Changing The Pitch/Applying Vibrato; (Pitch Bend/Modulation Lever); Making The Pitch Change Smoothly (Portamento); Specifying The Time Of Pitch Change - Roland V-Combo VR-09 Owner's Manual

Changing the Pitch/Applying Vibrato

(Pitch Bend/Modulation Lever)

While playing the keyboard, move the lever toward the left to lower
the pitch, or toward the right to raise the pitch. This is called "pitch
bend. "
Moving the lever away from yourself will apply vibrato. This is called
"modulation. "
Moving the lever away from yourself while also moving it to left or
right will apply both efects simultaneously.
MEMO
• Pitch bend and modulation will not apply to organ sounds.
If you're playing only organ sounds, you can use the Pitch bend/
Modulation lever to control the rotary efect. Moving the lever
away from yourself will switch the rotary efect on/of. Moving
the lever to left or right will switch between fast/slow speeds.
• If you're using Split (p. 28), pitch bend and modulation will apply
only to the upper part.
• You can specify the amount of pitch bend that will occur (Pitch
Bend Range: p. 46).
• You can disable the rotary efect on/of switching that's
controlled by the modulation lever (Modulation Lever: p. 47).
• For the following acoustic sounds, you can use the modulation
lever to produce dynamics efects.
• N.Trumpet
• N.Alto Sax
• N.Flute
Making the Pitch Change Smoothly
(Portamento)
Portamento is an efect that produces a smooth change in pitch
between one note and the next.
Portamento can be applied to piano sounds and to synthesizer
sounds.
MEMO
• Some sounds already have portamento applied to them (default
setting).
• When using split (p. 28), portamento will be applied only to the
upper part.
1.
Press the [MENU] button.
2.
Turn the [VALUE] dial to select "Portamento."
3.
Press the [ENTER] button.
4.
Use the CURSOR [ ] [ ] buttons to select "Portamento
Switch."
5.
Turn the [VALUE] dial to change the setting.
Value Explanation
OFF Portamento is of.
ON Portamento is on.
DEFAULT The default setting.
6.
Press the [EXIT] button several times to inish the
procedure.

Specifying the Time of Pitch Change

You can specify the time over which the portamento efect will
produce the pitch change.
1.
Press the [MENU] button.
2.
Turn the [VALUE] dial to select "Portamento."
3.
Press the [ENTER] button.
4.
Use the CURSOR [ ] [ ] buttons to select "Portamento
Time."
5.
Turn the [VALUE] dial to change the setting.
Value 0 (short)–127 (long)
6.
Press the [EXIT] button several times to inish the
procedure.
Adding Efects to the Sound
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