Roland VA-76 Sampling your own phrases, Selecting a User memory, If you press Phrase Set

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—More about the VariPhrase part

Press the [YES] field if it is OK to overwrite the phrase in the selected User memory. Press the [NO] field to return to the Disk Load page. Press [oBack] to return to the previous page and select another memory.

If you press [Phrase Set]

The display now looks more or less as follows:

Here, you can load 16 VariPhrases in one go (so-called Phrase Sets), which means that the phrases in the VA-76’s User area will be overwritten.

a)If necessary, use the [o][k] fields to select the page that contains the desired Phrase Set.

b)Press the field that corresponds to the name of the Phrase Set you wish to load.

c)Press [EXECUTE]. The Phrase Set is loaded.

If you select [Other Sample Format]

This option allows you to load .WAV or AIFF files from Zip or floppy disk. These files must reside in the root directory of the Zip/floppy disk. If they reside in a sub-directory, the VA-76 cannot not find them. Fur- thermore, the disk in question must be MS-DOS for- matted. Mac OS-format disks are not supported.

The display now looks more or less as follows:

a)Use the [o][k] arrows to step through groups of eight .WAV/AIFF files on the selected disk (Zip or floppy).

b)Press the field that corresponds to the audio file you want to load. The icon in the left column tells you whether that is a .WAV or an AIFF file.

Note: .WAV and AIFF files are audio files you can play back as such (at a fixed pitch). If you want to use them as VariPhrases, you need to encode and possibly edit them. See page 74 and following.

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

Selecting a User memory

To use the VariPhrase(s) or audio file(s) you have just loaded, press the VariPhrase [USER] button and use the [GROUP] & [1]~[8] buttons to select the group (A or B) and the memory that contains the desired User phrase.

As soon as the [USER] and a number button in the VariPhrase pad light, the VariPhrase part is switched on. To switch the VariPhrase part off, again press the [USER] button so that it goes dark. Remember that switching on the VariPhrase part will deactivate the Upper1 part. You must switch it on manually if you wish to add it to the VariPhrase part.

5.2 Sampling your own phrases

You can also sample your own audio phrases and turn them into fully functional and interactive VariPhrases.

1.Connect a signal source to the VariPhrase [INPUT] socket on the rear panel.

Use a dynamic microphone, or a cassette deck, MD player, etc.

2.Set the [GAIN] switch to match the kind of audio signal you wish to sample.

If you connect a microphone (Roland DR-10 or DR-20), set this switch to MIC. If you connect a cas- sette deck, etc., set it to LINE.

Note: If you’re thinking of using copyrighted material (from a CD, etc.), be aware that you may only use the resulting phrases for private enjoyment. Roland assumes no responsibility for unauthorized use of copyrighted audio material and the possible legal consequences.

3.Talk or sing into the microphone or start playback of the external signal source.

4.Watch the INPUT OVER indicator while gradually increasing the setting of the VariPhrase [LEVEL] knob on the rear panel.

The INPUT OVER indicator must never light.

5.Select a Music Style that uses the time signature of the material you want to sample.

You only need to do this if you intend to use the met- ronome while recording (see below).

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