Listening to the Demo Songs, Press the Split button | Roland VK-8

Before You Begin Playing

Listening to the Demo Songs

The VK-8 contains six demo songs. Here’s how to listen to the demo songs and

experience the various organ sounds and effects.

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1 Press the [SPLIT] button and the [H-BAR MANUAL] button at the same time.

Enter Demo mode.

2 Press the [PRESET] button to make its indicator light.

The demo songs will be chain-played (played in succession) starting with the first song.

When the first demo song finishes playing, playback will continue to the next song. When the last song finishes playing, playback will return to the first song and continue.

3 Press the [PRESET] button once again to make the indicator go out.

Demo song playback will stop.

4 Press the [SPLIT] button.

You will exit Demo mode.

	Demo Song	Song Name	Copyright
	Number	Song Name	Copyright
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	1	Blue Forest	© 2002 Roland Corporation

	2	Sunset Blvd	© 2002 Roland Corporation

	3	Medical Fact	© 2002 Tatsuya Nishiwaki

	4	Let’s Get Ready to Praise	© 2002 Roland Corporation

	5	Make Holy	© 2002 Roland Corporation

	6	Sister Mum	© 2002 Roland Corporation

Before you press the [PRESET] button, you can press a button [1]–[6] to select the song from which demo song playback will begin.

NOTE

No data for the music that is played will be output from

MIDI OUT.

NOTE

All rights reserved. Unauthorized use of this material for purposes other than private, personal enjoyment is a violation of applicable laws.

NOTE

The third Demo song is created by using the Spring Shock effect. Please be aware that raising the volume of the VK-8 excessively will produce a high-volume impact sound. If you want to reduce the volume of the impact sound, use the [MASTER VOLUME] knob to adjust the volume of the VK-8.

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Roland VK-8 Listening to the Demo Songs, Press the Preset button to make its indicator light, Press the Split button

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 Other Tones Level knob 19 -8 buttonPedal button Lower button Midi Keyboard in connector Power switchMidi Pedal in connector Rotary Tone Cabinet connector How the VK-8 Works About the Virtual Tonewheel Sound GeneratorHow the Organ Sound are Created Vibrato and Chorus How the Other Tones are CreatedHarmonic bars Amp Type Rotary, Overdrive, Tone Preset memory About the MemoriesSystem 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 Listening to the Demo Songs Press the Preset button to make its indicator lightPress the Split button Demo Song Song Name Copyright Number Playing the Organ Listening to Various SoundsPlay the keyboard to hear the sound you selected About the Organ Voice Press the H-BAR Manual button to make its indicator lightMove 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? Tone Wheel type Changing the Organ Sound Wheel Type, Leakage LevelLeakage Noise Turn the Leakage knob Adding Crispness to the Sound Percussion Second Second Percussion buttonThird 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 SLOW/FAST button Using the Cosm Rotary Speaker Effect Rotary SoundBrake button Rotary on button Changing the virtual amp Changing the Amp Type Amp Type Overdrive, ToneAdding distortion to the sound-Overdrive Changing Sound Characters Press D Beam on button to make its indicator light Using the D Beam Controller to Produce Common Organ Effects Giving the sound a metallic character Ring Modulator Stopping the rotation of the tone wheels Wheel BrakeSpring Reverb Shock Manually adjusting the sensitivity of the D Beam controller Adjusting the Sensitivity of the D Beam Controller Press the Reverb button to switch the reverb types Adding Ambience ReverbChanging the Reverb Type Dividing the Keyboard Split Press the Split button to make its indicator lightChanging the Split Point Lower Part Upper Part Using the Active Expression Function Using the Expression PedalApplying the Active Expression Function to the Organ Voice Applying the Active Expression Function to the Other Tones Preset button’s indicator is dark Button Parameter Using a Control PedalAssigning a Function to the Control Pedal Rotary SLOW/FAST Other Tones Glide Preset UPOverdrive Other Tones Using the Hold Pedal to Sustain the Sound Playing Other Tones Turn the Other Tones Level knob to adjust the volumeLayering Other Tones with Organ Sounds Layer Button Tone Playing Other Tones Preset contains the following settings Saving Your Settings Preset Saving to a Preset in Another Bank Saving to a Preset in the Same BankCopying a preset Selecting the copy-source preset Basic Procedure Advanced UseAbout the Edit Modes Advanced Use If the setting is an on or OFF switch Rotary-related Settings Preset button’s indicator extinguished Button ParameterPreset 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 Adding Midi Thru functionality to the Midi OUT connector Connecting/disconnecting the sound generator and keyboardSetting Explanation OFF Drum Midi CH. Drum Midi Channel Initial setting 10 ch When making Midi channel settings EQ Bass -5-0-+5 Equalizer and Other SettingsEQ Middle -5-0-+5 EQ Treble -5-0-+5 Switching the polarity of the control pedal Effect and Other SettingsSwitching the polarity of the Hold pedal Transposing the entire VK-8 KEY Transpose -6-0-+5 Selecting the part that will play the Other Tones Reverb TimeSLOW/FAST Continuous About Midi Changing the function of the Midi in connectors SUBAbout Midi Channel Keyboard Connecting a Pedal Keyboard Using the VK-8 with a Dual Keyboard Play back your performance Carry out the recording Loading Back Data That’s Been Save the settingsSaved on an External Sequencer Pin No Output data Connecting a Rotary Speaker Troubleshooting Click is heard when you press/re Problem Check SolutionLease a key Pitch is incorrect Midi messages are not transmit Preset memory contents are lostTed/receive correctly Can’t hear spring shock noise When you turn on the power Error IndicationsAll indicators light for several seconds During normal operation Preset List Preset/OTHER Tones List Button’s Number Tone Other Tones List Settings that are saved for the entire System Parameters that are stored in a presetEdit Parameters Drum List Midi Implementation Channel Voice Messages Note offControl Change All Sound Off Controller number Reset All Controllers Controller numberAll Note Off Controller number Active Sensing Data Set 1 DT1 Data Request 1 RQ1 Identity Reply Data Set1DT1 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