Chapter 3 Song Playback

 

 

 

 

Button

 

 

 

 

Explanation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRANSFORM

This changes the vocals from the mic. You can also use this to change vocals on the

 

CD included with the instrument. The setting switches each time you press the

 

 

 

 

 

button, cycling through male, female, child, and normal voice settings.

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This adds harmonies to the mic vocals. You can also add harmonies to vocals on the

 

 

 

 

 

 

HARMONY

included CD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The harmony setting switches each time you press the button, cycling through

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Music Files (p. 49), Oct-Up (p. 46), Oct-Down (p. 46), and normal voice settings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This adds greater breadth to the sound. When the [Surround] button is set to

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3D

“Advanced 3D,” pressing this button toggles the Advanced 3D effect on and off.

When the [Surround] button is set to “Surround,” each press of this button takes

 

 

 

 

 

you to the next choice among the available selections, which are: Surround Effect

 

 

 

 

 

off, Surround Accompaniment, and Surround Reverb.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTERNAL

This switches the genres of the internal songs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CD

If a CD is inserted when you press the button, the CD is selected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FD

If a floppy disk is inserted when you press the button, the floppy is selected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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MUTE

This mutes all of the sounds. The Moving Key function stops at this time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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FUNC

You can use the function assigned to this button. You can also change the function

assigned to the button (p. 167).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CANCEL

This restores the [HARMONY] and [TRANSFORM] button settings to their original

condition. The [TONE] button is set to piano tone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TONE

This changes the part that is currently active when the keyboard is played. The tone

is switched each time you press the button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Each press of the button takes you to the next selection among the available choices,

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DISPLAY

which are, in order: song list, lyrics, score, score + keyboard, and user screen image.

You can press the [DISPLAY] button while the Tempo screen or Volume screen is

 

 

 

 

 

displayed to clear the Tempo screen or Volume screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Some songs may not feature screens with lyrics or scores.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you press the [

 

 

] button while the song is stopped, the previous song is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

selected. Pressing the [

 

 

] button while a song is playing returns you to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

beginning of that song.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This starts and stops playback of the song.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Playback alternately starts and stops each time you press the [

 

 

] button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can also assign functions to the button (p. 167).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you press the [

 

] button, the next song is selected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can adjust the volume.

 

 

VOL - +

* If the volume is set to 0 with the VOL [-] [+] buttons, then no sounds will be

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played, even if you try to raise the volume with the KR’s [Volume] knob. To raise

(Volume)

the volume, use the VOL [-] [+] buttons as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can use the Memory Backup function to store these settings to the KR

 

 

 

 

 

(p. 164).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TEMPO - +

This adjusts the tempo.

 

 

 

 

 

You can also assign functions to the button (p. 167).

 

 

 

 

 

 

* You cannot change the tempos for CDs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 3

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Roland KR-15, KR-17 owner manual Button Explanation, Vol +, Volume