Mike,

I own a G1000, not a VA-76, so there may be some differences there. On the G1000 you have to switch to a GM mode and then press sequencer Start button. There will be a short pause, I believe. Similarly there are two button pushes to start playing a style after the sequencer song is finished.

However, in the General forum George Kaye had mentioned that there are multi-pads on the VA-76. If I understand his comment correctly, he thinks you may assign a vari-phrase soundbite(byte?) to these buttons, and trigger them while playing arranger. Variphrase provides the ability to play audio samples in the desired key AND tempo, without one affecting the other. This is different from the multi-pads on Yamaha and Technics, which trigger MIDI sequences, instead of audio samples, but it may just work for what you want.

I am going to ask George for clarification on these in the General forum.

Regards,
Alex