KR-3 Owner’s Manual—Composer Menu

<DEL>— Deletes a single measure after the position of the cursor, and shifts all subsequent bars to the left.

<CLR>— Deletes the information (chords and divi- sions) at the position of the cursor.

Note: Activate the Leading Bass function if you wish to play complex chords, such as “Fm/C”. See “Performance Pad buttons: additional or frequently used functions” on

page 44.

6.Press the Composer [PLAY] button to check your Chord Sequence.

The accompaniment you’ve created is played, starting from the position of the cursor.

Press the Composer [STOP] button to stop playback.

7.When you’ve finished inputting the accompani- ment, press <EXEC> at the right-hand side of the dis- play.

After several seconds, the display returns to the Com- poser Menu screen.

8.Press the Composer [PLAY] button.

The accompaniment you’ve created is played, so try playing the melody along with the accompaniment as backing.

Note: Once <EXEC> has been pressed, what you’ve input cannot be corrected. Always check whether everything has been entered correctly before you press <EXEC>.

Note: An Intro can only be input at the start of a song. Entering an Intro causes the number of measures corresponding to the Intro’s length to be inserted automatically.

because it allows you to start with the bass drum and snare drum and to add the HiHat and cymbals the second time around.

Note: If you choose Mix to add notes to a melodic part, be sure to switch on the Link function (see page 49). Other- wise, the track may suddenly use a different Tone.

Punch In/Out— This mode allows you to use a foot- switch (or a PAD button) to start and stop recording while listening to your song. Select this mode to correct minor mistakes (such as flat notes here and there, or shaky timing of a phrase). Press the pedal (or PAD button) again to cancel recording and returns to the playback state.

Punch-in recording can only be performed when “Punch In/Out” has been set as the footswitch (or the PAD button) function. To perform recording, be sure to set the pedal function before you start. See “Pedal functions” on page 45 and “Performance Pad buttons: additional or frequently used functions” on page 44.

Note: Punch-in recording erases the previously recorded performance (same as Replace mode).

Stopping a recording (Rec Stop)

Arranger Stop— Recording ends as soon as you stop the Arranger.

Composer Stop— Pressing the Composer [STOP] button ends recording. In this case, you can stop the Arranger and go on recording until you press the [STOP] button.

9.3 Recording Mode

You can select the recording method and the way that recording is stopped.

1.On the Composer Menu, press <Recording Mode>. A screen like the one below appears on the display.

2.Use the buttons on the left side of the display to select the recording method (Rec Mode), and the but- tons on the right side of the display to select how recording ends (Rec Stop).

Recording method (Rec Mode)

Replace— This is the usual recording mode. When recording to a track that already contains data, you overwrite the previous version up to the point where you stop recording. (This is also the case when you start recording without playing anything: the Composer will then record the equivalent number of rests.)

Mix— Allows you to add new notes to an existing recording without overwriting the previous version. This mode is ideal for programming the drums

9.4 Formatting disks

In order to use new disks or disks which have been used on other equipment, it will be necessary to “for- mat” such disks.

Note: When a disk is formatted, all the data stored on it is completely erased. As a rule, you should always check the contents of a used disk (either on the KR-3 or on a PC) before formatting it.

1.Set the Write Protect tab on the disk to the “Write” position and insert the disk into the disk drive.

2.Press <Disk Format> on the Composer Menu screen.

A screen like the one shown below will be displayed.

3.If you really want to format the disk, press <OK>. When the formatting operation begins, a countdown will begin on the screen.

To cancel the operation, press <Cancel> shown on the screen, or the [EXIT] button.

Note: Never remove a disk that is being formatted. Doing so may damage both the disk and the floppy drive.

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