Roland XV-88 Manuale Utente

You can save data by transmitting it to an external MIDI 
device (MIDI sequencer, etc.).

Connect the XV-88 and external MIDI device as shown in the 
diagram.

fig.08-07.e

1. Press [UTILITY], getting its indicator to start blinking.

The UTIL 1 page will appear.

fig.10-01

If the UTIL 2 page appears, press

to display the 

UTIL 1 page.

2. Use

or

to get “4. XFER” to start blinking, then 

press [ENTER].

The TRANSFER TO MIDI page will appear.

fig.10-25.e

If the TRANSFER TO USER page appears, press

to 

display the TRANSFER TO MIDI page.

3. Press

or

to move the cursor to the item for which 

you wish to make settings, and either rotate the VALUE 
dial or use [INC/+]/[DEC/-] to set the value as follows.

fig.08-08

If you have modified the settings of a Patch or Rhythm 
Set assigned to a Part, select “+PATCH.”

fig.08-09

fig.08-10

“TEMP” indicates the temporary area, meaning that the 
currently selected data will be transmitted.

4. Get the external MIDI device ready for the reception of 

data, then press [ENTER] to initiate the data 
transmission.

While the data is being transmitted, the display will 
indicate “Executing...” When “COMPLETED” is 
displayed, the transmission has been completed.

• To halt during transmission, press [EXIT].

• Before data that was saved on an external MIDI device 

can be transmitted back to the XV-88, the Device ID 
parameter (SYSTEM/MIDI/SYSTEM MIDI) must be set 
to the value that it had when the data was saved, and the 
Rx Sys.Excl parameter (SYSTEM/MIDI/SYSTEM MIDI) 
must be turned ON (p. 171). At the factory settings, the 
Device ID parameter is set to 17 and the Rx Sys.Excl 
parameter is set to ON.

MIDI OUT

MIDI IN

MIDI Sequencer

XV-88

Data type

Source block

Destination