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VA-76 – Recording User Styles from scratch
Note: The following sections also contain comments on
what we are doing and possible options. If all you want to
do is program a Style, just read everything that appears in
bold. You can come back to the related explanations when-
ever there is something you do not understand.
Selecting the User Style Composer
1. Press the [FUNCTION MENU] button.
2. On the display page that appears now, press the
[User Style Composer] field.
The display now looks more or less as follows:
Note: If the above parameters are not visible, press the
[Options] field.
Clearing the Disk User memory (Delete)
The first thing we need to do is clear the VA-76’s Style
RAM memory. That memory is indeed also used when
you select a Disk Link, or a Disk User Style. In other
words: this memory will not be empty when you select
the User Style Composer. On the other hand, this
“RAM sharing” system also allows you to prepare the
Style you want to edit in no time: all you need to do is
select it while in Arranger mode, then activate the User
Style Composer.
To record a new User Style, however, you must first
clear the Style RAM memory:
3. Press the [Utility] field in the bottom row.
4. Press the [Delete] field in the left column.
5. Press the [EXECUTE] field to delete the Style that
is currently in the Disk User memory.
Preparations
6. Press the [Rec] field in the bottom row to jump to
the User Style Composer Master page.
7. If necessary, press the [Master] field to make the
display look like in step (2).
Selecting the track, the Mode, the Type
and the Division
To keep things easy, let’s start with the drums of the
Basic/Original pattern.
8. Press the [Track] field and use the [TEMPO/DATA]
dial to select the track you wish to record.
Select “ADrums”. Now select a pattern. Start with the
Basic/Original division (see the following steps):
9. Press the [Division] field and use the [TEMPO/
DATA] dial to select “Original”.
12.2 Recording User Styles from
scratch
Important remark
User Style recording and editing is carried out in the
VA-76’s Style RAM memory (Disk User). Whenever
you leave the User Style mode after recording or
editing a Style (by pressing [EXIT]), the display will
warn you that you need to save your Style to disk. If
you haven’t yet done so, you should take advantage
of this security system.
Press the [YES] field to save your Style to disk (see
page 170 for details), or [NO] if you think that is not
necessary.
During Arranger playback (when you start using
your User Style like a “regular” Style), the Basic and
Advanced levels can be selected using the Orchestra-
tor function. See page 62.
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