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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 Registrations User Programs Song Composer 16-track, etcProgramming User Styles Mixer, effects and editing Miscellaneous FX Types & controllable parameters Front panel Panel descriptions Orchestrator button Jkeyboard Mode sectionDisk indicator Display TEMPO/TAP button VariPhrase sectionSuper Tones buttons Data button Ribbon controller Floppy disk driveBENDER/MODULATION lever Zip drive Rear panel Listening to the demo songs Setting up and demo songsSet the Volume knob to the MIN position Audio connections If you selected ALL Demo If you selected Style Demo If you selected Tone Demo If you selected VariPhrase Demo Keyboard parts Scratching the surfaceGeneral idea Easy Routing quick registration Start playing on the VA-76 Here is how it is structuredIf you press the As a Soloist ﬁeld, there are two options Press the i Panel Info ﬁeld MasterWhich button does what? Panel Info Press the Function Menu button 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 If the TEMPO/TAP button does not light, press it Adding a melody to the accompanimentChanging the tempo Balance if the melody is too soft or too loud Press another Super Tones button Selecting sounds for the right handSuper Tones Play a few notes in the right half of the keyboard If you press the third ﬁeld, the display looks as follows Using VariPhrasesOne Touch Press the ONE Touch button Press the Variphrase Melodic button so that it lights Press the Play ﬁeld to start playback Listening to Standard Midi FilesPress the Song List ﬁeld Press the Load ﬁeld Feel free to use the performance functions see Minus One playbackOn the Song Composer page, press the Minus One ﬁeld UP1 linked to Song Arranger and Piano modes Keyboard Mode clinicSettings affected by the Keyboard Mode Arranger button are VA-76 clinics What are ‘parts’? Split point in Arranger modeUsing the Whole Keyboard Mode Other 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 to return to the Tone selec- tion Tone selection via the displayPress the Tone ﬁeld in the display Press the Part ﬁeld in the lower left corner of the display 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 Play a few notes on the keyboard to try out the drum sounds Setting the Roll resolution speedRoll Press the MDR ﬁeld Select the MDR part Selecting Drum Sets for the MDR part Selecting other phrases for playing Switching on the VariPhrase partSee page 59 for how to select Music Styles VariPhrase clinic Key Assign Combining/splitting a VariPhrase with another Keyboard partPlaying with the VariPhrases Press the Mono ﬁeld Press Exit to return to the Master Here’s how to select the Mono modePress the Mode MONO/POLY button to make it light Trigger Other controllers Adding realtime expressionThings you ought to know about VariPhrase Beam controller Display now looks more or less as follows Realtime VariPhrase control via the display On any of the above pages, press the Single Part ﬁeld Adding effects to the VariPhrase partReverb and Chorus depth Single Part/Palette Move your hand over the eyes while playing something Expression clinicBeam Controller Example Flamenco Roll Pitch Bend/Modulation Ribbon controller Touch controlAftertouch Transposition is indicated on the Master Setting the transposition interval via the displayTransposition Selecting the sections to be transposed FC-7 Foot Controller OctavePAD buttons Expression Foot Pedal Sustain Footswitch HoldFoot Switch Scale Tuning Count-In Metronome ModeMetronome Metronome Output 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 Each Style group contains eight banks Arranger/Music Style clinicSelecting Music Styles Style selection via the front panel Press the Style ﬁeld in the display Style selection via the displayWorking with the Disk Link memories Disk User Start playing with the newly selected Style Orchestrator and MorphingEjecting the Zip disk Orchestrator Do one of the following See Using the VA-76’s Arranger onMorphing Press the 1st Style ﬁeld in the display See steps 1 and 2 above Press the 2nd Style ﬁeldPress the Drum ﬁeld in the right column Press the Bass ﬁeld in the right column Recording your music Song Composer clinic Press the Stop √ ﬁeld twice Redoing the melody 2nd TrkListening to your song Count-In and/or metronome If you’re ready, press the Play ﬁeld to start recording Saving your song to disk Press the Song Name ﬁeld Enter the name If your disk is not formatted either for VA seriesYour brand-new song a name Instrument or for MS-DOS, the following message Press the Phrase ﬁeld in the left column Playing with the User memoriesLoading VariPhrases, VariPhrase Sets or audio ﬁles If you press Single Phrase If you press Phrase Set Input Over indicator must never lightSampling your own phrases Selecting a User memory See About the phrase RAM memoryPress the Sampling Capture button Enter a name for the phrase you are about to cre- ate Press the Edit ﬁeld Phrase Edit touching up the audio materialTruncate Press the Preview ﬁeld to listen to your sample 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 Press the Pitch ﬁeld to select the following Phrase ParametersPitch Coarse Tune Phrase Ctrl Amplitude Portamento Pan Start Time SwMode Type portamento type Trigger Global VariPhrase functionsKey Assign Playback Mode Controller functions for the VariPhrase part Pause Selecting the foot switch functionTruly global VariPhrase parameters Style Linked Phrase Select Double Speed On BPM Lower Than Sync SettingsSync Adjust Here’s how to set the tempo value More about the Super Tones Upper1 functions Press the Execute ﬁeld to save your choice Upper2 functionsUP1 Linked to Song Upper 2 Split Press the Options ﬁeld Both must be displayed in whitePress the UP2 Split ﬁeld Part and use the VariPhrase part instead so as to Tuning Upper2 Coarse and Fine‘Dynamic’ second split point UP2 to Left Splitting Upper2 and the VariPhrase part 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 But let us not return to the Master page just yet Changing the pitch of other notesStoring your new scale Customizing the pitch changes Pitch EditPage Stopping a Music Style More about the ArrangerArranger and Music Styles Starting a Music Style Sync Stop Selecting other Style divisionsSync Options Use the im ﬁelds to select Arranger Using Aftertouch to select Arranger patternsFill In Half Bar Major, minor, seventh Select the following display Style Morphing part Press the Melody Intell button so that it lights Melody IntelligenceOne Touch 100 Ignoring certain One Touch settings Cancel OptionsWhile on the One Touch page, press the Cancel Options ﬁeld Programming your own Tone selections Memorize 101 More reﬁned Arranger settingsARRanger Hold Chord recognition area 102 Arranger Chord ModeBass Inversion 103 Dynamic Arranger RIT and ACC Arranger OptionsArranger Tempo Fill Ritardando 105 Chord Family Assign, AlteratnWhile still holding those keys, press the CAP- Ture ﬁeld 106 Intro& Ending AlterationMusical Style playback Wrap Use the TEMPO/DATA dial to select on or OFF 107 Selecting Tones for the Arranger partsAbout the lock Press the Options ﬁeld Press the Disk Link ﬁeld Working with Styles on DiskProgramming your own Disk Link assignments Press the Style button or the Style ﬁeld on the Master 109 Find locating Styles on a Zip diskPress the Find ﬁeld 110 Rename Style Options 111 Style DeletePress the Delete ﬁeld to call up the following Press the YES ﬁeld to go ahead and delete the Style 112 Mixer, effects and editingStructure of the Mixer pages Via sliders on so-called palette pages About the Audio In part Volume and panGlobal Volume Use a Single Part PanPot stereo position Keybrd Mixer volume of the Keyboard partsStyle Mixer volume of the Arranger parts Muting parts Man Output AssignMore locks On the Single Part page, press the Auto/ Man ﬁeld 116 Applying Reverb, Chorus, or Delay to a partEffects and Equalizer Above example, the Keyboard Parts section has been selected Select the effects parameters you wish to edit Effects settingsPress the Reverb ﬁeld and modify the Reverb send level Number of types depends on the selected effect 118 This is where you can edit the Reverb effects processorReverb types & Parameters Chorus types & Parameters 119 Delay types & ParametersEqualizer Realtime control via the display Using the insertion effectInsertion effect M-FX Choosing the parts to be processed by the equalizer 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 124 VariPhrase and Audio In effectsVariPhrase/Audio In Reverb types VariPhrase/Audio In Chorus types 125 Settings make it slowerModulation Vibrato Here are the Part parameters you can edit 126 Timbre TVFEnvelope 127 Writing your settings to a User ProgramSee above for what to do then Free Panel memory can be selected in two ways Selecting User ProgramsFree Panel Selecting a User Program Group, Bank, Number 129 Selecting User Programs using the Downup buttons 130 Automatic functions for User ProgramsSong & Midi Set Link Linking a Song to a User Program 131 User Program selection at power-onLinking a Midi Set to a User Program If you don’t want a User Program to be recalled, select Off 132 Song Composer the basicsFormatting a disk 133 Song List searching songs on disk FindBefore recording Play & Search ﬁnding Songs by playing a few notes If you make a mistake, proceed as follows to correct Song playback functionsLyrics function Play the notes of the Song you want the VA-76 to ﬁnd Soloing and muting parts Fast Forward, Rewind, and ResetLoop playback Markers Changing the song tempo Muting tracks/MIDI channels Using the metronomePress the Solo ﬁeld again to switch off the solo function Song/Keyboard-part balance Proceed as follows Song ChainsTranspose Compiling or editing a Song Chain Press the Play ﬁeld to start playback of your Song Chain Playing back a Song ChainDisplay on your VA-76 may look slightly differ- ent To play back a Song Chain, proceed as follows Press the Rename or Delete ﬁeld Chain ModeSong Options Deleting a Song Chain 140 InputPress the Execute ﬁeld to save this information to Zip disk Tracks and Midi channels 11.1 16-track SequencerGeneral considerations Selecting the 16-track sequencer 142 Selecting the Recording Mode and the ﬁrst mea- sureExample 1 Recording a track Press the Tone ﬁeld in the upper left corner Selecting a Tone or Drum SetPress the Octave ﬁeld Press the Quantize ﬁeld and set the desired reso- lution Want some effects? Volume LevelRecording in Erase or Merge mode Recording in Punch In/Out mode 145 Using two drum tracks 2nd Drum TrackSaving your song Example 2 Recording a song from scratch 146 Initializing only track 13 for VariPhrase useAll tracks will be initialized as follows Easy editing and useful functions Editing 16-track songs 148 In-depth editing of a 16-track songAvailable options for ‘Note’ Erase From/To, Bar, Beat, CPT- See Data TypeDelete Insert From/To & Bar, Beat, CPT- See TransposeVelocity Bar, Beat, CPT- See From, To, Bar, Beat, CPT- See Gate TShift From, To, Bar, Beat, CPT, Execute- See page 148 for 152 Utility other useful functionsChange 153 Volume, Expression, Reverb, Chorus -127~Copy Name Mode Replace, Merge- Selects the Copy modeSee page 68 for how to enter names Exchange General considerations Using the Style ConverterStyle Converter Initialize 156 Press the From ﬁeld to go to the next151 for details Press the To ﬁeld to go to the next 157 Edit Lyrics 158 Now you’re all set for the synchronization workPress the Lyrics Synchro ﬁeld Playback and Lyric synchronization recording start 159 ‘Utility’ functions for Edit LyricsDeleting a text ﬁle on disk Go to the TXT Import 160 Exporting the Lyrics data as text ﬁleSave without Lyrics 161 Header Post EditYou can do this for all 16 song parts 162 Tracks Programming User StylesConcept Patterns 164 Looped vs one-shot Selecting the track, the Mode, the Type and the Division Recording User Styles from scratchSelecting the User Style Composer Working with clones Record modeSpecifying the key Quantize 167 Tone selectionTime signature Length specifying the pattern length As you see the bar values are now surrounded by a box Cloning and edit functions and possible warnings SharedPress the Length ﬁeld. The display now looks like this Press the BAR ﬁeld Press the Master ﬁeld in the upper left corner TempoRecording Audition your pattern and then keep or redo? Naming your User Style Saving your Style to diskProgramming other parts and divisions Muting parts while recording others Metronome and Count-In Playback in Arranger modeRemarks Working from top to bottom programming hints 172 Copying entire Styles using Load all tracksCopying existing Styles Copying individual Style tracks Animated clock tells you that the data are being copied Copy modeTo use another Style on disk… From Adding notes in realtime Adding or changing settings of existing partsEditing User Styles Editing on the ﬂy by recording 175 On the above display page, select the ADrums trackYou can play on the keyboard to listen to the result 176 Setting the preset tempoLength See also Length specifying the pattern length on 177 User Style Edit modeTime Signature Use the TEMPO/DATA dial to set the desired time signature Track, Mode, Type, Division- See page 178 for EraseDelete From Note/Than Note, To Note- See From Note, To Note- See InsertVelocity Track, Mode, Type, Division- See page 178 for details From, To, Bar, Beat, CPT- See page 178 for details Gate TShift Details See page 178 for details User Style Micro modeChange Auditioning the pattern 182 183 Move Mix 184 User Style UtilityCopy Mix Copy 185 NameExecute- Press this ﬁeld to copy the data Available controllers are MiscellaneousBeam Selecting the desired parameter 187 188 Pitch BenderModulation 189 Touch Control RibbonParameters for Keyboard parts excluding the VariPhrase part Best way to proceed is as follows 190 Sustain Switch CC64Parameters for the VariPhrase part Parameters for Arranger control 191 No function for a part Off Volume control ExpressionPress m to have access to the Arranger parts Foot Pedal Expression 193 13.2 FC-7 & Pad parametersFX Value 1/2 Formant Up/Down Off- The PAD button in question has no function at all Hold Lower1, Hold Lower2, and Hold Lower 1- 2 onJump to the FC-7 and PAD display page see Use the TEMPO/DATA dial to select the desired function 195 Global parameters for the entire VA-76Tone Recall Bass Inversion See PAD 196 Main Factory Resume settingsFactory Resume Virtual Band Autorun Midi messages used by the VA-76 MidiMidi in general 198 Control change messages 199 About Midi implementation chartsMaster Volume Universal System Exclusive- This System Exclusive messages How-to’s… Preparations for using the Midi functionsReceiving Midi data RX Transmitting Midi data TX 201 Keyboard MIDI, Style MIDI, Song MidiWhat’s next? Local 202 LimitFilter Tx Filter page of the Style parts Song TX Sync Utilities MidiMidi Sync RX/TX Style TX Sync On/Off BasicStyle Style RX Sync, Song RX Sync Midi parameters Param NTA Note-to-Arranger 206 PartSwtcRx Velocity, Tx Velocity SoftThru for Local Selecting a Midi Set Midi Set selection at power-onMidi Sets Saving a Midi Set 208 Loading a Midi Set from disk Load Style/copy Style Disk functionsAutoload Disk Load loading data from disk 210 Load User PrgLoad Midi Set Load Phrase Save User Program Set Disk Save saving data to diskSave Style Save Song 212 Save Midi SetSave Phrase To save a VariPhrase Set, press the Phrase Set ﬁeld 213 Delete Disk UtilityFormat Press the ﬁeld that corresponds to the desired option Display now responds with Insert Source Protected Copy functionsCopying an entire ﬂoppy disk to another ﬂoppy Press the From FDD→ To FDD ﬁeld 215 Copying from Zip to ﬂoppy disk example copy- ing Styles Press the ﬁeld of the ﬁle you wish to rename Copying other ﬁle typesRename Copying VariPhrases or VariPhrase Sets between disks 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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