VA-76 Owner’s ManualMiscellaneous

Orchestrator 1~4— These functions allow you to select the corresponding Orchestrator level (see page 62).

Break Mute— This function can only be accessed via the FC-7. When you press the assigned footswitch, Arranger playback will be muted for the remainder of the current measure. This is great for rock’n’roll songs.

Arranger RIT Tempo, Arranger ACC Tempo— The assigned footswitch performs the same function as the RIT or ACC field (see page 104).

Arranger Default Tempo— The assigned FC-7 foot- switch allows you to reset the Arranger tempo to the preset value (contained in the Music Style itself). This is also the default function of the PAD [1] button (see “Reset Tempo” on page 194).

Tap Tempo— Same function as the [TEMPO/TAP] button.

Bass Inversion— Allows you to switch the Bass Inver- sion function on and off (see page 102). This is also the default function of the PAD [2] button.

Melody Intelligent— Same function as the button of the same name on the VA-76’s front panel: it allows you to switch Melody Intelligence on and off.

Keyboard Exchange UP1/2— Allows you to switch off the Upper1 part and activate the Upper2 part, and vice versa.

Soft, Sostenuto, Sustain— The assigned footswitch can be used as a Soft, Sostenuto, or Sustain (Hold pedal). Note that Sustain is also available via a dedi- cated (but optional) DP-2,DP-6, or BOSS FS-5U footswitch connected to the SUSTAIN FOOT- SWITCH socket.

Sustain LW1, Sustain LW2, Sustain LW1-2— See

“Hold Lower1”, “Hold Lower2”, and “Hold Lower 1– 2” on page 192.

Rotary Slow/Fast— Allows you to select the slow or fast speed of the Rotary effect. This only works, if the Rotary effect is currently assigned to the M-FX.

User Program Up, User Program Down— Selects the next (“Up”) or previous (“Down”) User Program.

Play/Stop Song— Starts and stops the Composer. Same function as the [PLAY ®] field.

VariPhrase On/Off

Audio In Rev&Cho On/Off— In this case, the assigned FC-7 footswitch performs between two func- tions simultaneously: it switches the VariPhrase part as well as the Reverb and Chorus effects of the Audio In part on or off.

PAD buttons

PAD [1] and [2] to the left of the BANK/NUMBER section are freely assignable buttons. The default set- tings for these buttons are:

PAD [1]— Reset. This function allows you have the Arranger start on the first beat of the currently selected Music Style pattern when you press the PAD button. Use it when you are accompanying a singer or soloist whose timing is a little shaky, and suddenly notice that the Arranger lags one or two beats behind the singer/soloist.

PAD [2]— Bass Inversion. This button allows you to switch the Bass Inversion function (see page 102) on and off.

Note: The PAD assignments can be written to a User Pro- gram, so that you could work with 128 different combina- tions.

To assign a different function to these buttons:

1.Jump to the FC-7 and PAD display page (see page 193).

2.Press the [Pad 1] or [Pad 2] field, depending on whose button’s assignment you wish to change.

3.Use the [TEMPO/DATA] dial to select the desired function:

Off— The PAD button in question has no function at all.

Rotary Slow/Fast— Allows you to select the slow or fast speed of the Rotary effect. This only works, if the Rotary effect is currently assigned to the M-FX.

Stop/Play Song— Starts and stops the Composer. Same function as the [PLAY ®] field.

Count In— The assigned PAD button can be used to switch the Count-In function (see page 56) on and off.

Reset Tempo— See “PAD [1]” above.

Half Bar on Fill In— The assigned PAD button allows you to switch the Half Bar function on and off. See also page 97.

Arranger Hold— Allows you to switch the Arranger Hold function on and off. See page 101.

Dynamic Arranger— Allows you to switch the Dynamic Arranger function on and off. See page 103 for details.

Keyboard Exchange UP2/1— Allows you to switch off the Upper 1 part and activate the Upper 2 part, and vice versa.

Keyboard Exchange LW2/1— Allows you to switch off the Lower1 part and activate the Lower2, and vice versa.

Note: If neither Lower1 nor Lower2 are on when you first press the PAD button, one of them will be activated.

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Roland VA-76 owner manual Hold Lower1, Hold Lower2, and Hold Lower 1- 2 on, Jump to the FC-7 and PAD display page see, 194