KR-3 – Front panel

NTEMPO buttons

PEXIT button

Use these buttons to adjust the tempo of the selected Music Style or of the song you are playing back.

Press this button to return to the previous display page or the Master page.

OMUSIC ASSISTANT button

QDisplay and related buttons

Press this button if you wish to store the panel settings or recall the settings for a given song.

The display shows all the information you need in a given situation. The soft keys next to the display (whose function varies according to the selected display page) allow you to select one of the available menu options.

STU VW

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RXY Z

RHOLD button

In most cases, the selected display page will disappear after a few seconds. Press this button to “lock” the cur- rently selected display page. Press it again to release the Hold function, or [EXIT] to leave it right away.

S LCD contrast knob

Use this knob to change the contrast whenever the display is difficult to read.

TTONE buttons
XONE TOUCH PROGRAM buttons

These buttons allow you to instantly recall the appro- priate settings for the music you want to play.

YWhole, Lower, Upper buttons

Use these buttons to select whether you want to play one sound (Tone) on the entire keyboard (“Whole”), or one sound for the left hand and another one for the right hand.

ZMELODY INTELLIGENCE button

Used to select a Tone Group (see “Selecting Tones” on page 18).

USAVE button

Press this button to save the Song in the KR-3’s inter- nal memory to disk.

VCOMPOSER section

Use these buttons to control the on-board sequencer (called Composer).

WTRANSPOSE [b]/[#] buttons

Change the key of the music being played.

Press this button to add a harmony to the melody you play.

aPOWER switch (left side)

Press this button to switch the KR-3 on and off.

bDisk drive (right side)

Used for playing back material recorded on floppy disks, or saving and loading songs or settings to/from disk.

cPHONES jacks (left, below the keyboard)

This is where you can connect two pairs of head- phones (preferably Roland RH-25 or RH-50). Con- necting a pair of headphones to one of the PHONES jacks turns off the built-in speakers.

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