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VA-76 – VariPhrase clinic
4.3 VariPhrase clinic
The revolutionary VariPhrase function allows you to
play vocals or other sampled phrases via the keyboard
– at any pitch, and at any tempo. 48 of those phrases
reside in the VA-76’s ROM memory. They are divided
over two groups (A & B), with 3 banks per group, and
8 memories per bank (1~8).
Switching on the VariPhrase part
Switching on the VariPhrase part ( ) is simple: press
a bank button (Background, Melodic, Rhythmic) and
you’re there.
You will notice that one of the number buttons lights.
If you press a bank button while the Arranger can be
used (i.e. as long as you do not playback a Composer
song/Standard MIDI File), the VA-76 automatically
selects a phrase for you. Six of these selections have
been prepared for each Music Style in ROM.
The VariPhrase part allows you to play four notes
simultaneously.
Here are three examples of the phrases that have been
prepared for Music Styles A11, A12, and A13:
See page 59 for how to select Music Styles.
Let us now look at another way of switching on the
VariPhrase part. Though you do not need this proce-
dure for activating the VariPhrase part, it will help you
add the Upper1 part to the phrase if you so wish.
1. Press the Keyboard Mode [OTHER] button.
The display now looks as follows:
2. Press the VariPhrase field ( ) so that it is dis-
played in white.
You will notice that the [UP1] (or LW1) field turns
blue if it was white. That is because every time you
switch on the VariPhrase part, the UP1 (or LW1) part
is switched off. You can, however, activate UP1 and/or
UP2 (or LW1) after switching on the VariPhrase part,
while it is also possible to add the LW1, LW2, and MBS
parts.
Note: The VariPhrase part is available both in WHOLE and
SPLIT modes. In SPLIT mode, it can also be assigned to the
left half of the keyboard, which is useful for BACK-
GROUND and RHYTHMIC phrases (see page 35 for
details about the WHOLE and SPLIT modes).
3. If you also need the Upper1 part, press the [UP1]
field.
4. Press [EXIT] to return to the Master page.
Selecting other phrases for playing
Selecting other phrases is a matter of using the follow-
ing buttons:
• Press [GROUP] to select group A or B. The indicator
of the selected group lights.
• Press [BACKGROUND], [MELODIC], or [RHYTH-
MIC] to select a bank. Depending on the group you
select, these banks are called:
For easy identification, the banks are called Back-
ground, Melodic, Rhythmic, Background 2, Back-
ground 3, and Rhythmic 2 (unlike the Tone and
Drum Set banks that only have a number).
Furthermore, there is a RAM area where you can
buffer 16 phrases you made yourself or that you
loaded from the supplied Zip disk (it contains 62
additional VariPhrases). The contents of the User
area are erased when you switch off the VA-76. Do
not forget to save newly created phrases to Zip before
switching off the VA-76. Failure to do so means that
you lose them.
The User area contains two banks (A, B) of 8 memo-
ries for a total of 16 VariPhrases.
A11 LightRk1
Background
A1-4 Uaah uuh F
Melodic A2-3 Ooh, Baby M
Rhythmic A3-4 DoYeahDat M
Background2 B1-5 Yeah,ah M
Background3 B2-6 Wow,wow F
Rhythmic2 B3-8 Keep on F
A12 LightRk2
Background
A1-8 Na,nanana F
Melodic A2-7 HoneyINed M
Rhythmic A3-4 DoYeahDat M
Background2 B1-7 Eh,eh,eeh F
Background3 B2-6 Wow,wow F
Rhythmic2 B3-8 Keep on F
A13 LightRk3
Background
A1-8 Na,nanana F
Melodic A2-6 OohDarlin M
Rhythmic A3-4 DoYeahDat M
Background2 B1-5 Yeah,ah M
Background3 B2-6 Wow,wow F
Rhythmic2 B3-8 Keep on F
Group A Group B
Background
Melodic
Rhythmic
Background 2
Background 3
Rhythmic 2
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