Roland VR-700 Organ Sounds and Ensemble Sounds, Pedal Part, When using a pedal keyboard

Playing the VR-700

Pedal Part

To turn on the Split function, hold down the [LOWER] and [UPPER] buttons, and press the [SPLIT] button; the higher range of the keyboard will play the upper part, and the lower range of the keyboard will play the pedal part.

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Pedal part Upper part

If you hold down the [LOWER] button and press the [SPLIT] button, the higher range of the keyboard will play the upper part, and the lower range of the keyboard will play the lower part.

When using a pedal keyboard

If you connect a pedal keyboard to the rear panel MIDI PEDAL IN connector, you can use your pedal keyboard to play the pedal part.

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Upper part

MIDI

Pedal keyboard

Pedal part

For details on connecting your pedal keyboard, refer to “Connecting a Pedal Keyboard” (p. 20).

Organ Sounds and Ensemble Sounds

Organ sounds

You can play different organ sounds from each of the VR-700’s three parts.

The upper, lower, and pedal parts correspond to the upper organ, lower organ, and pedal organ sounds, respectively.

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Lower organ	Upper organ
Pedal keyboard

Pedal organ

Ensemble sounds

In addition to organ sounds, you can also play ensemble sounds (p. 46). The VR-700 contains various ensemble sounds. You can play two ensemble sounds simultaneously.

The two ensemble sounds can be assigned to any desired parts.

The illustration below is a conceptual diagram of sounds assigned to the upper part and lower part.

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Ensemble sound 1	Ensemble sound 2
Lower organ	Upper organ
Pedal keyboard
Pedal organ

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