User Manual

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Using the pitch bend / modulation lever
(PITCH BEND)
Y
ou can var
y
t
h
e pitc
h
or app
ly
vi
b
rato (pitc
h
mo
d
u
l
ation).
Chan
g
in
g
the pitch in real time
Y
ou can use the lever to smoothl
y
change the pitch while
y
ou perform
.
While you play the keyboard, move the lever toward the le
f
t to lower
th
e pitc
h
, or towar
d
t
h
e rig
h
t to raise t
h
e pitc
h
.
* The VP-550’s
p
itch bend ran
g
e is

xed at one whole step (two semitones).
A
dd
in
g
vi
b
rat
o
V
ibrato is the e ect of modulating the pitch.
While
y
ou pla
y
the ke
y
board, move the lever awa
y
f
rom
y
oursel
f
to
a
pp
l
y vi
b
rato
.
P
itch bend / modulation lever
f
unction
s
Voca
l
D
esi
g
ner
E
n
se
m
b
l
e
B
ass
&
P
e
r
cuss
i
on
T
r
a
n
s
mi
tted
MI
D
I messa
ge
R
an
g
e
(
initia
l
va
l
ue:
b
o
ld)
P
i
tc
h
be
n
d
P
itch chan
g
e
P
itch chan
g
e No chan
ge
Pi
tc
h
be
n
d
-8
1
92
–
0
–
8
1
9
1
M
odulat
i
on
Vi
b
r
ato
Vi
b
r
ato
No c
h
an
ge
CC#01
(
Mo
d
u
l
ation
)
0
–127
*
For details on MIDI, refer to “Connecting the VP-550 with MIDI equipment” (p. 54
)
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