Roland JD-Xi Tutorial: how to make an 8 measures Loop song from scratch. 

@@palerider_New80s_music It really was! I have to stop every now and then to see what you're doing exactly! :)

@@palerider_New80s_music Thanks for the vid. I'm not a keyboardist but picked one of these up and love this little thing. I don't know of anything else like it on the market. Was looking at the jd xa also. Main thing I picked it up was being able to play along with my guitar using the sequencer. I seen a lot of negitive comments on these but again I love this thing. I guess for a professional it would not be to par. For some reason I'm having issues on saving multiple tracks to favorites. Thanks again for vid, much appreciated!

Hi. Rule #1 in the JD-Xi: Save any change or it will be lost", A Track or "Program" is saved by saving the 4 parts that make that program. Let's say you choose Program F25 to make a Track. Any pattern, arpeggio, tone, Fxs, or whatever you make, change or create will be stored in that particular program F25. Just press SHIFT+ WRITTING/MENU button, and then press "ENTER"". If you create a new bass tone in that program, you will find it stored in the F25 program, but it's not added to a bass bank.

@@palerider_New80s_music thanks for taking the time to explain this, so much to learn! Really appreciate it 👍🎹

When you make a sequence, the tempo is not the one are playing, but the b.p.m in the set up. If you want to make a sequence in the tempo you play it, use the real time rec method in 1,2 or 4 measures and loop it.

Maybe you forgot to save the drums pattern.

@palerider_New80s_music I think you are right. I've only just started learning how to piece together full songs using favourites etc. Not had the synth for long. On the surface it looks like a groove box toy, but now I've seen some RU-vid videos, I'm starting to realise it's a very detailed machine under the hood. I'm very impressed with it. So is it a case of using shift and saving each sequence in each of the 16 Favourites buttons. Thanks again 😎👍 EDIT: Sorry, I mean are there other ways to layer the sequences together for playback other than Favourites?

@judgeberry6071 Not in this synth. The JD-Xi has not a Song mode. To create full songs with up to 8/16 tracks, you’d scale to upper synths like the Fantom series.

@@palerider_New80s_music Ah OK. Thanks for your help 👍