Roland V-combo VR-09 Workshop Manual

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Press the E. PIANO—for “electric piano”—button. Take a
moment to try out Vintage EP, a famous Rhodes sound. In a
few moments, you’ll be returned to the main Piano mode
screen, where you can see that Vintage EP has a tremolo
MFX, or “multi-effect,” as electric pianos like this often do.
But, wait...where is it?
Here’s your first taste of the VR-09’s EFX section.
Try turning the MFX knob and listen—ah, all the
tremolo a player could want, and you can choose
just the amount you want. Every sound in the
VR-09 has an MFX, and the MFX knob is ready
and waiting for you to do with it what you will.
We’ll talk a bit more later about the EFX knobs
later on.
While we’re here, try adding some more grit to Vintage EP by
turning the EFX OVERDRIVE knob, and feel free to play with the
other EFX knobs. They’re always there for you to try out with any
sound you’ve got selected in the VR-09.
Let’s try out some more electric pianos. Press E. PIANO to return to the
electric piano list. Here’s a couple you don’t want to miss:
• ‘60s E. Piano—a Wurlitzer electric piano.
• FM EP2—that classic FM-based electric piano sound.
Transposing the VR-09 Keyboard
The VR-09’s Transpose features allow you to easily shift the notes the
keyboard plays to any key or octave so you can play in a key using the
fingerings you find most comfortable.
To Shift the Keyboard by Octaves
1 Press the OCTAVE DOWN or
UP button to lower or raise the
keyboard’s pitch as desired. The
VR-09 displays the amount of octave
shift.
Exploring Piano Mode
If you don’t already see the screen below, press the PIANO button in
the PIANO section. The display shows the GrandPianoV piano sound.
Play the keyboard to try out this beautiful piano.
GrandPianoV is automatically selected when you first power up.
If you’ve been selecting other sounds in Piano mode, the last-
selected sound is re-selected when you re-enter the mode.
In Piano mode, the buttons in the PIANO section allow you choose
sounds and adjust the current sound’s level.
Press the section’s PIANO button to display a
list of piano sounds.
To scroll through the list, press the  and  buttons or turn the VALUE
dial. When you highlight a sound, you can play it on the keyboard. A
few moments after you finish selecting sounds, the VR-09 returns you
to the main Piano mode screen. (You can also select sounds from the
main Piano mode screen by turning the VALUE dial.)
Some of the screens on the VR-09 appear only for a limited
amount of time. This is because we’ve given a lot of thought to
what you’ll want to see as you perform, and the VR-09 keeps the
important stuff in front of you when you need it. In this case, to
return to the list of pianos, press PIANO in the PIANO area again.

Roland V-combo VR-09 Specifications

General

Equalizer	Yes
Product type	Digital synthesizer
Product color	Black
Sound effects	Compression, Delay, Overdrive, Reverberation
Sound effects quantity	223
Keyboard number of keys	61
Maximum polyphony (notes)	128
Reverberation effects quantity	6
Headphone outputs	1
6.35 mm (1⁄4-inch) output	2
Battery type	AA
Operating time	5 h
Power source type	AC, Battery
Number of batteries supported	8

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	300 mm
Width	1008 mm
Height	106 mm
Weight	5500 g