Roland V-Arranger Keyboard VA-76 - Manual (Page 64)

VA-76 Owner’s Manual—VA-76 clinics
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Listening to your song
You probably want to listen to your song now. If you
like it, be sure to save it to Zip or floppy disk (see “Sav-
ing your song to disk”).
1. Press the [STOP ■|√] field twice.
This returns the Song Composer to the beginning of
your new song.
2. Press the [PLAY ®] field to start playback.
Playback of your freshly recorded song starts.
3. Press [STOP ■|√] again to stop playback, and
again to return to beginning of the song.
If you made a mistake in the Arranger chords and
would like to record that part again, go back to step
(8) above. Make sure that the [2nd Trk] field is not dis-
played in white (press it if it is), and start again.
Note: This will also erase your melody, so be sure to play it
again – or leave it for later (see “Redoing the melody (2nd
Trk)”).
Redoing the melody (2nd Trk)
Note: 2nd Trk is only available for newly recorded songs.
You cannot use it for adding a new melody to a song loaded
from Zip or floppy disk. You can, however, use the 16-track
sequencer for doing so. See page 141.
Note: Please be aware that 2nd Trk will erase all Keyboard
parts, even if you only play the Upper1 part again.
The 2nd Trk function allows you to redo part of your
recording. The previous melody version is erased in
the process, while the Arranger parts are left
untouched. You cannot use 2nd Trk for adding notes
to the melody, or for adding additional lines using
other Keyboard parts.
Note: From now on, the VA-76’s Song Composer takes con-
trol over the tone generator. This means that the Arranger
can no longer be started/stopped or otherwise controlled.
You can, however, use all Keyboard parts (in SPLIT or
WHOLE mode).
Note: You could record the melody using the Upper1 and 2
parts or the VariPhrase part. Even the “Keyboard Mode”
WHOLE or SPLIT modes, as well as UP2 to Left (see
page 88) and UP2 Split (see page 86) are available.
1. Press the [STOP ■|√] field to return to the begin-
ning of the song.
The measure indication above the [PLAY ®] field
must read “1.1”.
2. Select a Tone for the new melody part:
See “Super Tones” on page 28 or “Selecting Tones for
the Keyboard parts” on page 37.
Your playing is recorded
Arranger playback is recorded
Your playing is recorded again
Arranger parts are played back
Count-In and/or metronome
If you need to start on the first beat of the song, it
would be a good idea to switch on the Count-In
function. The metronome may come in handy for
accompaniments without a clearly defined rhythm.
Note: Though you could also press the [CONTROLLERS]
button (see page 56), that would force you to leave the
Song Composer mode and to save your song to disk. The
following method is therefore more practical once you are
in Song Composer mode, even though it may not seem
logical at first sight.
a) Press the [Minus One] field to go to the following
page:
See “Minus One playback” on page 32 for details
about the functions on this page. Ignore them for
now.
b) Press the Metronome [Mode] field.
This page is very similar to the Metronome page that
can be selected via the [CONTROLLERS] button,
except that only the metronome options for the
Song Composer are available here. See “Metro-
nome” on page 56 for details.
c) Set the Count-In function to “1Bar” or “2Bars”.
d) If you need the metronome, you can switch it on
by pressing the [OFF] field so that it changes to
[ON].
You can also activate/switch off the metronome by
pressing the
field on the Song Composer page.
e) Press the [oBack] field once to return to the
Minus One page, and again to return to the Song
Composer page.
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