Roland KR-11 owner manual Adding effects to Tones, Octave Shift changing the pitch by octaves

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KR-11 – Pitch Bend and Transpose

Selecting Drum Set Types

Press <Type> or <Type®>.

Each time you press one of these buttons, the drum set type will change, and the names of the drum sounds appearing on the display will change.

Note: There is one SFX set.

Adding effects to Tones

Reverberation (REV)

Reverb is a digital effect that gives the impression that you are playing in a concert hall.

1.Press the [UTILITY] button.

2.Use the <> and <> buttons to the left of the display to modify the Reverb balance.

Setting the value to “100” gives you maximum Reverb, while selecting “0” removes all Reverb from the sound. The REV parameter actually increases or decreases the Reverb Depth for the sound currently assigned to the keyboard. It works much the same way as a cathedral: the louder you sing, the more Reverb you hear. In the case of the cathedral, singing louder means that you increase the effect send level, i.e. the level of the signal (your voice) that will be processed by the acoustic environment. The overall volume of the effect (cathe- dral) itself, however, does not change.

The other parts (the Arranger and Composer parts) are also processed by the same Reverb effect. If REV were assigned to the volume of the effect itself, select- ing the Min value would also strip the accompaniment of Reverb.

Note: The KR-11 contains several Reverb programs (called Types), so that you can always use the Reverb type that best suits your needs. See “Reverb Types” on page 49.

Note: You cannot adjust the Reverb Depth of the Arranger parts or the sounds played back by the Composer function.

Adding other effects — DSP effect

DSP is short for Digital Signal Processor. The DSP effect contains a variety of effects programs, one of which you can select for the song you are about to play. See “DSP effects” on page 53 for a list of all DSP effects the KR-11 contains.

1.Select <DSP…> on the Tone Select screen.

The display now jumps to a screen similar to the fol- lowing:

2.Use the buttons to the left of the display to select the Type (kind of effect), and set its Depth with the buttons to the right of the display.

Select “OFF” from the Type screen if you don’t need a DSP effect.

Note: Only one DSP effect can be used at a time.

Note: When you select Upper, Lower, or Whole and choose the Rotary Effect, you can switch the rotation speed with the button at the upper left of the display.

Chorus effect

Your KR-11 also contains a Chorus effect. Chorus is an effect that creates a more spacious, “fatter” sound.

1.After pressing <DSP…> on the Tone Select screen, press <PAGE®®>.

The display now jumps to a page similar to the following:

2.Turn the Chorus on and off with the buttons to the left of the display, and select the Chorus Depth with the buttons to the right of the display.

After several seconds, the display returns to the previous screen.

Note: The KR-11 contains several Chorus programs (called Types), so that you can always use the Chorus type that best suits your needs. See “Chorus Types” on page 49.

Octave Shift: changing the pitch by octaves

Octave Shift is a function that changes the pitch of a sound in octave steps. Octave Shift can be set indepen- dently for the Lower and Upper parts.

To give you an idea of the flexibility of this system, here is an example: suppose you assign the same Tone (E.Piano 1) to both the Upper and Lower keyboard section. Though you are using the same sound, it is assigned to two parts you can shift individually. Thus, by setting Octave Shift to “+1” for the Lower part, while leaving it at “0” for the Upper part, you create an overlap of the octaves immediately to the left (Lower) and right (Upper) of the split point. You could use this feature for playing intricate parts.

1.Start by selecting the Tone you need on the Tone Select screen (see page 20).

2.Select the octave (shift amount) by pressing <Octave>.

You can raise or lower the pitch by a maximum of two octaves. After a few seconds, the display will revert to the Basic screen.

Note: When you switch off the KR-11, the Octave Shift set- tings return to their preset values. If you’d like the KR-11 to memorize your settings, see “Memory Backup” on page 51.

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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 Front panel Panel descriptionsHold button ConnectionsSetting up the music stand Before using the KR-11Connecting the Pedal Cable Connecting the power cordOpening and closing the lid Connecting HeadphonesAdjusting the sound’s volume and brilliance Turning the power on/offAbout the adjuster About the pedalsSending audio to external equipment Receiving audio signals from external sourcesBasic/Home screen Basic operation and displayNavigating through the display pages Changing screen pages- √√PAGEOverview of the KR-11 Using GameTone and Style demo Sound/Style Choosing the display languageBrilliance knob Performance functionsOne Touch Program Selecting the instrument type Piano music One Touch Program PianoAccompaniment One Touch Program Arranger Example When The Saints Go Marching Press the One Touch Program Arranger buttonAt the end of the song, press the INTRO/ Ending button Selecting and playing back Songs Playing back songs on diskListening to all songs Rewinding and fast forwardingPitch Bend and Transpose Selecting Tones Tones and related functionsSelecting normal Tones Selecting Expansion TonesOctave Shift changing the pitch by octaves Adding effects to TonesWhole one Tone for the entire keyboard Keyboard modesSplit different Tones in the left and right hand Selecting Tones for the Upper and Lower partsPress the Tone Strings button Layer using two Tones simultaneouslySettings What is an Arranger?Playing with accompaniment Arranger Additional notesUsing Style disks User Styles Selecting Music StylesPress a Music Style button Starting and Stopping Styles Starting a Music StyleStopping a Music Style Adjusting the volume of each part Part Volume Accompaniment and melody volume balanceVolume of the Rhythm, Bass, Accomp, and Chord/Bass Tones Style tempoVolume of the Drums, SFX, Lower, Upper, or Layer Tone Basic/Advanced LevelOriginal/Variation Accompaniment pattern Fill-Ins transitions between Original and Variation Easy fingering Chord IntelligenceMelody Intelligence Recording and Playback What is a track?Recording Normal recordingRecording Minus-One performances Press the Stop or Reset button to stop recordingCorrecting minor mistakes See below for the button to pressTrack Mute Muting specific tracks Playing back a Composer songPlaying back songs without tempo changes Erasing the Composer songSaving a song to disk Composer Menu16-track Sequencer Functions of the Composer MenuChord Sequencer Muting or playing selected tracksTracks vs. Midi channels Recording method Rec Mode Recording ModeFormatting disks Stopping a recording Rec StopStyle Composer Editing your User StyleOn the Composer Menu screen, press Style Composer Muting parts of a division Style ConverterPress the Fill In to Variation button On the Composer Menu screen, press Style ConverterPress Setup on the Edit screen Setup tempo and volumeSaving User Styles Song EditErase removing data from a track or song Quantize timing correctionsCopying measures Delete removing measuresInsert adding blank measures Transpose changing the keyTrack Exchange/Track Copy swapping and copy- ing tracks Piano screen functions Function MenuMarker function repeatedly playing back the same section Auto changing the Arranger defaults Using the ArrangerOrgan screen functions Basic screen functionsChord Tone Setting Music Assistant registering panel settingsMusic Assistant, Pad buttons, pedals Loading a Music Assistant memoryLoading a Music Assistant set from disk Saving Music Assistant settings to diskPedal functions Metronome ON/OFF- This switches the metronome on or offUtility Menu Operating procedureUtility functions Master TuneExpansion Tone Lyric switching off the display of lyricsPitch Bend Range Chorus TypesProgram Change and Bank Select Midi TX Midi Ch./Local ControlLocal Control Memory Backup Music Assistant Arranger UpdateFactory Preset initialization Link to 16TRK SequencerConnecting Midi instruments Appendix DSP effectsSpecifications Normal Tones Tones, Drum Sets, Music StylesPop/Rock Oldies/Country Latin/Gospel Internal Music StylesDrum Sets Standard Room Power ElectronicSFX Set DM7 Chord IntelligenceGM7 Change Midi Implementation ChartKR-11 Tones, Drum Sets, Music Styles Page Africa Distributors Information