Playing the Organ

Listening to Various Sounds

The VK-8 comes with 64 presets stored onboard. Here’s how to switch presets to hear the various sounds.

There are eight banks of presets, with eight sounds in each bank.

Switch between the presets to hear the various sounds.

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

2 Hold down the [BANK] button and press one of the buttons from [1] through [8] to select the bank number.

3 Press one of the buttons from [1] through [8] to select a preset number.

The indicator of the number button you’ve selected will light.

4 Play the keyboard to hear the sound you selected.

Example:

• Switching from preset 11 to preset 18

Press the [8] button.

• Switching from preset 11 to preset 35

Hold down the [BANK] button and press the [3] button. Take your finger off the

[BANK] button, and press the [5] button.

If you want to select a preset from the same bank, step 2 is not necessary.

While you are pressing the [BANK] button, the indicator of the selected bank will light.

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Roland VK-8 owner manual Playing the Organ, Listening to Various Sounds, Play the keyboard to hear the sound you selected