Chapter 1 Performance

Adding Reverberation to the Sound (Reverb)

Apply a reverb effect to the notes you play with the KR.

Reverb makes it sound as if you are playing in a concert hall.

Chapter 1

1. Press the [Reverb] button and watch the its indicator light up.

A “Reverb screen” like the one shown below appears.

2. Touch an icon to select the performance space.

Display

Explanation

 

 

 

 

Ground

Wide open space with no reverberations.

 

 

Room

Small room

 

 

Lounge

Larger room

 

 

Studio

A recording studio

 

 

Gymnasium

In a gymnasium

 

 

Hall

Large concert hall reverberation

 

 

Dome

A domed ballpark

 

 

Cave

Adds the extended reverberations found inside a cave

 

 

GS Room 1

Reproduces an indoor-type reverb.

 

GS Room 2

Provides a clear, expansive reverberation.

 

GS Room 3

 

 

 

GS Hall 1

Reproduces the reverberation found in a hall. Gives

GS Hall 2

reverberation with a greater sense of depth than GS Room.

 

 

GS Plate

Reproduces a plate echo (reverberation created using the

vibrations of a metal plate).

 

 

 

GS Delay

A delayed sound that is added to the original, similar to the

reflected sounds of mountain echoes.

 

 

 

GS Pan Delay

The reflected sounds are panned (shifted) laterally.

 

 

Connecting an external speaker to the Aux jack provides an effect in which the listener seems to be enveloped by sound (p. 35).

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Roland KR-15, KR-17 owner manual Adding Reverberation to the Sound Reverb, Touch an icon to select the performance space