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VA-76 – Editing 16-track songs
Track (1~16, All)— Allows you to select the track
whose data you wish to change. Though you can also
select ALL, this should be done with great caution.
If you look carefully at the layout in the center of the
display, you will notice that there are two kinds of
changes that can be applied:
From/To (0~127, ALL)— Enter the original data
value (i.e. the value that is being used right now by the
selected track(s)) in the From column. For To, specify
the new value that should replace the From value. This
is what we call “absolute” changes: you don’t add or
subtract a value, you replace it with another.
Inc/Dec— These are so-called “relative” changes: the
positive or negative value you set here will be added to
or subtracted from the original values of the selected
tracks. This works exactly like “Velocity” on page 150,
except that it applies to other parameters. Use these
fields to globally increase or decrease the existing val-
ues.
[Init Value]— Press this field to reset all values on this
page to their initial state if you want to start again.
CC00— This control change is the so-called “MSB”
Bank Select message. It allows you to select the Capital
Tone (select “0”) of a group/bank/number (A11~B88)
address if you don’t want to use Variations, or to spec-
ify another Variation level. The To value “0” can be
useful for ensuring GM compatibility, which (unlike
GM2) does not support Tone Variations.
In the Tone lists starting on page 222, you will see that
most Tones are Variations. The value “8” for CC00 is
probably the most popular one (as you would discover
if you spent your time studying the list of 3,646
Tones). Here are a few examples:
To change any value for CC00 to “8”, for example,
enter “ALL” for From and “8” (which corresponds to
Piano 1w/Piano 2w) for To. To change all instances of
the CC00 value “8” to another value (e.g. “16”), enter
“8” for From and “16” for To.
Note: Most Song Composer/16-track Sequencer tracks usu-
ally only contain one CC00 value.
CC32— This control change is the so-called “LSB”
Bank Select message. Most instruments (including
your VA-76) use it for specifying different Tone Maps.
You may want to use this parameter for changing a
Standard MIDI File in such a way that all tracks use
the new Tones. To do so, select “ALL” for From and “4”
for To. See also page 41.
PC (Program Change)— Use this parameter to
change the group/bank/number address of a Tone
(e.g. from “1” to “2”).
Volume, Expression, Reverb, Chorus (–127~
+127)— These parameters allow you to add (+) or
subtract (–) a given value to/from the current Volume,
Expression, Reverb Send or Chorus Send values. This
may come in handy if the realtime changes you
recorded (see page 147) turn out to be too high or too
low.
Execute— Press this field to confirm your settings and
edit the data.
Note: Similar functions are also available for Standard
MIDI Files on disk. Though they have the advantage that
they are not permanent (and can thus be restored), they are
only understood by the VA-76, the VA-7, the VA-5, the
VA-3, the G-1000, and the EM-2000. See “Header Post
Edit” on page 161.
Copy
The Copy function allows you to copy one track to
another track, or excerpts of one or all tracks to a dif-
ferent location. The latter is useful if you need to
repeat the chorus several times at the end of the song
but do not feel like recording all those notes.
Source Track (1~16, All)— Allows you to select the
track whose data you wish to copy.
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.
GBN Var PC CC00 Name
A11 1 0 Piano 1
A11 1 1 1 UprightPiano
A11 2 1 2 Mild Piano
A11 3 1 8 Piano 1w
A11 4 1 9 Mild Piano w
A11 5 1 16 European Pf
A11 6 1 24 Piano + Str.
A11 7 1 25 Piano + Str2
A11 8 1 26 Piano+Choir1
A11 9 1 27 Piano+Choir2
A11 10 1 45 MonoAc.Piano
A11 11 1 46 St.AcPiano 2
A11 12 1 47 St.AcPiano 1
A11 13 1 126 Piano 2
A11 14 1 127 Acou Piano1
GBN Var PC CC00 Name
A12 2 0 Piano 2
A12 1 2 1 Pop Piano
A12 2 2 2 Rock Piano
A12 3 2 8 Piano 2w
A12 4 2 9 Rock Piano w
A12 5 2 16 Dance Piano
A12 6 2 126 Piano 2
A12 7 2 127 Acou Piano2
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