Using Variphrases - Roland VA-76 Owner's Manual

One Touch
Another way of selecting a suitable Tone for the right-
hand part while working with the Arranger is by using
the ONE TOUCH feature. In fact, One Touch does a
lot more than selecting a Tone for Upper1. See page 99
for details.
Note: One Touch is intended for quick registration of the
Upper1 and Upper2 parts when used in conjunction with
the Arranger. If you press the [ONE TOUCH] button while
the Arranger is not available, the selection page appears. If
you then select a One Touch memory, the Keyboard Mode
[ARRANGER] button lights. This means that the Arranger
has been switched on.
1. Press the [ONE TOUCH] button.
The display now changes to:
The important thing to note, however, is that there are
four One Touch memories per Music Style (for the
128 ROM Styles, the 64 Disk Link memories and the
Disk User memory).
2. Press one of the big [1]~[4] fields to select the cor-
responding One Touch memory.
If you press the third field, the display looks as follows:
Note: If the Arranger suddenly starts playing, first press the
[START/STOP] button and then the [SYNC] button. One
Touch indeed activates the SYNC function.
3. Press the [OFF] field if you no longer need the One
Touch setting.
VA-76 – Adding a melody to the accompaniment
If you do not press the [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.

Using VariPhrases

The VariPhrase function is a revolutionary Roland
technology that allows you to manipulate audio data
(samples) in an incredibly flexible way.
Once the audio data have been sampled and encoded,
they can be played like any of the "regular" sounds
(the ones we have been using so far), while they have
the advantage that you can use vocal phrases, etc., that
sound perfect in any key, and at any tempo. VariPhrase
is thus ideal for adding seemingly live vocals or solos
to the VA-76's accompaniments.
Six phrases have been preprogrammed for each of the
128 internal Music Styles. You can also sample or
import your own audio material and use it with any
Music Style you see fit. See "More about the Vari-
Phrase part" on page 69.
Here's how to use the pre-programmed VariPhrases:
Note: Feel free to ignore steps (1)~(5) if you don't want to
select another Music Style (for that's what these steps are all
about).
1. Press the [VIRTUAL BAND] button to select the
following display page:
2. Press the [EASY ROUTING] field.
3. Press the [In A BAND] field.
4. Make all necessary selections.
5. On the "Select a solo instrument for your right
hand" page select any sound you like.
We're not going to use it here, so pick any sound you
like.
6. Check whether the Keyboard Mode [ARRANGER]
button lights, and press it if it doesn't.
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