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Patch List

No.

PatchName

133

140LpMixMenu

134

Voxalist

135

Formanteer's

136

Idle Chatter

137

Thinband Vox

138

Spongle

139

FmleVocalise

140

MOOD SCAT

141

Babylon Talk

142

TimeTripMonk

143

AfricanCharm

144

Virgo

145

Hybrid Scat

146

Vocalese

147

GizmoVox

148

Vocalizing

149

Overtones

150

Vocal Pad

151

Choir&Prayer

152

Monestary

153

Choral Beam

154

Vox Dreams

155

Glass Choir

156

Initiation

157

Tomorrow

158

Flotation

159

Twilight

160

Glass Pad

161

FuzzyHeaven

162

Padus

163

Filmy Synth

164

Fluty Pad

165

Ringbearer

166

Smoothie

167

Touchpad Pad

168

Resonus

169

SloSyncSweep

170

BriteVektars

171

Brass Pad

172

Tight Wire

No.

PatchName

173

Eclipse

174

Aurora

175

Ghost

176

Tape Strings

177

VellatronStr

178

Stringerz

179

Shakin'Str

180

Think Ployd

181

Stringent

182

DBeamFrmntVn

183

GoodOldJive

184

Euro Flute

185

Vellatron Fl

186

Tape Flute

187

Soft Pan Flt

188

Wind Ctrler

189

Drunk Alto

190

ArpyClarinet

191

Big Bamboo

192

Digier-V-doo

193

Feedback Osc

194

Whoover

195

Wave Ripper

196

Sinkkasten

197

TopOfTheWrld

198

Think Lead

199

Feel no pain

200

NastyLead

201

Sine ahead

202

Tea Bea Lead

203

Scratch Lead

204

Brassy Lead

205

Solo Square

206

FragileVoice

207

Shuu Lead

208

Cla Lead

209

Asian Lead

210

ConstructBts

211

Pulsactive

212

Thick Sine

No.

PatchName

213

Retro-Disco

214

Greasy Comb

215

Hi-Lo Synth

216

V-Analog

217

Wavezituar

218

On the Edge

219

STALKER

220

Legacy

221

Phasorblade

222

LiquidRubber

223

Cutting Edge

224

ElectricWah

225

NOT Sync!

226

DigiHarp

227

Winter night

228

Krystal Bell

229

Remember D50

230

FrmntSwpBell

231

Steamwires

232

Enigmatics

233

Sympathizer

234

Kalimberd

235

Piggy Picker

236

MidEastDrone

237

Gangescape

238

Distant Land

239

Ethno Synth

240

OTODAMA

241

Buzzards

242

Scale tuned

243

Clip Clop

244

Metal Pearls

245

Coffee Break

246

Vudu

247

Dyna Dholak

248

Dyna Tabla

249

Kick Menu

250

Snr&Tom Menu

251

Rave Cave

252

11 Staccato

No.

PatchName

253

HitSymphoniq

254

Fire Bird

255

V-ocoder

256

SpectraPiano

257

AquaticPiano

258

JD Piano

259

MK-80 Rhodes

260

Piano Warp

261

Vox Clavi

262

Keywave Klav

263

FM V-Klav

264

V-Lo Klaver

265

ClaviWahWah

266

Nylon Shapes

267

OpticalOrgan

268

Prog Organ

269

CathedrlPipe

270

Wave Bass

271

Voyager Base

272

Boogie Bs

273

Blackness Bs

274

Mini$@#Right

275

Reso Atk Bs

276

Dark Bass

277

Mini Me

278

Dance Bs 1

279

Dance Bs 2

280

Kick Bass

281

BassTryAfter

282

WShapeBass1

283

WShapeBass2

284

Retro-Singer

285

DigiDharma

286

SpyCarGetawy

287

Harem Dance

✱

Patch numbers 288 and

above were left empty when

the instrument left the

factory. Use them to store

patches that you create.

Summary of Contents for V-Synth

Page 1: ...No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION Visit us online at www roland co jp www v synth com All specifications and apperarances a...

Page 2: ...ion lever Performance Control p 33 Patch Palette The Simplest of Patches p 8 p 33 The Arpeggiator D Beam Performance Control p 33 p 31 The OSC1 OSC The COS N e x t G e n e r a t i o n S y n t h e s i...

Page 3: ...he Mod Section 15 The COSM Sections 17 The TVA Section 22 The Effect Section 23 Advanced Sound Programming 24 Sampling and Encoding 24 Effective Use of Envelopes 27 Getting More out of a Sample 30 Adv...

Page 4: ...ed as a time variant mixture of many sine waves known as partials or overtones A very large number of sinewave oscillators each with independent control of frequency and amplitude would be necessary t...

Page 5: ...ches 8 Basic Sound Parameters 12 The OSC1 OSC2 Sections 12 The Mod Section 15 The COSM Sections 17 The TVA Section 22 The Effect Section 23 Advanced Sound Programming 24 Sampling and Encoding 24 Effec...

Page 6: ...en physical and virtual controls those on the panel are referred to as KNOB BUTTON SLIDER VALUE DIAL whereas those appearing on the screen are referred to as PAD TAB CONTROL or even GRAPHIC depending...

Page 7: ...appreciate the wide range of sounds the V Synth already has to offer If you are not currently in PATCH PLAY mode press the EXIT button a few times the mode is always shown in the top left hand corner...

Page 8: ...itecture or menu structure at this stage Please take your time and try to be aware of the reason for everything you are asked to do After you have become more familiar with the programming environment...

Page 9: ...screen to open the PATCH Edit OSC Type page for oscillator 1 If the screen on your V Synth looks different from the right image this is probably because one of the other tabs has been selected in thi...

Page 10: ...LUE dial Touch OK to confirm then press the cursor right button to select Sens Sensitivity This parameter determines the maximum depth of the modulation in this case how much vibrato you will get when...

Page 11: ...ower case letters and symbols instead of numbers Confirm with the OK pad in the bottom right hand corner of the screen To save the sound to an unused location 300 change the Destination using the VALU...

Page 12: ...generally tiring to the ear you can always add some internal or external reverb Go to 512 INIT PATCH and touch the OSC1 pad For each of its two oscillators per Zone the V Synth gives you the choice o...

Page 13: ...tons and sliders on the panel The answer to this question may only mean 5 seconds difference for each adjustment you make but this can add up to many hours in the long run PULSE WIDTH Analog only This...

Page 14: ...d 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 wavefo...

Page 15: ...x sounds Press EXIT and step down and up a patch to remove all your edits Activate oscillator 2 again and change both oscillators to SINE Select FM in the MOD section and turn the OSC2 PITCH knob only...

Page 16: ...and change the Type to DYN TVF Touch the Cutoff tab and take Cutoff frequency Freq down to around 50 Freq KF to 100 and Dyn input Dynamics up until it sounds interesting Note that you might also have...

Page 17: ...PATCH select the PCM type for oscillator 1 and change the waveform to number 113 Clarinet Vib Go to Common Tune and take the overall Patch Tune Course down an octave 12 Go to COSM1 COSM Type and sele...

Page 18: ...sed on extremely short delays and can therefore be used for Karplus Strong physical modeling of plucked strings Start from 512 INIT PATCH and select NOISE for oscillator 1 Touch the OSC TVA tab and ta...

Page 19: ...knob which controls Tone in the COSM1 panel all the way down to isolate the noise component Turn it up to remove the noise i e all the inharmonic partials 3 2 1 Adding subtracting partials Start from...

Page 20: ...the ambient tail of a sound Play a note and hold it The compressor in the COSM section is fairly simple with only two main parameters Attack and Sustain but like all COSM algorithms it is polyphonic...

Page 21: ...ever by a factor of 100 to 1 You can still hear a click because the limiter needs a certain minimum time to react Turning Attack up to maximum will increase this time a little Now select the lower rat...

Page 22: ...er notes and lengthens them when you play lower notes You will hear this effect when playing a piano TVA stands for Time Variant Amplifier and this is the section which governs the overall volume of e...

Page 23: ...all three effects the MFX block has three output controls The one to the right sets the amount of MFX signal sent straight to the MAIN outputs Below the block are two more controls which can send a c...

Page 24: ...pu ut t F Fr re eq q i in n S Sy ys st te em m M Mo od de e T Th he e i in nt te er rn na al l f fo or rm ma at t o of f t th he e s sa am mp pl li in ng g f fr re eq qu ue en nc cy y o of f t th he e...

Page 25: ...g buttons Note If your sound fades to silence e g a cymbal you should also use vertical Zoom to make sure you don t lose the last bit of the tail When you have finished select the Truncate function ag...

Page 26: ...s can be played consecutively or on fixed keys C C B etc if you choose STEP or EVENT mode in the OSC Type page Touch the Encode pad in the SAMPLE TOP page The V Synth operating system automatically an...

Page 27: ...ere are a few tips to help you make the most of them Typical Envelope Shapes The ADSR envelope was originally developed to mimic the volume pitch and tonal changes of notes played on existing acoustic...

Page 28: ...and freeze any part of a wave but still include some attack at the beginning You will find a prime example of this trick in the presets In 147 GizmoVox the sound of oscillator 1 hardly resembles the...

Page 29: ...medium rate Play a note and listen to the shape of the decay it appears to be linear Now change Pit LFO Dp Pitch LFO Depth to 27 and play a note At 27 the rising LFO it was falling but the modulation...

Page 30: ...ynthesizers of getting a noticeable and rapid change in timbre when you release notes setting a negative envelope depth 5 6 7 1 2 Getting More out of a Sample One of the major selling points of the V...

Page 31: ...fun Later on you will learn step and realtime recording as well as how to handle controller data Go to 024 Nylon Floot which is suitably dynamic for our purposes and play the keyboard for a while to g...

Page 32: ...g the cursor right button a few times Move the cursor to where you deleted the note and press Tie The space has now been filled in with a effectively making the previous note at least a quaver longer...

Page 33: ...n t like what you have entered you can always use the Clear pad to start again Tip don t play too laid back otherwise several notes will appear later in the grid Having said that such mistakes can tur...

Page 34: ...ed for adding vibrato but here is a little trick which can always be used to make this more expressive Touch the Control 1 Destination 2 List pad and select 018 OSC1 LFO RATE Touch OK and set the sens...

Page 35: ...estination2 39 OSC2 LFO RATE Sens 2 Play the keyboard and push the Bender You should be able to hear that the LFOs in both oscillators have the same rate but also that they are not synchronized one ca...

Page 36: ...Patch 001 287 Wave 001 324 Patch Play Edit Temporary Area Patch Max 512 Wave Max 999 Project Internal Memory Load Project Factory Reset Save Project Patch Write Load Project Save Project Patch Write P...

Page 37: ...nk 20 MB User Sample Work Area Temporary Area 64 MB Internal Memory 16 MB Patch No 001 287 Preset Wave Dummy 6 MB Blank Patch No 288 512 User Sample 10 MB E Ea ac ch h c ca ap pa ac ci it ty y o of f...

Page 38: ...riant timbral changes Envelopes Listening to any acoustic instrument you will often hear changes in brightness and volume within each note Synthesizers make use of Envelopes to emulate these effects P...

Page 39: ...A p p e n d i c e s Sound Designers Comment 40 Howard Scarr 40 Stephane Pigeon 41 Patch List 42 Waveform List 44 Specifications 46 Other Tips 48 Index 51...

Page 40: ...e twist of a knob TIME 077 Mad Brass is a similar 012 Poppy Day Similar Events This one is based on the wave 066 137 Scat 2 a waveform which appears in different guises in several other presets notabl...

Page 41: ...Pulsatronic Pulsatronic perfectly illustrates different key features inside a single powerful patch First the arpeggiator which here turns a simple key stroke into a rich up and down pattern Settings...

Page 42: ...taluna 060 LoCo Pilot 061 Fixed Star 062 Spectroscope 063 Bird Island 064 To Space 065 Snowflake 066 TTripWhisper No PatchName 067 Galaxia 068 DBeamPsychic 069 Glass House 070 Psycho 071 GlassCluster...

Page 43: ...d 208 Cla Lead 209 Asian Lead 210 ConstructBts 211 Pulsactive 212 Thick Sine No PatchName 213 Retro Disco 214 Greasy Comb 215 Hi Lo Synth 216 V Analog 217 Wavezituar 218 On the Edge 219 STALKER 220 Le...

Page 44: ...Brass ff 105 Brs Fall 106 Trumpet Vib 107 TpHarmonMute 108 Trombone 109 AltoSax Vib 110 Flute Vib 111 Punchy Flute 112 Oboe Vib 113 Clarinet Vib 114 Bass Cl Vib 115 Bassoon Ethnic No Waveform Name 11...

Page 45: ...226 Studio Kick 227 TR 808 Kick 228 TR 909 Kick1 229 TR 909 Kick2 230 StdSnr VS 231 StdSnr 232 StdSnr RmSht 233 StdSnr Stk 234 R B Snr 235 TR 808 Snr 236 TR 909 Snr 237 TR 808 Rim 238 TR 909 Clap 239...

Page 46: ...When the unit ships from the factory 30 M bytes of this is taken up by the preset waves Sample storage memory FLASH 10 M bytes External Storage Device PC CARD slot Microdrive SmartMedia or CompactFlas...

Page 47: ...Inlet Power Supply AC 117 V AC 230 V AC 240 V Power Consumption 16 W Dimensions 1 056 W x 398 D x 111 H mm 41 5 8 W x 15 11 16 D x 4 3 8 H inches Weight 13 1 kg 28 lbs 15 oz Accessories Quick Start Ow...

Page 48: ...Trip function p 49 What kinds of audio file can be loaded p 49 What is the resampling function p 49 Preset Patches p 49 Enabling Disabling the Beep Tone p 50 Adjusting the Sensitivity of the D Beam C...

Page 49: ...m as a single sample You can conserve voices in this way 3 You could sample a phrase using arpeggiator or a passage you played with modulation using D Beam controller and or Time Trip Pad and record i...

Page 50: ...en appears 3 In the CALIBRATION MENU screen touch D BEAM The D Beam CALIBRATION screen appears When you place your hand over the D Beam controller the L or R level meter in the screen will move upward...

Page 51: ...OB 6 LEGATO 10 LFO 29 LIMITER 21 LITE 26 LO FI 21 Loop Points 25 Mad Orchestra 14 MAIN 23 Matrix 34 memory 36 Metronome 24 MFX 23 Mono 10 MULTI 23 NOTE ORDER 31 OD DS 17 OSC SYNC 16 OSC TVA 15 PAD 6 P...

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