Roland VA-76 Phrase Parameters, Coarse Tune, Press the Pitch field to select the following

VA-76 – Phrase Parameters

5.3 Phrase Parameters

As you know, there are some parameters you usually set immediately after sampling an audio phrase and before saving it to disk. “Executing” those changes transforms such a phrase into a VariPhrase (a process we call “encoding”). VariPhrases are the audio “tracks” you can use in combination with the Arranger/Song Composer. Their main feature is that, while their pitch usually changes as expected, the tempo remains the same for all notes – and is synchronized to the Arran- ger/Song Composer.

Even though the following parameters also modify the selected phrase, you can reverse those changes by selecting other settings. (By contrast, a “truncated” phrase cannot be restored to its original length.) Be aware, though, that these changes need to be saved to disk if you want them to take effect each time you load such a phrase. Also note that these parameters are only available for User phrases – not for the phrases in ROM.

1.Select the phrase to be edited by pressing [GROUP], [USER] and a number button [1]~[8].

2.Press the [FUNCTION MENU] button.

3.Press the [ VariPhrase] field.

4.Press the [Select Phrase] field.

You can also select the Phrase Parameter page by hold- ing the [USER] button and pressing [Phrase Parame- ter] on the page that appears then:

The display now looks more or less as follows:

The following parameters can be set by touching the corresponding field and by using the [TEMPO/DATA] dial .

Pitch

Press the [Pitch] field to select the following page.

Coarse Tune

(–24~+24) This parameter is similar to the Original Key parameter on the Edit page (see page 74). The main use for this parameter will probably be to trans- pose a phrase in octave steps depending on which keys you use for playing it.

This may greatly enhance the realism of the audio phrases you use. Being able to play a phrase at any pitch indeed means two things:

•the VariPhrase processor has to adapt the tempo of each note that is different from the Original Key.

•while changing the pitch in realtime, the processor also shifts the Formant to avoid the dreaded “chip- munk” effect (see also page 48). These shifts are usu- ally very good, so that you may not even notice that the phrase is being played way above or below the pitch of the original audio signal.

As a rule, however, you should use this parameter for ensuring that the original pitch of the audio phrase falls within the keyboard range where you’ll be most likely to play the phrase. This will further improve the sound quality.

(1) If this key corresponds to the		(3)… set Coarse
sampled pitch,…		Tune to “–12”.
	B3		B5

(2)… while the phrase will be played in this range,…

Note: You could also select other values to create fifths inter- vals with respect to the Upper1/Upper2 (or Lower1/Lower2) part(s).

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