Roland VP-550, Owner'S Manual

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Performing with Vocal Designer
( VOCAL DESIGNER)
Let’s go ahead and try performing with the Vocal Designer part. While vocalizing into the mic, play the
keyboard and you’ll hear realistic and natural voices.
For more about how Vocal Designer works, refer to “About Vocal Designer” ( ➞ p. 8).
Selecting a sound
Here’s how to select a Vocal Designer sound.
To play the Vocal Designer part, press a Vocal Designer sound button to make it light.
If you press the Vocal Designer sound button that’s already lit, the button will go dark and you will no lon-
ger hear the Vocal Designer part.
You can play multiple parts simultaneously by turning on sound buttons for the Ensemble part
and/or Bass & Percussion part. If you want to play only the Vocal Designer part by itself, turn off
the sound buttons of the other parts (make the buttons go dark).
Sound Description
CLASSIC A large choir suitable for classical music. This is also a good choice for any choral sound — not
just classical— and will match nearly any style of music. It has a clear sound, and is a good
choice when you want the lyrics to be heard.
MALE &
FEMALE A mixed choir with independent male and female parts. With sparser chords, it produces a
deeper and more three-dimensional sound than “CLASSIC.” You’ll hear the female voices in the
high range, and the male voices in the low range. Female voices will be heard in the right side
of the stereo, and male voices in the left side.
GOSPEL This choir includes the distinctive phrasings and irregularities that are distinctive of gospel
music. It’s an ideal choice for jazz or gospel.
POP A choir with a fewer number of members, broadly useful for popular music as well as songs that
contain rapid passages. The sound is clear, making this a good choice when the lyrics need to
be heard.
VOCODER 1 A talkbox sound with a metallic character. This is a more modern sound than “VOCODER 2,” and
is suitable for styles with a groove, such as R&B.
VOCODER 2 A vintage vocoder sound, broadly useful for pop music of the 1980’s as well as songs that con-
tain rapid passages. It’s a good choice for chordal playing.
If you press the [VOCODER 1] and [VOCODER 2] sound buttons simultaneously, the sound be-
ing received from the rear panel EXT IN jack will be used as the carrier (
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p. 50).
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