Roland VA-76 owner manual Realtime VariPhrase control via the display

VA-76 – VariPhrase clinic

Realtime VariPhrase control via the display

There may be times where you don’t feel like using any of the controllers mentioned above – or where they have been assigned other functions you do not want to change.

In that case, consider using three on-screen sliders in the touch screen for adding some mild (or wild) changes to the currently selected VariPhrase:

1.Activate the VariPhrase part (see page 45) and switch off all other parts (see page 36).

2.Press the [CONTROLLERS] button.

The display now looks more or less as follows:

3.Press the [ VariPhrase] field. The display changes to:

4.Use the on-screen sliders to modify the pitch, the speed (Time), and/or the formant of the currently selected VariPhrase.

Positive values (+) mean that you increase the basic Pitch, Time, or Formant settings, while negative values

(–) mean that you decrease that value. You can thus influence these parameters in either direction.

If you press the field of the slider’s name (Pitch, Time, Formant) so that it is displayed in white (“Formant” in the above illustration), you can also use the [TEMPO/DATA] dial or the Numeric Entry pad for setting the desired value.

Note: Enter the value “0” (or return the slider to its central position) to once again use the normal Pitch, Time, or For- mant value.

A note about the [DATA] button

If you look at the [DATA] button, you will notice that it lights, while the [TEMPO/TAP] button is dark:

DATA TEMPO/TAP

Lights

TEMPO

DATA

This means that you can press and hold the [DATA] button. The display now looks as follows:

Enter the desired value using the [0]~[9] fields. Press [+/–] to change a positive value into a negative one, and vice versa.

Press the [Delete] field to erase the last (rightmost) value you have entered whenever you make a mis- take.

Alternatively (and rather than using [Delete]), you can use [–10%] and [+10%] to increase or decrease the current value by 10%.

Press the [Enter] field to confirm your value, and [Exit] to leave this page. Press only [Exit] if you don’t want to use the new value.

Note: Though you can enter astronomical values, the VA-76 will correct them to the highest possible value for the selected parameter.

Note: The last settings (slider positions) you make here will be written to a User Program (see page 127). Be sure to select the values you really do want to change, or else set these values back to 0 before writing your settings to a User Program.

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