Simulating A Jazz Scat Solo - Roland VP-550 Owner's Manual

Simulating a jazz scat solo

You won't be able to perform skillfully using Vocal Designer unless your mic vocalizing and keyboard per-
formance are at the appropriate timing. This can make it rather diffi cult to play rapid solo passages. In such
cases, you can turn up the volume of "JAZZ SCAT, " which has the sharpest attack of the Ensemble sounds.
This setting is ideal for jazz scat solos (which don't have lyrics).
1.
Choose [POP] and [JAZZ SCAT].
In Vocal Designer choose "POP" (ideal for rapid passages), and for the Ensemble sound choose "JAZZ SCAT. "
2.
While you perform using the mic and keyboard, adjust the Ensemble
level upward.
3.
Perform.
Being careful to match the timing of your mic and keyboard performance, play fast phrases on the key-
board while you vocalize a rapid passage using "doo ba, doo ba" –type vocalizations. The "JAZZ SCAT" En-
semble part will switch between scat sounds according to your keyboard dynamics, but you should simply
play a bit softer without paying too much attention to this. Then, at the moments where you want to add
musical emphasis to your solo, play the keyboard strongly to produce the "Fall" scat sound. The secret is to
scatter these accents at the appropriate points in your performance.
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