Roland VP-9000 User Manual

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Roland VP-3DDD VARIPHRASE PRDCESSDR Reference From all of us at Roland, thank you for choosing the Roland VP-9000 Variphrase Processor. In order to ensure safe operation, please read "IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS" (p. 2), "USING THE U...

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A CAUTION A RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NO! OPEN ATTENTION RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERS...

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USING THE UNIT SAFELY INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREVENTION OF FIRE, ELEaRIC SHOCK, OR INJURY TO PERSONS About A WARNING and A CAUTION Notices About the Symbols AWARNING Used for instructions intended to alert the user to the risk of death or severe injury...

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A CAUTION Always grasp only the plug on the power-supply cord when plugging into, or unplugging from, an outlet or this unit. Try to prevent cords and cables from becoming entangled. Also, all cords and cables should be placed so they are out of the ...

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Important Notes In addition to the items listed under "IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS" and "USING THE UNIT SAFELY" on pages 2-4, please read and observe the following: Power Supply Do not use this unit on the same power circuit wit...

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Important Notes • Never attempt to remove a Zip disk from the drive while the drive is operating (the indicator is lit); damage could result to both the disk and the drive. • Remove any disk from the drive before powering up or down. • To preve...

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Contents USING THE UNIT SAFELY 3 Important Notes 5 Contents 7 What can I do with the VP-9000? (Main features) 11 Front and Rear Panel 12 Chapter 1 . Getting Ready 15 Check the included items 15 Installing additional wave memory 15 Checking the wave m...

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Contents Chapter 5. Performance settings ([PERFORM]) 49 Overall Settings for the performance ([Fl (COMMON)]) 49 Modifying the name 49 Tempo / synchronization / metronome settings 49 Tuning settings 50 Settings for each part ([F2 (PART)]) 50 Keyboard ...

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Contents 39: RADIO TUNING 108 40: BIT RATE CONVERTER 108 Chorus settings 109 Chorus Type 110 Reverb settings Ill 01: ROOM 1 HI 02: ROOM 2 112 03: ROOM 3 113 04: HALL 1 114 05: HALL 2 114 06: HALL 3 114 07: GARAGE 115 08: PLATE 115 09: NON-LINEAR 115 ...

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Contents Chapter 11. Backing Up Your Data 151 Backing up data to a CD-R/RVV {51 What are CD-R and CD-RW? |^ Writing data |^ Formatting a previously written CD-RW j5j Saving settings on an external sequencer (Bulk Dump) |54 Bulk dump procedure ^ Resto...

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What can I do with the VP-9000? (Main features) The VP-9000 Variphrase Processor is a new sound processor which is capable of manipulating pitch, playback speed (time), voice characteristics (formant) and rhythm (groove) of audio phrases, all with pe...

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Front and Rear Panel o PHONES AUDIO IN S 3 LmUTY SYSTEM DISK Q __. __ _, _ MO UEBSUE saquokt F2 F3 I I li F4 LJ F5 F6 H KM I- PI I B Zip Disk Drive Zip disks are inserted here. You can use either 100 or 250 MB Zip disks. B VOLUME Knob Adjusts the ove...

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Front and Rear Panel JJ DEC/- A INC/+ C o G VARlPMRASE GON'HDL TIME KJRMAfflVGROOVE o PREVIEW KNOB GROOVE MULTf CHOROS REVERB 3 Q E EFFECTS ON/OFF POWER o H EXIT Button Press this button to return to the previous screen (p. 26). SHIFT Button Thi...

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Front and Rear Panel K M a . "™°Y« iooOwO CN22S C€ T nanuMjaoKTOVACS— »© ©- ~>g)» © ^©4I1I1> J AC Inlet Connect the included power cord to this inlet. K STEREO INPUT Jacks When sampling, connect a keyboard or a CD player to t...

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Chapter 1 . Getting Ready Check the included items The VP-9000 is packaged with the following items. Please make sure that you have all of them. • The VP-9000 itself • Power cable • User Guide • Reference (this manual) • Demo Zip disk • S...

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Chapter 1 . Getting Ready Connecting a SCSI device In order to load wave data from a sound library (a CD-ROM containing Sounds or phrases) into the VP-9000, or to save data on a re|movable disk or hard disk, you will need to connect a separately avai...

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Chapter 1 . Getting Ready r~ ^ \ / ^ / \ i ^mm M m » m "^^ Disk Drivel (Hard Disk, etc) VP-9000 Disk Drive2 Disk Drive7 (Zip Drive, etc)(CD-R/RW Drive, etc) About terminators To prevent malfunctions caused by aliasing noise, a terminating resis...

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Chapter 1. Getting Ready 3 Connecting other external devices In order to use the VP-9000, you will need to connect audio equipment, and a MIDI device or computer. Connections with audio equipment and with MIDI devices or computers will be explained s...

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Chapter 1 . Getting Ready Playing the VP-9000 and another MIDI sound generator from a keyboard Here are the connection for using your keyboard to play the VP-9000 and another external MIDI sound generator. For example, you could divide your MIDI keyb...

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Chapter 1 . Getting Ready m • Turn each transmit switch on (p. 138). When you switch samples or edit sample or performance settings, MIDI messages will be transmitted and recorded on your external sequencer. • Set the Clock Source to "MIDI&q...

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Chapter 1 . Getting Ready Turning the power on/off Turning the power on * Once the connections have been completed (p. 16-20), turn on power to your various devices in the order specified. By turning on devices in the wrong order, you risk causing ma...

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f Chapter 2. An overview of the VP-9000 I Internal structure of the VP-9000 "Samples' 7 and "Performances" The VP-9000 uses two units of sound data: "samples" and "performances". The sounds that you will normal...

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Chapter 2. An overview of the VP-9000 Polyphony The VP-9000 can produce a maximum of six notes (voices) simultaneously. If data is received that attempts to play more than this number of voices, notes will he dropped out. When the number of requested...

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Chapter 2. An overview of the VP-9000 "Time" and "Tempo" There are two ways to change the playback speed of a sample. 1 Use a knob (or controller) to change the time (p. 57). 2 Turn on Tempo Sync for the part (p. 51), and modify t...

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Chapter 2. An overview of the VP-9000 Display screens and basic operation Six modes PERFORM SAMPLE C3 Q SAMPLING UT1UTY SYSTBU DISK [rl Q PI 1 DEMO PLAY J The VP-9000 has the following six modes. Performance mode ([PERFORM] button lit) In this mode y...

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Chapter 2. An overview of the VP-9000 | Modifying the value of a setting 1 . Use [ A H V It "^ It 1 to move *e cursor to the value that you wish to modify. 2. Modify the value either by rotating the VALUE dial or by using IDEC/-HINC/+1. ecrr 1 ....

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Chapter 2. An overview of the VP-9000 1 A I Converts a lowercase character to uppercase. [ T ]: Converts an uppercase character to lowercase. For volume label [F2 (JUMP)]: Characters will appear in the order of A, 0, $ each time you press this button...

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Chapter 2. An overview of the VP-9000 | The following preset categories are provided. Category — NO ASSIGN PNO: AC.PIANO EP : EL.PIANO KEY: KEYBOARDS BEL: BELL MLT: MALLET ORG: ORGAN ACD: ACCORDION HRM: HARMONICA AGT: AC.GU1TAR EGT: EL.GUITAR DGT: ...

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Chapter 2. An overview of the VP-9000 Convenient shortcuts The VP-9000 provides several convenient shortcuts. • None of these shortcuts can be used in the PERFORM/ COMMON Name screen or the SAMPLE/COMMON Name screen. • ISHIFT] + [**] means that y...

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Chapter 3. Playing Sounds Loading a Performance / S ample / System settings (Load) In addition to performances, samples, and system settings that it saved, the VP-9000 is also able to load the following wave data and sound library (CD-ROM) data. (Loa...

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Chapter 3. Playing Sounds If a message appears when loading a performance Sometimes a message may appear when you load a performance. If this occurs, refer to the following explanation and take the appropriate action. EDITED SAMPLE EXISTS If You Need...

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Chapter 3. Playing Sounds Zl 4. Press I <3 /PART] or [PART/ O ] to select the Load Menul screen or Load Menu2 screen. 5. Press a function button to select the type of file that you wish to load. Load Menul screen [F2 (SAMPLE)]: Sample IF4 (VP)]: I...

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Chapter 3. Playing Sounds Files that have been bailed will be indicated by a " \s " symbol, so that you can immediately tell which files have already been loaded. For the purposes of this symbol, the name is used to identify the file. This ...

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Chapter 3. Playing Sounds If a message appears when loading multiple files simultaneously Sometimes a message may be displayed when you load multiple files simultaneously. If this occurs, refer to the following explanation and take the appropriate ac...

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Chapter 3. Playing Sounds 1 . The first three characters of the extension will be the category. * If these three characters cannot he used for a category, they will be rqilaced with " A ". 2. The name from the beginning until four character...

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Chapter 3. Playing Sounds Setting the reception channels The VP-9000 produces sound in response to MIDI messages that it receives from other devices. In order for this to happen, the MIDI channel of the transmitting device (e.g., MIDI keyboard) must ...

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Chapter 3. Playing Sounds 4. Transmit a Program Change to the VP-9000. * // the MIDI receive channel of a part is set to the same channel as the control channel (set in the SYSTEM/MIDI General screen), the control channel setting will take priority, ...

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Chapter 3. Playing Sounds n Playing sounds using only the VP-9000 ([PREVIEW]) By pressing the IPREVIEW] button you can play samples using just the VP-9000, even if no other equipment is connected. Samples will sound the pitch at which it was sampled,...

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Chapter 3. Playing Sounds In Disk mode When loading ([Fl (LOAD)] the following files, you can sound the selected file. Load Menul screen [F2 (SAMPLE)]: Sample [F4 (VP)1: Included CD-ROM, Roland VP-CD series (sound library) [F5 (WAV)]: WAV (wave data)...

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Chapter 3. Playing Sounds CUT&PASTE screen, MODIFY screen, REGION screen The wave will sound from Current to Edit End. Details on how the wave will be sounded depending on the Edit Start, Edit End, and Current locations are as follows. W.S. E.S. ...

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Chapter 4. Sample Settings ([SAMPLE]) The items that can be set for a sample are assigned to the function buttons as follows. f^ [SAMPLE] _^ r*~ [F1 (COMMON)] (F1 (NAME)] (F2 (INFO)] Change name and category (p. 42) Check sample into/set original tem...

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Chapter 4. Sample Settings ([SAMPLE]) Sample setting procedure Use the following procedure to make settings for a sample. 1 . Press [SAMPLE], getting the indicator to light. The SAMPLE Play screen will appear. 2. Use [ O /PARTJIPART/ D> ] to selec...

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Chapter 4. Sample Settings ([SAMPLE]) Trigger (trigger mode) Specifies how the sample will be sounded when you play a key* Values GATE: The sample will sound only as long as you continue pressing the key. In other words, the sample will begin soundin...

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Chapter 4. Sample Settings ([SAMPLE]) Vib Keep (vibrato keep switch) This switch preserves the vibrato data of the sample. This function is used simultaneously with Hold messages (Holdl (controller number 64) or Hold 2 (controller number 69)). At thi...

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Chapter 4. Sample Settings ([SAMPLE]) Keyfollow (pitch key follow) This specifies the amount of pitch change that will occur when you play a key one octave higher (i.e., 12 keys upward on the keyboard). If you want the pitch to rise one octave as on ...

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Chapter 4. Sample Settings ([SAMPLE]) Random Pan (random pan depth) Use this when you want the pan of the sound to change randomly each time you play a key. Higher settings will produce a greater amount of change. Values: 0-63 Alternate (alternate pa...

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Chapter 4. Sample Settings ([SAMPLE]) NOTE: Portamento will begin anew from the pitch where the current change would end. Time press D4 key press C5 key press C4 key Time (portamento time) Specify the time over which the next pitch is reached. Values...

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Chapter 4. Sample Settings ([SAMPLE]) Fade Mode (LFO fade mode) Specifies how the LFO will be applied. Values ON-IN: The LFO will be applied gradually, starting when the key is played. Depth high (more) Pitch Cutoff Frequency Level Pan low (less) <...

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r Chapter 5. Performance settings ([PERFORM]) The items that can be set for a performance are assigned to the function buttons as follows. r ' [PERFORM] > r+- [F1 (COMMON)] [F1 (NAME)] Change the name (p. 49) [F2 (TEMPO)] Tempo/synchronizatio...

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Chapter 5. Performance settings ([PERFORM]) Master Tempo This sets the master tempo of the performance. If Clock Src = MIDI, this will be displayed as " — .-" Values: 20.0-250.0 Clock Src (clock source) Select whether the internal clock (...

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Chapter 5. Performance settings ([PERFORM]) The PALETTE display and the PART display Each PERFORM/PART screen can be displayed in two ways: the PALETTE display and the PART display- In the PALETTE display, you can make settings for all parts in a sin...

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Chapter 5. Performance settings ([PERFORM]) Volume / pan / tuning settings Level Set the volume of each part. Use this to adjust the volume balance between parts. Values: 0-127 PERFORM /PART iiiiiiii LEVEL 100 ! 100 lilililitsl PHN i'COSRBES FIN...

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Chapter 5. Performance settings ([PERFORM]) (1) (2) (3) C#3 1 . Press [PERFORM ) to make the indicator light. The PERFORM Play screen will appear. 2. Press [F3 (PHRASE)]. The PERFORM /PHRASE Menu screen will appear. PERFORM /PHRASE WUA M* i faBD lBM ...

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Chapter 5. Performance settings ([PERFORM]) [ Selecting the sample / synchronization / octave shift settings • For parts whose Keyboard Map = PHRASE MAP, the following part parameter settings (p. 51) will be ignored. • No. (sample number) • Tem...

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Chapter 5. Performance settings ([PERFORM]) Effect settings Make effect settings for each key. • For parts whose Keyboard Map = PHRASE MAP, the following part parameter settings (p. 66) will he ignored. • Out Assign (output assign • MFX Send Le...

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Chapter 5. Performance settings ([PERFORM]) Receive channel / receive switch settings ([F4 (MIDI)]) To set the receive channel and receive switch of each part, use the following procedure. 1 . Press [PEEFORM1 to make the indicator light. The PERFORM ...

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Chapter 5. Performance settings ([PERFORM]) Using controllers to modify the sound in realtime ([F4 (MIDI)][F5 (CTRL)]) The VP-9000 has three controllers (knobs), and these can be used to modify a sample in realtime. You can also use external MIDI con...

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Chapter 5. Performance settings ([PERFORM]) | Specifying the width of parameter change You can specify how greatly the parameter will be affected by the three knobs or external MIDI controllers. 1 . Press [PERFORM] to make the indicator light. The PE...

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Chapter 5. Performance settings ([PERFORM]) * In order to modify the time, yon must turn on the Time Control Switch (p. 45) of the- sample in addition to making the Time Deplii setting described here. Formant (formant depth) This sets the range of ch...

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Chapter 5. Performance settings ([PERFORM]) Using the [KNOB] button to set the parameter range The VP-9000 has a convenient [KNOB] button. In Performance mode or Sample mode, you can press the [KNOB] button to access a screen in which you can adjust ...

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Chapter 5. Performance settings ([PERFORM]) Hold lDt (hold 1 destination) Hold2Dt (hold2 destination) Values OFF: Pressing the pedal will not change anything. PSE (pause): The waveform that was playing at the instant that the pedal was pressed will c...

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Chapter 5. Performance settings ([PERFORM]) P/S (poly/solo): The Key Assign Mode (p. 42) setting will be switched temporarily as long as you continue holding down the pedal. For example if you are playing a vocal sample in solo mode, you can hold dow...

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Chapter 5. Performance settings ([PERFORM]) 1 . Press [GROOVE] to make the indicator light. The GROOVE setting screen will appear. t* j> suited em J J J Start Trisser iuQ)iiI NOTE (CUR PORT) ftrfriEISMai ;"nprWTM'» Template 1 1SBEAT SWI...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings The VP-9000 contains three effects processors: multi-effects, chorus, and reverb. Settings can be made separately for each effects processor. There are 40 types of multi-effects, 8 types of chorus, and 9 types of reverb. A p...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings 1 . Press IPERFORMI, getting the indicator to light. The PERFORM Play page will appear. 2. Press the [F6 (EFFECT)] and [F3 (ROUTNG)] buttons, in this order. The PERFORM/FX Routing page appears. Output Assign Multi-FX Output ...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings Settings for each part * // the keyboard map is set to "PHRASE MAP," the following settings for each part leill be ignored. Instead, the output assign and send levels specified for each phrase map number will be us...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings Multi-effects settings There are 40 types of multi-effects. You can select any one of these. You can also modify the parameter values for the selected type. 1 . Press [PERFORM], getting the indicator to light. The PERFORM Pl...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings Parameters for each multi-effect are given on the following pages. Menu screen display 01: PARAMETRIC EQ PEQ (p. 68) 02: GRAPHIC EQ GEQ (p. 69) 03: RESONANT FILTER RESOF (p. 69) 04: ISOLATOR AND FILTER ISOLTR (p. 70) 05: OVE...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings Hi Freq (High frequency) Specifies the center frequency of the high range equalizer. Values: 2000-20000 1Hz] Hi Gain (High gain) Specifies the gain of the high range equalizer. Values: -15- +15 [dB] Total Gain Specifies the ...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings 3-Band Isolator Filter Low Booster Sweep Depth (Frequency sweep depth) Specifies the modulation depth of the LFO. Values: 0-127 Balance (Effect balance) Sets the volume balance between the original sound (D) and the effect s...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings Low Booster This emphasizes the bottom to create a heavy bass sound. LowBoost Level Increasing this value gives you a heavier low end. Values: -IS- +15 |dB] * Depending on the Isolator and filter settings this effect may be ...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings 06: GUITAR AMP SIMULATOR This effect simulates a monaural guitar amp. * If Bass, Middle and Treble are all set to "0," no sound may be produced, depending on the amp type settings. Noise Suppressor Amp Simulator Sp...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings Sp Sim Sw (Speaker simulator switch) Turns the speaker simulator effect on/off. Values: OFF, ON Sp Type (Speaker type) Selects the type of speaker. The specifications of each type are as follows. The speaker column indicates...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings Trigger Sens When using the volume of the input signal to control the wah effect, this adjusts the sensitivity. As this value is increased, the response to the input level will become stronger. If you do not want the volume ...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings Ps Low Gain (Post equalizer low gain) Adjusts the gain of the low range equalizer. Values: -15- +15 [dB] Ps Hi Freq (Post equalizer high frequency) Specifies the center frequency of the high range equalizer. Values: 2000-200...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings 3-Band Equalizer This equalizer works in three frequency ranges: Low, Mid, and High. You can set the frequencies and boost or cut the level. EQ Low Freq (Equalizer low frequency) Specifies the center frequency of the low ran...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings Head S Pan Head M Pan Head L Pan These are the pan (left-right) settings for each of the heads for Short, Medium, and Long delay time. This parameter does not appear on the original RE-201. Values: L63-63R Tape Distortion Ad...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings L-R Order In STEREO or ALTERNATE mode, this setting determines which of the left or right sides has the delay sound before the other (at L->R, the left side is expressed first; when set to R- >L, the right side is expr...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings Delay 1 Level Delay 2 Level Delay 3 Level Delay 4 Level Delay 5 Level Adjusts the volume of each delay sound (Delay 1/2/3/4/5). Values: 0-127 Delay 1 Pan Delay 2 Pan Delay 3 Pan Delay 4 Pan Delay 5 Pan Adjusts the pan of eac...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings Hi Damp Freq (High damp frequency) The High Damp function attenuates the higher frequencies first. Sets the lower frequency limit of the range to be damped. Values: 2000-20000 [Hz] Hi Damp Gain Sets the degree of the High Da...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings Ps Hi Freq (Post equalizer high frequency) Specifies the center frequency of the high range equalizer. Values: 2000-20000 [Hz] Ps Hi Gain (Post equalizer high gain) Specifies the gain of the high range equalizer. Values: -15...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings Delay Pan Type Specifies the stereo position of each delay sound. Ten settings are provided as various panning combinations of the delay sounds. Values Dly 1 Dly 2 Dly 3 Dly 4 Dly 5 1 L63 L32 32R 63R 2 L63 32R L32 63R 3 L63 ...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings Chorus Mode Switches the sound between chorus and vibrato modes. Values: CHORUS, VIBRATO Chorus Intensity When Chorus Mode is CHORUS, this sets the pitch vibrato speed. Values: n-1 27 Vibrato Depth When Chorus Mode is VIBRAT...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings Xover Low Gain (Crossover low gain) Specifies how greatly the low range will be attenuated. Values: -36-0 [dB] Xover HiFreq (Crossover high frequency) Attenuates the effect in the range above the specified frequency. Values:...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings 19: HEXA CHORUS Hexn-chorus is a six-stage chorus which adds depth and spaciousness to the sound. (Six chorus sounds with different delay times are overlaid.) An equalizer is provided before (Pre) and after (Post) the hcxa c...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings 20: ANALOG FLANGER This effect reproduces the sound of Roland's SBF-325 analog flanger. You can get three different types of Hanger sounds (adding a metallic swelling sound to the source sound) and chorus like effect. A...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings Phase Specifies the spaciousness of the flanger sound. Values: 0-180 [deg] Feedback Mode Specifies the input destination to which the flanger sound will be returned. Values NORMAL: The left flanger sound will be returned to ...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings Ps Low Gain (Post equalizer low gain) Specifies the gain of the low range equalizer. Values: -15- +15 [dBI Ps Hi Freq (Post equalizer high frequency) Specifies the center frequency of the high range equalizer. Values: 2000-2...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings 24: DIGITAL PHASER Phaser is an effect that adds a phase-shifted sound to the original sound to create time-varying change, modulating the sound. ' Phaser 2-Band EQ jj >o , Shift MocJe Sets the number of stages in th...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings Low Fast Rale (Low frequency fast rate) Specifies the high-speed (FAST) rotational speed of the low- range rotor. If you want this to synchronize to the master tempo, select a note-value setting. Values: 0.05-10.0 [Hz], note...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings Rate Specifies the rale of modulation. If you want this to synchronize to the master tempo, select a note-value setting. Values: 0.05-10.0 [Hz], note-value symbols Depth Specifies the depth of modulation. Values: 0-127 Balan...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings 3 Pan A Specifies the stereo location of the pitch shift A sound. L63 is far left, is center, and 63R is far right. Values: L63-63R Pan B Specifies the stereo location of the pitch shift B sound. L63 pans hard left, is cente...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings Mod Mode (Modulation mode) This is used to select either the chorus or flanger. Values: CHORUS, FLANGER Mod Rate (Modulation rate) Adjusts the speed of modulation for the chorus or flanger. If you want this to synchronize to...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings 29: OD->DLY (Overdrive-> Delay) This effect connects either Overdrive or Distortion and Delay in series. Distortion Mode Selects whether to use overdrive or distortion. Values: OD (= OVERDRIVE), DS (= DISTORTION) Drive...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings 30: CHO->DLY (Chorus->Deiay) This effect connects either Chorus or Flanger and Delay in series. Mod Mode (Modulation mode) Selects either the chorus or flanger. Values: CHORUS, FLANGER Mod Rate (Modulation rate) Adjust...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings Hi Damp Gain Sets the degree of the High Damp. Values: -36-0 [dB] Delay Level Sets the volume of the delay sound. Values: 0-127 Ps Low Freq (Post equalizer low frequency) Specifies the center frequency of the low range equal...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings Xover HiFreq (Modulation crossover high frequency) Attenuates the effect in the range above the specified frequency. Values: 2000-20000 IHz] Xover Hi Gain (Modulation crossover high gain) Specifies how greatly the high range...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings Ps Low Freq (Post equalizer low frequency) Specifies the center frequency of the low range equalizer. Values: 50-4000 [Hz[ Ps Low Gain (Post equalizer low gain) Specifies the gain of the low range equalizer. Values: -15- +15...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings EQ Mid Q (Equalizer middle Q) Adjusts the width of the area around the equalizer middle frequency that will be affected by the gain setting. Higher values of Q will result in a narrower area being affected. Values: 0.5, 0.7,...

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Chapter 6 Effect Settings 1 34: GUITAR MULTI Guitar Multi provides Comp/Limiter, Overdrive or Distortion, Chorus or Flanger, and Delay effects connected in series. Comp/ Limiter Overdrive/ Distortion Chorus/ Flanger Comp/Limiter Comp Sw (Compressor s...