Roland V-Synth Book page 14

TIME (PCM only)
Mad Orchestra
Press EXIT, then step down and up a patch to remove any edits you have made. Press
the OSC1 pad and change Osc Type to PCM instead of Analog. Use the cursor up/down
buttons (if necessary) to highlight the waveform number, then change this to number
043, "120 PfLick1+". If you play a note you should now be able to hear a piano
arpeggio sample.
Touch the Time tab so you can see the Time value. Touch the ZERO pad
keyboard, watch Time change as you take it slowly up to +63 (using the OSC1 / TIME
knob) and then all the way down to -63
sampling, in case you hadn't already noticed!
Now set Time to -1 by turning the TIME knob back to the to the center, touching the
Time control and pressing the DEC/- button. Play a bunch of random notes in the
center of the keyboard. Do you recognize this sound? It is the basis for the first patch in
your V-Synth, "001:MadOrchestra". Of course you can modulate the Time
parameter from its own dedicated envelope or from the LFO. Later on you will learn how
to modulate parameters using any realtime controls you like (Time-Trip, D-Beam, C1
and C2, Bender, keyboard velocity, aftertouch) by defining sources and destinations in
the modulation matrix.
FORMANT (PCM only)
This page is grayed out because the currently used waveform is of type Ensemble - see
the section on "Creating and Editing Samples (Sample Mode)" in the Owner's
Manual as well as the section "Sampling and Encoding" later on in this tutorial.
We need a waveform of type Solo (or Lite) to demonstrate how formants can be
manipulated in realtime. Press EXIT, then step down and up a patch.
Go to the OSC1 / OSC Type page, select PCM and change the waveform to 067,
"088:NaNaNa+". Activate Tempo Sync (a pad in the bottom right-hand corner of the
page) and reduce the tempo a little using the TEMPO knob in the ARPEGGIO section.
Play a chord with your left hand and add a higher note afterwards with your right hand.
The new note will be retriggered i.e. probably out of step with the other voices, so
change the Playback Mode to Legato. Try the chord and the additional note once again
- everything is now in step. Now experiment with the OSC1 Formant knob...
Hey You!
Take FORMANT back to the center, then turn the LFO DP3 knob up to maximum for
some deep and rapid formant modulation. Go to the LFO page, activate Key Sync
and change the Rate to one of the musical notes you will find after reaching 127
If you have selected a minim here (the empty circle with a tail), changing the LFO
waveform to SAW
"NannaNoo HeyYou". To turn this into "HeyYou NannaNoo", go to the Osc Type page and
take Start Offset up to about 40000. You should use SHIFT + VALUE to do this,
otherwise it would take forever! Save this patch under the name "Hey You!" to patch
number 301.
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. This is VARIPHRASE and not conventional
3 will give you "NunnaNaah HooYaah", and TRI
1 . Play the
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4 will give you
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4 3
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