Roland VP-770 Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
An Overview of the VP-770
T
he VP-770 has three
p
arts, and each
p
art occu
p
ies its own section of the front
p
anel
.
If
y
ou turn on a sound button for a part,
y
ou’ll be able to pla
y
that part
.
If you turn on a sound button for two or more parts, you’ll be able to play those parts simultaneously.
By combining these parts, you can make the VP-770 produce an incredible range o
f
vocal sounds.
VOC
AL DE
S
IGNE
R
ENSEMBLE
BA
SS
&
PER
C
U
SS
I
O
N
This part lets you play high-quality sounds from the
k
e
yb
oar
d
. You can switc
h
soun
d
s (suc
h
as a
b
rass
e
nsem
bl
e using SuperNATURAL tec
h
no
l
ogy, or a strings
s
oun
d
) simp
l
y
b
y se
l
ecting a soun
d
b
utton. By
l
ayering
the Ensemble part with the Vocal Designer you can
c
r
eate
e
v
e
n ri
c
h
e
r
sou
n
ds.
T
his part uses the ke
y
board and the microphone input to model vocal
soun
d
s. Use t
h
e
k
e
yb
oar
d
to contro
l
t
h
e pitc
h
, an
d
use t
h
e microp
h
one
to control all other as
p
ects o
f
the sound.
I
f you turn on one of these sound buttons, the seventeen
eft-most keys of the keyboard will play voice bass or voice
p
ercussion sounds. You can easily do things such as using
y
our left hand to pla
y
a bass line while using
y
our right hand
to play the melody.
AMBIEN
CE
T
his section applies
t
h
e
a
m
b
i
e
n
ce
of
a
h
a
ll
or stu
d
io to t
h
e soun
d
from the three
p
arts
.
C
arr
i
e
r
Th
is
h
as t
h
e same ro
l
e t
h
at t
h
e
voca
l
cor
d
s” p
l
ay in a
h
uman
v
oice. Accor
d
in
g
to t
h
e pitc
h
es
you play on the keyboard, this
g
enerates the si
g
nal that forms
t
he basis o
f
the sound
(
tone and
p
itch). Use the sound buttons to
switc
h
b
etween
d
i
erent vocal
ch
aracters suc
h
a
s classic or
p
o
p
.
Modu
l
ato
r
From the voice
y
ou input via the
m
icrophone input, this extracts
the resonances
(f
ormants
)
that result
f
rom the sha
p
e o
f
your t
h
roat an
d
l
arynx an
d
t
h
e
m
ovement of your mouth, and
uses
t
h
ese
f
o
rm
a
n
ts
to
m
odu
l
ate
the signal produced b
y
the carrier.
T
his will reproduce not onl
y
the
loudness o
f
y
our voice, but also
l
et t
h
e
ly
rics
b
e
h
ear
d
c
l
ear
ly
an
d
REGI
S
TRATI
O
N
A
registration lets
y
ou store the “sound and settings” o
f
each part;
you can then use the four banks of eight buttons to instantly recall 32 di erent settings (preset: 16, user: 16)
.
P
R
O
JE
CT
A
ll settings o
f
the VP-770 can be saved to USB memor
y
as a “project.”
I
f
y
ou turn on the [AUDIO KEY] button,
y
ou’ll be able to use
the
f
teen ke
y
s at the le
f
t side o
f
the ke
y
board to pla
y
bac
k
a
udio
les saved on USB memor
y
(sold separatel
y
)
.
SOU
ND L
OO
PER
This lets
y
ou record a phrase
y
ou per
f
orm, and then
p
la
y
it back repeatedl
y
. You can also save this phrase to
USB memor
y
(so
ld
separate
ly
) an
d
use t
h
e Au
d
io Ke
y
f
unction to play it.
S
Y
S
TEM
S
y
stem memor
y
stores settings t
h
at app
ly
to the entireVP-770 such as keyboard