Roland CUBE-80XL Setup guide

ROLAND CUBE-80XL
TRAINING GUIDE
Contents
1. FEATURES
2. NOW TO DEMO THE CUBE-80XL
3. FIVE FEATURES TO KNOW and SHOW
4. ACCESSORIES
5. CUBE-80XL COSM AMPS and EFFECTS

Roland CUBE-80XL Training Guide
1. FEATURES
Very powerful 80 watt, 1 x 12” speaker DSP combo amp with
tons of features
Eleven COSM models of famous amplifier tones: JC Clean,
Acoustic Sim, Black Panel, DLX Combo, Brit Combo,
Tweed, Classic Stack, Metal, R-Fier, Extreme, Dyna Amp
Dyna Amp produces overdrive controlled by picking strength
Five EFX effects: chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo, Heavy
Octave
80-second Looper with Tap Tempo
Separate delay w/ tap-tempo and reverb w/ two types:
Spring and Plate
Solo Channel w/ memory for instant recall of favorite tones
from Clean and Lead channels
Four band EQ: Bass, Middle, Treble and Presence
Built-in automatic chromatic guitar tuner
Six Footswitchable functions: channel select, EFX on/off,
Looper controls, delay, rev, SOLO
EXT Speaker jack for connecting to external speakers: 2x12,
4x12, etc.
1/8” stereo MP-3/CD aux input
1/4” headphones/line output
$492.50 List, $369 MAP

Roland CUBE-80XL Training Guide
2. HOW TO DEMO THE CUBE-80XL
The Quick Demo is a way to get a customer interested in a product in less than
60 seconds.
The Quick Demo: Show the Sound and Power
STEP ONE-Tune Up
1. Press and hold the TUNER button for about one second. The red LED will
flash.
2. Tune each string. The green LED indicates correct pitch.
3. Press TUNER again to exit Tuner mode.
STEP TWO-Show the Sounds
1. Press the SELECT Button to select the LEAD channel. The right red LED
will light up.
2. Select a lead tone, such as TWEED, CLASSIC STACK or EXTREME.

Roland CUBE-80XL Training Guide
3. Set the GAIN to about 5 or higher.
4. Play some heavy chords or leads.
5. Experiment with the EQUALIZER, EFX, DELAY and REVERB to check
out their sounds.
6. Try some other LEAD Tones.
STEP THREE-Show the LOOPER
1. Turn the DELAY/LOOPER knob to select LOOPER.
2. Turn the LOOPER volume all the way up.
3. Press the REC/PLAY/DUB button. It will flash, indicating it is armed and
ready to record.

Roland CUBE-80XL Training Guide
4. Play a phrase. The LOOPER will automatically start recording when you
start to play.
5. Press REC/PLAY/DUB to end recording and begin playback.
6. Press SOLO ON/OFF to turn on SOLO.
7. Press REC/PLAY/DUB to record over the first loop with the SOLO sound.
8. Press REC/PLAY/DUB to play back both phrases.
9. Press TAP/STOP to stop the loops.

Roland CUBE-80XL Training Guide
3. FIVE THINGS TO KNOW and SHOW
1. Tons of features in powerful stage-ready amp
2. Eleven famous COSM amp sounds from clean to extreme
3. 80-second Looper for real-time phrase recording
4. SOLO provides instant recalls of favorite CLEAN and LEAD
settings
5. Six footswitchable functions allow use as real-time multi-
effect plus EXT jack for driving external speakers
4. ACCESSORIES
1. 6 x BOSS FS-5U Footswitches or 3 x BOSS FS-6 Footswitches
2. 3 x Roland PCS-31L or other insert cable
3. Roland RH-5, RH-200 or other headphones
5. COSM AMPS and EFFECTS
NAME AMP
JC CLEAN Roland JC-120
ACOUSTIC SIM Roland AC-60 w/ BOSS AC-3 Acoustic Simulator
BLACK PANEL Fender Twin Reverb
DLX COMBO Fender Deluxe Reverb
BRIT COMBO Vox AC-30TB
TWEED Fender Bassman 4 x 10
CLASSIC STACK Marshall Plexi
METAL STACK Peavey EVH-5150
R-FIER STACK Boogie Dual Rectifier
EXTREME Original Roland ultra-gain amp
DYNA AMP Original Roland dynamic amp

Roland CUBE-80XL Training Guide
EFX ORIGINAL
Chorus BOSS CH-1
Flanger BOSS FL-3
Phaser BOSS PH-3
Tremolo BOSS TR-2
Heavy Octave BOSS OC-3
Delay w/ Tap Tempo BOSS DD-7
Spring Reverb BOSS FRV-1
Plate Reverb BOSS RV-5