Roland JD-Xi User Manual

Performing
Playing an Arpeggio
Press the ARPEGGIO [ON] button to make it light; the
arpeggio function turns on.
An “arpeggio” is a performance technique in which the
notes of a chord are played at dierent times.
ARPEGGIO [ON] button
Turns the arpeggio function on/o.
ARPEGGIO [Key Hold] button
Turns the hold function on/o.
1. Press the ARPEGGIO [ON] button so it’s lit.
2. Hold down some notes.
An arpeggio plays.
Selecting an Arpeggio Style
1. Hold down the [Shift] button and press the ARPEGGIO [ON]
button.
2. Use the Cursor [
K
] [
J
] buttons to select (Arpeggio Style).
3. Use the Value [-] [+] buttons to select an arpeggio style.
4. When you’ve nished making the setting, press the [Exit] button
several times to return to the top screen.
Changing the Tempo
1. Turn the tempo knob.
Alternatively, you can set the tempo by pressing the [Tap] button three or
more times at quarter-note intervals of the desired tempo.
MEMO
5 The tempo is saved for each individual program.
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“Saving a Sound (Program) (WRITE)” (p. 9)
5 The tempo setting is shared with the pattern.
Using the Hold function
1. Press the ARPEGGIO [Key Hold] button.
The hold function turns on. If you play a dierent chord while hold is
turned on, the arpeggio also changes.
MEMO
When the arpeggio is o, pressing the ARPEGGIO [Key Hold] button turns
Key Hold on. This lets you sustain the notes as if you were pressing the
damper pedal.
Editing the Arpeggio
1. Hold down the [Shift] button and press the ARPEGGIO [ON]
button.
<ARPEGGIO> 001
Basic 1 (a)
MEMO
This screen also appears if you press the [Menu/Write] button and select
“Arpeggio Edit.”
2. Use the Cursor [
K
] [
J
] buttons to move the cursor to the item that
you want to edit.
3. Use the Value [-] [+] buttons to set the desired value.
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For details on the parameters, refer to “Parameter Guide” (PDF).
4. When you’ve nished making the setting, press the [Exit] button
several times to return to the top screen.
Saving
The sound you create will change if you move a knob or select a dierent
program, and will be lost when you switch o the JD-Xi’s power.
When you’ve created a sound you like, you should save it as a program.
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“Saving a Sound (Program) (WRITE)” (p. 9)
Changing the Keyboard Range in Octave Units
OCTAVE [Down] [Up] buttons
These shift the keyboard in steps of one octave
(maximum ±3 octaves).
If the octave is shifted, the OCTAVE [Down][Up] buttons
are lit.
Pressing the OCTAVE [Down][Up] buttons simultaneously resets the value
to 0.
* The OCTAVE [Down][Up] buttons don’t aect the Drums part.
MEMO
The octave setting can be made individually for each part, and is saved in
the program.
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“Saving a Sound (Program) (WRITE)” (p. 9)
Applying Pitch Bend or Vibrato
[Pitch] wheel
This varies the pitch.
Moving the wheel toward yourself lowers the
pitch. Moving it away from yourself raises the
pitch.
When you release your hand from the wheel, it
returns to the center.
[Mod] wheel
This applies vibrato.
When the wheel is all the way toward yourself, no eect is applied.
Moving the wheel away from yourself increases the eect.
The wheel does not move from its position when you release your hand.
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Roland JD-Xi Specifications

General

Pitch wheel	Yes
Product type	Digital/analog synthesizer
Product color	Black
Sound effects	Compression, Delay, Flanger/Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Phaser, Reverberation
Backlight color	Red
Keyboard number of keys	37
Maximum polyphony (notes)	129
Reverberation effects quantity	6
USB ports quantity	1
Display type	LCD
Display number of lines	2 lines
Display number of characters	16
Power source type	AC

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	245 mm
Width	575 mm
Height	85 mm
Weight	2200 g