Roland VA-76 owner manual LWR Hold, Portamento Mode Mono/Poly, Assigning the Lower Hold function

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Advanced Keyboard part functions

Pitch glides from one note to the next

Portamento time> 0 — Smooth pitch changes

Instead of jumping in semitone steps (as you would expect), the pitch glides from one note to the next whenever the Portamento time is higher than 0. The higher the value you set, the slower the glide. This effect is particularly useful for synthesizer or gypsy violin parts.

4.Press the [Portam Time] field of the Upper1 (UP1) or Upper2 (UP2) part to select it.

5.Set the desired value using the:

•“Value” arrows (im),

•the [TEMPO/DATA] dial, or the

•[DATA] button/Numeric Entry pad (see page 49).

•Press the [Default] field to reset the Portam Time parameters of the UP1 or UP2 part back to “0”. It does not change the Portamento Mode settings, however.

Portamento Mode: Mono/Poly

The VA-76 also allows you to set the Upper1 and Upper2 parts to mono(phonic) mode. Mono means that you can only play one note at a time. You could select the Mono mode to play a trumpet or woodwind part in a more natural way. Poly, on the other hand, means that you can play chords using the selected part.

6.Press the [Mono] or [Poly] field of the Upper part whose setting you want to change.

7.Press [EXIT] to jump to the Master page (see page 24).

6.3 LWR Hold

The VA-76 is an instrument that allows you to change many settings in realtime. Because you can trigger the Lower 1/2 parts and the Arranger simultaneously, selecting another Music Style pattern usually means that you have to lift your left hand from the keyboard. If the LWR Hold function is not active in SPLIT mode, the Lower (LW) parts stop sounding as soon as you release all keys in the left area.

If you press the [LWR Hold] field, however (so that is its displayed in white), the notes of the Lower parts go on sounding until you play other notes in the left key- board area. It is probably a good idea to leave LWR Hold on at all times.

If both the Lower and M.Bass parts are active, the LWR Hold function sustains both the Lower and M.Bass notes.

Here’s how to switch the LWR Hold function on and off:

1.Press the Keyboard Mode [OTHER] button. The display now looks more or less as follows:

2.If the display does not look like in the above illus- tration, press the [KEYBOARD MODE] field in the upper right corner, and the [SPLIT] field.

Note: The LWR Hold function is only available in SPLIT mode.

3.Switch on at least one LW part (its field must be dis- played in white).

4.Press the [LWR Hold] field so that it is displayed in white.

Note: This field allows you to toggle between the “Lower Hold” setting you make on the Options page and “Hold Off”.

5.Play a short note in the left half of the keyboard, and release the key.

This note goes on sounding until you press another note or chord in the left half of the keyboard.

Assigning the Lower Hold function

As the VA-76 provides two Lower parts (LW1 and LW2), there is also a parameter that allows you to select whether the LWR Hold function should apply only to the LW1 or LW2, or the both Lower (LW) parts:

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