From Markweisgram@aol.com Fri Feb 24 08:12:23 2006
Subject:Split function on VK8m???

I FINALLY got to demo a VK8m !!!.... there are none around where I live (
near Portland Oregon ) and since I was in L.A. last week I got to check one out.

By the way, I did discover that if you use a VK7 as a controller, you can
bypass the leslie sim simply by pressing the bypass switch on a VK7 controller.
One problem solved.

But , for the life of me .... I could not find a way to split the keyboard
for my usual 2 octave bass/3 octave upper manual setting. Am I missing
something??? Neither the person at the shop or I could find mention of it in the
manual.

We even called tech support at Roland. They were clueless...as usual.

My high opinion of the sound of this module ( my first listen on leslie sim
bypass!!! ) still stands. It was great to hear the 3 different chorus vibrato
vintages in the bypass mode. As far as I am concerned.... I have never demoed
a clone that does chorus vib this well. The overdrive was nice too.

I still haven't bit the hook and put down money for one.... much to the
frustration of the shop that I demoed it at. Unless it has split function I will
probably still hold out. My curiosity for this thing has lasted years, but
it is a hard unit to sort out and they are not that easy to find in shops on
the west coast , apparently.

Mark

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