Roland VA-76 owner manual Using VariPhrases, One Touch, Press the ONE Touch button

VA-76 – Adding a melody to the accompaniment

One Touch

Another way of selecting a suitable Tone for the right- hand part while working with the Arranger is by using the ONE TOUCH feature. In fact, One Touch does a lot more than selecting a Tone for Upper1. See page 99 for details.

Note: One Touch is intended for quick registration of the Upper1 and Upper2 parts when used in conjunction with the Arranger. If you press the [ONE TOUCH] button while the Arranger is not available, the selection page appears. If you then select a One Touch memory, the Keyboard Mode [ARRANGER] button lights. This means that the Arranger has been switched on.

1.Press the [ONE TOUCH] button.

The display now changes to:

The important thing to note, however, is that there are four One Touch memories per Music Style (for the 128 ROM Styles, the 64 Disk Link memories and the Disk User memory).

2.Press one of the big [1]~[4] fields to select the cor- responding One Touch memory.

If you press the third field, the display looks as follows:

Note: If the Arranger suddenly starts playing, first press the [START/STOP] button and then the [SYNC] button. One Touch indeed activates the SYNC function.

3.Press the [OFF] field if you no longer need the One Touch setting.

If you do not press the [OFF] field, the [ONE TOUCH] button keeps lighting to signal that you are still using a One Touch program.

4.Press [EXIT] to return to the Master page.

Using VariPhrases

The VariPhrase function is a revolutionary Roland technology that allows you to manipulate audio data (samples) in an incredibly flexible way.

Once the audio data have been sampled and encoded, they can be played like any of the “regular” sounds (the ones we have been using so far), while they have the advantage that you can use vocal phrases, etc., that sound perfect in any key, and at any tempo. VariPhrase is thus ideal for adding seemingly live vocals or solos to the VA-76’s accompaniments.

Six phrases have been preprogrammed for each of the 128 internal Music Styles. You can also sample or import your own audio material and use it with any Music Style you see fit. See “More about the Vari- Phrase part” on page 69.

Here’s how to use the pre-programmed VariPhrases:

Note: Feel free to ignore steps (1)~(5) if you don’t want to select another Music Style (for that’s what these steps are all about).

1.Press the [VIRTUAL BAND] button to select the following display page:

2.Press the [EASY ROUTING] field.

3.Press the [In A BAND] field.

4.Make all necessary selections.

5.On the “Select a solo instrument for your right hand” page select any sound you like.

We’re not going to use it here, so pick any sound you like.

6.Check whether the Keyboard Mode [ARRANGER] button lights, and press it if it doesn’t.

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