VA-76 – Front panel

JKEYBOARD MODE section

KUSER PROGRAM [DOWN]/[UP] buttons

These three buttons are used to specify whether the keyboard will be split or whether one sound can be played using the entire keyboard. Press the [OTHER] button if you want to use other configurations than “Arranger left/melody right” (ARRANGER) or “one sound for the entire keyboard” (PIANO).

[OTHER] also provides access to other keyboard- related functions, such as transposition, the Octave function, and parameters for fine-tuning Arranger response.

These buttons allow you to select the previous (DOWN) or next (UP) User Program. User Programs are registration memories.

Press either or both of them while holding down the [ONE TOUCH] button (see page 14) to transpose the VA-76 in semitone steps, or to return to the ‘no trans- position’ (0 semitones) setting.

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DISK

O

ORCHESTRATOR

VIRTUAL

SONG

FUNCTION

BAND

COMPOSER

MENU

M N P Q

INTRO ORIGINAL FILL VARIATION ENDING START/STOP

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LDisplay

This is a so-called touch screen that allows you to select functions, parameter values, etc., simply by touching the corresponding fields. Please note that the bulk of the VA-76’s functions can only be selected via the display.

MORCHESTRATOR button

This button allows you to call up a display page where you can select another orchestration for the currently selected Music Style and/or take advantage of the Style Morphing feature. See page 62 for details.

NVIRTUAL BAND button

Press this button if you wish to listen to the VA-76’s demo songs, or take advantage of a very powerful fea- ture that allows you to configure the VA-76 simply by answering a few questions. This is called “Easy Rout- ing” and is available in 6 languages.

ODISK indicator

This indicator lights when the VA-76 reads or writes data from/to disk (Zip or floppy).

PSONG COMPOSER button

Press this button if you want to play back, or record and edit your music with the VA-76’s digital recording function called “Song Composer”.

QFUNCTION MENU button

This button allows you to access the VA-76’s function menu where you can find all functions you probably only need sporadically.

Note: The FUNCTION MENU page also contains a PANEL INFO field. Press this field to get at-a-glance infor- mation about the special functions assigned to the front- panel buttons.

RArranger control buttons

Use these buttons to select the desired Music Style pat- tern, and to start/stop Music Style playback.

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Roland VA-76 owner manual Jkeyboard Mode section, Display, Orchestrator button, Virtual Band button, Disk indicator