Nta: Note-To-Arranger; Midi Parameters (Param) - Roland VA-76 Owner's Manual

Style selection via MIDI
The MIDI address of a Music Style consists of three
elements: a Program Change number, a CC00 num-
ber, and a CC32 number. CC00 and CC32 are Bank
Select messages. The values assigned to CC00 and
CC32 define the Style, whereas the Program Change
number defines the pattern (Intro, Ending, etc.).
Sending only a Program Change number will select
another pattern of the currently active Style. Only
when the Program Change number is preceded by two
values (for CC00 and CC32) will the VA-76 select
another Music Style.
Note: Whenever you select another Style on your VA-76, it
transmits a CC00-CC32-PC cluster on the Style channel.
Channel
(1~16) Allows you to assign a MIDI channel to the
Style select feature. If you don't want the Style Chan-
nel messages to be received (or transmitted), press the
[ON/OFF] field in question so that it reads [OFF].
Filter (RX only)
You can filter two types of messages:
StlVolum— Volume messages relating to the Music
Styles. Select Off if the VA-76 must not receive them.
StylePC— Program Change and Bank Select messages
for Style selection. Select Off if the VA-76 must not
select other Styles or patterns in response to these
incoming messages.

NTA: Note-to-Arranger

[FUNCTION MENU] [MIDI] field
NTA notes are only received from an external MIDI
instrument. Whatever you play in the chord recogni-
tion area of the keyboard to feed the Arranger is auto-
matically converted to the corresponding MIDI note
numbers. Unlike other arranger instruments, your
VA-76 is blessed with the capability of sending the
note numbers of all Arranger parts, so that you could
use the internal or your own Styles to quickly record a
song with band backing on an external sequencer. As
every single note of the Music Style is recorded, there
is no need to transmit the note messages used to feed
the Arranger (the NTA notes).
[Utilities MIDI] field [NTA] field
1 Channel Rx/2 Channel Rx
(1~16) The NTA notes can be received on two MIDI
channels, so that you could control the VA-76's Arran-
ger using a MIDIfied accordion or any other instru-
ment capable of sending accompaniment data (or data
used to control the accompaniment) on two channels
(such as organs with bass pedals, for example). Use the
[i][m] fields in the right column to set the desired
value. Either channel can be switched off using its
[ON/OFF] field.
Note: You cannot assign the same MIDI channel to 1 & 2
Channl Rx.
Shift
(–48~48) This parameter allows you to transpose the
received note messages before sending them to the
Arranger. The maximum possible transposition is four
octaves up (48) or down (–48), each step representing
a semitone.
1 Ch Limit, 2 Ch Limit (C-1~G9)
High and Low allow you to set the note range to be
received. If not all note messages on the selected MIDI
channel should be received by the NTA "part", set the
range to the desired values.
Note: The Low Limit cannot be set to a higher value than
the High Limit (and vice versa).
Note: Some instruments start at C-2 and end at G8
(instead of C-1 and G9). You may have to "add an octave"
to the value you see on the screen of your computer or exter-
nal sequencer.

MIDI parameters (Param)

[FUNCTION MENU] [MIDI] field
This page contains several parameters that are not
related to one other (the other MIDI pages always
concentrate on one aspect).
Tx Octave
(Absolute, Relative) The TX Octave parameter can be
set to Absolute or Relative. It applies to Tone selec-
tion. You may have noticed that whenever you assign a
bass sound to the Upper1 part in SPLIT mode, the
notes are transposed in such a way that you can play a
meaningful bass line using the Upper1 part. Relative
means that this internal (and automatic) transposition
is translated into note numbers, so that playing a C4
(note number 60) may actually result in note number
VA-76 – Utilities MIDI
[Utilities MIDI] field [Param] field
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