Creating a performance, Adjusting the parameters of each part, Parameter list – Roland Sonar V-Studio VS-700 User Manual

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Creating a Performance

With the Fantom VS, you have total control over a wide

variety of settings. Each item that can be set is known as a

parameter

. This chapter explains the procedures used in

creating Performances, and the functions of the Performance

parameters.

Patch Group

Selects the group to which the desired patch or rhythm set

belongs.

Value

PRA–I:

Preset A–I

GM:

GM (GM2)

Patch Number

Selects the desired patch or rhythm set by its number.

Value:

001–

Level

Adjust the volume of each part. This setting’s main purpose is

to adjust the volume balance between parts.

Value:

0–127

Pan

Adjust the pan of each part. “L64” is far left, “0” is center, and

“63R” is far right.

Value:

L64–0–63R

Solo Switch

Select one part whose sound you want to play. Turn it “SOLO”

to the part that you want to solo. Parts other than the part

you select here will not sound.

Value:

–,

SOLO

Mute Switch

Mutes (MUTE) or un-mutes (OFF) each part.

Value:

OFF,

MUTE

The Mute Switch parameter does not turn the part off,

but sets the volume to minimum so that no sound is

heard. Therefore, MIDI messages are still received.

Octave Shift

Adjusts the pitch of the part’s sound up or down in units of

an octave (+/-3 octaves).

Value:

-3–

+3

Note that when a rhythm set is assigned to a part, you

cannot modify the Octave Shift parameter.

Coarse Tune

Adjusts the pitch of the part’s sound up or down in semitone

steps (+/-4 octaves).

Value:

-48–

+48

Adjusting the Parameters of
Each Part

Parameter List

Coarse Tune and Octave Shift

The Coarse Tune and Fine Tune parameters, along with

the Octave Shift parameter, can all be seen as doing the

same thing to the sound, i.e., changing the pitch of the

sound. For example, if C4 (Middle C) is played with the

Coarse Tune parameter set to “+12,” the note produced

is C5 (one octave above C4). For example, if C4 (Middle

C) is played with the Octave Shift parameter set to “+1,”

the note produced is C5 (one octave above C4).

However, internally these function very differently.

When the Coarse Tune parameter is set to “+12,” the

pitch itself is raised one octave. On the other hand,

when the Octave Shift parameter is set to “+1,” it is the

same as pressing the keys one octave up. In other

words, use the Coarse Tune parameter when changing

the pitch, and the Octave Shift parameter when you

want to shift the entire keyboard, for example, when the

number of keys is insufficient.

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