Roland KF-7 owner manual Troubleshooting, 162, Automatic accompaniment doesn’t play, Correctly

Troubleshooting

Case	Cause/Remedy
	Have you set transpose? (p. 85)
The tuning or pitch
	Are the settings for the “Temperament” and
of the keyboard or	“Stretch Tuning” correct? (p. 139)
song is off.
	Is the setting for the “Master Tune” correct?
	(p. 148)
	It’s not possible to apply more than one effect
Effects cannot be	at the same time, so when a performance has
	been recorded on multiple tracks or when
applied to Tones.
	playing along with a song as it’s played back,
	the desired effect may not be applied.
	Have the Chord Tone and Bass Tone been
A note doesn’t stop	changed? (p. 145)
playing	Some Chord Tone and Bass Tone notes may
	be sounded continuously.
	During automatic accompaniment, changing
	the Music Style automatically changes the
	Tones and tempo of the upper part of the key-
	board to match the new Music Style. If you
	want to change only the Music Style without
	also altering the tempo and Tone, check out
The Tone has	“Changing Music Styles Without Changing
changed.	the Tone or Tempo (One Touch Setting)” (p.
	142).
	When a performance made along with a Mu-
	sic Files tune has been recorded, recording the
	performance to button [1/Whole] may make
	the Tones for buttons [3/Lower] and [4/Up-
	per] change as well.
	Since the KF-7’s piano sounds faithfully repro-
Reverberation still	duce the sense of spaciousness and reverbera-
audible even with	tion of an actual acoustic piano’s sound, a
Reverb turned off	certain amount of reverberation is still percep-
	tible, even with the reverb effect deactivated.
	On an acoustic piano, notes in the upper one
	and a half octaves of the keyboard continue to
In the upper range,	sound until they decay naturally, regardless
	of the damper pedal. There is a difference in
the sound changes
	the timbre as well. Roland pianos faithfully
abruptly beyond a
	simulate such characteristics of the acoustic
certain key
	piano. On the KF-7, the range that is unaffect-
	ed by the damper pedal will change depend-
	ing on the Key Transpose setting.

Appendices

Case	Cause/Remedy
	When listening through headphones:
	Some of the more flamboyant and effervescent
	piano tones feature an ample high-end compo-
	nent, which may make the sound appear to
	have metallic reverberation added. Since this
	reverberation becomes particularly audible
A High-pitched	when supplemented by heavy reverb, you
whine is produced	may be able to diminish the problem by reduc-
	ing the amount of reverb applied to the sound.
	When listening through speakers:
	Here, a different cause (such as resonance
	produced by the KF-7) would be suspect.
	Consult your Roland dealer or nearest Roland
	Service Center.
	When listening through speakers:
	Playing at loud volumes may cause instru-
	ments near the KF-7 to resonate. Resonation
	can also occur with fluorescent light tubes,
	glass doors, and other objects. In particular,
	this problem occurs more easily when the
	bass component is increased, and when the
	sound is played at higher volumes. Use the
The bass range	following measures to suppress such reso-
sounds odd, or	nance.
there is a vibrating	• Place speakers so they are 10–15 cm from
resonance	walls and other surfaces.
	• Reduce the volume.
	• Move the speakers away from any resonat-
	ing objects.
	When listening through headphones:
	Here, a different cause (such as resonance
	produced by the KF-7) would be suspect.
	Consult your Roland dealer or nearest Roland
	Service Center.
The automatic accompaniment doesn’t play
correctly
Can’t select a tone	Touch <Exit> several times to return to the
	Basic screen (p. 19), and then select a tone or
or Music Style
	Music Style.
	Has the Balance knob been moved all the way
	to the right? (p. 63)
	Have you pressed the One Touch Program
Automatic accom-	[Arranger] button?
paniment is not	If the One Touch Program [Arranger] button
heard.	has not been pressed, only the rhythm pattern
	is played (p. 53).
	Is the 16-track Sequencer screen displayed?
	(p. 113)
	Has Chord Intelligence been switched off?
Chord Intelligence	(p. 145)
can’t be used.
	Is the setting for “Piano Style Arranger”
	active? (p. 62)

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