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VA-76 – Scale Tuning
The pitch of the other notes is left unchanged. The
keys corresponding to the notes whose pitch is
changed are displayed in white for easy identification.
Here is an example:
You will notice that every note can be selected only
once. That is because the value you specify (using
Pitch EDIT, see below) applies to all notes of the same
name. In other words, if you change the tuning of the
C, that value will be added to or subtracted from all Cs
(C1, C2, C3, etc.). The on-screen keys are used as “on/
off switches”.
If you now returned to the Master page, you would
notice that the VA-76 alerts you to the fact that the
Scale Tuning function has been switched on:
But let us not return to the Master page just yet.
Changing the pitch of other notes
Changing the pitch of other notes than the ones
already highlighted is a matter of pressing the desired
on-screen key in question. And defeating the pitch
change of a key displayed in white is as easy as pressing
that key again (it will once again be displayed in blue).
Press all white on-screen keys (or the [Mem] field that
is displayed in white) to switch the Scale Tuning func-
tion off again.
Note: See also “Customizing the pitch changes (Pitch
EDIT)” if you need to change the tuning of a given note to
something else than “–50”.
Storing your new scale
Suppose you just switched on several on-screen keys,
while the ones that were originally on are now off. If
you think you’ll need that scale in the future, you
should save – or “Memorize”– it:
1.
Program the scale you wish to save by switching the
desired notes on or off (see above).
2.
Press the [Memorize] field in the upper right cor-
ner of the display.
The display now looks as follows:
3.
Press a [Mem 1]~[Mem 3] field to save your set-
tings in the corresponding Scale Tuning memory.
The display now responds with the following message
and then returns to the Scale Tuning page.
Customizing the pitch changes (Pitch EDIT)
At first, pressing an on-screen key so that it is dis-
played in white means that its pitch is lowered by 50
cents (1/4 tone, or “–50”). Though this system allows
you to use the desired arabic tuning, there may be sit-
uations where you actually want to raise the pitch of a
note, or select a different tuning:
1.
On the Scale Tuning page (see above), press the
[Pitch EDIT] field.
The display now looks as follows:
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