User Manual
7
An overview of the VP-550
T
he VP-550 has three parts, and each part occupies its own section o
f
the
f
ront panel
.
V
OC
AL DE
S
IGNE
R
ENSEMBLE
BA
SS
&
PER
CUSS
I
ON
VOCAL DESIGNER ENSEMBLE
BASS & PERCUSSION
If
y
ou turn on a sound button for a part,
y
ou’ll be able to pla
y
that part
.
If you turn on a sound button for two or more parts, you’ll be able to play those parts simultaneously.
By combining these parts, you can make the VP-550 produce an incredible range o
f
vocal sounds.
T
hese parts are mixed as
f
ollows.
•
•
•
Th
is part uses t
h
e
k
e
yb
oar
d
an
d
t
h
e mic input to mo
d
e
l
voca
l
soun
d
s.
U
se t
h
e
k
ey
b
oar
d
to contro
l
t
h
e pitc
h
, an
d
use t
h
e mic to contro
l
a
ll
o
ther aspects of the sound.
AMBIENC
E
This section a
pp
lies
t
h
e
a
m
b
i
e
n
ce
of
a
h
a
ll
o
r studio to the sound
from the three parts.
f
y
ou don’t want ambi
-
e
nce to
b
e a
dd
e
d
, turn
he knob all the wa
y
to
the left.
Ca
rri
e
r
T
h
is
h
as t
h
e same ro
l
e t
h
at t
h
e
“
voca
l
cor
d
s” p
l
ay in a
h
uman
voice. Accor
d
in
g
to t
h
e pitc
h
es
you p
l
ay on t
h
e
k
ey
b
oar
d
,
this
g
enerates the si
g
nal that
f
orms the basis o
f
the sound
(tone and
p
itch). Use the sound
buttons to switch between dif-
ferent vocal characters such as
cl
assic or pop
.
M
odu
l
ator
From t
h
e voice you input via
t
h
e mic input, t
h
is extracts t
h
e
r
esonances (
f
ormants) that
r
esult
f
rom the shape o
f
your
throat and lar
y
nx and the move
-
m
ent o
f
y
our mouth, and uses
these
f
ormants to modulate the
s
ignal produced b
y
the carrier.
T
h
is wi
ll
repro
d
uce not on
ly
t
h
e
l
oudness of your voice, but also
l
et t
h
e
l
yrics
b
e
h
ear
d
c
l
ear
l
y
and intelligibly
VOC
AL DE
S
IGNE
R
E
NSEMBLE
This part lets
y
ou pla
y
high-qualit
y
PCM sounds (dig
-
i
tall
y
sampled sounds) from the ke
y
board. Use the
s
oun
d
b
uttons to switc
h
b
etween samp
l
e
d
soun
d
s
s
uc
h
as strings or c
h
oir. By
l
ayering t
h
e Ensem
bl
e
part wit
h
t
h
e Voca
l
Designer you can create even
ri
che
r
sou
n
ds.
B
A
SS
&
PER
CUSS
I
O
N
I
f
y
ou turn on one of these sound buttons, the
s
eventeen left-most ke
y
s of the ke
y
board will pla
y
voice
b
ass or voice percussion soun
d
s. You can easi
l
y
d
o things such as using your left hand to play a bass
l
ine w
h
i
l
e using your rig
h
t
h
an
d
to p
l
ay t
h
e me
l
o
d
y
.