Owner`s manual

8
About Harmonic-Bar Names and More About Their Pitches
Tonewheel organs were themselves a simulation of still-older organs
that used pipes. As a result, harmonic bars are named for the pipes
that had been previously used to generate each of their pitches. Each
pipe on those still-older organs was a different length.
Here are the lengths, and pitches, associated with each drawbar:
16
’
5
1/3’
2
2/3’
1
3/5’
1
1/3’
8
’
4
’
2
’
1
’
One
octave
lower
5th Root 8th 12th 15th 17th 19th 22nd
Lengths
Pitches
The VR-09’s 10th drawbar on the right adjusts the overall level of
the ORGAN sound—push it forward to lower its volume.
About the VR-09’s Organ Models
The VR-09 contains three models on which you can base your ORGAN
sounds:
• Rock Organ—a rich, full rock organ
• Jazz Organ—an organ jazz players crave
• Electronic Organ—the sound of a 60s transistor-based organ
To change organ models, press the ORGAN section’s TYPE
button and select the kind of organ you want.
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This is just an introduction to the VR-09’s organ features. SuperNATURAL
Tone Wheel technology provides lots of settings you can use for
sculpting absolutely awesome organ sounds. The V-Combo VR-09
Owner’s Manual has much more about this, including diagrams on page
18 showing how to achieve popular organ sounds with the drawbars.
Later, we’ll talk about setting up ORGAN sounds from an iPad.
Exploring Synth Mode
In the VR-09, Synth mode is about a lot more than just its killer synth
sounds—it’s also where you’ll find killer acoustic instruments.
1 Press the BRASS button in
the SYNTH section—this
pulls you into Synth mode
and shows you the first brass
synth sound, JP8 Brass.
2 Take a moment to play enjoy the vintage sound of JP8 Brass.
When a SYNTH or PIANO sound is selected, you can use the
ORGAN sliders for shaping the sound in realtime—they adjust
certain critical settings programmed into the sound.
You can learn more about a synth sound’s settings on page 22 of
the Owner’s Manual.