Roland VR-700 Adding Rotary Speaker Modulation, Detailed settings for the rotary speaker

Creating Organ Sounds

Adding Rotary Speaker Modulation

You can add the modulating sound that is typical of an organ with a rotary speaker connected.

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The most typical rotary speaker unit contained a high-frequency speaker (tweeter) and a low-frequency speaker (woofer), each of which rotated at a different speed. The VR-700 simulates the effect produced by a rotary speaker.

You can use the buttons in the rotary sound section to control the operation of the rotary speaker.

Button	Description
[ON] button	Turns on the rotary speaker effect.
	Switches the rotational speed of the
	rotary speaker.
[SLOW/FAST]	Press the [SLOW/FAST] button to toggle
	between FAST and SLOW.
button
	FAST is selected when the indicator is
	blinking rapidly, and SLOW is selected
	when the indicator is blinking slowly.
	When you turn this on (lit), the rotational
	speed of the speaker will slow down and
	eventually stop completely.
[BRAKE] button	* The function mode setting “Rotary
	Brake Position” lets you specify
	whether the speaker will come to rest
	at a random angle or at the same angle
	each time when the rotation is stopped
	completely (p. 52).

You can also use the bender lever (p. 14) or foot pedal to control the operation of the [SLOW/FAST] button and [BRAKE] button (p. 55).

Detailed settings for the rotary speaker

In Function mode you can make detailed settings for the rotary speaker (p. 53).

Speaker volume

You can specify the volumes of the tweeter and the woofer.

•	Volume of the tweeter:	Rotary Tweeter Level
•	Volume of the woofer:	Rotary Woofer Level

Rotational speed switching time

You can specify whether the rotational speed will change slowly or quickly.

The higher the value, the faster the change.

Changing from SLOW to FAST

•	Woofer:	Rotary Woofer Rise Time
•	Tweeter:	Rotary Tweeter Rise Time
Changing from FAST to SLOW
•	Woofer:	Rotary Woofer Rise Time
•	Tweeter:	Rotary Tweeter Rise Time

Spread

You can specify the amount by which the sound will appear to be spread to left and right by the rotation of the speaker.

•	Woofer:	Rotary Woofer Spread
•	Tweeter:	Rotary Tweeter Spread

Rotational speed

You can specify the speeds of the SLOW and the FAST rotation.

SLOW rotational speed

•	Woofer:	Rotary Woofer Slow Speed
•	Tweeter:	Rotary Tweeter Slow Speed
FAST rotational speed
•	Woofer:	Rotary Woofer Fast Speed
•	Tweeter:	Rotary Tweeter Fast Speed

Distance between speaker and microphone

The distance between the speaker and the microphone will affect the depth of the modulation.

• Rotary Mic Distance

Inconsistency of the speaker’s rotation

Depending on the condition of the rotary speaker, the speaker’s rotation might not be perfectly consistent, and this can create distinctive sounds.

• Rotary Speed Randomize

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