VA-76 Owner’s Manual—Song Composer (the basics)
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Note: If you rename or delete a song that is referenced by a
Song Chain (see page 138), the Position in question will be
empty. The VA-76 will skip such empty Positions during
playback of the Chain in question. (Be aware that this may
shorten your break when you use the VA-76 for gigs.)
P&S Input
This option allows you to program the theme that by
which to find the Song using the Play & Search func-
tion (see page 133). It is only available for Zip disks.
1.
Press the [SONG COMPOSER] button.
2.
Press the [Song List] field, followed by the [ZIP]
field.
3.
Select the song for which you want to program a
theme.
4.
Press the [Options] field.
5.
Press the [P&S Input] field.
6.
Play the notes of the most characteristic theme (the
one you’ll be most likely to play when using Play &
Search for locating this song).
The key and rhythm are of little importance. (You
must get the intervals right, though!) The note boxes
will display a quarter note for every note you played.
Five “note boxes” thus mean that you played five
notes.
7.
If you make a mistake, proceed as follows to correct
it:
a)
Press the [Delete Last Note] field if you only wish to
correct the last note.
b)
Press [Reset] to erase all notes you have played so
far.
Then play the notes again.
8.
Press the [EXECUTE] field to save this information
to Zip disk.
Songs for which there is Play & Search information are
flagged with a note symbol ( ) to the left of their
names on the Song List page.
Note: The Play & Search function is Database information
that is not part of the songs themselves. It resides in a differ-
ent area on the Zip disk.
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