Roland VK-8 owner manual Using the D Beam Controller to Produce Common Organ Effects

Playing the Organ

Using the D BEAM Controller to Produce Common Organ Effects

You can apply various effects to the sound only by moving your hand over the D

Beam Controller on the VK-8 panel.

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1 Press D BEAM [ON] button to make its indicator light.

The D Beam Controller will be on.

2 Use the D Beam button to select the effect that you want to control using the D Beam.

The effect assigned to the D Beam controllor will be switched each time you press the [D BEAM] button.

The following effects can be applied using the D Beam controller:

Effects	Explanation
	As you move your hand closer to the D Beam con-
CRESCENDO	troller, the volume of all harmonic bars will grad-
	ually increase. When your hand is closest to the D
	Beam controller, the harmonic bar volumes will be
	at maximum, and the rotary will switch to FAST.
ROTARY SPEED	The rotary effect will switch between slow and
	fast each time you position your hand over the D
	Beam controller.
	When you position your hand over the D Beam
RING MODULATOR	controller, the ring modulator will be applied (p.
	35). As you bring your hand closer to the D Beam
	controller, the ring modulator depth will change.
	Moving your hand over the D Beam will turn on
TONE WHEEL BRAKE	the wheel brake. When you take your hand away
	from the D Beam controller, the wheel brake will
	be turned off (p. 35).
SPRING SHOCK	Moving your hand near the D Beam controller will
	produce the sound of a spring reverb unit being
	jarred (p. 35).

If ROTARY SPEED is assigned to the D Beam, you can move your hand over the D Beam to make the rotary effect change gradually from slow to fast, or from fast to slow (p. 57).

The volume of the spring shock can be adjusted with the [REVERB] knob. The spring shock is particularly effective if “SPRING” is selected as the reverb type (p. 37).

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