Roland VK-8 - Manual (Page 40)

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Playing the Organ
Using a Control Pedal
You can connect a pedal switch or expression pedal to the rear panel CONTROL
PEDAL jack, and assign a function to the pedal.
fig.01-39
■ Assigning a Function to the Control Pedal
You can change the function that is assigned to the control pedal.
1
Hold down the HARMONIC BAR PART [UPPER] and [PEDAL] buttons
and press the ROTARY [SLOW/FAST] button.
The indicators of buttons [1]–[8] will blink.
2
Press one of the buttons from [1] through [8] to select the function that
you want to assign to the control pedal.
12 different functions can be assigned to the control pedal. You can select any one of
these functions by switching the indicator of the [PRESET] button between lit/dark
states.
The following parameters are assigned to each button.
[PRESET] button’s indicator is dark
Button Parameter Page
[1] ROTARY SLOW/FAST
The rotary speaker effect can be
switched between slow and fast. This
will have the same effect as the [SLOW/
FAST] button.
[2] ROTARY SPEED
The speed of the rotary speaker effect
can be freely controlled between slow
and fast. This is especially effective
when assigned to the expression pedal.
[3] ROTARY BRAKE
This button temporarily halts the rota-
tion of the rotary sound.
DP-2
EV-7
NOTE
For some type of pedal switch,
the action you obtain when the
pedal is pressed will be the
opposite of what you intend.
In this case, change the
polarity of the pedal (p. 56).