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VA-76 – Reference

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VA-76 Page Page Features Lyrics display Unpacking your VA-76 Compatibility note Useful options Important notes Important notes Contents Programming User Styles Song Composer 16-track, etcMixer, effects and editing Registrations User Programs Miscellaneous FX Types & controllable parameters Front panel Panel descriptions Disk indicator Jkeyboard Mode sectionDisplay Orchestrator button Super Tones buttons VariPhrase sectionData button TEMPO/TAP button BENDER/MODULATION lever Floppy disk driveZip drive Ribbon controller Rear panel Set the Volume knob to the MIN position Setting up and demo songsAudio connections Listening to the demo songs If you selected ALL Demo If you selected Style Demo If you selected Tone Demo If you selected VariPhrase Demo General idea Scratching the surfaceEasy Routing quick registration Keyboard parts Start playing on the VA-76 Here is how it is structuredIf you press the As a Soloist ﬁeld, there are two options Which button does what? Panel Info MasterPress the Function Menu button Press the i Panel Info ﬁeld Press the Variation button Using the VA-76’s ArrangerSet the Volume knob to a reasonable level e.g. about 1/4 Press the START/STOP button to start Arranger playback Professional transitions FillIntro & Ending Changing the tempo Adding a melody to the accompanimentBalance if the melody is too soft or too loud If the TEMPO/TAP button does not light, press it Super Tones Selecting sounds for the right handPlay a few notes in the right half of the keyboard Press another Super Tones button One Touch Using VariPhrasesPress the ONE Touch button If you press the third ﬁeld, the display looks as follows Press the Variphrase Melodic button so that it lights Press the Song List ﬁeld Listening to Standard Midi FilesPress the Load ﬁeld Press the Play ﬁeld to start playback Feel free to use the performance functions see Minus One playbackOn the Song Composer page, press the Minus One ﬁeld UP1 linked to Song Settings affected by the Keyboard Mode Arranger button are Keyboard Mode clinicVA-76 clinics Arranger and Piano modes Using the Whole Keyboard Mode Split point in Arranger modeOther What are ‘parts’? Using the Split Keyboard Mode Switching parts on and off Tone selection via the front panel Tone clinicSelecting Tones for the Keyboard parts Let us brieﬂy summarize the various Tone categories Specify the part for which you want to select another Tone Press the Tone ﬁeld in the display Tone selection via the displayPress the Part ﬁeld in the lower left corner of the display Press the Tone ﬁeld to return to the Tone selec- tion Press the 8 Trem Organ ﬁeld to select that Varia- tion Press the Variations ﬁeld to call up the following display On the Tone selection page, press the Map ﬁeld Selecting different Tone Maps Alternatively… Drumming on the keyboardWord about the new Tones Roll Setting the Roll resolution speedPress the MDR ﬁeld Play a few notes on the keyboard to try out the drum sounds Select the MDR part Selecting Drum Sets for the MDR part See page 59 for how to select Music Styles Switching on the VariPhrase partVariPhrase clinic Selecting other phrases for playing Key Assign Combining/splitting a VariPhrase with another Keyboard partPlaying with the VariPhrases Press the Mode MONO/POLY button to make it light Here’s how to select the Mono modeTrigger Press the Mono ﬁeld Press Exit to return to the Master Things you ought to know about VariPhrase Adding realtime expressionBeam controller Other controllers Display now looks more or less as follows Realtime VariPhrase control via the display Reverb and Chorus depth Adding effects to the VariPhrase partSingle Part/Palette On any of the above pages, press the Single Part ﬁeld Beam Controller Expression clinicExample Flamenco Roll Move your hand over the eyes while playing something Pitch Bend/Modulation Ribbon controller Touch controlAftertouch Transposition Setting the transposition interval via the displaySelecting the sections to be transposed Transposition is indicated on the Master FC-7 Foot Controller OctavePAD buttons Foot Switch Sustain Footswitch HoldScale Tuning Expression Foot Pedal Metronome Metronome ModeMetronome Output Count-In OFF- The count-in function is off Using live vocals You can also add Reverb and Chorus to your voice Single PartYou should now be able to hear your voice Selecting Music Styles Arranger/Music Style clinicStyle selection via the front panel Each Style group contains eight banks Press the Style ﬁeld in the display Style selection via the displayWorking with the Disk Link memories Disk User Ejecting the Zip disk Orchestrator and MorphingOrchestrator Start playing with the newly selected Style Do one of the following See Using the VA-76’s Arranger onMorphing Press the Drum ﬁeld in the right column See steps 1 and 2 above Press the 2nd Style ﬁeldPress the Bass ﬁeld in the right column Press the 1st Style ﬁeld in the display Recording your music Song Composer clinic Listening to your song Redoing the melody 2nd TrkCount-In and/or metronome Press the Stop √ ﬁeld twice If you’re ready, press the Play ﬁeld to start recording Saving your song to disk Your brand-new song a name If your disk is not formatted either for VA seriesInstrument or for MS-DOS, the following message Press the Song Name ﬁeld Enter the name Loading VariPhrases, VariPhrase Sets or audio ﬁles Playing with the User memoriesIf you press Single Phrase Press the Phrase ﬁeld in the left column Sampling your own phrases Input Over indicator must never lightSelecting a User memory If you press Phrase Set Press the Sampling Capture button About the phrase RAM memoryEnter a name for the phrase you are about to cre- ate See Truncate Phrase Edit touching up the audio materialPress the Preview ﬁeld to listen to your sample Press the Edit ﬁeld Press Execute to change the level of the selected phrase NormalizeUse the im ﬁelds to set the desired Normalize percentage Press the Encode ﬁeld Encoding the phraseOriginal Key Method 2 entering the tempo value right away Event Sense Insert a Zip disk into the Zip drive and press the ZIP ﬁeld Saving your VariPhrasePress Save Pitch Phrase ParametersCoarse Tune Press the Pitch ﬁeld to select the following Phrase Ctrl Amplitude Portamento Pan Mode Time SwType portamento type Start Key Assign Global VariPhrase functionsPlayback Trigger Mode Controller functions for the VariPhrase part Truly global VariPhrase parameters Selecting the foot switch functionStyle Linked Phrase Select Pause Sync Adjust Sync SettingsHere’s how to set the tempo value Double Speed On BPM Lower Than More about the Super Tones Upper1 functions UP1 Linked to Song Upper2 functionsUpper 2 Split Press the Execute ﬁeld to save your choice Press the Options ﬁeld Both must be displayed in whitePress the UP2 Split ﬁeld ‘Dynamic’ second split point UP2 to Left Tuning Upper2 Coarse and FineSplitting Upper2 and the VariPhrase part Part and use the VariPhrase part instead so as to That ﬁeld is displayed in white Portamento Upper 1-2 PortamPortam Time Assigning the Lower Hold function Portamento Mode Mono/PolyLWR Hold Key Touch Velocity switching Min and MaxVelocity sensitivity Consider the following example Scale TuningPress a Mem 1~Mem 3 ﬁeld to select a Scale Tuning memory Storing your new scale Changing the pitch of other notesCustomizing the pitch changes Pitch Edit But let us not return to the Master page just yetPage Arranger and Music Styles More about the ArrangerStarting a Music Style Stopping a Music Style Sync Stop Selecting other Style divisionsSync Options Fill In Half Bar Using Aftertouch to select Arranger patternsMajor, minor, seventh Use the im ﬁelds to select Arranger Select the following display Style Morphing part Press the Melody Intell button so that it lights Melody IntelligenceOne Touch While on the One Touch page, press the Cancel Options ﬁeld Ignoring certain One Touch settings Cancel OptionsProgramming your own Tone selections Memorize 100 ARRanger Hold More reﬁned Arranger settingsChord recognition area 101 102 Arranger Chord ModeBass Inversion 103 Dynamic Arranger Arranger Tempo Arranger OptionsFill Ritardando RIT and ACC 105 Chord Family Assign, AlteratnWhile still holding those keys, press the CAP- Ture ﬁeld Musical Style playback Wrap Intro& Ending AlterationUse the TEMPO/DATA dial to select on or OFF 106 107 Selecting Tones for the Arranger partsAbout the lock Programming your own Disk Link assignments Working with Styles on DiskPress the Style button or the Style ﬁeld on the Master Press the Options ﬁeld Press the Disk Link ﬁeld 109 Find locating Styles on a Zip diskPress the Find ﬁeld 110 Rename Style Options Press the Delete ﬁeld to call up the following Style DeletePress the YES ﬁeld to go ahead and delete the Style 111 Structure of the Mixer pages Mixer, effects and editingVia sliders on so-called palette pages 112 Global Volume Volume and panUse a Single Part About the Audio In part Style Mixer volume of the Arranger parts Keybrd Mixer volume of the Keyboard partsMuting parts PanPot stereo position More locks Output AssignOn the Single Part page, press the Auto/ Man ﬁeld Man Effects and Equalizer Applying Reverb, Chorus, or Delay to a partAbove example, the Keyboard Parts section has been selected 116 Press the Reverb ﬁeld and modify the Reverb send level Effects settingsNumber of types depends on the selected effect Select the effects parameters you wish to edit Reverb types & Parameters This is where you can edit the Reverb effects processorChorus types & Parameters 118 119 Delay types & ParametersEqualizer Insertion effect M-FX Using the insertion effectChoosing the parts to be processed by the equalizer Realtime control via the display 121 FX Selection Mode automatic Tone link for Upper1 122 Assigning the M-FX to a Keyboard part 123 Selecting an M-FX typeFX Send processing the M-FX with the other effects VariPhrase/Audio In Reverb types VariPhrase and Audio In effectsVariPhrase/Audio In Chorus types 124 Modulation Vibrato Settings make it slowerHere are the Part parameters you can edit 125 126 Timbre TVFEnvelope 127 Writing your settings to a User ProgramSee above for what to do then Free Panel Selecting User ProgramsSelecting a User Program Group, Bank, Number Free Panel memory can be selected in two ways 129 Selecting User Programs using the Downup buttons Song & Midi Set Link Automatic functions for User ProgramsLinking a Song to a User Program 130 Linking a Midi Set to a User Program User Program selection at power-onIf you don’t want a User Program to be recalled, select Off 131 132 Song Composer the basicsFormatting a disk Before recording Song List searching songs on disk FindPlay & Search ﬁnding Songs by playing a few notes 133 Lyrics function Song playback functionsPlay the notes of the Song you want the VA-76 to ﬁnd If you make a mistake, proceed as follows to correct Loop playback Markers Fast Forward, Rewind, and ResetChanging the song tempo Soloing and muting parts Press the Solo ﬁeld again to switch off the solo function Using the metronomeSong/Keyboard-part balance Muting tracks/MIDI channels Transpose Song ChainsCompiling or editing a Song Chain Proceed as follows Display on your VA-76 may look slightly differ- ent Playing back a Song ChainTo play back a Song Chain, proceed as follows Press the Play ﬁeld to start playback of your Song Chain Song Options Chain ModeDeleting a Song Chain Press the Rename or Delete ﬁeld 140 InputPress the Execute ﬁeld to save this information to Zip disk General considerations 11.1 16-track SequencerSelecting the 16-track sequencer Tracks and Midi channels 142 Selecting the Recording Mode and the ﬁrst mea- sureExample 1 Recording a track Press the Octave ﬁeld Selecting a Tone or Drum SetPress the Quantize ﬁeld and set the desired reso- lution Press the Tone ﬁeld in the upper left corner Recording in Erase or Merge mode Volume LevelRecording in Punch In/Out mode Want some effects? Saving your song Using two drum tracks 2nd Drum TrackExample 2 Recording a song from scratch 145 146 Initializing only track 13 for VariPhrase useAll tracks will be initialized as follows Easy editing and useful functions Editing 16-track songs Available options for ‘Note’ In-depth editing of a 16-track songErase 148 Delete Data TypeInsert From/To, Bar, Beat, CPT- See Velocity TransposeBar, Beat, CPT- See From/To & Bar, Beat, CPT- See Shift Gate TFrom, To, Bar, Beat, CPT, Execute- See page 148 for From, To, Bar, Beat, CPT- See 152 Utility other useful functionsChange 153 Volume, Expression, Reverb, Chorus -127~Copy See page 68 for how to enter names Mode Replace, Merge- Selects the Copy modeExchange Name Style Converter Using the Style ConverterInitialize General considerations 151 for details Press the From ﬁeld to go to the nextPress the To ﬁeld to go to the next 156 157 Edit Lyrics Press the Lyrics Synchro ﬁeld Now you’re all set for the synchronization workPlayback and Lyric synchronization recording start 158 Deleting a text ﬁle on disk ‘Utility’ functions for Edit LyricsGo to the TXT Import 159 160 Exporting the Lyrics data as text ﬁleSave without Lyrics 161 Header Post EditYou can do this for all 16 song parts 162 Concept Programming User StylesPatterns Tracks 164 Looped vs one-shot Selecting the track, the Mode, the Type and the Division Recording User Styles from scratchSelecting the User Style Composer Specifying the key Record modeQuantize Working with clones Time signature Tone selectionLength specifying the pattern length 167 Press the Length ﬁeld. The display now looks like this Cloning and edit functions and possible warnings SharedPress the BAR ﬁeld As you see the bar values are now surrounded by a box Recording TempoAudition your pattern and then keep or redo? Press the Master ﬁeld in the upper left corner Programming other parts and divisions Saving your Style to diskMuting parts while recording others Naming your User Style Remarks Playback in Arranger modeWorking from top to bottom programming hints Metronome and Count-In Copying existing Styles Copying entire Styles using Load all tracksCopying individual Style tracks 172 To use another Style on disk… Copy modeFrom Animated clock tells you that the data are being copied Editing User Styles Adding or changing settings of existing partsEditing on the ﬂy by recording Adding notes in realtime 175 On the above display page, select the ADrums trackYou can play on the keyboard to listen to the result Length Setting the preset tempoSee also Length specifying the pattern length on 176 Time Signature User Style Edit modeUse the TEMPO/DATA dial to set the desired time signature 177 Delete EraseFrom Note/Than Note, To Note- See Track, Mode, Type, Division- See page 178 for Velocity InsertTrack, Mode, Type, Division- See page 178 for details From Note, To Note- See Shift Gate TDetails From, To, Bar, Beat, CPT- See page 178 for details Change User Style Micro modeAuditioning the pattern See page 178 for details 182 183 Move Mix Copy Mix User Style UtilityCopy 184 185 NameExecute- Press this ﬁeld to copy the data Beam MiscellaneousSelecting the desired parameter Available controllers are 187 188 Pitch BenderModulation Parameters for Keyboard parts excluding the VariPhrase part Touch Control RibbonBest way to proceed is as follows 189 Parameters for the VariPhrase part Sustain Switch CC64Parameters for Arranger control 190 191 Press m to have access to the Arranger parts Volume control ExpressionFoot Pedal Expression No function for a part Off FX Value 1/2 13.2 FC-7 & Pad parametersFormant Up/Down 193 Jump to the FC-7 and PAD display page see Hold Lower1, Hold Lower2, and Hold Lower 1- 2 onUse the TEMPO/DATA dial to select the desired function Off- The PAD button in question has no function at all Tone Recall Global parameters for the entire VA-76Bass Inversion See PAD 195 Factory Resume Main Factory Resume settingsVirtual Band Autorun 196 Midi messages used by the VA-76 MidiMidi in general 198 Control change messages Master Volume Universal System Exclusive- This About Midi implementation chartsSystem Exclusive messages 199 Receiving Midi data RX Preparations for using the Midi functionsTransmitting Midi data TX How-to’s… What’s next? Keyboard MIDI, Style MIDI, Song MidiLocal 201 Filter LimitTx Filter page of the Style parts 202 Midi Sync RX/TX Utilities MidiStyle TX Sync Song TX Sync Style BasicStyle RX Sync, Song RX Sync On/Off Midi parameters Param NTA Note-to-Arranger Rx Velocity, Tx Velocity PartSwtcSoftThru for Local 206 Midi Sets Midi Set selection at power-onSaving a Midi Set Selecting a Midi Set 208 Loading a Midi Set from disk Autoload Disk functionsDisk Load loading data from disk Load Style/copy Style Load Midi Set Load User PrgLoad Phrase 210 Save Style Disk Save saving data to diskSave Song Save User Program Set Save Phrase Save Midi SetTo save a VariPhrase Set, press the Phrase Set ﬁeld 212 Format Delete Disk UtilityPress the ﬁeld that corresponds to the desired option 213 Copying an entire ﬂoppy disk to another ﬂoppy Copy functionsPress the From FDD→ To FDD ﬁeld Display now responds with Insert Source Protected 215 Copying from Zip to ﬂoppy disk example copy- ing Styles Rename Copying other ﬁle typesCopying VariPhrases or VariPhrase Sets between disks Press the ﬁeld of the ﬁle you wish to rename 217 218 Speciﬁcations 219 FX Types & controllable parameters Chorus Effects 220 221 55 DS→ Delay 222 ReferenceTones VA-76 Tones 223 224 UFO FX 225 Tone Map 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 Drum Sets 104 234 235 Orchestra Ethnic 236 Gamelan SFX Rhythm FX 237 238 GM2 Analog GM2 Jazz 239 240 GM2 SFX 241 Standard Room 242 HipHop Jungle 243 TR-707 Closed Hi-Hat EXC1 Closed Hi-Hat 244 VA-76 Drum Sets 245 SFX Rhythm FX 246 247 248 Rhythm FX CM-64/32L Standard Room Power Electronic 249 250 251 Internal Music Styles 252 Chord Intelligence VA-76 Chord Intelligence 253 254 Midi Implementation Chart 255 IndexNumerics Index 256 257 START/STOP 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 Information

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