Roland V-Arranger Keyboard VA-76 - Manual (Page 58)

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—VA-76 clinics
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need to do is press the desired NUMBER button just
before the beat where you wish the new Music Style to
take effect.
Style selection via the display
Let us now look at how to use the display for selecting
Styles.
1. Press the [Style] field in the display.
The display now looks as follows:
If you look at the BANK/NUMBER buttons, you will
notice that they now light in green.
2. Press the [A], [B], or [C] field to select the desired
Music Style group.
3. Press one of the following fields to select a bank
within that group:
4. Press a Style field to select a Music Style (number).
While you’re at it, you may want to prepare the desired
Orchestrator “version” so as to be all set for the next
song you want to play. In that case, press the [Orches-
trator] field and see page 62 for what to do next.
Working with the Disk Link memories
The VA-76 provides 64 memories (8 banks x 8 num-
bers) that refer to Music Styles on a Zip or floppy disk.
Though these memories behave exactly like the mem-
ories of groups A and B (that provide access to the 128
internal Music Styles), they only “work” if the disk in
question has been inserted into the drive. Thanks to
the VA-76’s powerful software, loading a Disk Link
Style is as swift as working with internal Styles.
The Music Style referenced by the Disk Link memory
you select is automatically loaded from disk and cop-
ied to the Disk User memory (see also page 61). This is
a RAM memory whose contents are erased when you
switch off the VA-76, and overwritten when you select
another Disk Link memory (or use the Disk User
function).
Here’s in a nutshell what happens when you select a
Disk Link memory. (Even though the drawing may
suggest that this takes quite some time, the VA-76 per-
forms these steps in a split second.)
After unpacking the VA-76, these memories already
contain links to 64 Music Styles on the supplied Zip
disk. You can also program your own references to
other Music Styles on disk (see page 108). You could
even “mix” references to a Zip and a floppy disk.
The Disk Link memories are assigned to group C. You
can use either of the above procedures for selecting
them (“Style selection via the front panel”, “Style
Use these fields for selecting a Music Style bank:
Disk
User
C18
C17
C16
C15
C14
C13
C12
C11
C28
C27
C26
C25
C24
C22
C21
C38
C37
C36
C35
C32
C31
C48
C47
C46
C45
C43
C42
C41
C58
C57
C56
C55
C54
C53
C52
C51
C68
C67
C66
C65
C64
C63
C62
C61
C78
C77
C76
C75
C74
C73
C72
C71
C88
C87
C86
C85
C84
C83
C82
C81
C44 C34
C23 C33
You select a Disk
Link memory
(group C).
The VA-76 looks up the
name of the referenced
Music Style
The data are
loaded from
Zip/floppy
This memory contains
the Music Style data The Style can be played
back.
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