Roland VA-76 owner manual Press the Variations field to call up the following display

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—VA-76 clinics

5.Press the [A] or [B] field to select the desired Tone group.

6.Press one of the following fields to select a bank within that group:

Use these fields to select a Tone Bank:

7.Press a Tone field to select a Tone (number). Again, the VA-76 may actually load another Tone than the one you selected. We believe that Tone is even bet- ter than the one you set out to recall. If you disagree, see “Choosing your own Tone favorites (Customize Preferred Tone)” for how to change that particular “favorite” Tone.

If the Tone name is followed by a number in angled brackets < >, a Variation Tone has been selected. If there are no angled brackets, the Capital has been selected.

8.Press the [Variations] field to call up the following display page:

The field of the currently selected Variation is high- lighted.

There are 28 Variations for the A31 Tone (watch the numbers inside the selection fields).

a)Press another Variation field on this page to select that Variation.

b)If none of the Variations on offer corresponds to

what you have in mind, press the upward arrow ( )

to select the page that contains Variations 1~9 (if that is possible).

You will have guessed that the downward arrow ( ) usually allows you to select the next page – unless it is grayed out, as is the case here.

c)To use the “main” Tone (Capital), press the Varia- tion field on the first page that has no small number (the topmost field in the left column on the first Varia- tion page). The angled brackets < > next to the Tone address disappear.

Note: Just for your reference: the term “Variation” refers to Tones here, and has nothing to do with the [VARIATION] button on the front panel, or the Music Style pattern of the same name.

9.Press the [oBack] field to select another Tone (if none of the Variations fits the bill).

10.Press the [EXIT] field to return to the Master page.

Choosing your own Tone favorites (Customize Preferred Tone)

As stated earlier, selecting a Tone via the display or the BANK/NUMBER buttons very often means that the VA-76 uses an even better sound than the one you requested— or so the Roland engineers think.

You may not agree with the automatic substitutions and grow weary of always having to select correct Vari- ation you do actually mean when you select the address in question (group, bank number).

Here is how to substitute your “favorites” for Roland’s preselections. Note that this can be programmed for all 128 Tone addresses (A11~A88, B11~B88). Here, we shall only show you how to do it for one Tone.

Note: These selections are stored automatically. So be sure to either select the Variation you do actually like as favorite, or change the setting back to the previous version before continuing.

1.See “Tone selection via the front panel” on page 37 and “Tone selection via the display” on page 39 for how to select the desired Tone.

For this example, select Tone A31, so that the display looks as follows:

The Organ 1 Tone is automatically selected. Suppose you prefer Variation <8> Trem Organ and want that to be selected when you enter the “A31” address.

2.Press the [Variations] field to call up the following display page:

(Press the [m] field to select the page with Variations 10~19 or 20~28.)

3.Press the [8 Trem Organ] field to select that Varia- tion.

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