Roland KR-11 owner manual Tones and related functions, Selecting Tones, Selecting normal Tones

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KR-11 Owner’s Manual—Tones and related functions

6. Tones and related functions

6.1 Selecting Tones

The KR-11 comes with a host of instrument sounds (called Tones). These Tones are divided into eight categories, called Groups.

Selecting “normal” Tones

1.Press the TONE button of the Group that contains the Tone you need.

The button’s indicator light will go on, and a Tone select screen (e.g. Whole Mode Tone) will be dis- played.

Each Tone Group contains several Tones.

2.Select a Tone by pressing the buttons to the side of the display screen.

The name of the Tone selected will be highlighted on the display. Play a few notes on the keyboard to con- firm that the Tone is what you had in mind.

The Tone Select screen is composed of multiple pages. Use <√√PAGE> and <PAGE®®> to turn to another page.

Note: If you want to try out several Tones from a Tone Group, pressing the [HOLD] button will lock the Tone Select screen and keep it from disappearing after a few seconds.

Note: See “Normal Tones” at the end of this manual for the number and kinds of Tones each Group contains.

You may wonder why we use the term “Normal Tones” rather than just “Tones”. That is because the instruc- tions above do not give you access to all Tones the KR-11 contains. See “Selecting Expansion Tones” for more details about how to access all Tones.

Note: See also “Selecting Tones for the Upper and Lower parts” on page 22 for how to assign Tones in Split mode.

Selecting Expansion Tones

Expansion Tones can only be assigned to the Upper part of the keyboard (Whole Keyboard, Split, and Arranger modes).

Caution— Expansion Tones are only temporarily selected and cannot be written to a Music Assistant memory (see page 45). Whenever you select another mode (for example, if you change from Whole mode to Split mode), the Upper part returns to last “nor- mal” Tone you selected.

1.Press [UTILITY] and use <√√PAGE> or <PAGE®®> to select the following display page.

2.Use the buttons to the left and right of the display to select a Tone.

See “Expansion Tones” at the end of this manual for a list of the available Tones.

Note: You can use Expansion Tones for recording the mel- ody with the KR-11’s Composer (see page 34).

Drum sounds and sound effects — [DRUMS/SFX]

Instead of playing melodies, you can also “drum” on the KR-11’s keyboard, or play sound effects like train noises, helicopter sounds, etc.

Press the [DRUMS/SFX] button (indicator lights).

The display switches to the “Drum Screen”. Every key is now assigned to a different drum or percussion sound. Play a few notes and listen – and watch the display.

Note: See “Drum Sets” at the end of this manual for details about the assignments of drum sounds and sound effects to the keyboard.

Press the [DRUMS/SFX] button once more (or the [EXIT] button), to return to the previous screen.

Toggling between drum sounds and sound effects

1.If necessary, press [DRUMS/SFX] again (indicator must light).

2.Press <SFX>.

The display will switch to the “SFX Screen”. Play a few notes on the keyboard. This time, you will hear sound effects rather than drum sounds. Again, the display will show you pictures of the sounds being played.

3.Press <Drums>.

The display jumps to the Drum Screen. With each press of the button you will toggle between drums sounds and effects.

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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 buttonBefore using the KR-11 Setting up the music standConnecting the Pedal Cable Connecting the power cordConnecting Headphones Opening and closing the lidTurning the power on/off Adjusting the sound’s volume and brillianceAbout the adjuster About the pedalsReceiving audio signals from external sources Sending audio to external equipmentBasic operation and display Basic/Home screenNavigating through the display pages Changing screen pages- √√PAGEUsing Game Overview of the KR-11Tone and Style demo Sound/Style Choosing the display languagePerformance functions Brilliance knobOne Touch Program Selecting the instrument type 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 Playing back songs on disk Selecting and playing back SongsListening to all songs Rewinding and fast forwardingPitch Bend and Transpose Tones and related functions Selecting TonesSelecting normal Tones Selecting Expansion TonesAdding effects to Tones Octave Shift changing the pitch by octavesKeyboard modes Whole one Tone for the entire keyboardSplit different Tones in the left and right hand Selecting Tones for the Upper and Lower partsLayer using two Tones simultaneously Press the Tone Strings buttonWhat is an Arranger? SettingsPlaying with accompaniment Arranger Additional notesPress a Music Style button Using Style disks User StylesSelecting Music Styles Stopping a Music Style Starting and Stopping StylesStarting a Music Style Accompaniment and melody volume balance Adjusting the volume of each part Part VolumeVolume of the Rhythm, Bass, Accomp, and Chord/Bass Tones 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 What is a track? Recording and PlaybackRecording Normal recordingPress the Stop or Reset button to stop recording Recording Minus-One performancesCorrecting minor mistakes See below for the button to pressPlaying back a Composer song Track Mute Muting specific tracksPlaying back songs without tempo changes Erasing the Composer songComposer Menu Saving a song to disk16-track Sequencer Functions of the Composer MenuTracks vs. Midi channels Chord SequencerMuting or playing selected tracks Recording Mode Recording method Rec ModeFormatting disks Stopping a recording Rec StopOn the Composer Menu screen, press Style Composer Style ComposerEditing your User Style Style Converter Muting parts of a divisionPress the Fill In to Variation button On the Composer Menu screen, press Style ConverterSetup tempo and volume Press Setup on the Edit screenSaving User Styles Song EditQuantize timing corrections Erase removing data from a track or songCopying measures 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 Using the Arranger Auto changing the Arranger defaultsOrgan screen functions Basic screen functionsMusic Assistant registering panel settings Chord Tone SettingMusic Assistant, Pad buttons, pedals 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 functionsOperating procedure Utility MenuUtility functions Master TuneLyric switching off the display of lyrics Expansion TonePitch Bend Range Chorus TypesLocal Control Program Change and Bank SelectMidi TX Midi Ch./Local Control Music Assistant Arranger Update Memory BackupFactory Preset initialization 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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