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Try Out the Sounds
Switching Modes
In addition to Patch mode, the XV-5080 also features three other modes: Performance
mode, Rhythm Set mode, and GM2 mode. Let’s try switching the modes and listen
to the sounds in each one.
You can easily switch modes simply by pressing the MODE button (PERFORM/
PATCH/RHYTHM/GM) for each mode.
fig.00-021.e
PERFORM (Performance Mode)
In this mode, the XV-5080 functions as a multi-timbral sound generator, and
Performance settings can be modified. If you’re using an external MIDI device to
control the XV-5080 in this mode, it will function as a multi-timbral sound generator.
PATCH (Patch Mode)
In this mode, you can play an individual Patch from the keyboard or modify Patch
settings. If you’re using an external MIDI device to control the XV-5080 in this mode,
it will function as a single-patch sound generator.
RHYTHM (Rhythm Set Mode)
This is how you can play a Rhythm Set from the keyboard and modify the Rhythm
Set settings. As with Patches, the XV-5080 can also be used as a sound module for
playing individual Rhythm Sets when controlled with an external MIDI device. You
can also modify Rhythm Sets in this mode, as well as their effects. XV-5080 Rhythm
Sets can also be used for any Part in a Performance when in Performance mode.
GM (General MIDI2 Mode)
General MIDI is a set of recommendations which seeks to provide a way to go
beyond the limitations of proprietary designs, and standardize the MIDI capabilities
of sound generating devices. Sound generating devices and music files that meet the
General MIDI standard bear the General MIDI logo ( ). Music files bearing the
General MIDI logo can be played back using any General MIDI sound generating
unit to produce essentially the same musical performance.
The upwardly compatible General MIDI 2 ( ) recommendations pick up
where the original General MIDI left off, offering enhanced expressive capabilities,
and even greater compatibility. Issues that were not covered by the original General
MIDI recommendations, such as how sounds are to be edited, and how effects
should be handled, have now been precisely defined. Moreover, the available
sounds have been expanded. General MIDI 2 compliant sound generators are
capable of reliably playing back music files that carry either the General MIDI or
General MIDI 2 logo. In some cases, the conventional form of General MIDI, which
does not include the new enhancements, is referred to as “General MIDI 1” as a
wayof distinguishing it from General MIDI 2.
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