Roland VG-88 - Table of Contents

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Contents
USING THE UNIT SAFELY......................................................................3
Concepts Behind Development of the V-Guitar System .....................8
Main features...........................................................................................9
How to use this manual........................................................................10
IMPORTANT NOTES .............................................................................11
Front and Rear Panels..........................................................................12
Front Panel................................................................................................................................................. 12
Rear Panel.................................................................................................................................................. 13
Chapter 1. Preparations for playing ....................................................14
Attaching the GK-2A/GK-3 to your guitar .......................................................................................... 14
Connecting an amp etc. ........................................................................................................................... 14
About the screen display (Basic operation) .......................................................................................... 16
Turning on the power and tuning your guitar .................................................................................... 17
■ Turning on the power of the VG-88 ....................................................................................... 17
■ Tuning your guitar ................................................................................................................... 17
Specify the driver settings....................................................................................................................... 18
■ Adjusting the pickup sensitivity for each string .................................................................. 20
■ Matching the phase of the GK pickup and the guitar pickup............................................ 21
■ Name the GK pickup settings ................................................................................................. 21
Playing the VG-88 (adjusting the output level) ................................................................................... 21
■ Selecting the connected equipment........................................................................................ 21
■ Playing the VG-88 ..................................................................................................................... 22
Changing sounds (patches)..................................................................................................................... 22
■ How patch numbers are organized........................................................................................ 22
■ Using the VALUE dial to change patches ............................................................................. 23
■ Using pedals to change patches.............................................................................................. 23
Chapter 2. Overview of the VG-88 — basic knowledge.....................24
How the VG-88 produces sound............................................................................................................ 24
■ COSM GUITAR......................................................................................................................... 24
■ COSM AMP ............................................................................................................................... 24
Chapter 3. Creating sounds — basic section.....................................25
Saving a sound (patch) you created (the Write operation) ................................................................ 25
Rearranging the order of patches (the Exchange function)................................................................ 25
Very simple sound editing (EZ Edit function)..................................................................................... 26
Chapter 4. Creating sounds — advanced section .............................27
COSM GUITAR settings.......................................................................................................................... 27
COSM AMP settings ................................................................................................................................ 28
EFFECTS settings...................................................................................................................................... 28
Setting the tempo and key of the song you will perform................................................................... 29
Setting the pedal functions (EXP/CTL/GK VOL/GK SW)............................................................... 29
■ Setting the function of the VG-88’s built-in EXP pedal ....................................................... 29
■ Setting the function of the VG-88’s built-in CTL pedal....................................................... 30
■ Setting the GK VOL function .................................................................................................. 30
■ Setting the GK SW function..................................................................................................... 31
■ Setting the Assign functions....................................................................................................31
Exchanging the connection order of the internal multi-effect and the COSM GUITAR/COSM AMP ........ 32
Combining the normal input and GK input to create a sound.......................................................... 33
■ Setting the balance between the GK pickup and the normal pickup................................ 33
■ Connecting the sound of the GK pickup at the desired location in the effects................ 33