Using The D Beam Controller To Produce Common Organ Effects - Roland VK-88 Owner's Manual

Playing the Organ
Using the D BEAM Controller to Produce
Common Organ Effects
You can apply various effects to the sound only by moving your hand over the D
Beam Controller on the VK-88 panel.
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1
Press the D BEAM [ON] button so that the button is lit.
The D Beam Controller will be on.
2
Use the [D Beam] button to select the effect that you want to control
using the D Beam.
The effect assigned to the D Beam controller will be switched each time you press the
[D BEAM] button.
The following effects can be applied using the D Beam controller:
Effects
CRESCENDO
ROTARY SPEED
RING MODULATOR
TONE WHEEL BRAKE
SPRING SHOCK
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As you move your hand closer to the D Beam
controller, the volume of all harmonic bars will
gradually increase. When your hand is closest to
the D Beam controller, the harmonic bar volumes
will be at maximum, and the rotary will switch to
FAST.
The rotary effect will switch between slow and
fast each time you position your hand over the D
Beam controller.
When you position your hand over the D Beam
controller, the ring modulator will be applied (p.
43). As you bring your hand closer to the D Beam
controller, the ring modulator depth will change.
Moving your hand near the D Beam controller will
turn on the wheel brake. When you take your
hand away from the D Beam controller, the wheel
brake will be turned off (p. 43).
Moving your hand near the D Beam controller will
produce the sound of a spring reverb unit being
jarred (p. 43).
Explanation
NOTE
The control pedal, aftertouch,
or modulation lever has no
effect when the D BEAM [ON]
button is off while "D BEAM
SYNC" is assigned to the
control pedal, aftertouch, or
modulation lever.
NOTE
The crescendo effect is not
applied to the Pedal Tone.
If ROTARY SPEED is assigned
to the D Beam, you can move
your hand over the D Beam to
make the rotary effect change
gradually from slow to fast, or
from fast to slow (p. 82).
The volume of the spring
shock can be adjusted with the
REVERB [LEVEL] knob. The
spring shock is particularly
effective if "SPRING" is
selected as the reverb type (p.
45).