Roland KR-11 owner manual Contents

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KR-11 Owner’s Manual—Contents

Contents

1. Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2. Panel descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3. Before using the KR-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3.1 Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.2 Setting up the music stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.3 Opening and closing the keyboard lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.4 Opening and closing the lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.5 Connecting Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.6 Turning the power on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.7 Adjusting the sound’s volume and brilliance . . . . . . . . 11 3.8 About the pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.9 Connecting external amplifiers and other devices. . . . 12

4. Basic operation and display . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

5. Overview of the KR-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

5.1 Introduction of the main functions — [DEMO] . . . . . . 14 5.2 Performance functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5.3 Playing back songs on disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5.4 Pitch Bend and Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

6. Tones and related functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

6.1 Selecting Tones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Drum sounds and sound effects — [DRUMS/SFX] . . . . . . 20 Adding effects to Tones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Octave Shift: changing the pitch by octaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

6.2 Keyboard modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

7. Playing with accompaniment (Arranger). . 24

7.1 What is an Arranger?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 7.2 Selecting Music Styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 7.3 Starting and Stopping Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 7.4 Style tempo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 7.5 Accompaniment and melody volume balance . . . . . . . 27 7.6 Switching Style arrangements (divisions) . . . . . . . . . . . 28 7.7 Easy fingering – Chord Intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 7.8 Melody Intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

8. Recording and Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

8.1 Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 8.2 Playing back a Composer song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 8.3 Track Mute: Muting specific tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 8.4 Playing back songs without tempo changes . . . . . . . . 33 8.5 Erasing the Composer song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 8.6 Saving a song to disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

9. Composer Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

9.1 16-track Sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 9.2 Chord Sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 9.3 Recording Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 9.4 Formatting disks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 9.5 Style Composer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 9.6 Style Converter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 9.7 Saving User Styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 9.8 Song Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

10. Function Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

10.1 Piano screen functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 10.2 Organ screen functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 10.3 Basic screen functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

11. Music Assistant, Pad buttons, pedals . . . . .45

11.1 Music Assistant: registering panel settings . . . . . . . . . .45

11.2 Performance Pad buttons: additional or frequently used functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

11.3 Pedal functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

12. Utility Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

12.1 Operating procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 12.2 Utility functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Master Tune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Key Touch/Key Transpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Metronome Volume and Beat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Selecting a different Reverb and/or Chorus effect. . . . . . . . . 49 Expansion Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Lyric: switching off the display of lyrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Pitch Bend Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Program Change (and Bank Select) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 MIDI: TX MIDI Ch./Local Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Music Assistant Arranger Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Memory Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Factory Preset (initialization) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Link to 16TRK Sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

13. Connecting MIDI instruments . . . . . . . . . . .52

14. Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

14.1 DSP effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 14.2 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Tones, Drum Sets, Music Styles . . . . . . . . . .54

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Contents Main features Contents KR-11 Never climb on top of, nor place heavy objects on the unit Important notes Handling floppy disks Panel descriptions Front panelConnections Hold buttonConnecting the Pedal Cable Before using the KR-11Setting up the music stand Connecting the power cordConnecting Headphones Opening and closing the lidAbout the adjuster Turning the power on/offAdjusting the sound’s volume and brilliance About the pedalsReceiving audio signals from external sources Sending audio to external equipmentNavigating through the display pages Basic operation and displayBasic/Home screen Changing screen pages- √√PAGETone and Style demo Sound/Style Using GameOverview of the KR-11 Choosing the display languageOne Touch Program Selecting the instrument type Performance functionsBrilliance knob Piano music One Touch Program PianoAccompaniment One Touch Program Arranger At the end of the song, press the INTRO/ Ending button Example When The Saints Go MarchingPress the One Touch Program Arranger button Listening to all songs Playing back songs on diskSelecting and playing back Songs Rewinding and fast forwardingPitch Bend and Transpose Selecting normal Tones Tones and related functionsSelecting Tones Selecting Expansion TonesAdding effects to Tones Octave Shift changing the pitch by octavesSplit different Tones in the left and right hand Keyboard modesWhole one Tone for the entire keyboard Selecting Tones for the Upper and Lower partsLayer using two Tones simultaneously Press the Tone Strings buttonPlaying with accompaniment Arranger What is an Arranger?Settings Additional notesPress a Music Style button Using Style disks User StylesSelecting Music Styles Stopping a Music Style Starting and Stopping StylesStarting a Music Style Volume of the Rhythm, Bass, Accomp, and Chord/Bass Tones Accompaniment and melody volume balanceAdjusting the volume of each part Part Volume Style tempoOriginal/Variation Accompaniment pattern Volume of the Drums, SFX, Lower, Upper, or Layer ToneBasic/Advanced Level Easy fingering Chord Intelligence Fill-Ins transitions between Original and VariationMelody Intelligence Recording What is a track?Recording and Playback Normal recordingCorrecting minor mistakes Press the Stop or Reset button to stop recordingRecording Minus-One performances See below for the button to pressPlaying back songs without tempo changes Playing back a Composer songTrack Mute Muting specific tracks Erasing the Composer song16-track Sequencer Composer MenuSaving a song to disk Functions of the Composer MenuTracks vs. Midi channels Chord SequencerMuting or playing selected tracks Formatting disks Recording ModeRecording method Rec Mode Stopping a recording Rec StopOn the Composer Menu screen, press Style Composer Style ComposerEditing your User Style Press the Fill In to Variation button Style ConverterMuting parts of a division On the Composer Menu screen, press Style ConverterSaving User Styles Setup tempo and volumePress Setup on the Edit screen Song EditCopying measures Quantize timing correctionsErase removing data from a track or song Delete removing measuresTrack Exchange/Track Copy swapping and copy- ing tracks Insert adding blank measuresTranspose changing the key Function Menu Piano screen functionsMarker function repeatedly playing back the same section Organ screen functions Using the ArrangerAuto changing the Arranger defaults Basic screen functionsMusic Assistant, Pad buttons, pedals Music Assistant registering panel settingsChord Tone Setting Loading a Music Assistant memorySaving Music Assistant settings to disk Loading a Music Assistant set from diskMetronome ON/OFF- This switches the metronome on or off Pedal functionsUtility functions Operating procedureUtility Menu Master TunePitch Bend Range Lyric switching off the display of lyricsExpansion Tone Chorus TypesLocal Control Program Change and Bank SelectMidi TX Midi Ch./Local Control Factory Preset initialization Music Assistant Arranger UpdateMemory Backup Link to 16TRK SequencerConnecting Midi instruments Specifications AppendixDSP effects Tones, Drum Sets, Music Styles Normal TonesInternal Music Styles Pop/Rock Oldies/Country Latin/GospelStandard Room Power Electronic Drum SetsSFX Set Chord Intelligence DM7GM7 Midi Implementation Chart ChangeKR-11 Tones, Drum Sets, Music Styles Page Distributors Information Africa
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