KR-3 – Style Composer

9.5 Style Composer

The KR-3 has a function called “Style Composer” that lets you compile new Music Styles from existing Style parts. Thus, you could take the bass part from the “Slow Waltz 1” Style, add the drums of the “Waltz” Style and use the melodic accompaniment of the “Vienna Waltz” Style. Music Styles you create with the Style Composer (or the Style Converter, see “Style Converter” on page 36) are called “User Styles”.

Every Music Style of the KR-3 is made up of five parts that are assigned to Arranger tracks (see below).

Note: The User Style is deleted when the power is turned off. Do not forget to save it to disk (see “Saving User Styles” on page 37).

1.On the Composer Menu screen, press <Style Com- poser>.

The rhythm part of the currently selected Music Style is played back, and a screen like the one below appears on the display.

The part names are displayed at the center of the screen. The part that appears in reverse video is currently selected.

The Track buttons correspond to the parts as follows.

Arranger track

Display

Track button

Rhythm

R

[Rhythm]

Bass

Bass

[Bass/Accomp]

Accompaniment 1

A1

[Lower]

Accompaniment 2

A2

[Upper]

Accompaniment 3

A3

[Whole]

 

 

 

The tempo of a “composed” Style is determined by the tempo of the “R” track. You can change it, however, with the TEMPO [+]/[–] buttons.

Note: You cannot use Arranger parts of a User Style because the KR-3 has only one User Style memory – the one you are copying Style parts to.

2.Use the MUSIC STYLE buttons and the buttons next to the display to select the Style that contains the desired rhythm part.

Every time you select another Music Style, the rhythm that is played back changes. After several seconds, the display returns to the Style Composer screen.

3.After choosing the rhythm, use <√> and <®> at the lower right of the display to select another part. You can also choose a Part by pressing the Track but- tons (see above). The selected part will be played along with the “R” and any other part you have already cop- ied.

4.Repeat steps 2 and 3 to make the settings for the remaining parts.

You can use <VOL+> and <VOL-> to the left of the display to set the volume level for each track.

5.Press the <EXEC> button or the Composer [REC] button to confirm your settings.

The User Style is temporarily saved in the memory assigned to the [DISK/USER] button (indicator lights) and can be selected by pressing this button (see also “Using Style disks (User Styles)” on page 23).

You can also use the Composer [REC] button to end your programming session. To stop the operation, press the [Exit] button.

Note: Press <Advnc®Basic> (or <Advnc√Basic>) at the lower left of the display to change the Style Level.

Note: Please note that Rhythm parts can only be assigned to “R”, while bass parts can only be assigned to “Bass”. The “A” parts, on the other hand can be freely assigned to memories A1~A3.

As stated earlier, not all Music Styles use all available Arranger tracks (R, Bass, and A1~A3). If a given track is empty, select another one. Likewise, you don’t have to copy Style parts to all available Arranger tracks.

Editing your User Style

See the above chart for the correspondences between Track buttons and Arranger parts.

1.On the Composer Menu screen, press <Style Composer>.

The User Style is played back and the indicators of all Arranger tracks that contain data light.

2.Use <√> and <®> at the bottom of the display to select the part on screen that you wish to change. You can also select it by pressing the corresponding Track button (indicator must light).

3.Use the MUSIC STYLE buttons and the buttons next to the display to select the desired Style. Every time the Style is changed, the parts that are played back change.

4.Use <√> and <®> at the bottom of the display to select another part.

5.If necessary, repeat steps 2, 3, and 4 until you’re happy with your User Style.

Press the <CLR> button to temporarily mute the selected Arranger part.

6.Press the <EXEC> button or the Composer [REC] button to confirm your settings.

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