Operation Manual

VEGA
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To modify the tempo set on the Arranger, use the SLOW/FAST push buttons.
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To create an Accelerando press the TAP/RIT ACC push button repeatedly and briefly.
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To create a Ritardando, change the direction of the arrow by holding the TAP/RIT ACC push button down for a few seconds and then press
it repeatedly and briefly.
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To enter a break, press the BREAK push button.
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To stop an accompaniment when the next chord is released, enable the KEY STOP push button (the LED of the push button lights up) and
then play and rapidly release a chord.
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To hold the arrangement only while the chord is played, enable these functions using the dedicated push buttons: KEY START+KEY STOP.
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To play the accompaniment again from the first beat, no matter what measure it currently is in, press the COUNT push button from the LEFT
CONTROL menu.
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To cut-out the accompaniment tracks, except for the drum tracks, when no chord is played, disable the HOLD function using the dedicated
HOLD push button (the LED switches off).
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To balance the volume of the Arranger with the lead played on the part of keyboard to the right of the split point, press these push buttons:
BALANCE +/- (VALUE +/-).
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To restore the original tempo of the Style, press the PAGE +/- push buttons simultaneously.
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To repeat the Intro while a Style is playing, enable the JUMP Intro function from the Left Control menu and then press one of the three Intro
push buttons.
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To reproduce only the Ending while the Arranger is stopped, enable the JUMP Intro function from the Left Control menu and then press
one of the three Intro push buttons.
HOW TO LOAD A STYLE FROM DISK
The memory area dedicated to Patterns makes it possible to load new Styles from a floppy disk or from the hard disk and to keep them in mem-
ory even when the instrument is switched off. Once they are loaded in the RAM, they can be called up using the Pattern push button and the
Styles push buttons.
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Press the DISK push button and use the PAGE + and PAGE – push buttons to select either the hard disk or the floppy disk (depending on
where the styles to be loaded reside).
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From the folder on the hard disk or from the floppy disk choose one or a number of Patterns to load into the RAM.
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Enable the loading operation by pressing F2 Load and use the VALUE + and VALUE - push buttons to select the target memory location.
Otherwise you may use F9 Automatic to load the styles automatically into the current available RAM locations.
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Press F10 Execute to confirm the operation, or press F10 Escape to annul it.
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You may delete the contents of the RAM and replace them with the Styles you wish to load using F8 Clear All &Load.
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Pressing the EXIT push button takes you back to the main page. Then press the PATTERN push button and, using the STYLES push buttons,
select the Style loaded.
HOW TO USE THE VOICES
To the right of the keyboard split point, when the Split function is enabled, a lead can be played with the right hand independently from the
Arranger. The default voice assigned is the ‘Acoustic Piano’, but any of the sixteen sound groups can be called up at will using the 16 VOICES
push buttons. Like the Styles, the sounds too are displayed in groups (and pages) of ten and any remaining groups following the first are point-
ed out by “Page” with the number on the right indicating the number of groups available.
Once a family has been selected from the 16 voice groups using the dedicated VOICES push buttons to the right of the control panel, 5 sounds
appear on the right and five on the left of the display. Simply press the function push button corresponding to each sound of the display (F1-
F10) to call up the relative sound. The voice selected will be displayed under the four-beat bar logo. To display the groups of sounds that fol-
low the first page, use either the PAGE +/- push buttons or press the same VOICES push button again for that family of sounds. In this case
the groups will be selected cyclically.
The Modulation Wheel and the Pitch Bend are immediately available as well as the Aftertouch to control additional sound or timbre parameters
using key dynamics.
It is worth remembering that up to four split or layered timbres can be used for the lead section, which is programmable as explained later in
the ‘PROGRAMS’ chapter.
A guide on how to start playing