VA-76 Owner’s ManualMore about the VariPhrase part

11.Play a few notes on the keyboard to try out the phrase. If necessary, correct any of the above parame- ters, and press [EXECUTE] again.

Note: If you change a setting after pressing [EXECUTE], you must encode the phrase again (by pressing [EXECUTE] yet again).

There is also another way of working with audio fragments: turn all syllables or sentences you need into separate VariPhrases and switch between them by pressing the VariPhrase [1]~[8] buttons while you are playing (use the [GROUP] button to switch between groups A and B). These changes are so fast (no delays) that you can take advantage of them for “meaningful” vocal lines.

Note: Do not forget to load all VariPhrases that make up the “entire” song at a later stage (see page 69).

Saving your VariPhrase

Now that you have created your first phrase, there is one important step before you can take a break or start “playing” with it: you must save it to disk. It will indeed be erased as soon as you switch off the VA-76.

1.If you followed our steps above, press the [oBack] field to return to the VariPhrase menu.

2.On the VariPhrase menu page, press the [Capture] field.

You can also press the [Save] field. (Otherwise, press the [FUNCTION MENU] button, the [Disk] field, the [ Phrase] field, [Single Phrase], select the Save page, and press [Proceed].)

3.Press [Save].

If you have already saved a previous version of this phrase to disk, and wish to overwrite the older ver- sion, you can skip to step (7).

4.Insert a Zip disk into the Zip drive and press the [ZIP] field.

Though you could also use a floppy disk (and press [FLOPPY]), we strongly recommend to work with Zip disks. After all, a floppy may be just enough for one phrase (if that), while a Zip disk allows you to build your own libraries.

Note: Do not use the Zip disk that came with your VA-76. As a rule, you should not save any of your own data to the supplied Zip disk.

Note: You may have to format the Zip disk (see page 132).

5.Press the [Name] field.

6.Enter the name of your new VariPhrase. See page 68.

Note: Note that what you are entering here is the “File Name” for the VariPhrase. This can only be 8 characters long, and is used for identification purposes by the VA-76.

7.Press the [EXECUTE] field.

The animated clock indicates that the data are being saved to disk, after which a “Complete” message is dis- played.

8.Press [EXIT] to return to the VariPhrase menu (if that is where you came from).

Note: You can also save all 16 User phrases as a so-called Phrase Set. See page 212. It is even possible to have the VA-76 load such a Set automatically when you switch it on. See page 209.

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Roland VA-76 owner manual Saving your VariPhrase, Press Save, Insert a Zip disk into the Zip drive and press the ZIP field