Roland V-Synth GT Quick Start

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AP-Synthesis (Articulative Phrase Synthesis) is one of the new features on the V-Synth GT. It en
-
ables per
f
ormance expression that exceeds the realism o
f
samplin
g
.
A new method of expression that
’
s neither sampling nor modeling
A
new
method
of
expression
that s
neither
sampling
nor
modeling
A
P-S
y
nthesis is a completel
y
new method o
f
sound generation; it does
n
ot merel
y
sample and reproduce the sound o
f
an acoustic instrument,
b
ut actuall
y
models the wa
y
that an instrument responds to being pla
y
ed
.
In a big step up
f
rom merely seeking realism in the sound wave
f
orm
itsel
f
, this method meticulously models the way in which the sound
p
roduced by the instrument responds to how the instrument is played
.
Wh
i
l
e conventiona
l
p
hy
sica
l
mo
d
e
l
ing soun
d
generators mo
d
e
l
e
d
an
instrument’s “structure” (the shape of its resonant bod
y
, the length of
t
he tube, or the material of the vibrating object), AP-S
y
nthesis models
t
he “responses” or “operations” that are t
y
pical of that instrument being
pl
a
y
e
d
, suc
h
as tri
ll
s, portamento, vi
b
rato, or
dy
namics
.
This means that the synthesizer is not restricted to simply reproducing the “sound,” but is also able
to reproduce the “expressions” and “operations” that are typical o
f
each instrument
.
T
h
e V-S
y
nt
h
GT mo
d
e
l
s t
h
e wa
y
in w
h
ic
h
t
h
e soun
d
respon
d
s to p
l
a
y
ing tec
h
nique on severa
l
cate
g
ories of solo instrument that have particular expressive power: the saxophone, the  ute, the
erh-hu (a traditional Chinese instrument), and the violin. A trill played on a  ute, a glissando on
a vio
l
in, an
d
specia
l
tec
h
niques suc
h
as vi
b
rato or crescen
d
o can
b
e expresse
d
simp
l
y
b
y p
l
ay
-
ing the keyboard, without your having to be conscious o
f
them, allowing you to create humanly
emotional per
f
ormances in a realistic way.
For examp
l
e
b
y app
l
ying t
h
e “vio
l
in” p
h
rase mo
d
e
l
to t
h
e “vio
l
in” source wave, you can o
b
tain a
r
ea
l
istica
ll
y expressive so
l
o vio
l
in soun
d
t
h
at’s just
l
i
k
e w
h
at a vio
l
inist wou
ld
p
l
ay—simp
l
y
b
y
p
laying the keyboard in the conventional manner.
What is AP-Synthesis?
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Glissando technique
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b
r
ato
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r
esce
n
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Roland V-Synth GT Specifications

General

Brand	Roland
Model	V-Synth GT
Category	Synthesizer
Language	English