User manual ROLAND DISCOVER 5M

[. . . ] r Owner's Manual Thank you for choosing a Roland DisCover 5M Realtime Orchestrator module, the perfect Standard MIDI File player for performing musicians with a professional Vocal Harmonist function. The DisCover 5M allows you to play back Standard MIDI Files on SmartMediaTM card or floppy disk, and to change their orchestration in realtime, while you also have the flexibility to jump to four locations within every song, which allows you, for instance, to repeat any part of a song time and again. The DisCover 5M's Vocal Harmonist is equally flexible: it can add harmonies to your singing based on the chords used by the songs you are playing back. You can also use it for gender transformations of your voice, for correcting not-so-perfect singing, and for a number of professional effects. [. . . ] The further this value is set in the negative direction, the fewer overtones will be allowed to pass, and the sound will become softer (darker). I Resonance: This parameter allows you to add a "synthetic" character to your Drum Sets (choose a positive value), or to make it sound more natural. Note: It would be a good idea to save these settings to a User Program (page 75). I Release: This parameter adjusts the time over which the sound will decay after the note is released until it is no longer heard. Use the following three parameters if you think the part in question has too much (or could use a little more) vibrato. Note: Some "V" Tones contain natural (sampled) vibrato whose depth or speed cannot be changed. I Vibrato Rate: This parameter adjusts the speed of the pitch modulation. Positive (+) settings make the preset pitch modulation faster, and negative (­) settings make it slower. Positive (+) settings mean that the "wobble" becomes more prominent, while negative (­) settings make it shallower. I Vibrato Delay: This parameter adjusts the time required for the vibrato effect to begin. Positive (+) settings increase the delay, and negative settings shorten it. (7) Press the [Back¥to¥Rtm¥Eff] field to return to the Realtime Mixer page. Note: It would be a good idea to save these settings to a User Program (page 75). 55 Editing the Realtime & Vocal Harmonist parts Editing the Vocal Harmonist parts Apart from the effects settings discussed earlier, there are also other VOCAL HARMONIST settings that can be customized. There are additional parameters for all Vocal Harmonist Parts except the TALK option. Procedure for selecting these pages (1) Press the [MENU] button. (3) In the right column, press the field that corresponds to the VOCAL HARMONIST part you wish to edit. You could also press and hold the corresponding button on the front panel. It might be a good idea to connect a microphone and to sing/talk while making the following settings. (2) On the MENU page that appears now, press the [VOCAL¥HARMONIST] field. Singer settings When the [SINGER] button lights, your solo singing is output. GIf you press the [Edit] field. . . . . . the display looks as follows: (1) Press the [Male] or [Female] field. This is an important indication for the HARMONY processor (Vocoder, Small or Ensemble). (2) Press the [Vibrato] field to add an automatic Vibrato effect to your singing. Note that this is probably only useful as gimmick: your natural vibrato no doubt sounds far more. . . (3) When you are done, either press the [EXIT] button to return to the main page, or one of the other fields in the right column to set those parameters as well. · Use the [PREV] and [NEXT] buttons to select the parameter you wish to edit, and set the desired value with the [VALUE] dial. For the following, the [Vibrato] indicator icon must be white for the effect to be noticeable. I Vibrato Rate: Sets the speed of the vibrato effect. The higher the Depth value, the more outspoken these periodic pitch changes will be. This parameter specifies how long it takes before the Depth value is reached ­ once the Delay Time is up. I Delay Time: Allows you to set a delay between the moment you start singing and the moment the vibrato effect kicks in. r Note: The [Vocal¥Effect] and [Equalizer] fields allow you to jump to the effects or tone controls. · Press [EXIT] (or [Back¥to¥Singer]) to leave this page. It contains a simple equalizer for the Voice-FX, Auto Pitch and Singer parts. See above. 56 Owner's Manual Voice-FX settings When the [VOICE-FX] button lights, your original voice will not be output by the Vocal Harmonist. [. . . ] TEL: (02) 2561 3339 Paul Bothner (PTY) Ltd. 17 Werdmuller Centre, Main Road, Claremont 7708 SOUTH AFRICA P. O. BOX 23032, Claremont 7735, SOUTH AFRICA TEL: (021) 674 4030 URUGUAY Todo Musica S. A. Francisco Acuna de Figueroa 1771 C. P. : 11. 800 Montevideo, URUGUAY TEL: (02) 924-2335 PORTUGAL Tecnologias Musica e Audio, Roland Portugal, S. A. 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