Roland VC-2 owner manual Distortion / OD, Distortion / Overdrive, Amp Simulator Guitar Amp

								Effects List
05: Distortion / OD
					Parameter	Value	Description
(Distortion / Overdrive)
					Amp Type	Type of guitar amp
Overdrive produces a natural-sounding distortion similar to					(Amp)	JC-120:The sound of a Roland JC-120.
						CLEAN TWIN: The sound of a standard built-in type
that produced by a vacuum tube amplifier. Distortion						vacuum tube amp.
produces a more intense distortion than the overdrive effect.						MATCH DRIVE: The sound of a recent vacuum tube
						amp widely used in blues, rock, and fusion.
Parameter		Value		Description		BG LEAD: The sound of a vacuum tube amp repre-
						sentative of the late 70’s and the 80’s.
Input Mode		MONO, STE-		Selects whether to input in stereo
						MS1959 I: The sound of the large vacuum tube amp
		REO		or in monaural.
						stack that was indispensable to the British hard rock of
				If MONO is selected, the left and
						the 70’s, with input I connected.
				right sound will be mixed, and in-
						MS1959 II: The same amp as MS1959 I, but with input
				put as monaural.
						II connected.
Drive Mode		OD, DS		Selects whether to use overdrive
						MS1959 I+II: The same amp as MS1959 I, but with in-
				(OD) or distortion (DS).		puts I and II connected in parallel.
Drive		0–127		Degree of distortion		SLDN LEAD: The sound of a vacuum tube amp us-
						able in a wide variety of styles.
Amp Sim Sw		OFF, ON		Turns the Amp Simulator on/off.
						METAL 5150: The sound of a large vacuum tube amp
Amp Type		SMALL,		Type of guitar amp
						suitable for heavy metal.
		BUILT-IN,		SMALL: small amp		METAL LEAD: A metal lead sound with a distinctive
		2-STACK,		BUILT-IN: single-unit type amp		mid-range.
		3-STACK		2-STACK: large double stack amp		OD-1:The sound of the BOSS OD-1 compact effects
				3-STACK: large triple stack amp		processor.
Output Level		0–127		Output Level		OD-2 TURBO: The sound of the BOSS OD-2 compact
						effects processor with the Turbo switch on.
Ps Low Freq		50–4000 Hz		Frequency of the low range
						DISTORTION: Distortion sound.
Ps Low Gain		-15– +15 dB		Gain of the low range
						FUZZ: Fuzz sound.
Ps Hi Freq		2000–20000 Hz		Frequency of the high range
					Volume	0–127	Volume and degree of distortion of the
Ps Hi Gain		-15– +15 dB		Gain of the high range			amp
					Bass	0–127	Tone of the bass/mid/treble range
06: Amp Simulator (Guitar Amp					Middle		* Middle cannot be set if MATCH
							DRIVE is selected for the Amp Type.
					Treble
Simulator)
					Presence	0–127	Tone for the ultra high frequency range
This is an effect that simulates an guitar amp.					Master Vol-	0–127	Volume of the entire amp
					ume
Parameter	Value		Description
					Brightness	OFF, ON	Turning this On will produce a sharper
NS Sw	OFF, ON		Turns the noise suppressor on/off.
					Sw		and brighter sound.
			The noise suppressor leaves the origi-		(Bright Sw)		* This parameter can be set if the Amp
			nal sound unmodified, but mutes only				Type is set to JC-120, CLEAN TWIN, or
			the noise during the silent intervals.				BG LEAD.
NS Thresh-	0–127		Adjusts the level at which the noise
					Gain Sw	LOW, MID,	Degree of amp distortion
old			suppressor will begin to take effect.			HIGH
			When the signal drops below the spec-
					Sp Sim Sw	OFF, ON	Turns the Speaker Simulator on/off.
			ified level, it will be muted.
					Sp Type	(see below)	Type of speaker
NS Release	0–127		Sets the transition time from when the
					Mic Setting	1–10	Adjusts the location of the mic that is
			noise suppression starts to the point
			where the volume reaches 0.				recording the sound of the speaker.
							Increasing this value will produce the
							effect of the mic being further away
							from the center of the speaker cone.
					Mic Level	0–127	Volume of the microphone
					Direct Level	0–127	Volume of the direct sound
					Level	0–127	Output Level
					Specifications of each Speaker Type
					The speaker column indicates the diameter of each speaker
					unit (in inches) and the number of units.
					Type	Cabinet		Speaker	Microphone
					SMALL	small open-back enclo-		10	dynamic
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