Roland JD-XA Analog/Digital Synthesizer - Manual

Owner’s Manual
(this document)
Read this first. It explains the basic things you need to know in order to use the JD-XA.
PDF Manual
(download from the Web)
5 Parameter Guide (English)
This explains all parameters of the JD-XA.
5 MIDI Implementation (English)
This is detailed information about MIDI messages.
To obtain the PDF manual
1. Enter the following URL in your computer.
http://www.roland.com/manuals/
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2. Choose “JD-XA” as the product name.
Before using this unit, carefully read “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (leaflet “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” and Owner’s Manual (p. 18)). After reading, keep the document(s) including
those sections where it will be available for immediate reference.
© 2015 Roland Corporation
Contents
Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Top Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Turning On/Off the Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Selecting a Sound (Program) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Selecting a Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Editing a Sound (Program) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Editing an Analog Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Editing a Digital Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Editing the Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Initializing a Sound (Init) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Copying a Sound or Pattern (Copy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Saving a Program (Write) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Using Favorite Sounds (Programs) (Favorite) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Recording (Pattern Sequencer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Realtime Recording (Real Time REC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Step Recording (Step REC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Step Recording 2 (Step REC 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Playing Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Erasing an Entire Pattern (Pattern Erase) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Pattern Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Saving a Pattern (Write) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Playing an Arpeggio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Selecting an Arpeggio Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Editing an Arpeggio Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Saving an Arpeggio (Write) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using the Microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting the Input Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Using the Vocoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Using a Microphone to Apply Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Outputting the Mic’s Vocal Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Controlling Your Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Changing the Pitch/Applying Vibrato
(Pitch Bend/Modulation Lever) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Using an Assigned Function to Modify the Sound (WHEEL 1/2) . . 10
Using External Pedals (HOLD/CTRL 1/CTRL 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting External Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using the JD-XA as a MIDI Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting an Analog Synthesizer via the CV/GATE Output . . . . . 11
Connecting a Computer via USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Overall Settings for the JD-XA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Accessing the Menu Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Making System Settings (SYSTEM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Saving the System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Convenient Functions (UTILITY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Formatting a USB Flash Drive (USB MEM FORMAT) . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Restoring Backup Data from a USB Flash Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Returning to the Factory Settings (FACTORY RESET) . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Making the Power Automatically Turn Off After a Time (Auto Off) 15
Customizing the Knob and Slider Illumination (LED CUSTOMIZE) . 15
List of Shortcut Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Main Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
USING THE UNIT SAFELY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
IMPORTANT NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Placing the JD-XA on a Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Owner’s Manual