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Technically, what’s going on here is that each of the EFX knobs controls 
one of six always-on effect processors:
•  Overdrive  •  Tone control  •  Compressor
•  MFX  •  Delay  •  Reverb
The sound passes through one of these effects after another.
1  Press the  SYNTH  section’s  SYNTH LEAD  button  to  select the 
Saw Lead 1 sound.
2  As you  play Saw Lead  1, play with  the EFX knobs.  Of course, 
there  are  ways  you  can  modify  how  effects  behave,  but  just 
playing around can provide too much fun.
Here’s  a  great  video  that’ll  give  you  an  idea  of  the 
possibilities.
Here’s another thing registrations on the VR-09 are great for. You 
can  lock  down  any  sound  you  create  using  the  EFX  knobs  by 
simply saving it as a registration.
If  you’re  the  type  of  musician  who  enjoys  mangling  sounds,  you 
may  wish  you  had  a looper  on  hand  that  would  let  you  build  up 
complex soundscapes. No problem: The VR-09 contains a looper 
perfect  for  this  purpose.  To  learn  more  about  it,  see  page  37  of 
the Owner’s Manual.
Layering Sounds and Splitting the VR-09 Keyboard
Layering and Splitting
In  the  VR-09’s  Dual  mode,  it’s  easy  to  stack  two  sounds  on  top  of 
each other to create rich timbres—any notes you play use both of the 
stacked sounds.
It’s often handy to have different sounds available in different areas of 
the keyboard. This type of configuration’s called a “split.” This is easy 
to do in the VR-09 using its Split mode.
Creating a VR-09 Layer or Split
Here’s how to layer sounds in the VR-09 and split the keyboard.
1  To layer or split the keyboard using:
•  PIANO and SYNTH sounds—press the PIANO and SYNTH 
buttons that select the sounds you want to use.
•  ORGAN and PIANO sounds—press the ORGAN button and 
the desired PIANO button.
•  ORGAN and SYNTH sounds—press the ORGAN button and 
the desired SYNTH button.
The  timing  of  your  button-presses  is  important  when  you’re 
creating a split: While holding down the button for the sound you 
want for your right hand, press the other sound’s button. 
You can layer two PIANO or two SYNTH sounds by pressing two 
PIANO or SYNTH buttons, respectively.
The display changes  to the DUAL screen that  shows your  two 
sounds layered together.
The two sounds in a layer 
are numbered 1 and 2.  
2  To  map  these  two  sounds  to  different  parts  of  the  keyboard 
in a  split, press the SPLIT button in  the SYNTH section  of the 
keyboard. The SPLIT screen appears, and the keyboard is now 
divided  into  two  zones,  with  the  top  sound  shown  onscreen 
mapped to Middle C and above, and the other sound played by 
the keys below Middle C.