VA-76 Owner’s ManualMore about the VariPhrase part

Encoding the phrase

So far, we have been working with audio data that you could already save to disk (see page 76). That, how- ever, would not allow you to use this phrase in sync with the Arranger tempo. That is because the audio file hasn’t been turned into a VariPhrase yet. The func- tion that allows you to do so is called Encode. And again, there are a few parameters you can set to opti- mize the audio data for “intelligent” VariPhrase appli- cations that sound just as impressive as the phrases prepared by Roland.

1.Press the [FUNCTION MENU] button.

2.In the menu that is displayed now, press the [ VariPhrase] field.

The display now looks as follows:

Original Key

Original Key allows you to ensure that your VariPhrase will be played back at the right pitch (so that you hear a C when you press a C key). Here’s an example: sup- pose you sampled a phrase in the key of A (major or minor) that actually starts with an A. Right now, the VA-76 doesn’t know the phrase is in A. That is why the phrase will be played back in A whenever you press the [Preview] field or the C4 (the C more or less in the middle of the keyboard). If you then press the D4, the phrase will be played back in B, etc.

This is no good for melodic applications and would do away with the advantages of the VariPhrase technol- ogy. You therefore need to change the Original Key parameter so that the phrase is played back in A when you press an A key on the keyboard. Consider the illustration:

Note: You can also select this page by pressing and holding a VariPhrase bank button ([BACKGROUND], [MELODIC], [RHYTHMIC], or [USER]) and by pressing the [oBack] field on the display page that is displayed then.

Before setting the correct Original Key: the phrase is played in A when you press a C.

After setting the correct Original Key: the phrase is played in A when you press an A (and in C when you press a C).

3.Press the [Encode] field.

Use the [Preview] function or the keyboard to listen to the current state of the phrase. If you press [Step] (so that it is displayed in white), you can step through the various “chunks”. Note that even though the Event Sense parameter allows you to change the way in which the phrase is chopped up, you cannot “preview” the result of your setting. [Preview] reflects the cur- rent (executed) state of the phrase – without the value changes entered on this page but not yet executed. You can, however, correct this setting if it does not yield the expected result.

Note: Some parameters on this page are related to one another, while others are separate items. That is why some parameters will be described together.

Note: The “Key” parameter of the User Style Composer (see page 166) has a similar function. But while “Key” is used for MIDI data, “Original Key” bears on audio data.

1.Press the Keyboard Mode [OTHER] button and the [KEYBOARD MODE] field (it must be displayed in white).

2.Press the [UP1] field to switch on the Upper1 part. Now, when you play on the keyboard, you will hear both the VariPhrase and the Upper1 part. This will allow you to set the correct Original Key value.

Note: You will notice that the tempo of the phrase does not change, while the pitch does.

3.Press the [EXIT] field to return to the Phrase Edit page.

4.Press the [Original Key] field.

5.Press the [i][m] arrows while playing the same note repeatedly (C–1~G9).

6.When the pitch of your phrase corresponds to that of the Upper1 note (in any octave), stop pressing [i] or [m].

7.Press the [EXECUTE] field, or go on to the next parameter.

Note: See page 78 if your phrase is still flat or sharp.

You can also use this parameter for causing the phrase to change octaves. Here’s an example: if the sampled phrase is in A, selecting “A4” may yield the correct

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Roland VA-76 owner manual Encoding the phrase, Original Key, Press the Encode field