Reducing Acoustic Feedback (Howling Canceller); Changing The Character Of A Voice (Voice Changer) - Roland VR-1HD Reference Manual

Reducing Acoustic Feedback
(Howling Canceller)
Here's how to reduce the acoustic feedback that can occur when a
mic is brought near a speaker (howling canceller function).
1
[MENU] button 0 "AUDIO INPUT" 0 "MIC 1" or "MIC 2"
0 select "HOWLING CANCELLER."
2
Turn the [VALUE] knob to select "ON," and press to confirm.
The howling canceller function turns on.
3
Press the [MENU] button several times to close the menu.
Changing the Character of a Voice
(Voice Changer)
Here's how to modify the pitch or character of the voice that's input
from a mic. You can create transformations such as "from a female to
a male voice, " "from a male to a female voice, " or "robot voice. "
1
Press the AUDIO EFFECTS [1] button to turn voice
changer on (lit).
Vocalize into the mic, and the modified voice is output.
* With the factory settings, the effect is applied to the audio of MIC 1.
2
To turn voice changer off, press the AUDIO EFFECTS [1]
button once again.
Adjusting the voice changer settings
1
[MENU] button 0 "AUDIO EFFECTS" 0 "EFFECTS 1" 0
select the menu item.
Menu item Explanation
TARGET
Specifies the mic audio to which the effect applies.
Adjusts the pitch of the voice in semitone steps. A
PITCH
setting of "0" is the original pitch.
Adjusts the character (formant) of the voice. Settings
in the negative (–) direction produce a more masculine
FORMANT vocal character, and settings in the positive (+)
direction produce a more feminine vocal character. A
setting of "0" is the original voice.
If this is "ON, " the voice is held at a fixed pitch, creating
ROBOT
a mechanical robot-like impression.
Adjusts the balance between the unprocessed voice
MIX
(0) and the voice processed by the effect (100).
2
Turn the [VALUE] knob to edit the value of the setting,
and press to confirm.
3
Press the [MENU] button several times to close the menu.
MEMO
With the factory settings, the AUDIO EFFECTS [1] button is
assigned the voice changer on/off function.
You can use the [MENU] button 0 "AUDIO EFFECTS" 0 "EFFECTS 1"
–"EFFECTS 4" 0 "ASSIGN" to change the function that's assigned.
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