Roland KR-15, KR-17 owner manual Creating Music Styles, 145, Deciding on a Style

Chapter 8 Creating Music Styles

A “Style Composer screen” like the one shown below

appears.

Display	Part
R	Rhythm
B	Bass
A1	Accompaniment 1
A2	Accompaniment 2
A3	Accompaniment 3

Icon	Function
All Clear	Deletes all of the settings.
	You can mute the sound of particular
Mute	Parts in specific Divisions. For more
	information, take a look at “Muting
	Parts for a particular division” (p. 145).
Clear	Deletes the Styles in selected parts.
	The Part Settings screen is displayed,
Options	allowing you to make detailed settings
	to each part. For more information, take
	a look at “Editing the volume and effect
	settings for each Part” (p. 146).
Execute	Records the created Style to the Music
	Style [User] button. Touch this when
	you have finished creating the Style.

Deciding on a Style

6.Touch <Execute>.

You have created a new Style.

The User Style is recorded to the Music Style [User] button. Try playing with the new Style.

*If you turn off the power or record a new User Style, any User Style you’ve previously recorded is lost. If you do not want to delete the Style, save it to a floppy disk or to user memory.

Take a look at “Saving a User Style” (p. 149).

❍Muting Parts for a particular division

You can mute the sound of particular Parts in specific Divisions.

For example, have all of the parts play in the “Variation” accompaniment pattern, while muting “Accompaniment 2” and “Accompaniment 3” in the “Original” accompaniment pattern. With this arrangement, when the accompaniment pattern changes from the original to the variation, it creates a more elaborate effect in the accompaniment.

→For more on Divisions, refer to the “Style Arrangements” (p. 146).

1.Touch the Style Composer screen to choose the Part you want to mute out.

2.Press the Fill In [To Variation] or [To Original] button to switch to the division that you want to mute.

3.Touch <Mute> on the screen.

The Part you chose is only muted out in the Division you selected.

If you want to hear the muted-out Part, touch <Mute> again.

*To mute out a Division that changes after a few seconds (intro, ending, or fill-in), touch <Mute> immediately after switching to the Division.

Chapter 8

Selecting the Styles assigned to each part

3.Touch the part to be set.

The button for the touched part being set turns orange.

4.Press an Music Style button, then select a Style with the touch screen or the [-]/[+] buttons and the dial.

When you have decided on a Style, touch <Exit> to display the Style Composer screen.

5.Repeat steps 3 and 4 to determine the Styles for each Part.

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