Roland V-combo VR-09 - Adding Effects to the Sound (Continued); Changing the Pitch;Applying Vibrato (Pitch Bend;Modulation Lever); Making the Pitch Change Smoothly (Portamento)

Adding Eects to the Sound
25
Modifying the Sound / Producing
Sound Eects (D-BEAM Controller)
By positioning your hand above the front panel’s D-BEAM
controller, you can modify the sound or produce sound eects.
This is a great way to give your live performance more impact.
1. Press one of the D-BEAM [PITCH], [SFX], or [CONTROLLER]
buttons to make it light.
Button Explanation
[PITCH] button
The pitch will change according to the movement
of your hand above the D-BEAM controller.
* Pitch will not apply to organ sounds and drum
sounds.
[SFX] button A sound eect will be produced.
[CONTROLLER] button
The D-BEAM controller will operate the
performance-related function you’ve assigned.
MEMO
• You can assign the sound eect to the [SFX] button, and assign
various performance-related functions to the [CONTROLLER]
button.
• The volume of the sound eect is linked with the volume of the
drum section. You can use the DRUM LEVEL [
] [ ] buttons to
adjust the volume of the sound eect (p. 33).
• If you’re using Split (p. 29), the eect of the [PITCH] button and
[CONTROLLER] button will apply only to the upper part.
2. While playing the keyboard to produce sound, position
your hand above the D-BEAM controller and slowly move
it up and down.
MEMO
You can specify the amount of pitch bend that will occur (Pitch
Bend Range: p. 49).
3. To turn o the D-BEAM controller, press the button you
pressed in step 1 to make it go dark.
Eective range of the D-BEAM controller
The illustration at right shows the
eective range of the D-BEAM
controller. Moving your hand
outside this range will not
produce any eect.
The eective range of the D-BEAM
controller will be drastically
decreased under strong direct
sunlight. Please be aware of this
when using the D-BEAM controller
outdoors.
MEMO
The sensitivity of the D-BEAM controller will vary
according to the brightness of its surroundings. If it
does not operate as you expect, you can readjust the
sensitivity. Increasing the D-BEAM sensitivity value (p.
50) will make it more sensitive.
D-BEAM Controller Settings
1. Press the D-BEAM [SFX] or [CONTROLLER] button to make
it light.
The D-BEAM screen appears.
2. Turn the [VALUE] dial to select the sound eect or
function that you want to control using the D-BEAM
controller.
Value Explanation
[SFX] button
REFERENCE
For details about the sound eects, refer to “Sound Eect List” in the
“Data List” (PDF).
You can download the “Data List” (PDF) from the Roland website.
http://www.roland.com/manuals/
[CONTROLLER] button
Rotary Fast/Slow
Switches the speed of the rotary speaker between
“fast” and “slow.”
Wheel Brake
Simulates the way in which the tonewheel
rotation slows and stops when a tonewheel organ
is powered-o (tonewheel brake).
* This has no eect for sounds other than organ
sounds.
Modulation
Applies a vibrato eect.
* Some sounds will not be aected by vibrato.
For details about the sounds, refer to “Sound
List” in the “Data List” (PDF).
N.Control 1
Apply an eect to specic acoustic sounds (p. 53).
N.Control 2
3. Press the [EXIT] button to nish the procedure.
MEMO
While the settings screen is displayed, you can press the
[TRANSPOSE] button to retain the settings screen. Press the
[EXIT] button to return to the previous screen.
What’s the tonewheel brake?
This simulates the way in which the tonewheels stop rotating
when you switch o the power on a tonewheel organ.
Since the amplier of a tonewheel organ consisted of analog
circuits using vacuum tubes, it would continue to produce
sound for a short time even after the power was turned o.
However, since the organ’s tonewheels would start slowing
down as soon as the power was turned o, this would make
the pitch drop. The technique of stopping the tonewheels
was sometimes used on tonewheel organs. A skilled
performer could use this eect within their music.
Introduction Performing Recording Looper Settings
Appendix