KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano r

Using the Style Orchestrator function

Selecting a Style on floppy disk

Here is how to select a Style on the floppy disk in the KR103’s drive:

(1)Insert the floppy disk with the desired Style into the KR103’s drive.

(2)Press the Music Style [Trad÷Kids] button.

(3)Press the [®] button until the display shows the name of the first Style on the inserted floppy disk:

POP 1

= Ent

The name is preceded by a “D” and a number.

Note: If you forgot to insert a floppy disk into the drive, the display shows “No Disk” when you attempt to select the “disk family” and keeps using the previously selected Style.

Using the Style Orchestrator function

The Style Orchestrator function allows you to vary the accompaniment patterns played by the Arranger. You can leave out parts, thin out the drum part, etc.

–in real-time (i.e. while you are playing).

(1)Press the [Arranger] button to select the Arranger mode.

(2)Select the Music Style you wish to use for playing (or use the one that is currently selected).

See page 18.

(3)Press one of the following buttons to select the desired level of musical “complexity” (the corre- sponding icon is displayed):

ENGLISH

(4) Use the [+][–]buttons to select the Style you want

 

 

Pop

Ballad Oldies

Big Band

Latin

Trad

 

 

 

 

 

Music Style

 

 

to load.

 

Reverb

 

Rock

Acoustic Country

Swing

Gospel

Kids

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

User

(5) Confirm your selection by pressing the [Enter] but-

Demo

Basic Advanced Full

To Variation To Original

Ending

Stop

User Program

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intro

Start

ton.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Style Orchestrator

 

Fill In

 

Sync

 

 

 

Obviously, these buttons should be used during

 

 

 

Arranger playback to further refine the automatic

 

 

accompaniment.

 

 

 

 

 

Exit

Enter

Basic

The simplest accompaniment that only

 

 

contains the drum and bass lines.

The display briefly shows “Loading” and the icon flashes. The selected Style is copied to the USR memory and that memory is selected.

(6) Press the [Start÷Stop] button to start Arranger playback (if it is not running yet).

Note: To return to the last Style you loaded from floppy disk, there is no need to load it again. Just press the [®] button until the name of that Style appears in the display.

Note: The USR memory is erased when you switch off the KR103.

Advanced Accompaniment pattern with only a few instruments (i.e. a band).

 

Full

Accompaniment pattern with a lush

 

 

arrangement (several melodic instrument

 

 

 

 

lines).

 

 

 

 

 

The assigned icon appears in the display (only one of them can be displayed at any one time).

Note: The effect of these three levels also depends on whether the [To¥Variation] or [To¥Original] button was pressed. In effect, the combination of the [To¥Original]/ [To¥Variation] and [Basic]/[Advanced]/[Full] buttons provides 6 accompaniment patterns per Music Style (3 x 2).

Note: Immediately after switching on the KR103, the Arranger selects the “Full” level.

Note: The last selection you make can be saved to a User Program. See p. 46.

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