Roland Vs-880 important safety instructions Voice Transformer, CHO Chorus, VT Voice transformer

Chapter 1 Trying out the expanded functions

Hold

This turns the Hold function on/off. When MIDI is selected, the MIDI control change message Hold will be received. The MIDI channel is fixed at 1. If you turn Hold on while a voice is being input into the mic, the instrument will sound

●Voice Transformer

This independently controls the basic pitch and the for- mants, allowing a variety of voice characters to be created.

with the vocal formats that are fixed at that time.

MicSens (Mic sensitivity)

Adjust the input sensitivity of the mic.

SynInLev (Synthesizer in level)

Adjust the input level of the instrument.

V.Char1–19 (Voice character)

Input L

Voice

Transformer

Input R

Output L

Reverb

Output R

Adjust the volume of each frequency band. This setting adjusts the tone of the vocoder.

As the value is increased, the frequency will rise.

MHPF (Mic HPF)

When mic mix is used, this adjusts the frequency at which the high pass filter (HPF) will begin to affect the mic audio. Higher values for this setting will allow you to mix only the consonants. With a setting of Thru, the HPF will not be applied.

MHPFPan (Mic HPF pan)

Adjust the panning of the mic audio.

MicMix (Mic mix)

Adjust the amount of the mic audio (R channel input) which has passed through the mic HPF that will be added to the output of the vocoder.

NSThresh (Noise suppressor threshold)

Adjust the level at which the noise suppressor applied to the instrumental input (R channel input) will begin to func- tion.

CHO (Chorus)

Chorus	Off, On
Rate	0.1Ð10.0 Hz
Depth	0Ð100
PreDLY	0Ð50.0 msec
MixBal	0Ð100

Chorus

Turn the chorus on/off. If this is turned off, the following items will not be displayed.

Rate

Adjust the modulation rate of the chorus.

Depth

Adjust the modulation depth of the chorus.

PreDLY (Pre delay)

Adjust the time from when the direct sound is output until the chorus sound is output.

MixBal (Mix balance)

Adjust the balance between the chorus volume and the direct volume.

*Voice Transformer can be used only in EFFECT-1. Also, EFFECT-2 will not be available for use.

< Hints for voice input >

Input only a single voice. If several voices are input, the VS-880 will not operate properly.

Be sure that sound from a speaker does not enter the microphone you are using. This will have the same effect as if several voices were input to the unit (i.e. the VS-880 will not function properly).

We recommend that you use a unidirectional micro- phone; speak or sing as close to the microphone as possi- ble.

VT (Voice transformer)

VoiceTrns	Off, On
Robot	Off, On
C.Pitch	-12Ð36
F.Pitch	-100Ð100
C.Formant	-12Ð12
F.Formant	-100Ð100
MixBal	0Ð100

VoiceTrns (Voice transformer)

Turn the voice transformer on/off. If this is off, the follow- ing items will not be displayed.

Robot

Turn the robot function on/off. When this is on, the audio will be output at a fixed pitch regardless of the pitch that is input, producing a voice character without inflection.

C.Pitch (Coarse pitch)

Adjust the pitch of the voice character in semitone steps. This can be adjusted over a range of 1 octave down to three octaves up.

F.Pitch (Fine pitch)

Make fine adjustments to the pitch of the voice character.

C.Formant (Coarse formant)

Adjust the formant of the voice character in semitone steps.

F.Formant (Fine formant)

Make fine adjustments to the formant of the voice character.

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