Before You Begin Playing, Connecting the Power Cord | Roland VK-8

Before You Begin Playing

Connecting the Power Cord

1 Before making a connection, make sure that the VK-8 is turned off.

2 Connect supplied power cable to the VK-8, and plug the other end into a power outlet.

AC Outlet

AC Inlet

NOTE

To prevent malfunction and/ or damage to speakers or other devices, always turn down the volume, and turn off the power on all devices before making any connections.

NOTE

Be sure to use the supplied power cable.

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Roland VK-8 owner manual Before You Begin Playing, Connecting the Power Cord

Contents

Conventions Used in This Manual Dark blink Important Safety Instructions Page Using the Unit Safely Important Notes Contents Troubleshooting Memo Main Features Panel Descriptions 19 -8 button Other Tones Level knobPedal button Lower button Power switch Midi Keyboard in connectorMidi Pedal in connector Rotary Tone Cabinet connector About the Virtual Tonewheel Sound Generator How the VK-8 WorksHow the Organ Sound are Created How the Other Tones are Created Vibrato and ChorusHarmonic bars Amp Type Rotary, Overdrive, Tone About the Memories Preset memorySystem memory Connecting the Power Cord Before You Begin Playing Connecting Your Amp, Speakers, or Headphones TRS Connecting the Pedal Keyboard Connecting an Expression Pedal or Pedal Switch Before You Begin Playing Restoring the Factory Settings Factory Reset Press the Preset button to make its indicator light Listening to the Demo SongsPress the Split button Demo Song Song Name Copyright Number Listening to Various Sounds Playing the OrganPlay the keyboard to hear the sound you selected Press the H-BAR Manual button to make its indicator light About the Organ VoiceMove the harmonic bars to edit the sound p Button Part Adjusting the Sound in Real Time Harmonic Bars 5th Root 8th 12th 15th 17th 19th 22nd Below Playing the Organ What Are Feet? Changing the Organ Sound Wheel Type, Leakage Level Tone Wheel typeLeakage Noise Turn the Leakage knob Second Second Percussion button Adding Crispness to the Sound PercussionThird Third Percussion button Soft Soft Percussion button Slow Slow Percussion button Fast Percussion Adding Modulation to the Sound Vibrato and Chorus C-2, C-3 Using the Cosm Rotary Speaker Effect Rotary Sound SLOW/FAST buttonBrake button Rotary on button Changing the Amp Type Amp Type Overdrive, Tone Changing the virtual ampAdding distortion to the sound-Overdrive Changing Sound Characters Using the D Beam Controller to Produce Common Organ Effects Press D Beam on button to make its indicator light Stopping the rotation of the tone wheels Wheel Brake Giving the sound a metallic character Ring ModulatorSpring Reverb Shock Adjusting the Sensitivity of the D Beam Controller Manually adjusting the sensitivity of the D Beam controller Adding Ambience Reverb Press the Reverb button to switch the reverb typesChanging the Reverb Type Press the Split button to make its indicator light Dividing the Keyboard SplitChanging the Split Point Lower Part Upper Part Using the Expression Pedal Using the Active Expression FunctionApplying the Active Expression Function to the Organ Voice Applying the Active Expression Function to the Other Tones Using a Control Pedal Preset button’s indicator is dark Button ParameterAssigning a Function to the Control Pedal Rotary SLOW/FAST Preset UP Other Tones GlideOverdrive Other Tones Using the Hold Pedal to Sustain the Sound Turn the Other Tones Level knob to adjust the volume Playing Other TonesLayering Other Tones with Organ Sounds Layer Button Tone Playing Other Tones Saving Your Settings Preset Preset contains the following settings Saving to a Preset in the Same Bank Saving to a Preset in Another BankCopying a preset Selecting the copy-source preset Advanced Use Basic ProcedureAbout the Edit Modes If the setting is an on or OFF switch Advanced Use Preset button’s indicator extinguished Button Parameter Rotary-related SettingsPreset button’s indicator lighted Button Parameter Rotary Woofer Level Click Noise and Percussion Settings On Click Level MIDI-related Settings When setting things other than the Midi channel Connecting/disconnecting the sound generator and keyboard Adding Midi Thru functionality to the Midi OUT connectorSetting Explanation OFF When making Midi channel settings Drum Midi CH. Drum Midi Channel Initial setting 10 ch Equalizer and Other Settings EQ Bass -5-0-+5EQ Middle -5-0-+5 EQ Treble -5-0-+5 Effect and Other Settings Switching the polarity of the control pedalSwitching the polarity of the Hold pedal Transposing the entire VK-8 KEY Transpose -6-0-+5 Reverb Time Selecting the part that will play the Other TonesSLOW/FAST Continuous Changing the function of the Midi in connectors SUB About MidiAbout Midi Channel Keyboard Using the VK-8 with a Dual Keyboard Connecting a Pedal Keyboard Carry out the recording Play back your performance Save the settings Loading Back Data That’s BeenSaved on an External Sequencer Connecting a Rotary Speaker Pin No Output data Troubleshooting Problem Check Solution Click is heard when you press/reLease a key Pitch is incorrect Preset memory contents are lost Midi messages are not transmitTed/receive correctly Can’t hear spring shock noise Error Indications When you turn on the powerAll indicators light for several seconds During normal operation Preset/OTHER Tones List Preset List Other Tones List Button’s Number Tone Parameters that are stored in a preset Settings that are saved for the entire SystemEdit Parameters Drum List Channel Voice Messages Note off Midi ImplementationControl Change Reset All Controllers Controller number All Sound Off Controller numberAll Note Off Controller number Active Sensing Data Request 1 RQ1 Data Set 1 DT1 Data Set1 Identity ReplyDT1 System Organ How to calculate the checksum Midi Implementation Supplementary material Midi Implementation Chart Main Specification Index Bank Index Memo Information Avis 02896667 ’03-6-3N