VA-76 Owner’s ManualProgramming User Styles

Status column— This column contains all the mes- sage types you can assign to an event. See page 177 for details. Use the [TEMPO/DATA] dial for selecting an event.

Don’t look for CC64 (Hold or Sustain) events because you won’t find any. The use of the pedal connected to the SUSTAIN FOOTSWITCH jack is converted into the equivalent Gate T(ime) values. To change such converted “Hold messages”, you thus have to modify the duration (Gate T) of the affected notes.

Velo— Don’t let the name of this column fool you. It does indeed display the velocity value of notes, but it also contains the values assigned to a control change number, a program change, or Pitch Bend event.

Gate T— The values in this column always represent the duration (or Gate Time) of note events. That is why all other events have no Gate T values.

Note: The Gate Time value of drum note events is always “1”. The sounds being triggered are indeed one-shot samples that stop automatically. Setting a longer Gate Time value for drum notes (ADrums track) does not make them longer.

Erase— Press this field to get rid of the currently selected event. You can press any field ([Status], [Velo] or [Gate T]) to select the event you wish to erase.

You can now select another function on the menu (Insert, Move Mix, or Copy Mix) or press [oBack] to return to the opening Microscope page in order to select another track or pattern for editing. Press [EXIT] to return to the Master page. As soon as you do, the display will tell you that the new settings are being processed:

You can also decide to save your Style to disk:

There is no need to confirm your settings: all modifi- cations will take effect as soon as you return to the opening Microscope (or Master) page.

Insert

[FUNCTION MENU] button[User Style Composer] field[Micro] field[Insert]

This Insert function is used to add events to an exist- ing track – or to program a part in step time.

The Insert function consists of two pages: the first page is used to add an event at the selected position (using Bar, Beat and CPT), while the second page allows you to define the Status (note, control change, etc.) and values of that event.

Note: It is perfectly possible to insert an event at a position that already contains an event. This allows you to add the missing note of a chord, for example. Be sure, however, not to assign two control changes of the same number (e.g. Pan, CC10) and with different values to the same position.

Bar (1~9999)— As you see, the new event will at first be assigned the position “1:1:000”, which is probably not where you want it to be. Press this field and use the [TEMPO/DATA] dial or the [DATA] button/Numeric Entry pad to specify the bar where the new event should be inserted.

Beat (1~[number of beats per bar])— Press this field and specify the beat within the selected bar.

CPT ([BASS/BANK])— This parameter sets the CPT value of the new event. Here is a table of the most commonly used notes and their CPT values:

Note

CPT

Note

CPT

 

480

 

90

 

 

 

 

 

240

 

60

 

 

 

 

 

120

 

30

 

 

 

 

[o][k]— Use these fields to scroll through the events already recorded on the selected track/pattern. This is only for viewing purposes or for locating the approxi- mately correct position.

Proceed— After specifying the position of the new event, press [Proceed] to select the second Insert page, where you can assign a function (Status) and value(s) to the new event:

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