Roland KR-11 Music Assistant, Pad buttons, pedals, Music Assistant registering panel settings

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KR-11 – Basic screen functions

Chord Tone Setting

After stopping Style playback (or before starting the Arranger), you can play chords with your left hand that will sound the way you play them (without the automatic accompaniment). The Tone being used for sounding the chords is appropriately called “Chord Tone.” Along with the Chord Tone, the KR-11 will also play a bass note with (you guessed it!) the “Bass Tone”.

Ordinarily these Tones are preset, but they can be changed through the following procedure.

1.Press <Chord>.

2.Select the Bass Tone using the buttons to the left of the display, and the Chord Tone with the buttons to the right of the display.

If you don’t want the Bass Tone or Chord Tone to sound, select “OFF.”

Note: Some Tones allow you to sustain the notes you play until you play other notes (Hold function), thus freeing up your left hand for other tasks between the changes.

Note: When the power is turned on, <Chord Tone> is set to “Soft E.Piano” and <Bass Tone> is set to “Fretless Bs”.

Note: See also “Volume of the Rhythm, Bass, Accomp, and Chord/Bass Tones” on page 27.

11. Music Assistant, Pad buttons, pedals

11.1Music Assistant: registering panel settings

The KR-11 is equipped with 32 Music Assistant mem- ories that allow you to store almost all settings (or reg- istrations) you make on the front panel. So far, we have only discussed the easy part of changing the pre- set settings. Later on, you will discover that you can also carry out a lot of in-depth programming. Those settings can also be saved to a Music Assistant mem- ory.

1.Make the settings that you want to register.

2.Press the [Music Assistant] button.

The display responds with:

3.While holding down <Write>, use the buttons to the side of the display to choose a memory number. After a few seconds, the display returns to the previous page.

Note: You cannot store settings to the <Manual> memory.

Note: The KR-11 comes with a number of Music Assistant settings you can use as starting points for your own settings. Feel free to overwrite them when you run out of internal Music Assistant memories. Otherwise save your own set- tings to disk.

Note: You can also name your settings (see below).

Loading a Music Assistant memory

1.Press the [Music Assistant] button

The Music Assistant screen (see above) is displayed.

2.Use the buttons to the side of the display to select a Music Assistant memory.

Note: Choosing <Manual> changes the panel settings to the ones in effect before the settings were recalled.

Note: You can also decide when the settings relating to the Arranger are loaded. See “Music Assistant Arranger Update” on page 51.

Naming (or renaming) a Music Assistant memory

Here is how to name or rename a Music Assistant memory:

1.On the Music Assistant screen, hold down the [Music Assistant] button and select a memory.

2.Use <√> and <®> below the display and <▲> and <▼> to the left of the display to enter the name. See page 34 for a list of available characters.

3.Press <Execute>.

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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
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