Roland VA-76 owner manual VariPhrase clinic, Switching on the VariPhrase part

VA-76 – VariPhrase clinic

4.3 VariPhrase clinic

The revolutionary VariPhrase function allows you to play vocals or other sampled phrases via the keyboard

–at any pitch, and at any tempo. 48 of those phrases reside in the VA-76’s ROM memory. They are divided over two groups (A & B), with 3 banks per group, and 8 memories per bank (1~8).

For easy identification, the banks are called Back- ground, Melodic, Rhythmic, Background 2, Back- ground 3, and Rhythmic 2 (unlike the Tone and Drum Set banks that only have a number).

Furthermore, there is a RAM area where you can buffer 16 phrases you made yourself or that you loaded from the supplied Zip disk (it contains 62 additional VariPhrases). The contents of the User area are erased when you switch off the VA-76. Do not forget to save newly created phrases to Zip before switching off the VA-76.Failure to do so means that you lose them.

The User area contains two banks (A, B) of 8 memo- ries for a total of 16 VariPhrases.

Switching on the VariPhrase part

Switching on the VariPhrase part () is simple: press a bank button (Background, Melodic, Rhythmic) and you’re there.

You will notice that one of the number buttons lights. If you press a bank button while the Arranger can be used (i.e. as long as you do not playback a Composer song/Standard MIDI File), the VA-76 automatically selects a phrase for you. Six of these selections have been prepared for each Music Style in ROM.

The VariPhrase part allows you to play four notes simultaneously.

Here are three examples of the phrases that have been prepared for Music Styles A11, A12, and A13:

A11 LightRk1			A13 LightRk3
Background	A1-4	Uaah uuh F	Background	A1-8	Na,nanana F
Melodic	A2-3	Ooh, Baby M	Melodic	A2-6	OohDarlin M
Rhythmic	A3-4	DoYeahDat M	Rhythmic	A3-4	DoYeahDat M
Background2	B1-5	Yeah,ah M	Background2	B1-5	Yeah,ah M
Background3	B2-6	Wow,wow F	Background3	B2-6	Wow,wow F
Rhythmic2	B3-8	Keep on F	Rhythmic2	B3-8	Keep on F
A12 LightRk2
Background	A1-8	Na,nanana F
Melodic	A2-7	HoneyINed M
Rhythmic	A3-4	DoYeahDat M
Background2	B1-7	Eh,eh,eeh F
Background3	B2-6	Wow,wow F
Rhythmic2	B3-8	Keep on F

See page 59 for how to select Music Styles.

Let us now look at another way of switching on the VariPhrase part. Though you do not need this proce- dure for activating the VariPhrase part, it will help you add the Upper1 part to the phrase if you so wish.

1.Press the Keyboard Mode [OTHER] button. The display now looks as follows:

2.Press the VariPhrase field ( ) so that it is dis- played in white.

You will notice that the [UP1] (or LW1) field turns blue if it was white. That is because every time you switch on the VariPhrase part, the UP1 (or LW1) part is switched off. You can, however, activate UP1 and/or UP2 (or LW1) after switching on the VariPhrase part, while it is also possible to add the LW1, LW2, and MBS parts.

Note: The VariPhrase part is available both in WHOLE and SPLIT modes. In SPLIT mode, it can also be assigned to the left half of the keyboard, which is useful for BACK- GROUND and RHYTHMIC phrases (see page 35 for details about the WHOLE and SPLIT modes).

3.If you also need the Upper1 part, press the [UP1] field.

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

Selecting other phrases for playing

Selecting other phrases is a matter of using the follow- ing buttons:

•Press [GROUP] to select group A or B. The indicator of the selected group lights.

•Press [BACKGROUND], [MELODIC], or [RHYTH- MIC] to select a bank. Depending on the group you select, these banks are called:

Group A	Group B
Background	Background 2
Melodic	Background 3
Rhythmic	Rhythmic 2

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