Roland VK-8 - Manual (Page 6)

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Contents
Conventions Used in This Manual .......................................................................................................... 1
USING THE UNIT SAFELY......................................................................3
IMPORTANT NOTES ...............................................................................5
Main Features..........................................................................................9
Panel Descriptions................................................................................10
How the VK-8 Works.............................................................................13
About the Virtual Tonewheel Sound Generator.................................................................................. 13
How the Organ Sound are Created ....................................................................................................... 13
How the Other Tones are Created ......................................................................................................... 14
About the Memories ................................................................................................................................ 15
Before You Begin Playing ....................................................................16
Connecting the Power Cord.................................................................................................................... 16
Connecting Your Amp, Speakers, or Headphones.............................................................................. 17
Connecting the Pedal Keyboard............................................................................................................. 18
Connecting an Expression Pedal or Pedal Switch ............................................................................... 18
Turning the Power On ............................................................................................................................. 19
Turning Off the Power ................................................................................................................. 19
Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Reset)..................................................................................... 20
Listening to the Demo Songs .................................................................................................................. 21
Playing the Organ .................................................................................22
Listening to Various Sounds................................................................................................................... 22
About the Organ Voice ............................................................................................................................ 23
Adjusting the Sound in Real Time (Harmonic Bars)........................................................................... 24
Changing the Organ Sound (Wheel Type, Leakage Level)................................................................ 27
Adding Crispness to the Sound (Percussion)....................................................................................... 28
Adding Modulation to the Sound (Vibrato and Chorus) ................................................................... 31
Using the COSM Rotary Speaker Effect (Rotary Sound).................................................................... 32
Changing the Amp Type (Amp Type, Overdrive, Tone) ................................................................... 33
Using the D BEAM Controller to Produce Common Organ Effects................................................. 34
Adjusting the Sensitivity of the D Beam Controller................................................................. 36
Adding Ambience (Reverb) .................................................................................................................... 37
Dividing the Keyboard (Split) ................................................................................................................ 38
Changing the Split Point .............................................................................................................. 38
Using the Expression Pedal .................................................................................................................... 39
Using the Active Expression Function....................................................................................... 39
Using a Control Pedal .............................................................................................................................. 40
Assigning a Function to the Control Pedal ............................................................................... 40
Using the Hold Pedal to Sustain the Sound ......................................................................................... 42
Playing Other Tones .............................................................................43
Layering Other Tones with Organ Sounds (Layer)............................................................................. 43
Assigning Organ Sounds and Other Tones Across the Keyboard (Split) ........................................ 44
Saving Your Settings (Preset) .............................................................45
Saving to a Preset in the Same Bank........................................................................................... 46
Saving to a Preset in Another Bank ............................................................................................ 46
Copying a preset ........................................................................................................................... 46