Pan; Portamento - Roland VA-76 Owner's Manual

Time Keyfollow
(–200~+200) This parameter allows you to vary the
tempo as you play higher or lower notes (with the
Original Key setting as origin, where the phrase will
run in sync with the Arranger/Song Composer). "0" is
the usual setting. Negative values (–) mean that the
tempo decreases as you play higher notes (while it
increases when you play lower notes), and positive val-
ues (+) mean the opposite.
Formant Keyfollow
(Depth: –200~+200) This parameter allows you to
vary the formant as you play higher or lower notes
(with the Original Key setting as origin, where the
phrase's character corresponds to the sampled tim-
bre). "0" is the usual setting. Negative values (–) mean
that the character becomes darker (more like a male
voice) as you play higher notes (lower notes will grad-
ually transform the character into something that
reminds you of a female voice).
Curve— (1~8) This parameter allows you to set the
curve for the formant changes. The higher the value,
the more outspoken the formant changes will be as
you play higher or lower notes. (Selecting "1" means
that the Keyfollow effect is hardly noticeable.)

Pan

This parameter allows you to specify the position of
the selected phrase between the left and right speakers.
All three parameters are dynamic in nature, so that
every phrase note will be located elsewhere in the ste-
reo sound field.
After selecting the Phrase Parameters page and the
phrase to be edited (see page 77), press the [Pan]
field.
Random Pan
(–64~63) Use this when you want the pan of the
sound to change randomly each time you play a key.
Higher settings 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 press a key. Higher settings will
produce a greater amount of change. L or R settings
will reverse the order in which the pan will alternate
between left and right.
(Pan) Keyfollow
Specifies how the phrase's stereo position will be
affected by the key that you play. With positive (+) set-
tings, playing keys higher than the original pitch (see
page 77) will move the pan toward the right. With
negative (–) settings, playing keys higher than the
original pitch will move the pan toward the left. Larger
values will produce greater changes.
Values: –100, –70, –50, –40, –30, –20, –10, 0, +10, +20,
+30, +40, +50, +70, +100

Portamento

Note: The Formant Sw and Time Sw parameters only
"work" if Formant Keyfollow and Time Keyfollow are not
set to "0". See "Phrase Ctrl" above.
Portamento is an effect which smoothly changes the
pitch from the first-played key to the next-played key.
Applying portamento will produce an effect similar to
the slide performance technique of a violinist. Porta-
mento can also be applied when Key Assign is poly-
phonic (POLY). See page 89 for details about
Portamento.
After selecting the Phrase Parameters page and the
phrase to be edited (see page 77), press the [Porta-
mento] field.
Master Sw (Portamento master switch)
Allows you to specify whether the Portamento effect
will be applied (ON) or not (OFF).
Formant Sw
When Formant Keyfollow is set to a value other than
"0", the Formant Sw parameter specifies whether dif-
ferences in formant between the first-played key and
the second-played key will be changed smoothly (ON)
or not (OFF).
Note: This function is only available when the Master Sw is
set to "ON".
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