VA-76 – Front panel

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aFloppy disk drive

This is where you can insert 2DD or 2HD floppy disks for external storage of your Music Styles, User Pro- grams, Composer Songs, and MIDI Sets. Press the eject button to remove the disk from the drive.

Note: Do not remove the floppy disk while the DISK indica- tor on the front panel lights or flashes. Doing so may indeed damage both the floppy disk and the drive’s head.

bBENDER/MODULATION lever

When pushed towards the back of the VA-76, this lever will add modulation to the notes of the Keyboard parts you are playing at that time. Move it to the left or right to temporarily lower or increase the pitch of the Keyboard part notes you are playing.

cZip drive

The Zip drive can be used to save and playback Com- poser Songs, and to save or load User Styles, User Pro- grams, MIDI Sets, VariPhrases, etc.

Note: To prevent damaging your Zip disk (it can hold up to 100MB worth of precious data), you cannot remove it man- ually.

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dRibbon controller

Slide your finger on the ribbon or press a given posi- tion in order to modify the value of the parameter that is being controlled. You can select the parameter to be controlled.

ePAD buttons

These two buttons are meant for assigning the desired functions you wish to have direct access to. The assignments are part of the parameter settings that can be saved to a User Program, so that redefining the functions of these buttons is a matter of selecting another User Program.

fKEYBOARD PARTS buttons

These buttons allow you to switch the desired Key- board parts (the one you can play yourself) and and off.

gPHONES socket

The VA-76 comes with a headphone socket. Be sure to connect high-quality headphones to this socket (Roland RH-25 or RH-50, optional).

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Roland VA-76 Floppy disk drive, BENDER/MODULATION lever, Zip drive, Ribbon controller, PAD buttons, Keyboard Parts buttons