 1 Write

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Performance Write

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Rhythm Set Write

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Patch Write

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Copying Sound Source Settings - 2 Copy

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Performance Copy

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Patch Copy

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Rhythm Set Copy

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Initializing Sound Source Settings - 3 Initialize

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Rhythm Set Initialize

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Performance Initialize

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Patch Initialize

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Transmitting Sound Settings - 4 Data Transfer

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Transmitting Data to an External MIDI Device

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Transmitting Data to the Internal Song

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Transmitting Data to User Memory

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Preventing User Memory Writing Operation - 5 Protect

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Checking Internal Memory Consumption - 7 Memory Info

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Erasing the Internal Song - 6 Song Init (Song Initialize)

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Recalling Factory Default Settings - 8 Factory (Factory Preset)

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Disk-Related Functions (Disk Mode)

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About Disk Mode

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Loading a File from Disk into the XP-80 - 1 Load

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Saving Data to Disk - 2 Save

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Formatting the Disk for the XP-60/XP-80 - 3 Format

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Making a Copy of a Disk - 4 Backup

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Checking Files Recorded on Disk - 5 Verify

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Changing the Name of Disk - 6 Volume (Change Volume Label)

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Deleting Unwanted Files - 7 Delete (Delete File)

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Renaming a File - 8 Rename

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Checking the Contents of Disk - 9 Info (Disk Information)

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Using the XP-80 as the GM Sound Source

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Entering GM Mode

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Playing Back a GM Score

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Modifying GM Mode Settings

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Making Effects Settings in GM Mode (Effects)

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Setting a Part (Part)

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Convenient Functions in GM Mode (GM Utility)

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Initializing GM Mode - 3 Initialize (GM Initialize)

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Copying Effects Settings - 2 Copy (GM Copy)

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Transmitting GM Mode Settings - 4 Data Transfer (GM Data Transfer)

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Getting the Full Potential of the XP-80

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Techniques for Using Patches

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Using the XP-80 to Play Live

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Song Making Techniques

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Using External MIDI Devices

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Using the XP-80 to Change the Sound on an External MIDI Device

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Using the XP-80 to Control External MIDI Devices

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Synchronization with External MIDI Devices

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Synchronizing to the VS-880 Hard Disk Recorder

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Getting Ready to Sync to the VS-880

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Playing Back Song Files

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Recording on the VS-880

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Recording on the XP-80

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Supplemental Material

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Troubleshooting

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Error Messages

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Parameter List

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Patch Parameters

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Performance Parameters

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Rhythm Set Parameters

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GM Parameters

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EFX Parameters

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System Parameters

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Factory Preset Settings

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Waveform List

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Patch List

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Rhythm Set List

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Performance List

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Arpeggio Style List

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MIDI Implementation

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Data Reception (Sound Source Section)

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System Realtime Messages

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System Exclusive Messages

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Data Transmission (Sound Source Section)

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Channel Voice Messages

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Data Reception (Sequencer Section)

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Messages Recorded During Recording

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Messages Not Recorded During Recording

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Data Transmission (Sequencer Section)

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Parameter Address Map

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System Common

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Scale Tune

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Performance

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Performance Common

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Patch

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Patch Common

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Performance Part

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Patch Tone

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Rhythm Setup

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Rhythm Common

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Rhythm Note

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Address Block Map

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Supplementary Material

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MIDI Implementation Chart

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Specifications

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Quick Reference of Displays

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Patch Mode [PATCH]

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Performance Mode [PERFORM]

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Rhythm Set Mode [RHYTHM]

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GM Mode [SHIFT] + [PERFORM]

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Sequencer Mode [SEQUENCER]

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Chain Play Mode [CHAIN PLAY]

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System Mode [SYSTEM]

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Utility Mode [UTILITY]

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Disk Mode [DISK]

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Index

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