Roland KR-15, KR-17 owner manual Contents

Contents
USING THE UNIT SAFELY	3
IMPORTANT NOTES	6
Introduction	9
Main Features	9
How To Use This Manual	11
Conventions Used in This Manual	11
Panel Descriptions	12
Before You Start Playing	18
Opening and Closing the Top (KR-17)	18
Opening and Closing the Top (KR-15)	19
Raising the Music Stand	19
Using the Music Holders (KR-15)	19
Opening and Closing the Lid	20
Connecting the Power Cord	20
Connect the Pedal Cable	21
Turning the Power On and Off	21
About the Pedals	21
Adjusting the Sound’s Volume and Brilliance	22
Connecting Headphones	22
Connecting a Microphone	22
Connecting an External Display	23
Making the Connections	23
About the Touch Screen	24
Adjusting the Contrast of the Screen	24
Main Screens	24
Piano Screen	24
Basic Screen	24
Using the Main Icons	25
Chapter 1 Performance	26
Playing the Keyboard Like a Piano (One-Touch Piano)	26
Performing with a Variety of Tones (Tone Buttons)	27
Playing Percussion Instruments or Sound Effects	28
Using Keywords to Search for Tones (Tone Search)	29
Performing with Two Sounds Layered Together (Layer)	30
Playing Different Tones with the Left and Right Hands (Split) .31
Shifting the Keyboard Pitch in Octave Steps (Octave Shift)..	32
Adding Reverberation to the Sound (Reverb)	33
Adding a Surround Sound to the Accompaniment and Reverb
(Surround)	35
Giving More Breadth to the Accompaniment Sound	35
Changing the Amount of Surround Accomp	36
Broadening the Reverb Sound	37
Changing the Amount of Surround Reverb	37
Adding Three-Dimensional Breadth to the Sounds You Play
(Advanced 3D)	38
Adjusting the Sound to Achieve the Preferred Tone Quality
(Equalizer)	40
Applying Effects to the Sound (Effects)	42
Adding Effects to Mic Vocals (Vocal Effect)	43

Enjoying Karaoke Performances with Music Files	51
Using the Metronome and Rhythm (Rhythm Partner)	52
Using the Metronome	52
Changing the Metronome Settings	53
Playing Rhythm	56
Changing the Rhythm settings	56
Chapter 2 Automatic Accompaniment	58
Music Styles and Automatic Accompaniment	58
Performing Using Automatic Accompaniment
(One-Touch Arranger)	59
About Chords	60
Playing Chords with Simple Fingering (Chord Intelligence)60
Viewing Chord Fingerings (Chord Finder)	61
Selecting Music Styles (Music Style Buttons)	62
Selecting Music Styles on Floppy Disks	63
Using Keywords to Search for Music Styles (Style Search) ...	64
Playing Only Music Style Rhythm Patterns	65
Adjusting the Accompaniment Tempo	65
Starting and Stopping the Accompaniment	66
Having the Accompaniment Start Simultaneously
When You Play the Keyboard (Sync)	66
Stopping Automatic Accompaniment	67
Having a Count Sound Play at the End of the Intro
(Countdown)	68
Modifying an Accompaniment	69
Changing the Accompaniment Pattern (Fill In Buttons)	69
Changing the Instrumental Makeup of Music Styles
(Style Orchestrator)	70
Playing Phrases (Phrase)	71
Adding Harmony to the Right-Hand Part
(Melody Intelligence)	72
Playing Sounds in the Left Hand During a Performance
(Lower Tone)	73
Playing the Piano with Accompaniment Added
(Piano Style Arranger)	74
Adjusting the Volume Balance for Each Part (Balance)	75
Changing the Volume Balance between the
Accompaniment and the Keyboard (Balance Knob)	75
Adjusting the Volume Balance for Each Performance Part
(Part Balance)	75
Chapter 3 Song Playback	77
Playing a Song	77
Using Keywords to Search for Songs (Song Search)	79
Registering the Songs You Like (Favorites)	80
Removing Songs from Favorites	81
Playing Back Songs on CDs (Only for Instrument Equipped
with CD Drive)	82
Cautions	82
Playing Back Songs on CDs	83
Using the Remote Control
(Only for Instrument Equipped with CD Drive)	85
Installing Batteries in the Remote Control	85

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