Roland XPS-10 - Creating an Original Scale; Recalling a User Scale

Playing the XPS-10
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Creating an Original Scale
You can adjust the pitch of each note from C through B in units of one cent.
The pitch you specify for each note is applied to that note for all octaves.
You can store and recall a scale that you’ve created.
1. Press the [MENU] button.
The Menu screen appears.
2. Use the CURSOR [
K
] [
J
] buttons to select “SCALE EDIT,”
and press the [ENTER] button.
SCALE EDIT:
K
E : -20
J
3. Use the CURSOR [
K
] [
J
] buttons to successively select
each of the 12 notes from C to B, and use the VALUE [-] [+]
buttons to edit their pitch.
You can also use the keyboard to select a note to edit.
Value: -64–+63
Quarter Tone settings
1. In the SCALE EDIT screen, hold down the OCTAVE
[DOWN] button and play a note on the keyboard.
The pitch of the note you played is attened by 1/4 semitone (-50
cents).
Once again hold down the OCTAVE [DOWN] button and play the
same note to restore it to its original pitch.
2. In the SCALE EDIT screen, hold down the OCTAVE
[UP] button and play a note on the keyboard.
The pitch of the note you played is sharpened by 1/4 semitone (+50
cents).
Once again hold down the OCTAVE [UP] button and play the same
note to restore it to its original pitch.
4. When you’ve nished making settings, hold down the
[SHIFT] button and press the [MENU] (WRITE) button.
5. Use the VALUE [-] [+] buttons to select the save-
destination number, and press the [ENTER] button.
You can save your settings in buttons [1]–[9].
To: USER 1
[ENT]:Y [EXIT]:N
Recalling a User Scale
Here’s how to recall a user scale.
1. Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the [TRANSPOSE]
button.
User Scale:
OFF
The currently selected scale is shown. In the normal state, this indicates
OFF.
2. Press a button [1]–[9].
The scale switches to the user scale that was stored.
To return to the normal state (OFF), press the button that’s lit when the
User Scale screen is shown.
MEMO
. If a user scale is selected, the user scale does not change even if you
switch patches or performances.
. User Scale returns to OFF when you turn o the power.
. If no user scale is registered to the button that you press, equal
temperament is selected.