Roland VA-76 owner manual Sustain Footswitch Hold, Foot Switch, Expression Foot Pedal, Master Tune

VA-76 – Expression clinic

At first, the switches of this controller are assigned Arranger control functions. You can, however, assign other functions to these switches. See page 193 for details.

Note: The FC-7 assignments apply to the VA-76 and are not written to individual User Programs. Selecting another User Program is therefore not enough to reconfigure the FC-7.

Sustain Footswitch (Hold)

The Hold function can be used for the following parts in isolation or in combination: Upper 1/2, Lower 1/2, and M.Bass, on condition that you select the WHOLE keyboard mode. In SPLIT mode, the sustain pedal’s Hold function only works for the right-most part. When Upper 1 and 2 are layered, the Hold effect will work for both of them. In UP2 Split (see page 86) and UP2-to-Left modes, the Hold only applies to the Upper1 part.

Note: Do not forget to connect an optional DP-2, DP-6, or BOSS FS-5U footswitch to the SUSTAIN FOOTSWITCH socket.

Foot Switch

An optional DP-2, DP-6, or BOSS FS-5U footswitch connected to the FOOT SWITCH socket can be used to perform various functions. If you do not change the factory setting, this footswitch allows you to start and stop Arranger playback.

The footswitch assignment can be saved to a User Pro- gram. See page 191 for how to assign the desired func- tion to the footswitch.

Expression (Foot Pedal)

An optional EV-5 or BOSS FV-300L expression pedal connected to the FOOT PEDAL socket allows you to control the volume of all parts by foot. You can reverse the expression pedal’s effect and specify that certain parts are not to be controlled by the expression pedal.

Furthermore, you can use this pedal for controlling M-FX parameters, in which case the expression func- tion is no longer available for other Keyboard parts. (The Formant of the selected VariPhrase can also be controlled using this pedal.)

Master Tune

This is not really a performance function, but it allows you to tune your VA-76 to acoustic instruments that cannot be tuned.

1.Press the [FUNCTION MENU] button.

The display now looks as follows:

2.Press the [Global Parameter] field.

If this page is not displayed, press the [Keyboard] field so that it is displayed in white.

3.Play the A below the [ENDING] button while using the [i][m] fields to set the desired tuning.

The default value is “440.0”. You can return to this value by pressing the [Default] field.

Alternatively, you can press the [Value] field and set the desired value using the [TEMPO/DATA] dial.

4.Press the [EXIT] field to return to the Master page. Press the [oBack] field to return to the Function Menu if you need to set other functions.

Scale Tuning

Another useful function is called Scale Tuning. This allows you to use oriental, asian, and other scales in much the same way as on an oriental keyboard (EM-50 OR, etc.). See page 92 for details.

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