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Owners Manual 5 IMPORTANT NOTES Additional Precautions Maintenance Placement Power Supply 6 Contents9 Main Features10 Panel Descriptions652 43 8 1 27 7 31302926 28 11 916 17 10 12 1311 2018 14 15 19 21 22 23 24Panel Descriptions 12 32 3334 3635 38 40 41 4237 39 43 13 How the VK-8 WorksAbout the Virtual Tonewheel Sound Generator How the Organ Sound are CreatedTone Wheels Percussion Key Click How the VK-8 WorksVibrato and Chorus Harmonic bars Amp Type (Rotary, Overdrive, Tone) Reverb 14 How the Other Tones are Created16 Before You Begin Playing22 Playing the OrganListening to Various Sounds 4 1 2 3 12 3 31 1 233 1 32Changing the virtual amp 1Adding distortion to the soundOverdrive 2Changing Sound Characters 3 Using the D BEAM Controller to Produce Common Organ Effects 1 2 34 13 235 3D Beam controller. About the Effects Adjusting the Sensitivity of the D Beam Controller 36 1Adding Ambience (Reverb) 1applied. Changing the Reverb Type 2 37 1 2Dividing the Keyboard (Split) 38 1, 243 Playing Other Tones45 Saving Your Settings (Preset)Saving Your Settings (Preset) Saving to a Preset in the Same Bank 46 1 2Saving to a Preset in Another Bank 3 1 2 3 4 5 47 Advanced UseAbout the Edit ModesSystem Memory Preset Memory Basic Procedure1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. State of the D BEAM Indicators in Edit Mode When the setting is 0127, 010, or 015, 031. If the setting is an ON or OFF switch When the setting is -50+5, -60+5, -1000+100, or -30+3 48 Min MaxOFF ON 0Min Max 49 Settings That Are Saved for the Entire SystemRotary-related Settings1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 50 ROTARY WOOFER LEVEL (0127)ROTARY TWEETER LEVEL (0127) ROTARY WOOFER RISE TIME (0127) ROTARY TWEETER RISE TIME (0127) ROTARY WOOFER FALL TIME (0127) ROTARY TWEETER FALL TIME (0127) ROTARY WOOFER SPREAD (010) ROTARY TWEETER SPREAD (010) ROTARY WOOFER SPEED SLOW (0127) ROTARY TWEETER SPEED SLOW (0127) ROTARY WOOFER SPEED FAST (0127) ROTARY TWEETER SPEED FAST (0127) ROTARY MIC DISTANCE (010) ROTARY RANDOMIZE (010) 51 Click Noise and Percussion SettingsON CLICK LEVEL (031) OFF CLICK LEVEL (031) PERCUSSION SOFT LEVEL (015) PERCUSSION NORMAL LEVEL (015) PERCUSSION SLOW TIME (0127) PERCUSSION FAST TIME (0127) PERCUSSION RECHARGE TIME (010) PERCUSSION H-BAR LEVEL (0127) 52 MIDI-related Settings55 Equalizer and Other Settings1. 2. 3. 4. 5. EQ BASS (-50+5) EQ MIDDLE (-50+5) EQ TREBLE (-50+5) Adjusting the pitch to match another instrument MASTER TUNE (-100cent0+100cent) Transposing the entire VK-8 KEY TRANSPOSE (-60+5) Switching the polarity of the control pedal CONTROL PEDAL POLARITY (STANDARD / REVERSE) Switching the polarity of the Hold pedal HOLD PEDAL POLARITY (STANDARD/ REVERSE) 56 Parameters that are stored in a presetEffect and Other Settings1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. REVERB TIME (0127) OTHER TONES CHORUS LEVEL (0127) OTHER TONES OCTAVE SHIFT (-30+3) HOLD PEDAL ASSIGN (ORGAN & OTHER TONES/OTHER TONES) D BEAM ROTARY SPEED MODE (SLOW/FAST, CONTINUOUS) Selecting the part that will play the Other Tones OTHER TONES PART ASSIGN 57 1. 2. 3. 4. 58 Connecting the VK-8 to External Devices63 Troubleshooting67 Preset/OTHER TONES List69 Edit ParametersSettings that are saved for the entire System Parameters that are stored in a preset 70 Drum List71 MIDI Implementation1. Receive dataChannel Voice MessagesNote off Note on Control ChangeModulation (Controller number 1) Data Entry (Controller Number 6, 38) Volume (Controller number 7) Panpot (Controller number 10) Expression (Controller number 11) General Purpose Controller 1 (Controller number 16) (Other tones glide) General Purpose Controller 2 (Controller number 17) (Wheel Brake) Hold 1 (Controller number 64) Sound Controller 1-9 (Controller number 70-78) (Harmonic Bars) General Purpose Controller 5 (Controller number 80) (Rotary Speed) General Purpose Controller 6 (Controller number 81) (Rotary Brake) RPN MSB/LSB (Controller number 100, 101) Program Change Pitch Bend Change 72 Channel Mode messagesAll Sound Off (Controller number 120) Reset All Controllers (Controller number 121) All Note Off (Controller number 123) System Realtime Messages System Exclusive MessagesUniversal Non-realtime System Exclusive Messages Data Request 1 RQ1 Data Set 1 DT1 73 2. Transmitted DataChannel Voice MessagesNote off Note on Control ChangeVolume (Controller number 7) Expression (Controller number 11) General Purpose Controller 1 (Controller number 16) (Other Tones Glide) General Purpose Controller 2 (Controller number 17) (Wheel Brake) Hold 1 (Controller number 64) General Purpose Controller 5 (Controller number 80) (Rotary Speed) General Purpose Controller 6 (Controller number 81) (Rotary Brake) Program Change System Realtime Message System Exclusive MessagesIdentity Reply Data Set1 DT1 74 3. Parameter address map (MODEL ID = 00 4DH)76 4. Supplementary materialDecimal/Hexadecimal Table<Example1> What is the decimal equivalent of 5AH? <Example2> What is the decimal equivalent of the 7-bit hexadecimal values 12 34H? Examples of Actual MIDI Messages<Example1> 93 3E 5F <Example2> C0 25 Examples of System Exclusive Messages and Calculating the ChecksumHow to calculate the checksum<Example1> Turn the Temporary Preset Organ percussion switch ON (DT1). <Example2> Obtain preset organ parameter data for User Preset: 02 (RQ1). COMBO ORGAN Model VK-8 Date : Apr. 1, 2003 Version : 2.00 77 MIDI Implementation Chart78 Main SpecificationKeyboard Sound Generator Part Maximum Polyphony Organ OTHER TONES Effect Internal Memory Control Connectors Power Power Consumption Finish Dimensions Weight Accessories 79 IndexA B C D E F H K L M O P 80 RS T U V W82 InformationRoland (Switzerland) AG As of April 1, 2003 (Roland) ARGENTINAInstrumentos Musicales S.A. BRAZIL MEXICOCasa Veerkamp, s.a. de c.v. PANAMA U. S. A. VENEZUELA AUSTRALIA Roland Corporation Australia Pty., Ltd. NEW ZEALAND HONG KONGTom Lee Music Co., Ltd. Service Division INDIARivera Digitec (India) Pvt. Ltd. INDONESIA MALAYSIA PHILIPPINES G.A. Yupangco & Co. Inc. SINGAPORE TAIWANROLAND TAIWAN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. THAILAND BAHRAIN VIETNAM JORDAN KUWAITEasa Husain Al Yousifi Est. LEBANON QATARAl Emadi Co. (Badie Studio & Stores) SAUDI ARABIAaDawliah Universal Electronics APL TURKEY Barkat muzik aletleri ithalat ve ihracat Ltd Sti U.A.E.Zak Electronics & Musical Instruments Co. L.L.C. EGYPT REUNION SOUTH AFRICAThat Other Music Shop (PTY) Ltd. Paul Bothner (PTY) Ltd. CYPRUSRadex Sound Equipment Ltd. DENMARK FRANCE FINLANDRoland Scandinavia As, Filial Finland GERMANY Roland Elektronische Musikinstrumente HmbH. GREECESTOLLAS S.A. Music Sound Light HUNGARY IRELAND ITALY NORWAYRoland Scandinavia Avd. Kontor Norge POLAND PORTUGALTecnologias Musica e Audio, Roland Portugal, S.A. RUSSIA SPAINRoland Electronics de Espaa, S. A. SWITZERLAND SWEDEN Roland Scandinavia A/S SWEDISH SALES OFFICE UKRAINE UNITED KINGDOM KOREA AUSTRIARoland Austria GES.M.B.H. 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