KR-3 – Style tempo

Alternatives for starting and ending Music Style playback

Using a PAD button or a footswitch, you can fade in (whereby the volume gradually increases) to the start of a Style, or fade out (whereby the volume gradually decreases) to the end of a Style. Please refer to “Perfor- mance Pad buttons: additional or frequently used functions” on page 44 and “Pedal functions” on page 45.

7.5Accompaniment and melody volume balance

Global balance

You can adjust the balance of volume of the accompaniment (Music Style) and the Upper Tone you use to play the melody.

7.4 Style tempo

Every Style also contains a preset tempo value. If you think the Style is too slow or too fast, here is how to change it:

Press TEMPO [+] to increase the tempo and TEMPO [–] to decrease it.

The tempo value appears in the upper left part of the display. Additionally, you can confirm the tempo and time signature by looking at the TEMPO indicators.

Press [UTILITY] and use the <▲> and <▼> to the right of the display to adjust the volume balance.

Adjusting the volume of each part — Part Volume

The BAL function adjusts the balance of the overall accompaniment volume and that of the melody (Upper). With the Part Volume buttons, you can adjust the volume of individual parts, or prevent a part from even sounding.

There are two Part Volume buttons: [ACCOMP] and [KEYBOARD]. Press [ACCOMP] if you want to change the volume of an accompaniment part, and the [KEYBOARD] button to adjust the volume of a part that can be assigned to the keyboard.

Volume of the Rhythm, Bass, Accomp, and Chord/Bass Tones

These Tones are assigned or related to the Arranger (the automatic accompaniment).

1.Press the Part Volume [ACCOMP] button.

For each part, a bar graph and numerical value are displayed on screen. The correspondence between the parts and what is shown on the screen is as follows:

<Rhythm>— Drums

<Bass>— Accompaniment Bass and Bass Tones <Accomp>— Accompaniment parts (1~3) <Chord>— Chord Tone (see “Chord Tone Setting” on page 43 for details about the Chord and Bass Tones).

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