User Manual

61
P
ro
bl
em
E
x
pl
anatio
n
Octave
b
uttons an
d
ot
h
er
c
ontrollers don’t a ect
the Bass & Percussion!
T
he Bass & Percussion part is not a ected b
y
the octave buttons, pitch bend, D
Beam,
p
edals, or Voice Ex
p
ression (
➞
p
. 36–40
)
.
Th
e pitc
h
is wron
g!
C
ou
ld
an [OCTAVE]
b
utton
b
e on? (
➞
p
. 36)
C
ou
ld
t
h
e Voca
l
Desi
g
ner [8va]
b
utton
b
e on?
(
➞
p. 26
)
Is the rear panel [TUNE] knob set correctl
y
? (
➞
p
. 42
)
C
ould somethin
g
be restin
g
on the D Beam?
(
➞
p
. 37
)
Sou
n
d
co
n
t
in
ues
e
v
e
n
t
h
oug
h
I’m not p
l
aying
t
h
e
k
e
yb
oar
d
!
C
ou
ld
you
b
e using a
h
o
ld
pe
d
a
l
t
h
at
h
as t
h
e incorrect po
l
arity? P
l
ease use a
Ro
l
an
d
DP series or BOSS FS-5U
h
o
ld
pe
d
a
l.
T
he volume decreases
wh
e
n I
s
wi
tc
h
sou
n
ds!
C
ould
y
ou be pressing the expression pedal
?
When
y
ou switch sounds, the expression pedal value is reset to the minimum
p
osition. A
f
ter you’ve switched sounds, please operate the expression pedal once
a
g
ain.
Th
e notes soun
d
strange
i
n the upper registers o
f
the ke
y
board
.
S
ometimes when pla
y
ing the ke
y
s in the upper part of the VP-550’s ke
y
board,
t
he sound ma
y
stop, or the pitch ma
y
stop rising; or with certain ke
y
s, there ma
y
b
e intermittent noise. This occurs mainl
y
when the VP-550’s upper pitch limit is
exceeded, so this issue doesn’t arise in the ranges normall
y
used. But, in an
y
case,
i
t
does
n
ot
in
d
i
cate
a
m
a
l
fu
n
ct
i
o
n
.
Whe
n
the
v
olu
m
e
i
s
r
aise
d
, t
h
ere are noises!
C
ou
ld
t
h
e [EXT IN]
k
no
b
on t
h
e rear pane
l
b
e turne
d
a
ll
t
h
e way to t
h
e “MIC” si
d
e?
If the [EXT IN] knob
(
➞
p
. 15) is set maximum to t
h
e “MIC” si
d
e, t
h
ere ma
y
b
e
n
oises. There mi
g
ht be noises even i
f
there is nothin
g
connected to the [EXT IN]
jack, but this not a malfunction. The noise can be reduced in the following way
.
T
urn t
h
e
[
EXT IN
]
k
no
b
to t
h
e “LINE” si
d
e unti
l
t
h
e noise is
l
ess noticea
bl
e
.
If a mic is connected to the [MIC] jack, set the [MIX TO MIC] switch to “OFF.”
•
•
Q & A
H
ow do I perform a fac
-
tor
y
reset
?
Th
e VP-550
d
oes not
h
ave a
F
actor
y
Reset function. This is because it does not
h
ave complex parameters that would require resetting
.
H
ow do I chan
g
e the pitch
b
en
d
ran
g
e
?
T
he VP-550’s pitch bend ran
g
e is

xed at a whole step (two semitones). This can-
n
ot
b
e c
h
an
g
e
d.
I
s a
f
tertouch supported?
Th
e VP-550’s
k
ey
b
oar
d
d
oes not support
afte
r
touc
h
.
H
ow do I chan
g
e the MIDI
r
eceive
/
transmit c
h
anne
l?
T
he VP-550’s MIDI receive/transmit channels
(
➞
p
. 54) are

xed. They cannot be
changed
.