Before You Begin Playing | Roland VK-8 guide

3 Press the lower portion of the VK-8’s [POWER] switch to turn off the power.

Turn off the power of the equipment connected to the VK-8.

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Before switching off the power, confirm the following:

• The volume of the VK-8 and any connected equipment is turned to the minimum position.

• Any sound data you have created has been saved.

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■ Turning Off the Power

Adjust the volume of the device connected to the VK-8.

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of the VK-8 to turn on the power.

When the power is on, the indicators for the HARMONIC BAR PART [UPPER] button, [REVERB] button, and other buttons on the panel will light.

3 Turn on the power of the connected amp or audio system.

4 Rotate the [MASTER VOLUME] knob clockwise to adjust the volume of the VK-8.

Press the upper portion of the [POWER] switch located on the rear panel

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Before turning on the VK-8’s power, make sure that:

• The VK-8 is correctly connected to the desired peripheral devices.

• The volume of the VK-8 and any connected audio equipment or speakers is turned to the minimum position.

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Turning the Power On

Before You Begin Playing

NOTE

Once the connections have been completed, turn on power to your various devices in the order specified. By turning on devices in the wrong order, you risk causing malfunction and/or damage to speakers and other devices.

NOTE

This unit is equipped with a protection circuit. A brief interval (a few seconds) after power up is required before the unit will operate normally.

NOTE

Be careful not to raise the volume excessively. Excessive volume may damage your amp/speaker system/ headphones or could cause hearing problems.

NOTE

If you turn off the power while you are making sound settings, the settings that you are modifying will be lost. If you wish to keep your modified settings, you must save them before turning off the power. For details, refer to “Saving Your Settings (Preset)” (p. 45).

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Roland VK-8 owner manual Before You Begin Playing

Contents

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