Main
VA-76
V-Arranger Keyboard 128-voice polyphony
Owners Manual
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Features
Unpacking your VA-76
Useful options
Compatibility note
Important notes
Power supply
Placement
Maintenance
Repairs and data
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Contents
1. Panel descriptions
2. Setting up and demo songs
7. More about the Arranger
6. Advanced Keyboard part functions
8. Mixer, effects and editing
11. Song Composer (16-track, etc.)
12. Programming User Styles
9. Registrations User Programs
10. Song Composer (the basics)
13. Miscellaneous
15. Disk functions
19. Index
18. Reference
16. Specifications
1. Panel descriptions
FGH
A
B D
CE IJ K
M
USER PROGRAM [DOWN]/[UP] buttons
N
Display
ORCHESTRATOR button
S T UV
W
XY
Z
17
a
Floppy disk drive
BENDER/MODULATION lever
Zip drive
1.2 Rear panel
AB DEFG H
IJ KL
POWER ON button
AC socket
2. Setting up and demo songs
If you selected ALL DEMO
If you selected TONE DEMO:
If you selected VariPhrase DEMO:
If you selected STYLE DEMO:
3.1 The general idea
Keyboard parts:
3. Scratching the surface
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3.3 The Master page
Which button does what? (Panel Info)
3.4 Using the VA-76s Arranger
Professional transitions: Fill
Intro & Ending
3.5 Adding a melody to the accompaniment
Changing the tempo
Balance: if the melody is too soft or too loud
Super Tones
Selecting sounds for the right hand
One Touch
Using VariPhrases
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3.6 Listening to Standard MIDI Files
Minus One playback
UP1 linked to Song
4.1 Keyboard Mode clinic
Arranger and Piano modes
4. VA-76 clinics
Split point in Arranger mode
Other
What are parts?
Using the WHOLE Keyboard Mode
Switching parts on and off
Using the SPLIT Keyboard Mode
4.2 Tone clinic
Selecting Tones for the Keyboard parts
Tone selection via the front panel
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Tone selection via the display
Choosing your own Tone favorites (Customize Preferred Tone)
Selecting different Tone Maps
A word about the new Tones
Drumming on the keyboard
Alternatively
Roll
Setting the Roll resolution (speed)
Selecting Drum Sets for the MDR part
4.3 VariPhrase clinic
Switching on the VariPhrase part
Selecting other phrases for playing
Combining/splitting a VariPhrase with another Keyboard part
Playing with the VariPhrases
Key Assign
Trigger
Adding realtime expression
Things you ought to know about VariPhrase
D Beam controller
Other controllers
Realtime VariPhrase control via the display
A note about the [DATA] button
Adding effects to the VariPhrase part
Reverb and Chorus depth
Single Part/Palette
4.4 Expression clinic
D Beam Controller
Example (Flamenco Roll)
Ribbon controller (Touch control)
Aftertouch
Pitch Bend/Modulation
Transposition
Setting the transposition interval via the display
Selecting the sections to be transposed
Octave
PAD buttons
FC-7 Foot Controller
Sustain Footswitch (Hold)
Foot Switch
Expression (Foot Pedal)
Master Tune
Scale Tuning
Metronome
Metronome Output
Metronome Mode
Count-In
4.5 Using live vocals
Single Part
4.6 Arranger/Music Style clinic
Selecting Music Styles
Style selection via the front panel
Style selection via the display
Working with the Disk Link memories
Disk User
Orchestrator and Morphing
Orchestrator
Ejecting the Zip disk
Morphing
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4.7 Song Composer clinic
Recording your music
Listening to your song
Redoing the melody (2nd Trk)
Count-In and/or metronome
Saving your song to disk
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5. 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]
5.2 Sampling your own phrases
Check the Capturing Free Area eld
About the phrase RAM memory
Phrase Edit: touching up the audio material
Truncate
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22.
3.
Normalize
1.
Encoding the phrase
Original Key
Specifying the phrases tempo: Time Signature, Measure, Beat, Tempo
Method 1: specify the length of the sample and have the VariPhrase function calculate the tempo
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9.
Method 2: entering the tempo value right away
Saving your VariPhrase
5.3 Phrase Parameters
Pitch
Coarse Tune
Fine Tune
Amplitude
Phrase Gain
Fade In/Out
Phrase Ctrl
Pitch Keyfollow
Pan
Random Pan
Alternate
(Pan) Keyfollow
Portamento
Time Sw
Mode
Type (portamento type)
Start
Time (portamento time)
5.4 Global VariPhrase functions
Key Assign
Playback
Trigger
Mode
5.5 Controller functions for the VariPhrase part
Legto Lock
Pause
Selecting the foot switch function
5.6 Truly global VariPhrase parameters
Style Linked (Phrase Select)
Sync Settings
Double Speed On (BPM Lower Than)
Half Speed On (BPM Higher Than)
Sync Adjust
6.1 Upper1 functions
6. Advanced Keyboard part functions
Memorize Super Tones: programming other assignments for the buttons
UP1 Linked to Song
6.2 Upper2 functions
Upper 2 Split
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Splitting Upper2 and the VariPhrase part
Dynamic second split point: UP2 to Left
Tuning Upper2: Coarse and Fine
Portamento (Upper 1-2 Portam)
Portam Time
Portamento Mode: Mono/Poly
6.3 LWR Hold
Assigning the Lower Hold function
6.4 Velocity sensitivity
Key Touch
Velocity switching (Min and Max)
6.5 Scale Tuning
Changing the pitch of other notes
Storing your new scale
Customizing the pitch changes (Pitch EDIT)
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7. More about the Arranger
7.1 Arranger and Music Styles
Arranger parts
Starting a Music Style
Stopping a Music Style
7.2 Selecting other Style divisions
Fill In Half Bar
Major, minor, seventh
Using Aftertouch to select Arranger patterns
Style Morphing (part 2)
7.3 Melody Intelligence
7.4 One Touch
If you select a One Touch memory while another one is already active
Ignoring certain One Touch settings (Cancel Options)
Programming your own Tone selections (Memorize)
7.5 More rened Arranger settings
ARR(anger) Hold
Chord recognition area
Arranger Chord Mode
Bass Inversion
Dynamic Arranger
7.6 Arranger Options
(Arranger) Tempo
Fill Ritardando
BPM
RIT and ACC
Chord Family Assign, Alteratn
Intro& Ending Alteration
Musical Style playback: Wrap
7.7 Selecting Tones for the Arranger parts
About the lock
7.8 Working with Styles on Disk
Programming your own Disk Link assignments
Find: locating Styles on a Zip disk
Rename (Style Options)
Style Delete
8.1 Structure of the Mixer pages
(1) Via sliders on so-called palette pages
8. Mixer, effects and editing
(2) Use a Single Part page
About the Audio In part
8.2 Volume and pan
Global Volume
Muting parts
Keybrd Mixer (volume of the Keyboard parts)
Style Mixer (volume of the Arranger parts)
PanPot (stereo position)
More locks
8.3 Output Assign
8.4 Effects and Equalizer
Applying Reverb, Chorus, or Delay to a part
Effects settings
Reverb types & Parameters
Chorus types & Parameters
Delay types & Parameters
Equalizer
Choosing the parts to be processed by the equalizer
8.5 Insertion effect (M-FX)
Using the insertion effect
Realtime control via the display
M-FX Selection Mode: automatic Tone link for Upper1
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Assigning 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
Selecting an M-FX type
M-FX Send: processing the M-FX with the other effects
8.6 VariPhrase and Audio In effects
VariPhrase/Audio In Reverb types:
VariPhrase/Audio In Chorus types
8.7 Sound Palette: editing Keyboard part parameters
Modulation (Vibrato)
Timbre (TVF)
Envelope
9. Registrations User Programs
9.1 Writing your settings to a User Program
9.2 Selecting User Programs
Free Panel
Selecting a User Program (Group, Bank, Number)
Selecting User Programs using the [DOWN][UP] buttons
Selectively loading User Program settings (User Program Cancel Options)
9.3 Automatic functions for User Programs
Song & MIDI (Set) Link
Linking a Song to a User Program
Linking a MIDI Set to a User Program
User Program selection at power-on
10. Song Composer (the basics)
10.1 A few remarks about recording songs
Formatting a disk
Before recording
10.2 Song List: searching songs on disk (Find)
Play & Search: nding Songs by playing a few notes
10.3 Song playback functions
Lyrics function
Fast Forward, Rewind, and Reset
Loop playback (Markers)
Changing the song tempo
Soloing and muting parts
Soloing parts
Using the metronome
Song/Keyboard-part balance
Transpose
Hold down the [ONE TOUCH] button while repeatedly pressing the User Program [DOWN] or [UP] button.
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10.4 Song Chains
Compiling or editing a Song Chain
Playing back a Song Chain
Chain Mode
Deleting a Song Chain
10.5 Song Options
P&S Input
11.1 16-track Sequencer
Selecting the 16-track sequencer
General considerations
Tracks and MIDI channels
11. Song Composer (16-track, etc.)
Example 1: Recording a track
Selecting the (Recording) Mode and the rst mea- sure
Setting the Metronome and the Quantize, Octave values (Options)
Selecting a Tone or Drum Set
Roll
Volume (Level)
Want some effects?
Recording in Erase or Merge mode
Recording in Punch In/Out mode
Saving your song
Example 2: Recording a song from scratch
Using two drum tracks (2nd Drum Track)
Assigning the VariPhrase part by initializing the Song RAM memory
Initializing only track 13 for VariPhrase use
11.2 Editing 16-track songs
Easy editing and useful functions
[Play Trk]
Muting tracks
Solo
In-depth editing of a 16-track song
Available options for Note
Erase
Data Type
Delete
Insert
Transpose
Velocity
Quantize
Gate T
Shift
Utility: other useful functions
1.
f)
e)
d)
Copy
Exchange
Name
Initialize
11.3 Style Converter
General considerations
Using the Style Converter
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11.4 Edit Lyrics
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Utility functions for Edit Lyrics
Deleting a text le on disk
Exporting the Lyrics data as text le
Save without Lyrics
11.5 Header Post Edit
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Patterns
Tracks
12. Programming User Styles
12.1 Concept
Looped 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
12.2 Recording User Styles from scratch
Important remark
Working with clones
Record mode
Specifying the key
Octave
Quantize
Tone selection
Time signature
Length: specifying the pattern length
Cloning and edit functions and possible warnings (Shared)
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6.
5.
Tempo
Recording
Audition your pattern and then keep or redo?
Saving your Style to disk
Naming your User Style
Saving your Style
Programming other parts and divisions
Muting parts while recording others
Remarks
Working from top to bottom programming hints
Metronome and Count-In
Playback in Arranger mode
12.3 Copying existing Styles
Copying entire Styles using Load (all tracks)
Copying individual Style tracks
From
To
Copy mode
To use another Style on disk
12.4 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
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Setting the preset tempo
Edit functions that are not part of the User Style Edit mode
Length
Time Signature
12.5 User Style Edit mode
Erase
Delete
Insert
Transpose
Velocity
Quantize
Gate T
Shift
12.6 User Style Micro mode
Change
Auditioning the pattern
Insert
Move Mix
Copy Mix
12.7 User Style Utility
Change
Copy
Name
Delete
13.1 Choosing the performance functions (Controllers)
D Beam
d)
13. Miscellaneous
f)
e)
Selecting the desired parameter
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Pitch Bender
Modulation
Touch Control (Ribbon)
Aftertouch
Parameters for Keyboard parts (excluding the VariPhrase part)
Parameters for the VariPhrase part
Parameters for Arranger control
Sustain Switch (CC64)
Foot Switch
Parameters for the VariPhrase part
Foot Pedal (Expression)
Volume control (Expression)
No function for a part (Off)
13.2 FC-7 & Pad parameters
FC-7 Foot Controller
Formant Up/Down
M-FX Value 1/2
PAD buttons
13.3 Global parameters (for the entire VA-76)
Master Tune
Tone Recall
Factory Resume
Virtual Band Autorun
14.1 MIDI in general
MIDI connectors
Channels
14. MIDI
Control change messages
System Exclusive messages
About MIDI implementation charts
14.2 Preparations for using the MIDI functions
Receiving MIDI data (RX)
Transmitting MIDI data (TX)
The how-tos
Selecting the MIDI mode
14.3 Keyboard MIDI, Style MIDI, Song MIDI
Local
Limit
Tx Filter page of the Style parts
Filter
14.4 Utilities MIDI
MIDI Sync RX/TX
Tx/Rx Filter of the Audio In part
Style TX Sync
Song TX Sync
Basic
TX/RX Channel
Filter
Style
Style selection via MIDI
NTA: Note-to-Arranger
1 Channel Rx/2 Channel Rx
Shift
1 Ch Limit, 2 Ch Limit (C-1~G9)
MIDI parameters (Param)
PartSwtc
Rx Velocity, Tx Velocity
SoftThru for Local
14.5 MIDI Sets
Saving a MIDI Set
Selecting a MIDI Set
MIDI Set selection at power-on
Saving MIDI Sets to disk
Loading a MIDI Set from disk
15.1 Autoload
15.2 Disk Load (loading data from disk)
Load Style/copy Style
Load Song
15. Disk functions
Procedure
Load User Prg
Load MIDI Set
Load
Phrase
15.3 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
Save MIDI Set
Save
Phrase
15.4 Delete
15.5 Disk Utility
Format
Copy functions
Copying an entire oppy disk to another oppy
Copying single les from oppy to oppy (example: copying songs)
Copying from Zip to oppy disk (example: copy- ing Styles)
Copying other le types
Rename
Copying VariPhrases or VariPhrase Sets between disks
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16. Specications
17. M-FX Types & controllable parameters
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18. Reference
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18.1 Tones
VA-76 Tones (Tone Map 4)
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Tone Map 3
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Tone Map 2
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Tone Map 1
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18.2 Drum Sets
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(CC32=122 only via MIDI)
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18.3 Internal Music Styles
18.4 Chord Intelligence
VA-76 Chord Intelligence
18.5 MIDI Implementation Chart
[V-Arranger Keyboard] Date: January 2001 Model: VA-76 Version: 1.00
19. Index
Numerics
A
B
C
F
G
H
I
K
N
O
P
Q
R
T
U
V
W
X