Roland VG-99 Workshop Manual page 6

Effects, Effects, and More Effects
The VG-99 provides multi-effects to the gills—everything you need to
sweeten, tweak, twist, and/or mangle your tone. The list of included effects
reads like a history of Roland and BOSS signal processing, all under one
hood. In addition, there are many COSM models of classic stomp boxes and
effects units from other manufacturers.
The effects are organized into different groups, and all groups are available
simultaneously. One effect within each group can be selected at any one
time. The effects groups are described as follows.
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COMP— Provides compression and limiting effects.
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OD/DS— 30 different overdrive and distortion effects are provided here,
including models of legendary pedals and a plethora of BOSS classics.
There's even a custom setting for rolling your own fuzz.
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WAH— Classic wah models along with original wah effects and a
custom setting. Controlled via an optional expression pedal, the FC-300
Foot Controller, or MIDI.
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EQ— Shape your sound with a powerful four-band parametric
equalizer.
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DELAY— Multiple mono and stereo delay effects are provided here, as
well as reverse delay, and models of tape and analog units. You can also
do sound-on-sound effects with the HOLD effect.
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CHORUS — Add depth and richness with mono and stereo chorus
effects.
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REVERB— Create a sense of ambience with seven different reverb
effects, including hall, room, spring, and plate.
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MOD 1 and 2— These two groups feature 25 effects types, including
Phaser, Flanger, Slow Gear, Tremolo, Slicer, Octave, etc. Any one effect
type can be selected for each group: MOD 1 and MOD 2.
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NS— This effect is a noise suppressor to reduce hum and noise.
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FV— Foot volume, controlled via an optional expression pedal, the
FC-300 Foot Controller, or MIDI.
For a detailed listing of the effects and effects parameters, see the
VG-99 Owner's Manual.
The Effects Chain
The order of the VG-99's effects can be changed at will. The COSM guitar path
can be adjusted as well, allowing you to apply additional processing only
to your guitar's normal pickups, if desired. For example, this is particularly
useful for applying traditional guitar effects and COSM amp simulation to
the normal pickups, and not to the COSM instrument. Effects after the point
where the COSM guitar path is placed will be applied to both signals.
Processing Times Two: Dual Signal Paths
Okay, now that we've detailed what the VG-99 offers in the way of sound
processing, let's double it. That's right—the VG-99 provides two separate
and independent signal paths, A and B. And every processing option we've
described so far—COSM guitar, COSM amps, and multi-effects—can be set
up and used independently on both the A and B paths. That's an amazing
amount of signal processing power!
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