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Roland VK-8 User Manual

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Contents

Advanced Use .......................................................................................47

About the Edit Modes .................................................................................................................. 47
Basic Procedure ............................................................................................................................. 47

Settings That Are Saved for the Entire System .................................................................................... 49

Rotary-related Settings ................................................................................................................. 49
Click Noise and Percussion Settings .......................................................................................... 51
MIDI-related Settings ................................................................................................................... 52
Equalizer and Other Settings....................................................................................................... 55

Parameters that are stored in a preset ................................................................................................... 56

Effect and Other Settings ............................................................................................................. 56

Connecting the VK-8 to External Devices ..........................................58

Playing the VK-8 from an External MIDI Device ................................................................................ 58

Changing the function of the MIDI IN connectors (SUB KEYBOARD FUNCTION)......... 58
Using the VK-8 with a Dual Keyboard ...................................................................................... 59
Connecting a Pedal Keyboard..................................................................................................... 59

Using an External Sequencer to Record and Play Back ...................................................................... 60
Saving VK-8 Settings on an External Sequencer (Bulk Dump).......................................................... 61

Loading Back Data That’s Been Saved on an External Sequencer ......................................... 61

Connecting a Rotary Speaker ................................................................................................................. 62

Troubleshooting....................................................................................63

Error Indications............................................................................................................................ 66

Preset/OTHER TONES List...................................................................67

Preset List ....................................................................................................................................... 67
OTHER TONES List...................................................................................................................... 68

Edit Parameters.....................................................................................69

Drum List ...............................................................................................70

MIDI Implementation.............................................................................71

MIDI Implementation Chart ..................................................................77

Main Specification ................................................................................78

Index.......................................................................................................79