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QUICK START ❚ Introduction ❚ Contents Thank you for purchasing the Roland XP-80 Music Names and functions of buttons and Workstation. The XP-80 effectively combines a synthe- controls ..............................................2 sizer sound source and sequencer whose performance and functions are on a par with the Roland XP-50, along Connect your XP-80 ..........................6 with extended functions for easier operation and a wide Turn the power on .............................7 scope of music production. From live performance to desk top music applications, the XP-80 delivers all the Play a demo song..............................8 power to produce great music. Play sounds .....................................10 Reset to default factory settings.................................10 Using the XP-80 manuals Select and play Patches.............................................10 ❚ Play percussion sounds from the keyboard ...............11 Try out performance functions ...................................12 To be able to enjoy the full music-making potential of Play arpeggios (Arpeggiator) .....................................14 the XP-80, become completely familiar with its func- tionality and have trouble-free use, please take some Try out the demo disk .....................15 time to read this Quick Start and the Owner’s Manual. Listen to the demo songs ...........................................15 Play back a pattern by pressing specific keys (RPS).16 Quick Start Combine Patterns for playback ..................................16 This manual explains how you can quickly and easily Add rhythmic ‘feel’ to the songs .................................18 begin enjoying the XP-80. To take complete advantage Try out some user groove templates..........................18 of the many advanced functions of the XP-80, first read Playing songs in sequence (Chain Play)....................20 the Quick Start manual, then the Owner’s Manual. Record a song .................................21 Owner’s Manual Select a Performance.................................................21 Clear internal memory................................................22 Be sure to read Chapter 1 which explains XP-80 basic Record the drums using realtime recording ...............22 concepts and operation. The remaining chapters can be View the recorded data ..............................................25 read for more information as necessary, referring to the Record the bass using step recording........................25 contents or indices. Record the melody using realtime recording..............27 Create an appropriate Performance for the song .....................................29 Select a different Patch for the melody ......................29 Assign a new name to the Performance ....................29 Store the Performance ...............................................30 Save your new song........................31 Format a disk .............................................................31 Copyright 1996 ROLAND CORPORATION Save your song to disk...............................................32 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be DanceKit...........................................33 reproduced in any form without the written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION. Profiles of composers.....................36 1 Names and functions of buttons and controls ❚ Front panel K A B C F E F SOUND PALETTE KEY EFFECTS MODE FILTER/ENVl LEVEL PERFORM PATCH RHYTHM LOCAL/TX/RX F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 EXIT GM PART PANIC FILTER/ENVl CUTOFF RESO. ATTACK DECAY LEVEL 1 234 RPS ARPEGGIO SEQUENCER CHAIN PLAY SOUND LIST a/b/c/d LOCATE UNDO/REDOl DEMO TEMPO/BEAT PATTERN BANK 12345678 PORTAMENTO SOLO SYSTEMUTILITY DISK TRACK/PART 12345678 TONE SWITCH TONE SELECT EFFECTS NUMBER 1 2345678 TRANSPOSE - OCT + OCT EFX CHORUS REVERB TRACK/PART 9 10111213141516 D G A. SOUND PALETTE section C. MODE section Use the four sliders to modify sounds in real time. The buttons in this section select modes. The button indicator of the selected mode will light. [FILTER/ENV] D. EFFECTS section Press this button ON when modifying filter and/or envelope settings in real time using the four sliders. The buttons in this section turn their respective inter- [LEVEL] nal effects (EFX, Chorus and Reverb) on/off. Press this button ON when adjusting volume balance [EFX] in real time using the four sliders. Switches the multiple effects unit (EFX) on/off. B. KEY EFFECTS section [CHORUS] The buttons in this section allow you to assign various Switches Chorus on/off. functions to the keys of the XP-80’s keyboard. [REVERB] [RPS] Switches Reverb on/off. Switches RPS on/off. E. [F1]–[F6] (Function buttons) [ARPEGGIO] Each of these buttons corresponds to a function indi- Switches Arpeggiator on/off. cated at the display bottom. The functions of these [PORTAMENTO] buttons change depending on the selected mode or the current display. Switches Portamento on/off. F. [SOLO] Specifies playing a single note at a time. [LOCAL/TX/RX] [TRANSPOSE] This button opens the LOCAL/TX/RX window for switching Local, Transmit and Receive switches Specifies transposing the keyboard in semitone steps. on/off. [+OCT], [-OCT] [EXIT]/[PANIC] These buttons adjust the pitch of the keyboard in The function of this button changes depending on octave steps. whether you hold down [SHIFT] or not. Pressing either of these buttons while holding down EXIT: Press this button to return to the Play display of [TRANSPOSE] allows you to set the desired amount a mode, or when you want to cancel the current opera- of transposition. tion. PANIC: If notes stick or do not sound, hold down [SHIFT] and press this. 2 Play display of a sound source mode: Selects a Patch/Performance/Rhythm Set with the Bank /Number method. Use BANK [1]–[8] buttons to select a bank and NUMBER [1]–[8] buttons to select a num- ber. Performance edit display: Use TRACK/PART [1]–[16] L buttons to select the Part to be modified. VALUE H J Patch edit display: TRACK/PART [1]–[4] buttons DEC INC 789STU VWX YZ! (TONE SWITCH) are used to switch a Tone on/off. Use TRACK/PART [5]–[8] buttons (TONE SELECT) to 3 456JKL MNO PQR select the Tone to be modified. E F G SEQUENCER 3 Rhythm Set edit display: Use TRACK/PART [5]–[8] REC BEAT LOOP 123ABC DEF GHI buttons (TONE SELECT) to select the note of the key- B C D 3 BWDSTOP/PLAYl FWD SHIFT0 SPACE ENTER board to be modified. I A+l - DIGIT HOLD Sequencer mode: Use TRACK/PART [1]–[16] buttons I to select a phrase track or Part. During song play- back/recording, these buttons can be used to switch [SOUND LIST] / [TEMPO/BEAT] between the Play and Mute of a phrase track. The function of this button changes depending on the selected mode. H. SOUND LIST: Opens the Sound List window when a [l], [r], [u], [d] (Cursor buttons) sound source mode display is up. Move the cursor (black box) with these. TEMPO/BEAT: Press this button for selecting a tempo track or beat track when a Sequencer mode display is [INC], [DEC] up. If you have temporarily modified the tempo and Use these buttons to modify values. If you keep on wish to play back the song with its initial tempo, press holding down one button and pressing the other, the it while holding down [SHIFT]. value change accelerates. If you press one of these but- tons while holding down [SHIFT], the value will [a/b/c/d] / [PATTERN] change in bigger increments. The function of this button changes depending on the mode on display. I. SEQUENCER section a/b/c/d: Select a subgroup (a/b/c/d) when selecting The buttons in this section are used for playback and a Patch/Performance/Rhythm Set using the recording of the XP-80’s sequencer. Bank/Number method. [REC] PATTERN: Select a Pattern when a Sequencer mode Press this to begin recording. display is up. BEAT indicator [LOCATE] This blinks in sync with the tempo and beat of the This button opens the Locate window to specify and song. move the locate position. [LOOP] [UNDO/REDO] Press this to turn Loop Play and Loop Recording Press this button to restore a modified value to its pre- on/off. vious (pre-modified) state, or when cancelling record- ing or a currently executing operation. Pressing this [BWD] button again will restart the recording/operation. Press this to “rewind” a song. Pressing this button G. while holding down [SHIFT] moves you right back to the beginning of the song. If you hold down this but- BANK [1]–[8], NUMBER [1]–[8] / TRACK / PART ton as you press [FWD], the song will “rewind” faster. [1]–[16] [STOP/PLAY] The functions of these buttons change depending on Press this button to start or stop playback of the song. the display which is showing. 3 [FWD] Side panel Use this button to fast-forward the song. Pressing this ❚ button while holding down [SHIFT] moves you to the end of the song. If you hold down this button as you press [BWD], the song will fast-forward faster. J. [0]–[9] (Numeric keys) Use these to set a value. They can be used to enter numeric values as well as alphabetical characters and notes. [SHIFT] This is used in combination with other buttons. Some buttons on the front panel include grey-printed char- acters. They indicate the button’s function when VOLUMEC 1 C2 [SHIFT] is held down. [ENTER] / [DIGIT HOLD] The function of this button changes depending on whether [SHIFT] is being held down or not. ENTER: Use this button to finalize a value. DIGIT HOLD: Press this button while holding down [SHIFT] to turn the Digit Hold function on/off. With the Digit Hold on, the 100’s place and 10’s place will be fixed and only the 1’s place will change. This means that you can select Patches simply by pressing the numeric key for the 1’s place, without having to press [ENTER]. VOLUME slider This slider adjusts the overall output level from the K. rear panel OUTPUT and PHONES jacks. Display C1 slider, C2 slider Shows various information for the currently selected Various parameters or functions can be assigned to function or operation. these sliders, so you can control the sound source sec- tion as you play.
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