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Owner’s Manual

We’d like to take a moment to thank you for purchasing the Roland KR-3 Digital Intelligent Piano.

In order to enjoy reliable performance for many years to come, please take the time to read this manual in its entirety.

Main features❏Three instruments in one

The KR-3 can be used as piano, organ, or “keyboard” (i.e. a synthesizer with automatic accompaniment) – all at the touch of a button.

❏270 Tones (sounds) and 136 Styles built-in

Support for a wide range of musical genres. Additional “Acoustic” Styles are provided on the included Style disk.

❏Piano Tones that rely on stereo sampling

The technology used ensures that your KR-3 provides some of the finest concert grand piano sounds avail- able on electronic musical instruments.

❏64-voice polyphony

Up to 64 voices can be played simultaneously. (In most instances your KR-3 is 64-voice polyphonic.)

❏Simple yet versatile Composer Simple recording.

Playback of commercial music data. A comprehensive Composer menu:

•16-track Sequencer

•Chord Sequencer

•Song Edit

•Style Composer

•Style Converter

❏GM (General MIDI) and GS compatible

•General MIDI System m

The General MIDI System is a set of recommenda- tions which seeks to standardize the MIDI support features of sound generating devices. Sound generat- ing devices and musical data (disks) carrying the Gen- eral MIDI logo conform to the General MIDI specifications. This means that whenever you play back music data marked with the General MIDI logo, the musical response will be identical when played on any device which also carries the General MIDI logo.

•GS Format g

Roland developed the GS Format to standardize the response of sound generators when MIDI is used for the production of music. By using a GS Format sound generating device, you can be assured that you will always obtain a faithful, high-quality rendition of any commercially available music data that carries the GS Format logo.

The KR-3’s tone generator fully supports both the General MIDI system and the GS Format—so you can use music data that is designed for either standard.

❏Reads and writes SMF Music Data

The KR-3 is capable of playing Standard MIDI Files, such as “SMF Music Data” (720 KB/1.44 MB format 3.5 inch floppy disks).

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