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Chapter 5. Creating Patches
How to Make the Patch
Settings
Start with an existing Patch and edit it to create a new Patch.
Each Patch can contain up to four Tones. you should listen to
how the individual Tones sound before you edit.
1. Press [PATCH] to access the PATCH PLAY page, and
select the Patch whose settings you wish to modify (p.
29).
You cannot edit the Patches in the PR-H (GM2) group.
If you want to create all your Patches from the ground
up, rather than the Patches that have already been
prepared, carry out the Initialize operation (p. 185).
2. Press [EDIT] to make the indicator light.
3. Use the function buttons to select a display group.
The indicator for the button of the selected display group
begins blinking.
fig.05-01
4. Use or to select a display page.
5. If you have selected a parameter display that can be set
independently for each Tone, the number of the Tone
selected for editing will be shown in the upper left of the
display. To edit a different Tone, press [EDIT] to
temporarily turn off the indicator, and use TONE
SELECT [1]–[4] to select a Tone.
fig.05-02
• For simultaneously modifying the same parameter for
two or more Tones, hold down one of the TONE
SELECT [1]–[4] buttons and press another TONE
SELECT [1]–[4] button, then another if so desired. Tone
numbers other than the first-specified one will be
indicated by an * symbol.
• To switch Tones on/off, turn off the [EDIT] indicator
and then press TONE SWITCH [1]–[4].
6. Use or to move the cursor to the parameter you
wish to modify.
7. Use the VALUE dial, [INC/+]/[DEC/-], or the numeric
keys to modify the parameter value.
If you’ve selected two or more Tones, your editing will
modify the parameter values for all selected Tones by the
same amount.
Four Tips for Editing Patches
Select a Patch that is similar to the sound you wish
to create (p. 29).
It’s hard to create a new sound that’s exactly what you
want if you just select a Patch and modify its parameters
at random. It makes sense to start with a Patch whose
sound is related to what you have in mind.
Decide which Tones will sound (p. 32, p. 81).
When creating a Patch, it is important to decide which
Tones you are going to use. For each Tone, use the TONE
SWITCH [1]–[4] to decide whether to turn it on (have it
sound) or off. It is also important to turn off unused
Tones to avoid wasting voices, unnecessarily reducing
the number of simultaneous notes you can play. A Tone
switches on/off each time its respective button is
pressed. When a Tone’s indicator lights, it’ll sound.
Check the Structure setting (p. 73).
The important Type parameter (PATCH/COMMON/
STRUCT) determines how the four Tones combine.
Before you select new Tones, make sure you understand
how the currently selected Tones are affecting each
other.
Turn Effects off (p. 105).
Since the XV-88 effects have such a profound impact on
its sounds. Turn them off to listen to the sound itself so
you can better evaluate the changes you’re making. Since
you will hear the original sound of the Patch itself when
the effects are turned off, the results of your
modifications will be easier to hear. Actually, sometimes
just changing effects settings can give you the sound you
want.