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VA-76
- V-Arranger Keyboard 128-voice polyphony
  - Owners Manual
- 4Features
  - 5Unpacking your VA-76
  - 6Useful options
  - Compatibility note
- 7Important notes
  - Power supply
  - Placement
  - Maintenance
  - Repairs and data
  - Additional precautions
  - Handling Zip disks
  - About the touch screen
  - Handling oppy disks
- 9Contents
  - 1. Panel descriptions
  - 2. Setting up and demo songs
  - 7. More about the Arranger
  - 6. Advanced Keyboard part functions
  - 5. More about the VariPhrase part
  - 4. VA-76 clinics
  - 3. Scratching the surface
  - 108. Mixer, effects and editing
  - 11. Song Composer (16-track, etc.)
  - 12. Programming User Styles
  - 9. Registrations User Programs
  - 10. Song Composer (the basics)
  - 1113. Miscellaneous
  - 15. Disk functions
  - 19. Index
  - 18. Reference
  - 16. Specifications
  - 14. MIDI
  - 17. M-FX Types & controllable parameters
  - 1.1 Front panel
    - D BEAM CONTROLLER section
    - VOLUME knob
    - M-FX knob and ON/OFF button
    - BALANCE knob
    - MELODY INTELL button
    - CONTROLLERS button
    - EFFECTS button
    - ONE TOUCH button
    - SYNC button
- 121. Panel descriptions
  - FGH
  - A
  - B D
  - CE IJ K
    - KEYBOARD MODE section
  - 13M
    - USER PROGRAM [DOWN]/[UP] buttons
  - N
    - Display
    - ORCHESTRATOR button
    - VIRTUAL BAND button
    - DISK indicator
    - SONG COMPOSER button
    - FUNCTION MENU button
    - Arranger control buttons
  - L
  - O PQ R
    - VariPhrase section
    - SUPER TONES buttons
    - DATA button
    - TEMPO/TAP button
    - STYLE, TONE and USER PROGRAM buttons
    - TEMPO/DATA dial
    - PART button
    - GROUP, BANK, NUMBER buttons
  - 14S T UV
  - W
  - XY
  - Z
  - 1517
  - a
    - Floppy disk drive
    - BENDER/MODULATION lever
    - Zip drive
    - Ribbon controller
    - PAD buttons
    - KEYBOARD PARTS buttons
    - PHONES socket
  - de f g
  - b c
  - 161.2 Rear panel
    - AB DEFG H
    - IJ KL
      - POWER ON button
      - AC socket
      - LCD CONTRAST knob
      - FC7 PEDAL socket
      - SUSTAIN FOOTSWITCH socket
      - FOOT SWITCH socket
      - FOOT PEDAL socket
      - MIDI connectors
      - METRONOME LEVEL knob and OUT socket
      - VARIPHRASE section
      - OUTPUT 2 L/R sockets
      - OUTPUT 1 R, L/MONO sockets
    - C
  - 2.1 Audio connections
  - 2.2 Listening to the demo songs
- 172. Setting up and demo songs
  - 18If you selected ALL DEMO
  - 19If you selected TONE DEMO:
  - If you selected VariPhrase DEMO:
  - If you selected STYLE DEMO:
  - 3.1 The general idea
    - Keyboard parts:
    - 3.
    - 2.
    - 1.
    - Arranger/Style section:
  - 3.2 Easy Routing: quick registration
- 203. Scratching the surface
  - 223.3 The Master page
    - Which button does what? (Panel Info)
  - 233.4 Using the VA-76s Arranger
    - 24Professional transitions: Fill
    - Intro & Ending
  - 253.5 Adding a melody to the accompaniment
    - Changing the tempo
    - Balance: if the melody is too soft or too loud
      - Super Tones
    - 26Selecting sounds for the right hand
      - One Touch
    - 27Using VariPhrases
  - 293.6 Listening to Standard MIDI Files
    - 30Minus One playback
      - 31UP1 linked to Song
  - 4.1 Keyboard Mode clinic
    - Arranger and Piano modes
- 324. VA-76 clinics
  - 33Split point in Arranger mode
  - Other
    - What are parts?
    - Using the WHOLE Keyboard Mode
    - 34Switching parts on and off
    - Using the SPLIT Keyboard Mode
  - 354.2 Tone clinic
    - Selecting Tones for the Keyboard parts
      - Tone selection via the front panel
      - 37Tone selection via the display
    - 38Choosing your own Tone favorites (Customize Preferred Tone)
    - 39Selecting different Tone Maps
      - A word about the new Tones
    - 40Drumming on the keyboard
      - Alternatively
      - 41Roll
      - Setting the Roll resolution (speed)
      - 42Selecting Drum Sets for the MDR part
  - 434.3 VariPhrase clinic
    - Switching on the VariPhrase part
    - Selecting other phrases for playing
    - 44Combining/splitting a VariPhrase with another Keyboard part
    - Playing with the VariPhrases
      - Key Assign
      - 45Trigger
    - 46Adding realtime expression
      - Things you ought to know about VariPhrase
      - D Beam controller
      - Other controllers
    - 47Realtime VariPhrase control via the display
      - A note about the [DATA] button
    - 48Adding effects to the VariPhrase part
      - Reverb and Chorus depth
      - Single Part/Palette
  - 494.4 Expression clinic
    - D Beam Controller
      - Example (Flamenco Roll)
    - 50Ribbon controller (Touch control)
    - Aftertouch
    - Pitch Bend/Modulation
    - 51Transposition
      - Setting the transposition interval via the display
      - Selecting the sections to be transposed
    - 52Octave
    - PAD buttons
    - FC-7 Foot Controller
    - 53Sustain Footswitch (Hold)
    - Foot Switch
    - Expression (Foot Pedal)
    - Master Tune
      - Scale Tuning
    - 54Metronome
      - Metronome Output
      - Metronome Mode
      - Count-In
  - 554.5 Using live vocals
    - 56Single Part
  - 574.6 Arranger/Music Style clinic
    - Selecting Music Styles
      - Style selection via the front panel
      - 58Style selection via the display
      - Working with the Disk Link memories
      - 59Disk User
    - 60Orchestrator and Morphing
      - Orchestrator
      - Ejecting the Zip disk
      - 61Morphing
  - 634.7 Song Composer clinic
    - Recording your music
      - Listening to your song
    - 64Redoing the melody (2nd Trk)
      - Count-In and/or metronome
    - 65Saving your song to disk
- 675. More about the VariPhrase part
  - 5.1 Playing with the User memories
    - Loading VariPhrases, VariPhrase Sets or audio les
      - If you press [Single Phrase]
      - If you press [Phrase Set]
      - If you select [Other Sample Format]
    - Selecting a User memory
  - 685.2 Sampling your own phrases
    - 69Check the Capturing Free Area eld
    - About the phrase RAM memory
    - 70Phrase Edit: touching up the audio material
      - Truncate
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        22.
        3.
        2.
        23.
      - 71Normalize
        1.
    - 72Encoding the phrase
      - Original Key
      - 73Specifying the phrases tempo: Time Signature, Measure, Beat, Tempo
        Method 1: specify the length of the sample and have the VariPhrase function calculate the tempo
        10.
        9.
        Method 2: entering the tempo value right away
        8.
      - Event Sense
    - 74Saving your VariPhrase
  - 755.3 Phrase Parameters
    - Pitch
      - Coarse Tune
      - Fine Tune
    - 76Amplitude
      - Phrase Gain
      - Fade In/Out
    - Phrase Ctrl
      - Pitch Keyfollow
      - Time Keyfollow
      - Formant Keyfollow
    - 77Pan
      - Random Pan
      - Alternate
      - (Pan) Keyfollow
    - Portamento
      - Master Sw (Portamento master switch)
      - Formant Sw
      - 78Time Sw
      - Mode
      - Type (portamento type)
      - Start
      - Time (portamento time)
  - 795.4 Global VariPhrase functions
    - Key Assign
    - Playback
    - Trigger
    - Mode
      - Loop
      - T. Quantize
      - Robot
  - 805.5 Controller functions for the VariPhrase part
    - Legto Lock
    - Pause
    - Selecting the foot switch function
  - 815.6 Truly global VariPhrase parameters
    - Style Linked (Phrase Select)
    - 82 Sync Settings
      - Double Speed On (BPM Lower Than)
      - Half Speed On (BPM Higher Than)
      - Sync Adjust
  - 6.1 Upper1 functions
    - More about the Super Tones
- 836. Advanced Keyboard part functions
  - Memorize Super Tones: programming other assignments for the buttons
  - UP1 Linked to Song
  - 846.2 Upper2 functions
    - Upper 2 Split
      - Splitting Upper2 and the VariPhrase part
    - 86Dynamic second split point: UP2 to Left
    - Tuning Upper2: Coarse and Fine
    - 87Portamento (Upper 1-2 Portam)
      - Portam Time
      - Portamento Mode: Mono/Poly
  - 886.3 LWR Hold
    - Assigning the Lower Hold function
  - 896.4 Velocity sensitivity
    - Key Touch
    - Velocity switching (Min and Max)
  - 906.5 Scale Tuning
    - 91Changing the pitch of other notes
    - Storing your new scale
    - Customizing the pitch changes (Pitch EDIT)
- 937. More about the Arranger
  - 7.1 Arranger and Music Styles
    - Arranger parts
    - Starting a Music Style
    - Stopping a Music Style
    - Sync (Options)
  - 947.2 Selecting other Style divisions
    - 95Fill In Half Bar
    - Major, minor, seventh
    - Using Aftertouch to select Arranger patterns
    - 96Style Morphing (part 2)
  - 977.3 Melody Intelligence
  - 7.4 One Touch
    - If you select a One Touch memory while another one is already active
    - 98Ignoring certain One Touch settings (Cancel Options)
    - Programming your own Tone selections (Memorize)
  - 997.5 More rened Arranger settings
    - ARR(anger) Hold
    - Chord recognition area
    - 100Arranger Chord Mode
    - Bass Inversion
    - 101Dynamic Arranger
  - 1027.6 Arranger Options
    - (Arranger) Tempo
      - Fill Ritardando
      - BPM
      - RIT and ACC
    - 103Chord Family Assign, Alteratn
    - 104Intro& Ending Alteration
    - Musical Style playback: Wrap
  - 1057.7 Selecting Tones for the Arranger parts
    - About the lock
  - 1067.8 Working with Styles on Disk
    - Programming your own Disk Link assignments
    - 107Find: locating Styles on a Zip disk
    - 108Rename (Style Options)
    - 109Style Delete
  - 8.1 Structure of the Mixer pages
    - (1) Via sliders on so-called palette pages
- 1108. Mixer, effects and editing
  - (2) Use a Single Part page
  - About the Audio In part
  - 1118.2 Volume and pan
    - Global Volume
    - 112Muting parts
    - Keybrd Mixer (volume of the Keyboard parts)
    - Style Mixer (volume of the Arranger parts)
    - PanPot (stereo position)
    - More locks
  - 1138.3 Output Assign
  - 1148.4 Effects and Equalizer
    - Applying Reverb, Chorus, or Delay to a part
    - 115Effects settings
      - 116Reverb types & Parameters
      - Chorus types & Parameters
    - 117Delay types & Parameters
    - Equalizer
      - Choosing the parts to be processed by the equalizer
  - 1188.5 Insertion effect (M-FX)
    - Using the insertion effect
      - Realtime control via the display
      - 119M-FX Selection Mode: automatic Tone link for Upper1
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      - 120Assigning the M-FX to a Keyboard part
        Press it (so that it reads [ON]) to assign the currently selected Keyboard part to the M-FX.
        Insertion M-FX
        EQ
        Insertion M-FX
        This is also reected in the display:
        Chorus Reverb Delay PanPot
        Keyboard part (e.g. Upper1) OUTPUT 1 sockets
        Insertion M-FX not assigned
        Chorus Reverb Delay EQ
        PanPot
        Keyboard part (e.g. Upper1) OUTPUT 1 sockets
        Insertion M-FX assigned
    - 121Selecting an M-FX type
      - M-FX Send: processing the M-FX with the other effects
  - 1228.6 VariPhrase and Audio In effects
    - VariPhrase/Audio In Reverb types:
    - VariPhrase/Audio In Chorus types
  - 1238.7 Sound Palette: editing Keyboard part parameters
    - Modulation (Vibrato)
    - 124Timbre (TVF)
    - Envelope
- 1259. Registrations User Programs
  - 9.1 Writing your settings to a User Program
  - 1269.2 Selecting User Programs
    - Free Panel
    - Selecting a User Program (Group, Bank, Number)
    - 127Selecting User Programs using the [DOWN][UP] buttons
    - Selectively loading User Program settings (User Program Cancel Options)
  - 1289.3 Automatic functions for User Programs
    - Song & MIDI (Set) Link
      - Linking a Song to a User Program
      - Linking a MIDI Set to a User Program
    - 129User Program selection at power-on
- 13010. Song Composer (the basics)
  - 10.1 A few remarks about recording songs
    - Formatting a disk
    - Before recording
  - 13110.2 Song List: searching songs on disk (Find)
    - Play & Search: nding Songs by playing a few notes
  - 13210.3 Song playback functions
    - Lyrics function
    - 133Fast Forward, Rewind, and Reset
    - Loop playback (Markers)
    - Changing the song tempo
    - Soloing and muting parts
      - Soloing parts
      - Muting tracks/MIDI channels
    - 134Using the metronome
    - Song/Keyboard-part balance
    - Transpose
      - Hold down the [ONE TOUCH] button while repeatedly pressing the User Program [DOWN] or [UP] button.
      - 4.
      - 3.
      - 2.
      - 1.
      - d)
      - c)
      - b)
      - Proceed as follows: a)
  - 13510.4 Song Chains
    - Compiling or editing a Song Chain
    - 136Playing back a Song Chain
    - Chain Mode
    - Deleting a Song Chain
  - 13710.5 Song Options
    - 138P&S Input
  - 11.1 16-track Sequencer
    - Selecting the 16-track sequencer
    - General considerations
      - Tracks and MIDI channels
- 13911. Song Composer (16-track, etc.)
  - 140Example 1: Recording a track
    - Selecting the (Recording) Mode and the rst mea- sure
    - Setting the Metronome and the Quantize, Octave values (Options)
    - 141Selecting a Tone or Drum Set
    - Roll
    - 142Volume (Level)
    - Want some effects?
    - Recording in Erase or Merge mode
    - Recording in Punch In/Out mode
  - 143Saving your song
  - Example 2: Recording a song from scratch
    - Using two drum tracks (2nd Drum Track)
    - 144Assigning the VariPhrase part by initializing the Song RAM memory
    - Initializing only track 13 for VariPhrase use
  - 14511.2 Editing 16-track songs
    - Easy editing and useful functions
      - [Play Trk]
      - Muting tracks
      - Solo
      - Mixer: Changing the volume, adding effects
    - 146In-depth editing of a 16-track song
      - Available options for Note
      - Erase
      - 147Data Type
      - Delete
      - Insert
      - 148Transpose
      - Velocity
      - 149Quantize
      - Gate T
      - Shift
    - 150Utility: other useful functions
      - 1.
      - f)
      - e)
      - d)
      - c)
      - b)
      - a)
      - 4.
      - 3.
      - 2.
      - Change
      - 151Copy
      - 152Exchange
      - Name
      - Initialize
  - 15311.3 Style Converter
    - General considerations
    - Using the Style Converter
  - 15511.4 Edit Lyrics
    - 157Utility functions for Edit Lyrics
      - Deleting a text le on disk
      - 158Exporting the Lyrics data as text le
      - Save without Lyrics
  - 15911.5 Header Post Edit
    - Patterns
    - Tracks
- 16112. Programming User Styles
  - 12.1 Concept
    - 162Looped vs one-shot
    - Selecting the User Style Composer
      - Clearing the Disk User memory (Delete)
      - Preparations
    - Selecting the track, the Mode, the Type and the Division
  - 16312.2 Recording User Styles from scratch
    - Important remark
    - Working with clones
    - 164Record mode
    - Specifying the key
      - Octave
    - Quantize
    - 165Tone selection
    - Time signature
    - Length: specifying the pattern length
      - 166Cloning and edit functions and possible warnings (Shared)
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        3.
        2.
        1.
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    - 167Tempo
    - Recording
    - Audition your pattern and then keep or redo?
    - 168Saving your Style to disk
      - Naming your User Style
      - Saving your Style
    - Programming other parts and divisions
    - Muting parts while recording others
    - 169Remarks
      - Working from top to bottom programming hints
      - Metronome and Count-In
      - Playback in Arranger mode
  - 17012.3 Copying existing Styles
    - Copying entire Styles using Load (all tracks)
    - Copying individual Style tracks
      - 171From
      - To
      - Copy mode
      - To use another Style on disk
  - 17212.4 Editing User Styles
    - Editing on the y by recording
      - Adding notes in realtime
      - Adding controller data in realtime
      - Adding or changing settings of existing parts
      - Setting the preset tempo
    - 174Edit functions that are not part of the User Style Edit mode
      - Length
      - Time Signature
  - 17512.5 User Style Edit mode
    - 176Erase
    - Delete
    - 177Insert
    - Transpose
    - Velocity
    - 178Quantize
    - Gate T
    - Shift
  - 17912.6 User Style Micro mode
    - Change
      - Auditioning the pattern
    - 180Insert
    - 181Move Mix
    - Copy Mix
  - 18212.7 User Style Utility
    - Change
    - Copy
    - 183Name
    - Delete
  - 13.1 Choosing the performance functions (Controllers)
    - D Beam
      - d)
      - c)
      - b)
      - a)
- 18413. Miscellaneous
  - f)
  - e)
  - Selecting the desired parameter
  - 186Pitch Bender
  - Modulation
  - 187Touch Control (Ribbon)
  - Aftertouch
    - Parameters for Keyboard parts (excluding the VariPhrase part)
    - Parameters for the VariPhrase part
    - Parameters for Arranger control
  - 188Sustain Switch (CC64)
  - 189Foot Switch
    - Parameters for the VariPhrase part
  - 190Foot Pedal (Expression)
    - Volume control (Expression)
    - No function for a part (Off)
  - 19113.2 FC-7 & Pad parameters
    - FC-7 Foot Controller
      - Formant Up/Down
      - M-FX Value 1/2
    - 192PAD buttons
  - 19313.3 Global parameters (for the entire VA-76)
    - Master Tune
    - Tone Recall
    - 194Factory Resume
    - Virtual Band Autorun
  - 14.1 MIDI in general
    - MIDI connectors
    - Channels
    - MIDI data types
    - MIDI messages used by the VA-76
- 19514. MIDI
  - 196Control change messages
  - System Exclusive messages
  - 197About MIDI implementation charts
  - 19814.2 Preparations for using the MIDI functions
    - Receiving MIDI data (RX)
    - Transmitting MIDI data (TX)
    - The how-tos
      - Selecting the MIDI mode
      - Working with Macros (this is optional)
      - Whats next?
  - 19914.3 Keyboard MIDI, Style MIDI, Song MIDI
    - Local
    - 200Limit
    - Tx Filter page of the Style parts
    - Filter
  - 20114.4 Utilities MIDI
    - MIDI Sync RX/TX
      - Tx/Rx Filter of the Audio In part
    - Style TX Sync
    - Song TX Sync
      - Tx/Rx Filter of the VariPhrase part
      - Style RX Sync, Song RX Sync
      - On/Off
    - 202Basic
      - TX/RX Channel
      - Filter
    - Style
      - Style selection via MIDI
      - Channel
      - Filter (RX only)
    - 203NTA: Note-to-Arranger
      - 1 Channel Rx/2 Channel Rx
      - Shift
      - 1 Ch Limit, 2 Ch Limit (C-1~G9)
    - MIDI parameters (Param)
      - Tx Octave
      - 204PartSwtc
      - Rx Velocity, Tx Velocity
      - SoftThru for Local
  - 20514.5 MIDI Sets
    - Saving a MIDI Set
    - Selecting a MIDI Set
      - MIDI Set selection at power-on
    - Saving MIDI Sets to disk
    - 206Loading a MIDI Set from disk
  - 15.1 Autoload
  - 15.2 Disk Load (loading data from disk)
    - Load Style/copy Style
    - Load Song
- 20715. Disk functions
  - Procedure
  - 208Load User Prg
  - Load MIDI Set
  - Load
  - Phrase
  - 20915.3 Disk Save (saving data to disk)
    - Save Style
      - Press the [Name] eld if you want to name your Style
    - Save Song
    - Save User Program Set
    - 210Save MIDI Set
    - Save
    - Phrase
  - 21115.4 Delete
  - 15.5 Disk Utility
    - Format
    - 212Copy functions
      - Copying an entire oppy disk to another oppy
      - 213Copying single les from oppy to oppy (example: copying songs)
      - Copying from Zip to oppy disk (example: copy- ing Styles)
    - 214Copying other le types
    - Rename
      - Copying VariPhrases or VariPhrase Sets between disks
- 21616. Specications
- 21717. M-FX Types & controllable parameters
- 22018. Reference
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  - 18.1 Tones
    - VA-76 Tones (Tone Map 4)
    - 224Tone Map 3
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    - 227Tone Map 2
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    - 229Tone Map 1
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  - 24918.3 Internal Music Styles
  - 25018.4 Chord Intelligence
    - 251VA-76 Chord Intelligence
  - 25218.5 MIDI Implementation Chart
    - [V-Arranger Keyboard] Date: January 2001 Model: VA-76 Version: 1.00
- 25319. Index
  - Numerics
  - A
  - B
  - C
  - D
  - E
  - 254F
  - G
  - H
  - I
  - K
  - L
  - M
  - 255N
  - O
  - P
  - Q
  - R
  - S
  - 256T
  - U
  - V
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  - X
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