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Advanced Sound Programming

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General

Try to make sure that maximum levels are as close as possible to 

0

on the dB meter 

,

without ever lighting up the 

Peak LEDs

. Use the 

INPUT LEVEL 

knob on the panel in

preference to the 

Pre-Gain

parameter. The trigger mode 

LEVEL

is usually the best for

sampling from external sources, but sampling doesn’t stop automatically so please
remember to touch the 

STOP

pad.

The 

PreTrigger

parameter adjusts the size of a special ring-buffer, a short piece of

memory (up to 1 second in the 

V-Synth

) to which the input is continuously being written

before sampling “officially” starts. This is automatically tagged on to the beginning of the
finished sample to ensure that you don’t lose the first bit - especially useful when using
LEVEL trigger mode. You can safely set 

PreTrigger

to any value you like (though 

50 ms

is usually enough if the 

Trigger Level

can be set nice and low). Use the Truncate function

afterwards to remove any excess samples at the beginning.

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Sampling and Encoding

The 

Owner’s Manual

includes quite a readable section about how to sample your own sounds, almost as step-by-step instructions. Being

primarily a reference work however, the Manual doesn’t include many tips about e.g. when to use pre-effects, how to find the best loop

or Event points, how to choose the most appropriate encoding method etc.

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Pre-Effects

Instead of using an external compressor or limiter, audio can be recorded through the

V-Synth

’s  built-in dynamics processor. This is particularly useful for compressing live

vocals or for changing the punch and/or ambience of a drum loop. 

Tip: To remove ambience from a drum loop, use the Noise Suppresser (a soft gate) with

maximum 

Threshold

and minimum 

Release

.

Metronome

Having an in-built metronome is a great advantage whenever you need to sample some

of your “live” playing (or singing) at a particular speed. Set the Tempo and Beat values

first, then switch MetroType to 

ALWAYS 

and adjust the Level parameter until you feel

comfortable with the volume. Change MetroType to 

REC 

, select a 

2MEASURE

Count-In

then touch 

START 

. The 

V-Synth 

will only start recording after a two

bar count, just like most sequencers.

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Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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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