Roland VariOS Manual de usuario

Introduction

VariOS-8 is a trial application that transforms your VariOS into a completely different sound module.

When the VariOS-8 program is installed, you can use the VariOS as an analog modeling synthesizer.

You can use a rich array of parameters to produce realistic analog synthesizer sounds.

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About this program

File structure

• VariOS-8 main program

If this program is installed in the VariOS's internal flash ROM, the VariOS can function as an analog modeling synthesizer.

• VariOS-8 controller software (Windows/Macintosh)

This is editor software that lets you control the functions of the VariOS-8 from your computer.

Features

Once you have installed the program into the internal flash ROM of the VariOS, you can use a simple button operation to start up

the VariOS as the VariOS-8. Since the previous program will still remain, the normal power-on operation will start up the VariOS

with its conventional functionality.

Specifications/System requirements

Specifications

VariOS-8

Sound Generator:

Analog Modeling

Sound Generator Configuration:

Oscillator x 2

Modulator x 1

HPF x 1

TVF x 1

TVA x 1

Parts:

Maximum Polyphony:

24 voices (Varies depending on the load placed on the

sound generator.)

Patches:

128

Modulator:

4 types + MIX

Effects:

MFX (Multi-effects), Chorus, Reverb

Arpeggiator:

Up, Down, Up&Down, Random

Sampling Frequency:

44.1 kHz

System requirements

(Windows)

Operating system:

Microsoft® Windows® XP Home/XP Professional/

2000 Professional/Me/98SE

CPU:

Pentium®/Celeron™ or compatible processor,

400 MHz or better

Pentium® III 500 MHz or better is recommended

RAM:

128 MB or more (256 MB or more is recommended)

Free space required on hard disk:

30 MB or more

Display resolution/Color depth:

800 x 600 pixels, 65,536 colors (16-bit High Color) or

better

System requirements

(Macintosh)

Operating System:

Mac OS 9.0.4 or later

Mac OS X v10.2 or later

CPU:

OS 9: PowerPC G3, 233 MHz or better

OS X: PowerPC G3, 500 MHz or better

RAM:

192 MB or more (256 MB or more is recommended)

Free space required on hard disk:

30 MB or more

Display resolution/color depth:

800 x 600 pixels, 32,000 colors or better

Other:

OMS support (Mac OS 9 only)

* Although Roland has tested numerous configurations, and has

determined that on average, a computer system similar to that

described above will permit normal operation of the VariOS-8

Controller, Roland cannot guarantee that a given computer can

be used satisfactorily with the VariOS-8 Controller based solely

on the fact that it meets the above requirements. This is because

there are too many other variables that may influence the

processing environment, including differences in motherboard

design and the particular combination of other devices involved.

Names of Things and What They Do

Refer to "Names of Things and What They Do" in the "VariOS User Guide."

The following points will be different when you

use VariOS-8.

Front Panel

PITCH/TIME/FORMANT Knobs

Indicators

Rear Panel

INPUT

OUTPUT

PITCH (C1) Knob

Adjusts the HPF cutoff frequency.

TIME (C2) Knob

Adjusts the TVF cutoff frequency.

FORMANT (C3) Knob

Adjusts the resonance.

TEMPO