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VA-76 – More refined Arranger settings

Dynamic Arranger

The Dynamic Arranger function allows you to control the volume of the Arranger parts via the way you strike the keys in the chord recognition area (velocity). If the selected Style uses a “V” Drum Set, this function also influences the timbre of the drum sounds in a far more natural way than before.

1.Press the Keyboard Mode [OTHER] button.

M-FX
CONTROLLERS	EFFECTS	ONE TOUCH
MELODY
INTELL
MIN MAX		TRANSPOSE
M-VALUE

			KEYBOARD MODE		USER PROGRAM
ON/OFF	SYNC	OTHER	ARRANGER	PIANO	DOWN	UP
					FREE PANEL

2.On the page that appears now, press the [Dynamic] field to switch the Dynamic Arranger function on (white) or off (blue).

3.To return to the Master page, press [EXIT].

“Dynamic” only becomes meaningful if you also spec- ify how the various Arranger parts should respond to your velocity. There are eight Arranger parts: A Drum (the drums), A Bass (the bass), and Accomp 1~6 (the melodic accompaniment parts).

4.On the page that appears when you press the Key- board Mode [OTHER] button, press the [ARRANGER CHORD] field if it is not displayed in white.

5.Press the [Dynamic Arr EDIT] field.

The display now looks more or less as follows:

6.Select the Arranger part whose velocity sensitivity you wish to change by pressing its field.

7.Specify the velocity sensitivity value with the [TEMPO/DATA] dial or using the [DATA] button/ Numeric Pad facility.

You can specify positive and negative sensitivity val- ues. Positive values mean that the volume of the part in question increases when you strike the chord recog- nition area keys harder, while negative values mean that the volume of the selected Arranger part increases as your velocity becomes softer.

You could use extreme positive/negative ACCOMP pairs (i.e. “127” and “–127”) to alternate between those two lines simply by varying your velocity. One part would then only be audible when you strike the keys softly, while the other would only be audible at high velocity values.

Subtler settings (i.e. 20 and –20 for a pair) can also be effective, of course. Set the value to “0” for those parts whose volume should not be affected by your velocity values.

You could use the [Dynamic] field on this page to switch this function on or off. By default, it is switched off.

8.Press [EXIT] to return to the Master page.

You can also press the [oBack] field if you still need to make other Arranger settings.

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