Roland XV-88 用户手册

Start with an existing Patch and edit it to create a new Patch. 
Each Patch can contain up to four Tones. you should listen to 
how the individual Tones sound before you edit.

1. Press [PATCH] to access the PATCH PLAY page, and 

You cannot edit the Patches in the PR-H (GM2) group.

If you want to create all your Patches from the ground 
up, rather than the Patches that have already been 
prepared, carry out the 

2. Press [EDIT] to make the indicator light.

3. Use the function buttons to select a display group.

The indicator for the button of the selected display group 
begins blinking.

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4. Use

or

to select a display page.

5. If you have selected a parameter display that can be set 

independently for each Tone, the number of the Tone 
selected for editing will be shown in the upper left of the 
display. To edit a different Tone, press [EDIT] to 
temporarily turn off the indicator, and use TONE 
SELECT [1]–[4] to select a Tone.

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• For simultaneously modifying the same parameter for 

two or more Tones, hold down one of the TONE 
SELECT [1]–[4] buttons and press another TONE 
SELECT [1]–[4] button, then another if so desired. Tone 
numbers other than the first-specified one will be 
indicated by an 

 symbol.

• To switch Tones on/off, turn off the [EDIT] indicator 

and then press TONE SWITCH [1]–[4].

6. Use

or

to move the cursor to the parameter you 

wish to modify.

7. Use the VALUE dial, [INC/+]/[DEC/-], or the numeric 

keys to modify the parameter value.

If you’ve selected two or more Tones, your editing will 
modify the parameter values for all selected Tones by the 
same amount.

It’s hard to create a new sound that’s exactly what you 
want if you just select a Patch and modify its parameters 
at random. It makes sense to start with a Patch whose 
sound is related to what you have in mind.

When creating a Patch, it is important to decide which 
Tones you are going to use. For each Tone, use the TONE 
SWITCH [1]–[4] to decide whether to turn it on (have it 
sound) or off. It is also important to turn off unused 
Tones to avoid wasting voices, unnecessarily reducing 
the number of simultaneous notes you can play. A Tone 
switches on/off each time its respective button is 
pressed. When a Tone’s indicator lights, it’ll sound.

The important Type parameter (PATCH/COMMON/
STRUCT) determines how the four Tones combine. 
Before you select new Tones, make sure you understand 
how the currently selected Tones are affecting each 
other.

Since the XV-88 effects have such a profound impact on 
its sounds. Turn them off to listen to the sound itself so 
you can better evaluate the changes you’re making. Since 
you will hear the original sound of the Patch itself when 
the effects are turned off, the results of your 
modifications will be easier to hear. Actually, sometimes 
just changing effects settings can give you the sound you 
want.