Roland VP-770 Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
13
Introducing the Sounds
V
OC
AL DE
S
IGNER
S
oun
d
Descr
ip
t
i
on
C
LA
SS
I
C
L
arge choirs suitable
f
or classical music. These are also a good choice
f
or any choral sound—not
j
ust classical—and will match nearly any style of music. They have a clear sound, and are a good
c
h
oice w
h
en you want t
h
e
l
yrics to
b
e
h
ear
d.
M
ALE
&
FEMALE
M
ixed choirs with independent male and female parts. With sparser chords, the
y
produce a
dee
p
er and more three-dimensional sound than “CLASSIC.” You’ll hear the
f
emale voices in the
h
i
g
h ran
g
e, and the male voices in the low ran
g
e. Female voices will be heard on the ri
g
ht side
o
f
the stereo sound
eld
,
while male voices will be on the le
f
t side
.
G
OS
PEL These choirs include the distinctive phrasings and irregularities that are distinctive of gospel
music. The
y
are an ideal choice for jazz or gospel
.
PO
P
C
hoirs with a
f
ewer number o
f
members, broadl
y
use
f
ul
f
or popular music as well as songs that
contain rapi
d
passages. T
h
e soun
d
is c
l
ear, ma
k
ing t
h
ese a goo
d
c
h
oice w
h
en t
h
e
l
yrics nee
d
to
be
hea
r
d.
B
A
C
KGR
O
UND Sounds suitable for a backing chorus.
VOCO
DE
R
Vintage vocoder sounds.
F
or some sounds,
y
ou can access a list o
f
variation sounds b
y
holding down the [SHIFT] button and
pressin
g
the sound button. Use the value dial or the up/down cursor buttons to select a sound from the
li
st.
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EN
S
EMBLE
Sou
n
d
D
escri
p
tion
S
TRING
S
Acoustic strin
g
sounds with emphasis placed on the per
f
ormance techniques that are
i
nherent to strin
g
s
.
B
RA
SS
B
rass soun
d
s t
h
at use SuperNATURAL tec
h
no
l
ogy
.
G
UITA
R
Guitar sounds.
O
THER
S
Ot
h
e
r
sou
n
ds.
P
A
D
Pad
sou
n
ds.
S
YNTH
S
TRING
S
Sy
nt
h
esizer string soun
d
s
.
C
H
O
I
R
S
ampled choir sounds. You can get an even more majestic e
ect b
y
la
y
ering these with one
of
the sounds o
f
the Vocal Desi
g
ner part
.
J
AZZ
SC
AT
T
his sound provides samples o
f
jazz scat singing. It’s great
f
or songs that contain rapid
passa
g
es and for scat soloin
g
.
For some sounds, you can access a list of variation sounds by holding down the [SHIFT] button
and pressing the sound button. Use the value dial or the up/down cursor buttons to select a
sound from the list.
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