Roland V-Synth Specifications download pdf (Page 13)

Touch Env Depth (Envelope Depth) and take the value up to +40 by holding SHIFT

and pressing the INC/+ button four times. Take the Sustain value down to zero by

flipping the physical S slider (in the TVA section) all the way down. Touch Attack and

keep your finger on the screen. Change the value to around 20 by dragging your finger

upwards (you can make fine adjustments with the DEC/- or INC/+ buttons). Press the

cursor-right button to select the Decay parameter and change its value to 60 by holding

down SHIFT and moving the VALUE dial clockwise.

You have just been introduced to many different methods of selecting controls and

adjusting values – and not always the best ones! Choosing the best method according

to the circumstances is far quicker and more precise than using e.g. touch-and-drag for

each and every parameter.

Touch Freq KF (Frequency Keyboard Follow) and change the value to 100% (I’ll leave

the method up to you this time). This balances out the filter cutoff frequency across the

keyboard – lower notes become mellower and higher notes become brighter, just like in many

acoustic instruments. If you like, try different values and play the keyboard to get a feel for

what this parameter does, then set it back to 100% again.

The sound is still polyphonic, which is not very typical of analog lead sounds, so touch

the Common pad . Touch the General tab if this page isn’t already active.

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Simplicity

To introduce you to some of the more basic parameters we’ll start by creating a very

simple classic analog lead sound. Touch the OSC1 pad on the screen to open the

PATCH Edit / OSC Type page for oscillator 1.

If the screen on your V-Synth looks different from the right image, this is probably

because one of the other tabs has been selected in this section – touch the OSC Type

tab . You should be able to hear a simple sawtooth when you play the keyboard. The

oscillator type is ANALOG and the currently selected waveform is SAW .

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Before we start filtering out some of the higher partials using one of the COSM sections, now

is a good time to check out the upper row of controls in the OSC1 section to see how they

affect the raw wave: PITCH, PW and FAT (TIME and FORMANT only apply to PCM

oscillators). Hold down a note with your left hand and turn each of these knobs in succession.

After you have finished, make sure that PITCH and PW are in the center and that FAT is at

minimum. The tabs labeled Pitch , Pulse Width and Fat on the left of the screen

give you access to many parameters affecting these three elements, but we will leave them

alone for the moment and head straight for the filter: Touch the COSM1 pad .

Touch the TVF pad to select a conventional filter algorithm for the COSM1 section.

Touch the 24db/oct pad to change the filter to a 4-pole Lowpass type. Touch the

Cutoff tab to access the Cutoff page.

Take the filter cutoff frequency down to 64 by turning the upper knob in the COSM1

section to the center. The sound is now very mellow. To turn this into a typical analog

lead sound we have to apply some filter envelope...

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