Roland V-Arranger Keyboard VA-76 - Manual (Page 47)

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VA-76 – VariPhrase clinic
Realtime VariPhrase control via the
display
There may be times where you don’t feel like using any
of the controllers mentioned above – or where they
have been assigned other functions you do not want to
change.
In that case, consider using three on-screen sliders in
the touch screen for adding some mild (or wild)
changes to the currently selected VariPhrase:
1. Activate the VariPhrase part (see page 45) and
switch off all other parts (see page 36).
2. Press the [CONTROLLERS] button.
The display now looks more or less as follows:
3. Press the [ VariPhrase] field.
The display changes to:
4. Use the on-screen sliders to modify the pitch, the
speed (Time), and/or the formant of the currently
selected VariPhrase.
Positive values (+) mean that you increase the basic
Pitch, Time, or Formant settings, while negative values
(–) mean that you decrease that value. You can thus
influence these parameters in either direction.
If you press the field of the slider’s name (Pitch, Time,
Formant) so that it is displayed in white (“Formant”
in the above illustration), you can also use the
[TEMPO/DATA] dial or the Numeric Entry pad for
setting the desired value.
Note: Enter the value “0” (or return the slider to its central
position) to once again use the normal Pitch, Time, or For-
mant value.
Note: The last settings (slider positions) you make here will
be written to a User Program (see page 127). Be sure to
select the values you really do want to change, or else set
these values back to 0 before writing your settings to a User
Program.
A note about the [DATA] button
If you look at the [DATA] button, you will notice
that it lights, while the [TEMPO/TAP] button is
dark:
This means that you can press and hold the [DATA]
button. The display now looks as follows:
Enter the desired value using the [0]~[9] fields.
Press [+/–] to change a positive value into a negative
one, and vice versa.
Press the [Delete] field to erase the last (rightmost)
value you have entered whenever you make a mis-
take.
Alternatively (and rather than using [Delete]), you
can use [–10%] and [+10%] to increase or decrease
the current value by 10%.
Press the [Enter] field to confirm your value, and
[Exit] to leave this page. Press only [Exit] if you
don’t want to use the new value.
Note: Though you can enter astronomical values, the
VA-76 will correct them to the highest possible value for
the selected parameter.
DATA
TEMPO
DATA
TEMPO/TAP
Lights
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