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18.4 Chord Intelligence

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VA-76.book Page 252 Friday, January 12, 2001 12:35 PM

Summary of Contents for VA-76

Page 1: ...t panel and only use key when refer ring to the VA 76 s keyboard Also in order to avoid mixups between the real buttons on the front panel and the soft ware buttons on the touch screen we shall use th...

Page 2: ...t does not appear to operate nor mally or exhibits a marked change in performance In households with small children an adult should provide supervision until the child is capable of following all the...

Page 3: ...of time disconnect the power cord Try to prevent cords and cables from becoming entangled Also all cords and cables should be placed so they are out of the reach of children Never climb on top of nor...

Page 4: ...ith a 128 voice polyphonic sound source with 3 646 instrument sounds and 116 Drum Sets that cover everything from incredibly realistic acoustic instru ments to cooking Techno sounds Never before has a...

Page 5: ...ered in one of three modes Standard Intelli gent or Piano Style In Standard mode the Arranger s chord recognition works the way you would expect an intelligent keyboard to operate In Intelligent mode...

Page 6: ...series Styles take advantage of the VA 76 s new sounds You will have no trouble reading MSA and MSD series Style disks on your VA 76 upward compat ibility RH series headphones A pair of Roland RH ser...

Page 7: ...trike or apply strong pressure to the display When connecting disconnecting all cables grasp the con nector itself never pull on the cable This way you will avoid causing shorts or damage to the cable...

Page 8: ...fore you insert them into the drive of another instrument The identification label should be firmly affixed to the disk If the label comes loose while the disk is in the drive it may be difficult to r...

Page 9: ...7 Foot Controller 54 Sustain Footswitch Hold 55 Foot Switch 55 Expression Foot Pedal 55 Master Tune 55 Metronome 56 4 5 Using live vocals 57 4 6 Arranger Music Style clinic 59 Selecting Music Styles 5...

Page 10: ...gram selection at power on 131 10 Song Composer the basics 132 10 1 A few remarks about recording songs 132 Formatting a disk 132 10 2 Song List searching songs on disk Find 133 Play Search finding So...

Page 11: ...n general 197 MIDI messages used by the VA 76 197 About MIDI implementation charts 199 14 2 Preparations for using the MIDI functions 200 Transmitting MIDI data TX 200 The how to s 200 14 3 Keyboard M...

Page 12: ...so that it lights to add an automatic counter melody second and third voice to your solos or melodies Press and hold this button to call up a page where you can select the harmony type F CONTROLLERS b...

Page 13: ...call up a display page where you can select another orchestration for the currently selected Music Style and or take advantage of the Style Morphing feature See page 62 for details N VIRTUAL BAND but...

Page 14: ...range These colors are reflected by the active BANK NUMBER buttons X TEMPO DATA dial The function of this dial depends on the status of the TEMPO TAP and DATA buttons If the TEMPO TAP button lights th...

Page 15: ...save or load User Styles User Pro grams MIDI Sets VariPhrases etc Note To prevent damaging your Zip disk it can hold up to 100MB worth of precious data you cannot remove it man ually d Ribbon control...

Page 16: ...H 25 or RH 50 to this socket This is useful for a drummer for example as Click Track Use the METRONOME LEVEL knob to set the metronome volume in the headphones J VARIPHRASE section LEVEL knob This kno...

Page 17: ...timum sound quality be sure to use Roland RH 25 or RH 50 headphones 2 2 Listening to the demo songs Your VA 76 comes with a number of demonstration songs that give you an accurate impression of what y...

Page 18: ...the supplied Zip disk into the drive The demo songs do not reside in the VA 76 s internal memory but on the supplied Zip If you do not insert that disk before proceeding the following message is disp...

Page 19: ...ge see page 24 Demo playback starts automatically But you can press a Style name field Rock Dance etc to start the demonstration of another Music Style Music Styles are the VA 76 accompaniment pat ter...

Page 20: ...do not need to program the order in which you intend to use the patterns Furthermore the Arranger not only provides a rhythm section but also chords guitar and synthe sizer riffs and so on The accompa...

Page 21: ...ect a sound for your right hand There are eight Tone suggestions for every Style for you to choose from The oBACK field takes you back to the previous display page Press it whenever you wish to change...

Page 22: ...ed on the Master page varies Here is what it can look like in some situations That way you know exactly which functions are cur rently active Which button does what Panel Info There may be situations...

Page 23: ...START STOP button lights and the Arranger starts playing the accompaniment of the selected Music Style The accompaniment pattern Music Style is sounded in the key that corresponds to the chord you pla...

Page 24: ...s and indeed how to end them in style That is what the INTRO and ENDING but tons are for While the VARIATION and ORIGINAL patterns as well as their ORCHESTRATOR versions keep repeat ing the same accom...

Page 25: ...the TEMPO TAP button does not light press it 2 Use the TEMPO DATA dial to set the desired tempo value The new tempo is displayed in the upper right corner of the display You can also press the TEMPO T...

Page 26: ...can be assigned to the SUPER TONES 1 button There are two assignment sets FACTORY and USER See page 85 for details Factory only means that the number of possible options is restricted to 40 Tones rath...

Page 27: ...OFF field the ONE TOUCH button keeps lighting to signal that you are still using a One Touch program 4 Press EXIT to return to the Master page The VariPhrase function is a revolutionary Roland technol...

Page 28: ...your every tempo move and keeps sounding just perfect The phrase continues but is transposed halfway trough 11 Select the Original or Variation pattern see page 25 play a chord in the left half of th...

Page 29: ...isplayed You can also use the TEMPO DATA dial for doing so 7 Press a song field to select the song you want to lis ten to The RAM information field is still empty That is because the selected song has...

Page 30: ...on to stop Arranger playback 3 Press the SONG COMPOSER button 4 See steps 4 8 above for how to select the desired song on disk It would be a good idea to start playback and to stop it after a few meas...

Page 31: ...part on track 4 of the Standard MIDI File song Pitch Bend Modulation and other performance effects will also be muted 1 Press the Keyboard Mode OTHER button 2 On the display page that appears now pres...

Page 32: ...ode the keyboard is split into two halves The left half is used for playing chords that the Arranger uses for transposing the Music Style patterns in realtime The right half on the other hand can be u...

Page 33: ...tomatically in Piano mode UP2 The Upper2 part can be used as additional solo part to be layered with the Upper1 part or as an alter native melody sound Except when the UP2 Split func tion is activated...

Page 34: ...Split means that the keyboard is divided into two halves at the C4 mentioned above You can use the VariPhrase LW1 LW2 and MBS parts in the left half and the UP1 and UP2 parts in the right It is also p...

Page 35: ...One Touch function that prepares 4 different Tones for both the UP1 and UP2 parts See also One Touch on page 99 Let us now have a look at the classic way of selecting Tones This selection method is a...

Page 36: ...d You could take advantage of this system to prepare the group and bank with your left hand while continuing to play the melody with your right hand Then all you need to do is press the desired NUMBER...

Page 37: ...P1 UP2 etc left column That field is now displayed white on blue Note The VariPhrase part cannot be selected here Use the BACKGROUND MELODIC RHYTHMIC and USER buttons for choosing the desired VariPhra...

Page 38: ...tion refers to Tones here and has nothing to do with the VARIATION button on the front panel or the Music Style pattern of the same name 9 Press the oBack field to select another Tone if none of the V...

Page 39: ...See Change on page 152 There are four Tone Maps that correspond to the fol lowing instrument models Tone Maps 1 3 ensure perfect compatibility with older Music Styles and Standard MIDI Files Besides t...

Page 40: ...ll sound even better Drumming on the keyboard The MDR M Drums part allows you to drum on the keyboard As stated above this part is available in both SPLIT and WHOLE modes When used in SPLIT Key board...

Page 41: ...Roll function allows you to play perfect drum rolls whose tempo is synchronized with the Arranger or a Composer Song 1 On the above display page in SPLIT or WHOLE mode press the Options field If you l...

Page 42: ...a pattern bank 1 of all Maps con tains generally usable Drum Sets bank 2 Drum Sets with effects ambience special Dance noises bank 3 rock kits etc Note The Drum Sets labelled CC32 122 General MIDI 2...

Page 43: ...iPhrase part is available both in WHOLE and SPLIT modes In SPLIT mode it can also be assigned to the left half of the keyboard which is useful for BACK GROUND and RHYTHMIC phrases see page 35 for deta...

Page 44: ...ght hand even though you may be playing two voice lines or even chords In a layer combination the VariPhrase part would thus allow you to combine a chordal part Upper1 or Lower1 with a solo vocal line...

Page 45: ...on page 24 for calling up a page that cannot be selected directly If you want to select the Trigger parameters the hard way see step b above 3 Press and hold the Mode STEP SYNC field This calls up the...

Page 46: ...anging the formant so that you can modify the character of a phrase to an extent that it almost sounds as though you had changed a woman s voice into a man s or vice versa The VA 76 s controllers can...

Page 47: ...O DATA dial or the Numeric Entry pad for setting the desired value Note Enter the value 0 or return the slider to its central position to once again use the normal Pitch Time or For mant value Note Th...

Page 48: ...to how the sound changes Note If the VariPhrase part is not displayed press the o field several times Let us now add some Chorus to the VariPhrase part 6 Press the Chorus field in the left column The...

Page 49: ...keep things simple by showing you how it influences the UP1 part 3 Move your hand over the eyes while playing something Listen to how the UP1 sound becomes brighter and mellower as you move your hand...

Page 50: ...all the time The Ribbon controller always works from left 0 to right maximum value That is why most assignable parameters are labelled Up or Down Moving your finger to the far right will thus increas...

Page 51: ...things to look out for here are the ARRANGER CHORD and KEYBOARD MODE fields in the upper left and right corners 2 Press the KEYBOARD MODE field in the upper right corner so that it is displayed in wh...

Page 52: ...OARD MODE field in the upper right corner so that it is displayed in white 3 Press the Octave field 4 Press the field that corresponds to the Keyboard part you wish to transpose in octave steps UP1 UP...

Page 53: ...footswitch Expression Foot Pedal An optional EV 5 or BOSS FV 300L expression pedal connected to the FOOT PEDAL socket allows you to control the volume of all parts by foot You can reverse the expressi...

Page 54: ...le must receive on MIDI channel 16 The safest would be to assign MIDI channel 16 to part 10 of a multitimbral module That way its Drum Set is triggered by the metronome The MDR part transmits on MIDI...

Page 55: ...n use when you want to sing to the music you play on the VA 76 You can also use this part for other audio sig nals but please bear in mind that the Audio In part is mono The audio signal received by t...

Page 56: ...he microphone You should now be able to hear your voice 13 You can also add Reverb and Chorus to your voice Press the ON OFF field between the Chorus and Reverb sliders to make it read ON This field c...

Page 57: ...hts As soon as you press the STYLE button it lights in green as well as the BANK and NUMBER buttons of the currently selected Music Style The color for Tone selection is red while orange is used for s...

Page 58: ...th internal Styles The Music Style referenced by the Disk Link memory you select is automatically loaded from disk and cop ied to the Disk User memory see also page 61 This is a RAM memory whose conte...

Page 59: ...that case the VA 76 will go on using the last Music Style it did find In the case of a Music Style on floppy disk the message about a missing Music Style would be In that case press the Eject button...

Page 60: ...Disk Link memories If you haven t selected any Disk Link Style since switching on the VA 76 it will go on using the last ROM Style 8 Press EXIT to return to the Master page The User message to the ri...

Page 61: ...the one you want to start with next time you select that User Program Note The Music Styles on the supplied Zip disk also contain suitable Orchestrator versions Other Music Styles you can load with t...

Page 62: ...usic Styles for the 1st Style and the 2nd Style 6 Press the 1st Style field in the display This page should look familiar It allows you to select a Music Style 7 Assign a Music Style to the 1st Style...

Page 63: ...a User Program with the desired settings see page 128 5 Press the START STOP button and listen to the tempo If it is too fast change it now see page 27 6 Press START STOP again to stop playback This...

Page 64: ...de Note You could record the melody using the Upper1 and 2 parts or the VariPhrase part Even the Keyboard Mode WHOLE or SPLIT modes as well as UP2 to Left see page 88 and UP2 Split see page 86 are ava...

Page 65: ...s called editing Saving your song to disk A Composer song you save to disk becomes a Standard MIDI File that can be played back with the VA 76 but also with any other SMF compatible sequencer Be aware...

Page 66: ...ete the character indi cated by the cursor _ Press Space to insert a space Press Insert to insert a character at the cur rent position All characters behind this position move one position further to...

Page 67: ...or VariPhrase You could also load VariPhrases from floppy disk You could even save VariPhrases to floppy disk but be aware that the capacity of a floppy is rather limited 2 Press the FUNCTION MENU bu...

Page 68: ...e Master page Selecting a User memory To use the VariPhrase s or audio file s you have just loaded press the VariPhrase USER button and use the GROUP 1 8 buttons to select the group A or B and the mem...

Page 69: ...ws you to take advantage of the metronome 13 Optional Press the Metronome OFF field to activate the metronome Check the Capturing Free Area field If the value is less than 4 s it would be a good idea...

Page 70: ...ove all controlled way Note If you save this audio file to disk before doing the touching up it will also be saved as an encoded phrase But it would be relatively useless so please bear with us Phrase...

Page 71: ...ow so that the phrase is a bit too soft Note See also Amplitude on page 78 for how to change the volume of a phrase at a later stage Normalize boosts the level of the audio data in such a way that the...

Page 72: ...hen you press a C key Here s an example sup pose you sampled a phrase in the key of A major or minor that actually starts with an A Right now the VA 76 doesn t know the phrase is in A That is why the...

Page 73: ...is displayed in the New field B Method 2 entering the tempo value right away If you know the tempo value of the audio phrase you have just sampled you can press the New field and enter the value usin...

Page 74: ...t enough for one phrase if that while a Zip disk allows you to build your own libraries Note Do not use the Zip disk that came with your VA 76 As a rule you should not save any of your own data to the...

Page 75: ...then The display now looks more or less as follows The following parameters can be set by touching the corresponding field and by using the TEMPO DATA dial Pitch Press the Pitch field to select the fo...

Page 76: ...lect 0 00 Note This parameter does not allow you to create a more snappy attack for a phrase with a rather laid back begin ning Note Avoid choosing too high a value for that may mean that you ll never...

Page 77: ...ings will produce a greater amount of change between left and right Alternate 64 63 Use this setting when you want the pan of the sound to alternate between the left and right speakers each time you p...

Page 78: ...is adapted to the interval so as to avoid excessively long glides TIME The Time value see below will always be used no matter how big or small the interval between two notes played in succession Star...

Page 79: ...ess the Play back field What you hear now is the VariPhrase singing a C As soon as you play the G the VariPhrase goes on play ing but adds the G to the C That is because the Time Sync function is curr...

Page 80: ...why they sound just right in any key and at any pitch Your User phrases however may contain entire verses of a song What do you do then Of course you could sample the vocal line yourself at the corre...

Page 81: ...which allows for multiple simultaneous parameter changes The VA 76 also contains a number of Global Vari Phrase parameters that apply to the entire instrument and cannot be changed simply by selectin...

Page 82: ...l speed provided the ON OFF field next to it reads ON Here s how to set the tempo value Press the Double Speed On field Use the i m to set the desired lower tempo limit Press the Default field to retu...

Page 83: ...ree to select another option for a button you cannot change the options themselves There are eight possibilities per SUPER TONES button and that s it There is however a User set with five additional S...

Page 84: ...ess the EXECUTE field to save your choice The display now responds with As soon as this message disappears the display returns to the Factory User page 8 Press EXIT to return to the Master page You co...

Page 85: ...ou to avoid that the UP2 Split zone covers either the LW Arranger or the UP1 zone There will thus always be room for the zones to the left and right of the UP2 zone 4 Press the Options field The displ...

Page 86: ...er1 part sounds the grayed notes while the Upper2 part sounds the lower notes Of course you can also hold the top note UP1 and or VariPhrase and play a melody to the left of it UP2 You could further r...

Page 87: ...TA dial or the DATA but ton Numeric Entry field to enter the desired value means that Upper2 is transposed down while means that Upper2 s pitch is shifted up A very popu lar setting for UP1 UP2 layers...

Page 88: ...lift your left hand from the keyboard If the LWR Hold function is not active in SPLIT mode the Lower LW parts stop sounding as soon as you release all keys in the left area If you press the LWR Hold f...

Page 89: ...city behavior you wish to change Upper1 Upper2 etc Note See page 99 for details about the MEL Int part Key Touch The Key Touch field allows you to specify a velocity curve for the selected Keyboard pa...

Page 90: ...See page 37 for how to select Tones for the Keyboard parts and page 45 for how to select a VariPhrase 6 Press EXIT to return to the Master page 6 5 Scale Tuning Another useful function is called Scal...

Page 91: ...ys or the Mem field that is displayed in white to switch the Scale Tuning func tion off again Note See also Customizing the pitch changes Pitch EDIT if you need to change the tuning of a given note to...

Page 92: ...to set the desired pitch These Pitch EDIT values only apply to the Scale Tun ing memory where you save your settings see Stor ing your new scale Values other than 50 or 50 sound flat at best and are p...

Page 93: ...ton so that it lights and then the START STOP button to start Style playback with a musical introduction The length of the Intro depends on the Style you selected At the end of the Intro the Arranger...

Page 94: ...ted Sync function off button dark and on but ton lights Note Whenever you use One Touch or Virtual Band to con figure the VA 76 Sync Start will be selected Note See also page 100 for how to prevent th...

Page 95: ...st major chord accompa niment level Minor m Calls up the second accompaniment level Seventh 7 By playing a seventh chord you activate yet another accompaniment level Try this out by first playing a ma...

Page 96: ...h ing function 6 Press EXIT to return to the Master page Style Morphing part 2 On page 63 we showed you how to morph using two internal Styles Morphing with one internal Style and a Style on disk is j...

Page 97: ...r Traditional Latin CntryBallad OctaveType1 and OctaveType2 only the Upper1 part is used All other Melody Intelligence Types however use both the Upper1 and the MI part 4 Press EXIT to return to the M...

Page 98: ...de The current Keyboard Mode settings You may have selected another chord recognition area the entire keyboard for example If this field lights the chord recognition area is not set back to the left h...

Page 99: ...rts stop as soon as you release all keys in the chord recognition area so that only the drums keep playing You should try this out now but you ll probably stick to the on status of this field because...

Page 100: ...h off all Keyboard parts except Upper1 The Piano Style mode works as follows the Arranger decodes every chord you play no matter where you play it Causing the Arranger to play another chord requires t...

Page 101: ...ge by pressing its field 7 Specify the velocity sensitivity value with the TEMPO DATA dial or using the DATA button Numeric Pad facility You can specify positive and negative sensitivity val ues Posit...

Page 102: ...and you are free to change a Music Style s tempo any time See Changing the tempo on page 27 That value can be written to a User Program and will then be set every time you select that User Program The...

Page 103: ...ears when you press the Key board Mode OTHER button press the ARRANGER CHORD field if it is not displayed in white 2 Press the Options field 3 Press the Chord Family Assign field in the left col umn T...

Page 104: ...ed If the bass for instance is programmed to play ascending scales some notes may be too high or too low to sound natural in a given situation Though perfectly possible for the built in tone generator...

Page 105: ...is displayed in white Alternatively you can also press the Tone field and work via the display See also Selecting different Tone Maps on page 41 if you can t seem to find the Tone you need in the curr...

Page 106: ...1 8 This explains why the next Disk Link mem ory after C18 is C21 9 and 0 are not used Note This will overwrite the current assignment of the C21 memory You may want to write it down before proceedin...

Page 107: ...above illustration is the active field 6 Use the keypad for entering the information to look out for Use the o k fields to move the cursor to the next preceding position See also page 68 Use the Dele...

Page 108: ...ok at the Rename function As stated above it allows you to change or supply the information for the various Database entries It is an Option which means that you probably won t use it every day If you...

Page 109: ...Music Style you want to delete Use o k fields or the TEMPO DATA to call up the Style s name then press its field so that it is dis played in white 6 Press the Delete field to call up the following pa...

Page 110: ...words this is where you can mix the parts so as to create a con vincing sound image For your convenience you can do the mixing accord ing to two approaches 1 Via sliders on so called palette pages In...

Page 111: ...details 8 2 Volume and pan Global Volume 1 Press the Mixer field in the display 2 If necessary press the Global Volume field Note We strongly recommend that you first assign the Tones you need to the...

Page 112: ...nge here are VariPhrase M Drums Upper 2 Upper 1 M Bass Lower2 Lower1 MEL INT and Audio In see page 57 1 Use the o k fields to select the page that con tains the Keyboard part whose volume you want to...

Page 113: ...hat if you select Auto the Mixer settings of the Arranger parts will be reset as soon as the pat tern restarts from bar 1 or every time you select another division Original Variation Fill etc If you d...

Page 114: ...greater flexibility 8 4 Effects and Equalizer The VA 76 is equipped with three programmable effects Reverb Chorus and Delay a multi effector called Insertion M FX and a parametric two band equalizer N...

Page 115: ...ds on the selected effect 4 Use the Level slider in the right part of the display for setting the output level of the effect processor itself This parameter allows you to set the volume of the selecte...

Page 116: ...ll parts that use the effect Therefore always check what the settings sound like when you play other parts Note Press the Default Value field to recall the factory set ting for the currently active wh...

Page 117: ...R 0 127 These parameters set the vol ume of the central left and right Delays Higher val ues result in a louder Delay Level 0 127 This parameter sets the overall vol ume of the three Delays center le...

Page 118: ...oard parts if they are assigned to the OUTPUT 1 sockets see page 115 You can select one type and decide which Keyboard part s should use the effect As applying this effect to one or several Keyboard p...

Page 119: ...Note One M Value parameter can be assigned to an optional Expression pedal See page 193 for details This allows you to control the other parameter the one not assigned to the M FX knob by foot Note I...

Page 120: ...37 GteRevNr 39 On 33 120 38 Phaser 11 On 36 16 39 SpaceD 31 On 8 64 40 SpaceD 31 On 8 64 41 GteRevNr 39 On 33 120 42 GteRevNr 39 On 33 120 43 GteRevNr 39 On 33 120 44 GteRevNr 39 On 33 120 45 Reverb...

Page 121: ...ow Keyboard parts that you assign to the M FX lose the Reverb Chorus and Delay Send capa bilities while their Equalizer field also becomes inactive You could however set these parameters for the M FX...

Page 122: ...o be done with a footswitch see page 192 or an optional FC 7 The lat ter also applies to the VariPhrase part 1 Select a Mixer page see page 112 2 Press the EFFECT field 3 Press the Reverb or the Choru...

Page 123: ...s the TONE button in the BANK NUMBER section or the Tone field on the Master page 2 On the page that appears now press the Part field in the lower left corner Note Rather than performing steps 1 and 2...

Page 124: ...changes with time from the moment the note begins to sound to when it dis appears This change can be indicated on a graph as shown below The envelope shape is unique to each instrument and is an impo...

Page 125: ...the VA 76 will go on using the last Style you selected A similar system applies to Songs A User Program can indeed be programmed to automatically prepare the desired song so that all you have to do is...

Page 126: ...settings have been writ ten to the selected memory and returns to the page of step 1 on page 127 9 2 Selecting User Programs Free Panel For Song Composer playback or whenever you want to start anew yo...

Page 127: ...be selected using the foot switch connected to the FOOT SWITCH socket on the rear panel See UsrPrg Up and UsrPrgDown on page 191 for details Selectively loading User Program settings User Program Can...

Page 128: ...All you need to do then is hit the Song Com poser PLAY field to start playback of that song b link a MIDI Set to every User Program See page 207 for details about MIDI Sets They contain all MIDI setti...

Page 129: ...ou select this User Program Note Do not forget to write your User Program after chang ing these settings see page 127 8 Press the oBack field and the EXIT field to return to the Master page User Progr...

Page 130: ...format all disks you intend to use with the VA 76 This is especially true of Zip disks during formatting the VA 76 indeed also creates a number of folders where your various files will be stored An M...

Page 131: ...need for the song you are about to record see page 128 c Select a Style while the One Touch function see page 29 is on 7 See page 65 for what to do now 10 2 Song List searching songs on disk Find Like...

Page 132: ...A 76 into a GM2 GS sound module thereby deactivating the Arranger sec tion of your instrument Leaving this mode is a matter of pressing the EXIT field The Keyboard parts remain active in Composer mode...

Page 133: ...press the field At the end of the B measure the Song Composer immediately jumps back to the beginning of measure A 5 To stop playback press the STOP field 6 Press the field again to deactivate the lo...

Page 134: ...yback This is thus the opposite of the Solo function here you need to select the tracks MIDI channels you don t want to hear 1 Select the above display page see Soloing parts 2 Press the ON field of t...

Page 135: ...de are displayed as follows on the Song Composer page 10 4 Song Chains Song Chains called Song Sets on previous Roland models are another useful feature for performing art ists because they allow you...

Page 136: ...d Position This is the Position that is displayed in white You can not delete the End position If you are editing a Song Chain you can use the i m fields to browse through the available steps 13 Press...

Page 137: ...eleting a Song Chain Deleting a Song Chain is a matter of pressing the Delete field on the Song Chain page after selecting the Song Chain you no longer need A deleted Song Chain cannot be restored you...

Page 138: ...6 Play the notes of the most characteristic theme the one you ll be most likely to play when using Play Search for locating this song The key and rhythm are of little importance You must get the inter...

Page 139: ...easy Minus One playing using the Song Composer see page 31 you should take a minute to study the table below Obviously if you record a song with Arranger backing the respective parts ADR ABS etc are r...

Page 140: ...ord using the VariPhrase part But be careful You cannot work with the VariPhrase part if it has not been assigned to the song You need to initialize the Song RAM memory and activate the VariPhrase par...

Page 141: ...allows you to assign a Tone normal track or Drum Set track 10 or the 2nd Drum Track for the selected track or to modify replace existing setting 9 Press the Tone field in the upper left corner The di...

Page 142: ...r how to set the effects type parameters Those overall effect settings are part of the general SysEx settings of the M track and must be set before recording the first track Note The Delay effect is n...

Page 143: ...tialize function would be a good idea Here is how to 2 Press the Utility field 3 On the display page that appears now press the Initialize field The display now looks more or less as follows The warni...

Page 144: ...ps to the Master 16 track Sequencer page All tracks will be initialized as follows 6 See Example 1 Recording a track on page 142 for what to do now Initializing only track 13 for VariPhrase use The fo...

Page 145: ...e settings made on these pages In Erase and Punch In Out modes all REC fields are displayed in white which means that the settings will be recorded 1 Use the sliders to set the values These parameters...

Page 146: ...be selected in isolation From To From refers to the position where the edit operation is to begin That position is specified as Bar Beat CPT values To designates the position where the edit operation...

Page 147: ...an Note C 1 G9 This parameter is only displayed if Data Type see above is set to Note It allows you to set the note or lower limit of the note range to be modified within the specified From To time ra...

Page 148: ...as well as page 149 Execute Press this field to confirm your settings and edit the data Velocity The Velocity function allows you to modify the dynamics called velocity of a track or excerpt Increasin...

Page 149: ...ou could use Gate Time to shorten all notes to such a degree that they no longer overlap Track See page 149 From To Bar Beat CPT See page 148 From Note To Note 0 C 1 127 G9 See Available options for N...

Page 150: ...the Utility field in the bottom row Change This is a function that allows you to make quick changes to certain settings The selected change always applies to entire tracks you cannot use Change for ch...

Page 151: ...Standard MIDI File in such a way that all tracks use the new Tones To do so select ALL for From and 4 for To See also page 41 PC Program Change Use this parameter to change the group bank number addr...

Page 152: ...ce versa be careful A drum track sounds odd when played by a piano for example and a piano part is not necessarily suited for drumming Exchange Exchange allows you to copy the data of the source track...

Page 153: ...ely on a structure based on 4 measure blocks Converting 6 measures is thus a bit odd though perfectly possible Be sure to prepare a simple pattern for Original Basic Orchestrator B and more complex ac...

Page 154: ...parameter allows you to tell your VA 76 what key the track or tracks is in Specifying the right key before converting is crucial for realtime use of a pattern The chord recognition system of the Arra...

Page 155: ...tting the words of a song you wish to use for your performances and want them to be included in the SMF file Note The VA 76 only allows you to link synchronize Lyrics data to the note messages of the...

Page 156: ...y page should contain the first line of the text you imported This function can also be used to correct the synchronization of Lyrics data contained in a Tune 1000 format SMF you loaded If you like yo...

Page 157: ...Save field and save your song with the synchronized lyrics to disk See page 67 for details on how to save your song Note Do not forget to use the Save field to save your song along with the lyrics wh...

Page 158: ...to name the text file This is only necessary if you do not agree with the pre set name i e the one of the song in question If you press Name the display now looks as follows See page 68 for how to en...

Page 159: ...cks i e track 10 and any other track that uses a Drum Set rather than a Tone The Reverb Type and Chorus Type parameters allow you to decide whether the song should use the Reverb and Chorus parameters...

Page 160: ...e Part Default setting Yes Octave 3 3 Allows you to transpose a part up to three octaves up or down which may be necessary after you assigned a flute Tone to a bass part see CC00 CC32 and PChange abov...

Page 161: ...or a three minute song is enough Just use them in the right order to make them suitable for your song and you re ready to play In fact what is called a song on a drum machine is called Arranger on the...

Page 162: ...est track is finished after which the entire division including the sub loops will be repeated For instance if the ADrums part is only four measures long while the ABass line is eight measures in leng...

Page 163: ...ess the Delete field in the left column 5 Press the EXECUTE field to delete the Style that is currently in the Disk User memory Preparations 6 Press the Rec field in the bottom row to jump to the User...

Page 164: ...matically transposed to C during Arranger playback so that when you play a C major minor or seventh chord in the chord recognition area of the keyboard you hear a C chord rather than an D chord The VA...

Page 165: ...no need to change it To specify another time signature proceed as follows a Select the pattern whose time signature you wish to change by pressing the corresponding field In most cases pressing the AL...

Page 166: ...following warning may be displayed It means that you are about to do something that will disrupt the uniformity of the patterns you have chosen to be identical by cloning them Note that this page onl...

Page 167: ...back to the beginning of the pattern after four measures The second time around you could add the snare drum the third time the HiHat and so on But you can also play the drum part in one go of course...

Page 168: ...field is not displayed when you select the File Name field That is because the File Name conforms to the MS DOS standard and only allows for eight upper case characters 7 Insert a floppy or Zip disk...

Page 169: ...rds start by recording the most complex accompaniment while cloning all other looped divi sions see page 165 If you then move to the Advanced Original level and delete the bells and whis tles see page...

Page 170: ...copy a Style from disk press the FLOPPY or ZIP field The window displays a list of Styles in the internal memory Int or on the disk 7 Use the o k fields or the TEMPO DATA dial to scroll through the li...

Page 171: ...ll data of the source track Note If the Style RAM memory already contains new data save it to disk before copying The VA 76 has no Undo func tion Saving a Style to disk before copying will allow you t...

Page 172: ...or EV 10 foot controller for expression data where needed Note Do not forget to select the right Division Mode and Type see page 165 Adding or changing settings of existing parts The following operat...

Page 173: ...Drums track you can modify the pitch of certain sounds of the selected Drum Set The eligible sounds and corre sponding note numbers are Note The names of the drum percussion sounds depend on the curre...

Page 174: ...ks both before or after recording If used after recording the data that lie beyond the specified end will be discarded Note There is no way to recall the previous version so think twice before executi...

Page 175: ...you to jump back to the Rec page Use it after editing a track or all tracks to record new material straight away Before discussing the various User Style Edit func tions please note the following cer...

Page 176: ...e signature of the selected pattern CPT This is where you specify the CPT position of the beginning and end Unless you do not need to edit all the selected data within the last bar you should keep the...

Page 177: ...y see page 184 In other words never transpose an entire pattern as that will invariably lead to a lot of confusion in the Arranger mode Track Mode Type Division See page 178 for details When combined...

Page 178: ...T See page 178 for details Value 1920 1920 This parameter sets the amount by which the duration or gate time of the selected notes is to be changed The shortest possible Gate Time value is 1 Allowing...

Page 179: ...ngle if you only want to edit the selected pattern or ALL to modify all shared pat terns simultaneously Note To edit other tracks and or patterns at a later stage you must return to this page by press...

Page 180: ...to save your Style to disk There is no need to confirm your settings all modifi cations will take effect as soon as you return to the opening Microscope or Master page Insert FUNCTION MENU button Use...

Page 181: ...ser Style Composer field Micro field Move Mix The Move function allows you move the selected event or events to another position This is similar to using the Shift function see page 180 but it applies...

Page 182: ...visions Modes etc This may be necessary if you wish to change the character of your User Style e g when you think these values are either too low or too high Using this function is a lot faster than r...

Page 183: ...the address the selected source pattern is to be copied to the desti nation pattern Please be aware of the following Times 1 99 Sets the number of copies you wish to make The value 3 means that you w...

Page 184: ...64 no Pitch Bend The extent to which a Keyboard part can be controlled depends on the Pitch setting see page 188 Pitch Bend Down By moving your hand over the D Beam you can generate a value between 64...

Page 185: ...ay in the chord recognition area You could use this function to add syncopated brass or guitar hits to your melody The velocity value used for playing these notes is 100 The number 1 2 or 3 bears on t...

Page 186: ...careful to set musically useful Pitch values Select 0 for Key board parts whose pitch should not change in response to Pitch Bend messages alternatively you can set Assign to Off Note The Pitch value...

Page 187: ...the effect the Aftertouch can have on the Arranger see page 97 Parameters for Keyboard parts excluding the VariPhrase part Aftertouch only works in one direction i e it gener ates either positive or n...

Page 188: ...out the for mant LFO Pitch LFO Frmnt LFO Level LFO Pan 0 63 These parameters behave exactly like the ones you can assign to the Modulation axis of the BENDER MODULATION lever See page 188 Parameters f...

Page 189: ...s automatically set to Left When you switch to Piano Style the chord recognition area is automati cally set to Whole Furthermore the Keyboard Mode is set to WHOLE while the Upper 1 part is activated i...

Page 190: ...he Upper2 part and vice versa Foot Pedal Expression The expression pedal can be used for several purposes The default setting of the VA 76 is that the volume of all parts is affected by the position o...

Page 191: ...ms the same function as the Formant slider on the Controllers VariPhrase page see page 49 Up and Down fields see above 13 2 FC 7 Pad parameters The display page for the following two parameters can be...

Page 192: ...n two func tions simultaneously it switches the VariPhrase part as well as the Reverb and Chorus effects of the Audio In part on or off PAD buttons PAD 1 and 2 to the left of the BANK NUMBER section a...

Page 193: ...de In is a function you may want to use occasionally Fading in means that the vol ume of both the Arranger Style and Keyboard parts gradually increases giving the impression that you have been playing...

Page 194: ...Virtual Band Autorun When this parameter is set to OFF the Virtual Band page is no longer displayed automatically every time you switch on the VA 76 This also means that the Vir tual Band page does n...

Page 195: ...es sound etc depends on the specifications of that device If the receiving device is not able to perform the function specified by the incoming message the musical result will not be what you expected...

Page 196: ...to the part Chorus Send Level CC93 This message adds a Chorus effect to the part Delay Send Level CC94 This message adds a Delay effect to the part Delay is not available for the Drums ADrums and M D...

Page 197: ...is received The beginning of song data bearing the GM logo contains a GM System On message This means that if you play back the data from the beginning the sound generator will be automatically initi...

Page 198: ...Vari Phrase MEL Int M Drums and Arranger parts ADrums ABass Acc1 6 The most important and practical use for this field is to select the default MIDI channels after trying out several possibilities Not...

Page 199: ...ese parts are also used by the Song Composer and the 16 track Sequencer in which case they also transmit data Channel 1 16 Allows you to assign a MIDI receive RX or transmit channel TX Note Unless you...

Page 200: ...ransmitted The MIDI messages you can filter are PChng Program change messages including Bank Select PBend Pitch Bend messages Modul Modulation messages CC01 Volume Volume messages CC07 PanPot Pan pot...

Page 201: ...can synchronize external instru ments or computers with your VA 76 Start Stop If you activate this option the VA 76 will only send start or stop messages whenever you start or stop Arranger playback...

Page 202: ...annel may also apply to other aspects of your VA 76 TX RX Channel 1 16 Use these parameters to assign an RX receive or transmit TX channel to the Basic Channel func tion If you do not want the Basic C...

Page 203: ...ecorded there is no need to transmit the note messages used to feed the Arranger the NTA notes 1 Channel Rx 2 Channel Rx 1 16 The NTA notes can be received on two MIDI channels so that you could contr...

Page 204: ...oft round note telling the listener something about your feelings In some cases however it may be wiser not to convey the velocity aspect of music making to emulate instru ments that are not velocity...

Page 205: ...ield that corresponds to the MIDI Set you need You can also select MIDI Set 0 so as to work with the temporary setting in that memory See also page 200 The Master page looks as follows when you work w...

Page 206: ...y load MIDI Set container 3 from a given MIDI Set if you do not need the other 7 settings of that Set 1 Press the FUNCTION MENU button 2 Press the Disk field 3 On the display page that appears now pre...

Page 207: ...d down the DATA button while switching the VA 76 back on until the message Autoload Function Activated appears The VA 76 boots and all files called AUTOLOAD one per type will be loaded automatically 1...

Page 208: ...ser Programs of that Set To Int 1 128 ALL Use these two i m fields to specify the User Program memory that should con tain the selected data If you select ALL for Disk ALL is the only option here Furt...

Page 209: ...s field and enter the Style Name See page 68 for details File Name This is the name the Music Style has on disk and by which the VA 76 recognizes it its address If you change this name of a Music Styl...

Page 210: ...t field To save the Set under the default name PHRASE S_XX you can EXECUTE right away 2 Insert a disk into the appropriate drive and select that drive using the FLOPPY or ZIP field It is most unlikely...

Page 211: ...he o k fields to scroll through the list You can also use the TEMPO DATA dial Execute Check again whether you really selected the file you wanted to delete then press EXECUTE to delete the file Note T...

Page 212: ...e impossible to copy the desired floppy disk if you do not write protect it In that case the message Source Disk unprotected appears and the display returns to the following page 6 Press the EXECUTE f...

Page 213: ...XECUTE field to start the copy opera tion You are now asked whether it is OK to overwrite all files on the Destination disk that have the same file names as the Songs you are about to copy 9 Press the...

Page 214: ...other file types There is one thing we d like to point out though after pressing the Phrase field you need to select whether to copy single VariPhrases one several or all or VariPhrase Sets Press the...

Page 215: ...me and the Style Song Name The first is the file s address on the disk while the second some times appears on the VA 76 s display see also page 68 For the remaining files only the File Name can be set...

Page 216: ...Screen LCD new graphic user interface with animated icons Navigation Virtual Band interactive Easy Routing automatic and or via button Song and Style navigation system on Zip Sequencer Realtime SMF Pl...

Page 217: ...that creates spaciousness and depth 12 Auto Wah M Val 1 Manual 0 127 M Val 2 Rate 0 05 10 0 Hz The Auto Wah cyclically controls a filter to create cyclic change in timbre 13 Rotary M Val 1 Speed Slow...

Page 218: ...nce D 0E D0 E 39 GteRevNr Normal gated reverb M Val 1 Balance D 0E D0 E M Val 2 Level 0 127 Gate Reverb is a special type of reverb in which the reverberant sound is suddenly cut off and does not grad...

Page 219: ...127 M Val 2 OD Drive 0 127 Guitar Multi 3 connects WahWah Wah Overdrive OD Chorus CF and Delay effects in series 72 GTRMlt3B OD Amp BltIn M Val 1 Wah Man 0 127 M Val 2 OD Drive 0 127 73 GTRMlt3C OD Am...

Page 220: ...Jazz Organ 2 18 2 4 E Organ 16 2 3 18 3 4 Jazz Organ 2 4 18 4 4 Jazz Organ 3 5 18 5 4 Jazz Organ 4 6 18 6 4 Jazz Organ 5 7 18 7 4 Jazz Organ 6 8 18 8 4 Chorus Or 2 9 18 9 4 Octave Organ 10 18 32 4 Pe...

Page 221: ...4 Ice Rain A63 43 0 4 Cello 1 43 1 4 Cello Atk 2 43 126 4 Organ 1 3 43 127 4 Oboe 2001 GBN Var PC CC00 CC32 Name A64 44 0 4 Contrabass 1 44 126 4 Organ 2 2 44 127 4 Echo Pan A65 45 0 4 Tremolo Str 1 4...

Page 222: ...16 4 Di 5 73 127 4 Flute 1 B22 74 0 4 Flute 1 74 1 4 Flute 2 GBN Var PC CC00 CC32 Name 2 74 2 4 Flute Exp 3 74 3 4 Flt Travelso 4 74 8 4 Flute Vln 5 74 9 4 Pipe Reed 6 74 16 4 Tron Flute 7 74 17 4 In...

Page 223: ...02 11 4 LFO Horror 12 102 12 4 LFO Techno 13 102 13 4 Alternative 14 102 14 4 UFO FX 15 102 15 4 Gargle Man GBN Var PC CC00 CC32Name 16 102 16 4 Sweep FX 17 102 17 4 LM Has Come 18 102 18 4 FallinInse...

Page 224: ...Laughing 10 127 16 4 Voice One 11 127 17 4 Voice Two 12 127 18 4 Voice Three 13 127 19 4 Voice Tah 14 127 20 4 Voice Whey 15 127 22 4 Voice Kikit 16 127 23 4 Voice ComeOn 17 127 24 4 Voice Aou 18 127...

Page 225: ...3 Ice Rain A63 43 0 3 Cello 1 43 1 3 Cello Atk 2 43 126 3 Organ 1 3 43 127 3 Oboe 2001 A64 44 0 3 Contrabass 1 44 126 3 Organ 2 2 44 127 3 Echo Pan GBN Var PC CC00 CC32 Name A65 45 0 3 Tremolo Str 1 4...

Page 226: ...95 0 3 Halo Pad 1 95 1 3 Vox Pad 2 95 2 3 Vox Sweep 3 95 8 3 Horror Pad 4 95 127 3 Tuba GBN Var PC CC00 CC32 Name B48 96 0 3 Sweep Pad 1 96 1 3 Polar Pad 2 96 8 3 Converge 3 96 9 3 Shwimmer 4 96 11 3...

Page 227: ...5 13 126 2 12 str Gt 6 13 127 2 Pipe Org 1 A26 14 0 2 Xylophone 1 14 126 2 Funk Gt 2 14 127 2 Pipe Org 2 A27 15 0 2 Tubularbell 1 15 8 2 Church Bell 2 15 9 2 Carillon 3 15 126 2 Muted Gt 4 15 127 2 P...

Page 228: ...2 Bottle Blow 1 77 127 2 Recorder B26 78 0 2 Shakuhachi 1 78 127 2 Pan Pipes B27 79 0 2 Whistle 1 79 127 2 Sax 1 GBN Var PC CC00 CC32 Name B28 80 0 2 Ocarina 1 80 127 2 Sax 2 B31 81 0 2 Square Wave 1...

Page 229: ...1 60 s Organ1 3 17 32 1 Organ 4 4 17 126 1 Slap Bass 1 5 17 127 1 Harpsi 1 A32 18 0 1 Organ 2 1 18 8 1 Detuned Or2 2 18 32 1 Organ 5 3 18 126 1 Slap Bass 1 4 18 127 1 Harpsi 2 A33 19 0 1 Organ 3 1 19...

Page 230: ...B53 99 0 1 Crystal 1 99 1 1 Syn Mallet 2 99 127 1 Vibe 2 B54 100 0 1 Atmosphere 1 100 127 1 Syn Mallet B55 101 0 1 Brightness 1 101 127 1 Windbell B56 102 0 1 Goblin 1 102 127 1 Glock B57 103 0 1 Ech...

Page 231: ...l Shaker Jingle Bell Bell Tree Castanets Mute Surdo Open Surdo CRcir NewTmblHiFlm NewTmblLoFlm NewTmblPHS NewShekere1 NewShekere2 NHBngoMute NewLBngoMute CajonHi PC 6 CC32 4 V Fiesta HipHop BD1 Jazz K...

Page 232: ...sn260 TR 707 SD 808 Snare 1 808 Snare 2 TR 808 SD2 909 Snare 1 909 Snare 2 909 SD 1 TR 909 SD2 Rap Snare JungleSD1 House SD House Snare House SD Voice Tah Noise Slap C7 96 98 100 101 103 105 107 97 99...

Page 233: ...ewCongaSlp NewCongaOp NewLoConga NewTmblHi NewTmblLo Agogo Agogo NewShaker2 NewShaker1 ShrtWhistle LongWhistle NewQuide1 NewQuide2 NewClaves Woodblock Woodblock Mute Cuica Open Cuica MuteTriangl OpenT...

Page 234: ...ge Bongo High Bongo Lo Mute H Conga Conga Hi Opn Conga Lo Opn High Timbale Low Timbale Agogo Agogo Cabasa Maracas ShrtWhistle LongWhistle Short Guiro Long Guiro Claves Woodblock Woodblock Mute Cuica O...

Page 235: ...td 1 Snare1 Std 1 Snare2 Std 2 Snare1 Std 2 Snare2 Tight Snare Standard SN1 LD Snare M LD Snare C Room Snare 1 Room Snare 2 Dance Snare1 Power Snare1 Rev Snare Power Snare2 Elec Snare 1 Dance Snare2 E...

Page 236: ...lag33up Jublag33dw Jublag33dw Jublag Penyacah33dw Penyacah Penyacah Penyacah33up Penyacah33dw Penyacah33dw Penyacah Pemade33up Pemade33dw Pemade33dw Pemade Pemade Pemade33up Pemade33dw Pemade33dw Pema...

Page 237: ...Real Tom 1 Ride Cymbal ChinaCymbal Ride Bell Tambourine Splash Cym Cowbell Crash Cym 2 Vibraslap Ride Cymbal Bongo High Bongo Lo Mute H Conga Conga Hi Opn Conga Lo Opn High Timbale Low Timbale Agogo...

Page 238: ...x1 YodelFVox1 MexMVox2 YodelMVox1 MexMVox3 FlmncoFVox1 YodelFVox2 FlmncoFVox2 NewWhistle1 FlmncoFVox3 NewWhistle2 FlmncoMVox1 FlmncoMVox2 BrazilVox1 FlmncoMVox3 BrazilVox2 BrazilVox3 AfAahhh p33137v p...

Page 239: ...urdo Open Surdo High Q Slap ScratchPush ScratchPull FingerSnaps2 SquareClick Mtrnm Click Mtrnm Bell MC 500 Beep MC 500 Beep Brush Swirl Brush Swirl Brush Slap1 Brush Swirl Snare Roll Castanets Concert...

Page 240: ...ute Triangle Open Triangle Shaker Jingle Bell Bar Chimes Castanets Mute Surdo Open Surdo Applause 2 PC 3 CC32 3 STANDARD 3 2 Standard 1 Kick 1 2 Standard 1 Kick 2 2 Standard 2 Kick 1 2 Standard 2 Kick...

Page 241: ...ndard 2 Snare 2 1 Snare Drum 2 Standard 1 Snare 1 Standard 1 Snare 2 Standard Snare 3 2 Jazz Snare 1 2 Jazz Snare 2 2 Room Snare 1 2 Room Snare 2 2 Power Snare 1 2 Power Snare 2 1 Gated Snare 2 Dance...

Page 242: ...gh Agogo Low Agogo Cabasa Maracas Short High Whistle Long Low Whistle Short Guiro Long Guiro Claves High Wood Block Low Wood Block High Hoo EXC4 Low Hoo EXC4 Electric Mute Triangle Electric Open Trian...

Page 243: ...a Gamelan Gong C Gender C Gender D Gender G Gender A Gender c Bonang C Bonang D Bonang G Bonang A Bonang c Thai Gong Rama Cymbal Sagat Open Sagat Closed Jaws Harp Wadaiko Wadaiko Rim Taiko Shimedaiko...

Page 244: ...Snare 3 Applause 2 Small Club 1 1 Timpani D 1 Timpani E 1 Timpani F 1 Timpani F 1 Timpani G 1 Timpani G 1 Timpani A 1 Timpani A 1 Timpani B 1 Timpani c 1 Timpani c 1 Timpani d 1 Timpani d 1 Timpani e...

Page 245: ...Open High Conga Open Low Conga High Timbale Low Timbale High Agogo Low Agogo Cabasa Maracas Short High Whistle Long Low Whistle Short Guiro Long Guiro Claves High Wood Block Low Wood Block Mute Cuica...

Page 246: ...Gong Reverse Bell Tree Reverse Guiro Reverse Bendir Reverse Gun Shot Reverse Scratch Reverse Laser Key Click Tekno Thip Pop Drop Woody Slap Distortion Kick Syn Drop Reverse High Q Pipe Ice Block Digi...

Page 247: ...2 Kick Snare PC 52 CC32 2 E 40 Modified PC 57 CC32 2 SFX PC 58 CC32 2 Rhythm FX PC 128 CC32 2 CM 64 32L PC 1 CC32 1 Standard PC 9 CC32 1 Room PC 17 CC32 1 Power PC 25 CC32 1 Electronic C7 96 98 100 1...

Page 248: ...nese Cymbal Ride Bell Tambourine Splash Cymbal Cowbell Crash Cymbal2 Vibra slap Ride Cymbal2 High Bongo Low Bongo Mute High Conga Open High Conga Low Conga High Timbale Low Timbale High Agogo Low Agog...

Page 249: ...2 4 4 152 B45 Plena 4 4 110 B46 LtDance 4 4 130 B47 LimboRck 4 4 86 B48 Calypso 4 4 165 VARIETY 2 B51 Reggae 4 4 96 B52 Island 4 4 105 B53 Rhumba 4 4 97 B54 Mariachi 3 4 112 B55 Beguine 4 4 105 B56 Ar...

Page 250: ...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 E dim Edim Fdim Dm7 5 Em7 5 Caug C aug Daug E aug Eaug Faug Csus4 C sus4 Dsus4 E sus4 Esus4 Fsus4 C7sus4...

Page 251: ...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 5 F aug Gaug A aug Aaug B aug Baug F sus4 Gsus4 A sus4 Asus4 B sus4 Bsus4 F 7sus4 G7sus4 A 7s...

Page 252: ...O 1 O 1 O 1 O 1 O 1 O 1 O 1 O 1 O 1 O 1 O 1 O 1 O 1 O Reverb 1 O Chorus 1 O Delay 1 O 1 O 1 Bank Select Modulation Portamento Time Data Entry Volume Panpot Expression M FX Value 1 VariPhr Pitch M FX...

Page 253: ...lones 166 168 Coarse Start End 73 Upper2 88 VariPhrase 77 Combo 23 Compatibility 8 Composer 65 Continue 203 Contrast 18 Controller functions 186 Converter Style 155 Copy 184 16 track 153 Existing Styl...

Page 254: ...Intro 26 95 97 Intro Ending Alteration 106 Inversion 102 191 K KBD Mode 100 Key 156 166 Assign 46 Touch 91 Keyboard Field 55 Functions 85 MIDI 201 Mode 34 Part 35 Tone selection 37 Velocity 91 Volume...

Page 255: ...140 Play Stop 191 Playback 81 Poly 90 Portam Time 89 Portamento 198 Upper 1 2 89 VariPhrase 79 Position 138 Post Edit 161 Preferred Tone 40 Preset tempo 176 Preview 72 Proceed 181 Punch In Out 142 144...

Page 256: ...Trigger 47 Truncate 72 TSign 167 Tune 55 Upper2 88 TVF Cutoff 126 Cutoff aftertouch 189 Resonance 126 TX 201 Octave 205 Velocity 206 Type Insert 183 Portamento 80 U Unpacking 7 Up 129 UP1 linked to So...

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