Roland VA-76 owner manual Transposition, Setting the transposition interval via the display

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Transposition

If you are used to playing a song in a particular key, the Transpose function will help you go on playing in that key while sounding in another one. That way, you can accompany a singer or instrument without chang- ing your fingering.

Hold down the [ONE TOUCH] button while pressing User Program [DOWN] or [UP].

Press [DOWN] to lower the pitch in semitone steps (a C to B, an E to E etc.).

Note: Transposition applies to all parts except the MDR (Manual Drums) and ADR (Accompaniment Drums) parts.

To transpose from the key of C to G, hold down [ONE TOUCH] and press User Program [UP] seven times (or User Program [DOWN] five times).

Be sure to return to the original setting (no transposi- tion) by pressing the “opposite” User Program button ([DOWN] or [UP]) the same number of times as the one ([UP] or [DOWN]) you pressed first.

The transposition is indicated on the Master page:

The “C ” actually refers to a semitone increase of the pitch, so that you hear a “C sharp” every time you play a C. This also means that rather than the A you press, you will hear “A sharp” (or “B flat”). The above setting corresponds to pressing User Program [UP] once while holding down the [ONE TOUCH] button.

Note: This setting is also reflected on the Transpose display page (see below).

Setting the transposition interval via the display

If you prefer to set the transposition interval via the touch screen with a nice graphic, way, here is how to.

1.Press the Keyboard Mode [OTHER] button. What you see now, depends on the currently selected keyboard mode. The things to look out for here are the [ARRANGER CHORD] and [KEYBOARD MODE] fields in the upper left and right corners.

2.Press the [KEYBOARD MODE] field in the upper right corner (so that it is displayed in white).

3.Press the [Transpose] field.

4.In the display, press the key that corresponds to the note you would like to hear every time you play a C. Note: Selecting “0” means that the transposition is off. This is the only way to activate or switch off this function. Your setting can, however, be written to a User Program (see page 127).

See below for details about the Transpose Mode options. You can activate all three simultaneously, if you like.

Note: The MDR and ADR parts are never transposed. Every key (note) of the MDR/ADR parts is assigned to a different percussion sound. It is thus in your best interest to leave the Manual and Accompaniment Drums parts alone.

Selecting the sections to be transposed

The three fields below the keyboard allow you to spec- ify which parts should be affected by the Transpose setting:

Internal— The Keyboard and Arranger parts will be transposed. Notes received via MIDI, however, will be played without change.

Song— Only the Song parts will be transposed. This is only meaningful when you play back a Standard MIDI File or one of your own songs with the VA-76’s Song Composer.

MIDI “IN”— Only the notes received via MIDI IN will be transposed. In a way, this is the same as the Rx Shift parameter in MIDI mode (see page 201).

Though it is perfectly possible to switch on all three options, you can never switch off all three of them. At least one of them must be on. Internal could be useful to transpose only the Keyboard parts so that you can play to a Composer song in “your” key but sound in the song’s key.

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