Hi there.

On page 168 of the Roland XP-60/80 manual, discussing the Save Mode for saving to disk, the manual says "When SONG+SOUND is selected, sound settings at the time of saving will be saved. If you change the sound in the middle of a song and save the song after recording, the settings at the recording start will not be saved. So if you play back the song from its beginning, it will play back using the existing sound settings at the moment of saving. To avoid this, when you've changed the sound in the middle of a song, record the Bank Select and Program numbers (corresponding to the sound selected when recording started) at the beginning of the song on the Microscope display (SEQ/Micro), etc."

My problem is the "etcetera" of it all. How the heck do I record the Bank Select and Program numbers from the Microscope edit? I'm a little upset that Roland felt this was such a trivial matter. I've searched through the manual for three days and have not found any other mention of this process. If someobody knows how to do it, I would sincerely appreciate it if you could share.

--bluesboy2003

(1) Page 147: "Inserting new sequencer data into a Phrase track/Pattern". You will insert two CC (control changes): a CC0 and a CC32. Then also a Program change.

I generally put them 4 ticks/clocks apart. Give them the values of the patch you want to select according to the tables on

(2) p. 181, where the same procedure is explained ("Changing a sound during a song" --> "Changing the Patch"); follow the step-by-step instructions under in the second column on p. 181.

Note that you can do this either by (1) recording the button press of the patch or (2) creating the CCs and PC in Microscope Mode -> Create Event.

Once again, you are the man, dnark!

Thanks. I'm upset that I missed those sections, though I'm not surprised. Oh well. If it weren't for you, dnark, I don't know how I would ever manage to sequence