Roland VC-2 Creating Patches, Basic Procedure for Patch Editing, Changing the Pitch Patch Tune

Creating/Editing Patches (Patch mode)

Creating Patches

On the VC-2, you don’t need to create patches from scratch, you can start with an existing patch; i.e., by selecting a patch algorithm.

1.Decide on the algorithm (p. 8) for the patch you want to create.

2.Choose an existing patch that uses that algorithm.

3.Assign a new name to that patch, and save it at a different patch number (p. 22).

4.Edit the patch you copied.

Basic Procedure for Patch Editing

1.Press [MODE].

The VC-2 MODE MENU window appears.

2.Touch <PATCH>.

The top screen appears.

When the VC-2 starts up, the top screen of Patch mode will appear first.

3.Select the patch you want to edit. (p. 16)

4.Touch one of the buttons at the bottom of the screen to select the edit group containing the parameters you want to set.

The parameters are organized into several editing groups.

5.Touch one of the tabs in the left of the screen to select the desired editing screen.

6.In each editing screen, touch the touch screen to set the parameters.

7.When editing a parameter that requires you to specify a value, move the cursor to the value box of that parameter. Then modify the value by either turning the VALUE dial or pressing [INC] or [DEC]. You can also modify a value by dragging over the touch screen.

8.Repeat steps 4–7 to make the settings for the System function.

Changing the Pitch (PATCH Tune)

Patches whose patch algorithm is Processor~ do not

have this menu.

1.Touch <▼MENU> in the upper right of the screen.

A pulldown menu appears.

2.In the pulldown menu, touch <PATCH Tune>.

The PATCH Tune screen appears.

3.Edit the parameter values.

Parameter	Value	Explanation
Coarse	-48–	Adjusts the pitch of the patch’s
(Patch	+48	sound up or down in semitone steps
Coarse		(+/-4 octaves).
Tune)
Fine	-50–	Adjusts the pitch of the patch’s
(Patch Fine	+50	sound up or down in 1-cent steps
Tune)		(+/-50 cents).
		* One-cent is 1/100th of a semitone.
Scale Tune	OFF,	Turn this on when you wish to use a
(Scale Tune	ON	tuning scale other than equal tem-
Switch)		perament. The VC-2 allows you to
		play the keyboard using tempera-
		ments other than equal tempera-
		ment. The pitch is specified in one-
		cent units relative to the equal tem-
		pered pitch.
C–B	-100–	Make scale tune settings.
(Patch	+100
Scale Tune)

4.Touch <Exit> to exit the screen.

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