VA-76 Owner’s ManualMore about the Arranger

7.6Arranger Options

1.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.

2.Press the [Options] field.

The display now looks more or less as follows:

You can also select this particular page by pressing and holding the [TEMPO/TAP] button.

(Arranger) Tempo

3.Press the [Tempo] field so that it is displayed in white.

Fill Ritardando

The Fill Ritardando function is suitable for ballads. It causes the next fill (To Original, To Variation) to slow down (“ritardando”). Try using this function now:

4.Start Arranger playback and press the [OFF] field below the Fill Ritardando message (so that it reads [ON]). Then press the [FILL] button on the front panel.

The tempo slows down while the Fill is being played. At the end of the fill, the Style returns to the previously set tempo (this is called “a tempo”).

5.Press the Fill Ritardando value field (next to the [OFF/ON] field).

6.Use the [TEMPO/DATA] dial or the [DATA] button (Numeric Entry) to enter the desired tempo change value (5~92%).

The higher the value, the more dramatic the tempo change.

BPM

Before telling you what this parameter is for, let us briefly summarize everything that has already been said about the tempo:

Every Music Style has a preset tempo that is recalled whenever you select that Style, or when you take advantage of the One Touch function (see page 99). The One Touch function, however, allows you to filter the tempo setting (by activating [Suitable Tempo], which means that the preset tempo is no longer loaded automatically).

On the other hand, you are free to change a Music Style’s tempo any time. See “Changing the tempo” on page 27. That value can be written to a User Program and will then be set every time you select that User Program.

The Style (and also Composer Song) tempo is dis- played on the Master page (upper right corner), but also by the four tempo indicators above the [DATA] and [TEMPO/TAP] buttons. The first indicator flashes red to indicate the downbeat (the beginning) of a new bar.

Tempo indica-

tors

DATA

TEMPO/TAP

TEMPO

DATA

For time signatures like 6/8, etc. the fourth indicator flashes repeatedly to supply the “missing” beats.

[Auto] and [Lock] allow you to specify what happens when you select another Style:

BPM field that

If Arranger playback is

If the Arranger is

stopped when you

running when you

lights

select another Style

select another Style

 

 

 

 

 

The Arranger loads the

 

[Auto]

preset tempo of the

 

 

new Style

The new Style is played

 

 

 

The preset tempo of

 

back at the tempo of

 

the new Style is not

the previous Style.

[Lock]

loaded. Instead, the

 

 

Style will be played at

 

 

the current tempo.

 

 

 

 

(none)

The Style's preset tempo is loaded.

 

 

 

To switch off both tempo options, press the [Auto] or [Lock] field that is currently displayed in white.

RIT and ACC

The [RIT] and [ACC] fields allow you to speed up or slow down the Arranger tempo. The field you press will be displayed in white, and change to blue again as soon as the ritardando (RIT) or accelerando (ACC) is completed. After pressing the [RIT] (slow down) or [ACC] (speed up) field, you can use the “opposite” field ([ACC] or [RIT]) to return to the initial tempo value. This will gradually turn the tempo change back. To immediately return to the Style’s default tempo, press the [Default] field.

The two Tempo Change parameters allow you to set the degree (ratio) to which the tempo changes when you press the [RIT] or [ACC] field.

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