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Main VA-76 V-Arranger Keyboard 128-voice polyphony Owners Manual Page Page Features Unpacking your VA-76 Useful options Compatibility note Important notes Power supply Placement Maintenance Repairs and data Page Contents 1. Panel descriptions 2. Setting up and demo songs 7. More about the Arranger 6. Advanced Keyboard part functions 8. Mixer, effects and editing 11. Song Composer (16-track, etc.) 12. Programming User Styles 9. Registrations User Programs 10. Song Composer (the basics) 13. Miscellaneous 15. Disk functions 19. Index 18. Reference 16. Specifications 1. Panel descriptions FGH A B D CE IJ K M USER PROGRAM [DOWN]/[UP] buttons N Display ORCHESTRATOR button S T UV W XY Z 17 a Floppy disk drive BENDER/MODULATION lever Zip drive 1.2 Rear panel AB DEFG H IJ KL POWER ON button AC socket 2. Setting up and demo songs If you selected ALL DEMO If you selected TONE DEMO: If you selected VariPhrase DEMO: If you selected STYLE DEMO: 3.1 The general idea Keyboard parts: 3. Scratching the surface Page 3.3 The Master page Which button does what? (Panel Info) 3.4 Using the VA-76s Arranger Professional transitions: Fill Intro & Ending 3.5 Adding a melody to the accompaniment Changing the tempo Balance: if the melody is too soft or too loud Super Tones Selecting sounds for the right hand One Touch Using VariPhrases Page 3.6 Listening to Standard MIDI Files Minus One playback UP1 linked to Song 4.1 Keyboard Mode clinic Arranger and Piano modes 4. VA-76 clinics Split point in Arranger mode Other What are parts? Using the WHOLE Keyboard Mode Switching parts on and off Using the SPLIT Keyboard Mode 4.2 Tone clinic Selecting Tones for the Keyboard parts Tone selection via the front panel Page Tone selection via the display Choosing your own Tone favorites (Customize Preferred Tone) Selecting different Tone Maps A word about the new Tones Drumming on the keyboard Alternatively Roll Setting the Roll resolution (speed) Selecting Drum Sets for the MDR part 4.3 VariPhrase clinic Switching on the VariPhrase part Selecting other phrases for playing Combining/splitting a VariPhrase with another Keyboard part Playing with the VariPhrases Key Assign Trigger Adding realtime expression Things you ought to know about VariPhrase D Beam controller Other controllers Realtime VariPhrase control via the display A note about the [DATA] button Adding effects to the VariPhrase part Reverb and Chorus depth Single Part/Palette 4.4 Expression clinic D Beam Controller Example (Flamenco Roll) Ribbon controller (Touch control) Aftertouch Pitch Bend/Modulation Transposition Setting the transposition interval via the display Selecting the sections to be transposed Octave PAD buttons FC-7 Foot Controller Sustain Footswitch (Hold) Foot Switch Expression (Foot Pedal) Master Tune Scale Tuning Metronome Metronome Output Metronome Mode Count-In 4.5 Using live vocals Single Part 4.6 Arranger/Music Style clinic Selecting Music Styles Style selection via the front panel Style selection via the display Working with the Disk Link memories Disk User Orchestrator and Morphing Orchestrator Ejecting the Zip disk Morphing Page 4.7 Song Composer clinic Recording your music Listening to your song Redoing the melody (2nd Trk) Count-In and/or metronome Saving your song to disk Page 5. More about the VariPhrase part 5.1 Playing with the User memories Loading VariPhrases, VariPhrase Sets or audio les If you press [Single Phrase] If you press [Phrase Set] 5.2 Sampling your own phrases Check the Capturing Free Area eld About the phrase RAM memory Phrase Edit: touching up the audio material Truncate 21. 22. 3. Normalize 1. Encoding the phrase Original Key Specifying the phrases tempo: Time Signature, Measure, Beat, Tempo Method 1: specify the length of the sample and have the VariPhrase function calculate the tempo 10. 9. Method 2: entering the tempo value right away Saving your VariPhrase 5.3 Phrase Parameters Pitch Coarse Tune Fine Tune Amplitude Phrase Gain Fade In/Out Phrase Ctrl Pitch Keyfollow Pan Random Pan Alternate (Pan) Keyfollow Portamento Time Sw Mode Type (portamento type) Start Time (portamento time) 5.4 Global VariPhrase functions Key Assign Playback Trigger Mode 5.5 Controller functions for the VariPhrase part Legto Lock Pause Selecting the foot switch function 5.6 Truly global VariPhrase parameters Style Linked (Phrase Select) Sync Settings Double Speed On (BPM Lower Than) Half Speed On (BPM Higher Than) Sync Adjust 6.1 Upper1 functions 6. Advanced Keyboard part functions Memorize Super Tones: programming other assignments for the buttons UP1 Linked to Song 6.2 Upper2 functions Upper 2 Split Page Splitting Upper2 and the VariPhrase part Dynamic second split point: UP2 to Left Tuning Upper2: Coarse and Fine Portamento (Upper 1-2 Portam) Portam Time Portamento Mode: Mono/Poly 6.3 LWR Hold Assigning the Lower Hold function 6.4 Velocity sensitivity Key Touch Velocity switching (Min and Max) 6.5 Scale Tuning Changing the pitch of other notes Storing your new scale Customizing the pitch changes (Pitch EDIT) Page 7. More about the Arranger 7.1 Arranger and Music Styles Arranger parts Starting a Music Style Stopping a Music Style 7.2 Selecting other Style divisions Fill In Half Bar Major, minor, seventh Using Aftertouch to select Arranger patterns Style Morphing (part 2) 7.3 Melody Intelligence 7.4 One Touch If you select a One Touch memory while another one is already active Ignoring certain One Touch settings (Cancel Options) Programming your own Tone selections (Memorize) 7.5 More rened Arranger settings ARR(anger) Hold Chord recognition area Arranger Chord Mode Bass Inversion Dynamic Arranger 7.6 Arranger Options (Arranger) Tempo Fill Ritardando BPM RIT and ACC Chord Family Assign, Alteratn Intro& Ending Alteration Musical Style playback: Wrap 7.7 Selecting Tones for the Arranger parts About the lock 7.8 Working with Styles on Disk Programming your own Disk Link assignments Find: locating Styles on a Zip disk Rename (Style Options) Style Delete 8.1 Structure of the Mixer pages (1) Via sliders on so-called palette pages 8. Mixer, effects and editing (2) Use a Single Part page About the Audio In part 8.2 Volume and pan Global Volume Muting parts Keybrd Mixer (volume of the Keyboard parts) Style Mixer (volume of the Arranger parts) PanPot (stereo position) More locks 8.3 Output Assign 8.4 Effects and Equalizer Applying Reverb, Chorus, or Delay to a part Effects settings Reverb types & Parameters Chorus types & Parameters Delay types & Parameters Equalizer Choosing the parts to be processed by the equalizer 8.5 Insertion effect (M-FX) Using the insertion effect Realtime control via the display M-FX Selection Mode: automatic Tone link for Upper1 VA-76 Owners ManualMixer, effects and editing VA-76.book Page 122 Friday, January 12, 2001 12:35 PM Assigning the M-FX to a Keyboard part Press it (so that it reads [ON]) to assign the currently selected Keyboard part to the M-FX. Insertion M-FX EQ Insertion M-FX Selecting an M-FX type M-FX Send: processing the M-FX with the other effects 8.6 VariPhrase and Audio In effects VariPhrase/Audio In Reverb types: VariPhrase/Audio In Chorus types 8.7 Sound Palette: editing Keyboard part parameters Modulation (Vibrato) Timbre (TVF) Envelope 9. Registrations User Programs 9.1 Writing your settings to a User Program 9.2 Selecting User Programs Free Panel Selecting a User Program (Group, Bank, Number) Selecting User Programs using the [DOWN][UP] buttons Selectively loading User Program settings (User Program Cancel Options) 9.3 Automatic functions for User Programs Song & MIDI (Set) Link Linking a Song to a User Program Linking a MIDI Set to a User Program User Program selection at power-on 10. Song Composer (the basics) 10.1 A few remarks about recording songs Formatting a disk Before recording 10.2 Song List: searching songs on disk (Find) Play & Search: nding Songs by playing a few notes 10.3 Song playback functions Lyrics function Fast Forward, Rewind, and Reset Loop playback (Markers) Changing the song tempo Soloing and muting parts Soloing parts Using the metronome Song/Keyboard-part balance Transpose Hold down the [ONE TOUCH] button while repeatedly pressing the User Program [DOWN] or [UP] button. 4. 10.4 Song Chains Compiling or editing a Song Chain Playing back a Song Chain Chain Mode Deleting a Song Chain 10.5 Song Options P&S Input 11.1 16-track Sequencer Selecting the 16-track sequencer General considerations Tracks and MIDI channels 11. Song Composer (16-track, etc.) Example 1: Recording a track Selecting the (Recording) Mode and the rst mea- sure Setting the Metronome and the Quantize, Octave values (Options) Selecting a Tone or Drum Set Roll Volume (Level) Want some effects? Recording in Erase or Merge mode Recording in Punch In/Out mode Saving your song Example 2: Recording a song from scratch Using two drum tracks (2nd Drum Track) Assigning the VariPhrase part by initializing the Song RAM memory Initializing only track 13 for VariPhrase use 11.2 Editing 16-track songs Easy editing and useful functions [Play Trk] Muting tracks Solo In-depth editing of a 16-track song Available options for Note Erase Data Type Delete Insert Transpose Velocity Quantize Gate T Shift Utility: other useful functions 1. f) e) d) Copy Exchange Name Initialize 11.3 Style Converter General considerations Using the Style Converter Page 11.4 Edit Lyrics Page Utility functions for Edit Lyrics Deleting a text le on disk Exporting the Lyrics data as text le Save without Lyrics 11.5 Header Post Edit Page Patterns Tracks 12. Programming User Styles 12.1 Concept Looped vs one-shot Selecting the User Style Composer Clearing the Disk User memory (Delete) Preparations Selecting the track, the Mode, the Type and the Division 12.2 Recording User Styles from scratch Important remark Working with clones Record mode Specifying the key Octave Quantize Tone selection Time signature Length: specifying the pattern length Cloning and edit functions and possible warnings (Shared) 22. 23. 6. 5. Tempo Recording Audition your pattern and then keep or redo? Saving your Style to disk Naming your User Style Saving your Style Programming other parts and divisions Muting parts while recording others Remarks Working from top to bottom programming hints Metronome and Count-In Playback in Arranger mode 12.3 Copying existing Styles Copying entire Styles using Load (all tracks) Copying individual Style tracks From To Copy mode To use another Style on disk 12.4 Editing User Styles Editing on the y by recording Adding notes in realtime Adding controller data in realtime Adding or changing settings of existing parts Page Setting the preset tempo Edit functions that are not part of the User Style Edit mode Length Time Signature 12.5 User Style Edit mode Erase Delete Insert Transpose Velocity Quantize Gate T Shift 12.6 User Style Micro mode Change Auditioning the pattern Insert Move Mix Copy Mix 12.7 User Style Utility Change Copy Name Delete 13.1 Choosing the performance functions (Controllers) D Beam d) 13. Miscellaneous f) e) Selecting the desired parameter Page Pitch Bender Modulation Touch Control (Ribbon) Aftertouch Parameters for Keyboard parts (excluding the VariPhrase part) Parameters for the VariPhrase part Parameters for Arranger control Sustain Switch (CC64) Foot Switch Parameters for the VariPhrase part Foot Pedal (Expression) Volume control (Expression) No function for a part (Off) 13.2 FC-7 & Pad parameters FC-7 Foot Controller Formant Up/Down M-FX Value 1/2 PAD buttons 13.3 Global parameters (for the entire VA-76) Master Tune Tone Recall Factory Resume Virtual Band Autorun 14.1 MIDI in general MIDI connectors Channels 14. MIDI Control change messages System Exclusive messages About MIDI implementation charts 14.2 Preparations for using the MIDI functions Receiving MIDI data (RX) Transmitting MIDI data (TX) The how-tos Selecting the MIDI mode 14.3 Keyboard MIDI, Style MIDI, Song MIDI Local Limit Tx Filter page of the Style parts Filter 14.4 Utilities MIDI MIDI Sync RX/TX Tx/Rx Filter of the Audio In part Style TX Sync Song TX Sync Basic TX/RX Channel Filter Style Style selection via MIDI NTA: Note-to-Arranger 1 Channel Rx/2 Channel Rx Shift 1 Ch Limit, 2 Ch Limit (C-1~G9) MIDI parameters (Param) PartSwtc Rx Velocity, Tx Velocity SoftThru for Local 14.5 MIDI Sets Saving a MIDI Set Selecting a MIDI Set MIDI Set selection at power-on Saving MIDI Sets to disk Loading a MIDI Set from disk 15.1 Autoload 15.2 Disk Load (loading data from disk) Load Style/copy Style Load Song 15. Disk functions Procedure Load User Prg Load MIDI Set Load Phrase 15.3 Disk Save (saving data to disk) Save Style Press the [Name] eld if you want to name your Style Save Song Save User Program Set Save MIDI Set Save Phrase 15.4 Delete 15.5 Disk Utility Format Copy functions Copying an entire oppy disk to another oppy Copying single les from oppy to oppy (example: copying songs) Copying from Zip to oppy disk (example: copy- ing Styles) Copying other le types Rename Copying VariPhrases or VariPhrase Sets between disks Page 16. Specications 17. M-FX Types & controllable parameters Page Page 18. 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Index Numerics A B C F G H I K N O P Q R T U V W X