User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Quick Start
- Turning the power on/off
- Listening to the demo songs
- Selecting and playing a program
- Selecting and playing a combination
- Using controllers to modify the sound
- Using the arpeggiator while you play
- Playing with the RPPR (Realtime Pattern Play/Recording) function
- Simple program editing
- Simple combination editing
- Sampling (recording a sample)
- Basic functions
- Saving data
- Restoring the factory settings
- 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
- How a combination is organized
- Sequencer mode
- Sampling mode
- Global mode
- Media mode
- Arpeggiator settings
- Effects settings
- 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

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Basic functions...........................42
Saving data.....................................42
Types of data that can be saved ................42
Writing to internal memory .......................43
Writing a program or combination........... 43
Writing global settings, user drum kits, and
user arpeggio patterns............................45
Saving on external media..........................46
MIDI data dump........................................47
Restoring the factory settings............48
Loading the preloaded data.......................48
Program mode ................................49
How a program is organized.....................49
Basic program editing ...............................49
Oscillator settings ........................................50
Controller settings .......................................51
Pitch settings.................................................51
Filter settings................................................52
Amplifier settings........................................ 54
LFO settings..................................................55
Arpeggiator settings.................................... 55
BUS settings..................................................55
Insert Effect settings .................................... 55
Master Effect settings.................................. 55
More about Alternate Modulation..............56
Auto Song Setup function ..........................56
Combination mode ..........................57
How a combination is organized ...............57
Basic combination editing...........................57
Timbre 1–8 program, pan and volume..... 58
Controller settings .......................................59
Settings for status, MIDI channel, and
playing mode........................................... 59
Note timing and scale settings...................60
Layer and split settings...............................60
Velocity switch settings ..............................61
MIDI filter settings.......................................61
Arpeggiator settings.................................... 61
Bus settings...................................................61
Insert Effect settings .................................... 61
Master Effect settings.................................. 61
Auto Song Setup function ..........................62
Sequencer mode..............................63
Features of the sequencer..........................63
The structure of Sequencer mode ...............64
Songs..............................................................64
Patterns.......................................................... 64
Cue List..........................................................64
Producing a song......................................65
Creating the basic song ...............................65
Song editing methods..................................71
Creating and playing a Cue List................73
Creating and recording RPPR (Realtime Pattern
Play/Record) ............................................75
Creating RPPR data.....................................75
RPPR playback .............................................76
Realtime-recording an RPPR
performance.............................................76
Recording the sound of a combination or
program...................................................77
Auto Song Setup function...........................77
Copy From Combi (Sequencer mode page
menu commands)....................................78
Caution and other functions in Sequencer
mode .......................................................80
Recording on the TR..................................81
Recording a track,
and recording a pattern..........................81
Sampling mode............................... 86
Features of EXB-SMPL ...............................86
How Sampling mode is organized.............87
In Sampling mode........................................87
Samples and Multisamples.........................87
Sampling..................................................88
Preparations for sampling ..........................88
Manual sampling .........................................89
Auto sampling..............................................90
Creating multisample indexes and
sampling...................................................91
Loop settings ............................................92
The grid display...........................................92
Sample (waveform data) editing................93
Multisample editing ..................................94
Editing the indices .......................................94
Modifying the settings of an index............94
Converting a multisample to a program.....94
Using Time Slice to divide a sample and play it
in Sequencer mode...................................95
Global mode................................... 97
Creating a drum kit...................................97
About drum kits...........................................97
Editing a drum kit........................................98
Media mode.................................. 100
How Media mode is organized................100
Media that can be used..............................100
Formatting media ...................................100
SD card handling....................................100
About the write protect setting of an
SD card..................................................100