Panel Descriptions; Front Panel; Cosm Guitar Section (Cosm Guitar) - Roland VGA-7 Owner's Manual

Panel Descriptions

Front Panel

Front Panel
In some cases, odd sounds may occur when operating the button or a knob, but this does not indicate a malfunction.

COSM Guitar Section (COSM GUITAR)

This analyzes the principal components of an electric guitar,
and precisely simulates the function of each of the
components.
The number and type of pickups, the number of strings, the
tuning of each string, and each element that plays a part in
creating the tone of a guitar is digitally added to the
vibration produced by the strings of your guitar.
In addition, the VGA-7 detects each string's pitch and
enveloping — the "shape" of the sound. These characteristics
are then digitally applied to the current patch's waveform,
causing it to sound with all of the nuances of your guitar
performance.
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1 GK Input Connector (GK IN)
Use the special cable to connect the GK-2A-compatible guitar
(or the guitar in which the GK-2A is installed).
When the GK cable is connected or disconnected, the
indicators of the COSM guitar section will blink.
Setting the divided pickup switch to "SYNTH" allows
you to hear the different effects obtained with different
settings.
2 Type Button [TYPE]
Selects the type of guitar.
Each press of the button selects the next type in the series,
either ST, LP, TEL, HOLLOW, ACOUSTIC, or SPECIAL.
For each type you can select the following variations.
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Selecting variations (p. 23)
ST:
A solid-body guitar with three passive
1 CLASSIC
single-coil pickups.
2 MODERN A solid-body guitar with three active
single-coil pickups.
3 S-S-H A solid-body guitar with three active
pickups; from the front, single/single/
humbucking.
LP:
1 CLASSIC A solid-body guitar with two vintage
humbucking pickups.
A solid-body guitar with two passive
2 MODERN
humbucking pickups.
A solid-body guitar with two single-coil
3 Jr
pickups familiarly called "dog ear" or
"soap bar."
TEL:
1 CLASSIC A typical solid-body guitar with two
single-coil pickups, suitable for country or
rock'n'roll.
A solid-body guitar with two single-coil
2 MODERN
pickups, and a distinctive-sounding high
range.
3 H-S A solid-body guitar with a humbucking
pickup in front and a single-coil in the rear.
HOLLOW:
1 SEMI Semi-hollow-body guitar with two
humbucking pickups.
2 FULL Full hollow-body guitar with two
humbucking pickups.
A distinctive guitar beloved by vocal
3 RICK
groups in the 60's, with two unique single-
coil pickups.
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