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Main Features
The V-Synth is a professional synthesizer keyboard with a sound generator section that represents a pooling of numerous proprietary Roland
technologies, allowing an extremely high level of musical expressive potential.
From acoustic-like sounds to lush pads, rhythmical grooves, and aggressive sounds that could not be produced by synthesizers of the past, the V-
Synth is able to create organic changes in the sound. The great-feeling 61-note keyboard and a powerful set of controllers give you the means to
play these sounds in a musical way.
Whether you’re playing live on stage or producing music in the studio, and regardless of the musical styles in which you’re working, the V-Synth
gives you usable and playable sounds that are available nowhere else.
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The V-Synth sound engine,
producing utterly unique sounds
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The sound generator section consists of a PCM oscillator with
VariPhrase capability, high-quality analog modeling oscillators,
powerful modulators, and COSM processors equipped with
sideband filters. You can specify how these sections are
connected simply by selecting a structure. By combining these
sections, each of which delivers powerful functionality, you can
create completely new sounds, which could not be produced on
any previous synthesizer.
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Each of the two oscillators can function as one of three types:
PCM (VariPhrase), analog modeling, and external input.
Dedicated envelopes are provided for the principal parameters
of each oscillator. Even when using the oscillators alone, you can
apply a wide range of time-based changes.
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The PCM oscillators utilize Roland’s proprietary VariPhrase
technology. In a revolutionary breakthrough in comparison to
conventional waveform playback, VariPhrase allows the pitch,
time, and formant of the audio material to be varied with
complete independence in real time, while maintaining high
audio quality. This transforms a PCM waveform into “elastic
audio,” which you can freely stretch like a rubber band in the
desired direction and create organic-sounding changes.
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The analog modeling oscillators are packed with high-quality
waveforms. Version 2.0 adds new choices, such as the “Super
Saw,” which is just what you need for thick detuned textures;
and a feedback oscillator, which produces a dramatically
varying lead sound—all together giving you a total of fourteen
waveforms to stimulate your musical creativity.
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The oscillator output can be processed by Roland’s proprietary
COSM processors. Going far beyond the filter functionality seen
on typical synthesizers, these implement a wide range of
processes. There are a total of 16 types, including TVF, guitar
amp modeling, Lo-Fi processor, a sideband filter, which imparts
a sense of playable pitch to noise or a phrase, and a resonator,
which adds the body resonances of an instrument. You can also
apply a COSM processor to an external audio input and use the
V-Synth as a filter bank.
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Sound Shaper function allows
intuitive sound creation
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Version 2.0 features a Sound Shaper function, which liberates the
musician from dealing with an overwhelming number of edit
parameters. Simply choose the desired sound template from the
list, and the parameters that are effective for that template will
be selected and available for your control. You’ll be able to
obtain the desired variations easily by operating a few knobs or
buttons to edit exactly what you need, just like a professional
sound designer.
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Unique and useful patches
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In version 2.0, the preset patches have been completely redone,
starting at the level of the wave data, to give you even more
unique and musically useful sounds. With greater playability
and controllability than ever, we’ve taken advantage of the V-
Synth’s new functionality to further broaden its inimitable
universe of sound.
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All sounds can be rewritten by the user down to the level of the
source waves. You can sample directly into the V-Synth, or
import WAV/AIFF files from external devices, making this is an
ideal instrument for the professional who insists on absolute
originality.
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Version 2.0 provides a Rhythm mode screen, which lets you
assign different V-Synth sounds to each note of the keyboard.
This means that you can use the synth sound generator as a
rhythm kit to play many types of sound from the keyboard.
Since the sound assigned to each key is a fully editable V-Synth
sound, you can have anything from an analog kick to VariPhrase
rhythm loops available for immediate playing.
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Keyboard and controllers for
musically playing the unique sounds
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The 61-note weighted keyboard is sensitive to velocity and
aftertouch. It conveys every nuance of your playing to the V-
Synth’s powerful sound generator section.
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In addition to a bend lever and control knobs, the V-Synth’s
powerful array of controllers includes a Time Trip pad and a D
Beam controller, which let your emotion be directly reflected in
the sound.
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