Roland VK-8 Using a Control Pedal, Assigning a Function to the Control Pedal, Rotary SLOW/FAST

Playing the Organ

Using a Control Pedal

You can connect a pedal switch or expression pedal to the rear panel CONTROL

PEDAL jack, and assign a function to the pedal.

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■Assigning a Function to the Control Pedal

You can change the function that is assigned to the control pedal.

1 Hold down the HARMONIC BAR PART [UPPER] and [PEDAL] buttons and press the ROTARY [SLOW/FAST] button.

The indicators of buttons [1]–[8] will blink.

2 Press one of the buttons from [1] through [8] to select the function that you want to assign to the control pedal.

12 different functions can be assigned to the control pedal. You can select any one of these functions by switching the indicator of the [PRESET] button between lit/dark states.

The following parameters are assigned to each button.

[PRESET] button’s indicator is dark

Button	Parameter	Page
		The rotary speaker effect can be
[1]	ROTARY SLOW/FAST	switched between slow and fast. This
		will have the same effect as the [SLOW/
		FAST] button.
		The speed of the rotary speaker effect
[2]	ROTARY SPEED	can be freely controlled between slow
		and fast. This is especially effective
		when assigned to the expression pedal.
[3]	ROTARY BRAKE	This button temporarily halts the rota-
		tion of the rotary sound.

NOTE

For some type of pedal switch, the action you obtain when the pedal is pressed will be the opposite of what you intend. In this case, change the polarity of the pedal (p. 56).

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