Names and functions of buttons and controls, Front panel, E. [f1]–[f6] (function buttons) – Roland XP-80 User Manual
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Front panel
A. SOUND PALETTE section
Use the four sliders to modify sounds in real time.
[FILTER/ENV]
Press this button ON when modifying filter and/or
envelope settings in real time using the four sliders.
[LEVEL]
Press this button ON when adjusting volume balance
in real time using the four sliders.
B. KEY EFFECTS section
The buttons in this section allow you to assign various
functions to the keys of the XP-80’s keyboard.
[RPS]
Switches RPS on/off.
[ARPEGGIO]
Switches Arpeggiator on/off.
[PORTAMENTO]
Switches Portamento on/off.
[SOLO]
Specifies playing a single note at a time.
[TRANSPOSE]
Specifies transposing the keyboard in semitone steps.
[+OCT], [-OCT]
These buttons adjust the pitch of the keyboard in
octave steps.
Pressing either of these buttons while holding down
[TRANSPOSE] allows you to set the desired amount
of transposition.
C. MODE section
The buttons in this section select modes. The button
indicator of the selected mode will light.
D. EFFECTS section
The buttons in this section turn their respective inter-
nal effects (EFX, Chorus and Reverb) on/off.
[EFX]
Switches the multiple effects unit (EFX) on/off.
[CHORUS]
Switches Chorus on/off.
[REVERB]
Switches Reverb on/off.
E. [F1]–[F6] (Function buttons)
Each of these buttons corresponds to a function indi-
cated at the display bottom. The functions of these
buttons change depending on the selected mode or the
current display.
F.
[LOCAL/TX/RX]
This button opens the LOCAL/TX/RX window for
switching Local, Transmit and Receive switches
on/off.
[EXIT]/[PANIC]
The function of this button changes depending on
whether you hold down [SHIFT] or not.
EXIT: Press this button to return to the Play display of
a mode, or when you want to cancel the current opera-
tion.
PANIC: If notes stick or do not sound, hold down
[SHIFT] and press this.
GM
PANIC
F
1
EFFECTS
MODE
SOUND P
SOUND
P
ALE
ALETTE
TE
KEY EFFECTS
F
2
F
3
F
4
F
5
F
6
EXIT
CHAIN PLAY
SEQUENCER
RHYTHM
PATCH
UNDO/REDO
l
LOCATE
+
OCT
-
OCT
TRANSPOSE
PORTAMENTO
SOLO
ARPEGGIO
REVERB
CHORUS
EFX
SOUND LIST
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
TRACK/PART
TRACK/PART
BANK
NUMBER
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
LOCAL / TX / RX
PERFORM
FILTER / ENV
l
LEVEL
UTILITY
SYSTEM
DISK
RPS
FILTER/ENV
l
LEVEL
1
DECAY
RESO.
ATTACK
CUTOFF
2
3
4
PART
TEMPO/BEAT
PATTERN
TONE SWITCH
TONE SELECT
DEMO
A
B
C
D
G
E
K
F
F
a/b/c/d
Names and functions of buttons and controls