Owner's Manual - Roland

Playing a Phrase at the Touch of a Finger (RPS Function)The RPS (Realtime Phrase Sequence) function lets you assignpatterns to the keyboard or Pad, and play a pattern by pressing asingle note.For example, a complex phrase that would be difficult to play livecan be assigned to a note of the keyboard, and played with onefinger at the appropriate moment.Since up to eight patterns can be playing at once, you can createpatterns for separate instruments such as drums, bass, andkeyboard, and combine them to create a new song. This performancecan also be recorded, allowing you to use it in a way similar tophrase sampling.fig.21-001.eSongPhrase track 16Phrase track 15Settings for the RPS FunctionYou can assign a pattern to each note of the keyboard, and specifyhow the pattern will be played. These settings are madeindependently for each song, and will be saved when you save thesong in MRC Pro song format.In order to make RPS settings, you must first load a song intoTemporary Area.1. Holding down [SHIFT] and pressing [RPS].The RPS Setup screen appears.fig.21-002_50Phrase track 2Phrase track 1Pattern trackPattern1Pattern2Pattern99Pattern100In this screen you can set various parameters related to the RPSfunction.Before You Use the RPSFunctionRecord a PatternBefore you use the RPS function, you must record the desired phrasein a pattern. For details on recording, refer to “Recording YourPerformance as You Play It (Realtime Recording)” (p. 170) or“Inputting Data One Step at a Time (Step Recording)” (p. 174).Only note messages should be recorded in a pattern. If a largeamount of MIDI data is recorded in a pattern, using RPS to playback the pattern can cause notes to be delayed. MIDI messagesother than note messages should be recorded in a phrase track.2. Use [CURSOR] to move the cursor to each parameter, andturn the VALUE dial or press [INC]/[DEC] to make thesetting.Pattern parameter, Playback Mode parameter, and Mute Groupparameter are set for each key. Although the Fantom-X6 has a61-note keyboard and the Fantom-X7 has a 76-note keyboard,you can also make settings for all keys in the range of E0 to G9.Setting for the Trigger Quantize parameter is for the entire song.• Trigger QuantizeThis parameter specifies how pattern playback is to begin whena key is pressed during song playback or recording.ValueREAL:BEAT:MEASURE:The pattern will begin playing at the momentyou press the key.If the song is being played or recorded, thepattern will begin playing at the beginning ofthe next beat if you press the key in the middleof the beat.If the song is being played or recorded, thepattern will begin playing at the beginning ofthe next measure if you press the key in themiddle of the measure.203