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. [. . . ] 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). It does not change the character of your live singing, though. Press the field that corresponds to your voice type. That way, the added harmony voices will sound even more convincing. (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. . . The Vibrato parameters can be set on the Edit page. (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. Parameter fields can also be selected by pressing them. 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. I Vibrato Depth: Allows you to set the vibrato intensity. Vibrato is an effect that changes ("modulates") the pitch. The higher the Depth value, the more outspoken these periodic pitch changes will be. I Rise Time: Allows you to set a swell for the vibrato effect. 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. Instead, it will be changed (transformed) according to the preset you select here. 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. [. . . ] 1. k. l 107 564 Moscow, RUSSIA TEL: (095) 169 5043 EUROPE AUSTRIA Roland Austria GES. M. B. H. Siemensstrasse 4, P. O. Box 74, A-6063 RUM, AUSTRIA TEL: (0512) 26 44 260 Roland Shanghai Electronics Co. , Ltd. No. 18 Anhuaxili Chaoyang District, Beijing 100011 CHINA TEL: (010) 6426-5050 AUSTRALIA/ NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA Roland Corporation Australia Pty. , Ltd. 38 Campbell Avenue Dee Why West. NSW 2099 AUSTRALIA TEL: (02) 9982 8266 SPAIN Roland Electronics de España, S. [. . . ]