Roland VGA-3 Making the System Settings System Setup, Tuner Pitch Setting, Tuner Level Setting

Making the SYSTEM Settings (SYSTEM Setup)

With the VGA-3, you can make the following system (the parameters that can be changed so that the VGA-3 operates according to

the performer’s taste and particular application) settings.

Basic Setting Procedure

Follow this basic process to make the settings for the system (SYSTEM Setup).

Start the SYSTEM Setup

1.Hold down [TUNER] and press [PICKUP] .

The VGA-3 is now in the mode where settings for the SYSTEM Setup can be made.

*The TUNER meter indicator ( ) lights up, and all tone adjustments made with knobs other than [MASTER] are disabled.

2.Rotate [AMP TYPE] to select the type of setting you want to make, then press the MEMORY buttons to select the values.

The TUNER meter indicator ( ) lights up.

The MEMORY buttons that can be used for selecting values are lit, while the MEMORY button corresponding to the current value flashes.

(Ex.) When “BRITISH” (EXP PEDAL MODE) is selected

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Flash Lit Lit

*Do not turn off the power while making the settings. This may corrupt the settings already stored in the VGA-3. Always be sure to exit from SYSTEM Setup mode before turning off the power.

*When you have finished SYSTEM Setup, press [TUNER] once more.

*There is no prescribed sequence for the SYSTEM Setup settings. You are free to set only the parameters needed.

The Type of Settings

TUNER PITCH Setting

This changes the internal tuner’s reference pitch. It can be convenient to change this setting when you want to tune your guitar to another instrument whose tuning cannot be changed easily (for example, an acoustic piano). “Reference pitch” refers to the frequency of the A4 note— middle A on a piano—of the instruments serving as the reference pitch for tuning.

1.Rotate [AMP TYPE] to select “ACOUSTIC” (TUNER PITCH).

2.Press a MEMORY button [1] –[5] , [6] –[10] , or [MANUAL] to select the reference pitch.

Memory button	Setting
[1]–[5]	441 Hz–445 Hz.
[6]–[10]	436 Hz–440 Hz.
[MANUAL]	440 Hz.

TUNER LEVEL Setting

This adjusts the volume output by the VGA-3’s speaker when the internal tuner is used.

*A special tuner tone is selected automatically when the internal tuner is in use.

1.Rotate [AMP TYPE] to select “JC CLEAN” (TUNER LEVEL).

2.Press a MEMORY button [1]–[10] to set the level.

Memory button	Setting
[1]–[10]	0 (mute)–9

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