Roland VK-8 owner manual Advanced Use, About the Edit Modes, Basic Procedure

Advanced Use

Edit mode allows you to get the most out of the VK-8’s functions by making more detailed settings. This section explains the functions that can be set in Edit mode. In this owner’s manual, the process of modifying a setting is referred to as “editing,” and the item of data that is modified is referred to as a “parameter.”

■About the Edit Modes

There are two edit modes—one saves settings individually for each preset, while the other stores a single value to be used by the entire system.

System Memory

The edit mode that stores things for the entire system deals with the following:

•Organ rotary settings (p. 49)

•Click noise and percussion settings (p. 51)

•MIDI settings (p. 52)

•Equalizer and other settings (p. 55)

•Control pedal settings (p. 40)

Preset Memory

The edit mode that stores things on an individual preset basis deals with the following:

•Effect and other settings (p. 56)

•Harmonic bars and other panel settings (p. 45)

•Split Point (p. 38)

•Active Expression setting (p. 39)

•OTHER TONES PART ASSIGN (p. 57)

NOTE

In the case of settings that are saved for each preset, you must save the edited settings in a preset. If you turn off the power without saving the edited settings to a preset, your changes will be lost.

■Basic Procedure

Here is the basic procedure for each edit mode.

→For details, refer to the explanation for each edit mode.

1.Hold down the HARMONIC BAR PART [UPPER] and [PEDAL] buttons, and press the [***] button.

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

The [***] button will be a different button depending on the edit mode that you want to set. For details, follow the procedure for each edit mode.

2.Press one of the buttons from [1] through [8] to select the parameter that you want to edit.

If there are more than eight parameters, you can access all of them by switching the lit/dark state of the [PRESET] button.

3.Turn the [VIBRATO AND CHORUS] knob to adjust the setting.

For parameters that are switched ON/OFF, turn the [VIBRATO AND CHORUS] knob toward the right to switch the parameter ON, or toward the left to switch it OFF.

For parameters that have an adjustable value, turn the [VIBRATO AND CHORUS] knob toward the right to increase the value, or toward the left to decrease the value.

At this time, the D Beam type indicator will show the approximate value of the setting (p. 48).

If you press the VIBRATO AND CHORUS [ON] button, the setting will return to the initial value.

4.If you want to adjust another parameter in the same edit mode, press one of the [1]–[8] buttons to select the parameter, and turn the [VIBRATO AND CHORUS] knob to edit the value.

When you want to stop editing, press the HARMONIC BAR PART [UPPER] button.

5.Press the [WRITE] button to finalize the settings of the parameters.

Parameter settings will be saved.

While the parameters are being saved, the indicators of the [1]-[8] button will blink.

6.Parameters that are edited independently for each preset are saved as part of the preset (p. 45).

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