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Playing Sounds
Playing Sounds
Choosing Patches by Category
On the XV-2020, Patches are grouped into categories, such as “piano” and “guitar.” 
You can easily change to the category you like and select Patches with the 
[CATEGORY/BANK] knob.
Procedure
fig.01-09
1. Press [VALUE], so the PATCH indicator lights up
Press [VALUE] several times, until the PATCH indicator lights up.
2.
Rotate the [CATEGORY/BANK] knob to select the Patch category group.
fig.01-10
3. Turn [VALUE] to choose the Patch.
* You can listen to the selected patch sound by holding down [VOLUME].
At this time, the currently selected bank and the patch number appear in alternation on the 
display.
You can select the following categories.
Category 
Group
XV Editor 
Display
Category Contents
PIANO PNO AC.PIANO Acoustic Piano
EP EL.PIANO Electric Piano
KEY&ORGAN KEY KEYBOARDS Other Keyboards (Clav, Harpsichord, etc.)
BEL BELL Bell, Bell Pad
MLT MALLET Mallet
ORG ORGAN Electric and Church Organ
ACD ACCORDION Accordion
HRM HARMONICA Harmonica, Blues Harp
GTR/BS AGT AC.GUITAR Acoustic Guitar
EGT EL.GUITAR Electric Guitar
DGT DIST.GUITAR Distortion Guitar
BS BASS Acoustic and Electric Bass
SBS SYNTH BASS Synth Bass
OCH/BRS STR STRINGS Strings
OCH ORCHESTRA Orchestra Ensemble
HIT HIT&STAB Orchestra Hit, Hit
WND WIND Winds (Oboe, Clarinet, etc.)
FLT FLUTE Flute, Piccolo
BRS AC.BRASS Acoustic Brass
SBR SYNTH BRASS Synth Brass
SAX SAX Sax
1, 3
2
When you select a category 
group, the Patches are 
shown in the order PST-A–
D, GM, EXP-A, EXP-B, and 
USER.
Turning the [VALUE] 
rapidly makes the value 
change in large increments. 
Also, you can go to the first 
patch of each category by 
pressing in [VALUE] while 
you rotate it.
The indicator at the lower 
right of the patch number 
lights up when the first 
patch in any category is 
called up.