VA-76 Owner’s ManualMIDI

14.2Preparations for using the MIDI functions

Receiving MIDI data (RX)

To take advantage of the VA-76’s sounds while playing on an external keyboard or using a computer or sequencer, you must make the following connections:

MIDI keyboard, sequencer, or other controller

MIDI OUT

MIDI OUT

Computer with MIDI

interface

MIDI IN

Transmitting MIDI data (TX)

To have another instrument sound in response to the notes you play on the VA-76, or to record your music with a computer or external sequencer, you must make the following connections:

MIDI tone generator

MIDI IN

 

MIDI IN

Computer with MIDI

 

interface

MIDI OUT

 

Note: Use only dedicated MIDI cables (optional) for estab- lishing the connections.

The how-to’s…

Selecting the MIDI mode

Do the following to gain access to the MIDI functions:

1.Press the [FUNCTION MENU] button.

2.On the display page that appears now, press the [MIDI] field.

The display now looks more or less as follows:

3.Press the [Edit] field.

Working with Macros (this is optional)

The opening “MIDI” page contains five big fields with preset settings that you can select by pressing the cor- responding fields. In fact, these fields perform the same function as the Resume fields for User Program 00 (see page 196). All you need to do is press them to restore the default settings for the sections or aspects in question.

Keybrd & Style— This field recalls the factory MIDI settings for the Keyboard (Upper 1/2, Lower 1/2, Vari- Phrase, MEL Int, M.Drums) and Arranger parts (ADrums, ABass, Acc1~6). The most important (and practical) use for this field is to select the default MIDI channels after trying out several possibilities.

Note: This field applies to both reception (RX) and trans- mission (TX). The VA-76 indeed allows you to set separate TX and RX channels for each part.

Only Song— This field restores the factory settings for the VA-76’s Song Composer parts. You may not have noticed it so far, but these are separate parts. Your VA-76 is indeed 32-part multitimbral.

All Parts Local On— See page 201 for details about the meaning of “Local”. This parameter allows you to once again establish the connection between all VA-76 parts and the internal tone generator. This can be a big time saver if you don’t remember which parts were set to Local “Off”.

All Parts Local Off— Does the opposite of the above: it breaks the connections between all VA-76 parts and the internal tone generator.

Factory Resume— This field does all of the above (except Local Off) in one pass.

As soon as you press one of these fields, the number of the currently selected MIDI Set is indicated with an asterisk (*) to signal that the current settings no longer correspond to the written settings. See page 207 for details about the MIDI Sets. MIDI Set [0] behaves

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