Roland V-Arranger Keyboard VA-76 - Manual (Page 51)

53
VA-76 – Expression clinic
Transposition
If you are used to playing a song in a particular key,
the Transpose function will help you go on playing in
that key while sounding in another one. That way, you
can accompany a singer or instrument without chang-
ing your fingering.
Hold down the [ONE TOUCH] button while pressing
User Program [DOWN] or [UP].
Press [DOWN] to lower the pitch in semitone steps (a
C to B, an E to E etc.).
Note: Transposition applies to all parts except the MDR
(Manual Drums) and ADR (Accompaniment Drums)
parts.
To transpose from the key of C to G, hold down [ONE
TOUCH] and press User Program [UP] seven times
(or User Program [DOWN] five times).
Be sure to return to the original setting (no transposi-
tion) by pressing the “opposite” User Program button
([DOWN] or [UP]) the same number of times as the
one ([UP] or [DOWN]) you pressed first.
The transposition is indicated on the Master page:
The “C ” actually refers to a semitone increase of the
pitch, so that you hear a “C sharp” every time you play
a C. This also means that rather than the A you press,
you will hear “A sharp” (or “B flat”). The above setting
corresponds to pressing User Program [UP] once
while holding down the [ONE TOUCH] button.
Note: This setting is also reflected on the Transpose display
page (see below).
Setting the transposition interval via the display
If you prefer to set the transposition interval via the
touch screen with a nice graphic, way, here is how to.
1. Press the Keyboard Mode [OTHER] button.
What you see now, depends on the currently selected
keyboard mode. The things to look out for here are
the [ARRANGER CHORD] and [KEYBOARD
MODE] fields in the upper left and right corners.
2. Press the [KEYBOARD MODE] field in the upper
right corner (so that it is displayed in white).
3. Press the [Transpose] field.
4. In the display, press the key that corresponds to the
note you would like to hear every time you play a C.
Note: Selecting “0” means that the transposition is off. This
is the only way to activate or switch off this function. Your
setting can, however, be written to a User Program (see
page 127).
See below for details about the Transpose Mode
options. You can activate all three simultaneously, if
you like.
Note: The MDR and ADR parts are never transposed. Every
key (note) of the MDR/ADR parts is assigned to a different
percussion sound. It is thus in your best interest to leave the
Manual and Accompaniment Drums parts alone.
Selecting the sections to be transposed
The three fields below the keyboard allow you to spec-
ify which parts should be affected by the Transpose
setting:
Internal— The Keyboard and Arranger parts will be
transposed. Notes received via MIDI, however, will be
played without change.
Song— Only the Song parts will be transposed. This is
only meaningful when you play back a Standard MIDI
File or one of your own songs with the VA-76’s Song
Composer.
MIDI “IN”— Only the notes received via MIDI IN
will be transposed. In a way, this is the same as the Rx
Shift parameter in MIDI mode (see page 201).
Though it is perfectly possible to switch on all three
options, you can never switch off all three of them. At
least one of them must be on. Internal could be useful
to transpose only the Keyboard parts so that you can
play to a Composer song in “your” key but sound in
the song’s key.
VA-76.book Page 53 Friday, January 12, 2001 12:35 PM