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VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Reference

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VA-76 Page Page Features Unpacking your VA-76 Lyrics display Useful options Compatibility note Important notes Important notes Contents Mixer, effects and editing Song Composer 16-track, etcProgramming User Styles Registrations User Programs FX Types & controllable parameters Miscellaneous Panel descriptions Front panel Display Jkeyboard Mode sectionDisk indicator Orchestrator button Data button VariPhrase sectionSuper Tones buttons TEMPO/TAP button Zip drive Floppy disk driveBENDER/MODULATION lever Ribbon controller Rear panel Audio connections Setting up and demo songsSet the Volume knob to the MIN position Listening to the demo songs If you selected ALL Demo If you selected Tone Demo If you selected VariPhrase Demo If you selected Style Demo Easy Routing quick registration Scratching the surfaceGeneral idea Keyboard parts If you press the As a Soloist ﬁeld, there are two options Here is how it is structuredStart playing on the VA-76 Press the Function Menu button MasterWhich button does what? Panel Info Press the i Panel Info ﬁeld Set the Volume knob to a reasonable level e.g. about 1/4 Using the VA-76’s ArrangerPress the Variation button Intro & Ending Professional transitions FillPress the START/STOP button to start Arranger playback Balance if the melody is too soft or too loud Adding a melody to the accompanimentChanging the tempo If the TEMPO/TAP button does not light, press it Play a few notes in the right half of the keyboard Selecting sounds for the right handSuper Tones Press another Super Tones button Press the ONE Touch button Using VariPhrasesOne Touch If you press the third ﬁeld, the display looks as follows Press the Variphrase Melodic button so that it lights Press the Load ﬁeld Listening to Standard Midi FilesPress the Song List ﬁeld Press the Play ﬁeld to start playback On the Song Composer page, press the Minus One ﬁeld Minus One playbackFeel free to use the performance functions see UP1 linked to Song VA-76 clinics Keyboard Mode clinicSettings affected by the Keyboard Mode Arranger button are Arranger and Piano modes Other Split point in Arranger modeUsing the Whole Keyboard Mode What are ‘parts’? Switching parts on and off Using the Split Keyboard Mode Selecting Tones for the Keyboard parts Tone clinicTone selection via the front panel Specify the part for which you want to select another Tone Let us brieﬂy summarize the various Tone categories Press the Part ﬁeld in the lower left corner of the display Tone selection via the displayPress the Tone ﬁeld in the display Press the Tone ﬁeld to return to the Tone selec- tion Press the Variations ﬁeld to call up the following display Press the 8 Trem Organ ﬁeld to select that Varia- tion Selecting different Tone Maps On the Tone selection page, press the Map ﬁeld Word about the new Tones Drumming on the keyboardAlternatively… Press the MDR ﬁeld Setting the Roll resolution speedRoll Play a few notes on the keyboard to try out the drum sounds Selecting Drum Sets for the MDR part Select the MDR part VariPhrase clinic Switching on the VariPhrase partSee page 59 for how to select Music Styles Selecting other phrases for playing Playing with the VariPhrases Combining/splitting a VariPhrase with another Keyboard partKey Assign Trigger Here’s how to select the Mono modePress the Mode MONO/POLY button to make it light Press the Mono ﬁeld Press Exit to return to the Master Beam controller Adding realtime expressionThings you ought to know about VariPhrase Other controllers Realtime VariPhrase control via the display Display now looks more or less as follows Single Part/Palette Adding effects to the VariPhrase partReverb and Chorus depth On any of the above pages, press the Single Part ﬁeld Example Flamenco Roll Expression clinicBeam Controller Move your hand over the eyes while playing something Aftertouch Ribbon controller Touch controlPitch Bend/Modulation Selecting the sections to be transposed Setting the transposition interval via the displayTransposition Transposition is indicated on the Master PAD buttons OctaveFC-7 Foot Controller Scale Tuning Sustain Footswitch HoldFoot Switch Expression Foot Pedal Metronome Output Metronome ModeMetronome Count-In Using live vocals OFF- The count-in function is off You should now be able to hear your voice Single PartYou can also add Reverb and Chorus to your voice Style selection via the front panel Arranger/Music Style clinicSelecting Music Styles Each Style group contains eight banks Working with the Disk Link memories Style selection via the displayPress the Style ﬁeld in the display Disk User Orchestrator Orchestrator and MorphingEjecting the Zip disk Start playing with the newly selected Style Morphing See Using the VA-76’s Arranger onDo one of the following Press the Bass ﬁeld in the right column See steps 1 and 2 above Press the 2nd Style ﬁeldPress the Drum ﬁeld in the right column Press the 1st Style ﬁeld in the display Song Composer clinic Recording your music Count-In and/or metronome Redoing the melody 2nd TrkListening to your song Press the Stop √ ﬁeld twice Saving your song to disk If you’re ready, press the Play ﬁeld to start recording Instrument or for MS-DOS, the following message If your disk is not formatted either for VA seriesYour brand-new song a name Press the Song Name ﬁeld Enter the name If you press Single Phrase Playing with the User memoriesLoading VariPhrases, VariPhrase Sets or audio ﬁles Press the Phrase ﬁeld in the left column Selecting a User memory Input Over indicator must never lightSampling your own phrases If you press Phrase Set Enter a name for the phrase you are about to cre- ate About the phrase RAM memoryPress the Sampling Capture button See Press the Preview ﬁeld to listen to your sample Phrase Edit touching up the audio materialTruncate Press the Edit ﬁeld Use the im ﬁelds to set the desired Normalize percentage NormalizePress Execute to change the level of the selected phrase Original Key Encoding the phrasePress the Encode ﬁeld Event Sense Method 2 entering the tempo value right away Press Save Saving your VariPhraseInsert a Zip disk into the Zip drive and press the ZIP ﬁeld Coarse Tune Phrase ParametersPitch Press the Pitch ﬁeld to select the following Amplitude Phrase Ctrl Pan Portamento Type portamento type Time SwMode Start Playback Global VariPhrase functionsKey Assign Trigger Controller functions for the VariPhrase part Mode Style Linked Phrase Select Selecting the foot switch functionTruly global VariPhrase parameters Pause Here’s how to set the tempo value Sync SettingsSync Adjust Double Speed On BPM Lower Than Upper1 functions More about the Super Tones Upper 2 Split Upper2 functionsUP1 Linked to Song Press the Execute ﬁeld to save your choice Press the UP2 Split ﬁeld Both must be displayed in whitePress the Options ﬁeld Splitting Upper2 and the VariPhrase part Tuning Upper2 Coarse and Fine‘Dynamic’ second split point UP2 to Left Part and use the VariPhrase part instead so as to Portam Time Portamento Upper 1-2 PortamThat ﬁeld is displayed in white LWR Hold Portamento Mode Mono/PolyAssigning the Lower Hold function Velocity sensitivity Velocity switching Min and MaxKey Touch Press a Mem 1~Mem 3 ﬁeld to select a Scale Tuning memory Scale TuningConsider the following example Customizing the pitch changes Pitch Edit Changing the pitch of other notesStoring your new scale But let us not return to the Master page just yetPage Starting a Music Style More about the ArrangerArranger and Music Styles Stopping a Music Style Sync Options Selecting other Style divisionsSync Stop Major, minor, seventh Using Aftertouch to select Arranger patternsFill In Half Bar Use the im ﬁelds to select Arranger Style Morphing part Select the following display One Touch Melody IntelligencePress the Melody Intell button so that it lights Programming your own Tone selections Memorize Ignoring certain One Touch settings Cancel OptionsWhile on the One Touch page, press the Cancel Options ﬁeld 100 Chord recognition area More reﬁned Arranger settingsARRanger Hold 101 Bass Inversion Arranger Chord Mode102 Dynamic Arranger 103 Fill Ritardando Arranger OptionsArranger Tempo RIT and ACC While still holding those keys, press the CAP- Ture ﬁeld Chord Family Assign, Alteratn105 Use the TEMPO/DATA dial to select on or OFF Intro& Ending AlterationMusical Style playback Wrap 106 About the lock Selecting Tones for the Arranger parts107 Press the Style button or the Style ﬁeld on the Master Working with Styles on DiskProgramming your own Disk Link assignments Press the Options ﬁeld Press the Disk Link ﬁeld Press the Find ﬁeld Find locating Styles on a Zip disk109 Rename Style Options 110 Press the YES ﬁeld to go ahead and delete the Style Style DeletePress the Delete ﬁeld to call up the following 111 Via sliders on so-called palette pages Mixer, effects and editingStructure of the Mixer pages 112 Use a Single Part Volume and panGlobal Volume About the Audio In part Muting parts Keybrd Mixer volume of the Keyboard partsStyle Mixer volume of the Arranger parts PanPot stereo position On the Single Part page, press the Auto/ Man ﬁeld Output AssignMore locks Man Above example, the Keyboard Parts section has been selected Applying Reverb, Chorus, or Delay to a partEffects and Equalizer 116 Number of types depends on the selected effect Effects settingsPress the Reverb ﬁeld and modify the Reverb send level Select the effects parameters you wish to edit Chorus types & Parameters This is where you can edit the Reverb effects processorReverb types & Parameters 118 Equalizer Delay types & Parameters119 Choosing the parts to be processed by the equalizer Using the insertion effectInsertion effect M-FX Realtime control via the display FX Selection Mode automatic Tone link for Upper1 121 Assigning the M-FX to a Keyboard part 122 FX Send processing the M-FX with the other effects Selecting an M-FX type123 VariPhrase/Audio In Chorus types VariPhrase and Audio In effectsVariPhrase/Audio In Reverb types 124 Here are the Part parameters you can edit Settings make it slowerModulation Vibrato 125 Envelope Timbre TVF126 See above for what to do then Writing your settings to a User Program127 Selecting a User Program Group, Bank, Number Selecting User ProgramsFree Panel Free Panel memory can be selected in two ways Selecting User Programs using the Downup buttons 129 Linking a Song to a User Program Automatic functions for User ProgramsSong & Midi Set Link 130 If you don’t want a User Program to be recalled, select Off User Program selection at power-onLinking a Midi Set to a User Program 131 Formatting a disk Song Composer the basics132 Play & Search ﬁnding Songs by playing a few notes Song List searching songs on disk FindBefore recording 133 Play the notes of the Song you want the VA-76 to ﬁnd Song playback functionsLyrics function If you make a mistake, proceed as follows to correct Changing the song tempo Fast Forward, Rewind, and ResetLoop playback Markers Soloing and muting parts Song/Keyboard-part balance Using the metronomePress the Solo ﬁeld again to switch off the solo function Muting tracks/MIDI channels Compiling or editing a Song Chain Song ChainsTranspose Proceed as follows To play back a Song Chain, proceed as follows Playing back a Song ChainDisplay on your VA-76 may look slightly differ- ent Press the Play ﬁeld to start playback of your Song Chain Deleting a Song Chain Chain ModeSong Options Press the Rename or Delete ﬁeld Press the Execute ﬁeld to save this information to Zip disk Input140 Selecting the 16-track sequencer 11.1 16-track SequencerGeneral considerations Tracks and Midi channels Example 1 Recording a track Selecting the Recording Mode and the ﬁrst mea- sure142 Press the Quantize ﬁeld and set the desired reso- lution Selecting a Tone or Drum SetPress the Octave ﬁeld Press the Tone ﬁeld in the upper left corner Recording in Punch In/Out mode Volume LevelRecording in Erase or Merge mode Want some effects? Example 2 Recording a song from scratch Using two drum tracks 2nd Drum TrackSaving your song 145 All tracks will be initialized as follows Initializing only track 13 for VariPhrase use146 Editing 16-track songs Easy editing and useful functions Erase In-depth editing of a 16-track songAvailable options for ‘Note’ 148 Insert Data TypeDelete From/To, Bar, Beat, CPT- See Bar, Beat, CPT- See TransposeVelocity From/To & Bar, Beat, CPT- See From, To, Bar, Beat, CPT, Execute- See page 148 for Gate TShift From, To, Bar, Beat, CPT- See Change Utility other useful functions152 Copy Volume, Expression, Reverb, Chorus -127~153 Exchange Mode Replace, Merge- Selects the Copy modeSee page 68 for how to enter names Name Initialize Using the Style ConverterStyle Converter General considerations Press the To ﬁeld to go to the next Press the From ﬁeld to go to the next151 for details 156 Edit Lyrics 157 Playback and Lyric synchronization recording start Now you’re all set for the synchronization workPress the Lyrics Synchro ﬁeld 158 Go to the TXT Import ‘Utility’ functions for Edit LyricsDeleting a text ﬁle on disk 159 Save without Lyrics Exporting the Lyrics data as text ﬁle160 You can do this for all 16 song parts Header Post Edit161 162 Patterns Programming User StylesConcept Tracks Looped vs one-shot 164 Selecting the User Style Composer Recording User Styles from scratchSelecting the track, the Mode, the Type and the Division Quantize Record modeSpecifying the key Working with clones Length specifying the pattern length Tone selectionTime signature 167 Press the BAR ﬁeld Cloning and edit functions and possible warnings SharedPress the Length ﬁeld. The display now looks like this As you see the bar values are now surrounded by a box Audition your pattern and then keep or redo? TempoRecording Press the Master ﬁeld in the upper left corner Muting parts while recording others Saving your Style to diskProgramming other parts and divisions Naming your User Style Working from top to bottom programming hints Playback in Arranger modeRemarks Metronome and Count-In Copying individual Style tracks Copying entire Styles using Load all tracksCopying existing Styles 172 From Copy modeTo use another Style on disk… Animated clock tells you that the data are being copied Editing on the ﬂy by recording Adding or changing settings of existing partsEditing User Styles Adding notes in realtime You can play on the keyboard to listen to the result On the above display page, select the ADrums track175 See also Length specifying the pattern length on Setting the preset tempoLength 176 Use the TEMPO/DATA dial to set the desired time signature User Style Edit modeTime Signature 177 From Note/Than Note, To Note- See EraseDelete Track, Mode, Type, Division- See page 178 for Track, Mode, Type, Division- See page 178 for details InsertVelocity From Note, To Note- See Details Gate TShift From, To, Bar, Beat, CPT- See page 178 for details Auditioning the pattern User Style Micro modeChange See page 178 for details 182 Move Mix 183 Copy User Style UtilityCopy Mix 184 Execute- Press this ﬁeld to copy the data Name185 Selecting the desired parameter MiscellaneousBeam Available controllers are 187 Modulation Pitch Bender188 Best way to proceed is as follows Touch Control RibbonParameters for Keyboard parts excluding the VariPhrase part 189 Parameters for Arranger control Sustain Switch CC64Parameters for the VariPhrase part 190 191 Foot Pedal Expression Volume control ExpressionPress m to have access to the Arranger parts No function for a part Off Formant Up/Down 13.2 FC-7 & Pad parametersFX Value 1/2 193 Use the TEMPO/DATA dial to select the desired function Hold Lower1, Hold Lower2, and Hold Lower 1- 2 onJump to the FC-7 and PAD display page see Off- The PAD button in question has no function at all Bass Inversion See PAD Global parameters for the entire VA-76Tone Recall 195 Virtual Band Autorun Main Factory Resume settingsFactory Resume 196 Midi in general MidiMidi messages used by the VA-76 Control change messages 198 System Exclusive messages About Midi implementation chartsMaster Volume Universal System Exclusive- This 199 Transmitting Midi data TX Preparations for using the Midi functionsReceiving Midi data RX How-to’s… Local Keyboard MIDI, Style MIDI, Song MidiWhat’s next? 201 Tx Filter page of the Style parts LimitFilter 202 Style TX Sync Utilities MidiMidi Sync RX/TX Song TX Sync Style RX Sync, Song RX Sync BasicStyle On/Off NTA Note-to-Arranger Midi parameters Param SoftThru for Local PartSwtcRx Velocity, Tx Velocity 206 Saving a Midi Set Midi Set selection at power-onMidi Sets Selecting a Midi Set Loading a Midi Set from disk 208 Disk Load loading data from disk Disk functionsAutoload Load Style/copy Style Load Phrase Load User PrgLoad Midi Set 210 Save Song Disk Save saving data to diskSave Style Save User Program Set To save a VariPhrase Set, press the Phrase Set ﬁeld Save Midi SetSave Phrase 212 Press the ﬁeld that corresponds to the desired option Delete Disk UtilityFormat 213 Press the From FDD→ To FDD ﬁeld Copy functionsCopying an entire ﬂoppy disk to another ﬂoppy Display now responds with Insert Source Protected Copying from Zip to ﬂoppy disk example copy- ing Styles 215 Copying VariPhrases or VariPhrase Sets between disks Copying other ﬁle typesRename Press the ﬁeld of the ﬁle you wish to rename 217 Speciﬁcations 218 FX Types & controllable parameters 219 220 Chorus Effects 55 DS→ Delay 221 Tones Reference222 223 VA-76 Tones 224 225 UFO FX 226 Tone Map 227 228 229 230 231 232 Drum Sets 233 234 104 235 236 Orchestra Ethnic 237 Gamelan SFX Rhythm FX 238 239 GM2 Analog GM2 Jazz 240 241 GM2 SFX 242 Standard Room 243 HipHop Jungle 244 TR-707 Closed Hi-Hat EXC1 Closed Hi-Hat 245 VA-76 Drum Sets 246 SFX Rhythm FX 247 Rhythm FX CM-64/32L Standard Room Power Electronic 248 249 250 Internal Music Styles 251 Chord Intelligence 252 253 VA-76 Chord Intelligence Midi Implementation Chart 254 Numerics Index255 256 Index 257 258 START/STOP 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 Information 266

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