KR-3 Owner’s Manual—Panel descriptions

•Floppy disks have a “WRITE PROTECT” tab which can protect the disk from accidental erasure. It is recom- mended that the tab be kept in the PROTECT position, and moved to the WRITE position only when you wish to write new data onto the disk.

Rear side of the disk

WRITE

(you can save new data to disk)

Write protect tab

PROTECT

(prevents writing to disk)

•Disks containing important performance data for this unit should always be locked (have their write protect tab slid to the “Protect” position) before you insert them into the drive of another instrument (except the PR-300, or a product of the HP-G, MT, KR, or Atelier families), or into a computer’s drive. Otherwise, when performing any disk operations (such as checking the contents of the disk, or loading data), you risk rendering the disk unreadable by the KR-3’s disk drive.

•The identification label should be firmly affixed to the disk. If the label comes loose while the disk is in the drive, it may be difficult to remove the disk.

•Put the disk back into its case for storage.

2.Panel descriptions

2.1Front panel

CD

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G H I J K L M N

AUTILITY button

Press this button to access the KR-3’s Utility functions (see “Utility Menu” on page 46).

BDEMO button

This button provides access to an on-screen Help function with explanations of the KR-3’s functions, games allowing you to identify sounds and chords, etc. It also allows you to listen to the internal demo songs.

CPart Balance ACCOMP and KEYBOARD buttons

Use the [ACCOMP] button to set the volume of each individual accompaniment part. The [KEYBOARD] button provides access to a display page where you can set the volume of the part(s) played via the keyboard.

DMUSIC STYLE buttons

Use these buttons to select Music Style groups. Refer to “Internal Music Styles & Disk Styles” at the end of this manual.

ETempo indicators

These indicators flash in the rhythm of the selected Music Style, sequence, or Song to indicate the tempo and time signature. Depending on the time signature, not all indicators may be used, or the last indicator may flash several times (e.g. for 6/8).

FSONG button

Press this button to load songs you recorded using the KR-3’s Song Composer and saved to floppy disk.

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O PR

GVOLUME knob

Adjusts the instrument’s overall volume.

HBRILLIANCE knob

Allows you to make the overall sound brighter or darker.

IPERFORMANCE PAD buttons

Various functions can be assigned to these buttons (see “Performance Pad buttons: additional or fre- quently used functions” on page 44).

JTO VARIATION & TO ORIGINAL buttons

These buttons have two functions: you can use them to select the accompaniment pattern for a Music Style or to switch from the accompaniment pattern to a Fill- In during a performance.

KSYNC button

Allows you to start a Music Style by playing on the keyboard.

LSTART/STOP button

Used to start or stop a Style performance.

MINTRO/ENDING button

Press this button when you want to start a Style per- formance with an introduction, or to stop Music Style playback with a musical ending.

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