Document Outline

• Table of Contents
• Introduction
  • Overview
    • Main features
    • Overview of the modes
  • Front and rear panel
    • Front panel
    • Rear panel
    • Objects and functions in the LCD screen
  • Setup
    • Connecting audio equipment etc.
      • 1. Connecting the AC/AC power supply
      • 2. Connecting audio output devices
      • 3. Connecting pedals etc.
    • Connections to MIDI equipment/ computers
      • 1. Connections to MIDI equipment
      • 2. Connections to a computer
    • Inserting/removing a card in the SD card slot
    • Connecting separately sold options
      • 1. Audio input connections
      • 2. SCSI connections
  • Basic operation
    • Selecting modes, pages and tabs; setting parameters
      • 1. Selecting modes
      • 2. Selecting pages and tabs
      • 3. Selecting parameters
      • 4. Setting a parameter
• Quick Start
  • Turning the power on/off
    • 1. Turning the power on
    • 2. Turning the power off
  • Listening to the demo songs
    • Loading demo playback data
    • Selecting and playing a demo song in the Sequencer mode
    • Playing a cue list
  • Selecting and playing a program
    • Selecting a program
  • Selecting and playing a combination
    • Selecting a combination
  • Using controllers to modify the sound
    • Joystick
    • SW1, SW2
    • REALTIME CONTROLS [1], [2], [3], [4]
    • Keyboard
    • Foot pedals
  • Using the arpeggiator while you play
    • Using the arpeggiator in Program mode
      • Settings using controllers
      • Settings in the LCD screen
    • Using the arpeggiator as you play in Combination mode
      • Settings in the LCD screen
  • Playing with the RPPR (Realtime Pattern Play/Recording) function
  • Simple program editing
    • Performance Edit
    • Realtime controls
  • Simple combination editing
    • An example of editing
  • Sampling (recording a sample)
    • Sampling a sound and playing it back as “one-shot”
    • Using the insert effect while you sample
    • Assigning a name to the sample or multisample
    • Saving sample data
    • Converting a multisample into a program
    • Sampling and looping a drum phrase
• Basic functions
  • Saving data
    • Types of data that can be saved
    • Writing to internal memory
      • Writing a program or combination
      • Writing global settings, user drum kits, and user arpeggio patterns
    • Saving on external media
    • MIDI data dump
  • Restoring the factory settings
    • Loading the preloaded data
  • Program mode
    • How a program is organized
    • Basic program editing
      • Oscillator settings 2.1: Ed–Basic
      • Controller settings 2.2: Ed–Ctrl
      • Pitch settings 3.1: Ed–Pitch
      • Filter settings 4.1: Ed–Filter1, 4.2: Ed–Filter2
      • Amplifier settings 5.1: Ed–Amp1, 5.2: Ed–Amp2
      • LFO settings 5.3: Ed–LFOs
      • Arpeggiator settings 6.1: Ed–Arp.
      • BUS settings 7.1: Ed–InsertFX BUS
      • Insert Effect settings 7.1: Ed–InsertFX Setup, IFX
      • Master Effect settings 7.2: Ed–MasterFX
    • More about Alternate Modulation
    • Auto Song Setup function
  • Combination mode
    • How a combination is organized
      • Basic combination editing
      • Timbre 1–8 program, pan and volume 2.1: Ed–Prog/Mix
      • Controller settings 2.2: Ed–Ctrl
      • Settings for status, MIDI channel, and playing mode 3.1: Ed–Param1
      • Note timing and scale settings 3.2: Ed–Param2
      • Layer and split settings 3.3: Ed–Key Zone
      • Velocity switch settings 3.4: Ed–Vel Zone
      • MIDI filter settings 4.1: Ed–MIDI Filter1–4.4: Ed–MIDI Filter4
      • Arpeggiator settings 6.1: Ed–Arp.
      • Bus settings 7.1: Ed–InsertFX BUS
      • Insert Effect settings 7.1: Ed–InsertFX Setup, IFX
      • Master Effect settings 7.2: Ed–MasterFX
    • Auto Song Setup function
  • Sequencer mode
    • Features of the sequencer
    • The structure of Sequencer mode
      • Songs
      • Patterns
      • Cue List
    • Producing a song
      • Creating the basic song
      • Song editing methods
      • Creating and playing a Cue List
    • Creating and recording RPPR (Realtime Pattern Play/Record)
      • Creating RPPR data
      • RPPR playback
      • Realtime-recording an RPPR performance
    • Recording the sound of a combination or program
      • Auto Song Setup function
      • Copy From Combi (Sequencer mode page menu commands)
    • Caution and other functions in Sequencer mode
    • Recording on the TR
      • Recording a track, and recording a pattern
  • Sampling mode
    • Features of EXB-SMPL
    • How Sampling mode is organized
      • In Sampling mode
      • Samples and Multisamples
    • Sampling
      • Preparations for sampling
      • Manual sampling
      • Auto sampling
      • Creating multisample indexes and sampling
    • Loop settings
      • The grid display
    • Sample (waveform data) editing
    • Multisample editing
      • Editing the indices
      • Modifying the settings of an index
    • Converting a multisample to a program
    • Using Time Slice to divide a sample and play it in Sequencer mode
  • Global mode
    • Creating a drum kit
      • About drum kits
      • Editing a drum kit
  • Media mode
    • How Media mode is organized
      • Media that can be used
    • Formatting media
    • SD card handling
    • About the write protect setting of an SD card
    • Loading data
      • Types of data that can be loaded
      • Data loading procedure
    • Saving data
      • Types of data that can be saved
  • Arpeggiator settings
    • Arpeggiator settings for a program
      • Arpeggiator on/off
      • Arpeggiator settings
      • Linking the arpeggiator to a program
    • Arpeggiator settings in Combination and Sequencer modes
      • Arpeggiator on/off
      • Arpeggiator settings
      • Linking the arpeggiator to the combination
    • Creating a user arpeggio pattern
      • About user arpeggio patterns
      • Editing a user arpeggio pattern
      • Dual arpeggiator editing
    • Synchronizing the arpeggiator
      • Synchronization between arpeggiators A and B
      • Synchronization between the arpeggiators and sequencer in Sequencer mode
      • Synchronization with an external sequencer in Program, Combination, or Sequencer modes
  • Effects settings
    • Effects in each mode
    • Routing settings and effect settings
      • Effect settings for a program
      • Effect settings in combination, and song
      • Effect settings in Sampling mode (requires the EXB-SMPL option)
      • Effect settings for the AUDIO INPUT (requires the EXB-SMPL option)
    • About dynamic modulation (Dmod)
  • Other functions
    • Tuning to another instrument/ Transposing
    • Bypassing the effects
    • Specifying the function of the Assignable Switch and Assignable Pedal
    • Selecting different Velocity and Aftertouch curves
    • Creating original scales
    • Changing the scale
    • Setting the function of [SW1] and [SW2]
    • Setting the B-mode functions of REALTIME CONTROLS [1]–[4]
    • Adjusting the contrast (brightness) of the LCD screen
    • Using this instrument as a data filer
    • Tap tempo control
    • Shortcuts
• Appendices
  • Troubleshooting
  • Specifications and options
    • Specifications
    • Operating requirements for connection to a computer
    • Options
  • MIDI Implementation Chart
  • Index