In-Depth Editing Of A 16-Track Song - Roland VA-76 Owner's Manual

VA-76 Owner's Manual—Song Composer (16-track, etc.)

In-depth editing of a 16-track song

The Edit level of the 16-track mode provides eight
functions: Erase, Delete, Insert, Transpose, Velocity,
Quantize, Gate T., and Shift.
Here is how to select these Edit functions:
1. Load the song you wish to edit (if it does not yet
reside in the VA-76's Song RAM memory).
See page 31.
2. Press the [SONG COMPOSER] button.
3. Press the [16 Tracks Sequencer] field.
4. Press the [Edit] field in the bottom row of the dis-
play.
5. Press a field in the left column to select the desired
function.
If, after selecting one of these functions, you decide
not to execute the transformation, do not press the
[EXECUTE] field.
Here are a few guidelines for editing your 16-track
song:
Note: Save your song to disk before continuing. That way,
you can always return to the original if your changes do
not work out as expected. See "Saving your song to disk"
on page 67 for details.
a) Select the track(s) you wish to modify.
b) Select the range (From and To) for the edit opera-
tion.
c) Enter what should be changed and how it should
be changed. Press the desired field and use the
[TEMPO/DATA] dial, the [DATA] button/Numeric
Entry pad, or (for notes) the keyboard.
d) Confirm the operation by pressing the
[EXECUTE] field.
e) Save your song to disk.
Available options for 'Note'
For some functions, there is a Note parameter (called
Data Type) with the following options. Be sure to press
the correct option field one so as to achieve the desired
result:
Only the selected note (note name/note num-
ber) will be affected.
Only notes above the selected one will be
affected (in this case "From Note" changes to Than
Note).
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Only the notes between the [From Note] and
[To Note] will be affected.
Only notes below the selected one will be
affected (in this case "From Note" changes to Than
Note).
Specify the note by pressing the [From Note] field
and by playing it on the keyboard or selecting it with
the [TEMPO/DATA] dial. You can also use the
[DATA] button/Numeric Entry pad. For [Between],
there is also a [To Note] field that allows you to set
the upper limit of the desired range.
Note: If you enter "From Note" and "To Note" by pressing
the desired keys, the first note you play becomes the "From
Note", while the second note will be used as "To Note".
Erase
Erase allows you to selectively delete data either within
a specified range of measures, beats or clocks, or from
the entire track(s). When Data Type is set to All, Erase
substitutes the required number of rests for the data
you delete, so that you end up with the equivalent
number of blank measures. If you also want to elimi-
nate the measures themselves, use Delete (see below).
Track (1~16, ALL, M)— Allows you to select the track
you wish to edit. You can also select "All" here, in
which case the operation applies to all tracks except
the Master track (M). The M track can only 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 is to end (Bar-Beat-CPT
value).
Bar (1~9999)— This is where you specify the bar
position. By default, the "From" and "To" values are
set to the beginning and end of the selected track(s).
At first, the "To" value always refers to the end of the
longest track.
Beat (1~[number of beats per bar])— This is where
you specify the beat position. The number of select-
able beats obviously depends on the time signature of
the song.
CPT— This is where you specify the CPT position of
the beginning and end. CPT is short for "Clock Pulse
Time", the smallest step unit used by the VA-76.
(There are 120 CPTs to every beat of a bar.) Change
this setting only if your edit operation should not
commence or end exactly on the selected beat.
Erase NOTE From 2.1.0 To 4.1.0