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On a tone wheel organ, a slight

 

 

 

“blip” noise is heard when you press

 

 

 

or release a key. Initially, this was

 

 

Click is heard when you press/re-

considered a defect, but as organs

The volume of the click can be ad-

 

with this characteristic came to be

 

justed with “ON CLICK LEVEL”

p. 51

lease a key

used in a wide range of music, it

and “OFF CLICK LEVEL.”

 

 

grew to be considered part of the

 

 

 

 

 

sound. The VK-8 faithfully simu-

 

 

 

lates this key click noise, which is

 

 

 

characteristic of tone wheel organs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuning is incorrect.

Adjust the reference pitch.

p. 55

 

 

 

 

 

Key Transpose (transposition) is in

Either cancel Key Transpose, or

p. 55

 

effect.

change its setting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glide has been assigned to the con-

 

 

 

trol pedal.

Either connect a foot switch or con-

 

 

If Glide is assigned when no foot

trol pedal to the CONTROL PEDAL

p. 40

 

switch or control pedal is connected

jack, or assign a function other than

 

 

Pitch is incorrect

to the CONTROL PEDAL jack, the

Glide to the control pedal.

 

pitch may be incorrect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wheel Brake is assigned to the con-

 

 

 

trol pedal.

Either connect a foot switch or con-

 

 

If Wheel Brake is assigned when no

trol pedal to the CONTROL PEDAL

p. 41

 

foot switch or control pedal is con-

jack, or assign a function other than

 

 

 

nected to the CONTROL PEDAL

Wheel Brake to the control pedal.

 

 

jack, the pitch may be incorrect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ring Modulator is applied to the or-

Operate the control pedal or the D

p. 35

 

gan voice.

Beam to defeat the ring modulator.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overdrive level is too low.

Turn the [OVERDRIVE] knob to ad-

p. 33

 

just the depth of overdrive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overdrive is not applied

The expression pedal has been

While carefully monitoring the vol-

p. 39

rocked toward the front.

ume, depress the toe of the pedal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overdrive will not be applied to the

This is not malfunction.

- - -

 

Other Tones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reverb is not applied

Reverb level is too low.

Turn the REVERB [LEVEL] knob

p. 37

clockwise to adjust the reverb level.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The ROTARY SOUND [ON] button

Press the ROTARY SOUND [ON]

p. 32

 

is turned off (dark).

button to turn it on (lit).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rotary effect is not applied

 

Either turn the [BRAKE] button off

 

 

The [BRAKE] button is on (lit).

(dark) or press the [SLOW/FAST]

p. 32

 

button, so that the brake will be re-

 

 

 

 

 

leased, and rotary will be applied.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Either select a different channel for

 

 

This is already specified as the MIDI

the other part that is using that chan-

 

 

nel and then make the desired set-

p. 54

 

channel of another part.

 

ting, or select a MIDI channel that no

 

 

 

 

Can’t set the MIDI channel

 

other part is using.

 

 

 

 

You are attempting to set the MIDI

It is not possible to set the MIDI

 

 

 

 

channel of the Other Tones, Drum,

 

 

channel of the Other Tones, Drum,

 

 

or spring shock to the MIDI channel

p. 54

 

or spring shock to the same channel

 

that has been specified as the Con-

 

 

as the Control MIDI Channel.

 

 

trol MIDI Channel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Roland VK-8 owner manual Problem Check Solution, Click is heard when you press/re, Lease a key, Pitch is incorrect