Using With The Varios - Roland V-Card VC-1 Owner's Manual

Using with the VariOS

Panel Description............................................................................................................90
VariOS Menu....................................................................................................................93
Try Out the Sounds.........................................................................................................94
Turning On the Power....................................................................................................... 94
Selecting Patches and Playing Sounds............................................................................ 95
Determining the MIDI Keyboard Routings.......................................................................................... 96
Setting the MIDI Receive Channel......................................................................................................... 97
Selecting Patches with the VALUE knob .............................................................................................. 97
Applying Effects to the Sound.......................................................................................98
Applying Effects by Turning Knobs ............................................................................... 98
How to Make the Patch Factors ....................................................................................... 99
Transferring Patches To and From the D-50/550 .......................................................101
Transferring Patches from the D-50 to the VC-1 ......................................................... 101
Transferring Patches from the VC-1 to the D-50/550................................................. 104
Overview of the VC-1 ....................................................................................................107
Memory Structure............................................................................................................ 107
The Basic Concept of a Tone........................................................................................... 108
Structure of Tone Parameters......................................................................................... 111
Creating Patches...........................................................................................................113
Naming a Patch ................................................................................................................ 113
Saving Patches .................................................................................................................. 114
Initializing Patch Settings ............................................................................................... 115
Reset to Default Factory Settings ................................................................................... 115
Copying a Patch Bank ..................................................................................................... 116
Settings for the Entire VC-1 .........................................................................................117
How to Make the System Function Settings ................................................................ 117
Saving the System Settings ............................................................................................. 120
Initializing the System Settings (Init) ............................................................................ 120
Connecting to Your Computer via USB ......................................................................121
Recovering the System from the CD-ROM .................................................................. 121
Exchanging MIDI Messages with Your Computer ..................................................... 124
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