Roland VK-8 owner manual

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Main Owners Manual Conventions Used in This Manual CAUTION ATTENTION IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS Page USING THE UNIT SAFELY IMPORTANT NOTES Additional Precautions Maintenance Placement Contents Page Page Main Features Panel Descriptions 652 43 8 1 27 7 9 16 17 10 12 1311 2018 14 15 19 21 22 23 24 Panel Descriptions 32 33 34 3635 38 40 41 4237 39 43 How the VK-8 Works About the Virtual Tonewheel Sound Generator How the Organ Sound are Created Tone Wheels Percussion How the Other Tones are Created Page Before You Begin Playing Connecting the Power Cord 1 2 Connecting Your Amp, Speakers, or Headphones 1 off. 2 About a OUTPUT jacks Connecting the Pedal Keyboard 1 off. 2 PEDAL IN connector to the MIDI OUT connector of your MIDI pedal keyboard unit. 3 4 Connecting an Expression Pedal or Pedal Switch Turning the Power On 1 2 3 4 5 Turning Off the Power Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Reset) 1 2 3 4 Listening to the Demo Songs 1 2, 34 Playing the Organ Listening to Various Sounds 4 1 2 3 About the Organ Voice 1 2 3 Adjusting the Sound in Real Time (Harmonic Bars) 8' volume: 8 4' volume: 5 Page What Are Feet? Changing the Organ Sound (Wheel Type, Leakage Level) Tone Wheel type 1 Leakage Noise 2 Adding Crispness to the Sound (Percussion) [SECOND] (Second Percussion) button [THIRD] (Third Percussion) button Page [SLOW] (Slow Percussion) button Fast Percussion Slow Percussion Time Time VolumeVolume Percussion on a tone wheel organ (Single Trigger Algorithm) Adding Modulation to the Sound (Vibrato and Chorus) 1 light. 2 1 2 Using the COSM Rotary Speaker Effect (Rotary Sound) [SLOW/FAST] button [BRAKE] button ROTARY [ON] button Changing the Amp Type (Amp Type, Overdrive, Tone) 1 32 Changing the virtual amp 1 Adding distortion to the soundOverdrive 2 13 2 3 D Beam controller. About the Effects Adjusting the Sensitivity of the D Beam Controller Caution 1 Adding Ambience (Reverb) 1 applied. Changing the Reverb Type 1 2 Dividing the Keyboard (Split) 1, 2 Upper PartLower Part 1 2 the indicator. Using the Expression Pedal Using the Active Expression Function 1 1 Using a Control Pedal Assigning a Function to the Control Pedal 1 and press the ROTARY [SLOW/FAST] button. 2 3 pedal. Using the Hold Pedal to Sustain the Sound Playing Other Tones Page Saving Your Settings (Preset) Saving Your Settings (Preset) Saving to a Preset in the Same Bank 1 2 Saving to a Preset in Another Bank 3 Copying a preset 1 2 3 4 5 Advanced Use About the Edit Modes System Memory Preset Memory Basic Procedure Min Max OFF ON 0Min Max Settings That Are Saved for the Entire System Rotary-related Settings 1. 2. 3. ROTARY WOOFER LEVEL (0127) ROTARY TWEETER LEVEL (0127) ROTARY WOOFER RISE TIME (0127) ROTARY TWEETER RISE TIME (0127) ROTARY WOOFER FALL TIME (0127) Click Noise and Percussion Settings ON CLICK LEVEL (031) OFF CLICK LEVEL (031) PERCUSSION SOFT LEVEL (015) PERCUSSION NORMAL LEVEL (015) MIDI-related Settings When setting things other than the MIDI channel Connecting/disconnecting the sound generator and keyboard LOCAL CONTROL (ON/OFF) Adding MIDI THRU functionality to the MIDI OUT connector MIDI THRU (ON/OFF) MIDI SOUND CONTROLLERS SWITCH (ON/OFF) MIDI PROGRAM CHANGE SWITCH (ON/OFF) 1. 2. 3. 4. Equalizer and Other Settings 1. 2. 3. 4. Parameters that are stored in a preset Effect and Other Settings 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. Connecting the VK-8 to External Devices About MIDI About MIDI Channel Playing the VK-8 from an External MIDI Device Changing the function of the MIDI IN connectors (SUB KEYBOARD FUNCTION) Using the VK-8 with a Dual Keyboard Connecting a Pedal Keyboard Using an External Sequencer to Record and Play Back 1. IN OUT 2. 3. Saving VK-8 Settings on an External Sequencer (Bulk Dump) Connect the VK-8 to your sequencer IN 4. 1. Connecting a Rotary Speaker No.8 No.7 No.6 No.1 No.2 No.3 No.4 Troubleshooting Page Page Error Indications When you turn on the power During normal operation Preset/OTHER TONES List Preset List Preset/OTHER TONES List OTHER TONES List Edit Parameters Settings that are saved for the entire System Parameters that are stored in a preset Drum List MIDI Implementation 1. Receive data Channel Voice Messages Note off Note on Channel Mode messages All Sound Off (Controller number 120) Reset All Controllers (Controller number 121) All Note Off (Controller number 123) System Realtime Messages 2. Transmitted Data Channel Voice Messages Note off Note on Control Change 3. Parameter address map (MODEL ID = 00 4DH) Page 4. Supplementary material Decimal/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 MIDI Implementation Chart Main Specification Keyboard Sound Generator Part Maximum Polyphony Index A B C D R S T U V Page Information Roland (Switzerland) AG As of April 1, 2003 (Roland) ARGENTINA Instrumentos Musicales S.A. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT