Roland VK-8 - Table of Contents

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Contents
Conventions Used in This Manual ..........................................................................................................1
USING THE UNIT SAFELY......................................................................3
IMPORTANT NOTES ...............................................................................5
Main Features..........................................................................................9
Panel Descriptions................................................................................10
How the VK-8 Works.............................................................................13
About the Virtual Tonewheel Sound Generator..................................................................................13
How the Organ Sound are Created .......................................................................................................13
How the Other Tones are Created ......................................................................................................... 14
About the Memories ................................................................................................................................15
Before You Begin Playing....................................................................16
Connecting the Power Cord....................................................................................................................16
Connecting Your Amp, Speakers, or Headphones..............................................................................17
Connecting the Pedal Keyboard.............................................................................................................18
Connecting an Expression Pedal or Pedal Switch...............................................................................18
Turning the Power On.............................................................................................................................19
Turning Off the Power .................................................................................................................19
Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Reset).....................................................................................20
Listening to the Demo Songs.................................................................................................................. 21
Playing the Organ .................................................................................22
Listening to Various Sounds...................................................................................................................22
About the Organ Voice............................................................................................................................23
Adjusting the Sound in Real Time (Harmonic Bars)...........................................................................24
Changing the Organ Sound (Wheel Type, Leakage Level)................................................................27
Adding Crispness to the Sound (Percussion).......................................................................................28
Adding Modulation to the Sound (Vibrato and Chorus)...................................................................31
Using the COSM Rotary Speaker Effect (Rotary Sound)....................................................................32
Changing the Amp Type (Amp Type, Overdrive, Tone)................................................................... 33
Using the D BEAM Controller to Produce Common Organ Effects................................................. 34
Adjusting the Sensitivity of the D Beam Controller.................................................................36
Adding Ambience (Reverb).................................................................................................................... 37
Dividing the Keyboard (Split) ................................................................................................................38
Changing the Split Point..............................................................................................................38
Using the Expression Pedal ....................................................................................................................39
Using the Active Expression Function.......................................................................................39
Using a Control Pedal.............................................................................................................................. 40
Assigning a Function to the Control Pedal ...............................................................................40
Using the Hold Pedal to Sustain the Sound .........................................................................................42
Playing Other Tones.............................................................................43
Layering Other Tones with Organ Sounds (Layer).............................................................................43
Assigning Organ Sounds and Other Tones Across the Keyboard (Split)........................................44
Saving Your Settings (Preset) .............................................................45
Saving to a Preset in the Same Bank...........................................................................................46
Saving to a Preset in Another Bank............................................................................................46
Copying a preset ...........................................................................................................................46