Modifying The Sound / Producing Sound Efects; (D-Beam Controller); D-Beam Controller Settings - Roland V-Combo VR-09 Owner's Manual

Adding Efects to the Sound
Modifying the Sound / Producing
Sound Efects (D-BEAM controller)
By positioning your hand above the front panel's D-BEAM
controller, you can modify the sound or produce sound efects.
This is a great way to give your live performance more impact.
1.
Press one of the D-BEAM [PITCH], [SFX], or [CONTROLLER]
buttons to make it light.
Button Explanation
The pitch will change according to the movement
of your hand above the D-BEAM controller.
[PITCH] button
* Pitch will not apply to organ sounds and drum
sounds.
[SFX] button A sound efect will be produced.
The D-BEAM controller will operate the
[CONTROLLER] button
performance-related function you've assigned.
MEMO
• You can assign the sound efect to the [SFX] button, and assign
various performance-related functions to the [CONTROLLER]
button.
• The volume of the sound efect is linked with the volume of the
drum section. You can use the DRUM LEVEL [
adjust the volume of the sound efect (p. 32).
• If you're using Split (p. 28), the efect of the [PITCH] button and
[CONTROLLER] button will apply only to the upper part.
2.
While playing the keyboard to produce sound, position
your hand above the D-BEAM controller and slowly move
it up and down.
MEMO
You can specify the amount of pitch bend that will occur (Pitch
Bend Range: p. 46).
3.
To turn of the D-BEAM controller, press the button you
pressed in step 1 to make it go dark.
Efective range of the D-BEAM controller
The illustration at right shows the
efective range of the D-BEAM
controller. Moving your hand
outside this range will not
produce any efect.
The efective range of the
D-BEAM controller will be
drastically decreased under
strong direct sunlight. Please
be aware of this when using the
D-BEAM controller outdoors.
MEMO
The sensitivity of the D-BEAM controller will vary
according to the brightness of its surroundings. If it
does not operate as you expect, you can readjust the
sensitivity. Increasing the D-BEAM sensitivity value (p. 46)
will make it more sensitive.
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D-BEAM Controller Settings

1.
Press the D-BEAM [SFX] or [CONTROLLER] button to make
it light.
The D-BEAM screen appears.
2.
Turn the [VALUE] dial to select the sound efect or
function that you want to control using the D-BEAM
controller.
] [ ] buttons to
3.
Press the [EXIT] button to inish the procedure.
What's the tonewheel brake?
Value Explanation
[SFX] button
REFERENCE
For details about the sound efects, refer to "Sound Efect List" in the
"Data List" (PDF).
You can download the "Data List" (PDF) from the Roland website.
http://www.roland.com/manuals/
[CONTROLLER] button
Switches the speed of the rotary speaker between
Rotary Fast/Slow
"fast" and "slow. "
Simulates the way in which the tonewheel
rotation slows and stops when a tonewheel organ
is powered-of (tonewheel brake).
Wheel Brake
* This has no efect for sounds other than organ
sounds.
Applies a vibrato efect.
* Some sounds will not be afected by vibrato.
Modulation
For details about the sounds, refer to "Sound
List" in the "Data List" (PDF).
N.Control 1
Apply an efect to speciic acoustic sounds (p. 50).
N.Control 2
This simulates the way in which the tonewheels stop
rotating when you switch of the power on a tonewheel
organ.
Since the ampliier of a tonewheel organ consisted of analog
circuits using vacuum tubes, it would continue to produce
sound for a short time even after the power was turned of.
However, since the organ's tonewheels would start slowing
down as soon as the power was turned of, this would make
the pitch drop. The technique of stopping the tonewheels
was sometimes used on tonewheel organs. A skilled
performer could use this efect within their music.