Main Features - Roland V-Synth Owner's Manual

Main Features

With this synthesizer, every component involved in sound
creation has been taken to the next stage of evolution
The V-Synth brings together the ideal combination of sound generators, together with an interface that dynamically links your sensitivities with
the sound. It's a powerful synthesizer that only Roland could have produced. The sounds of the V-Synth have a living character that goes beyond
the limits of previous synthesizers.
The ideal combination of sound
generators
Flexible sound generator structure
The sound generator section consists of OSC, MOD, COSM, and
TVA blocks, and allows you to flexibly change the way in which
these blocks are connected. Sections other than the TVA provide
multiple types, and can be combined freely.
Since each section can be switched on/off in real time from the
panel, it's always easy to understand how the sound is structured.
Versatile oscillators using
VariPhrase technology
Since the oscillators have independent envelopes and LFOs, they
themselves have the functionality of synthesizers. You can choose
from three types: analog, PCM, and external input.
For example, since the PCM oscillators provide VariPhrase
functionality, you can change the waveform playback speed in the
forward or reverse directions.
Approximately 300 different preset waveforms are built-in. In
addition, you can use waveforms that you sampled from the analog
or digital input.
The powerful analog modeling sound generator creates a waveform
by internal calculation, and is great for creating unique tonal
changes, such as adding fatness or more of an edge to your sound.
COSM processing for creating
unique sounds
The COSM section uses a rich variety of processing in addition to the
usual TVF to vary the sound in extreme ways. For example, you can
use a sideband filter to give a metallic resonance to simple white
noise. You can use a resonator to add the body resonances of a
musical instrument. Processes such as wave shaper and guitar amp
modeling are also provided.
Since these effects are independent for each voice, you can play
chords while preserving the sense of pitch.
Carefully selected effects
Three types of carefully selected effects are built-in: MFX (multi-
effects), chorus, and reverb.
Also included is a newly developed Pseudo Stereo effect that adds a
sense of stereo to monaural sample data, allowing you to create a
variety of sound fields.
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An interface that gives life to the
sound
Intuitive user interface
The V-Synth provides a rich variety of controllers for hands-on
operation, which puts you in direct and intuitive control of the
sound: a touch-operated display, the Time Trip pad, twin D Beam
controllers that detect not only up/down but also left/right
movement, and highly sensitive knobs.
Most of the sound generator parameters can be assigned to these
controllers for direct control.
Powerful time-control functions
The VariPhrase sound generator of the V-Synth provides a Time Trip
function that can bring the waveform playback to a stop in real time,
and trace backward or forward from that point.
In addition, VariPhrase waveforms, LFO, envelope, arpeggiator, and
effects can all be made to operate in synchronization at the same
tempo. For example, a waveform with movement such as a rhythm
loop can easily be synthesized in units of individual notes. Of course
you can also synchronize to MIDI Clock messages from an external
device.
The arpeggiator lets you program a pattern for each sound, and also
supports control changes.
New specially optimized preset
sounds
The new built-in sounds created specifically for the V-Synth give
you a wide range of expression simply when played from the
keyboard, and are also optimized for performance from the Time
Trip pad and D Beam controllers.
From the day you start playing the V-Synth, you can start taking
advantage of the performance potential offered by its Time Trip pad
and D Beam controllers.