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Published on 10/15/13 at 12:51This is the rack Roland VK8 a showman! I let you go on the website of Roland to entertain you with its possibilities!
IMPORTANT TURNING: it a few times I see on this forum that "oh my god, it's annoying that there have taken a MIDI IN THRU noon or because you can not connect pedal or a second keyboard! " WRONG!! Dear musicians, if you read your manual, you would see that on page 45, it says that you can "ADD FUNCTION MIDI THRU MIDI OUT A DECISION"
So NO, no need to buy the famous "solutions quadra thru twelve o'clock to 50 € to compensate for this problem. Everything is marked in the manual! If everyone read the manual a little more, it will avoid having unnecessary issues forums.
So that was a little rant cordial.
Regarding sounds? See below.
UTILIZATION
The general configuration is simple! Indeed we must not forget that its main role is to imitate the old tonewheel hammond has with B3/C3, which had the "vibrato, chorus, perceived, leslie" option and 8 presets it seems! Sorry for the uncertainty friends, I have a Hammond L100P (a beautiful beast anyway).
Anyway, so in terms of configuration, you guessed it, it is easy! Mumuse with zippers, overdrive, etc., basically turn the knobs, it is the order of all persons in possession of at least two fingers!
But as of when we dwell on the machine, by peeling a little manual, which I think is very well done, it's almost a pleasure to read because at each "chapter" was a quick summary of how to operate the Hammond organ (tonewheels course), different mode of operation etc., and I find it very helpful and informative!
It even has the ability to change the unchangeable things these famous giants 180kg: the keyclick, the leakage (roughly, the sound of engines running, parasites etc also ..) .. The overdrive (yes, no need to connect a Marshall and screwed his bafles for the "beat" Jonathan Douglas Lord .. (What god ..) ..) and finally here for more features - > Roland.com.
Editing sounds become a reflex and as far as you will practice at the beginning, it looks like a fool to follow word for word the manual air, but you will see That in strength, it will come! And then you'll rarely do because there six presets, which store all your settings. Easily recordable way!
SOUNDS
I'm a fan of Deep purple, having read of "ear all solos Jon Lord (Deep Purple), from child in Time, speed king, highway star, a dead or Alive or even his live made in Japan, australia etc. .. I think I can consider myself as to require purpuliens sounds.
Well dear friends, you want a saturated C3 jon lord? Spitting its large rotary Leslies live? Well buy the roland vk8m. Sincerely .. I have long been looking forward to find, and I finally got it!
For jazz sounds, blues etc. .. You will also be served! You all .. All .. Not. You will have everything except a semi-trailer to buy a ton of lugging your gear.
That's it.
I know that the videos are not at Roland vk8m sites, but believe me, this is exactly what an organist, whether jazz or rocker would!
OVERALL OPINION
I've had not even a month, but every day I discover new things!
I think there is that more .. The sounds, the possibilities, the relative simplicity .. (Simple but requires a prior study manual) .. Etc!
Ah yes, only bad points .. :
- The manual says that you should use the expression pedal Roland EV7 to 200 €! THANK THE CONSUMER SOCIETY, at risk of damaging the module .. I confess that for the moment I dare not disobey ..
- The b deam, which when used can be inadvertently
Triggered by holding our hand to change the vibrato or chorus ..
But .. You can disable it so it goes.
-And finally, the good it is rather a question ..
A waterfall when a master keyboard for this module?
That's it.
It is a choice I would do willingly to buy used I think, because it hurts € 1000 .. In any case, I'm thrilled!
Thank you for reading me.
Musically!
IMPORTANT TURNING: it a few times I see on this forum that "oh my god, it's annoying that there have taken a MIDI IN THRU noon or because you can not connect pedal or a second keyboard! " WRONG!! Dear musicians, if you read your manual, you would see that on page 45, it says that you can "ADD FUNCTION MIDI THRU MIDI OUT A DECISION"
So NO, no need to buy the famous "solutions quadra thru twelve o'clock to 50 € to compensate for this problem. Everything is marked in the manual! If everyone read the manual a little more, it will avoid having unnecessary issues forums.
So that was a little rant cordial.
Regarding sounds? See below.
UTILIZATION
The general configuration is simple! Indeed we must not forget that its main role is to imitate the old tonewheel hammond has with B3/C3, which had the "vibrato, chorus, perceived, leslie" option and 8 presets it seems! Sorry for the uncertainty friends, I have a Hammond L100P (a beautiful beast anyway).
Anyway, so in terms of configuration, you guessed it, it is easy! Mumuse with zippers, overdrive, etc., basically turn the knobs, it is the order of all persons in possession of at least two fingers!
But as of when we dwell on the machine, by peeling a little manual, which I think is very well done, it's almost a pleasure to read because at each "chapter" was a quick summary of how to operate the Hammond organ (tonewheels course), different mode of operation etc., and I find it very helpful and informative!
It even has the ability to change the unchangeable things these famous giants 180kg: the keyclick, the leakage (roughly, the sound of engines running, parasites etc also ..) .. The overdrive (yes, no need to connect a Marshall and screwed his bafles for the "beat" Jonathan Douglas Lord .. (What god ..) ..) and finally here for more features - > Roland.com.
Editing sounds become a reflex and as far as you will practice at the beginning, it looks like a fool to follow word for word the manual air, but you will see That in strength, it will come! And then you'll rarely do because there six presets, which store all your settings. Easily recordable way!
SOUNDS
I'm a fan of Deep purple, having read of "ear all solos Jon Lord (Deep Purple), from child in Time, speed king, highway star, a dead or Alive or even his live made in Japan, australia etc. .. I think I can consider myself as to require purpuliens sounds.
Well dear friends, you want a saturated C3 jon lord? Spitting its large rotary Leslies live? Well buy the roland vk8m. Sincerely .. I have long been looking forward to find, and I finally got it!
For jazz sounds, blues etc. .. You will also be served! You all .. All .. Not. You will have everything except a semi-trailer to buy a ton of lugging your gear.
That's it.
I know that the videos are not at Roland vk8m sites, but believe me, this is exactly what an organist, whether jazz or rocker would!
OVERALL OPINION
I've had not even a month, but every day I discover new things!
I think there is that more .. The sounds, the possibilities, the relative simplicity .. (Simple but requires a prior study manual) .. Etc!
Ah yes, only bad points .. :
- The manual says that you should use the expression pedal Roland EV7 to 200 €! THANK THE CONSUMER SOCIETY, at risk of damaging the module .. I confess that for the moment I dare not disobey ..
- The b deam, which when used can be inadvertently
Triggered by holding our hand to change the vibrato or chorus ..
But .. You can disable it so it goes.
-And finally, the good it is rather a question ..
A waterfall when a master keyboard for this module?
That's it.
It is a choice I would do willingly to buy used I think, because it hurts € 1000 .. In any case, I'm thrilled!
Thank you for reading me.
Musically!