Roland V-Arranger Keyboard VA-76 - Manual (Page 61)

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VA-76 – Arranger/Music Style clinic
With the ORCHESTRATOR function, you can further
refine and vary the Original and Variation patterns
played by the Arranger. This is like orchestrating the
accompaniment in realtime, because you can leave out
parts, thin out the drum part, or even select a totally
different accompaniment.
There are four options for both Original and Varia-
tion, while the selected Orchestrator option also
affects the Intro and Ending patterns.
1. Activate the VA-76’s Arranger and start playback of
the [ORIGINAL] or [VARIATION] pattern.
See “Using the VA-76’s Arranger” on page 25.
2. Do one of the following:
• Press the [Style] field on the Master page (as though
you wanted to select a Music Style).
• On the page that appears next, press the [Orchestra-
tor/Morphing] field.
—OR—
• Press the [ORCHESTRATOR] button.
In either case, the display now looks as follows:
3. Press an Orchestrator field to select the desired
“orchestration”.
As you see, there are four fields. B corresponds to the
Basic level found on previous Roland arranger key-
boards. A provides a slightly more sober version of
the Basic pattern. D corresponds to the Advanced
level on older Roland models, while C is a slightly
simpler version.
With these fields, you can thus vary your accompani-
ments at will so as to make them sound really profes-
sional.
Levels B and D can also be selected by pressing either
[ORIGINAL] or [VARIATION] twice in succession.
There are indeed two Basic and Variation patterns: one
for the Original and a second for the Variation level.
Note: The last version you select will be written to a User
Program (see page 127), so be sure to prepare the one you
want to start with next time you select that User Program.
Note: The Music Styles on the supplied Zip disk also contain
suitable Orchestrator versions. Other Music Styles you can
load with the VA-76, however, may not provide the same
flexibility.
Morphing
The Morphing function allows you to create a mix of
two Music Styles by using certain accompaniment
parts from one Style, and other parts from another
Style.
The mixable parts are: Drums, Bass, and Accomp. The
latter includes all melodic parts (for a maximum of
six) except for the bass. These may be piano, guitar,
brass, etc. lines. Morphing allows you to create combi-
nations like the following:
Of course, you can also use just one part of the “2nd
Style” and two of the “1st Style”. It is not possible,
however, to switch on two identical parts (i.e. the Bass
parts of the “1st Style” and the “2nd Style”). Nor can
you switch off e.g. the drums altogether (neither “1st
Style”, nor “2nd Style”). See page 114 for how to do
that.
On the other hand, it is perfectly possible to combine
the drums of a waltz with the bass and accompani-
ment parts of a 16-beat Style, for example. Using two
Styles with different time signatures is absolutely no
problem. Be aware, though, that the result of your
morphing may not be usable in a real-life situation.
If you do use two Styles with different time signatures,
the “1st Style” determines the time signature of your
morphed Style. In other words: if your “1st Style” is a
waltz, the morphed result will use the 3/4 time signa-
ture.
The possibilities are endless, because you can not only
use the internal Music Styles (groups A and B) but also
Styles on Zip or floppy disk (via the Disk Link or Disk
User function).
Let us morph (i.e. create) a new Music Style now to see
how it works:
1st Style 2nd Style
Drums Bass, Accomp
Bass Drums, Accomp
Accomp Drums, Bass
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