Envelope Generator - Roland GR-500 Instructions Manual

Paraphonic guitar synthesizer
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The totally polyphonic Polyensemble Section offers the ability to
sembles of sound such as a brass chorus, or a string section.
simultaneously produce a combination of tones such as a chord.
All controls
for this section are grouped together under "'P''
With four voicing mixers and a three-control envelope generator,
on the control panel.
no special! playing technique
is required to create startling en-
INDICATOR
9—
VOICING MIXER
ENVELOPE GENERATOR
OPERATING THE POLYENSEMBLE SECTION
1
!
Connect an external amplifier or effect device to one of theOutput
Jacks on the rear panel. Locate the Output Selector Switch above
the Polyensemble Section on the control panel, and set this switch
to correspond with the outbut jack you have chosen on the rear
panel. When
the Output Selector is set to "2", for example, the
output signal appears at the CH 2 Output Jack on the rear panel.
Note that if you
have chosen
to use the MIX Output Jack, the
Output Selector Switch may be set at any position.
Guitar Controller
Set
the
GUITAR/DUAL/SYNTHESIZER
Selector Switch to SYNTHESIZER.
Qa Controler)
Set
the
Polyensemble
Section
ON/OFF
switch
to ON
and raise the Volume and
Master
Volume
controls
to their proper
levels.
FOR
THE
TIME
BEING,
KEEP
ON/OFF
SWITCHES
OF
THE
OTHER
SECTIONS OFF.
VOICING MIXER
These are slider controls which determine the tone
quality of the Polyensemble Section. It contains four
sound sources:
"F" (fundamental); "L" (low); "M"
(middle); and "H" (high). These sounds can be attained
individually 'or in any combination.
ENVELOPE GENERATOR
Three
slider
controls
function
to
determine
the
manner in which the sound rises and fades.
The lever on the left controls ATTACK,
or the time
required for the sound to rise to its full intensity.
The center lever governs DECAY
time, or the time re-
quired for the sound to decay to a "predetermined"
level.
The setting of the lever on the right determines the
SUSTAIN level, or the predetermined volume to which
the sound will ultimately decay.
Be sure
the LED
indicator for the Pol-
yensemble
Section
illuminates,
The
Pol-
yensemble Section is now ready to produce
sound.
Set the SUSTAIN
level control of the en-
velope generator to the desired position.
Set
the
slide
lever controls
of the
voicing mixer to their desired positions.
When
using headphones,
connect
them to
the Headphone
Jack
on the control panel
and adjust the Headphone Volume Level.

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