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Owner's Manual
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Information When you need repair service, call your nearest Roland Service Center or authorized Roland
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To resize thickness, move all items on the front cover to left or right IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an CAUTION equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK For EU Countries presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the DO NOT OPEN product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to ATTENTION: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. CAUTION
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USING THE UNIT SAFELY The symbol alerts the user to important instructions Used for instructions intended to alert or warnings.The specific meaning of the symbol is the user to the risk of death or severe determined by the design contained within the injury should the unit be used triangle. In the case of the symbol at left, it is used for improperly. general cautions, warnings, or alerts to danger. Used for instructions intended to alert The symb
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016 101a • Before using the unit in a foreign country, consult • The unit should be located so that its location or with your retailer, the nearest Roland Service position does not interfere with its proper venti- Center, or an authorized Roland distributor, as lation. listed on the “Information” page. .......................................................................................................... 102b ...............................................................
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Contents USING THE UNIT SAFELY......................................................................3 Concepts Behind Development of the V-Guitar System .....................8 Main features...........................................................................................9 How to use this manual........................................................................10 IMPORTANT NOTES ...................................................
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Assigning a name to the patch ............................................................................................................... 34 Adjust the volume level of the patch..................................................................................................... 35 Adjusting the sound of all patches collectively ................................................................................... 35
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Chapter 6. Changing the system settings ..........................................62 GK pickup settings................................................................................................................................... 62 ■ Select the save destination of GK pickup settings................................................................ 62 ■ Adjusting the GK pickup sensitivity for each string ........................................
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Concepts Behind Development of the V-Guitar System ■ The Process That Led to the ■ Composite Object Sound Birth of the V-Guitar System Modeling: COSM The acoustic piano has enjoyed a history of hundreds of The new Composite Object Sound Modeling (COSM) years, culminating in the shape that it has today. The piano advanced by Roland combines a number of sound modeling craftsmen of the past must have longed for piano wires that technologies to create even newer sounds. COSM creates could be str
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Main features ■ A new dimension of sound- ■ Global parameters creation made possible by The patch parameters of the VG-88 can be adjusted to compensate for the environment in which you are playing. three core sections: COSM Reverb depth, low-frequency and high-frequency tone, and Guitar, COSM Amp, and multi- noise suppressor sensitivity can be adjusted globally without effects changing the settings of each individual patch. The COSM GUITAR section allows you to change the guitar’s pickup an
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How to use this manual This manual is broadly divided into eight chapters that explain operations and functions you will use during normal playing, as well as how to make various settings. You’ll get the most from this manual by reading its chapters in order. An alphabetical index is provided at the end of the manual. Refer to it if you encounter an unfamiliar term as you operate the VG- 88. ■ Chapter 1. ■ Chapter 5. Parameter guide Preparations for playing This chapter provides details about t
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IMPORTANT NOTES 291b In addition to the items listed under “IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS” and “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” on pages 2 and 3, please read and observe the following: Power Supply Memory Backup 301 501b • Do not use this unit on the same power circuit with any • This unit contains a battery which powers the unit’s device that will generate line noise (such as an electric memory circuits while the main power is off. When this motor or variable lighting system). battery becomes weak, t
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Front and Rear Panels Front Panel fig.0-01 8 9 1 4 3 2 22 5 7 6 10 19 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 1. LED Display 16.NAME/CHAIN Button 2. LCD Display 17.EZ EDIT Button 3. VALUE Dial 18.TUNER Button 4. OUTPUT LEVEL Knob 19.BANK Pedals 5. OUTPUT SELECT Button 20.Number Pedals 6. Function Buttons 21.CTL (control) Pedal 7. PAGE Buttons 22.EXP (expression) Pedal When you operate the expression pedal, please 8. EXIT Button be careful not to get your fingers pinched 9. WRITE Button between the movab
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Front and Rear Panels Rear Panel fig.0-02 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 23.GK IN Jack 24.GUITAR Jacks 25.OUTPUT Jacks 26.PHONES Jack 27.SUB EXP PEDAL/SUB CTL 1,2 (sub expression pedal/sub control pedal) Jack 28.MIDI Connectors 29.POWER Switch 30.AC Inlet 13
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Chapter 1. Preparations for playing Attaching the GK-2A/GK-3 to your guitar First, you will need to attach the GK-2A/GK-3 divided About the GK-2A/GK-3 select switch pickup to your guitar. To learn how, refer to the owner’s When using the VG-88, you can control the balance between manual for the GK-2A/GK-3. the divided pickup and the normal pickup for each patch. We recommend that you normally leave the select switch in the “MIX” position. The GK-2A/GK-3 cannot be used with the following type
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Chapter 1 Chapter 1. Preparations for playing About the GUITAR INPUT jack When connecting a guitar to the VG-88 without C-13A/B To prevent malfunction and/or damage to speakers or other cable, use the GUITAR INPUT jack. devices, always turn down the volume, and turn off the power on all devices before making any connections. About the OUTPUT jack When connecting a guitar amp to the OUTPUT jacks, use the guitar amp’s MAIN IN jack or RETURN jack. If your guitar amp does not have a MAIN IN jack
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Chapter 1. Preparations for playing About the screen display (Basic operation) Depending on the screen, the parameters may occupy two or more screen pages. The page icon is shown in the upper right Edit Multiple Parameters Simultaneously of the screen. For parameters which can be set independently for each fig.2-02 string, you can simultaneously increase/decrease the page icon settings for each string. For example if you wish to set the shift amount of Polyphonic Pitch Shift to the same se
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Chapter 1 Chapter 1. Preparations for playing Turning on the power and tuning your guitar ■ Turning on the power of the VG-88 ■ Tuning your guitar Here’s how to use the VG-88’s tuner function to tune your guitar. fig.1-04 Once the connections have been completed (p. 14,15), turn on power to your various devices in the order specified. By 2 turning on devices in the wrong order, you risk causing malfunction and/or damage to speakers and other devices. 1. Turn the VG-88’s POWER switch to the “
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Chapter 1. Preparations for playing 3. Play a single unfretted note on the string you wish to 5. While watching the display, adjust the tuning until only tune. the middle indicator (tuned) is lit. The note name closest to the string you played will 6. Repeat steps 3 – 5 to tune all the strings. appear in the LED display. * When tuning a guitar that has a tremolo arm, tuning one * Cleanly play a single note only on the string that you wish to tune. string may cause the other strings to go out
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Chapter 1 Chapter 1. Preparations for playing fig.1-10a 6. Specify the scale length. Move the cursor to “SCALE.” Use [VALUE] to specify the scale length of your guitar (the length from the bridge to the nut). Select the closest value in the range of 620–660 mm (ST=648mm, LP=628mm). fig.1-10d GK-2A: Make this setting if you are using a GK-2A/GK-3 divided pickup. GK-2: Make this setting if you are using a GK-2 divided pickup. 7. Specify whether or not the functions of the GK-2A/GK-3 PIEZO: s
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Chapter 1. Preparations for playing 9. If you will be using two or more guitars to play the VG- 3. Press [F1] (DRIVER). The driver setting screen will 88, repeat Steps 4–7 to enter the driver settings for each appear. fig.1-15 guitar. 10.When you have finished making all of your settings, press [EXIT]. You will return to Play page. * These settings are required when you newly install a divided pickup on your guitar, or after you have adjusted the height of a divided pickup. Once you have mad
