Roland VA7
Advanced arranger keyboard combining a powerful 128-voice GM2/GS compatible sound engine with VariPhrase technology
61-key arranger keyboard with 128-voice GM2/GS compatible sound source.
Intuitive dual-mode interface with touchscreen for quick and easy operation.
VariPhrase elastic audio sound engine for rearranging vocal samples.
128 music styles; Style Orchestrator and Style Morphing functions.
Super Sound buttons for instant recall of favourite vocal sounds.
Virtual Band with multi-lingual "wizard" assists in optimal instrument setup.
Onboard 2-track and 16-track sequencers; D-Beam(TM) controller.
3.5" floppy loads SMF's and system updates; Zip100(TM) drive stores VariPhrase samples.
Aftertouch sensitivity.
The VA-7 Difference
Far from "upgraded" models, the VA-7 V-Arranger keyboard is an entirely new kind of arranger utilizing a 128-voice sound source with extensive layering and velocity switching. In all, there are 3,649 GM2/GS compatible tones, including new stereo-sampled drum kits recorded in world-class studios to capture their natural ambiance.
A high-definition arranger section sports 128 new music styles including 16 acoustic styles which were created using live musicians. These styles take full advantage of the VA-7s' ultra expressive sound engine to offer a truly "live" feel impossible to attain using sequencers.
With the VA-7, you can access up to 64 additional styles via Zip or floppy disk. Styles can be varied using the onboard Style Orchestrator and Style Morphing features.
Powerful, Yet Easy to Use
The VA-7 is easy to navigate, thanks to a dual-mode interface with touchscreen LCD. The most common features are accessible via touchscreen commands, while more advanced functions are neatly organized within submenus. A new "Virtual Band" function automatically configures the keyboard using a helpful setup wizard.
New VariPhrase Technology for Arranging Vocals
The VA-7 incorporates Roland's VariPhrase technology, allowing you to add realistic vocal arrangements using Preset or User samples that can follow the onboard styles even when improvising or making sudden chord changes. Simply call up any of the VA-7's 48 sampled vocal phrases, and play them back with 4-voice polyphony in any manner desired.
Amazingly, a single vocal sample can be played back at any pitch on the keyboard even adding harmonies without "chipmunk" effects and without changing the speed at which the vocal was performed. You can change a vocal's phrasing and melody in real time, or make it match the tempo and chord changes of a style as it plays, all without unnatural artifacts.
The VA-7 allows up to 16 vocal samples to be recorded and stored in the 8MB internal memory; samples can also be backed up to the internal Zip100 drive.
Flexible Sequencing Options
A 2-Track Live Recorder can be used to quickly record and edit a performance or SMF file. Or, use the professional-level 16-track sequencer to record complete arrangements consisting of separate drum, bass, and keyboard parts. You can even create and change styles imported from an SMF disk via a separate 8-track User Style Composer.
Made for Performance
Up to 128 User Programs can be stored for instant retrieval of custom front panel and MIDI configurations. A One Touch programmable function stores up to four preferred Tones with each style, while five Super Sound buttons can be used to recall your favourite sounds, such as "Jazz Scat."
Real-time controllers include a pitch bender/modulation lever, touch controller and aftertouch, Balance knob, and D-Beam controller. Using the D-Beam, you can send MIDI control information such as pitch bend and modulation, or play notes by moving your hand over an invisible beam of light. A powerful Bass-Reflex speaker system rounds out the impressive feature list.
SPECIFICATIONS
Keyboard
61 velocity sensitive, with Channel Aftertouch
User programs
128
PCM tone generator
Max. polyphony: 28 voices
Tones: 3649 including 116 drum kits ( GM2/GS compatible ). 48 MB worth of PCM samples
Multitimbral parts: 32
Variphrase tone generator
Phrase lines: 4
Phrases: 48 ( up to 16 MB in ROM )
Sampling phrases:18 ( up to 8 MB )
Display
320 x 240 backlit LCD, 1/4 VGA touch screen
Panel controls
Data / tempo dial, D-Beam controller, pitch bend / modulation lever, touch controller ( ribbon ), master volume knob, keyboard / accomp balance knob
Styles
( ROM ): 128
Disk link from zip: 64 disk user style ( loadable in RAM )
Acoustic styles: 16
8-track user style composer
SMF-to-style converter
Sequencing
Realtime SMF player, easy 2-track live recorder, 16-track sequencer, song header edit, lyrics on display
Effects
Reverb: 8 types
Chorus: 8 types
Delay: 10 types
Parameter
EQ
DSP: 89 types
Data storage
ZIP ( IDE / ATAP ), 3.6" floppy disk ( 2DD / 2HD )
Types to files managed
Style, song SMF, user program, MIDI set, Variphrase sample
Amplification
25W x 2
Speakers
2-way bass-reflex
Connections
MIDI ( IN, OUT, THRU ), output ( L / mono, R ), input ( L / mono, R ), variphrase sampling input & gain, sustain, expression pedal, foot switch, foot controller ( FC-7 ), 2 phones
Dimensions
119 cm wide x 19.7 cm high x 40.6 cm deep
Weight
16.5 kg
Accessories
Owner's manual, Zip disk with over 559 music styles + SMS and variphrase samples, power cable, music rest.
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