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Keyboard Sens (Keyboard sensitivity)

Specifies keyboard touch.

LIGHT

: Light

MEDIUM

: Normal

HEAVY

: Heavy

Keyboard Velocity

Specifies the velocity value to be transmitted when you play

the keyboard. If you want actual keyboard velocity to be

transmitted, set this to REAL. For a fixed velocity value to be

transmitted regardless of how you play, specify value

desired.

Aftertouch Sens (Aftertouch sensitivity)

Specifies aftertouch sensitivity. Higher values allow after-

touch to be easier applied. Default setting is 100.

✳

If “Internal Memory Full!” appears during song

recording, it may be helpful to reset this parameter to a

smaller value.

Adjusting tuning (Tune)

Tune display

On this display you can tune the XP-80 and change the scale

of the keyboard.

Master Tune

Sets overall tuning of the XP-80’s sound source. A4 key fre-

quency is displayed as the tuning value.

Master Key Shift

Specifies sound source’s scale pitch in semitones.

Switch (Scale tune switch)

Set this parameter ON when playing the keyboard in a scale

other than equal temperament.

Scale Tune

You can set the scale graphically on the display. To set a

scale, specify the amount of pitch to be shifted for each note

relative to the pitch of the equal temperament scale in 1-cent

units.

Two scales can be set – one for Patch mode, and the other

one for Performance, Rhythm Set and GM modes.

When setting the keyboard scale in Patch mode, press [SYS-

TEM] in Patch mode and press [F2] (Tune) to call up the

Tune display. Tuning the notes of a single octave (C–B) will

tune the pitch of all octaves. When setting a scale in other

modes, press [SYSTEM] in the respective mode and press

[F2] (Tune) to call up the Tune display. If the notes of a sin-

gle octave (C–B) are tuned, the pitch of all octaves (for the

Part currently selected) will be tuned. To set pitch tuning for

another Part, select the Part by pressing the corresponding

TRACK/PART [1]–[16] button.

✳

1 cent is 1/100th of a semitone.

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This scale divides an octave into 12 equal parts for the tun-

ing system that is most widely used in Western music. The

XP-80 employs equal temperament when the Switch para-

meter is set OFF.

With this tuning, the three fundamental chords sound richer

compared to equal temperament. This effect only applies to

one key, and transposition makes the chord ambiguous.

In this scale, E and B are a quarter-note lower and C#, F# and

G# are quarter-note higher compared to equal temperament.

The intervals between G and B, C and E, F and G#, A# and

C#, and D# and F# have a natural third (the interval between

a major third and a minor third). With the XP-80, you can

play Arabian scale in G, C and F keys.

(Examples)

Note Equal Pure temperament Arabian scale

name temperament (tonic C)

C0 0 -6

C# 0 -8 +45

D0 +4 -2

D# 0 +16 -12

E 0 -14 -51

F 0 -2 -8

F# 0 -10 +43

G0 +2 -4

G# 0 +14 +47

A 0 -16 0

A# 0 +14 -10

B 0 -12 -49

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Chapter 3. Creating your own sounds

[SYSTEM]

➞

[F2] (Tune)

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