Roland VK-8M Owner's Manual page 9

■ AMPLIFIER
10. [OVERDRIVE] knob
Adjust the depth of overdrive (p. 30).
11. [AMPLIFIER] button
Switches the frequency response and cabinet resonance
of the virtual amp (p. 30).
12. [TONE] knob
Adjust the tonal character of the organ voice (p. 30).
■ TONE WHEEL
13. [TONE WHEEL] button
Select the type of the virtual tonewheel (p. 24).
14. [LEAKAGE] knob
Allows you to independently add leakage noise,
separately from the leakage noise selected by the wheel
type (p. 24).
■ D BEAM
15. D BEAM controller
You can modify the sound by moving your hand over
the D Beam controller (p. 31).
16. D BEAM [ON] button
Switches the D Beam controller on/off (p. 31).
17. D BEAM button
Selects the effect that will be controlled by the D Beam
controller (p. 31).
■ ROTARY SOUND
18. [BRAKE] button
This button switches the rotation of the rotary sound.
When this is turned on, the rotation will gradually stop.
When it is turned off, the rotation will gradually resume
(p. 29).
19. [SLOW/FAST] button
This button switches the speed of rotation for the rotary
sound (p. 29).
20. SPEED Indicator
The left and right indicators light up alternately,
indicating the speed of the rotary speaker (p. 29).
ROTARY SPEED Indicators
Rapid blinking
Slow blinking
■ PERCUSSION
21. [2ND/3RD] button
This switches the percussion type (p. 25).
Part Affected by Harmonic Bar
Lit Indicator
This adds second percussion (same
2ND pitch as the 4' harmonic bar) to the
organ voice.
This adds third percussion (same
3RD pitch as the 2-2/3' harmonic bar) to
the organ voice.
Explanation
Fast rotation
Slow rotation
Settings
Part Affected by Harmonic Bar
Lit Indicator
2ND indicator and
3RD indicator are Percussion will not sound.
dark
22. [SOFT] button
This switches the volume of the percussion (p. 26).
23. [SLOW] button
This switches the decay time of the percussion (p. 27).
■ REGISTRATION
24. [H-BAR PART] button (Harmonic Bar Part)
This button selects the part whose settings the harmonic
bars will affect.
Indicator's The part whose settings the
color harmonic bars will affect
UPPER Part
When the harmonic bars are
Red
moved, the sound of the
Upper part will change (p. 20).
LOWER Part
When the harmonic bars are
Green
moved, the sound of the
Lower part will change (p. 20).
PEDAL Part
When the harmonic bars are
Amber
moved, the sound of the Pedal
part will change (p. 20).
UPPER Part
When the harmonic bars are
Dark
moved, the sound of the
Upper part will change (p. 20).
SEQUENCER MODE
The voices for parts specified with the MIDI transmit
channels are played.
SINGLE KEYBOARD MODE
The Upper Part voice is played, regardless of the parts
specified with the MIDI transmit channels (OMNI ON).
25. [H-BAR MANUAL] button (Harmonic Bar
Manual)
When this function is used, the harmonic bar settings
will change from the settings of the registration to the
positions (settings) of the harmonic bars on the panel (p.
20).
26. [WRITE] button
Saves the panel settings as a registration (p. 37, 38).
27. [BANK] button
Selects the registration bank (p. 19, 37, 38).
28. [1]–[6] button
The [1]–[6] buttons will switch registrations.
29. Harmonic Bar
These bars create the sound of the organ voice. You can
modify the tone in real time as you play (p. 21).
Panel Descriptions
Settings
MIDI
connector
function
SEQUENCER
MODE
SEQUENCER
MODE
SEQUENCER
MODE
SINGLE
KEYBOARD
MODE
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