just got my VP-770 (sound demos inside)

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weathersten
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Re: just got my VP-770 (sound demos inside)

Post by weathersten »

Dear Motumbok,
although you and I can "see" the full potential with Organ and Choir for the VP-770, I believe Roland are trying to cater for all musical genres. One video demonstration I found recently on the Internet was in the popular field {but I would have liked minus the operator's voice to "show" the full potential of the VP-770}. This specialist keyboard is beyond description when "a Cappela" in S.A.T.B. or playing any full vocal arrangement, on its own or in combination with one of the Ensemble sounds.
And what about those denominations that do not have organs? Or Chapels that only have a small spinet?

The scope of the Vocal Designer with the choice of sixteen choir sounds -- from Classic [three] through small Male & Female group [two in stereo]; Gospel [three]; Pop [three]; and Back-ground [five]; Plus [ten] Vocoder and a possible External Souce In.
The choice in the Ensemble Section: Strings [Chamber; Full Strings; Warm Strings; plus Pizz & Tremolo; and a Solo Violin and Solo Cello] Brass [twelve multi Brass combos; Solo, Ballad, Mute Trumpet; Solo Flugel; Solo, Ballad Trombone; Solo, Dynamic Tenor Sax; Solo, Dynamic Alto Sax; Solo Saprano Sax; Solo Bari Sax] Guitar [four] Others [nineteen including Music Box; Harsichord; Harp; Electric Piano; Ac. Piano etc etc] Pad [six] Synth Strings [seven] Choir [seven] Jazz Scat [two]. PLUS available on the bottom seventeen notes of the keyboard: Bass [nine choices] and Voice Perc. Also the ability to replay Audio Files {compiled on your computer}.

One becomes an orchestrator.
Motumbok, please try to get to an music outlet where you can see and hear this unit for yourself {There is "so much" under the bonnet including being able to programme the Registration buttons with all your parameters, even being able to reprogramme the preset buttons and banks}. I believe that you could then envisage such possibilities to enhance the worship of your congregation.
Having a single "full organ sound" may not be beneficial for vocal work. So which stops would one need?
Because the VP-770 is only a 49 note keyboard it can be mounted on a stack stand above a Workstation etc therefore allowing one hand on each instrument.

regards
Paul Weathersten
"Down Under"
motumbok
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Re: just got my VP-770 (sound demos inside)

Post by motumbok »

Dear Paul.
Thank you for listing all the patches included in the VP 770 (In the manual online they are nowhere to be found).
I live in Miami, Florida and no dealers here have the VP-770, I check with them and they are not ordering any so far.
Still, I can not believe that Roland has all these instruments in the "others" including pianos BUT no Organs, even the FP-7 which has 88 keys and cost a little bit less (I tried it) has many different variations of Organs, you could even program the stops and save them as a preset. So the technology is not the problem.
My guess is that Roland left the Organs out because they want Us to buy another keyboard very soon with these features (maybe the VP "next generation").
weathersten
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Joined: 09:08, 20 April 2009
Location: Orange, Australia

Re: just got my VP-770 (sound demos inside)

Post by weathersten »

Dear Motumbok,
The full list of "sounds" {is to be found in the Unit Safety file on page 12} Avalable from the link below :

http://www.roland.com/products/en/_supp ... iCncd=4939

By the way, the funeral went very well. It was interesting watching the faces of the people in the congregation, hearing a full choir "singing" along with them and in full harmony. Even the Undertaker and his wife were very impressed.

Personally, I cannot "see" any problem in not having designated organ sounds. The orchestral samples are simply wonderful. They cover a wide range of Solo and Ensemble voices -- a great improvement over my VP-330 {from the late 1970's}. Yes technology has improved a lot since then.

(Weren't organs trying to copy orchestral sounds? Like Theatre Organs are called "Unit Orchestras". And when I play I usually question: has the organ tuner been in? and can I play the Cornopean stop, or is it out of tune yet again? Some have described the Cornopean Stop as a "Garbage Disposal", "the Electric Razor", or "the Power Hedge Clipper" and that is on a bad day, when it is not musical at all.)

The Chaplain, this morning, thought it was a recoding of a choir, and kept wanting to know: "how do you slow them down to keep with the congregation?" My reply: "How you sing and play the keyboard."

I will say that if you sing like singing in a Choir {and play in harmony style} -- the end result [with the Vocal Designer and choice of from the Classic throught to BackGround sounds] is a Choir, or backing group. In other words, one need to lengthen the words, or how one of my singing text books says: "hold onto the vowels and keep the consonants short." If you use the Vocoder sounds, then a different musical output occurs, like in some modern songs. It all depends on the end result.

Regards
Paul Weathersten
"Down Under"
motumbok
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Re: just got my VP-770 (sound demos inside)

Post by motumbok »

Dear Paul
Thank you for the link provided and for all the information, enjoy your keyboard and have fun performing with it!!!
God Bless
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