Roland VK-8 Reverb Time, Selecting the part that will play the Other Tones, Slow/Fast, Continuous

Advanced Use

❍REVERB TIME (0–127)

Adjusts the length of the Reverb time. Higher values result in longer reverberation.

❍OTHER TONES CHORUS LEVEL (0–127)

Specify the chorus level when the chorus effect is applied to the Other Tones ELECTRIC PIANO1 or ELECTRIC PIANO2.

❍OTHER TONES OCTAVE SHIFT (-3–0–+3)

Transpose the Other Tones in steps of an octave.

❍HOLD PEDAL ASSIGN (ORGAN & OTHER TONES/OTHER TONES)

If a Hold pedal is connected, you can sustain the sound by pressing the pedal. This selects the part that will be sustained when you press the Hold pedal.

Turn the [VIBRATO AND CHORUS] knob toward the left to select ORGAN & OTHER TONES, or toward the right to select OTHER TONES.

❍D BEAM ROTARY SPEED MODE (SLOW/FAST, CONTINUOUS)

Specify the D Beam function when ROTARY SPEED is assigned to the D Beam.

Turn the [VIBRATO AND CHORUS] knob to the left to select SLOW/FAST, or to the right to select

CONTINUOUS.

Setting	Explanation
SLOW/FAST	The rotary effect is toggled between
	slow and fast each time you move your
	hand over the D Beam controller.
	The rotary effect will change gradually
CONTINUOUS	from slow to fast or fast to slow as you
	move your hand closer to the D Beam
	controller.

Selecting the part that will play the Other Tones

❍OTHER TONES PART ASSIGN

Here you can select the part that will play OTHER TONES.

To play from the Lower part

•Split the VK-8 and play Other Tones from the Lower part (p. 44).

•Connect an external MIDI keyboard to the VK-8, and play the Lower part and Other Tones from the external MIDI keyboard (p. 59)

To play from the Pedal part

•Connect a pedal keyboard to the VK-8, and play the Pedal part and Other Tones from the pedal keyboard (p. 59)

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

The indicators of buttons [1]–[3] will blink.

2.Press one of the [1]–[3] buttons to select the part that will play OTHER TONES.

Button Part

[1]UPPER

[2]LOWER

[3]PEDAL

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

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

3.Press the [WRITE] button to confirm selection of the part that will play OTHER TONES.

4.Save the edited parameter setting in a preset (p. 45).

NOTE

Never turn off the power while preset are being saved.

NOTE

When you press the keyboard after the step1, the split point will be changed.

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