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3 VA-76 V-Arranger Keyboard 128-voice polyphony Thank you, and congratulations on your c hoice of the Roland V A -76 V -Arranger Keyboar d. The V A-76 is the 76-k ey (weig hted synthesiz er action), pr ofessional version of the widely acclaimed V A-7.
4 • Before using this instrument, make sur e to read the instructions below , and the Owner’ s Man ual. .............................................................................................................. • Do not open (or modify in any way) the instru- ment, and avoid damaging the supplied power cable.
5 VA -7 6 – Owner’ s Manual • The instr ument and the po wer cord should be located so their position does not interfer e w ith their proper v entilation. ..........................................................................................
Features 6 V ariPhrase pr ocessor The V A-76 features a new br eakthrough in sampling technology that allows for “elastic ” processing and MIDI data-lik e manipulation of sampled audio phrases.
7 VA -7 6 – Owner’ s Manual 128 High-definition Music Styles, plus 559 Music Styles on the supplied Zip disk The V A-76 co mes loaded w ith an impr essive 128 high-definition M usic Styles covering every musical genre you need.
Features 8 Useful options FC-7 Foot Contr oller The FC-7 Foot C ontroller allows y ou to perform various St yle selection functions (Fill In T o Or iginal/T o V ar iation, Start/Stop, etc.) by foot. Connect it t o the FC7 PED AL socket at the back of your V A-76.
9 VA -7 6 – Owner’ s Manual In addition to the it ems listed under “USING THE UNIT SAFEL Y” (see page 4), please r ead and obser v e the following: Power supply • Do not use this instr ument on the same po wer circuit with any device that will gener ate line noise (suc h as an electric motor or variable lig hting system).
Important notes 10 • Disks containing important perfor manc e data for this instrument should always be lock ed (have their write protect tab slid t o the PROTECT position) befor e you insert them into the drive of another inst rument. • The identification label should be firmly affixed to the disk.
11 VA -7 6 – Owner’ s Manual 1. Panel descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 1.1 Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 1.2 Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents 12 7.4 One Touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Ignoring certain One Touch settings (Cancel Options) 100 Programming your own Tone selections (Memorize) . 100 7.5 More refined Arranger settings . . . . .
13 VA -7 6 – Owner’ s Manual 12.5 User Style Edit mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Erase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Panel descriptions 14 1.1 Fr ont panel A D BEAM CONTROLLER section U se the [ON/OFF] button to switc h the D Beam Con- troller on (the butt on lig hts) or off (button dark).
15 VA -7 6 – Front panel J KEYBOARD MODE section These three buttons ar e used to specify whether the keyboard will be split or whether one sound can be play ed using the entire keyboar d.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Panel descriptions 16 S V ariPhrase section These buttons pr ovide access to the rev olutionar y V ariPhr ase function of your V A-76. T SUPER TONES buttons U se these buttons to select one of the five so-called “Super T ones” .
17 VA -7 6 – Front panel a Floppy disk drive This is where y ou can inser t 2DD or 2HD flopp y disks for external storage of your M usic Styles, U ser Pr o- grams, Composer Songs, and MIDI Sets. Press the eject button to remo ve the disk from the driv e.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Panel descriptions 18 1.2 Rear panel A POWER ON button Pr ess this button to switch the V A-76 on and o ff. B AC socket This is where y ou need to connect the supplied po wer cor d. Be sure t o only use a wall outlet that delivers the correct v oltage.
19 VA -7 6 – Audio connections 2.1 Audio connections The V A-76 does not c ontain an internal amplification system. Y ou will either have t o use stereo headphones or connect the V A -76 to a keyboard or other type of amplifier and speaker syst em.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Setting up and demo songs 20 Once the internal cir cuit tests hav e been completed, the display looks as f ollows: This page will be displayed auto matically whene v er you lea ve the V A-76 unattended for mor e than five minutes.
21 VA -7 6 – Listening to the demo songs • Demo playback starts auto matically . B ut you can press a T one family field (“Piano ” , “CP erc” , etc.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Scratching the surface 22 3.1 The general idea Y our V A-76 is tw o instruments in one: one half pro- vides the backing for the melody you pla y in the other half. There are tw o main sections you can use for pla y ing liv e.
23 VA -7 6 – Easy Routing: quick registration Her e is how it is structured: • Specify whether you want t o play with ( [In a BAND] ) or without accompaniment ( [As a SOL OIST] ).
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Scratching the surface 24 3.3 The Master page W hene v er you leav e the DEMO or EASY ROUTING mode by pressing [EXIT] o r [FINISH], the displa y looks more or less as follo ws: A Press this fi eld if you want to select another Music Style (see page 59).
25 VA -7 6 – Using the VA-76 ’ s Arranger 3.4 Using the V A-76’ s Arranger The A r ranger is an interactiv e “pla yback sequencer” that pro v ides the acc ompaniments. These ac compani- ments are called “M usic St yles ” , because they provide an 8-track backing for a giv en musical genre (Rock, P op, Dance, W altz, etc.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Scratching the surface 26 Note: There are four more patterns for the ORIGIN AL and V ARIA TION le vels. See “ Orchestrator” on page 62 for how to select them. Professional transitions: Fill So far , we hav e only used the ORIGINAL and V ARIA- TION patterns.
27 VA -7 6 – Adding a melody to the accompaniment 3.5 Adding a melody to the accompaniment If you set up the V A-76 using the Easy R outing func- tion, you not only select a M usic Style but also a sound for your right hand. Let’ s add a liv e melody to the acco mpaniment.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Scratching the surface 28 an t Suppose y ou like the sound for the right hand but think that it is not really suit ed for the cur re ntly selected M usic Style. H ere are tw o easy ways of assig n- ing a different sound t o the r ight hand.
29 VA -7 6 – Adding a melody to the accompaniment One T ouch Another wa y of selecting a suitable T one for the r ight- hand part while working with the Arranger is by using the ONE T OUCH feature. In fact, One T ouch does a lot more than selecting a T one for U pper1.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Scratching the surface 30 7. Press the V ARIPHRASE [MEL ODIC] button (so that it lights). The display briefly shows the f ollowing page where you c ould select another phrase. But please ignor e it here. It will disappear after a few seconds.
31 VA -7 6 – Listening to Standard MIDI Files 3.6 Listening to Standar d MIDI Files Standard MIDI Files ar e sequences almost any sequencer can r ead. Though you can use y our V A -76 as “playback mac hine” of such Standard MIDI Files, it is also possible to mut e the melody par t and t o play it yourself.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Scratching the surface 32 • If Song Composer playback is st opped, selecting the Master page w ould switch off the Song Composer mode and take y ou back to A r ranger mode where y ou can use the automatic ac companiment function.
33 VA -7 6 – Listening to Standard MIDI Files 12. Press [EXIT] t o return to the Master page. The Mast er page now looks different, because the field in the upper left corner is called [Song]. See page 31. 13. Press the K e yboard M o de [ARRANGER] b utton if you onc e again want to use the Arranger .
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — V A-76 clinics 34 In this chapt er , we will ha ve a closer look at some of the V A-76’ s functions. While “Scratc hing the surface” on page 22 only showed y ou what to expect and ho w to obtain instant gratification, this chapter is already a little more t echnical.
35 VA -7 6 – Keyboard Mode clinic Split point in Arranger mode W hen the [ARRANGER] button lights, the keyboard is split in two hal ves. The split point is locat ed at a C key . This k ey is called the “C4”: There ma y be situations where the automatically assigned range is not what you need.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — V A-76 clinics 36 The display no w looks as follows (the [KE YB O ARD MODE] field must be white): 3. If the [WHOLE] field is not display ed in w hite, press it to mak e the display look like in the abov e illustration.
37 VA -7 6 – T one clinic A ctive parts are display ed in white fields (and their button lights, see below), while sw itched-off parts are display ed in blue. 5. If necessar y , change the split point. See “Split point in Arranger mode” on page 35.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — V A-76 clinics 38 2. Specify the part for which you want t o select another T one: Hold do wn the [P AR T] button and press one of the NUMBER buttons. If you only press the [P ART] butt on, all GR OUP and BANK indicators go off, while the NUMBER indicator that corresponds t o the currently selected part lights.
39 VA -7 6 – T one clinic T one selection via the display Let us now look at ho w to use the display for selecting T ones. F or details about the terms used in this para- graph, see “T one selection v ia the front panel” on page 37. 1. Press the [T one] field in the display .
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — V A-76 clinics 40 5. Press the [A] o r [B] field to select the desired T one group. 6. Press one of the following fields to select a bank within that group: 7. Press a T one field to select a T one (number). Again, the V A-76 ma y actually load another T one than the one you select ed.
41 VA -7 6 – T one clinic Note: P ress the V ar iation field without a number (“Organ 1” in our example) to preset the Capital T one as “Preferred T one” . 4. Press the [C ustomize] field to stor e this V ariat ion as your new fa vorite. The display r esponds w ith: This means that your selection has been st ored.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — V A-76 clinics 42 Her e’ s how you can tell whic h T one Map is currently being used: This information is also display ed on other pages (mark the “Map ” field). H ere is another example: Note: T ones w ithout a “Map ” indication belong to Map 4 (the new V A-76 sounds).
43 VA -7 6 – T one clinic The display no w changes to: This page means that the WHOLE Keyboar d Mode is currently selected (see page 35). If you don ’t see this page, press the [KEYBO ARD MODE] field in the upper right corner .
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — V A-76 clinics 44 Selecting Drum Sets for the MDR part The MDR part may alread y be a remarkable function by itself. But things really bec ome interesting when we tell you that the V A -76 comes with 116 different Drum Sets to choose fr om.
45 VA -7 6 – V ariPhrase clini c 4.3 V ariPhrase clinic The revol utionar y V ar iPhrase function allows y ou to play v ocals or other sampled phrases via the keyboard – at any pit ch, and at an y tempo . 48 of those phrases reside in the V A-76’ s ROM memory .
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — V A-76 clinics 46 The bank names tell y ou something about the kind of situations for which the phrases wer e or iginally intended. The Melodic phrases can be used for playing solo lines, while the Rhythmic and Background phrases are probably mor e con v incing for spicing up y our music with the odd vocal acc ent.
47 VA -7 6 – V ariPhrase clini c Her e’ s how to select the M ono mode: 1. Press the M ode [MONO/POL Y] button to make it light. If the indicator doesn ’t light, the POL Y mode is selected. Her e, we need the MONO mode. 2. Switch on the U pper1 part (see page 45) and select the SPLIT K eyboard mode (see page 36).
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — V A-76 clinics 48 Adding r ealtime expression Things you ought to know about V ariPhrase The V ariPhr ase tec hnolog y allows y ou to change the pitch of a phrase (by playing melodies) while the speed (tempo) and characte r/timbre are kept c onstant.
49 VA -7 6 – V ariPhrase clini c Realtime V ariPhrase contr ol via the display There ma y be times where you don ’t feel like using an y of the co ntrollers mentioned above – or wher e they hav e been assigned other functions you do not want to change.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — V A-76 clinics 50 Adding ef fects to the V ariPhrase part Though already amazingly flexible by itself, the V ar i- Phrase part can even be enhanced using two dedicat ed effects. These Reverb and Chorus effects operate inde- pendently from the “main ” Reverb and Chorus effects.
51 VA -7 6 – Expression clinic 4.4 Expr ession clinic Allow us t o introduce the V A-76’ s performance func- tions. Also called Controllers , they allow you to add expression t o your playing, whi.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — V A-76 clinics 52 Ribbon contr oller (T ouch contr ol) The Ribbon/T ouch controller is a performance func- tion that was already a vailable on vintage analogue synthesizers, the Roland JP -8000, and the EM-20.
53 VA -7 6 – Expression clinic T ransposition If you are used to pla ying a song in a particular key , the T ranspose function w ill help y ou go on playing in that key while sounding in another one. That way , you can acco mpany a singer or instrument without chang- ing your fingering.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — V A-76 clinics 54 5. Press [ o B A CK] to return to the previous display page, or [EXIT] to return to the Master page. Octave The Octav e function is another useful parameter that allows y ou to change the pitch of the selected part in octav e steps (12 semitones).
55 VA -7 6 – Expression clinic At first, the switches of this controller are assigned Arranger control functions. Y ou can, however , assign other functions to these switches. See page 193 for details. Note: The FC-7 assignments apply to the V A-76 and are not wr itten to individual User Programs.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — V A-76 clinics 56 Metr onome The V A-76 is equipped with three metronomes: one for Style playback, one for Song Composer rec ording/ playback, and one for U ser Style Composer program- ming. If you wish to hear a metronome during Style play- back, here is what you need t o do: 1.
57 VA -7 6 – Using live vocals 1. See “Metro nome Output” for how t o select the dis- play page with the metronome options. 2. Select an option in the Count-I n section: OFF— The count-in function is off.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — V A-76 clinics 58 6. Press the [ k ] field sev eral times until the following page is display ed: 7. Set the [V olume] slider to “0” , and press the [ON/ OFF] field below this slider t o select “OFF” (if neces- sar y).
59 VA -7 6 – Arranger/Music Style clinic 4.6 Arranger/Music Style clinic Before telling y ou more about the M usic Styles, w e’ d like t o explain the difference betw een Music Styles and the A r ranger . The Arranger is in fact the function (or sequencer) that pla ys the accompaniments y ou select.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — V A-76 clinics 60 need to do is pr ess the desired NUMBER button just before the beat where y ou wish the new Music Style to take effect. Style selection via the display Let us now look at ho w to use the display for selecting Styles.
61 VA -7 6 – Arranger/Music Style clinic selection via the display”). Just be sur e to select group C. Here ’ s what the display looks lik e when group C has been selected: E ven for M usic Styles on Zip/floppy , the V A -76 thus displays their names.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — V A-76 clinics 62 5. If the desired M usic Sty le is not displa yed, use [ o ][ k ] to select another group o f 4 Styles. Y ou can also use the [TEMPO/D A T A] dial for select- ing other pages with different M usic Styles on the inserted disk.
63 VA -7 6 – Arranger/Music Style clinic W ith the ORCHESTRA TOR function, you can further refine and vary the Orig inal and V ariation patterns play ed by the Arranger . This is like orchestrating the acco mpaniment in realtime, because you can leav e out parts, thin out the drum part, or even select a totally different acc ompaniment.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — V A-76 clinics 64 1. See steps (1) and (2) abov e. The “1st St yle ” is the one you (or the V ir tual Band) selected last, while the “2nd Style” is prepared auto- matically . What you hear no w is the “1st Style” (all three fields in the left c olumn are white).
65 VA -7 6 – Song Composer clinic 4.7 Song Composer clinic On page 31 we already sho wed you how t o play back a Standard MIDI File on Z ip or floppy disk. H ere we ’ll reco rd a song using the Arranger as acc ompaniment. Recor ding your music Y ou can record y our music as “Songs” that can be sav ed to Zip or floppy disk.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — V A-76 clinics 66 Listening to your song Y ou probably want to listen t o your song now . If you like it, be sure to sa ve it to Zip or flopp y disk (see “Sav- ing your song t o disk”). 1. Press the [ST OP ■ | √ ] field twice.
67 VA -7 6 – Song Composer clinic 3. Press the [REC ● ] field (so that it is displa yed in white). 4. Press the [2nd T r k] field. This means “redo the melody but lea ve the Arr anger parts unchanged” . The relevant part of the display no w looks as follows: 5.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — V A-76 clinics 68 Note: I f you want to save the song under its current name, or the name assigned by default (Song_001), you can skip steps (4)~(7). 4. Press the [N ame] field, because you need to give your brand-new song a name.
69 VA -7 6 – Playing with the User memories 5.1 Playing with the User memories Loading V ariPhrases, V ariPhrase Sets or audio fi les As stated earlier , y ou can also use your o w n V ar iPhra- ses, or load up to 16 phrases from the supplied Zip disk.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — More about the V ariPhrase pa rt 70 Pr ess the [YES] field if it is OK to ov erw rite the phrase in the selected U ser memor y . P ress the [NO] field to return to the Disk Load page. Press [ o Back] to return to the pr e vious page and select another memory .
71 VA -7 6 – Sampling your own phrases 6. Press the SAMPLING [CAPTURE] b utton. The display no w looks more or less as follo ws: 7. Press the [A] or [B] field t o select the desired U ser Phrase group. 8. Press a Phrase memory field (so that it is displayed in white).
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — More about the V ariPhrase pa rt 72 Note: The time signature cannot be changed here. That explains why we suggested select ing a M usic Style w ith the correct time signature before calling up the Capture func- tion. 14. Press the [ST ART/ST OP] button and start singing or playback of the exter nal audio sour ce.
73 VA -7 6 – Sampling your own phrases Pr ess a key on the keyboard (or the [P review] field) to play back the audio mat erial, and adjust the Edit Start position so that the phrase starts at the desired posi- tion whenever y ou press a key on the keyboard (or the [Pr e view] field).
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — More about the V ariPhrase pa rt 74 Encoding the phrase So far , we hav e been working with audio data that you could alr eady save t o disk (see page 76). That, how- ever , would not allo w you to use this phrase in sync with the Arranger tempo .
75 VA -7 6 – Sampling your own phrases pitch, while the phrase is actually too low . T o “trans- pose” it one octav e up (when you press the same k e y on the keyboar d), you w ould have t o select “ A3” as Original K e y .
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — More about the V ariPhrase pa rt 76 11. Play a few not es on the keyboard to tr y out the phrase. I f necessary , c orrect any of the above parame- ters, and press [EXECUTE] again. Note: I f you change a setting after pressing [EXECUTE], you must encode the phrase again (by pressing [EXECUTE] yet again).
77 VA -7 6 – Phrase Parameters 5.3 Phrase Parameters As y ou know , ther e are some parameters you usually set immediately after sampling an audio p hrase and before sa v ing it to disk. “Executing” those changes transforms such a phrase into a V ariPhrase (a process we call “enc oding”).
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — More about the V ariPhrase pa rt 78 Fine T une (–50~50) This parameter allo ws you to tune the V ari- Phrase if it turns out that it is slightly sharp or flat.
79 VA -7 6 – Phrase Parameters Time Keyfollow (–200~+200) This parameter allows y ou to vary the tempo as y ou play higher or lower not es (w ith the Original K e y setting as origin, where the phrase will run in sync with the Arranger/Song Composer).
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — More about the V ariPhrase pa rt 80 Time Sw W hen Time K ey follo w (see page 79) is set to a value other than “0, ” the Time S w setting specifies whether differenc.
81 VA -7 6 – Global V ariPhrase functions 5.4 Global V ariPhrase functions The following parameters ar e Global parameters. This means that they apply to the V ariPhr ase part itself – not just the phrase that is currently select ed.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — More about the V ariPhrase pa rt 82 Mode 1. Press the [FUNCTION MENU] b utton. 2. Press the [V ariPhr ase] field. 3. On the page that appears no w, press the [Global] field. 4. Press the [M ode] field in the left column.
83 VA -7 6 – T ruly “ global ” VariPhrase parameters selected phrase and similar to a noise gat e in a recor d- ing studio, with the additional advantage that you can specify the pitch of the “ audible bits” .
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — More about the V ariPhrase pa rt 84 Sync Settings The following parameters ma y turn out to be very use- ful indeed. As y ou know , all V ar iPhrases (R OM and U ser) are automatically synchr onized to the Ar ranger/ Song Composer tempo .
85 VA -7 6 – Upper1 functions 6.1 Upper1 functions Mor e about the Super T ones The SUPER T ONES buttons are int ended to help you select a T one for the Upper1 (or UP1) part without bothering to use the [T ones] field on the Master page or the BANK/NUMBER butt ons.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Advanced Keyboard part functions 86 Memorize Super T ones: pr ogramming other assignments for the buttons As stated earlier , y ou are free to assign an y five of the V A-76’ s 3,646 T ones to the U ser set memories for the SUPER T ONES buttons.
87 VA -7 6 – Upper2 functions 1. Press the K e yboard M o de [O THER] button. The display no w looks more or less as follo ws: 2. If the display does not look like in the abov e illus- tration, press the [KE YBOARD MODE] fi eld in the upper right corner , and the [SPLIT] field.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Advanced Keyboard part functions 88 Splitting Upper2 and the V ariPhrase part Once y ou have c ompleted the above and set the UP2 Split point to y our liking , you can sw.
89 VA -7 6 – Upper2 functions the U pper2 and Upper1 parts are split ( UP2 S plit or UP2 T o Left ), detuning or shifting the UP2 part would not be very meaningful. Y ou could use Coarse to pr og ram an interval of a fifth (7 semitones) for U pper2, which is especially effective for brass sounds and guitar power c hords.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Advanced Keyboard part functions 90 Instead of jumping in semitone steps (as y ou would expect), the pitch glides from one note t o the next whenever the P ortamento time is higher than 0. The higher the value you set, the slower the glide.
91 VA -7 6 – V elocity sensitivity 1. On the above displa y page, pr ess the [Options] field. 2. On the page that appears no w, press the [Lo wer Hold] field.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Advanced Keyboard part functions 92 Min and M ax can be used effectively for switching between two T ones simply by striking the k eys harder or softer . Doing so allows y ou to alternate between tw o sounds. Remember , though that some “V” T ones already ha ve this function built-in (see page 42).
93 VA -7 6 – Scale T uning The pitch of the other notes is left unchanged. The keys co r responding t o the notes whose pitch is changed are displa yed in white for easy identification. Her e is an example: Y ou w ill notice that ev er y note can be selected only once.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Advanced Keyboard part functions 94 Her e again, the white k eys inform you about the notes whose pitch is actually being aff ected. 2. Press the value field (or the o n-screen key) of the note/key whose pitch y ou want to change.
95 VA -7 6 – Arranger and Music Styles 7.1 Arranger and Music Styles Think of the Arranger’ s M usic St yles as y our backing band. Y our V A-76 is indeed capable of playing several “versions ” of a given ac companiment.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — More about the Arranger 96 Sync (Options) If you ’ve nev er used an arr anger k e yboard befor e, the status of the [SYNC] butt on is the single most impor- tant function to look out for after switc hing on your instrument.
97 VA -7 6 – Selecting other Style divisions Tip: The I ntro is “renewable ” , i.e. y ou can press the [INTR O] button again while the Intro is pla y ing. Doing so on the fourth beat of the first Intr o bar , for instance, will retrigger the beg inning of the Intro in the second bar .
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — More about the Arranger 98 Bsc/Ad v— Switches between the Basic ( B ) and Ad vanced ( D ) levels. These two patterns are a vailable via the V A-76’ s Orchestrator function.
99 VA -7 6 – Melody Intelligence 7.3 Melody Intelligence The A r ranger of y our V A-76 can not only pla y chords but also add a counter -melody to y our melodies based on the chords y ou play in the chor d recognition area (see page 101).
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — More about the Arranger 100 If you select a One T ouch memory while another one is alr eady active In that case, the V A-76 selects the T ones and Rev er b/ Chorus/Delay settings of that One T ouch memory .
101 VA -7 6 – More re fi ned Arranger settings 1. If necessar y , switch off the One T ouch memory that is currently on: • Pr ess the [ONE TOUCH] butt on to select the follow- ing display page: • Pr ess the [OFF] field so that it is displayed in whit e.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — More about the Arranger 102 point you set for the K e yboar d par ts will also be used by the Arr anger to det ermine the upper (Left) or lower (Right) limit of the chor d recognition area. 1. Press the K e yboard M o de [O THER] button.
103 VA -7 6 – More re fi ned Arranger settings Dynamic Arranger The Dynamic A r ranger function allows y ou to contr ol the volume o f the Arranger parts via the way you strike the keys in the chor d recognition area (v elocit y).
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — More about the Arranger 104 7.6 Arranger Options 1. On the page that appears when you pr ess the K e y- board M ode [OTHER] button, press the [ARRANGER CHORD] field if it is not displayed in white. 2. Press the [Options] field.
105 VA -7 6 – Arranger Options Pr ess the first field ( Rit/Ac c ) and use the [TEMPO/ D A T A] dial or the [D A T A] button/N umer ic Entry pad to select the ratio by whic h the tempo should increase/ decrease. Ne xt, press the [CPT] field and e nter the number of clocks requir ed for executing the r equested tempo change.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — More about the Arranger 106 Intr o& Ending Alteration N ow suppose you lik e the accompaniment you assigned your chor d to (e.g. the “7th ” pattern), but think that the Intr o and Ending sound odd when you start a song with that chord (“Csus4” for instance).
107 VA -7 6 – Selecting T ones for the Arranger parts 7.7 Selecting T ones for the Arranger parts Y ou can select other T ones for the Arranger parts of the currently selected M usic St yle. Assigning another Drum Set to the A. Drums part, for instanc e, ma y already dramatically change the M usic St yle ’ s charac- ter .
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — More about the Arranger 108 7.8 W orking with Styles on Disk Programming your own Disk Link assignments The V A-76 co mes w ith 64 prepr ogr ammed assign- ments to M usic Styles on the supplied Zip disk.
109 VA -7 6 – W orking with Styles on Disk Find: locating Styles on a Zip di sk W orking w ith M usic Styles on Zip or floppy disk is con venient and fast, as you kno w by now . The Zip disk supplied with the V A-76, however , c on- tains 559 M usic Styles.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — More about the Arranger 110 If it says “0 of 559” , the V A-76 was unab le to find a file that contains the desir ed information. In all othe r cases, the field w ill read “XX of 559” , which means “found X X St yle N ame, Countr y , Genre, or File N ame entries that match the characte rs you entered.
111 VA -7 6 – W orking with Styles on Disk Style Delete It is also possible to delet e a St yle from flo ppy or Zip disk. Y ou should use this as sparsely as possible – and never for the supplied Z ip or floppy disk . Onc e a Style is gone, there is indeed no way t o restore it.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Mixer , effects and editing 112 The V A-76 also allo ws you to set the v olume, the ste- reo position and the amount of effect the parts should use. Of course, you can also pr og ram the effects them- selves. All of these parameters can be found on the Mix er pages.
113 VA -7 6 – V olume and pan (2) Use a Single Part page Single P ar t pages contain all a vailable Mix er par ame- ters for the currently select ed par t. A typical Sing le P ar t page looks lik e this: Her e, y ou need to proceed as f ollows: 1. Select one of the V A -76’ s Mixer pages (see a~c on page 112).
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Mixer , effects and editing 114 Note: The relative balance of t wo grouped parts is only maintained as long as you do not decrease (or increase) the volume once one of the faders on the other pages has reached the value “0” (or “127”).
115 VA -7 6 – Output Assign 4. Set a value between 1 and 63 to mo ve the part fur- ther to the left, or 65~127 to move the part further to the right. N ote that you can also select Rnd (Random), which means that the part will alternate between the left and right channels in a random way .
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Mixer , effects and editing 116 1. Press the [FUNCTION MENU] b utton. 2. Press the [Output Assign] field in the bottom ro w. 3. Depending on the group the desired part belongs to , press the [K e yboard P arts], [Style P ar ts] or [Song P ar ts] field so that it is displa yed in white.
117 VA -7 6 – Effects and Equalizer 4. Press the [R everb] field and modify the Reverb send level. Note: The Reverb, Delay and Chorus send levels cannot be set for K eyboard parts you assig n to the M-FX effect (see page 122). The M-FX effect, howe ver , has the same send parameters (see page 123).
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Mixer , effects and editing 118 7. On that page, press the field of the parameter y ou want to edit and change its value with the slider , the [TEMPO/D A T A] dial, or the [D A T A] button/Numeric Entr y pad. Reverb types & Parameters This is where y ou can edit the Reverb effects proc essor .
119 VA -7 6 – Effects and Equalizer Rate (0~127)— This parameter sets the speed (fr e- quency) at which the Chorus sound is modulated. Higher values result in fast er modulation. Depth (0~127)— This parameter sets the depth at which the Chorus sound is modulated.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Mixer , effects and editing 120 2. Press the L ow Gain [400Hz] or [200Hz] field to select the low frequency t o be boosted or cut.
121 VA -7 6 – Insertion effect (M-FX) 2. Press and hold the M-FX [ON/OFF] b utton to jump to the follo w ing display page: This page may look vaguely familiar (especially the left column). There are indeed othe r ways of selecting this page: via the [Mix er] field on the Master page, or via the [EFFECTS] button (see page 112).
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Mixer , effects and editing 122 Assigning the M-FX to a Keyboar d part Y ou may hav e noticed the Insertion M-FX [ON/OFF] field on the Single P ar t pages of the Keyboar d par ts (see page 113). Here is an example: Pr ess it (so that it reads [ON]) to assign the currently selected K eyboard part to the M-FX.
123 VA -7 6 – Insertion effect (M-FX) Selecting an M-FX type Let us now ha ve a look at how t o select a different ty pe (effect) for the M-FX proc essor . Eac h t ype you select is loaded with suitable preset settings that cannot be edited on the V A-76 itself.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Mixer , effects and editing 124 8.6 V ariPhrase and Audio In ef fects The V ariPhrase and A udio In parts are two separate entities, which is why they do not shar e the same effects processors as the K eyboard and Arranger/Style parts.
125 VA -7 6 – Sound Palette: editing Keyboard part parameters 8.7 Sound Palette: editing Keyboar d part parameters Y our V A-76 allo ws you to edit c er tain parameters that affect the way a K e yboar d par t sounds when you pla y it.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Mixer , effects and editing 126 Note: There are additional modulation parameters that can be controlled via the Aftertouch (see page 189). U se the m for W ahW ah (TVF modulat ion) or tremolo (amplitude modulation). Timbre (TVF) By modifying the filter settings, you can co ntrol the timbre (tone) of the sound.
127 VA -7 6 – Writing your settings to a User Program The V A-76 is equipped with 128 U ser Programs that allow y ou to store almost all settings (or r eg istrations) you mak e on the front panel. Before taking a closer look at these U ser Programs, there is one thing we hav e to point out.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Registrations – User Programs 128 3. U se the [A]/[B] and numeric fields to select the group, the bank and the memory number where you wish to w rite y our settings. One final step before writing your settings t o a User Pr og ram is to assign a name to y our settings.
129 VA -7 6 – Selecting User Programs The name of the selected U ser Program is displayed on the Mast er page: The asterisk (*) only appears when you c hange a parameter setting after loading a U ser Program. This is to alert you to the fact that the curr ent settings no longer correspond t o the ones you recalled.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Registrations – User Programs 130 T empo— Pr ess this field if the tempo setting con- tained in every U ser Program should be ignored. MIDI Set— Pr ess this field if the linked MIDI Set (see page 131) should not be recalled.
131 VA -7 6 – Automatic functions for User Programs Linking a MIDI Set to a User Pr ogram MIDI Sets are “U ser progr ams for MIDI paramete rs” . There are eight such memories (see page 207).
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Song Composer (the basics) 132 The Song Composer of your V A-76 is a Standar d MIDI File play er/recorder with the additional advan- tage that is can double as 16-track sequencer whenev er you want it t o. The V A-76’ s Composer reads GM/GM2/GS c ompati- ble Standard MIDI files.
133 VA -7 6 – Song List: searching songs on disk (Find) If you press [YES], the display sho ws an animated clock to indicat e that the disk is being formatted. Y ou can exit this display page without interrupting the formatting process b y pressing the [EXIT] field.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Song Composer (the basics) 134 The display no w looks more or less as follo ws: 3. Play the notes of the Song you want the V A -76 to find. The key and rh y thm are of little importance. (Y ou must get the intervals right, though!) The note bo xes will display a quarter note for ev er y note you pla yed.
135 VA -7 6 – Song playback functions The display no w looks more or less as follo ws: 4. Press the [PLA Y ® ] field to star t Song pla y back. The lyrics are now display ed on screen: 5. Press the [ST OP ■ | √ ] field to stop pla yback, or the [ o Back] field to return to the main Song Co mposer page.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Song Composer (the basics) 136 2. On the Song Composer page (see abov e), pr ess the [Minus One] field. The display no w looks more or less as follo ws: The [1]~[16] entries refers to the 16 MIDI c hannels of the currently selected Standar d MIDI File.
137 VA -7 6 – Song Chains T ranspose Of c ourse, it is also possible to tak e advantage of the V A-76’ s T ranspose function, whic h may be con venient if y ou are used to playing a giv en song in another key than the one used by the select ed Standard MIDI File.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Song Composer (the basics) 138 5. Press the [Edit] field. (The display on your V A -76 may look slightly differ- ent.) 6. Press the [N ew] field to create a new Song Chain. Ignore this step if you want to edit (c hange) an exist- ing Song Chain (the one y ou selected above).
139 VA -7 6 – Song Options Chain Mode The Chain M ode allows you t o specify how the selected Song Chain should be pla yed back. This is ty pically a function y ou set after selecting the desired Song Chain but befor e star ting playbac k.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Song Composer (the basics) 140 Note: I f you rename or delete a song that is referenced by a Song Chain (see page 138), the P osition in quest ion will be empty . The V A-76 will skip such empty Positions during playback of the Chain in question.
141 VA -7 6 – 16-track Sequencer 11.1 16-track Sequencer The Song Composer of your V A-76 is link ed to a 16- track sequencer with full-fledged editing functions that allows y ou to refine y our recordings in great detail. Selecting the 16-track sequencer 1.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Song Composer (16-track, etc.) 142 Example 1: Recor ding a track Her e’ s how to add a track to a song in the V A -76’ s Song RAM memory . This is o nly meaningful after recor ding a song using the Song Composer or after playing back a song on disk.
143 VA -7 6 – 16-track Sequencer 7. Press the [Octa ve] field. This is only necessary if you want y our notes to be sounded and rec orded in a different octa ve than the one you use fo r playing .
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Song Composer (16-track, etc.) 144 V olume (Level) 13. Press the [Mix er] field in the left column. The display no w looks more or less as follo ws: 14. Press the [Lev el] field in the left column so that it is display ed in white.
145 VA -7 6 – 16-track Sequencer Saving your song The 16-track sequencer uses a special portion of the V A-76’ s RAM memor y where all editing tak es place.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Song Composer (16-track, etc.) 146 Song RAM memory . (Songs pr ogr ammed on other instruments that already c ontain two drum tracks can be used like V A -76 songs w ith a “2nd Drum track” , though.) Select Off if you don ’t need a second Drum Set, or set the number of the desired track.
147 VA -7 6 – Editing 16-track songs 11.2 Editing 16-track songs Easy editing and useful functions After r ecording a track, you ma y want to do some touching up . H ere are some easy things y ou can do. See “In-depth editing of a 16-tr ack song ” on page 148 for more elaborate functions.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Song Composer (16-track, etc.) 148 In-depth editing of a 16-track song The Edit level of the 16-track mode provides eight functions: Erase, Delete, I nser t, T ranspose, V elocity , Quantize, Gate T ., and Shift. Her e is how to select these Edit functions: 1.
149 VA -7 6 – Editing 16-track songs Data T ype Allows y ou to select the data to be erased: All º : All editable parameters listed belo w . Note: Only note messages. Modul: Only modulation messages (CC01). PBend: Pitch Bend data (i.e. use of the BENDER/ MODULA TION lever).
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Song Composer (16-track, etc.) 150 From/F or— The From lev el allows you t o specify the position where the selected n umber of bars, beats, and clocks is to be inse r ted. For , on the othe r hand, specifies how man y bars, beats, and CPT s are to be inserted.
151 VA -7 6 – Editing 16-track songs Note: A similar syste m is also available for other par ame- ters. See “ Change” on page 152. Quantize U se this function if you c hose not to quantize your music during rec ording (see page 142) and now realiz e that the timing is not quite what y ou expected it to be.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Song Composer (16-track, etc.) 152 allows y ou to tidy up the timing and still keep an y irregularities (music!) the original may contain because it was not quantized. T r ack— See page 149. Y ou can also select the M track to shift tempo c hanges and SysEx messages.
153 VA -7 6 – Editing 16-track songs T r ack (1~16, All)— Allo ws you to select the track whose data you wish to c hange. Though you can also select ALL, this should be done with great caution.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Song Composer (16-track, etc.) 154 CPT — This is where you specify the CPT position of the beginning and end of the track to be c opied. U nless you do not need all not es w ithin the last bar , you should k eep the default setting.
155 VA -7 6 – Style Converter Note: I f the original was referenced by a User Program and if you now w ish to use the new version (saved under a dif- ferent File N ame), do not forget to change the Song Link setting (s ee page 130). Initialize See page 145.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Song Composer (16-track, etc.) 156 5. Press the [F rom] field to go to the next pag e. Her e, y ou can listen to the song y ou w ish to c onv er t. Pr ess the [PLA Y ® ] field to start playback. [ √√ B WD] and [FFW ®® ] are also available.
157 VA -7 6 – Edit L yrics The new U ser Style w ill be copied t o the Disk User memor y . I f that memory doesn’ t yet contain data, the new Style will use the cur re nt time sig nature and tempo . I f you lik e, y ou can set the default tempo in the field next to [K e y].
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Song Composer (16-track, etc.) 158 The display no w changes to: 5. Press the [Edit] field. This is only possible while Song (or Arr anger) pla y- back is stopped. So be sure t o stop playback befor e pressing [Edit]. Otherw ise a “CAN’T EXECUTE” error message is displa yed.
159 VA -7 6 – Edit L yrics 18. Repeat this at the q uar ter note where the sec ond line should be display ed. 19. K eep pressing [D A T A] on all beats where the sub- sequent text lines should appear . 20. Press the [ST OP ■ | √ ] field when all L y rics data hav e been synchronized.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Song Composer (16-track, etc.) 160 Exporting the L yrics data as text fi le Her e’ s what you need to do to e xpor t the L yrics data contained in a Standar d MIDI File as text data. This may be useful for editing or printing the lyrics using your c omputer .
161 VA -7 6 – Header Post Edit The Header P ost Edit function allows you to modify certain playback paramet ers of the song that is cur - rently in the V A -76’ s Song RAM memor y . These mod- ifications are either global or track-specific in nature and can be sav ed to disk along with the song data.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Song Composer (16-track, etc.) 162 PChange— (1~128) These are pr ogr am change mes- sages that allow y ou to select another T one or Drum Set. See page 222 for a list of the V A-76’ s T ones and Drum Sets. V olume (07)— Control change messages (CC07) that allow y ou to modify the P ar t v olume.
163 VA -7 6 – Concept Y ou can program your own acc ompaniments ( Styles ) on the V A-76. Styles you program do not reside in ROM, which is wh y we call them U ser Styles , or Styles created b y a user (either you or someone else).
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Programming User Styles 164 Looped divisions— Looped divisions are accompani- ments that are r epeated for as long as you do not select another division or press [ST ART/ST OP] to sto p Arranger playback.
165 VA -7 6 – Recording User Styles from scratch Note: The follow ing sections also contain comme nts on what we are doing and possible options. If all you want to do is program a Style, just r ead e very thing that appears in bold. Y ou can come back to the related explanat ions when- ever there is something you do not understand.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Programming User Styles 166 Working with clones On this page, you can activate thr ee clone functions that allow y ou to recor d one par t and c opy it to up to three divisions and three modes eac h. The “=” sign means that more than o ne pattern w ill be rec orded.
167 VA -7 6 – Recording User Styles from scratch T one selection Another important aspect is T one selection because the address (Gr oup, Bank, N umber , V ar iation) of the T ones and Drum Set you select is rec orded at the beginning of every division.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Programming User Styles 168 Furthermore, in User Style R ecord mode, all patterns are looped , so that the V A-76 k eeps playing them back until you pr ess the [ST ART/ST OP] button.
169 VA -7 6 – Recording User Styles from scratch 22. U se the [TEMPO/D A T A] dial to specify the num- ber of bars. Our pattern should be 4 measures long, so enter the value “4” . Note: Y ou could also spec ify a CPT value by pressing the [CPT] field and using the [TEMPO/D A T A] dial.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Programming User Styles 170 Saving your Style to disk If you are serious about programming your o w n Styles, mak e it a habit to sav e them as frequently as possible. After all, if someone decided to turn off your V A-76 no w, you w ould lose ever ything you ha ve pro- grammed so far .
171 VA -7 6 – Recording User Styles from scratch Note: The on/off status only applies to the User Style mode. In normal A rranger playback mode, all t r acks w ill be played. In other words, this is a help funct ion. T o mute a part in A r r anger mode, see page 114.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Programming User Styles 172 Another wa y of programming U ser St yles is to use parts from internal Styles in ROM or U ser St yles on (floppy , Zip) disk.
173 VA -7 6 – Copying existing Styles 7. Press the [Listen] field t o listen to the exc erp t y ou are about to c opy . Note: L iste n is not av ailable w hen you select ALL for one of the above entr ies. From Start by specifying the position of the first event (or note) of the source track to be c opied.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Programming User Styles 174 W hen the data are copied, the display will tell y ou: Editing on the fl y by r ecor ding Adding notes in r ealtime T o add notes to an exist.
175 VA -7 6 – Editing User Styles If you select the ADrums track, the display looks slightly different: That is because you can o nly assig n Drum Sets to the ADrums track. 3. Select the division whose sett ings y ou w ish to change, and possibly also all clones (see page 165).
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Programming User Styles 176 The Rev erb and Chorus settings represent Send values (see page 116). The effect settings ( T y pe, C har acte r , etc.) can only be sa ved to a U ser Pr og ram. In other wor ds, a M usic Style’ s character may change depend- ing on the U ser Pr og ram you select.
177 VA -7 6 – User Style Edit mode Time Signatur e Press the [Time Signature] fi eld in the left column The Time S ig nature page allo ws you to c heck and set the time signature of cer tain or all patt erns. The time signature of the major (M), minor (m), and seventh (7) patterns must al ways be the same.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Programming User Styles 178 Erase [FUNCTION MENU] button → [User Style Composer] fi eld → [Edit] fi eld → [Erase] Erase allows y ou to selectively delete data either within a specified range of the pattern(s), or from the entire track(s).
179 VA -7 6 – User Style Edit mode Insert [FUNCTION MENU] button → [User Style Composer] fi eld → [Edit] fi eld → [Insert] The Insert function allows y ou to insert space in an existing pattern.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Programming User Styles 180 Quantize [FUNCTION MENU] button → [User Style Composer] fi eld → [Edit] fi eld → [Quantize] The Quantize function can be used after r ecording a part if you don ’t feel comfortable with the timing of what you pla yed.
181 VA -7 6 – User Style Micro mode Select this mode whenever y ou need to change just one aspect of an otherwise perfect U ser St yle (or co p- ied ROM/Disk U ser St yle). In this section, we will use the word ev ent for any kind of message (identical to MIDI messag es that cause the Arranger to play or set something).
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Programming User Styles 182 Status column— This c olumn contains all the mes- sage ty pes y ou can assig n to an ev ent. See page 177 for details. U se the [TEMPO/D A T A] dial for selecting an event. Don ’t look for CC64 (H old or Sustain) events because you w on ’t find an y .
183 VA -7 6 – User Style Micro mode Status— U se the [TEMPO/D A T A] dial to select the Status of the new event (not e, c ontrol change, etc., see the table on page 177). Y ou may ha ve to press the [ Ty p e ] field if it is not displa yed in white.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Programming User Styles 184 Copy Mix [FUNCTION MENU] button → [User Style Composer] fi eld → [Micro] fi eld → [Copy Mix] The Copy M ix function allows you t o copy the selected events t o another position. This means that the events in question will be used twice.
185 VA -7 6 – User Style Utility Style tracks” on page 172 for a step-by-step tour o f this function. The following does not present all parame- ters and settings a vailable for the Copy function. T r ack (ADrums, ABass, Ac c1~6, ALL)— Allows y ou to select the track whose data y ou w ish to c opy (the sour ce pattern).
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Miscellaneous 186 13.1 Choosing the performance functions (Contr ollers) The V A-76 pr ov ides sev er al built-in c ontrollers as well as three sock ets for connecting optional c ontrollers that will make your lif e a lot easier .
187 VA -7 6 – Choosing the performance functions (Controllers) hand outside the D Beam ’ s range, both Resonanc e and TVF Cu toff return to their original values (“0”= no change). Note: I f TVF C utoff is already set to “+63” , you cannot increase it using the D Beam Controller .
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Miscellaneous 188 Formant U p/Down— These two options allow you t o change the character of the selected V ariPhrase. See page 48 for details. This function can also be con- trolled via an on-screen slider (see page 49).
189 VA -7 6 – Choosing the performance functions (Controllers) T ouch Contr ol (Ribbon) This page contains the functions that can be assigned to the T ouch Contr ol (also called “Ribbon ”). With the ex ception of Off (that deacti vates the Ribbon control- ler), the parameters are identical to the ones of the D Beam contr oller (see page 186).
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Miscellaneous 190 LFO2 Rate, LFO2 Pitch, LFO2 TVF , LFO2 TV A— Same setting range and meaning as the corresponding LFO1 parameters. Not e that not all T ones use a second LFO , which is why these settings do not al ways yield the desired effect.
191 VA -7 6 – Choosing the performance functions (Controllers) Foot Switch This parameter allo ws you to specify the function of the optional DP -2, DP -6, or BOSS FS-5U connected to the FOO T SWITCH sock et on the rear panel. The default setting is Start/Stop , which allo ws you to start and stop Arranger playback.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Miscellaneous 192 N ote the Soft and Sostenuto options as well as the pos- sibility to select Hold. Though there is a dedicated SUST AIN FOOTSWIT CH jack that serves the same purpose, y ou may want to select H old for certain U ser Pr og rams.
193 VA -7 6 – FC-7 & Pad parameters Note: It is perfectly possible to set the Up value to “127” and the Down value to “0” , so that the selected part only sounds when the Expression pedal is up (closed). The Expression function can also be used for some clever effects.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Miscellaneous 194 Orchestrator 1~4— These functions allo w you to select the corresponding Or chestrator level (see page 62). Break M ute— This function can only be ac cessed via the FC-7. W hen you press the assigned footswitch, Arranger playback will be muted for the r emainder of the current measure.
195 VA -7 6 – Global parameters (for the entire V A-76) MBass/K eyboard Arr anger— Allows y ou to set the Arranger Chord parameter to “Off ” (chord r ecogni- tion as well as ABS recognition off, see page 102) and, at the same time, select the SPLIT K e yboar d mode and activate the M.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Miscellaneous 196 Factory Resume The F actor y Resume fields allo w you to select all or only certain settings of the “Free P anel” U ser Program so as to initialize the section in q uestion.
197 VA -7 6 – MIDI in general 14.1 MIDI in general MIDI connectors MIDI messages are transmitt ed and receiv ed using three c onnectors and special MIDI cables: MIDI IN— This connect or receiv es messages from other MIDI devices.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — MIDI 198 Control change messages These messages contr ol parameters such as modula- tion and pan. The function of a message is determined by its co ntrol change (e.g. ID) n umber . Modulation (CC01) *— This message c ontrols vib rat o.
199 VA -7 6 – MIDI in general All N ote Off message *— This message causes a note- off message to be sent t o each note of the specified channel that is currently on. Ho wever , if Hold 1 or Sostenut o are on, the sound will contin ue until these are turned off.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — MIDI 200 14.2 Pr eparations for using the MIDI functions Receiving MIDI data (RX) T o take advantage of the V A-76’ s sounds while playing on an external k eyboard or u.
201 VA -7 6 – Keyboard MIDI, Style MIDI, Song MIDI exactly like the F ree P anel buffer for User P rograms: it is a buffer memor y where y our changes are stor ed temporarily . The V A-76’ s ROM chip also c ontains pre- set settings for this memory : those are the o nes you select by pressing the [F actory Resume] field.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — MIDI 202 equipped with a Soft Thru (MIDI echo) function – and only if (i) you connect the V A -76’ s MIDI IN and OUT connect ors to the external sequencer or c om- pu.
203 VA -7 6 – Utilities MIDI The V ar iPhrase part is an altogether different to ne generator. That explains why it doesn ’t respond t o CC32 messages and wh y the two filter pages look a lit- tle different: See abov e for an explanation of these parameters.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — MIDI 204 Style RX Sync, Song RX Sync The Style RX Sync and Song RX S ync parameters are used to specify whether and ho w the Arranger or Composer should be synchr onized to external sequencers or drum machines.
205 VA -7 6 – Utilities MIDI Style selection via MIDI The MIDI address of a M usic St yle consists o f three elements: a P rogr am Change n umber , a CC00 num- ber , and a CC32 number .
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — MIDI 206 36 being used and sent to the MIDI OUT port. This, of course, depends on the T one you assign to the U pper1 par t. In A bs olute mode, howev er , the MIDI not e number sent to the MIDI OUT port will be the one assigned to the key y ou press (e.
207 VA -7 6 – MIDI Sets 14.5 MIDI Sets MIDI Sets are memories for the settings you mak e in MIDI mode. The V A-76 has eight MIDI Set memories on board that y ou can use to change your MIDI c on- figuration. Y ou can also sav e your MIDI Sets to disk and load them whenever necessary .
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — MIDI 208 3. On the display page that appears no w , press the [Sav e] field in the bottom row and the [Midi Set] field in the left column. Before sa v ing a MIDI Set to disk, you should name it. Pr ess the [Name] field and choose a name that t ells you something about the c ontents.
209 VA -7 6 – Autoload This is where y ou w ill find functions and parameters relating to sa ving , loading, deleting files, and to for- matting new disks or disks previously used on other instruments or dev ices. The wor d “ disk” refers t o both floppy and Zip disks.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Disk functions 210 Selection— Press the field of the song you wish to load. If the desired song is not displa yed, use the [ o ][ k ] fields to scr oll through the list of a vailable songs. Y ou can also use the [TEMPO/D A T A] dial.
211 VA -7 6 – Disk Save (saving data to disk) 15.3 Disk Save (saving data to disk) In this manual and while designing the V A -76, we tried to make a clear distinction betw een saving and writi ng / me morizing data. The terms writ e / Memorize are used to describe actions that cause c er tain settings to be sa ved to an internal memory .
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Disk functions 212 Save MIDI Set [FUNCTION MENU] → [Disk] fi eld → [Save] fi eld → [Midi Set] fi eld This function allows y ou to sav e all 8 MIDI Sets as a set.
213 VA -7 6 – Delete 15.4 Delete [FUNCTION MENU] → [Disk] fi eld → [Delete] fi eld The Delete function allows y ou to erase the selected file, which may be necessary if the “Disk Full” message is display ed when you tr y to sa ve a file to disk.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Disk functions 214 Copy functions Y ou can copy from Z ip to floppy (and vice versa), or from one floppy disk t o another floppy disk, which requires c hang ing disks.
215 VA -7 6 – Disk Utility tected Flopp y Disk” message appears again. In that case, go back to step (5) and contin ue until the mes- sage “OK Function Complet e” is displa yed. 9. Press [EXIT] t o jump to the Master page (see page 24). There is no function for co py ing entir e Zip disks.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Disk functions 216 4. Insert the floppy disk that should contain the c op- ied data into the floppy driv e. 5. Press the field that c orresponds to the file ty pe y ou wish to copy . T o copy Styles, for example, pr ess the [Style] field: 6.
217 VA -7 6 – Disk Utility 8. Press the [PR OCEED] field. For Styles, and Songs, y ou can enter two names: the File N ame and the Style/Song Name. The first is the file’ s “ address” on the disk, while the sec ond some- times appears on the V A-76’ s display (see also page 68).
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Speci fi cations 218 16. Specifications V A-76 V -Arranger Keyboard Ke y b o a r d 76 keys, weighted synthesizer action, velocity-sensitive, Aftertouch Control lers T e.
219 VA -7 6 – Disk Utility Below please find a list of the M-FX T ypes available on the V A-76. As stated on page 123, each ty pe pro v ides tw o par am- eters that can be co ntrolled via the M-V alue 1 and M-V alue 2 sliders in the displa y . P arameters indicated with an asterisk (*) can also be contr olled v ia an optional footswitch.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — M-FX T ypes & controllable parameters 220 CHORUS EFFECTS “ D ” means dry (no effect), while “ E ” means effect (no unprocessed signal); “ 0 ” refers to the level.
221 VA -7 6 – Disk Utility 55 DS → Delay M-V al 1 DS Pan L63 ~0~ R63 M-V al 2 ° DlyBalance D>0E~D0<E This effect connects a Distortion effect and a Delay in series. 56 EH → Chors M-V al 1 EH Sens 0~127 M-V al 2 ° ChoBalance D>0E~D0<E This effect connects an Enhancer and a Chorus in series.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Reference 222 18.1 T ones GBN Var PC CC00 CC32 Name A11 1 0 4 Piano 1 1 1 1 4 UprightPiano 2 1 2 4 Mild Piano 3 1 8 4 Piano 1w 4 1 9 4 Mild Piano w 5 1 16 4 European Pf 6 1 24 4 Piano + Str. 7 1 25 4 Piano + Str2 8 1 26 4 Piano+Choir1 9 1 27 4 Piano+Choir2 10 1 45 4 MonoAc.
223 VA -7 6 – T ones GBN Var PC CC00 CC32 Name 3 31 3 4 Distortion : 4 31 4 4 Dist.Fast : 5 31 5 4 Attack Dist 6 31 8 4 Feedback Gt. 7 31 9 4 Feedback Gt2 8 31 16 4 Power Guitar 9 31 17 4 Power Gt.2 10 31 18 4 5th Dist. 11 31 24 4 Rock Rhythm 12 31 25 4 Rock Rhythm2 13 31 26 4 Dist Rtm GTR 14 31 48 4 v Dist.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Reference 224 GBN Var PC CC00 CC32 Name 15 56 19 4 Bam Hit 16 56 20 4 Bit Hit 17 56 21 4 Bim Hit 18 56 22 4 Technorg Hit 19 56 23 4 Rave Hit 20 56 24 4 Strings Hit 21 56 .
225 VA -7 6 – T ones GBN Var PC CC00 CC32 Name 7 89 7 4 260HarmPad 8 89 44 4 EP Heaven 9 89 45 4 HeavenKey 10 89 46 4 BriteSawKey 11 89 47 4 VoxKey1 12 89 127 4 Trumpet 1 B42 90 0 4 Warm Pad 1 90 1 .
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Reference 226 GBN Var PC CC00 CC32 Name B78 120 0 4 Reverse Cym. 1 120 1 4 Reverse Cym2 2 120 2 4 Reverse Cym3 3 120 3 4 Reverse Cym4 4 120 8 4 Rev.Snare 1 5 120 9 4 Rev.Snare 2 6 120 16 4 Rev.Kick 1 7 120 17 4 Rev.ConBD 8 120 24 4 Rev.
227 VA -7 6 – T ones GBN Var PC CC00 CC32 Name A41 25 0 3 Nylon-str.Gt 1 25 8 3 Ukulele 2 25 16 3 Nylon Gt.o 3 25 24 3 Velo Harmnix 4 25 32 3 Nylon Gt.2 5 25 40 3 Lequint Gt. 6 25 126 3 Fingered Bs 7 25 127 3 Syn Brass 1 A42 26 0 3 Steel-str.Gt 1 26 8 3 12-str.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Reference 228 GBN Var PC CC00 CC32 Name B14 68 0 3 Baritone Sax 1 68 1 3 Bari. Sax : 2 68 127 3 Elec Bass 2 B15 69 0 3 Oboe 1 69 8 3 Oboe Exp.
229 VA -7 6 – T ones GBN Var PC CC00 CC32 Name 4 119 11 3 606 Tom 5 119 12 3 909 Tom 6 119 127 3 Taiko Rim B78 120 0 3 Reverse Cym. 1 120 1 3 Reverse Cym2 2 120 2 3 Reverse Cym3 3 120 8 3 Rev.Snare 1 4 120 9 3 Rev.Snare 2 5 120 16 3 Rev.Kick 1 6 120 17 3 Rev.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Reference 230 GBN Var PC CC00 CC32 Name 10 40 126 2 Organ 1 11 40 127 2 Funny Vox A61 41 0 2 Violin 1 41 8 2 Slow Violin 2 41 16 2 Folk Violin 3 41 17 2 FolkViolnVb 4 41 .
231 VA -7 6 – T ones GBN Var PC CC00 CC32 Name B74 116 0 2 Woodblock 1 116 8 2 Castanets 2 116 127 2 Elec Perc 1 B75 117 0 2 Taiko 1 117 8 2 Concert BD 2 117 127 2 Elec Perc 2 B76 118 0 2 Melo.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Reference 232 GBN Var PC CC00 CC32 Name A85 61 0 1 French Horn 1 61 1 1 Fr.Horn 2 2 61 126 1 Brass 2 3 61 127 1 Guitar 2 A86 62 0 1 Brass 1 1 62 8 1 Brass 2 2 62 126 1 Brass 2 3 62 127 1 Elec Gtr 1 A87 63 0 1 Syn.Brass 1 1 63 8 1 Syn.
233 VA -7 6 – Drum Sets 18.2 Drum Sets C2 36 38 40 41 43 45 47 37 39 42 44 46 C3 48 50 52 53 55 57 59 49 51 54 56 58 C4 60 62 64 65 67 69 71 61 63 66 68 70 C5 72 74 76 77 79 81 83 73 75 78 80 82 C6 .
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Reference 234 (C7) (96) 98 100 101 103 105 107 97 99 102 104 106 C8 108 110 112 113 115 117 119 109 111 114 C9 G9 120 122 124 125 127 121 123 126 116 118 (85Rm Snare1) Std.
235 VA -7 6 – Drum Sets C2 36 38 40 41 43 45 47 37 39 42 44 46 C3 48 50 52 53 55 57 59 49 51 54 56 58 C4 60 62 64 65 67 69 71 61 63 66 68 70 C5 72 74 76 77 79 81 83 73 75 78 80 82 C6 84 C7 96 86 88 .
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Reference 236 C2 36 38 40 41 43 45 47 37 39 42 44 46 C3 48 50 52 53 55 57 59 49 51 54 56 58 C4 60 62 64 65 67 69 71 61 63 66 68 70 C5 72 74 76 77 79 81 83 73 75 78 80 82 .
237 VA -7 6 – Drum Sets (C7) (96) 98 100 101 103 105 107 97 99 102 104 106 C8 108 110 112 113 115 117 119 109 111 114 C9 G9 120 122 124 125 127 121 123 126 116 118 (---) Techno Hit Philly Hit Shock Wave Lo Fi Rave Bam Hit Bim Hit TapeRewind Phono Noise Dance Snare1 Power Snare2 Elec Snare 1 Dance Snare2 Elec Snare 2 Elec.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Reference 238 C2 36 38 40 41 43 45 47 37 39 42 44 46 C3 48 50 52 53 55 57 59 49 51 54 56 58 C4 60 62 64 65 67 69 71 61 63 66 68 70 C5 72 74 76 77 79 81 83 73 75 78 80 82 .
239 VA -7 6 – Drum Sets (CC32=122 only via MIDI) C2 36 38 40 41 43 45 47 37 39 42 44 46 C3 48 50 52 53 55 57 59 49 51 54 56 58 C4 60 62 64 65 67 69 71 61 63 66 68 70 C5 72 74 76 77 79 81 83 73 75 78.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Reference 240 (CC32=122 only via MIDI) (CC32= 119 only via MIDI) (C7) (96) 98 100 101 103 105 107 97 99 102 104 106 C8 108 110 112 113 115 117 119 109 111 114 C9 G9 120 1.
241 VA -7 6 – Drum Sets (CC32= 119 only via MIDI) (CC32=122 only via MIDI) C2 36 38 40 41 43 45 47 37 39 42 44 46 C3 48 50 52 53 55 57 59 49 51 54 56 58 C4 60 62 64 65 67 69 71 61 63 66 68 70 C5 72 .
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Reference 242 C2 36 38 40 41 43 45 47 37 39 42 44 46 C3 48 50 52 53 55 57 59 49 51 54 56 58 C4 60 62 64 65 67 69 71 61 63 66 68 70 C5 72 74 76 77 79 81 83 73 75 78 80 82 .
243 VA -7 6 – Drum Sets (C7) (96) 98 100 101 103 105 107 97 99 102 104 106 C8 108 110 112 113 115 117 119 109 111 114 C9 G9 120 122 124 125 127 121 123 126 116 118 PC: 121 [CC32: 122] SFX 1 kit PC: .
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Reference 244 C2 36 38 40 41 43 45 47 37 39 42 44 46 C3 48 50 52 53 55 57 59 49 51 54 56 58 C4 60 62 64 65 67 69 71 61 63 66 68 70 C5 72 74 76 77 79 81 83 73 75 78 80 82 .
245 VA -7 6 – Drum Sets C2 36 38 40 41 43 45 47 37 39 42 44 46 C3 48 50 52 53 55 57 59 49 51 54 56 58 C4 60 62 64 65 67 69 71 61 63 66 68 70 C5 72 74 76 77 79 81 83 73 75 78 80 82 C6 84 C7 96 86 88 .
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Reference 246 (C7) (96) 98 100 101 103 105 107 97 99 102 104 106 C8 108 110 112 113 115 117 119 109 111 114 C9 G9 120 122 124 125 127 121 123 126 116 118 (---) --- --- --.
247 VA -7 6 – Drum Sets C2 36 38 40 41 43 45 47 37 39 42 44 46 C3 48 50 52 53 55 57 59 49 51 54 56 58 C4 60 62 64 65 67 69 71 61 63 66 68 70 C5 72 74 76 77 79 81 83 73 75 78 80 82 C6 84 C7 96 86 88 .
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Reference 248 C2 36 38 40 41 43 45 47 37 39 42 44 46 C3 48 50 52 53 55 57 59 49 51 54 56 58 C4 60 62 64 65 67 69 71 61 63 66 68 70 C5 72 74 76 77 79 81 83 73 75 78 80 82 .
249 VA -7 6 – Drum Sets (C7) (96) 98 100 101 103 105 107 97 99 102 104 106 C8 108 110 112 113 115 117 119 109 111 114 C9 G9 120 122 124 125 127 121 123 126 116 118 (Cabasa Down) Claves High Wood Blo.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Reference 250 C2 36 38 40 41 43 45 47 37 39 42 44 46 C3 48 50 52 53 55 57 59 49 51 54 56 58 C4 60 62 64 65 67 69 71 61 63 66 68 70 C5 72 74 76 77 79 81 83 73 75 78 80 82 .
251 VA -7 6 – Internal Music Styles 18.3 Inter nal Music Styles ROCK A11 LightRk1 4/4 = 86 A12 LightRk2 4/4 = 100 A13 LightRk3 4/4 = 105 A14 PowerRk1 4/4 = 120 A15 PowerRk2 4/4 =.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Reference 252 18.4 Chor d Intelligence Cm7 ( 5 ) C C# D E E F CM7 C#M7 DM7 E M7 EM7 FM7 C7 C#7 D7 E 7 E7 F7 Cm C#m Dm E m Em Fm Cm7 C#m7 Dm7 E m7 Em7 Fm7 Cdim C#dim Ddim .
253 VA -7 6 – Chord Intelligence F# G A A B B F#M7 GM7 A M7 AM7 B M7 BM7 F#7 G7 A 7 A7 B 7 B7 F#m Gm A m Am B m Bm F#m7 Gm7 A m7 Am7 B m7 Bm7 F#dim Gdim A dim Adim B dim Bdim Gm7 ( 5 ) Am7 ( 5 ) Bm7.
VA -7 6 Owner’ s Manual — Reference 254 18.5 MIDI Implementation Chart [V-Arranger Keyboard] Date: January 2001 Model: VA-76 Version: 1.00 Function.
255 VA -7 6 – Owner ’ s Manual Numerics 00 Free Panel 128 1 Ch Limit 205 1 Channel Rx 205 1st Style 63 2 Ch Limit 205 2 Channel Rx 205 2nd Drum Track 145 2nd Style 63 2nd Trk 66 3.
Index 256 F Factory 28 , 85 Resume 196 Fade 195 Fade In/Out 78 Faders (VariPhrase control) 49 Family 105 Fast 171 , 181 Favorites 40 FC-7 8 , 54 FDD 111 , 215 Style Options 110 FFW 31 , 135 File Name .
257 VA -7 6 – Owner ’ s Manual Mixer 113 16-track 144 User Style 175 Mode Copy 154 Portamento 80 , 90 Recording 142 VariPhrase 82 Modul 149 Modulation 52 , 125 , 188 , 198 Mono 46 , 90 Morphing 63.
Index 258 Source 71 , 172 Source pattern 153 , 185 Space 68 Specifications 218 Speed Options 171 , 181 Split Arranger 35 Keyboard Mode 36 UP2 to Left 88 Upper2 86 Standard 102 MIDI File 67 , 132 Start.
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