Roland XV-88 Manuale Utente

1. Press [RHYTHM] to call up the RHYTHM PLAY page.

2. Select a desired Rhythm Set.

3. Press a key on the keyboard to play a percussion 

instrument.

The key (Note name) you press and its percussion 
instrument name (Rhythm Tone name) will be displayed 
below the Rhythm Set name.

fig.02-15.e

You can also select a key to be displayed by using TONE 
SELECT [1]–[4].

TONE SELECT [1]: move to an octave lower key

TONE SELECT [2]: move to the semitone below

TONE SELECT [3]: move to the semitone above

TONE SELECT [4]: move to an octave higher key

The Arpeggiator provides for the play of the various notes in 
chords. The XV-88’s 

 lets you produce an 

arpeggio (broken chord) simply by playing a chord. In 
addition to normal arpeggios, you can also accurately 
simulate rhythm guitar or strumming techniques depending 
on the Arpeggiator settings. The Arpeggiator can in fact be 
used as a handy automatic arranger.

By pressing [ARPEGGIO], the indicator lights and allows 
playing arpeggios from the XV-88 keyboard.

If you press [ARPEGGIO] to turn this function on when 
a Single Performance is selected, the single specified Part 
(current Part) will play arpeggios. When a Layer 
Performance is selected, an arpeggio will sound for the 
Zone specified by the Zone parameter (ZONE/
ARPEGGIO/ARPEGGIO).

The arpeggios played by the arpeggiator can be 
transmitted from the MIDI OUT connector to external 
MIDI devices (p. 59).

1. Make sure that the PLAY page of the sound generator 

mode (PERFORM, PATCH, RHYTHM, or GM) is 
displayed.

2. Press [ARPEGGIO] to turn the Arpeggiator on.

3. If you wish to change how the arpeggio is played, hold 

down [ARPEGGIO] to access the ARP SELECT page, 
move the cursor to “Style,” and change the setting.

fig.02-16

This setting is linked with the Style parameter.

Note name

Rhythm Tone name