VA-76 – Song Chains

Transpose

Of course, it is also possible to take advantage of the VA-76’s Transpose function, which may be convenient if you are used to playing a given song in another key than the one used by the selected Standard MIDI File. There are two methods for setting the transposition:

AHold down the [ONE TOUCH] button while repeatedly pressing the User Program [DOWN] or [UP] button.

The transposition interval and mode are displayed as follows on the Song Composer page:

Repeat this operation with the “opposite” button (e.g. [DOWN] if you pressed [UP] above) to return to stan- dard pitch. See also page 53.

Note: Transposition applies to all parts except the MDR (Manual Drums) and track/MIDI channel 10 (plus any additional track that may use a Drum Set rather than a Tone).

BProceed as follows:

a) Press the [SONG COMPOSER] button. The display now looks more or less as follows:

b)Press the [Transpose] field. The display now looks more or less as follows:

c)Set the desired transposition interval (see page 53).

d)Select the desired transposition mode (see page 53). To transpose both the Keyboard parts and the song tracks, switch on the [Internal] and [Song] fields.

10.4 Song Chains

Song Chains (called “Song Sets” on previous Roland models) are another useful feature for performing art- ists because they allow you to take a break without leaving the audience without music. Song Chains are in fact sequences that specify the order in which the Standard MIDI Files on a given disk are to be played back.

Song Chains can either produce continuous playback of up to 99 songs on disk (floppy, Zip) or be pro- grammed to stop at the end of each song, which means that you have to start playback of next song manually.

Compiling or editing a Song Chain

1.Insert the Zip or floppy disk that contains the songs you wish to combine to a Chain into the (appropri- ate) drive.

Note: Do not use commercial Standard MIDI File floppy disks or the supplied Zip or floppy disk. Also, Song Chains can only refer to song files that reside on the same disk. You may want to use a Copy function before proceeding (see page 214).

2.Press the [SONG COMPOSER] button.

3.Press the [Song Chain] field.

4.Press the [ZIP] or [FLOPPY] field to select the drive that contains the songs you want to “chain”.

If you want to edit an existing Song Chain, select it here by pressing the corresponding field. Use [i][m] if the name of the desired Song Chain is not displayed.

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