Roland V-Arranger Keyboard VA-76 Manuel d'utilisateur

3VA-76V-Arranger Keyboard128-voice polyphonyThank you, and congratulations on your choice of the Roland VA-76 V-Arranger Keyboard.The VA-76 is the 76-

Contents127.4 One Touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Ignoring certain One Touch settings (Cancel Options) 10

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—More about the Arranger102point you set for the Keyboard parts will also be used by the Arranger to determine the upper (Left) or

103VA-76 – More refined Arranger settingsDynamic ArrangerThe Dynamic Arranger function allows you to control the volume of the Arranger parts via the w

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—More about the Arranger1047.6 Arranger Options1. On the page that appears when you press the Key-board Mode [OTHER] button, press

105VA-76 – Arranger OptionsPress the first field (Rit/Acc) and use the [TEMPO/DATA] dial or the [DATA] button/Numeric Entry pad to select the ratio by w

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—More about the Arranger106Intro& Ending AlterationNow suppose you like the accompaniment you assigned your chord to (e.g. the

107VA-76 – Selecting Tones for the Arranger parts7.7 Selecting Tones for the Arranger partsYou can select other Tones for the Arranger parts of the cu

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—More about the Arranger1087.8 Working with Styles on DiskProgramming your own Disk Link assignmentsThe VA-76 comes with 64 prepro

109VA-76 – Working with Styles on DiskFind: locating Styles on a Zip diskWorking with Music Styles on Zip or floppy disk is convenient and fast, as you

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—More about the Arranger110If it says “0 of 559”, the VA-76 was unable to find a file that contains the desired information. In all

111VA-76 – Working with Styles on DiskStyle DeleteIt is also possible to delete a Style from floppy or Zip disk. You should use this as sparsely as pos

13VA-76 – Owner’s Manual12.5 User Style Edit mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177Erase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Mixer, effects and editing112The VA-76 also allows you to set the volume, the ste-reo position and the amount of effect the parts

113VA-76 – Volume and pan(2) Use a Single Part pageSingle Part pages contain all available Mixer parame-ters for the currently selected part. A typica

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Mixer, effects and editing114Note: The relative balance of two grouped parts is only maintained as long as you do not decrease (o

115VA-76 – Output Assign4. Set a value between 1 and 63 to move the part fur-ther to the left, or 65~127 to move the part further to the right. Note t

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Mixer, effects and editing1161. Press the [FUNCTION MENU] button.2. Press the [Output Assign] field in the bottom row.3. Depending

117VA-76 – Effects and Equalizer4. Press the [Reverb] field and modify the Reverb send level.Note: The Reverb, Delay and Chorus send levels cannot be s

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Mixer, effects and editing1187. On that page, press the field of the parameter you want to edit and change its value with the slid

119VA-76 – Effects and EqualizerRate (0~127)— This parameter sets the speed (fre-quency) at which the Chorus sound is modulated. Higher values result

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Mixer, effects and editing1202. Press the Low Gain [400Hz] or [200Hz] field to select the low frequency to be boosted or cut.3. Pr

121VA-76 – Insertion effect (M-FX)2. Press and hold the M-FX [ON/OFF] button to jump to the following display page:This page may look vaguely familiar

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Panel descriptions141.1 Front panel AD BEAM CONTROLLER sectionUse the [ON/OFF] button to switch the D Beam Con-troller on (the bu

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Mixer, effects and editing122Assigning the M-FX to a Keyboard partYou may have noticed the Insertion M-FX [ON/OFF] field on the Si

123VA-76 – Insertion effect (M-FX)Selecting an M-FX typeLet us now have a look at how to select a different type (effect) for the M-FX processor. Each

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Mixer, effects and editing1248.6 VariPhrase and Audio In effectsThe VariPhrase and Audio In parts are two separate entities, whic

125VA-76 – Sound Palette: editing Keyboard part parameters8.7 Sound Palette: editing Keyboard part parametersYour VA-76 allows you to edit certain par

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Mixer, effects and editing126Note: There are additional modulation parameters that can be controlled via the Aftertouch (see page

127VA-76 – Writing your settings to a User ProgramThe VA-76 is equipped with 128 User Programs that allow you to store almost all settings (or registr

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Registrations – User Programs1283. Use the [A]/[B] and numeric fields to select the group, the bank and the memory number where yo

129VA-76 – Selecting User ProgramsThe name of the selected User Program is displayed on the Master page:The asterisk (*) only appears when you change

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Registrations – User Programs130Tempo— Press this field if the tempo setting con-tained in every User Program should be ignored. M

131VA-76 – Automatic functions for User ProgramsLinking a MIDI Set to a User ProgramMIDI Sets are “User programs for MIDI parameters”. There are eight

15VA-76 – Front panelJKEYBOARD MODE sectionThese three buttons are used to specify whether the keyboard will be split or whether one sound can be play

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Song Composer (the basics)132The Song Composer of your VA-76 is a Standard MIDI File player/recorder with the additional advan-ta

133VA-76 – Song List: searching songs on disk (Find)If you press [YES], the display shows an animated clock to indicate that the disk is being formatt

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Song Composer (the basics)134The display now looks more or less as follows:3. Play the notes of the Song you want the VA-76 to fin

135VA-76 – Song playback functionsThe display now looks more or less as follows:4. Press the [PLAY ®] field to start Song playback.The lyrics are now d

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Song Composer (the basics)1362. On the Song Composer page (see above), press the [Minus One] field.The display now looks more or l

137VA-76 – Song ChainsTransposeOf course, it is also possible to take advantage of the VA-76’s Transpose function, which may be convenient if you are

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Song Composer (the basics)1385. Press the [Edit] field.(The display on your VA-76 may look slightly differ-ent.)6. Press the [New]

139VA-76 – Song OptionsChain ModeThe Chain Mode allows you to specify how the selected Song Chain should be played back. This is typically a function

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Song Composer (the basics)140Note: If you rename or delete a song that is referenced by a Song Chain (see page 138), the Position

141VA-76 – 16-track Sequencer11.1 16-track SequencerThe Song Composer of your VA-76 is linked to a 16-track sequencer with full-fledged editing functio

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Panel descriptions16SVariPhrase sectionThese buttons provide access to the revolutionary VariPhrase function of your VA-76. TSUPE

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Song Composer (16-track, etc.)142Example 1: Recording a trackHere’s how to add a track to a song in the VA-76’s Song RAM memory.

143VA-76 – 16-track Sequencer7. Press the [Octave] field.This is only necessary if you want your notes to be sounded and recorded in a different octave

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Song Composer (16-track, etc.)144Volume (Level) 13. Press the [Mixer] field in the left column.The display now looks more or less

145VA-76 – 16-track SequencerSaving your songThe 16-track sequencer uses a special portion of the VA-76’s RAM memory where all editing takes place. To

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Song Composer (16-track, etc.)146Song RAM memory. (Songs programmed on other instruments that already contain two drum tracks can

147VA-76 – Editing 16-track songs11.2 Editing 16-track songsEasy editing and useful functionsAfter recording a track, you may want to do some touching

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Song Composer (16-track, etc.)148In-depth editing of a 16-track songThe Edit level of the 16-track mode provides eight functions:

149VA-76 – Editing 16-track songsData TypeAllows you to select the data to be erased:Allº:All editable parameters listed below.Note:Only note messages

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Song Composer (16-track, etc.)150From/For— The From level allows you to specify the position where the selected number of bars, b

151VA-76 – Editing 16-track songsNote: A similar system is also available for other parame-ters. See “Change” on page 152.QuantizeUse this function if

17VA-76 – Front panelaFloppy disk drive This is where you can insert 2DD or 2HD floppy disks for external storage of your Music Styles, User Pro-grams,

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Song Composer (16-track, etc.)152allows you to tidy up the timing and still keep any irregularities (music!) the original may con

153VA-76 – Editing 16-track songsTrack (1~16, All)— Allows you to select the track whose data you wish to change. Though you can also select ALL, this

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Song Composer (16-track, etc.)154CPT— This is where you specify the CPT position of the beginning and end of the track to be copi

155VA-76 – Style ConverterNote: If the original was referenced by a User Program and if you now wish to use the new version (saved under a dif-ferent

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Song Composer (16-track, etc.)1565. Press the [From] field to go to the next page.Here, you can listen to the song you wish to con

157VA-76 – Edit LyricsThe new User Style will be copied to the Disk User memory. If that memory doesn’t yet contain data, the new Style will use the c

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Song Composer (16-track, etc.)158The display now changes to:5. Press the [Edit] field.This is only possible while Song (or Arrange

159VA-76 – Edit Lyrics18. Repeat this at the quarter note where the second line should be displayed.19. Keep pressing [DATA] on all beats where the su

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Song Composer (16-track, etc.)160Exporting the Lyrics data as text fileHere’s what you need to do to export the Lyrics data contai

161VA-76 – Header Post EditThe Header Post Edit function allows you to modify certain playback parameters of the song that is cur-rently in the VA-76’

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Panel descriptions181.2 Rear panelAPOWER ON button Press this button to switch the VA-76 on and off.BAC socket This is where you

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Song Composer (16-track, etc.)162PChange— (1~128) These are program change mes-sages that allow you to select another Tone or Dru

163VA-76 – ConceptYou can program your own accompaniments (Styles) on the VA-76. Styles you program do not reside in ROM, which is why we call them Us

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Programming User Styles164Looped divisions— Looped divisions are accompani-ments that are repeated for as long as you do not sele

165VA-76 – Recording User Styles from scratchNote: The following sections also contain comments on what we are doing and possible options. If all you

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Programming User Styles166Working with clonesOn this page, you can activate three clone functions that allow you to record one pa

167VA-76 – Recording User Styles from scratchTone selectionAnother important aspect is Tone selection because the address (Group, Bank, Number, Variat

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Programming User Styles168Furthermore, in User Style Record mode, all patterns are looped, so that the VA-76 keeps playing them b

169VA-76 – Recording User Styles from scratch22. Use the [TEMPO/DATA] dial to specify the num-ber of bars. Our pattern should be 4 measures long, so e

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Programming User Styles170Saving your Style to diskIf you are serious about programming your own Styles, make it a habit to save

171VA-76 – Recording User Styles from scratchNote: The on/off status only applies to the User Style mode. In normal Arranger playback mode, all tracks

19VA-76 – Audio connections2.1 Audio connections The VA-76 does not contain an internal amplification system. You will either have to use stereo headph

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Programming User Styles172Another way of programming User Styles is to use parts from internal Styles in ROM or User Styles on (fl

173VA-76 – Copying existing Styles7. Press the [Listen] field to listen to the excerpt you are about to copy.Note: Listen is not available when you sel

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Programming User Styles174When the data are copied, the display will tell you:Editing on the fly by recording Adding notes in real

175VA-76 – Editing User StylesIf you select the ADrums track, the display looks slightly different:That is because you can only assign Drum Sets to th

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Programming User Styles176The Reverb and Chorus settings represent Send values (see page 116). The effect settings (Type, Charact

177VA-76 – User Style Edit modeTime SignaturePress the [Time Signature] field in the left columnThe Time Signature page allows you to check and set the

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Programming User Styles178Erase[FUNCTION MENU] button→ [User Style Composer] field→ [Edit] field→ [Erase]Erase allows you to select

179VA-76 – User Style Edit modeInsert[FUNCTION MENU] button→ [User Style Composer] field→ [Edit] field→ [Insert] The Insert function allows you to inser

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Programming User Styles180Quantize[FUNCTION MENU] button→ [User Style Composer] field→ [Edit] field→ [Quantize] The Quantize functi

181VA-76 – User Style Micro modeSelect this mode whenever you need to change just one aspect of an otherwise perfect User Style (or cop-ied ROM/Disk U

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Setting up and demo songs20Once the internal circuit tests have been completed, the display looks as follows:This page will be di

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Programming User Styles182Status column— This column contains all the mes-sage types you can assign to an event. See page 177 for

183VA-76 – User Style Micro modeStatus— Use the [TEMPO/DATA] dial to select the Status of the new event (note, control change, etc., see the table on

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Programming User Styles184Copy Mix[FUNCTION MENU] button→ [User Style Composer] field→ [Micro] field→ [Copy Mix] The Copy Mix funct

185VA-76 – User Style UtilityStyle tracks” on page 172 for a step-by-step tour of this function. The following does not present all parame-ters and se

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Miscellaneous18613.1 Choosing the performance functions (Controllers)The VA-76 provides several built-in controllers as well as t

187VA-76 – Choosing the performance functions (Controllers)hand outside the D Beam’s range, both Resonance and TVF Cutoff return to their original val

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Miscellaneous188Formant Up/Down— These two options allow you to change the character of the selected VariPhrase. See page 48 for

189VA-76 – Choosing the performance functions (Controllers)Touch Control (Ribbon)This page contains the functions that can be assigned to the Touch Co

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Miscellaneous190LFO2 Rate, LFO2 Pitch, LFO2 TVF, LFO2 TVA— Same setting range and meaning as the corresponding LFO1 parameters. N

191VA-76 – Choosing the performance functions (Controllers)Foot Switch This parameter allows you to specify the function of the optional DP-2, DP-6, o

21VA-76 – Listening to the demo songs• Demo playback starts automatically. But you can press a Tone family field (“Piano”, “CPerc”, etc.) to select ano

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Miscellaneous192Note the Soft and Sostenuto options as well as the pos-sibility to select Hold. Though there is a dedicated SUSTA

193VA-76 – FC-7 & Pad parametersNote: It is perfectly possible to set the Up value to “127” and the Down value to “0”, so that the selected part o

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Miscellaneous194Orchestrator 1~4— These functions allow you to select the corresponding Orchestrator level (see page 62).Break Mu

195VA-76 – Global parameters (for the entire VA-76)MBass/Keyboard Arranger— Allows you to set the Arranger Chord parameter to “Off” (chord recogni-tio

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Miscellaneous196Factory ResumeThe Factory Resume fields allow you to select all or only certain settings of the “Free Panel” User

197VA-76 – MIDI in general14.1 MIDI in general MIDI connectorsMIDI messages are transmitted and received using three connectors and special MIDI cable

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—MIDI198Control change messagesThese messages control parameters such as modula-tion and pan. The function of a message is determi

199VA-76 – MIDI in generalAll Note Off message *— This message causes a note-off message to be sent to each note of the specified channel that is curre

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—MIDI20014.2 Preparations for using the MIDI functionsReceiving MIDI data (RX)To take advantage of the VA-76’s sounds while playin

201VA-76 – Keyboard MIDI, Style MIDI, Song MIDIexactly like the Free Panel buffer for User Programs: it is a buffer memory where your changes are stor

4• Before using this instrument, make sure to read the instructions below, and the Owner’s Manual...

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Scratching the surface223.1 The general ideaYour VA-76 is two instruments in one: one half pro-vides the backing for the melody y

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—MIDI202equipped with a Soft Thru (MIDI echo) function – and only if (i) you connect the VA-76’s MIDI IN and OUT connectors to the

203VA-76 – Utilities MIDIThe VariPhrase part is an altogether different tone generator. That explains why it doesn’t respond to CC32 messages and why

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—MIDI204Style RX Sync, Song RX SyncThe Style RX Sync and Song RX Sync parameters are used to specify whether and how the Arranger

205VA-76 – Utilities MIDIStyle selection via MIDIThe MIDI address of a Music Style consists of three elements: a Program Change number, a CC00 num-ber

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—MIDI20636 being used and sent to the MIDI OUT port. This, of course, depends on the Tone you assign to the Upper1 part.In Absolut

207VA-76 – MIDI Sets14.5 MIDI Sets MIDI Sets are memories for the settings you make in MIDI mode. The VA-76 has eight MIDI Set memories on board that

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—MIDI2083. On the display page that appears now, press the [Save] field in the bottom row and the [Midi Set] field in the left colum

209VA-76 – AutoloadThis is where you will find functions and parameters relating to saving, loading, deleting files, and to for-matting new disks or dis

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Disk functions210Selection— Press the field of the song you wish to load. If the desired song is not displayed, use the [o][k] fiel

211VA-76 – Disk Save (saving data to disk)15.3 Disk Save (saving data to disk)In this manual and while designing the VA-76, we tried to make a clear d

23VA-76 – Easy Routing: quick registrationHere is how it is structured:• Specify whether you want to play with ([In a BAND]) or without accompaniment

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Disk functions212Save MIDI Set [FUNCTION MENU]→ [Disk] field→ [Save] field→ [Midi Set] fieldThis function allows you to save all 8 M

213VA-76 – Delete15.4 Delete[FUNCTION MENU]→ [Disk] field→ [Delete] field The Delete function allows you to erase the selected file, which may be necessa

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Disk functions214Copy functionsYou can copy from Zip to floppy (and vice versa), or from one floppy disk to another floppy disk, whi

215VA-76 – Disk Utilitytected Floppy Disk” message appears again. In that case, go back to step (5) and continue until the mes-sage “OK Function Compl

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Disk functions2164. Insert the floppy disk that should contain the cop-ied data into the floppy drive. 5. Press the field that corre

217VA-76 – Disk Utility8. Press the [PROCEED] field.For Styles, and Songs, you can enter two names: the File Name and the Style/Song Name. The first is

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Specifications21816. Specifications VA-76 V-Arranger KeyboardKeyboard76 keys, weighted synthesizer action, velocity-sensitive, Afte

219VA-76 – Disk UtilityBelow please find a list of the M-FX Types available on the VA-76. As stated on page 123, each type provides two param-eters tha

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—M-FX Types & controllable parameters220CHORUS EFFECTS“D” means dry (no effect), while “E” means effect (no unprocessed signal

221VA-76 – Disk Utility55 DS→ DelayM-Val 1 DS Pan L63 ~0~ R63M-Val 2° DlyBalance D>0E~D0<EThis effect connects a Distortion effect and a Delay i

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Scratching the surface243.3 The Master pageWhenever you leave the DEMO or EASY ROUTING mode by pressing [EXIT] or [FINISH], the d

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Reference22218.1 TonesGBN Var PC CC00 CC32 NameA11 1 0 4 Piano 11 1 1 4 UprightPiano2 1 2 4 Mild Piano3 1 8 4 Piano 1w4 1 9 4 Mil

223VA-76 – TonesGBN Var PC CC00 CC32 Name3 31 3 4 Distortion :4 31 4 4 Dist.Fast :5 31 5 4 Attack Dist6 31 8 4 Feedback Gt.7 31 9 4 Feedback Gt28 31 1

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Reference224GBN Var PC CC00 CC32 Name15 56 19 4 Bam Hit16 56 20 4 Bit Hit17 56 21 4 Bim Hit18 56 22 4 Technorg Hit19 56 23 4 Rave

225VA-76 – TonesGBN Var PC CC00 CC32 Name7 89 7 4 260HarmPad8 89 44 4 EP Heaven9 89 45 4 HeavenKey10 89 46 4 BriteSawKey11 89 47 4 VoxKey112 89 127 4

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Reference226GBN Var PC CC00 CC32 NameB78 120 0 4 Reverse Cym.1 120 1 4 Reverse Cym22 120 2 4 Reverse Cym33 120 3 4 Reverse Cym44

227VA-76 – TonesGBN Var PC CC00 CC32 NameA41 25 0 3 Nylon-str.Gt1 25 8 3 Ukulele2 25 16 3 Nylon Gt.o3 25 24 3 Velo Harmnix4 25 32 3 Nylon Gt.25 25 40

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Reference228GBN Var PC CC00 CC32 NameB14 68 0 3 Baritone Sax1 68 1 3 Bari. Sax :2 68 127 3 Elec Bass 2B15 69 0 3 Oboe1 69 8 3 Obo

229VA-76 – TonesGBN Var PC CC00 CC32 Name4 119 11 3 606 Tom5 119 12 3 909 Tom6 119 127 3 Taiko RimB78 120 0 3 Reverse Cym.1 120 1 3 Reverse Cym22 120

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Reference230GBN Var PC CC00 CC32 Name10 40 126 2 Organ 111 40 127 2 Funny VoxA61 41 0 2 Violin1 41 8 2 Slow Violin2 41 16 2 Folk

231VA-76 – TonesGBN Var PC CC00 CC32 NameB74 116 0 2 Woodblock1 116 8 2 Castanets2 116 127 2 Elec Perc 1B75 117 0 2 Taiko1 117 8 2 Concert BD2 117 127

25VA-76 – Using the VA-76’s Arranger3.4 Using the VA-76’s ArrangerThe Arranger is an interactive “playback sequencer” that provides the accompaniments

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Reference232GBN Var PC CC00 CC32 NameA85 61 0 1 French Horn1 61 1 1 Fr.Horn 22 61 126 1 Brass 23 61 127 1 Guitar 2A86 62 0 1 Bras

233VA-76 – Drum Sets18.2 Drum SetsC2 363840414345473739424446C3 485052535557594951545658C4 606264656769716163666870C5 727476777981837375788082C6 84C7

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Reference234(C7) (96)981001011031051079799102104106C8 108110112113115117119109111114C9G9120122124125127121123126116118(85Rm Snare

235VA-76 – Drum SetsC2 363840414345473739424446C3 485052535557594951545658C4 606264656769716163666870C5 727476777981837375788082C6 84C7 96868889919395

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Reference236C2 363840414345473739424446C3 485052535557594951545658C4 606264656769716163666870C5 727476777981837375788082C6 84C7 9

237VA-76 – Drum Sets(C7) (96)981001011031051079799102104106C8 108110112113115117119109111114C9G9120122124125127121123126116118(---)Techno Hit Philly H

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Reference238C2 363840414345473739424446C3 485052535557594951545658C4 606264656769716163666870C5 727476777981837375788082C6 84C7 9

239VA-76 – Drum Sets(CC32=122 only via MIDI)C2 363840414345473739424446C3 485052535557594951545658C4 606264656769716163666870C5 7274767779818373757880

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Reference240(CC32=122 only via MIDI)(CC32= 119 only via MIDI)(C7) (96)981001011031051079799102104106C8 10811011211311511711910911

241VA-76 – Drum Sets(CC32= 119 only via MIDI) (CC32=122 only via MIDI)C2 363840414345473739424446C3 485052535557594951545658C4 60626465676971616366687

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Scratching the surface26Note: There are four more patterns for the ORIGINAL and VARIATION levels. See “Orchestrator” on page 62 f

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Reference242C2 363840414345473739424446C3 485052535557594951545658C4 606264656769716163666870C5 727476777981837375788082C6 84C7 9

243VA-76 – Drum Sets(C7) (96)981001011031051079799102104106C8 108110112113115117119109111114C9G9120122124125127121123126116118PC: 121 [CC32: 122]SFX 1

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Reference244C2 363840414345473739424446C3 485052535557594951545658C4 606264656769716163666870C5 727476777981837375788082C6 84C7 9

245VA-76 – Drum SetsC2 363840414345473739424446C3 485052535557594951545658C4 606264656769716163666870C5 727476777981837375788082C6 84C7 96868889919395

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Reference246(C7) (96)981001011031051079799102104106C8 108110112113115117119109111114C9G9120122124125127121123126116118(---)------

247VA-76 – Drum SetsC2 363840414345473739424446C3 485052535557594951545658C4 606264656769716163666870C5 727476777981837375788082C6 84C7 96868889919395

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Reference248C2 363840414345473739424446C3 485052535557594951545658C4 606264656769716163666870C5 727476777981837375788082C6 84C7 9

249VA-76 – Drum Sets(C7) (96)981001011031051079799102104106C8 108110112113115117119109111114C9G9120122124125127121123126116118(Cabasa Down)ClavesHigh

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Reference250C2 363840414345473739424446C3 485052535557594951545658C4 606264656769716163666870C5 727476777981837375788082C6 84C7 9

251VA-76 – Internal Music Styles18.3 Internal Music StylesROCKA11 LightRk1 4/4 = 86A12 LightRk2 4/4 = 100A13 LightRk3 4/4 = 105A14 PowerRk1 4/4 =

27VA-76 – Adding a melody to the accompaniment3.5 Adding a melody to the accompanimentIf you set up the VA-76 using the Easy Routing func-tion, you no

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Reference25218.4 Chord IntelligenceCm7 ( 5 )C C# D E E FCM7 C#M7 DM7 E M7 EM7 FM7C7 C#7 D7 E 7 E7 F7Cm C#m Dm E m Em F

253VA-76 – Chord IntelligenceF# G A A B BF#M7 GM7 A M7 AM7 B M7 BM7F#7 G7 A 7 A7 B 7 B7F#m Gm A m Am B m BmF#m7 Gm7 A m7 Am7 B m

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Reference25418.5 MIDI Implementation Chart[V-Arranger Keyboard] Date: January 2001Model: VA-76 Version: 1.00Function... Transmit

255VA-76 – Owner’s ManualNumerics00 Free Panel 1281 Ch Limit 2051 Channel Rx 2051st Style 632 Ch Limit 2052 Channel Rx 2052nd Drum Track 1452nd Style

Index256FFactory 28, 85Resume 196Fade 195Fade In/Out 78Faders (VariPhrase control) 49Family 105Fast 171, 181Favorites 40FC-7 8, 54FDD 111, 215Style Op

257VA-76 – Owner’s ManualMixer 11316-track 144User Style 175ModeCopy 154Portamento 80, 90Recording 142VariPhrase 82Modul 149Modulation 52, 125, 188, 1

Index258Source 71, 172Source pattern 153, 185Space 68Specifications 218Speed Options 171, 181SplitArranger 35Keyboard Mode 36UP2 to Left 88Upper2 86St

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29VA-76 – Adding a melody to the accompanimentOne TouchAnother way of selecting a suitable Tone for the right-hand part while working with the Arrange

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Scratching the surface307. Press the VARIPHRASE [MELODIC] button (so that it lights).The display briefly shows the following page

31VA-76 – Listening to Standard MIDI Files3.6 Listening to Standard MIDI FilesStandard MIDI Files are sequences almost any sequencer can read. Though

5VA-76 – Owner’s Manual• The instrument and the power cord should be located so their position does not interfere with their proper ventilation...

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Scratching the surface32• If Song Composer playback is stopped, selecting the Master page would switch off the Song Composer mode

33VA-76 – Listening to Standard MIDI Files12. Press [EXIT] to return to the Master page.The Master page now looks different, because the field in the u

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—VA-76 clinics34In this chapter, we will have a closer look at some of the VA-76’s functions. While “Scratching the surface” on pa

35VA-76 – Keyboard Mode clinicSplit point in Arranger modeWhen the [ARRANGER] button lights, the keyboard is split in two halves. The split point is l

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—VA-76 clinics36The display now looks as follows (the [KEYBOARD MODE] field must be white):3. If the [WHOLE] field is not displayed

37VA-76 – Tone clinicActive parts are displayed in white fields (and their button lights, see below), while switched-off parts are displayed in blue.5.

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—VA-76 clinics382. Specify the part for which you want to select another Tone:Hold down the [PART] button and press one of the NUM

39VA-76 – Tone clinicTone selection via the displayLet us now look at how to use the display for selecting Tones. For details about the terms used in

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—VA-76 clinics405. Press the [A] or [B] field to select the desired Tone group.6. Press one of the following fields to select a bank

41VA-76 – Tone clinicNote: Press the Variation field without a number (“Organ 1” in our example) to preset the Capital Tone as “Preferred Tone”.4. Pres

Features6VariPhrase processorThe VA-76 features a new breakthrough in sampling technology that allows for “elastic” processing and MIDI data-like mani

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—VA-76 clinics42Here’s how you can tell which Tone Map is currently being used:This information is also displayed on other pages (

43VA-76 – Tone clinicThe display now changes to:This page means that the WHOLE Keyboard Mode is currently selected (see page 35). If you don’t see thi

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—VA-76 clinics44Selecting Drum Sets for the MDR partThe MDR part may already be a remarkable function by itself. But things really

45VA-76 – VariPhrase clinic4.3 VariPhrase clinicThe revolutionary VariPhrase function allows you to play vocals or other sampled phrases via the keybo

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—VA-76 clinics46The bank names tell you something about the kind of situations for which the phrases were originally intended. The

47VA-76 – VariPhrase clinicHere’s how to select the Mono mode:1. Press the Mode [MONO/POLY] button to make it light.If the indicator doesn’t light, th

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—VA-76 clinics48Adding realtime expressionThings you ought to know about VariPhrase The VariPhrase technology allows you to change

49VA-76 – VariPhrase clinicRealtime VariPhrase control via the displayThere may be times where you don’t feel like using any of the controllers mentio

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—VA-76 clinics50Adding effects to the VariPhrase part Though already amazingly flexible by itself, the Vari-Phrase part can even be

51VA-76 – Expression clinic4.4 Expression clinicAllow us to introduce the VA-76’s performance func-tions. Also called Controllers, they allow you to a

7VA-76 – Owner’s Manual128 High-definition MusicStyles, plus 559 MusicStyles on the supplied ZipdiskThe VA-76 comes loaded with an impressive 128 high-

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—VA-76 clinics52Ribbon controller (Touch control) The Ribbon/Touch controller is a performance func-tion that was already availabl

53VA-76 – Expression clinicTranspositionIf you are used to playing a song in a particular key, the Transpose function will help you go on playing in t

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—VA-76 clinics545. Press [oBACK] to return to the previous display page, or [EXIT] to return to the Master page.OctaveThe Octave f

55VA-76 – Expression clinicAt first, the switches of this controller are assigned Arranger control functions. You can, however, assign other functions

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—VA-76 clinics56MetronomeThe VA-76 is equipped with three metronomes: one for Style playback, one for Song Composer recording/play

57VA-76 – Using live vocals1. See “Metronome Output” for how to select the dis-play page with the metronome options.2. Select an option in the Count-I

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—VA-76 clinics586. Press the [k] field several times until the following page is displayed:7. Set the [Volume] slider to “0”, and p

59VA-76 – Arranger/Music Style clinic4.6 Arranger/Music Style clinicBefore telling you more about the Music Styles, we’d like to explain the differenc

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—VA-76 clinics60need to do is press the desired NUMBER button just before the beat where you wish the new Music Style to take effe

61VA-76 – Arranger/Music Style clinicselection via the display”). Just be sure to select group C. Here’s what the display looks like when group C has

Features8Useful options FC-7 Foot ControllerThe FC-7 Foot Controller allows you to perform various Style selection functions (Fill In To Original/To V

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—VA-76 clinics625. If the desired Music Style is not displayed, use [o][k] to select another group of 4 Styles.You can also use th

63VA-76 – Arranger/Music Style clinicWith the ORCHESTRATOR function, you can further refine and vary the Original and Variation patterns played by the

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—VA-76 clinics641. See steps (1) and (2) above.The “1st Style” is the one you (or the Virtual Band) selected last, while the “2nd

65VA-76 – Song Composer clinic4.7 Song Composer clinicOn page 31 we already showed you how to play back a Standard MIDI File on Zip or floppy disk. Her

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—VA-76 clinics66Listening to your songYou probably want to listen to your song now. If you like it, be sure to save it to Zip or fl

67VA-76 – Song Composer clinic3. Press the [REC ●] field (so that it is displayed in white).4. Press the [2nd Trk] field.This means “redo the melody but

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—VA-76 clinics68Note: If you want to save the song under its current name, or the name assigned by default (Song_001), you can ski

69VA-76 – Playing with the User memories5.1 Playing with the User memoriesLoading VariPhrases, VariPhrase Sets or audio filesAs stated earlier, you can

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—More about the VariPhrase part70Press the [YES] field if it is OK to overwrite the phrase in the selected User memory. Press the [

71VA-76 – Sampling your own phrases6. Press the SAMPLING [CAPTURE] button.The display now looks more or less as follows:7. Press the [A] or [B] field t

9VA-76 – Owner’s ManualIn addition to the items listed under “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” (see page 4), please read and observe the following:Power supply•

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—More about the VariPhrase part72Note: The time signature cannot be changed here. That explains why we suggested selecting a Music

73VA-76 – Sampling your own phrasesPress a key on the keyboard (or the [Preview] field) to play back the audio material, and adjust the Edit Start posi

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—More about the VariPhrase part74Encoding the phraseSo far, we have been working with audio data that you could already save to di

75VA-76 – Sampling your own phrasespitch, while the phrase is actually too low. To “trans-pose” it one octave up (when you press the same key on the k

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—More about the VariPhrase part7611. Play a few notes on the keyboard to try out the phrase. If necessary, correct any of the abov

77VA-76 – Phrase Parameters5.3 Phrase ParametersAs you know, there are some parameters you usually set immediately after sampling an audio phrase and

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—More about the VariPhrase part78Fine Tune(–50~50) This parameter allows you to tune the Vari-Phrase if it turns out that it is sl

79VA-76 – Phrase ParametersTime Keyfollow(–200~+200) This parameter allows you to vary the tempo as you play higher or lower notes (with the Original

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—More about the VariPhrase part80Time SwWhen Time Keyfollow (see page 79) is set to a value other than “0,” the Time Sw setting sp

81VA-76 – Global VariPhrase functions5.4 Global VariPhrase functionsThe following parameters are Global parameters. This means that they apply to the

Important notes10• Disks containing important performance data for this instrument should always be locked (have their write protect tab slid to the P

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—More about the VariPhrase part82Mode1. Press the [FUNCTION MENU] button.2. Press the [VariPhrase] field.3. On the page that appear

83VA-76 – Truly “global” VariPhrase parametersselected phrase and similar to a noise gate in a record-ing studio, with the additional advantage that y

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—More about the VariPhrase part84 Sync SettingsThe following parameters may turn out to be very use-ful indeed. As you know, all V

85VA-76 – Upper1 functions6.1 Upper1 functionsMore about the Super TonesThe SUPER TONES buttons are intended to help you select a Tone for the Upper1

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Advanced Keyboard part functions86Memorize Super Tones: programming other assignments for the buttonsAs stated earlier, you are f

87VA-76 – Upper2 functions1. Press the Keyboard Mode [OTHER] button.The display now looks more or less as follows:2. If the display does not look like

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Advanced Keyboard part functions88Splitting Upper2 and the VariPhrase partOnce you have completed the above and set the UP2 Split

89VA-76 – Upper2 functionsthe Upper2 and Upper1 parts are split (UP2 Split or UP2 To Left), detuning or shifting the UP2 part would not be very meanin

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Advanced Keyboard part functions90Instead of jumping in semitone steps (as you would expect), the pitch glides from one note to t

91VA-76 – Velocity sensitivity1. On the above display page, press the [Options] field.2. On the page that appears now, press the [Lower Hold] field.3. P

11VA-76 – Owner’s Manual1. Panel descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141.1 Front panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Advanced Keyboard part functions92Min and Max can be used effectively for switching between two Tones simply by striking the keys

93VA-76 – Scale TuningThe pitch of the other notes is left unchanged. The keys corresponding to the notes whose pitch is changed are displayed in whit

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Advanced Keyboard part functions94Here again, the white keys inform you about the notes whose pitch is actually being affected.2.

95VA-76 – Arranger and Music Styles7.1 Arranger and Music StylesThink of the Arranger’s Music Styles as your backing band. Your VA-76 is indeed capabl

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—More about the Arranger96Sync (Options)If you’ve never used an arranger keyboard before, the status of the [SYNC] button is the s

97VA-76 – Selecting other Style divisionsTip: The Intro is “renewable”, i.e. you can press the [INTRO] button again while the Intro is playing. Doing

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—More about the Arranger98Bsc/Adv— Switches between the Basic (B) and Advanced (D) levels. These two patterns are available via th

99VA-76 – Melody Intelligence7.3 Melody IntelligenceThe Arranger of your VA-76 can not only play chords but also add a counter-melody to your melodies

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—More about the Arranger100If you select a One Touch memory while another one is already activeIn that case, the VA-76 selects the

101VA-76 – More refined Arranger settings1. If necessary, switch off the One Touch memory that is currently on:• Press the [ONE TOUCH] button to select