Quick Start Thank you, and congratulations on your choice of the Roland VG-88 V- GUITAR SYSTEM. Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: “IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS” (Owner’s manual p. 2), “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” (Owner’s manual p. 3), and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (Owner’s manual p.
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Make connections appropriate for your equipment Connect the VG-88 to the amp’s RETURN or MAIN IN jack. This allows you to get the sound of the VG-88 itself without bypassing the amp’s preamp section, which determines the amp’s individual sound qualities.
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Selecting sounds (patches) The VG-88 features 260 internally-stored effect sounds. Each of these sounds is called a “patch.” Patches are grouped in “banks,” sets of four patches that can be switched by pressing the number pedals [1] through [4]. fig.q02 Switching Patches with the Pedals fig.q03...
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Using the expression pedal (using the wah pedal) The built-in EXP pedal can also be assigned to parameters other than volume. ffig.q40 Make sure you’re in Play mode. If you’re not in Play mode, press [EXIT] several times. Press [EFFECT]. ffig.q30 fig.q05 Press [F2] (ON/OFF) to turn WAH “ON.”...
Creating sounds Using EZ Edit to create sounds intuitively You can create sounds easily and intuitively just by selecting one of the EZ Edit basic sounds, and adjusting four parameters. fig.q11 Press to start using EZ Edit. Press and turn to select the basic sound.
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Make COSM guitar and COSM amp settings Make COSM guitar settings (Example) Here we will select “LP FRONT.” Press [COSM GUITAR]. ffig.q18 Press [F1] (ON/OFF) to select “ON.” ig.q19 Press [F4] (TYPE), and use [VALUE] to select “VARI GT.” Press [PAGE ] to access page 2.
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Make multi-effect settings Press [EFFECT]. ffig.q30 fig.q31 Press [F1]–[F3] to select each effect. Turn [VALUE] to select the effect setting. Press [PAGE ] to access the effect ON/OFF screen located in the next page. * You can also move to the next page by repeatedly pressing [EFFECT].