Roland VA-76 owner manual Sustain Switch CC64, Parameters for the VariPhrase part, 190

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Miscellaneous

LFO2 Rate, LFO2 Pitch, LFO2 TVF, LFO2 TVA—

Same setting range and meaning as the corresponding LFO1 parameters. Note that not all Tones use a second LFO, which is why these settings do not always yield the desired effect.

Note: Except for Rate, the LFO parameters are absolute set- tings that do not alter existing values. That explains why their setting range is 0~127 rather than –64~63. Use these parameters (Pitch~TVA) to add a new aspect to the selected Tone.

Note: Like the Part parameters (see page 125), the After- touch settings apply to the Keyboard part in question, so that selecting another Tone for such a part does not mean that the values will be reset to “0”.

Parameters for the VariPhrase part

The following VariPhrase parameters can be con- trolled via the Aftertouch:

Pitch— (Up, Down, Off) Select “Up” if you want to be able to raise the VariPhrase’s pitch via the After- touch. “Down” means that you can lower the pitch.

Select “Off” if the pitch should not be controlled via the Aftertouch.

Time— (Up, Down, Off) Select “Up” or “Down” to be able to increase/decrease the speed of the selected VariPhrase via the Aftertouch. Select “Off” if that is not necessary.

Formant— (Up, Down, Off) Select “Up” or “Down” to be able to raise/lower the Formant of the selected VariPhrase via the Aftertouch. Select “Off” if that is not necessary. See “Things you ought to know about VariPhrase” on page 48 for details about the for- mant.

LFO Pitch, LFO Frmnt, LFO Level, LFO Pan—

(0~63) These parameters behave exactly like the ones you can assign to the Modulation axis of the BENDER/MODULATION lever. See page 188.

Parameters for Arranger control

Use the [m] field to select Arranger. The display should now look like this:

Press the [ON/OFF] field to make it read [ON] if you want to control the Arranger. See page 97.

Note: Even Aftertouch messages generated outside the chord recognition area will trigger the selected switching function.

Sustain Switch (CC64)

The parameters on this page are related to an optional DP-2, DP-6, or BOSS FS-5U footswitch you connect to the SUSTAIN FOOTSWITCH socket. Also called “Hold pedal” or “Damper” pedal, this switch allows you to hold the notes you play on the keyboard in much the same way as on an acoustic piano.

Though you cannot assign other functions to this footswitch, you can decide when a given part should respond to these messages. Note that for the Vari- Phrase part, more refined hold options can be assigned to the optional footswitch (see below), while you could use that optional footswitch as a separate Hold pedal for the Lower1 and/or 2 part.

Use the fields in the center of the display to select the Keyboard part whose Sustain setting you want to change.

Assign— Auto means that the part in question only responds to Sustain messages if it is assigned to the right half (SPLIT) or the entire keyboard (WHOLE). On means that the part in question always responds to Hold messages, even if it is assigned to the left half of the keyboard. Off, finally, means that the part does not respond to Hold messages.

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