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Main OWNERS MANUAL CAUTION ATTENTION INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO A RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, OR INJURY TO PERSONS. IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS Page USING THE UNIT SAFELY IMPORTANT NOTES Placement Power Supply Maintenance Copyright Handling CD-ROMs Additional Precautions How To Use This Manual Notation Used in This Owners Manual Contents Contents Creating and Editing Samples (Sample Mode) ..................................55 Disk-Related Functions (Disk Mode)...................................................83 Settings Common to All Modes (System Mode) ................................73 Appendices ................................101 Main Features With this synthesizer, every component involved in sound creation has been taken to the next stage of evolution The ideal combination of sound generators Use with other devices for even greater possibilities Open system architecture A full complement of external interfaces V-LINK function What is VariPhrase? Panel Descriptions Front Panel 10 4 INPUT 11 1312 14 15 16 EFFECTS OSC1, OSC2 COSM1, COSM2 TVA Pitch Bend/Modulation Lever Rear Panel Overview of the V-Synth How the V-Synth Is Organized Patch Basic Structure Sound Generator Section Memory Memory Structure Project Internal Memory Work Area/Temporary Area Basic Operation of the V-Synth Changing Operating Modes ([MODE]) Overview of the V-Synth USB Mode Demo Song: New Toys Amin Bhatia 2002 Roland Corporation Basic Touch Screen Operation Enabling/Disabling the Beep Tone Moving the Cursor Cursor Buttons Touch Screen Editing a Value VALUE Dial Playing in Patch Mode About the PATCH PLAY Screen Displaying PATCH PLAY Screen Functions in the PATCH PLAY Screen Selecting a Patch Transposing the Keyboard in Semitone Steps (Transpose) Transposing the Keyboard in Octave Units (Octave Shift) Playing Single Notes (Mono) Creating Smooth Pitch Changes (Portamento) Playing Arpeggios (Arpeggiator) Holding an Arpeggio When Using a Hold Pedal Using an External MIDI Keyboard to Play Arpeggios Making Arpeggiator Settings Creating an Original Arpeggio Pattern (Pattern Edit) 0, 32, 64, 96, 127, Tie/Clr Creating a Pattern by Playing in Real Time (Real Rec) Creating a Pattern by Inputting One Step at a Time (Step Rec) Erasing a Pattern (Clear) Applying Various Effects to the Sound Applying an Effect by Touching Your Finger to the Pad (Time Trip Pad) What is the Time Trip function? Applying an Effect by Passing Your Hand Over the D Beam (D Beam Controller) The usable range of the D Beam controller Applying an Effect by Turning a Knob (Assignable Controller) Synchronizing Music and Video While You Play the V- Synth (V-LINK) V-Synth Controller Section Sound Generator Video Generator Enter V-LINK Mode V-LINK Functions that the V-Synth Can Control and MIDI Messages Creating a Patch How to Make the Patch Settings Four Tips for Editing Patches Initializing Patch Settings (PATCH Init) Copying Patch Settings (PATCH Copy) Naming a Patch (PATCH Name) Saving Patches (PATCH Write) Auditioning the Save-Destination Patch (Compare) Registering a Favorite Patch (Patch Palette) Deleting Patches (PATCH Portamento (Portamento Switch) Structure Type General Delete) Bend Range Up (Pitch Bend Range Up) D Beam (D Beam Type) Octave Shift Portamento Bend Range Down (Pitch Bend Range Down) TT Pad Mode (Time Trip Pad Mode) Hold (Time Trip Pad Hold Switch) Matrix Ctrl Source (Matrix Control Source) Sens (Matrix Control Sens) Destination 1, 2 (Matrix Control Destination 1, 2) Arpeggio Shuffle Rate (Arpeggio Shuffle Rate) Duration (Arpeggio Duration) KBD Velo (Arpeggio Keyboard Velocity) Tune Patch Coarse Tune Patch Fine Tune Scale Tune (Scale Tune Switch) Equal Temperament Modifying Waveforms (OSC1/ OSC2) Oscillator Switch OSC Type Oscillator Type Wave Gain Pitch Pitch (Oscillator Pitch) Pitch KF (Oscillator Pitch Key Follow) Coarse (Oscillator Coarse Tune) Fine (Oscillator Fine Tune) Pulse Width (ANALOG) Pulse Width PW KF (Pulse Width Key Follow) PW LFO Depth (Pulse Width LFO Depth) Fat (ANALOG) Formant (PCM) Formant Formant KF (Formant Key Follow) Energy Fmt LFO Depth (Formant LFO Depth) Mixing/Modulating Two Sounds (Mod) Modulator Switch Mod Type Modulator Type Original Level (Modulator Original Level) Adjusting the Volume and Pan (TVA) TVA Switch TVA Level Level KF (Level Key Follow) Making Envelope Settings Making LFO Settings Waveform (LFO Waveform) Offset (LFO Offset) Key Sync (LFO Key Sync Switch) Delay Time (LFO Delay Time) Setting Effects for a Patch (Effect) Routing MFX Send (MFX Send Level) CHO Send (Chorus Send Level) REV Send (Reverb Send Level) MFX CHO REV REV Type (Reverb Type) Zone Settings (Zone) Splitting the Keyboard to Play Different Sounds (Split) Creating a Drum Patch (Drum) Page Creating and Editing Samples (Sample Mode) Sampling Factory Settings of Each Template Settings Before You Sample (What Is a Template?) Applications of Each Template Sampling Procedure Page Naming a Sample (SAMPLE Name) Copying a Sample (SAMPLE Copy) Moving a Sample (SAMPLE Move) Exchanging a Sample (SAMPLE Exchange) Deleting a Sample (SAMPLE Delete) Resampling Setup Settings SAMPLING General Sampling Type Input Source Pre-Effect Settings SAMPLING Pre-Effect Type (Pre-Effect Type) Compressor Sustain Attack (Attack Time) Metronome Settings Metronome Naming a Template (Template Name) Checking Sample Information Original Pitch Original Fine Tune LOOP MODE Importing a Sample Editing a Sample Common Procedure for Editing Displaying the Sample Edit Screen Functions Common to All Editing Screens Start, End, and Current Settings (LENGTH LOCK) (LOOP) (PREVIEW) Editing the Specified Region of the Sample Basic Operation Sample Editing Functions Cut Truncate Copy Clear Loop Region Settings Loop Start Loop End Wave Start Wave Original Tempo Setting Converting the Sample to V- Synth Data (Encode) Displaying the Encode Screen To Execute the Encode Operation Selecting the Encoding Type LITE SOLO BACKING ENSEMBLE Automatically Detecting Events Depth (Encode Depth) Deleting and Adding Events Deleting an Event Adding an Event Saving a Sample Settings Common to All Modes (System Mode) How to Make the System Function Settings Saving the System Settings (Write) Initializing the System Settings (Init) Functions of System Parameters Settings Common to the Entire System (Common) Master Master Tune Master Key Shift EQ MIDI/USB USB Setup Part MIDI Controller Settings (Controller) Tx KBD KBD Sens (Keyboard Sensitivity) KBD Velocity (Keyboard Velocity) After Sens (Aftertouch Sensitivity) Local Sw (Local Switch) Beam D Beam Sens L, R (D Beam Sensitivity L, R) D Beam 14 Assign L, R Pedal Hold Polarity (Hold Pedal Polarity) V-LINK Settings (V-LINK) Assign-TT (V-LINK Assign-Time Trip) Y Assign-XY (Link Y Assign-XY) X Assign-XY (V-LINK X Assign-XY) TT Pad/Knob Mod Assign (V-LINK Modulation Assign) Lever Beam Local Sw (V-LINK D Beam Local Switch) D Beam 14 Assign L, R (V-LINK D Beam14 Assign L, R) Mod Local Sw (V-LINK Modulation Local Bend Local Sw (V-LINK Pitch Bend Local Bend Assign (V-LINK Pitch Bend Assign) After Assign (V-LINK Aftertouch Assign) After Local Sw (V-LINK Aftertouch Local Disk-Related Functions (Disk Mode) About Disk Utility Load Project Save Project Clean Project Loading a Project from Disk into the V-Synth (Load Project) Saving Project on Disk (Save Project) Delete Unneeded Files (Clean Project) Importing Individual Patch or Wave Files (Import Files) Initializing a Disk (Format) Functions Related to Files and Folders (Tools) Copying Files/Folders (Copy) Moving Files/Folders (Move) Deleting Files/Folders (Delete) Renaming a Files/Folders (Rename) Connecting to Your Computer via USB (USB Mode) About USB Functions Your Computer (Storage Mode) Transferring Files to or from Windows Users Connecting the V-Synth to Your Computer Canceling the USB Connection Switching the Connected Drive Closing the USB Storage Screen Macintosh Users Connecting the V-Synth to Your Computer Switching the Connected Drive Closing the USB Storage Screen Canceling the USB Connection Examples of Using Storage Mode Backing Up Patch and Wave Data (Project) from the V-Synth Backing Up the V-Synths Internal Data onto Your Computer Loading Backup Data from Your Computer into the V-Synth Loading an Audio File (WAV/AIFF format) from Your Computer into the V-Synth (Import) The V-Synths File Structure Internal Memory PC Card Exchanging MIDI Messages with Your Computer (MIDI Driver Installation and Settings Mode) Other Functions Transmitting Data to an External MIDI Device (Data Transfer) Reset to Default Factory Settings (Factory Reset) Viewing Various Information (Info) Other Functions Adjusting the Sensitivity of the Touch Screen/Time Trip Pad/D Beam Controller (Calibration Mode) Displaying the CALIBRATION MENU Screen Adjusting the Sensitivity of the Touch Screen Adjusting the Sensitivity of the Time Trip Pad Adjusting the Sensitivity of the D Beam Controller Page Parameter List Common Group (p. 36) Patch Parameters OSC1/OSC2 Group (p. 42) Page Mod Group (p. 46) COSM1/COSM2 Group (p. 46) TVA Group (p. 47) Effect Group (p. 50) System Parameters Common Group (p. 74) Controller Group (p. 77) V-LINK Group (p. 80) COSM List COSM Parameters Overdrive / Distortion Wave Shape Amp Simulator Speaker Simulator Resonator 1st order SideBandFilter 2nd order SideBandFilter Comb Filter Dual Filter TVF Dynamic TVF Polyphonic Compressor Polyphonic Limiter Frequency Shifter Lo-Fi Processor Effects List MFX Parameters 01: Parametric EQ (Parametric Equalizer) 02: Graphic EQ (Graphic Equalizer) 03: Resonant Filter R4-Band EQ 12-Band Graphic EQ 04: Isolator and Filter RFilter 05: Distortion / OD (Distortion / Overdrive) 3-Band Isolator Low Booster 06: Amp Simulator (Guitar Amp Simulator) Amp Simulator Speaker Simulator Noise Suppressor 07: Auto Wah 08: Humanizer Humanizer Auto Wah 2-Band 09: Dynamic Processor (Stereo Dynamic Processor) 10: Tape Echo Simulator Enhancer Suppressor EQ Noise 11: Stereo Delay 12: Multi Tap Delay 13: Reverse Delay 14: Vocal Echo 15: Band Pass Delay LPF ECHO 16: Analog DelayChorus 17: Digital Chorus 18: Space Chorus 19: Hexa Chorus 20: Analog Flanger Analog Flanger 21: BOSS Flanger 22: Step Flanger RFlanger 2-Band 23: Analog Phaser 24: Digital Phaser Analog Phaser 25: Rotary 26: Tremolo/Auto Pan Rotary 27: Stereo Pitch Shifter 28: OD/DSCho/Flg (Overdrive/ DistortionChorus/Flanger) Stereo Pitch Shifter 2-Band EQ 29: OD/DSDelay (Overdrive/DistortionDelay) 30: Cho/FlgDelay (Chorus/FlangerDelay) 31: EnhCho/Flg (EnhancerChorus/Flanger) 32: EnhDelay (EnhancerDelay) 33: Vocal Multi 34: Guitar Multi 35: Bass Multi 36: Rhodes Multi 37: Keyboard Multi 38: Phonograph 39: Radio Tuning Phonograph 40: Bit Rate Converter 41: Pseudo Stereo Lo-Fi Processor Filter Chorus Parameters 08: Fbk Short Delay 07: Short Delay Reverb Parameters 06: Flanger 01: Room 1 02: Room 2 03: Room 3 04: Hall 1 05: Hall 2 06: Hall 3 07: Garage 08: PLATE 09: Non-Linear 10: Delay Time Level Page Troubleshooting Problems Related to the V-Synth Problems Related to the USB Driver (Windows) Deleting Incorrect Device Information Problems Related to the USB Driver (Macintosh) Message List ERROR Screens Message List WARNING Screens Message List Message Boxes About MIDI About MIDI Connectors MIDI IN Connector MIDI OUT Connector MIDI THRU Connector MIDI Implementation 1. Receive Data Channel Voice Messages Note Off Note On Channel Mode Messages All Sounds Off (Controller number 120) Reset All Controllers (Controller number 121) All Notes Off (Controller number 123) OMNI OFF (Controller number 124) System Realtime Message Active Sensing System Exclusive Message Universal Non-realtime System Exclusive Messages Identity Request Message Global Parameter Control Scale/Octave Tuning Adjust Data Transmission Data Request 1RQ1 (11H) Data Set 1 DT1 (12H) 2. Data Transmission Channel Voice Messages Note Off Note On Control Change System Realtime Messages Active Sensing System Exclusive Messages Universal Non-realtime System Exclusive Message Identity Reply Message 3. Parameter Address Map 1. V-Synth (ModelID = 00H 53H) System Patch Setup System Controller Patch Common Page Patch MFX Patch Chorus Patch Reverb Patch Oscillator Patch Envelope Patch LFO Patch COSM Patch Controller Patch Arpeggio 4. Supplementary Material Decimal and Hexadecimal Table <Example1> What is the decimal expression of 5AH? <Example2> What is the decimal expression of the value 12 34H given as hexadecimal for each 7 bits? <Example3> What is the decimal expression of the nibbled value 0A 03 09 0D? Example of an Exclusive Message and Calculating a Checksum How to Calculate the Checksum <Example1> Setting CHORUS TYPE of PATCH to CHORUS 1 (DT1) <Example2> Getting the data (RQ1) of PATCH MFX in PATCH:003 <Example3> Getting Temporary Patch (Part 1) data (RQ1) The Scale Tune Feature (address: 40 1x 40) Equal Temperament Just Temperament (Tonic of C) Arabian Scale ASCII Code Table MIDI Implementation Chart Specifications Index Symbols Numerics A B E F G H I M N O P R S T U V W X Installing the PC Card Protector NOTICE AVIS FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT Information 03126812 03-6-4N Roland (Switzerland) AG As of April 1, 2003 (Roland) ARGENTINA