Roland VP-770 Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
38
Playing the Vocal Designer Using Only the Mic
rophone
( AUTO NOTE)
Norma
lly
, Voca
l
Designer wi
ll
not soun
d
un
l
ess
y
ou p
l
a
y
t
h
e
k
e
yb
oar
d
. However,
by
using t
h
e Auto Note
f
unction, you can make Vocal Designer produce sound without your having to play the keyboard; i.e., all
you’ll need to do is vocalize into the microphone. The Auto Note
f
unction will detect the pitch o
f
your voice
v
ia the microphone, and automatically sound notes
f
or that pitch.
W
h
en you press t
h
e [AUTO NOTE]
b
utton, t
h
e
b
utton wi
ll
l
ig
h
t an
d
t
h
e
A
uto
N
ote
f
u
n
ct
i
o
n will
tu
rn
o
n
.
Makin
g
settin
g
s for Auto Not
e
H
o
ld
d
own t
h
e [SHIFT]
b
utton an
d
press t
h
e [AUTO NOTE]
b
utton
.
T
he AUTO NOTE settin
g
screen will appear.
Use t
h
e cursor
b
uttons an
d
t
h
e va
l
ue
d
ia
l
to c
h
ange t
h
e va
l
ue.
P
arameter
V
alu
e
D
escr
ip
t
i
o
n
M
O
DE
C
HR
O
MATI
C
T
his is a chromatic scale. The pitch detected
f
rom the microphone is converted to
n
otes at semitone interva
l
s
.
DIAT
O
NI
C
T
his is a diatonic scale. The pitch detected
f
rom the microphone is converted to notes
at diatonic intervals. You can use the KEY parameter to specify the key of the scale.
KEY
C
, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#,
A
,
A#
,
B
Speci
es the ke
y
when MODE is set to “DIATONIC” (diatonic scale).
When you’ve  nished making settings, press the [EXIT] button
.
1
.
2
.
3
.
W
hen you turn on the [AUTO
NOTE]
b
utton an
d
voca
l
ize
into the micro
p
hone, the
detected pitch is shown as
a
[
] icon on the ke
y
board
displa
y
ed on this screen
.