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RPS (Realtime Phrase Sequencing) lets you play back

Patterns simply by pressing keyboard keys assigned to the

Patterns.

For example, if you use RPS to assign an intricate Phrase that

is difficult to play during a live performance to a key, you

could play it perfectly simply by pressing that single key at

the right point during the performance.

RPS allows you to play up to eight Patterns at once so you

can create individual drum, bass, keyboard, etc. Patterns and

combine them to create a new song. You can also record the

performance using RPS for phrase sampling.

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Getting ready to use RPS

Before using RPS, you first have to record the necessary

Phrases in Patterns (p. 106, p. 113).

Once Patterns are ready, assign a Pattern to each key and

specify how the Pattern will play back. As this setting can be

saved as part of song data, you can enjoy playback with RPS

at any time.

RPS parameters

<Key= >

The current note name is displayed.

✳ The Pattern, Playback Mode and Mute Group parame-

ters must be set for each key. The XP-80 is equipped

with a 76-note keyboard, but you’re able to set this

parameter to any note from C-1 to C9.

Pattern

Selects the Pattern to be assigned to each key. The pattern

name will appear in parentheses ().

Keys for which no Pattern will be assigned should be kept

OFF.

Select STOP and that key will stop playback of the Patterns

being played back by RPS (stop trigger).

✳ The display graphically indicates keyboard assign-

ments. A “■” symbol will show the set keys, “|” the

keys for which Patterns are assigned, and “+” for the

key set to STOP. Keys not indicated are set OFF.

Playback Mode

Specifies how the Pattern will play back.

LOOP1: The Pattern will continue to repeat as long as the

key is pressed.

LOOP2: The Pattern will begin playback when the key is

pressed and continue to repeat. To stop playback, either

press the stop trigger key or press the same key again.

ONCE: The Pattern will play back once when the key is

pressed.

Mute Group

This function prevents same group Patterns from sounding

at the same time. In an actual performance, a fill-in and

bridge is never played at the same time. You can make sure

this will never happen if you set the fill and bridge to the

same Mute Group number.

You can set up to 32 Mute Groups. If you don’t want to use a

Mute Group, set this parameter to OFF.

✳ Individual settings for the following parameters can be

created for each song.

Trigger Quantize

Selects how the Pattern will begin playing back when the

key is pressed.

REAL: When the key is pressed, the Pattern will immediate-

ly start to play back.

BEAT: When the key is pressed in the middle of a beat (dur-

ing song playback), the Pattern will begin playing back from

the beginning of the next beat.

MEASURE: When the key is pressed in the middle of a mea-

sure (during song playback), the Pattern will begin playing

back from the beginning of the next measure.

Velocity Sens (Velocity sensitivity)

To play back a Pattern retaining the recording volume level,

set this parameter OFF.

To change the volume level of a Pattern by key press

strength, set this parameter to LOW (low volume), MID

(medium volume) or HIGH (high volume).

✳ The Velocity Sens parameter settings will be retained

until it is reset next time.

❶ Make sure that the Play display (SEQ(Song)) is up.

❷ Move the cursor to the song number and select the

song which needs an RPS setup.

❸ Press [F1] (Setup).

❹ Press [F4] (RPS) to call up the RPS Setup display.

✳ If you have selected a song previously saved to disk in

step 2, a window asks “This Song is not Internal Song.

Load anyway?” If you want to erase the song from the

internal memory and load the new song, press [F5]

(OK). If you decide not to erase the song from the

internal memory, press [F6] (Cancel).

❺ Select the key (note) to which you want to assign a

Pattern by pressing that key on the XP-80’s keyboard.

✳ You can also select a key by pressing TONE SELECT

[1]–[4]. To select a key that is outside XP-80 keyboard

range, use these buttons.

❻ Move the cursor to “Pattern” and select the Pattern

you want to assign.

❼ Move the cursor to “Playback Mode” and select how

the Pattern will play back.

❽ Move the cursor to “Mute Group” and group the

Pattern.

❾ Repeat steps 5 to 8 to perform settings for each key.

❿ Move the cursor to “Trigger Quantize” and specify the

Measure number

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