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OWNER’S MANUAL
Thank you, and congratulations on your choice of the Roland XV-88 128-Voice Expandable
Synthesizer.
Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: “IMPORTANT SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS” (Owner’s manual p. 2), “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” (Owner’s
manual p. 3), and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (Owner’s manual p. 5). These sections
provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit.
Additionally, in order to feel assured that you have gained a good grasp of every
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The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an CAUTION equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the DO NOT OPEN product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to ATTENTION: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is DO NOT REMOVE COVER (O
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The symbol alerts the user to important instructions Used for instructions intended to alert or warnings.The specific meaning of the symbol is the user to the risk of death or severe determined by the design contained within the injury should the unit be used triangle. In the case of the symbol at left, it is used for improperly. general cautions, warnings, or alerts to danger. Used for instructions intended to alert The symbol alerts the user to items that must never the u
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USING THE UNIT SAFELY 102a • Always grasp only the plug on the power-supply cord when plugging into, or unplugging from an outlet. .......................................................................................................... 104 • Try to prevent cords and cables from becoming entangled. Also, all cords and cables should be placed so they are out of the reach of children. .......................................................................................................... 10
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Important Notes In addition to the items listed under “IMPORTANT Additional Precautions SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS” and “USING THE UNIT • Please be aware that the contents of memory can be SAFELY” on pages 2 and 3, please read and observe the irretrievably lost as a result of a malfunction, or the following: improper operation of the unit. To protect yourself against the risk of loosing important data, we recommend that Power Supply you periodically save a backup copy of important data you have
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How to Use This Manual This owner’s manual is organized as follows. But before you Chapter 8. Saving Sounds start reading it, we’d like to suggest going through the Quick This chapter describes how the XV-88’s memory is arranged, Start manual. The separate volume Q & A contains and explains how tones are saved. Read this chapter when frequently asked questions about the XV-88, along with you wish to save created sounds. answers to those questions. Please refer to this booklet as needed. C
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How to Use This Manual Notation Used in This Owner’s Manual The display screens printed in this owner’s manual are based on the factory settings. However, please be aware To make operation procedures easy to understand, the that in some cases they may differ from the actual following notation system is adopted: factory settings. Characters and numbers in square brackets [ ] indicate buttons on the front panel. For example, [PATCH] represents the PATCH button and [ENTER] stands for the EN
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Contents Main Features........................................................................................13 Front and Rear Panel............................................................................14 Front Panel................................................................................................................................................. 14 Rear Panel......................................................................................................................
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Contents Chapter 3. Creating Performances......................................................49 How a Performance Is Organized.......................................................................................................... 49 How to Make the Performance Settings................................................................................................ 49 Making Settings While Comparing Parts (Palette Edit) .......................................................... 50 Copying the
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Contents Chapter 7. Adding Effects ..................................................................105 About the Onboard Effects ................................................................................................................... 105 Effect Types.................................................................................................................................. 105 Turning Effects On/Off................................................................................
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Contents Initializing Sound Generator Settings (INIT) ..................................................................................... 185 Initializing a Performance.......................................................................................................... 185 Initializing a Patch ...................................................................................................................... 185 Initializing a Rhythm Set..................................................
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Contents Appendices ................................213 Troubleshooting..................................................................................214 Error Messages ...................................................................................218 Quick Reference of Procedures ........................................................220 Parameter List .....................................................................................230 Performance List...............................
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Main Features 128-Voice Polyphony Equipped with COMPUTER Connector A special computer cable makes it easy for you to connect the XV-88 The previous maximum number of 64 simultaneous voices has to your computer, so that you can enjoy ensemble playing (p. 208). been expanded to 128, providing ample expression capabilities, even with tones composed of a number of combined tones. Arpeggiator Included You can easily perform arpeggios, and use “rhythm guitar,” Compatible with the New “SRX simply
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Front and Rear Panel Front Panel fig.00-02 1 5 7 2 3 4 6 1 4 D BEAM CONTROLLER Section KEY EFFECTS Section You can apply a variety of effects to sounds simply by The buttons in this section allow you to assign various moving your hand. → (p. 45) functions to the keys of the XV-88’s keyboard. [ON] [PORTAMENTO] Switches the D Beam controller on/off. Switches Portamento on/off. → (p. 33) [SOLO] 2 Specifies playing a single note at a time. → (p. 33) Volume Slider [TRANSPOSE] Adjusts the overall vol
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Front and Rear Panel LOCAL/TX: When the indicator for this button is extinguished, the Local switch can be switched on/off. When fig.00-03 the indicator is lit, the Transmit switch can be switched on/ off. Functions buttons are employed for this purpose. 8 10 → (p. 25) [EDIT] Press this button when you wish to adjust various settings. Use the function buttons to select the display screen for the parameter you wish to modify. 9 11 Function Buttons The function of these buttons will depend on
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Front and Rear Panel 9 10 GROUP Section Selects sound groups. → (p. 29, p. 35, p. 39) [PHRASE PREVIEW]/[DEMO] PHRASE PREVIEW: Press this when you wish to use [USER] phrases to audition a patch. → (p. 32) Selects a sound from the user group. DEMO: To hear the demo playback, hold down [SHIFT] and [CARD] press this button. → (Quick Start; p. 21) Selects a sound from a memory card. [PATCH FINDER]/[FAVORITE LIST] [PRESET] PATCH FINDER: Selects a patch by using the Patch Finder function. → (p. 30)
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Front and Rear Panel Rear Panel fig.00-05 fig.00-06 fig.00-09 COMPUTER Switch Power Switch Sets this switch depending on the type of computer Press to turn the power on/off. → (Quick Start; p. 18) connected to COMPUTER connector, or the software you are AC Inlet using. Turn the power off before changing the setting of this switch. If you wish to use the MIDI connectors, set this Connect the included power cord to this inlet. switch to MIDI. → (p. 208, p. 209) → (Quick Start; p. 16) COMPUTER
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Front and Rear Panel fig.00-11 fig.00-12 OUTPUT A (MIX) Jacks (L (MONO), R) These jacks output the audio signal to the connected mixer/ Wave Expansion Board Installation Slot amplifier system in stereo. For mono output, use the L jack. Remove the cover to reveal the slots for installation of → (Quick Start; p. 16) optional Wave Expansion Boards (SR-JV80 Series, SRX Series). → (Quick Start; p. 4, 10) OUTPUT B Jacks (L, R) These jacks output the audio signal to the connected mixer/ amplifier sy
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Chapter 1. Overview of the XV-88 About the Local Switch How the XV-88 Is Organized The switch that connects and disconnects the MIDI connection between the keyboard controller section and the Basic Structure sound generator section is called the Local switch. Since essential information describing what is being played on the The XV-88 can be broadly divided into two sections: a keyboard won’t reach the sound generator if the Local switch keyboard controller section and a sound generator i
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Chapter 1. Overview of the XV-88 Envelope Classification of XV-88 Sound You use Envelope to initiate changes to occur to a sound over Types time. There are separate envelopes for Pitch, TVF (filter), and When using the XV-88, you will notice that a variety of TVA (volume). For example if you wish to modify the way in different categories come into play when handling sounds. which the sound attacks or decays over time, you would What follows is a simple explanation of each sound category.
