Roland VK-8 owner manual Adding Crispness to the Sound Percussion, Second Second Percussion button

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Playing the Organ

Adding Crispness to the Sound (Percussion)

Percussion adds an attack-type sound to the beginning of the note to give the sound more crispness. When you play legato (smoothly and connectedly), percussion will be added only to the first-played note. When you play staccato (articulating each note separately), percussion will be added to all notes.

[SECOND] (Second Percussion) button

This button switches Second Percussion on/off.

Button

Explanation

Percussion will sound at the same pitch as the 4' harmonic bar.

Lit (ON)

Second percussion will not sound.

Dark (OFF)

[THIRD] (Third Percussion) button

This button switches Third Percussion on/off.

Button

Explanation

Percussion will sound at the same pitch as the 2-2/3' har- monic bar.

Lit (ON)

Third percussion will not sound.

Dark (OFF)

Percussion can be added only to the upper part of organ voices. It cannot be added to the lower part of organ voices, nor to the pedal part or other tones.

When percussion is on, the 1' pitch will not be produced.

NOTE

It is not possible to select both [SECOND] and [THIRD] simultaneously.

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Contents Conventions Used in This Manual Dark blinkImportant Safety Instructions Page Using the Unit Safely Important Notes Contents Troubleshooting Memo Main Features Panel Descriptions 19 -8 button Other Tones Level knobPedal button Lower buttonPower switch Midi Keyboard in connectorMidi Pedal in connector Rotary Tone Cabinet connectorAbout the Virtual Tonewheel Sound Generator How the VK-8 WorksHow the Organ Sound are Created How the Other Tones are Created Vibrato and ChorusHarmonic bars Amp Type Rotary, Overdrive, ToneAbout the Memories Preset memorySystem memory Connecting the Power Cord Before You Begin PlayingConnecting Your Amp, Speakers, or Headphones TRSConnecting the Pedal Keyboard Connecting an Expression Pedal or Pedal SwitchBefore You Begin Playing Restoring the Factory Settings Factory Reset Press the Preset button to make its indicator light Listening to the Demo SongsPress the Split button Demo Song Song Name Copyright NumberListening to Various Sounds Playing the OrganPlay the keyboard to hear the sound you selected Press the H-BAR Manual button to make its indicator light About the Organ VoiceMove the harmonic bars to edit the sound p Button PartAdjusting the Sound in Real Time Harmonic Bars 5th Root 8th 12th 15th 17th 19th 22nd Below Playing the Organ What Are Feet? Changing the Organ Sound Wheel Type, Leakage Level Tone Wheel typeLeakage Noise Turn the Leakage knobSecond Second Percussion button Adding Crispness to the Sound PercussionThird Third Percussion button Soft Soft Percussion button Slow Slow Percussion button Fast PercussionAdding Modulation to the Sound Vibrato and Chorus C-2, C-3Using the Cosm Rotary Speaker Effect Rotary Sound SLOW/FAST buttonBrake button Rotary on buttonChanging the Amp Type Amp Type Overdrive, Tone Changing the virtual ampAdding distortion to the sound-Overdrive Changing Sound CharactersUsing the D Beam Controller to Produce Common Organ Effects Press D Beam on button to make its indicator lightStopping the rotation of the tone wheels Wheel Brake Giving the sound a metallic character Ring ModulatorSpring Reverb Shock Adjusting the Sensitivity of the D Beam Controller Manually adjusting the sensitivity of the D Beam controllerAdding Ambience Reverb Press the Reverb button to switch the reverb typesChanging the Reverb Type Press the Split button to make its indicator light Dividing the Keyboard SplitChanging the Split Point Lower Part Upper PartUsing the Expression Pedal Using the Active Expression FunctionApplying the Active Expression Function to the Organ Voice Applying the Active Expression Function to the Other TonesUsing a Control Pedal Preset button’s indicator is dark Button ParameterAssigning a Function to the Control Pedal Rotary SLOW/FASTPreset UP Other Tones GlideOverdrive Other TonesUsing the Hold Pedal to Sustain the Sound Turn the Other Tones Level knob to adjust the volume Playing Other TonesLayering Other Tones with Organ Sounds Layer Button TonePlaying Other Tones Saving Your Settings Preset Preset contains the following settingsSaving to a Preset in the Same Bank Saving to a Preset in Another BankCopying a preset Selecting the copy-source presetAdvanced Use Basic ProcedureAbout the Edit Modes If the setting is an on or OFF switch Advanced UsePreset button’s indicator extinguished Button Parameter Rotary-related SettingsPreset button’s indicator lighted Button Parameter Rotary Woofer Level Click Noise and Percussion Settings On Click LevelMIDI-related Settings When setting things other than the Midi channelConnecting/disconnecting the sound generator and keyboard Adding Midi Thru functionality to the Midi OUT connectorSetting Explanation OFFWhen making Midi channel settings Drum Midi CH. Drum Midi Channel Initial setting 10 chEqualizer and Other Settings EQ Bass -5-0-+5EQ Middle -5-0-+5 EQ Treble -5-0-+5Effect and Other Settings Switching the polarity of the control pedalSwitching the polarity of the Hold pedal Transposing the entire VK-8 KEY Transpose -6-0-+5Reverb Time Selecting the part that will play the Other TonesSLOW/FAST ContinuousChanging the function of the Midi in connectors SUB About MidiAbout Midi Channel KeyboardUsing the VK-8 with a Dual Keyboard Connecting a Pedal KeyboardCarry out the recording Play back your performanceSave the settings Loading Back Data That’s BeenSaved on an External SequencerConnecting a Rotary Speaker Pin No Output dataTroubleshooting Problem Check Solution Click is heard when you press/reLease a key Pitch is incorrectPreset memory contents are lost Midi messages are not transmitTed/receive correctly Can’t hear spring shock noiseError Indications When you turn on the powerAll indicators light for several seconds During normal operationPreset/OTHER Tones List Preset ListOther Tones List Button’s Number ToneParameters that are stored in a preset Settings that are saved for the entire SystemEdit Parameters Drum List Channel Voice Messages Note off Midi ImplementationControl Change Reset All Controllers Controller number All Sound Off Controller numberAll Note Off Controller number Active SensingData Request 1 RQ1 Data Set 1 DT1Data Set1 Identity ReplyDT1 System Organ How to calculate the checksum Midi Implementation Supplementary materialMidi Implementation Chart Main Specification Index BankIndex Memo Information Avis 02896667 ’03-6-3N