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About the V-Combo VR-700 Workshop Booklets
The Roland V-Combo VR-700 Stage Keyboard is designed for the working
musician, bringing together all the tools a gig demands. Roland's acclaimed
virtual tone-wheel organ technology, real harmonic bars, and waterfall
keyboard make it a joy to play. A rich assortment of settings allow for heart-
stopping recreations of classic and modern tone-wheel organ sounds.
Roland's beloved piano sounds are onboard, too, along with the most
asked-for synth and ensemble patches, bundled together in one keyboard
that's easy to set up and get to the gig. The V-Combo's built-in rhythms and
backing-track player make it even more indispensable onstage.
Each V-Combo Workshop Series booklet focuses on one V-Combo topic, and
is intended as a companion to the V-Combo VR-700 Owner's Manual.
This booklet requires V-Combo Operating System v1.08 or higher. You can
download the latest V-Combo O.S. for free from www.RolandUS.com.
About This Booklet
With the V-Combo's ability to generate separate upper and lower organ
sounds—as well as a pedal-keyboard sound—plus two ensemble tones, you
have five different sounds to use together. This booklet describes the most
common ways to combine sounds on the V-Combo.
Understanding the Symbols in This Booklet
Throughout this booklet, you'll come across information that deserves
special attention—that's the reason it's labeled with one of the following
symbols.
A note is something that adds information about the topic at hand.
A tip offers suggestions for using the feature being discussed.
Warnings contain important information that can help you avoid
possible damage to your equipment, your data, or yourself.
In a Hurry?
This booklet discusses splits and layers in detail. If you prefer, though, you
can jump to instructions for a specific type of split or layer by clicking it here:
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Playing the V-Combo as a Single-Manual Organ—see Page 4.
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Playing a Single Ensemble Tone Across the Keyboard—see Page 4.
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Setting Up a V-Combo Upper- and Lower-Manual Split—see Page 4.
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Creating a Split with Two Ensemble Tones—see Page 5.
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Creating an Organ/Ensemble-Tone Split—see Page 6.
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Layering the Organ with an Ensemble Tone—see Page 6.
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Layering Ensemble Sounds—see Page 7.
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Creating an Organ and Two-Ensemble-Tone Layer—see Page 8.
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Creating an Organ and Two-Ensemble-Tone Split—see Page 8.
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Creating a Two-Keyboard Dual Manual Organ—see Page 9.
The V-Combo Sounds
To start with, the V-Combo can produce three simultaneous organ sounds,
allowing it to act as a dual-manual organ with a pedal keyboard:
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The organ upper manual—When the keyboard's split into two separate
areas, this organ sound is played from the right-hand area of the
keyboard. (When you're not splitting the keyboard, this is the organ
sound that's played from the entire V-Combo keyboard.)
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The organ lower manual—When the keyboard's split in two, this organ
sound is played from the left-hand area of the keyboard.
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The organ pedal keyboard—This organ sound is most typically played
from an optional pedal keyboard, such as Roland's PK-25A, PK-7A,
or PK-5A, sold separately. When you connect one (or an external
MIDI keyboard) to the MIDI PEDAL IN jack, it automatically plays the
V-Combo's pedal sound with no additional setup required.
Adjust a manual's sound using the drawbars by pressing its HARMONIC
BAR button, or LOWER and UPPER together for the pedal sound.
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