VA-76 – Arranger/Music Style clinic

With the ORCHESTRATOR function, you can further refine and vary the Original and Variation patterns played by the Arranger. This is like orchestrating the accompaniment in realtime, because you can leave out parts, thin out the drum part, or even select a totally different accompaniment.

There are four options for both Original and Varia- tion, while the selected Orchestrator option also affects the Intro and Ending patterns.

1.Activate the VA-76’s Arranger and start playback of the [ORIGINAL] or [VARIATION] pattern.

See “Using the VA-76’s Arranger” on page 25.

2.Do one of the following:

Press the [Style] field on the Master page (as though you wanted to select a Music Style).

On the page that appears next, press the [Orchestra- tor/Morphing] field.

—OR—

Press the [ORCHESTRATOR] button.

In either case, the display now looks as follows:

3.Press an Orchestrator field to select the desired “orchestration”.

As you see, there are four fields. B corresponds to the Basic level found on previous Roland arranger key- boards. A provides a slightly more sober version of the Basic pattern. D corresponds to the Advanced level on older Roland models, while C is a slightly simpler version.

With these fields, you can thus vary your accompani- ments at will so as to make them sound really profes- sional.

Levels Band Dcan also be selected by pressing either [ORIGINAL] or [VARIATION] twice in succession. There are indeed two Basic and Variation patterns: one for the Original and a second for the Variation level.

Note: The last version you select will be written to a User Program (see page 127), so be sure to prepare the one you want to start with next time you select that User Program.

Note: The Music Styles on the supplied Zip disk also contain suitable Orchestrator versions. Other Music Styles you can load with the VA-76, however, may not provide the same flexibility.

Morphing

The Morphing function allows you to create a mix of two Music Styles by using certain accompaniment parts from one Style, and other parts from another Style.

The mixable parts are: Drums, Bass, and Accomp. The latter includes all melodic parts (for a maximum of six) except for the bass. These may be piano, guitar, brass, etc. lines. Morphing allows you to create combi- nations like the following:

1st Style

2nd Style

 

 

Drums

Bass, Accomp

 

 

Bass

Drums, Accomp

 

 

Accomp

Drums, Bass

 

 

Of course, you can also use just one part of the “2nd Style” and two of the “1st Style”. It is not possible, however, to switch on two identical parts (i.e. the Bass parts of the “1st Style” and the “2nd Style”). Nor can you switch off e.g. the drums altogether (neither “1st Style”, nor “2nd Style”). See page 114 for how to do that.

On the other hand, it is perfectly possible to combine the drums of a waltz with the bass and accompani- ment parts of a 16-beat Style, for example. Using two Styles with different time signatures is absolutely no problem. Be aware, though, that the result of your morphing may not be usable in a real-life situation.

If you do use two Styles with different time signatures, the “1st Style” determines the time signature of your morphed Style. In other words: if your “1st Style” is a waltz, the morphed result will use the 3/4 time signa- ture.

The possibilities are endless, because you can not only use the internal Music Styles (groups A and B) but also Styles on Zip or floppy disk (via the Disk Link or Disk User function).

Let us morph (i.e. create) a new Music Style now to see how it works:

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Roland owner manual Morphing, See Using the VA-76’s Arranger on, Do one of the following