Roland SP-404MKII - Back Spin; Auto Pitch; Vocoder

Appendix
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Parameter
Value
Explanation
PITCH
-12–+12
Adjusts the volume of the pitch shifter for the effect sound.
BALANCE
100-0–0-100 (%)
Adjusts the volume balance between the dry (original) sound and effect sound.
FEEDBACK
0–99 (%)
Adjusts the amount of feedback for the effect.
CLOUDY
0–100
Adjusts the thickness of the effect sound.
LO-FI
OFF, ON
When this is ON, the tonal character of the effect sound is degraded.
Back Spin
This gives the effect of spinning a record backwards.
Parameter
Value
Explanation
LENGTH
1/1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8,
1/16
Sets the length of the back spin.
SPEED
0–100
Sets the speed of the back spin.
BACK SW
OFF, ON
If you turn this ON while a sound is playing, the back spin plays for a length of time
specified by the LENGTH parameter.
Turn this OFF to disable the back spin.
After switching to this effect, the sample must be played back (charged) for up to
approximately three seconds.
The BACK SW parameter blinks during charging.
Auto Pitch
Processes the human voice to create a variety of characters.
* This is enabled with INPUT FX.
Parameter
Value
Explanation
PITCH
-100–100
Sets the pitch of the voice. You can change the pitch up and down one octave.
FORMANT
-100–100
Sets the formant of the voice. Lower settings give a more masculine vocal
character, and higher settings give a more feminine vocal character.
BALANCE
100-0–0-100 (%)
Adjusts the volume balance between dry (the original sound) and effect sound.
AT PITCH
0–100
Adjusts the strength at which the pitch is corrected.
KEY
CHROMA, A, B³, B, C, D³, D,
E³, E, F, G³, G, A³
Adjusts the key to which the pitch is corrected.
ROBOT
OFF, ON
When this is turned ON, the inputted voice is altered to a voice without
inflection, staying at the same pitch.
Vocoder
Changes the voice to a vocoder voice.
* This is enabled with INPUT FX.
Parameter
Value
Explanation
NOTE
-17– -1, 1–18
Sets which note in the chromatic scale should sound, counting from the root of
the SCALE value. The scale and chord structure that is used depends on the
SCALE and CHORD settings.
The NOTE value can be controlled via note messages from a MIDI keyboard
connected to the MIDI IN connector, a computer connected via USB, a DAW
app running on an iOS device and so on.
At that time, you can send pitch bend messages to continuously change the
pitch.