Using a pedal to adjust the volume – Roland VR-700 User Manual

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Creating Organ Sounds

If you connect an expression pedal, you’ll be able to use the pedal to

adjust the volume of the organ sound and ensemble sound.

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Stepping on the pedal will increase the volume, while releasing the

pedal will decrease the volume.

* The organ volume will not reach 0 even if you completely release

expression pedal.

Using a Pedal to Adjust the Volume

Expression pedal

Other settings for the organ sound

In Function mode you can make additional detailed settings

for the tonewheel organ.

Type of tonewheel

Due to the manufacturing precision of the tonewheels and the

performance of the analog circuitry, the sounds produced by

the tonewheels will not be perfect sine waves. This contributes

to the distinctive character of a tonewheel organ. The VR-700

can simulate the sounds of four different types of tonewheels.

The tonewheel type can be changed by the Function mode

Leakage noise

On a tonewheel organ, a small amount of the signal from

tonewheels unrelated to the keys you pressed will leak into the

sound of the keys you pressed. This “leakage noise” is

considered a drawback of tonewheel organs, but some people

feel it to be an important distinctive element of these organ

sounds.

You can adjust the level of the leakage noise by using the

Key click

This is the click noise heard when you press or release a key.

On the earliest traditional tonewheel organs, a “click” noise

occurred when you pressed or released a key. This was initially

considered a problem, but blues and rock performers began to

take advantage of it in their performances, and it is now

considered a distinctive aspect of some jazz sounds.

The noise that is heard when you press or release a key can be

• Volume of noise when you press a key:

Key On Click Level

• Volume of noise when you release a key:

Key OFF Click Level

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