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#25714 - 11/23/01 09:34 AM
XP-60 beginner, desperately seeking basic help
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Registered: 11/22/01
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Loc: phoenix, az, usa
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Okay, go easy on me. I recently bought an XP-60, new to synths, sequencers, etc. I have a few questions that concern basic operation. I've read the manual but haven't recognized the answers.
1. I plan to use the XP-60 for songs' drum parts that I'll be recording to a hard disk multitrack unit. I've figured out how to write a loop. Wondering if I can write additional loops, link them together to make the entire drum track. Is this a valid approach? If so, what steps do I need to take to write additional loops and link them together? If this isn't a good approach, please explain.
2. Can I copy percussion sounds from the various different Rhythm Sets onto a user memory Rhythm Set to customize my own collection of drum sounds? What are those steps?
Thanks-Matt
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#25715 - 11/23/01 10:43 AM
Re: XP-60 beginner, desperately seeking basic help
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Registered: 01/01/01
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I don't mean to put off your questions, but if you're genuinely brand new to the XP, check out Roland's Supplemental Notes first at http://www.rolandus.com/SUPPORT/DOCS/SUPNOTES.HTM (1) They'll tell you about patterns, which is how you can string a bunch of rhythm loops together into a single track. Record as many rhythm patterns as you need (on the pattern tracks, not the phrase tracks), then use pattern call messages on a phrase track (e.g., track 10) to build up your rhythm track over the course of your song. You can make your rhythm patterns as long or short as you like, e.g., a fill at the end of a song section or in the turnaround can be four or two measures, and you'd put a pattern call message for that particular pattern only in your turnarounds, etc. (2) Yes. Check your manual's explantion of the copy function, then go to the copy function while you are in rhythm mode. The screens are almost self-explanatory. If you have problems, come back here and we'll have another look at it.
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#25716 - 11/23/01 11:32 AM
Re: XP-60 beginner, desperately seeking basic help
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Registered: 11/22/01
Posts: 12
Loc: phoenix, az, usa
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Thanks for your response D! Originally posted by dnarkosis: I don't mean to put off your questions, but if you're genuinely brand new to the XP, check out Roland's Supplemental Notes first at http://www.rolandus.com/SUPPORT/DOCS/SUPNOTES.HTM
(1) They'll tell you about patterns, which is how you can string a bunch of rhythm loops together into a single track. Record as many rhythm patterns as you need (on the pattern tracks, not the phrase tracks), then use pattern call messages on a phrase track (e.g., track 10) to build up your rhythm track over the course of your song. You can make your rhythm patterns as long or short as you like, e.g., a fill at the end of a song section or in the turnaround can be four or two measures, and you'd put a pattern call message for that particular pattern only in your turnarounds, etc.
(2) Yes. Check your manual's explantion of the copy function, then go to the copy function while you are in rhythm mode. The screens are almost self-explanatory. If you have problems, come back here and we'll have another look at it.
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#25717 - 11/23/01 12:08 PM
Re: XP-60 beginner, desperately seeking basic help
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Registered: 11/22/01
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Loc: phoenix, az, usa
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Thanks for your response D! Originally posted by dnarkosis: I don't mean to put off your questions, but if you're genuinely brand new to the XP, check out Roland's Supplemental Notes first at http://www.rolandus.com/SUPPORT/DOCS/SUPNOTES.HTM
(1) They'll tell you about patterns, which is how you can string a bunch of rhythm loops together into a single track. Record as many rhythm patterns as you need (on the pattern tracks, not the phrase tracks), then use pattern call messages on a phrase track (e.g., track 10) to build up your rhythm track over the course of your song. You can make your rhythm patterns as long or short as you like, e.g., a fill at the end of a song section or in the turnaround can be four or two measures, and you'd put a pattern call message for that particular pattern only in your turnarounds, etc.
(2) Yes. Check your manual's explantion of the copy function, then go to the copy function while you are in rhythm mode. The screens are almost self-explanatory. If you have problems, come back here and we'll have another look at it.
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#25719 - 11/23/01 03:37 PM
Re: XP-60 beginner, desperately seeking basic help
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Registered: 11/22/01
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Loc: phoenix, az, usa
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Okay, I've written a few drum patterns and linked them together per the link directions. How do I play back this sequence of patterns? Originally posted by dnarkosis: I don't mean to put off your questions, but if you're genuinely brand new to the XP, check out Roland's Supplemental Notes first at http://www.rolandus.com/SUPPORT/DOCS/SUPNOTES.HTM
(1) They'll tell you about patterns, which is how you can string a bunch of rhythm loops together into a single track. Record as many rhythm patterns as you need (on the pattern tracks, not the phrase tracks), then use pattern call messages on a phrase track (e.g., track 10) to build up your rhythm track over the course of your song. You can make your rhythm patterns as long or short as you like, e.g., a fill at the end of a song section or in the turnaround can be four or two measures, and you'd put a pattern call message for that particular pattern only in your turnarounds, etc.
(2) Yes. Check your manual's explantion of the copy function, then go to the copy function while you are in rhythm mode. The screens are almost self-explanatory. If you have problems, come back here and we'll have another look at it.
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#25723 - 11/24/01 03:30 PM
Re: XP-60 beginner, desperately seeking basic help
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Registered: 01/01/01
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"What if I don't want to lose the drum sounds that are already on the two user rhythm sets; is it possible to create a rhythm set that's saved to a disk?" Yes, but it's not saved to disk as an .svd file, but as SYSEX in a dummy song. First: Your sequencer song memory must be empty. You're essentially creating a new song. Now: (1) Set up your dream drum kit in TEMP by using the COPY function the way we described above. (2) See pp. 161f. in your manual. (3)--> Utility --> 4 Data Transfer (4) Your source is Rhythm Temp (5) Your destination is Seq[uencer] (for now just use the default TRK 1 1-01-000) (6) --> Execute Now the SYSEX for the rhythm kit you created in TEMP is in your song. Go to microscope mode and you can see it on track 1. (7) Name your song (e.g., Drum Kit 1, or MyDrumKit or whatever) and save it to disk using the Song Only option (*not* Song + Sound). That's it. To retrieve the drum kit, load the song into sequencer memory from disk, play it (you won't hear anything; it will just load the sysex into Rhythm Temp), and look in Rhythm Temp: There's your drum kit. You can save an infinite number of drum kits (or patches or performances, for that matter) using this method. The dummy song contains the drum kit. Play the dummy song, the drum kit appears in Rhythm Temp.
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