Roland KR-11 owner manual Connections, Hold button

KR-11 Owner’s Manual—Panel descriptions

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RHOLD button

In most cases, the selected display page will disappear after a few seconds. Press this button to “lock” the cur- rently selected display page. Press it again to release the Hold function, or [EXIT] to leave it right away.

S LCD contrast knob

Use this knob to change the contrast whenever the dis- play is difficult to read.

TTONE buttons

YZ

XONE TOUCH PROGRAM buttons

These buttons allow you to instantly recall the appro- priate settings for the music you want to play.

YWhole, Lower, Upper buttons

Use these buttons to select whether you want to play one sound (Tone) on the entire keyboard (“Whole”), or one sound for the left hand and another one for the right hand.

ZMELODY INTELLIGENCE button

Used to select a Tone Group (see “Selecting Tones” on page 20).

USAVE button

Press this button to save the Song in the KR-11’s inter- nal memory to disk.

VCOMPOSER section

Use these buttons to control the on-board sequencer (called Composer).

WTRANSPOSE [b]/[#] buttons

Change the key of the music being played.

Press this button to add a harmony to the melody you are playing.

aPOWER switch (left side)

Press this button to switch the KR-11 on and off.

bDisk drive (right side)

Used for playing back material recorded on floppy disks, or saving and loading songs or settings to/from disk.

cPHONES jacks (left, below the keyboard)

This is where you can connect two pairs of head- phones (preferably Roland RH-25 or RH-50 model). Connecting a pair of headphones to one of the PHONES jacks turns off the built-in speakers.

2.2 Connections

A B C DE

AMIDI sockets (Out, In)

Use these connectors to exchange MIDI data with external MIDI devices.

BOUTPUT R/L (MONO) sockets

To connect the KR-11 to an external amplifier or mix- ing console, or to record your music with a tape recorder, connect these jacks to the external device (see “Sending audio to external equipment” on page 12).

CINPUT R/L (MONO) sockets

This is where you can connect the audio outputs of another MIDI instrument, a CD or cassette player, etc. The signals of that audio source will be amplified and mixed with the KR-11’s own audio signals.

DPEDAL socket

This is where you can connect the pedal cable of the stand.

EAC IN

The KR-11’s power cord connects here.

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