VA-76 Owner’s ManualSong Composer (16-track, etc.)

allows you to tidy up the timing and still keep any irregularities (music!) the original may contain because it was not quantized.

Track— See page 149. You can also select the M track to shift tempo changes and SysEx messages. The initial settings (located at 1.1.0), however, cannot be shifted.

From, To, Bar, Beat, CPT— See page 148.

From Note/To Note (0 C-1~127 G9)— See “Available options for ‘Note’” on page 148 as well as page 149.

Value (–1920~+1920)— This parameter sets the amount by which the notes are shifted. The Value refers to CPT units (one CPT= 1/120 ).

Note: Notes on the first beat of the first bar cannot be shifted further to the left (that would mean shifting them to the “0” measure, which doesn’t exist).

Execute— Press this field to confirm your settings and edit the data.

Utility: other useful functions

The 16-track sequencer also provides a few practical functions that help you save time. Here is how to select them:

1.Load the song you wish to edit (if it does not yet reside in the VA-76’s Song RAM memory).

See page 31.

2.Press the [SONG COMPOSER] button.

3.Press the [16 Tracks Sequencer] field.

4.Press the [Utility] field in the bottom row.

Here are a few guidelines for the Utility functions:

Note: Save your song to disk before continuing. That way, you can always return to the original if your changes do not work out as expected. See “Saving your song to disk” on page 67 for details.

a)Select the track(s) you wish to modify.

b)In the left column, select the Utility function you need.

c)Press the field whose value you wish to change.

d)Enter the desired value or setting with the [TEMPO/DATA] dial or the [DATA] button/ Numeric Entry pad.

e)Confirm the operation by pressing the [EXECUTE] field.

f)Save your song to disk.

Change

This is a function that allows you to make quick changes to certain settings. The selected change always applies to entire tracks (you cannot use Change for changing just a few measures). Designed to help you prepare a Standard MIDI File in such a way as to achieve quick and perfect results with the Style Con- verter (see page 155), it is also a wonderful tool for the following applications:

for “upgrading” older Standard MIDI Files to take advantage of the VA-76 new Tones.

for global changes to the Reverb and/or Chorus Send values, which is downright convenient if you pro- grammed realtime changes (see “Mixer: Changing the volume, adding effects” on page 147) and suddenly notice that the effect is too prominent or not strong enough.

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