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VA-7
July, 2000
1
SERVICE NOTES
Issued by RES
First edition
SN00040
K6018385
Printed in Italy (AB00) (AD)
Copyright © 2000 by ROLAND CORPORATION
All rights reserved. No parts of this publication may be reproduced in any form whithout the written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION.
Specifications
Keyboard:
61 keys, synthesizer action, velocity-sensitive, Aftertouch
Controllers:
Tempo/Data dial, D Beam Controller, Bender/Modulation Lever, Touch Controller (Ribbon Controller), Master Volume knob,
Keyboard/Accomp Balance knob, M-FX knob (Multi-effect control)
Tone generation:
PCM:
128-voice polyphonic, GM2/GS compatible, 32 multitimbral parts, 3,649 sounds (48MB worth of PCM samples) 116 Drum Sets incl. oriental Drum
sets.
VariPhrase:
4 Phrase lines, realtime change of Formant, Pitch and Time Stretch, 48 Factory Phrases (16 MB), 16 User phrases (max. 8 MB in RAM)
Digital effects:
Reverb (8 types), Chorus (8 types), Delay (10 types), Parametric EQ, M-FX (DSP, 89 types)
Arranger (automatic accompaniment):
128 Music Styles in ROM, 64 Disk Link Styles from Zip or floppy disk, Disk User style (instant access to one
Style on Zip/Floppy disk), 16 Acoustic Styles, Style Orchestrator & Morphing. 8-track User Styles Composer, SMF-to-Style Converter
Memories
: 128 User Programs, 4 programmable One Touch memories for each Style, 5 Super Tones memories for instant Tone access (with program-
mable User level)
Display:
Backlit VGA Touch 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 Player (with Minus-One function), Easy 2-track recorder, 16-track sequencer with extensive editing function, Song Header
Post Edit, Lyrics display
Data storage:
Zip drive (IDE/ATAPI), floppy disk drive (2DD/2HD), realtime load from Zip & FDD, File types managed: Styles, Song SMF, User
Program, MIDI sets, VariPhrases
Amplification:
25 + 25W output power, 2-way Bass Reflex System
Connections:
Output (L/mono, Right), Input (L/mono, Right), VariPhrase Sampling Input & Gain, Sustain, Foot pedal (expression), Foot switch, Foot
Controller (FC-7), 2 x Phones
Power Supply:
100V~240 (universal)
Dimension:
1190(W) x 197 (H) x 406 (D) mm
Weight:
16, 5 Kg
Accessories:
See details on page 9
Options:
PK-5 Dynamic MIDI Pedal, FC-7 Foot Controller, MSA/MSD/MSE series floppy disks (Roland & third-party), RH-25/50 Headphones, DP-2
Pedal switch, DP-6 Pedal switch (pino type), BOSS FS-5U Foot Switch, EV-5 Expression pedal, BOSS FV-300L Foot Volume/Expression pedal, KC-
100/300/500 Keyboard Amplifiers
Iomega© is a registered trademark. Zip is a trademark of Iomega Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned in this manual are the property of the
respective companies.
va-7
v-arranger keyboard
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
SPECIFICATIONS
1
LOCATION OF CONTROLS
2
EXPLODED VIEW (TOP)
3
PARTS LIST OF EXPLODED VIEW (TOP)
4
PARTS LIST OF EXPLODED VIEW (BOTTOM)
4
EXPLODED VIEW (BOTTOM)
5
WIRING DIAGRAM
6
KEYBOARD PARTS LIST
7
PARTS LIST
7/9
HOW TO SAVE THE SYSTEM PROGRAM OR THE TEST PROGRAM ONTO FLOPPY DISK.
10
HOW TO UPDATE THE SYSTEM PROGRAM OR THE TEST PROGRAM BY FLOPPY DISK.
11
HOW TO UPDATE THE VARIPHRASE PROGRAM BY ZIP DISK
11
TEST MODE
11/15
CALIBRATION PROCEDURE TO REPLACE THE PITCH BENDER
15
HOW TO ENTER THE TOUCH SCREEN CALIBRATION
15
HOW TO INIZIALIZE THE FLASH AREA
15
HOW TO LOAD THE 6th LANGUAGE
16
CHANGE INFORMATION (MODULE XPGS-6 PCB ASSY)
16
BLOCK DIAGRAM
17
MAIN PCB ASSY
18
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM (MAIN PCB ASSY)
19
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM (MAIN PCB ASSY/Beam Control Block) / (MAIN PCB ASSY/Keyscan Block)
20
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM (MAIN PCB ASSY/Memory Bank Block)
21
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM (MAIN PCB ASSY/2nd Uart Contr. Block) / (MAIN PCB ASSY/LCD Contr. Block)
22
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM (MAIN PCB ASSY/FDC & IDE Contr. Block)
23
MODULE XPGS-6 PCB ASSY
24
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM (XPGS-6 PCB ASSY / CPU_MEM Section)
25
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM (XPGS-6 PCB ASSY / SOUND Section)
26
POTENTIOMETER PCB ASSY & CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
27
LCD CONTROL PCB ASSY & CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
27
VARIPHRASE VE-VP1 PCB ASSY
28
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM (VARIPHRASE VE-VP1 PCB ASSY)
29
PHONES PCB ASSY & CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
30
AUDIO PCB ASSY
30
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM (AUDIO PCB ASSY)
31
SWITCH D-BEAM PCB ASSY & CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
32
CONTROL PCB ASSY
32
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM (CONTROL PCB ASSY)
33
FC-7 PCB ASSY & CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
34
CONTROL VE-VP1 PCB ASSY
34
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM (CONTROL VE-VP1 PCB ASSY)
35
EQUALIZER PCB ASSY & CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
36
AMPLIFIER PCB ASSY
36
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM (AMPLIFIER PCB ASSY)
37
MIDI PCB ASSY & CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
38
D-BEAM PCB ASSY & CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
39
RIBBON PCB ASSY & CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
39
INVERTER PCB ASSY & CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
39
RIGHT & LEFT CONTACT PCB ASSY & CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
40