Roland JX-8P - Operation - Performance Controls Part 1; Tone Color Selection; Pitch Bender and After Touch

A.
SELECTING A
TONE
COLOR
B.
PERFORMANCE
CONTROL
SECTION
Any
tone color
can be
recalled by
using
the Bank
Selector
Button
©
and the
Tone Selector
Button
©.
There are
four
Banks in the
JX-8P as
follows.
P
:
32 Preset tone
colors
which
cannot be
erased
from
memory
-
P : 32
Preset
tone
colors
which
cannot be
erased
from memory
1
: 32 tone
colors in the
Internal
Memory
C
:
32
tone colors in
the
Cartridge
Memory
In each bank
ofPand-
preprogrammed.
there
are
32
tone
colors
All the tone
colors can be
edited
to
your taste,
but
the
Preset tone
colors
cannot be
erased
for new pat-
ches.
Other 64 tone
colors in
the
internal memory
and cartridge
can be
replaced
with
new
patches by
the
writing operation.
The
Memory
Cartridge
can be
easily
connected
or
disconnected,
therefore,
can be
effectively
used
to
expand
the
memory
of the
JX-8P.
Operation to
select a
tone
color
®
Assign the
bank
you
want by
pressing
the rele-
vant
Bank
Selector
Button
(D.
Press
the Preset
Button,
and
the
Bank
P
and
-Pare
alternately
selected.
®
Assign
the
number
of the
tone
color you
wish
to
call by
pressing
the
relevant
Tone
Selector
But-
ton
©.
1)
Pitch
Bender /LFO
Lever
Move this lever
to
change
the
pitch.
Guitar's bend-
ing
like effect
can be
obtained. At
its
center
posi-
tion,
this has
no effect
on the
JX-8P's
sound,
while
the
left
and right
extremes
of movement
achieve
the
same
amount
of the
pitch
bend effect.
The
maximum
effect
of the bender can be
optional
with the
Bend
Range
Switch
®;
Major 2nd,
MinorSrd, Major
3rd,
and
Perfect 5th.
Pushing this lever
forward
will
result
in vibrato ef-
fect.
If the sound has no
vibrato,
the
sound
will take
on
usual
vibrato effect,
and if the
sound already
takes
on
vibrato,
the
effect will
be
deepened.
2)
After Touch
After Touch
is the
effect
caused by
pressing down
a
key
hard after
pressing
the key
in
usual
manner.
The
JX-8P's
After
Touch
can
change
any of the
following
3
effects.
Vibrato
The vibrato
effect is
deepened.
Brilliance
The higher
frequency
is
emphasized,
therefore
the
sound
becomes
brighter.
Volume
The volume
is
increased.
Operation
for After
Touch
®
Select
the effect on
which you
wish to
have the
After Touch
effect, by
pushing the
After
Touch But-
ton
®.
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The
indicator
lights up.
®
Adjust
the intensity
of the
After
Touch
effect
by
using the
After Touch
Knob ®.
When this
knob is
set
to
zero,
there
is no
after
touch
effect
obtained.
More
than
one effect
cannot
be
obtained
at a
time.