Table Of Contents - Roland V-Card VC-1 Owner's Manual

Table of Contents

USING THE UNIT SAFELY...................................................................................2
IMPORTANT NOTES ............................................................................................3
Introduction ..........................................................................................................6
Using with the V-Synth..................................... 9
Panel Descriptions.............................................................................................10
Try Out the Sounds............................................................................................15
Turning On the Power ........................................................................................................................................... 15
Selecting Patches and Playing Sounds ................................................................................................................ 16
Viewing Various Information............................................................................................................................... 18
Applying Effects to the Sound..........................................................................19
Applying an Effect by Touching to the Pad ....................................................................................................... 19
Applying an Effect by Passing Over the D Beam .............................................................................................. 20
Assigning Parameters to the Controllers ............................................................................................................ 21
How to Make the Patch Factors............................................................................................................................ 26
Saving Patches You've Created .......................................................................33
Naming a Patch....................................................................................................................................................... 33
Saving Patches......................................................................................................................................................... 34
Reset to Default Factory Settings ......................................................................................................................... 35
Transferring Patches To and From the D-50/550 ............................................36
Transferring Patches from the D-50 to the VC-1................................................................................................ 36
Transferring Patches from the VC-1 to the D-50/550 ....................................................................................... 40
Copying a Reverb Type ......................................................................................................................................... 42
Overview of the VC-1 .........................................................................................44
Memory Structure .................................................................................................................................................. 44
The Basic Concept of a Tone ................................................................................................................................. 45
Structure of Tone Parameters ............................................................................................................................... 48
Creating a Patch.................................................................................................50
How to Make the Patch Settings .......................................................................................................................... 50
Useful Functions for Editing................................................................................................................................ 51
Tone Parameters................................................................................................57
Common Parameters ............................................................................................................................................. 57
Partial Parameters .................................................................................................................................................. 63
Settings for the Entire VC-1 ..............................................................................78
How to Make the System Function Settings....................................................................................................... 78
Initializing the System Settings ............................................................................................................................ 82
Connecting to Your Computer via USB ...........................................................83
Recovering the System from the CD-ROM......................................................................................................... 83
Exchanging MIDI Messages with Your Computer............................................................................................ 88
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