Roland VP-770 User manual

2

Fr

o

n

t

P

a

n

el

ot ae

1 USB MEMORY p. 22

Connect USB memor

y

here

.

A

udio  les saved on USB memory can be played back (p. 68),

and phrases recorded usin

g

SOUND LOOPER (p. 74) can be

s

tore

d

on USB memor

y

. You can a

l

so save registration sets to

U

SB memory, or

l

oa

d

y-save

d

registration sets into

the VP-770 (

p

. 103).

2 VOLUME p. 26

A

d

j

usts the overall volume of the VP-770

.

3 V-LINK p. 118

This button turns the V-LINK function on

/

o .

Wh

en you press t

h

is

b

utton to turn V-LINK on, t

h

e

b

utton wi

ll

light blue.

4 D BEAM p. 60

H

ere

y

ou can switch the D Beam function on/o . This lets

you apply various e ects to the sound by moving your hand

above the sensor

.

[PITCH] Button p. 60

[PITCH]

Button

p.

60

This lets

y

ou use the D Beam controller to control the pitch

(This is the same e ect as the pitch bend lever.

)

[FILTER] Button p. 60

T

h

is

l

ets you use t

h

e D Beam contro

ll

er to contro

l

t

h

e

bri

g

htness o

f

the sound

.

[EXPRESSION] Button p. 60

[EXPRESSION]

Button

p.

60

This lets

y

ou use the D Beam controller to control the

e

xpress

i

on.

5 MIC p. 19

Connect t

h

e inc

l

u

d

e

d

microp

h

one

h

ere

.

T

he MIC input jack supports both XLR t

y

pe and phone

ty

pe p

l

ugs. T

h

e XLR t

y

pe connector provi

d

es 48 V p

h

antom

p

ower, a

ll

owing you to connect a p

h

antom-powere

d

c

ondenser micro

p

hone.

[PHANTOM] Button p. 19

[PHANTOM]

Button

p.

19

T

urn this on if

y

ou’re using a phantom-powered condenser

m

icrop

h

one

.

T

urn this o if

y

ou’re using the included microphone

.

[INPUT EFFECT] Button p. 32

T

his applies an e ect to the microphone input. Turn this on i

f

y

ou want to use an input e



ect.

[MIC ON/OFF] Button p. 31

[MIC

ON/OFF]

Button

p.

31

T

urn this on i

f

you want to use the microphone.

[DIRECT] Knob p. 30

[DIRECT]

Knob

p.

30

T

his adjusts the volume o

f

the live audio

f

rom the

m

icro

p

hone in

p

ut.

[LEVEL] Knob/Indicator p. 28

T

his adjusts/indicates the mic’s input level

.

6 SOUND LOOPER p. 74

T

his

f

unction lets

y

ou record, overdub, and loop-pla

y

back

y

our performance

.

[AUTO START] Button p. 74

If you’ve pressed this button to turn it on, recording will

b

egin the moment

y

ou start per

f

orming

.

[STOP] Button p. 75

[STOP]

Button

p.

75

T

his stops recording or loop pla

y

back.

*

Names of Things and What They Do

2

1

3

4

5

8

9

10

1

6

1

7

1

11

1

12

1

3

1

14

1

5

1

6

3

[REC/PLAY] Button p. 74

T

his starts recording, overdubbing, or pla

y

back

.

[SAVE TO USB MEMORY] Button p. 76

Th

is saves t

h

e recor

d

e

d

p

h

rase to USB memor

y

.

7 AUDIO KEY/ p. 68

BASS & PERCUSSION

p. 48

[AUDIO KEY] Button p. 68

[AUDIO

KEY]

Button

p.

68

T

he C2–D3 ke

y

s o

f

the ke

y

board will pla

y

back audio



les

store

d

in USB memor

y

.

[BASS] Button p. 48

T

he C2–E3 keys of the keyboard will play the bass sound

.

[PERC] Button p. 48

T

he C2–E3 keys of the keyboard will play percussion.

8 Display

Various in

f

ormation is shown here as you operate the VP-770

.

[F1], [F2] Buttons

[F1],

[F2]

Buttons

T

hese buttons execute di



erent

f

unctions accordin

g

to the

contents shown in the displa

y.

[MENU] Button p. 94

[MENU]

Button

p.

94

Accesses the MENU screen in the screen

.

[EXIT] Button

[EXIT]

Button

Returns to the

p

revious screen. In some screens, this button

cance

l

s t

h

e operation t

h

at’s

b

ein

g

execute

d

.

[SHIFT] Button

Use t

h

is

b

utton in conjunction wit

h

ot

h

er

b

uttons.

Cursor Buttons

T

hese buttons move the cursor position up/down/le

f

t/ri

g

ht.

In the EDIT screen,

y

ou can change a value in steps o

f

one b

y

p

ressin

g

t

h

e cursor [

]

or

[

]

b

utton

.

Value Dial

Use this to modify a value.

By holding down the [SHIFT] button and turning the value

dial

y

ou can change a value in larger steps

.

9 VOCAL DESIGNER p. 27

Here

y

ou can select a Vocal Designer sound and modif

y

it

.

[

CLASSIC]

,

[MALE & FEMALE]

,

[GOSPEL]

,

[POP]

,

[BACKGROUND], [VOCODER] Buttons p. 27

[BACKGROUND],

[VOCODER]

Buttons

p.

27

T

hese select the sound o

f

the Vocal Designer part.

[TONE] Slider p. 34

[TONE]

Slider

p.

34

T

his ad

j

usts the tone o

f

the Vocal Designer.

[AFTERTOUCH] Button p. 64

[AFTERTOUCH]

Button

p.

64

T

his lets

y

ou use aftertouch to control the Vocal Designer

to

n

e.

[8va] Button p. 35

T

his shifts the Vocal Desi

g

ner one octave hi

g

her in pitch

.

[AUTO HARMONY] Button p. 36

T

his turns on the Auto Harmony

f

unction, which

a

utomaticall

y

adds a backing chorus to

y

our vocal

.

[AUTO NOTE] Button p. 38

[AUTO

NOTE]

Button

p.

38

T

his turns on the Auto Note

f

unction that lets

y

ou produce

soun

d

wit

h

out

h

aving to p

l

ay t

h

e

k

ey

b

oar

d.

[RELEASE] Slider p. 40

T

his adjusts the release of the Vocal Designer and Ensemble

p

art

.

10 ENSEMBLE p. 42

Here you can select an Ensemble sound and modify it

.

[

STRINGS], [BRASS], [GUITAR], [OTHERS], [PAD],

[SYNTH STRINGS], [CHOIR], [JAZZ SCAT] Buttons p. 42

[SYNTH

STRINGS],

[CHOIR],

[JAZZ

SCAT]

Buttons

p.

42

T

hese select the sound of the Ensemble

p

art.

[TONE] Slider p. 45

T

his ad

j

usts the tone of the Ensemble part

.

[ATTACK] Slider p. 46

T

his ad

j

usts the attack of the Ensemble part.

[LEVEL] Slider p. 44

T

his ad

j

usts the volume of the Ensemble part.

[VOICE EXPRESSION] Button p. 66

T

his lets you use your voice to adjust the volume of the

Ensemble

p

art.

11 REGISTRATION p. 78

T

hese buttons let

y

ou store di



erent combinations o

f

Vocal

Designer an

d

Ensem

bl

e soun

d

s a

l

ong wit

h

various settings

.

12 KEYBOARD p. 52

Here you can raise or lower the pitch of the keyboard in steps

of

se

mi

to

n

es

o

r

octa

v

es.

13 AMBIENCE p. 50

Here

y

ou can adjust the t

y

pe and depth o

f

ambience

(

rever

b

eration

).

[TYPE] Button p. 50

T

his selects the t

y

pe of reverberation.

[DEPTH] Knob p. 50

T

his ad

j

usts the amount of reverberation

.

14 VIBRATO p. 41

Here you can a

d

just t

h

e vi

b

rato.

[RATE] Knob p. 41

Th

is a

d

justs t

h

e vi

b

rato spee

d.

[DELAY TIME] Knob p. 41

[DELAY

TIME]

Knob

p.

41

Th

is a

d

justs t

h

e time unti

l

vi

b

rato

b

egins to app

l

y.

[DEPTH] Knob p. 41

[DEPTH]

Knob

p.

41

Th

is a

d

justs t

h

e vi

b

rato

d

ept

h.

15 [S1], [S2] Buttons p. 58

B

y

pressing the [S1] or [S2] button

y

ou can appl

y

an e



ect to

t

he sound or modif

y

it. You can assign various functions to

these

s

wi

tches.

16 Pitch Bend/Modulation Lever p. 56

Y

ou can use this to modi

f

y the pitch or apply vibrato

.

4

R

ea

r P

a

n

el

ea a e

17 [POWER ON] Switch p. 24

This turns the power on/o



.

I

f you need to turn o the power completely,  rst turn

o the [POWER ON] switch, then unplu

g

the power cord

f

rom the power outlet. Refer to “Power Suppl

y

” chapter in

“

Using the Unit Sa

f

el

y

” (separate document)

.

18 AC IN Connector p. 17

Connect the included

p

ower code here

.

19 [DISPLAY CONTRAST] Knob p. 25

A

djust the displa

y

’s contrast

.

20 MIDI Connectors p. 116

Connect t

h

ese to externa

l

MIDI

d

evices

.

21 PEDAL Jacks p. 21, 62

Connect these an expression pedal, foot switch and hold

p

edal.

22 Cable Clamp p. 21

P

ass the microphone cable through this clamp.

23 EXT IN Jack p. 20, 112

Connect an external s

y

nthesizer or microphone (phone

p

l

u

g

)

.

24 OUTPUT Jacks p. 18

T

h

ese jac

k

s output t

h

e VP-770’s soun

d

in stereo (L/R)

.

OUTPUT A (MIX) (L/MONO, R) p. 18

OUTPUT

A

(MIX)

(L/MONO,

R)

p.

18

T

h

ese jac

k

s output t

h

e au

d

io signa

l

in stereo to your amp or

mixer. If

y

ou’re outputting in monaural, connect to the L jack.

OUTPUT B (L, R) p. 98

OUTPUT

B

(L,

R)

p.

98

D

epending on the s

y

stem setting “Out B Assign” (p. 98), these

j

ac

k

s can in

d

epen

d

ent

l

y output t

h

e am

b

ience component,

the ensemble part, or the audio signal o

f

the audio ke

y

.

I

f

y

ou connect a plug to the OUTPUT B jack, the audio signal

s

peci



ed by the system setting “Out B Assign” will not be

o

utput

f

rom the OUTPUT A

j

ack.

*

Please

be

a

w

a

r

e

that

in

the

sc

r

ee

n

shots

sho

wn in

th

i

s

d

ocument, the registration names and tone names di er from

the

f

actory settings.

B

e

f

ore using this unit, care

f

ull

y

read the sections entitled:

“

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

”,

“

USING THE UNIT

SAFELY”, and “IMPORTANT NOTES” chapter in “Using the Unit

Sa

f

ely” (separate document). These sections provide important

i

nformation concerning the proper operation of the unit.

A

dditionall

y

, in order to

f

eel assured that

y

ou have gained a

g

ood grasp of every feature provided by your new unit, Owner’

s Manual should be read in its entiret

y

. The manual should be

saved and ke

p

t on hand as a convenient re

f

erence.

MPEG La

y

e

r-3 au

d

io compression tec

h

no

l

ogy is

l

icense

d

from Fraunhofer IIS Corporation and THOMSON Multimedia

Cor

p

oration

.

MMP (Moore Microprocessor Port

f

olio) re

f

ers to a patent

p

ortfolio concerned with microprocessor architecture, which

was developed b

y

Technolog

y

Properties Limited (TPL).

R

oland has licensed this technology from the TPL Group

.

MatrixQuest™ 2009 TEPCO UQUEST, LTD. A

ll

rig

h

ts reserve

d

.

The VP-770’s USB

f

unctionalit

y

uses MatrixQuest middleware

technology from TEPCO UQUEST, LTD.

All

pro

d

uct names mentione

d

in t

h

is

d

ocument are

trademarks or re

g

istered trademarks o

f

their respective

o

w

ners.

*

C

opyrig

h

N

R

O

LAND

CO

RP

O

RATI

O

N

.

25 PHONES Jack p. 18

T

his is the jack for connecting headphones (sold separatel

y

)

.

17

1

8

19

20

21

22

23

2

4

25

5

Contents

N

ames of Things and What The

y

D

o

........................................................................................................

2

The Ancestr

y

of the VP

..................................................................................................................................

9

Featu

r

es

o

f

t

h

e

VP-77

0

..................................................................................................................................

1

0

An Overview o

f

the VP-77

0

.........................................................................................................................

1

About Vocal Desi

g

ne

r

....................................................................................................................................

1

2

I

ntroducin

g

the Sounds ................................................................................................................................

1

3

Ma

k

ing Connections

1

5

Pl

acing t

h

e VP-770 on t

h

e KS-12 Stan

d

...............................................................

1

6

Connect the Power Cord

(

AC IN

)

............................................................................

1

7

Connectin

g

Your Amp or Speakers (

O

UTPUT/PHONES

)

................................

1

8

Connectin

g

Your Microphone (MIC

)

....................................................................

.

1

9

Connecting a Pe

d

a

l

(FOOT PEDAL HOLD/CTRL 1/CTRL 2

)

............................

2

1

Connecting USB Memor

y

(So

ld

Separate

ly)

......................................................

2

P

er

f

ormin

g

2

3

Turnin

g

On/O



the Power (POWER ON

)

.................................................................................................

2

4

A

djusting the Display Contrast (DISPLAY CONTRAST

)

...................................

2

5

Adjusting the Volume (VOLUME)

..............................................................................................................

2

6

P

erforming with Vocal Designer (VOCAL DESIGNER

)

........................................................................

2

7

Se

l

ecting a Soun

d

........................................................................................................

2

7

Adj

usting t

h

e Microp

h

one Input Leve

l

(MIC LEVEL)

.......................................

2

8

P

er

f

ormin

g

with Vocal Desi

g

ne

r

............................................................................

2

9

A

ddin

g

Your Unprocessed Voice (DIRECT)

.........................................................

3

0

Switchin

g

O



the Microphone (MIC ON/OFF)

.

.................................................

.

3

1

A

ppl

y

ing E ects to the Microphone

(

INPUT EFFECT

)

....................................

3

2

Adj

usting t

h

e Voca

l

Designer Tone (VOCAL DESIGNER TONE)

....................

3

4

R

aising Voca

l

Designer’s Pitc

h

b

y One Octave (8va

)

.......................................

3

5

U

sing the Auto Harmony Function (AUTO HARMONY

)

.................................

3

6

P

laying the Vocal Designer Using Only the Microphone (AUTO NOTE

)

...

3

8

A

dding an E



ect when You Appl

y

Pressure to the Ke

y

board

(

AFTERTOUCH

)

..............................................................................................................

3

9

A

d

j

usting the Release of the Notes (RELEASE)

..................................................

4

0

Adj

usting t

h

e Vi

b

rato (VIBRATO

)

............................................................................

4

1

P

er

f

ormin

g

with Ensemble (ENSEMBLE

)

................................................................................................

4

2

Selectin

g

a Soun

d

........................................................................................................

4

2

P

er

f

ormin

g

with Ensembl

e

......................................................................................

4

3

A

djusting the Ensemble Volume (ENSEMBLE LEVEL

)

.....................................

4

Ad

justing t

h

e Ensem

bl

e Tone (ENSEMBLE TONE

)

............................................

4

5

Adj

usting t

h

e Ensem

bl

e Attac

k

(

AT TACK

)

...........................................................

4

6

U

sin

g

t

h

e Microp

h

one to A

dd

Expression to t

h

e Ensem

bl

e

(

VOICE EXPRESSION

)

..................................................................................................

4

7

P

er

f

ormin

g

with Bass & Percussion (BASS & PERCUSSION

)

.............................................................

4

8

Selectin

g

a sound .......................................................................................................

.

4

8

P

erforming with Bass & Percussio

n

.......................................................................

4

9

Adj

usting t

h

e Bass & Percussion Vo

l

um

e

............................................................

4

9

A

dj

usting t

h

e Am

b

ience (AMBIENCE)

.....................................................................................................

5

0

6

U

sing Contro

ll

ers 5

1

Shifting Octave Up or Down (+OCT/-OCT

)

...........................................................................................

5

2

Shi

f

ting Up or Down by Semitones

(

TRANSPOSE

)

..............................................................................

5

3

Splitting the Keyboard Into Vocal Designer and Ensemble Zones (SPLIT)

................................

5

4

Adjusting the Ke

y

board Sensitivit

y

.........................................................................................................

.

5

U

sing t

h

e Pitc

h

Ben

d

/ Mo

d

u

l

ation Lever (PITCH BEND

)

..................................................................

5

6

U

sing t

h

e [S1]/[S2] Buttons (S1/S2

)

..........................................................................................................

5

8

U

sing t

h

e D Beam

(

D

BEAM

)

.......................................................................................................................

6

0

U

sin

g

Pedals (HOLD PEDAL/CTRL PEDAL

)

.............................................................................................

6

2

Adding an E



ect by Applying Pressure to the Keyboard (AFTERTOUCH)

..................................

6

4

U

sin

g

a Microphone to Control Expression (VOICE EXPRESSION

)

...............................................

.

6

U

sing Au

d

io Fi

l

es

6

7

P

erforming with Audio Files (AUDIO KEY)

.............................................................................................

6

8

P

er

f

orming with Audio Files

f

rom USB Memor

y

..............................................

6

8

Selectin

g

the Audio File Se

t

.....................................................................................

7

0

Chan

g

in

g

the Audio File Settin

g

s

..........................................................................

7

0

A

djusting the Volume of the Audio Ke

y

..............................................................

7

2

T

y

pes of Audio Files That the VP-770 Can Pla

y

..................................................

7

3

R

ecor

d

ing Loop P

h

rases (SOUND LOOPER)

..........................................................................................

7

4

R

ecor

d

in

g

a P

h

ras

e

......................................................................................................

7

4

P

laying Back the Recorded Phras

e

........................................................................

7

5

Overdubbing Phrases (Recording Another Layer

)

...........................................

7

5

E

rasin

g

the Phrase ......................................................................................................

.

7

6

Saving t

h

e P

h

rase to USB Memor

y

........................................................................

7

6

A

d

j

usting the Volume of the Phrase

.....................................................................

7

6

Storin

g

Soun

d

s an

d

Settin

g

s (Re

g

istration)

7

R

ecallin

g

a Re

g

istration

(

REGISTRATION

)

...............................................................................................

7

8

Selecting the Registration Bank

............................................................................

.

k

7

9

R

eca

ll

ing a Registratio

n

.............................................................................................

7

9

I

nitia

l

izing a Registratio

n

.............................................................................................................................

8

0

Saving a Registration (REGISTRATION WRITE

)

......................................................................................

8

1

E

ditin

g

a Re

g

istratio

n

....................................................................................................................................

8

2

R

e

g

istration Parameter

s

...............................................................................................................................

8

3

REGISTRATION EDIT

....................................................................................................

T

8

3

R

EGI

S

T

CO

NTR

OL

.........................................................................................................

8

3

VOCAL DESIGNER EDIT

..............................................................................................

T

8

6

ENSEMBLE EDIT

............................................................................................................

T

8

BASS & PERC EDIT

........................................................................................................

T

9

2

7

M

e

n

u

R

efe

r

e

n

ce

9

3

B

asic Menu O

p

eration (MENU

)

..................................................................................................................

9

4

System Settings

(

SYSTEM

)

...........................................................................................................................

9

5

Saving the System Settings (SYSTEM WRITE

)

........................................................................................

9

6

Sy

stem Parameter

s

........................................................................................................................................

.

9

7

S

Y

S

TEM MID

I

..................................................................................................................

9

7

S

Y

S

TEM

SOU

ND

............................................................................................................

9

8

S

Y

S

TEM

CO

NTR

OL

.......................................................................................................

9

I

nput E



ect Settin

g

s (INPUT EFFECTS

)

....................................................................................................

10

2

B

acking Up to USB Memory (UTILITY–PROJECT)

................................................................................

10

3

B

acking Up to USB Memor

y

(USER BACKUP

)

....................................................

.

10

3

R

estoring t

h

e Bac

k

up Data (USER RESTORE

)

.....................................................

10

5

F

ormat USB Memor

y

..................................................................................................

10

6

Transmitting Registration Data to an Externa

l

MIDI Device (UTILITY–BULK DUMP)

..............

10

7

C

h

ec

k

in

g

t

h

e VP-770’s Version (UTILITY–VERSION INFO

)

..............................

10

8

Screensaver Settin

g

s (UTILITY–SCREENSAVER

)

...................................................................................

10

9

R

eset to De

f

ault Factory Settings (FA

C

T

O

RY RE

S

E

T

)

..........................................................................

11

0

A

pp

l

ications 1

1

U

sing the Sound of an External S

y

nthesizer (EXT IN

)

........................................................................

11

2

“Per

f

orming” Sound

f

rom Drums or a Portable Music Player

..........................................................

11

4

App

endix 1

1

5

Connectin

g

the VP-770 with MIDI Equipment

.....................................................................................

11

6

About V-LINK

....................................................................................................................................................

K

11

8

MIDI Im

pl

ementation C

h

ar

t

........................................................................................................................

1

2

0

Main Speci



cation

s

........................................................................................................................................

12

1

Troubleshootin

g

..............................................................................................................................................

12

2

E

rror Messa

g

e

s

.................................................................................................................................................

12

3

I

ndex ...................................................................................................................................................................

.

1

2

4

I

nf

o

rm

at

i

on

.......................................................................................................................................................

1

2

7

8

Play Like You’re Singing.

9

The Ancestry of the VP

1939

marks the invention of the “vocoder,” a method of compressing a vocal signal.

Subsequently used during World War II as a way to scramble communications, the vocoder

began to achieve popularity as an electronic musical instrument in the 1970’s. Most vocoders of

that time didn’t provide a keyboard or carrier signal (analogous to the vocal cords of a human),

so you had to separately provide a synthesizer in order to produce sound.

1979

was the year in which Roland released the VP-330, a new idea that combined a

vocoder with a strings-type keyboard, making it simple to produce sound without needing

to use other equipment. The VP-330 enabled you to create distinctive vocal sounds without

specialized knowledge of vocoder parameters, and still continues to be loved by musicians

around the world.

2006

saw the appearance of the VP-550, featuring Roland’s “Vocal Designer” human vocal

modeling technology—a leap beyond vocoding.

2009

now sees the birth of the VP-770, bringing you a further evolution of Vocal Designer

and cutting-edge SuperNATURAL technology.

“Ultimate vocals for all musicians” – that’s the mission of the VP.

1

0

Features of the VP-770

The VP-770 is a keyboard featuring cutting-edge “Vocal Designer” human vocal modeling

tec

h

no

l

og

y

. Just connect a microp

h

one, p

l

a

y

t

h

e

k

e

yb

oar

d

w

h

i

l

e

y

ou sing, an

d

l

et t

h

e VP-770

m

o

d

e

l

incre

d

i

bly

rea

l

istic an

d

natura

l

voca

l

s.

Highest Qualit

y

Vocals

Unlike the choir sounds you’ve heard

f

rom samplers and synthesizers, the “Vocal Designer

”

m

o

d

e

l

ing tec

h

no

l

og

y

b

ui

l

t into t

h

e VP-770

l

ets

y

ou actua

lly

“sing t

h

e

ly

rics” — an

d

it generates

n

atura

l

an

d

rea

l

istic voca

l

s t

h

at are simp

ly

b

e

y

on

d

a

ll

comparison wit

h

conventiona

l

voco

d

ers

.

In other words, the VP-770 lets

y

ou do it all;

f

rom beauti

f

ul choirs echoing in a cathedral, to

f

unk

y

gospel, to background choruses

f

or pop and rock bands

.

No longer will you need to call multiple vocalists to your live performances or recording sessions.

Simpl

y

pla

y

the VP-770 and start enjo

y

ing the top qualit

y

vocal sounds

y

ou’ve dreamed of

.

Rich Ensembles

In addition to Vocal Designer, the VP-770 features “ensemble” parts that use SuperNATURAL technolog

y

and

carefull

y

selected high-qualit

y

PCM (digitall

y

sampled) sounds

.

Brass ensembles using SuperNATURAL technology, richly expressive strings, and a broad range o

f

high

-

quality choir sounds can be layered with Vocal Designer, allowing you to per

f

orm unbelievably rich

ensembles

.

By using “Bass and Percussion” you can also per

f

orm voice bass or voice percussion

.

In addition,

y

ou can use the “Audio Ke

y

” function to la

y

er the pla

y

back of audio  les saved on USB

m

emor

y

(sold separatel

y

).

This means that all by itsel

f

, the VP-770 lets you rival an orchestra or a cappella group

.

Rola

n

d

SuperNATURAL Tec

h

no

l

ogy

Proprietary Roland sound generation technology that realistically reproduces the tonal

chan

g

es and per

f

ormance techniques distinctive o

f

an acoustic instrument, allowin

g

you to per

f

orm music that is natural and richly expressive.

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 entire VP-770 such as keyboard

12

About Vocal Designer

“

Vocal Designer” human vocal modeling technolog

y

is a further evolution of the “vocoder.” Here’s a simple

ex

p

lanation of the vocoder

.

What’s a Vocoder

?

T

he “vocoder” was invented by the physicist H. Dudley in 1939 as a technology

f

or compressing a voice

communication signal. Subsequently, musical instruments based on this technology were developed,

a

llowing

y

ou to pla

y

melodies and harmonies using a human voice. Of course, the audio source can be

a

n

y

t

h

ing (not just a

h

uman voice)

b

ut

b

ecause t

h

e voco

d

er

h

as its

b

asis in t

h

e soun

d

-pro

d

ucing structure

of the human voice, we’ll be talking about it in terms of how a human voice is produced.

I

f

we i

g

nore di



erences o

f

loudness, pitch, and variation between individuals, the wave

f

orm produced

by our vocal cords is essentially identical regardless o

f

what you’re saying (e.g., “ahh” or “eeh”). We can

distinguish spoken or sung words because o

f

the various resonances (

f

ormants) created b

y

our vocal

tract (the shape of our throat and the movement of the lar

y

nx and mouth) and additional sounds called

“

fricatives,” “plosives,” and “sibilants” that are added in var

y

ing wa

y

s over time. The e ect of the waveform

created by the vocal cords actually has a rather minimal e ect on what the listener hears.

A vocoder analyzes these time-varying changes, electrically synthesizes the

shape o

f

the throat and movements o

f

the mouth (the

f

ormant movements),

a

nd uses these

f

ormants to modulate a musical si

g

nal (the carrier) rather than

the waveform produced b

y

the vocal cords. The vocoder “voice” produced in

this wa

y

was closer to that of a robot in a science  ction movie rather than the

vo

i

ce

o

f

a

n

actua

l h

u

m

a

n

.

V

ocal Designer uses cutting-edge modeling technology to bring about a

revolutionary leap in the accuracy o

f

this synthesis, succeeding in generating

a

“human voice” that is incomparabl

y

more realistic and natural than the

sounds produced b

y

vocoders of the past

.

P

l

ay Li

k

e You’re Singin

g

V

oca

l

Designer is constructe

d

so t

h

at e

l

ements ot

h

er t

h

an pitc

h

are expresse

d

b

y your voice via t

h

e

microphone. You play the keyboard to control the pitch.

V

ocal Designer won’t produce sound i

f

you are only vocalizing into the microphone or only playing the

k

e

y

board. This means that in order to take advantage of Vocal Designer, the timing at which

y

ou pla

y

the ke

y

board and vocalize into the microphone is extremel

y

important. When

y

ou’re performing a rapid

passage,

y

ou will probabl

y

 nd it best to hold down the ke

y

s (or press the hold pedal

➞

p. 62) an

d

use

y

our

v

oice to p

l

ay t

h

e r

h

yt

h

m.

Unlike on typical synthesizers, the volume is controlled by the microphone. Use your voice to draw the

curve. Using

y

our voice,

y

ou can produce a range o

f

expression that

y

ou might even



nd extreme.

T

he most important technique for taking advantage of Vocal Designer is t

o

“

P

l

a

y

l

i

k

e

y

ou’re singing”

Resonances (formants)

produced by the vocal

tract (shape of the

throat and larynx) and

movements of the mout

h

Vocal cords (carrier)

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.

*

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.

*

14

BA

SS

&

PER

C

U

SS

I

O

N

S

oun

d

D

escri

p

tio

n

B

A

SS

B

ass

sou

n

ds.

P

ER

C

T

his provides a collection of voice percussion sounds.

You can a

l

so se

l

ect a

b

ass soun

d

by

h

o

ld

ing

d

own t

h

e [SHIFT]

b

utton an

d

pressing t

h

e [BASS]

b

utton,

and then turnin

g

the value dial

.

*

15

Making Connections

I

n this chapter you’ll connect the VP-770 to your external equipment and set it up.

1

6

Making Connections

Placing the VP-770 on the KS-12 Stand

If

y

ou place the VP-770 on a stand,

y

ou must use the KS-12 (sold separatel

y

)

.

S

een from the rea

r

Position the stand so that its arms extend

toward the performer.

Rubber feet

Arm

Hole

Performer

When placing the VP-770 on the stand, be care

f

ul not to pinch your



ngers between the instrument

an

d

t

h

e stan

d

.

U

sing t

h

e VP-770 wit

h

an

y

ot

h

er stan

d

ma

y

pro

d

uce an unsta

bl

e situation, possi

bly

causing t

h

e

instrument to

f

all or overturn, and resulting in injury or damage

.

F

or details on how to assemble the stand, re

f

er to the owner’s manual that accompanied the stand

.

*

P

l

ace

t

h

e

VP-77

0

so

t

h

at

t

h

e

r

ea

r

t

w

o

f

the four rubber feet on the bottom panel

 t into the holes on the arms of the stand.

17

Connect the Power Cord

( AC IN)

C

onnect the included

p

ower cord to the VP-770’s AC IN connector,

a

n

d

p

l

u

g

t

h

e ot

h

er en

d

into an AC out

l

et

.

to AC outlet

1

.

1

8

Connecting Your Amp or Speakers

( OUTPUT/ PHONES)

T

he VP-770 doesn’t contain an amp or speakers. In order to hear sound, you’ll need to connect it to monitor

speakers (with a built-in amp), a stereo set or other audio system, or headphones

.

To prevent malfunction and/or damage to speakers or other devices, alwa

y

s turn down the volume,

and turn o



the power on all devices be

f

ore making any connections

.

M

a

k

e connections as s

h

own

.

I

f

y

ou’re outputting in mono, connect

y

our equipment to the L/MONO jack

.

A

u

d

io ca

bl

es an

d

h

ea

dph

ones aren’t inc

l

u

d

e

d

wit

h

t

h

e VP-770. You’

ll

nee

d

to o

b

tain t

h

em se

p

a-

r

ately

.

*

1

.

✍

Monitor speaker (with built-in amp)

Headphones

IN

PUT

19

Connecting Your Microphone

( MIC)

A microphone is indispensable

f

or per

f

ormin

g

with the VP-770. The VP-770 models

v

soun

d

s

by

using

y

our voice t

h

at’s input via t

h

e microp

h

one.

A

h

ea

d

set-t

y

pe microp

h

one is inc

l

u

d

e

d

wit

h

t

h

e VP-770

.

I

f

You’re Usin

g

the Included Microphone

(MIC)

C

onnect it to the MIC

j

ack as shown.

I

f

You’re Usin

g

a

P

hantom-powered Condenser Mic

Th

e VP-770’s MIC jac

k

supports p

h

antom power

.

Turn this o if

y

ou’re using the included microphone.

A

lwa

y

s turn the phantom power o when connecting an

y

device other than condenser microphones

that require phantom power. You risk causing damage i

f

you mistakenly supply phantom power to

dy

namic microp

h

ones, au

d

io p

l

a

yb

ac

k

d

evices, or ot

h

er

d

evices t

h

at

d

on’t require suc

h

power. Be

s

ure to check the speci



cations o

f

an

y

microphone

y

ou intend to use b

y

re

f

erring to the manual that

c

ame with it

.

(T

h

is instrument’s

ph

antom

p

ower: 48 V DC, 10 mA Max

)

P

ress t

h

e

[

P

HANTOM]

b

utton

.

T

he con



rmation messa

g

e will appear

.

P

ress t

h

e [F1] (OK)

b

utton

.

T

he [PHANTOM] button will li

g

ht, and phantom power will be supplied.

I

mmediatel

y

after powering up the VP-770, the phantom power suppl

y

will be o

.

1

.

*

1

.

2

.

✍

T

his instrument is equipped with balanced (XLR/TRS) t

y

pe jacks.

Wiring diagrams for these

j

acks are shown below. Make connections

a

fter  rst checking the wiring diagrams of other equipment

y

ou

in

te

n

d

to

co

nn

ect.

1: GND2: HOT

3: COLD

TIP: HOT

RING: COLD

SLEEVE: GND

H

owling could be produced depending on the location o

f

microp

h

ones re

l

ative to spea

k

ers. T

h

is can

b

e reme

d

ie

d

b

y:

1. Changing the direction of the microphone(s).

2

. Relocatin

g

microphone(s) at a

g

reater distance

f

rom speakers.

3. Lowering volume levels.

*

20

I

f

You’re Connecting Your Microphone to the EXT IN Jac

k

(

E

XT IN

)

C

onnect it to t

h

e EXT IN jac

k

as s

h

own

.

Turn t

h

e

[

EXT IN

]

k

no

b

to “MIC.

”

This knob adjusts the level o

f

the sound

f

rom the EXT IN jack. (Turn the knob toward “MIC” to

i

ncrease the level, or toward “LINE” to decrease it.) If you’ve connected a mic, you should turn this

to

“

MI

C.”

➞

Re

f

er to “Adjusting the Microphone Input Level” (p. 28)

f

or more about this adjustment

.

S

e

t

th

e

[

MIX

TO

MIC]

sw

it

c

h

“ON

.

”

The [MIX TO MIC] switch setting determines whether the sound from the EXT IN jack will be used

as a microphone input (modulator; the ON settin

g

) or as the carrier (the OFF settin

g

).

W

e’

ll

b

e using it as a microp

h

one input, so se

l

ect t

h

e “ON” position

h

ere.

1

.

2

.

✍

3

.

✍

M

odu

l

ator

The tonal character

(

formants

)

o

f

the voice from the microphone

i

n

p

ut is extracted, and these

f

ormants are used to modulate

(

trans

f

orm) the carrier si

g

nal

.

If you want the sound from the

r

ear pane

l

EXT IN

j

ac

k

to

b

e t

h

e

m

o

d

u

l

ator, set t

h

e [MIX TO MIC]

switc

h

“ON”

(

➞

p

. 114).

Carrie

r

T

his is the si

g

nal that is the basis of the

soun

d

an

d

etermines its tim

b

re an

d

p

itch. To use the sound from the rear

p

anel EXT IN

j

ack as the carrier, hold down

t

he [SHIFT] button,

p

ress the [VOCODER]

sound button

,

and select the bottom

soun

d

in t

h

e

l

ist t

h

at appears

.

If you want the sound from the rear

panel EXT IN

j

ack to be the carrier, set

t

he

[

MIX TO MIC

]

switch “OFF

”

(

➞

p. 112

)

.

Page is loading ...

Roland VP-770 User manual

Roland VP-770 User manual

Related papers

Other documents