User Manual

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Y
ou won’t be able to perform skillfull
y
using Vocal Designer unless
y
our mic vocalizing and ke
y
board per-
f
ormance are at the appropriate timing. This can make it rather di cult to pla
y
rapid solo passages. In such
cases, you can turn up the volume of “JAZZ SCAT,” which has the sharpest attack of the Ensemble sounds.
T
his setting is ideal
f
or jazz scat solos (which don’t have lyrics)
.
C
hoose [POP] and [JAZZ SCAT]
.
In Vocal Desi
g
ner choose “POP” (ideal
f
or rapid passa
g
es), and
f
or the Ensemble sound choose “JAZZ SCAT.
”
While you perform using the mic and keyboard, adjust the Ensemble
level u
p
ward
.
Pe
rf
o
rm
.
Being care
f
ul to match the timing o
f
your mic and keyboard per
f
ormance, play
f
ast phrases on the key-
board while you vocalize a rapid passage using “doo ba, doo ba” –type vocalizations. The “JAZZ SCAT” En-
semble part will switch between scat sounds according to
y
our ke
y
board d
y
namics, but
y
ou should simpl
y
pla
y
a bit softer without pa
y
ing too much attention to this. Then, at the moments where
y
ou want to add
musica
l
emp
h
asis to
y
our so
l
o, p
l
a
y
t
h
e
k
e
yb
oar
d
strong
ly
to pro
d
uce t
h
e “Fa
ll
” scat soun
d
. T
h
e secret is to
scatter these accents at the appropriate points in your performance.
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.
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.
3
.
Simulating a jazz scat solo