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9. Registrations – User ProgramsVA-76 – Writing your settings to a User Program

The VA-76 is equipped with 128 User Programs that allow you to store almost all settings (or registrations) you make on the front panel. Before taking a closer look at these User Programs, there is one thing we have to point out. All settings relating to MIDI must be written to a MIDI Set (see page 207).

MIDI settings are not saved to a User Program. The reason for this is simple: You probably need a lot more memories for your songs than you do for your MIDI gear. Writing the MIDI settings to a User Program would slow down the loading process.

Note: It is perfectly possible to link a MIDI Set to a User Program, so that the User Program in question also recalls the linked MIDI Set (see page 131).

For the Disk Link and the Disk User memories, your VA-76 also memorizes the name. If, at the time you recall such a User Program, that Style is not accessible, the display will respond with:

(There is a similar message for Styles on floppy disk.) Press [ZIP Eject] to eject the current Zip disk (or the eject button on the floppy disk drive), and insert the proper disk. If you are sure you don’t have the disk with you, press the [EXIT] field. In that case, the VA-76 will go on using the last Style you selected.

A similar system applies to Songs. A User Program can indeed be programmed to automatically prepare the desired song, so that all you have to do is press [PLAY ®] to start playback. Here’s what happens if you insert the wrong disk (Zip or floppy):

See above for what to do then.

9.1Writing your settings to a User Program

It is a good idea to save your settings frequently even if you still need to do some touching up afterwards. Those intermediary saves allow you to return to the previous stage whenever you do not like your last modifications. Try to use the User Programs as “recall buffers” to be able to return to the previously edited settings, discarding only the latest modifications.

Save your settings after...

•…setting the VariPhrase parameters;

•…changing the parts’ Output Assign settings;

•…defining the functions of the PAD buttons;

•…selecting Tones for the Keyboard parts;

•…selecting a Style, the first division, and after setting the tempo;

•…assigning other Tones to the Arranger parts;

•…editing the Mixer settings.

In short, every time you like the settings you just made. That way, subsequent modifications can be undone by loading the “provisional” User Program settings you do not want to lose.

1.Press the [Usr Prg] field on the Master page. The display now looks more or less as follows:

2.Press the [MEMORIZE] field.

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